A Glimpse into the Lives of Colonial Asians
MUMBAI, August 6, 2010 - In a visual presentation, Asia in Those Days, collector and author Thomas Brandt provided a fascinating glimpse into colonial Asian
life using pictures, lithographs, and metal engravings from colonial Asia.
These were accompanied by extracts from historical travel reports and clippings from the first English-language
newspapers published by Europeans in Asia.
Brandt revealed much about the
interactions and relationships between Europeans and Asians during colonial
times. Where others focus on large historical events and trends, Brandt's
lighter approach provided insights into daily lives of people from all places
and sections of society in Asia.
He explained how Europeans and
Asians alike reacted to the changes brought by colonialism, and how they
sometimes amusingly refused to adapt. As people travelled and
encountered outsiders in their own lands, Brandt showed the lengths they went
to in order to maintain customs that bolstered them, and to subvert ones that
His research shed light on a
range of aspects of peoples' lives, including their food, hygiene issues,
social interactions, transportation, accomodations, entertainment, languages,
and business strategies. Brandt's depictions of how people struggled with poverty
and the contingencies of the weather, businesses, and fortune reminded the
audience of the luxuries that modern technologies and discoveries have allowed.
Brandt's unique lens into colonial life in Asia provided a refreshing and
informative glance into life in those days, providing a captivating perspective
into the degree of globalization prevalent at the turn of the last century, and the many responses to it.


Why Isn’t There One Standard Polishing Process?
Why isn’t there one standard polishing process?
Here’s a key reason why we don’t have one standard polishing process: Single-fiber and multi-fiber ferrules are composed of different materials and have different shapes, diameters, hardness, and tolerances.
Here are two quick examples:
Single-fiber ferrules are often pre-shaped with either a flat surface or a conical tip (with various conical angles like 45-60 degrees) and pre-domed, or even pre-angled and pre-domed.
Zirconia ferrules are available in several diameters: 2.5mm, 1.58mm, 1.25mm, and 1.0mm.
Compounding this, there are many different connector components with considerations such as spring force and dimensional tolerances. For single fiber connectors, the most common material is ceramic, yet some are stainless steel. Multifiber ferrules are made of a type of plastic (a glass-filled polymer).
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As you age, your teeth age too. Decay, fillings, trauma or even just normal chewing habits can make your teeth break down over time. A Gold dental crown or a cap is a cover that is placed over a tooth to protect a weakened tooth from further fracturing or deteriorating. A gold crown could also be used to protect a tooth that has had a root canal. Lastly, a new gold crown is necessary to simply replace an old worn down or defective crown.
As a rule; the more precious metal or gold content in the metal the better the fit and better for the health of the gums around the crown. Keep in mind that fit is an important factor in sealing out the bacteria that tries to get between the crown and the tooth, possibly causing decay and premature failure of the crown.
The Gold Crown Treatment
It normally takes two visits for your dentist to complete your crown. On your first visit your dentist will shape and prepare the tooth so the crown can properly fit over it. Next, an impression of the tooth is taken and a temporary crown is inserted to protect the prepared tooth. This impression is then sent to a dental laboratory where a custom-fit permanent crown is made.
On your second visit the permanent crown is placed. If the fit and shape of the crown are satisfactory your dentist will proceed with permanently cementing it into place.
Gold Crown Post Treatment Expectations
After the successful completion of the crown it is not uncommon to feel some discomfort, mild pain when you chew, or sensitivity to temperature changes for a few days. Also, if your newly cemented porcelain crown feels too tall or your bite doesn’t feel right, you should contact your dentist.
Cleaning Your Crown
Please keep in mind that the longevity of your crown depends in large part on the materials in the crown, as well as your oral hygiene, diet and the health of the supporting tooth and gums. It is important to maintain all of your teeth with proper brushing and flossing.


SRA20 albedometer is an instrument that measures global and reflected solar radiation and the solar albedo, or solar reflectance, with the highest accuracy. It is composed of two SR20 secondary standard pyranometers with thermopile sensors; the upfacing one measuring global solar radiation, the downfacing one measuring reflected solar radiation. SRA20 complies with the latest ISO and WMO standards.
- global solar radiation and reflected solar radiation
- albedo or solar reflectance
- net solar radiation
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Why don’t we have robots taking care of our every need by now? A little history of the field of robotics might help you understand how hard it is to get machines to perform tasks, and how far we’ve come in just a few decades.
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, or even use Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for MakeCode, CircuitPython, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.


Coulomb's Law Lab
In this program you will be looking at the factors that affect the force between two charged pith balls. You will be determining the force based on the angle to which the pith ball is moved when in the vicinity of the other charged object.
You will be able to change the strength and type of charge. You will also be able to change the distance between the charges.
When you are ready to start the problem, click on the begin button.


Centralised crypto is a digital asset designed to be employed as a medium of exchange. crypto-coins may be found through mining. Any person is able to do this if they have a a computer. Mining requires a great deal of hours and electricity, though. A high-powered computer is also vital, to do this successfully. Conversely, Ripple is a centralised resource, which can't be mined. A finite amount of coins were generated by the company and this number will never be exceeded.


Michael Carter, a historian at English Heritage, an organization that manages more than 400 historic buildings, found the objects listed on a 580-year-old inventory for Battle Abbey in Sussex, southeast England.
Highlights from the list of 175 individual objects include a hair shirt and finger bone believed to have belonged to St. Nicholas — better known as Santa Claus — and relics from Christ’s birthplace.
The relic inventory is one of roughly 30 to have survived from medieval England.
William the Conqueror, who seized the English throne by winning the Battle of Hastings in 1066, is believed to have built Battle Abbey on the site of his victory over Harold II, the Anglo-Saxon king.
Among other objects, William the Conqueror is thought to have gifted relics of several of the Holy Innocents — infant boys slaughtered in Bethlehem on the orders of King Herod — to the monastery, according to a statement from English Heritage.
The organization also said William the Conqueror was a “notorious Scrooge” when it came to making gifts English abbeys — but that Battle Abbey was an exception.
Another royal gift was presented to the monks of the abbey in 1200, when King John — who was later forced to sign the Magna Carta charter of rights — gave them relics believed to be from Christ’s tomb and his “True Cross.”
Carter said he was thrilled to think he might be the first person in half a millennium to comprehensively study the “glorious list” from Battle Abbey.
“It’s fascinating how connections to our Christmas today, can be traced back almost a thousand years and despite Henry VIII’s violent suppression (of the monasteries during the English Reformation), these great monasteries are still giving up their secrets”, Carter added.
His research is published in the December issue of The Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies.
The relics manuscript is housed in the Huntington collection in California.


Geikie Gorge (known locally as Darngku) is a feature of the Napier Range and is located within the grounds of Geikie Gorge National Park, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Fitzroy Crossing, 1,831 km (1,138 mi) northeast of Perth and 420 km (260 mi) east of Broome in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. Believed to be one of the best-known and most easily accessed, the gorge is named in honour of Sir Archibald Geikie, the Director General of Geological Survey for Great Britain and Ireland when it was given its European name in 1883.
Along with Tunnel Creek and Windjana Gorge, Geikie Gorge is part of an ancient barrier reef that developed during the Devonian Period. The walls of the gorge are 30 metres high. The eight kilometer gorge was created by the flowing waters of the Fitzroy River, which still flows through the region and the wildlife present in the Gorge includes: the freshwater crocodile, Leichhardt's sawfish and Coach-whip stingrays.
- Amanda Banks (2005-11-02). "Hunt for Lost German Tourist Intensifies". The Australian. Retrieved 2008-04-28.[dead link]
- Burt, Jocelyn (1996). Discover Western Australia. UWA Press. ISBN 187556084X.
- "Fitzroy Crossing". The Age. 2004-02-08. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- "Side Trips". The New York Times. 20 November 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
- Daly, Margo; Anne Dehne; David Leffman; Chris Scott (2003). The Rough Guide to Australia. Rough Guides. p. 779. ISBN 1843530902.
- Burt, Jocelyn. Kimberley: Australia's Unique North West. UWA Press. p. 71. ISBN 1920694153.
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Our cells have an internal skeleton that gives them support and shape. Made from protein structures, this cytoskeleton can disassemble and regroup allowing the cell to carry out new functions. Pictured is a ball of kidney cells. Structural proteins (in green and purple) highlight the outer edges. When treated with a growth factor the skeleton of each cell extends. The resulting protrusions help cells move with an amoeba-like crawl. Although the mechanics of travelling cells have been well documented in 2D, this research is the first observation in a 3D environment. This model system will help researchers understand how organs develop, in ever more detail.
Written by Charles Harvey
BPoD stands for Biomedical Picture of the Day. Managed by the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre the website aims to engage everyone, young and old, in the wonders of biomedicine. Images are kindly provided for inclusion on this website through the generosity of scientists across the globe.


Cup a hand over an injured eye, try not to blink, and let your tears flow freely. Tears form a protective film, whereas rubbing may cause a foreign object to cut the eye or a liquid irritant to spread further.
If a foreign object can’t be removed, or if the eye still hurts after the object is out, the eyeball may have been cut. Close the eye, and cover it with a pad of cotton wool, gauze, or a folded handkerchief extending from the forehead to the cheek. Tape the pad in place to keep eye movement to a minimum until you get to a doctor.
A blow that causes a black eye can also injure the eye itself, causing internal bleeding leading to infection. Cover the eye with a cold compress, then have a doctor examine it.
Rarely, a splinter or other sharp object impales the eye. Don’t pull the object out. Cover the eye and the object with a paper cup, or bend a sturdy piece of paper into a cone. Tape that protection in place while the person is transported to the hospital.
Chemicals splashed into the eye must be washed out instantly before you even take time to call a doctor. Have the person lie flat on his back near a sink or hose. Hold the eyelids open with thumb and finger and pour water gently but generously over the eye for 15 minutes.


Consider a Draw program such as the PowerPoint slide editor. A user can create and place different shapes such as ovals, polygons, lines and other shapes. A Connector is a special line that runs from one shape to another. The line will always connect the two shapes even if the shapes move. This program implements the shape:move: operation.
A a PowerPoint presentation of the example is here.
THIS EXAMPLE HAS LIMITED FUNCTIONALITY
A constraint of this example is that the code shall be so simple that it can be explained in a regular talk. The code is therefore limited to a single connector. Also, Context classes are subclasses of BB1Context, the context base class that provides general runtime mechanisms. In this case, the remap method has been overridden to make the binding mechanism easier to explain (but not as general).
A NOTE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
There is one Context class with one system operation
shape: aShape move: aPoint inData: drawing
The code can be read and run in BabyIDE.
The informal code can be read in the HTML-file for the constrained version with a single Connector:
A version without the above restriction illustrates the use of Roles mapped to collection objects
There is a toggle for choosing between the versions at the top of the documents.


As always in Kirigami, only one sheet of worked paper makes the 3D object, and it is still intact. The folding of all the forms out and forward from the prime axis leaves a hole where that material was lifted away from the middle of the paper. The piece shown here is attached to an identical sheet behind it. This is done to fill the hole as though the sheet were both cut and uncut, and it enhances the 3D effect as follows.
Turning the piece, one finds many unique angles at which the eye projects from a color streak on the 3D figure, back to its place of overlap on the two background planes. Follow the colored stripes outward as the colors merge in certain frames.
The cubes are sitting in a sunny space where they may be grazed by color streaks. Or, maybe the colors have just streaked out of them because they were opened?
This Kirigami is bit of a mechanical puzzle: how can this airy thing be folded up from one piece of paper? I had found this interesting model on Pinterest:
As a novice paper folder, I wanted to diagram the underlying architecture of this piece. Once I had grasped its plan, just to make sure that I had really understood it, I added a fourth floater:
Notice the lines behind it? That’s the blueprint for cutting and folding it. It’s clearly shown here:
The pop-up action mechanism is revealed by comparing this diagram to this partially folded state:
This material is Frosted Gold, Canford Card; I think it would also look cool in sheet brass. The diagram is available from me upon request.
My learning curve has been greatly eased since I’ve started using an extension called Origami in Adobe Illustrator. It simulates folding of the working model (here, the ‘top’ is to the right):
It can zoom, tilt and rotate the working model. Mistaken lines in one’s structural diagram are all specifically located, so it is a great tool for self-directed study.


1880 – Fedor von Bock was born on the 3rd of December in Küstrin, Germany.
1897 – He attended a military academy then joined the German Army.
– At the age of 17, von Bock became an officer candidate in the Imperial Foot Guards Regiment at Potsdam; he received an officer’s commission a year later.
– He entered service with the rank of Sekondeleutnant.
1905 – Bock married Mally von Reichenbach, a young Prussian noblewoman, whom he had originally met in Berlin.
1908 – He was promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant.
1914 – By the time the First World War began, von Bock was a Hauptmann.
– He was assigned as a divisional staff officer in von Rupprecht’s army group on the Western Front.
1918 – Served in the First World War and had attained the rank of major.
1939 – Assigned to lead Army Group North during the successful invasion of Poland.
– After his success with the blitzkrieg against France, Belgium, and The Netherlands, he was promoted to field marshal.
1941 – Served as Army Group Center’s commander during the attack on the Soviet Union.
– Invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, destroying the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviets.
– He was dismissed from his post as Commander of Army Group Center.
1942 – Re-assigned to lead Army Group South in January.
– In July, Hitler blamed him for the failure of "Operation Braunschweig".
1945 – Von Bock was killed in an Allied bombing raid at Hamburg on 4th of May.


Supercooled superconductors are already levitating trains magnetically and imaging magnetically, motivating researchers worldwide to speculate that magnetism is the common source for superconductivity. Look for room temperature superconductors by the middle of the century. R.C.J.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are citing evidence that high-temperature superconductivity derives from the same mechanisms regardless of material That finding has prompted speculation that magnetic spin excitations that couple electrons is the key ingredient for superconductivity. Spin excitations in a superconducting material's performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory support the theory that magnetic properties cause high-temperature superconductivity. High-temperature superconductivity could result in ultra-fast electronic devices that capitalize on high-speed electrons traveling in a material whose resistance has been reduced to zero. Levitating trains, ultra-sensitive sensors called superconducting quantum interference devices and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging use superconductors. Superconductor devices must be super-cooled, which relegates their use to high-end applications. If room-temperature superconductors could be perfected, then electronic devices could operate faster through electron transport without resistance.
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Fiber pots are useful for starting tomato plants. With only starter mix or potting soil in the fiber pots, tomatoes can take root and grow to the seedling stage. Fiber pots allow for easy transplanting of tomato plants into the ground or into larger planters.
To start a tomato in a fiber pot, fill it with starter mix or potting soil. Some gardeners may want to add fertilizer as well. Plant at least two seeds in each fiber pot. Once the seedlings are around 3 inches tall and have some sturdy leaves on them, they are ready to be transplanted.
After the hole for the plant is dug, tear down the side of the fiber pot, and open the bottom. If the roots have already begun growing through the fiber pot, be sure not to tear through them. After transplanting, the fiber planter deteriorates in the ground. This method of transplanting significantly reduces the shock to the plants and is also more environmentally friendly.
Tomatoes do not have to be transplanted into the ground and can be grown successfully instead in large planters. However, tomatoes need a porous container to grow in. Fiber pots work well for this and are often easier for the gardener to use as well.


Soy lecithin, which has changed the nature of cholesterol, could serve as a "bulldozzer" bad cholesterol in the blood.
So that cholesterol does not cause a disaster for your body, surely the most do is to reduce levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) and triglycerides, and raise levels of good cholesterol (HDL). But how to raise HDL's? Certainly many, such as by exercising half an hour per day, not smoking, not consuming alcohol, and lose weight for those who are obese or overweight.
There are a lot of isoflavones in soybean has long been able to increase HDL. American Hearth Association research shows that consumption of soy products during the 3rd month in a row to increase the HDL an average of 4.7%. Research shows, the risk of heart attacks fell 2% to the decrease in total cholesterol 1%.
In soybeans, isoflavones that play a role not only positively related to the risk of cholesterol. Soy lecithin, which has the properties of the emulsion cholesterol, could serve as a bulldozer bad cholesterol in the blood.
In addition, vitamin E, soy can help prevent coronary heart disease and stroke. Because one of the benefits of vitamin E is to prevent LDL oxidation, so it does not form plaques that can clog arteries. This vitamin is able to rejuvenate the back so the back elastic artery.Then folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 is also able to prevent coronary disease by stimulating the enzyme for homocysteine metabolism (which causes blood to clot easily)
So SOYBEAN IS BULLDOZER FOR BAD CHOLESTEROL IN BLOOD.
Hopefully this information is useful for us all. Remember, it's better to prevent before getting sick.


Meaning of Foil
Bangla: তবক, পাত, পরাভব, বাধা, ধাতুপাত, পত্র
Noun / বিশেষ্য / संज्ञा
to prevent the success of; frustrate; balk: Loyal troops foiled his attempt to overthrow the government.
to keep (a person) from succeeding in an enterprise, plan, etc.
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
metal in the form of very thin sheets: aluminum foil.
the metallic backing applied to glass to form a mirror.


Sheffield is a civilised city and this virtual walk shows something of how this has been achieved. You will learn of buildings and structures, various forms of transport (road, rail, tram and water) and the bridges they need together with hidden essentials like water supply and drainage.
You will learn something about where they are and the stories behind these. You will see different materials being used in different forms - all designed and constructed by engineers applying science and using engineering principles.
Leaflets giving the basic details of this walking trail are available from the author or via Sheffield central library.
The event is part of Heritage Open Days 2021.
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Learn how-to solder kit
- uses 0805 1% resistors.
- 6 digits resistor (1 to 999.999 ohm).
- easy to solder.
- comes with all the needed parts.
Always wanted to learn how to solder SMD? We designed this small (5x5cm) PCB on which 36 0805 resistors needed to placed. 0805 packages (0.08″x0.05″ or 2.0mm x 1.2mm) we think are a great trade off between size and solderability, so almost everyone can manage to do it. All you need is a small tip soldering iron, 0,5-0,8mm solder (leaded or unleaded) and solderingflux. Please take a look at this video how to solder small parts.
When all the resistors are soldered you’ll end up with a variable resistor (1 to 999.999 ohm) which comes in handy for prototyping your next project.
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The Christian life is a lot like building a Lego model—examples help. Check out some thoughts about this week’s Sunday School lesson on Acts 20-23 in our video preview.
You can also get some ideas for discussing this passage in the following excerpt from our Early Childhood and Early Elementary curricula:
Set up learning stations throughout your classroom. The first station is Ephesus. Walk your class Ephesus and explain that Paul traveled to Ephesus, where he decides to go to Jerusalem and Rome. Have money at the first station and ask the students to collect it all for you.
The second station is nearby. Walk through “Ephesus” and imitate Paul’s encouragement of the Ephesian leaders by encouraging your class. Compliment their attentiveness or other good behavior. Discuss how Paul made himself the example for the Ephesian elders to follow.
Take a boat ride to the next station, Caesarea. Have the class pretend they are rowing with you as you walk. While there, act out the prophesy of Agabus. Walk to you final station, Jerusalem. Have all the students talk at once to simulate the riot. Quiet them, then share a synopsis of Paul’s message to the crowd.
Finally, have them pretend to sleep. Give the key verse and discuss how Paul was encouraged by the Lord.
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This chopping machine is an example of the many 19th century inventions to make food preparation easier. The meat or vegetables to be chopped were placed in the bowl and the handle was cranked. The chopping blade moved up and down while the bowl rotated, so that the blade hit a different portion of the food each time.
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This package aims to perform the fiddly details of instantiating induction
schemas for algebraic data types. The library is parameterised over
the type of variables (
v), constructors (
c) and types (
Let's see how it looks if you instantiate all these three with String and want
to do induction over natural numbers. First, one needs to create a type
TyEnv. For every type (we only have one), we need to list its
constructors. For each constructor, we need to list its arguments and whether
they are recursive or not.
testEnv :: TyEnv String String testEnv "Nat" = Just [ ("zero",) , ("succ",[Rec "Nat"]) ] testEnv _ = Nothing
Now, we can use the
subtermInduction to get induction hypotheses which are
just subterms of the conclusion. Normally, you would translate the
Obligations to some other representation, but there is also
linearisation functions included (
linObligations, for instance.)
natInd :: [String] -> [Int] -> IO () natInd vars coords = putStrLn $ render $ linObligations strStyle $ unTag (\(x :~ i) -> x ++ show i) $ subtermInduction testEnv typed_vars coords where typed_vars = zip vars (repeat "Nat")
The library will create fresh variables for you (called
but you need to remove them, using for instance
unTag. If you want to sync
it with your own name supply, use
An example invocation:
*Mini> natInd ["X"]  P(zero). ! [X1 : Nat] : (P(X1) => P(succ(X1))).
This means to do induction on the zeroth coord (hence the
0), and the variable
is called "X". When using the library, it is up to you to translate the
P predicate to something meaningful.
We can also do induction on several variables:
*Mini> natInd ["X","Y"] [0,1] P(zero,zero). ! [Y3 : Nat] : (P(zero,Y3) => P(zero,succ(Y3))). ! [X1 : Nat] : (P(X1,zero) => P(succ(X1),zero)). ! [X1 : Nat,Y3 : Nat] : (P(X1,Y3) & P(X1,succ(Y3)) & P(succ(X1),Y3) => P(succ(X1),succ(Y3))).
In the last step case, all proper subterms of
succ(X1),succ(Y3) are used as
A bigger example is in
example/Example.hs in the distribution.


Bones Home > Symptoms of Achondroplasia
Occurring in all people with the bone growth disorder, short stature is a characteristic symptom of achondroplasia. Health problems that may occur in someone with achondroplasia include obesity, breathing disorders, and recurrent ear infections. Other achondroplasia symptoms include short fingers, short arms and legs, and an enlarged head.
An Overview of Achondroplasia SymptomsAchondroplasia is a bone growth disorder. Although achondroplasia literally means "without cartilage formation," the problem is not the forming of cartilage. The problem occurs when the cartilage has difficulty converting to bone, especially in the long bones of the arms and legs.
Short StatureAll people with achondroplasia have a short stature. The average height of an adult male with achondroplasia is 131 centimeters (52 inches, or 4 feet 4 inches), and the average height of an adult female with achondroplasia is 124 centimeters (49 inches, or 4 feet 1 inch).
- An average-size trunk.
- Short arms and legs with particularly short upper arms and thighs.
- An enlarged head (macrocephaly) with a prominent forehead.
- Fingers are typically short. The ring finger and middle finger may diverge, giving the hand a three-pronged (trident) appearance.
People with achondroplasia are generally of normal intelligence.
Health Problems As Symptoms of AchondroplasiaHealth problems commonly associated with achondroplasia include:
- Breathing disorders (apnea)
- Recurrent ear infections (otitis media).
Adults with achondroplasia usually develop a pronounced and permanent sway of the lower back (lordosis) and bowed legs. Achondroplasia can also cause back pain in older individuals, which can cause difficulty with walking.


Lesson 6: The Knight: Its strength and weakness
In this lesson, you will learn about a special piece the Knight - the only one that can jump over other pieces, which can make it especially powerful. You will see a number of examples of the famous fork and family fork by the Knight, as well as how the Knight can trap other pieces including the enemy King (smothered mate).
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Conrod Dick was born about 1725 in Germany. Conrod and his wife, Anna Catherine, were living in Frederick County, Maryland
as early as 15 August 1755. At that time all of a tract of land called "Mon Hime", lying on a small creek leading into Beaver
Dam Branch in Frederick County, Maryland containing 100 acres was surveyed and patented to Conrod Dick. Beaver Dam Branch
is a branch of Little Pipe Creek.
Conrod and Catherine Dick, she relinquishing her dower right, sold this land to William Aldridge on 23 March 1764, after
which they left Frederick County. Conrod was called a weaver in the deed. “Mon Hime“, apparently, was his own
name for the land and may have been named for the township of Manheim in Lancaster County, PA. There is also a village of
Manheim in Bavaria located about 80 miles south of Nurnbery in Germany.
On 28 March 1758 Maris Catherine Dick, daughter
of Conrod Dick, and his wife, Anna Catherine, were christened in the German Reformed Church of Frederick County, Maryland.
purchased 200 acres of land from Martin Sheets in Rowan County, North Carolina in 1774. The land was located on Hodge's Fork,
a branch of the Uwaree River, now in Davidson or Randolph County. He sold this land to Adam Bowers on 20 December 1785. Conrod
Dick was granted 70 acres of land on Rones Creek in Wilkes County, North Carolina, 28 November 1792. He died about 1797 in
Wilkes County, North Carolina, presumably on this land.


Optical illusions based on movement can be constructed in a variety of ways. Here we explore spinning disks and color wheels using simple patterns that create some spectacular optical illusions. The interactive Java tutorials listed below contain a combination of different patterns for your enjoyment.
Each pattern takes approximately 8-15 seconds to download over a 28.8K modem.
Disk Pattern #1 - A Java-powered circular pattern rotates over a fixed black and white bitmap image that is a 12-sided radial polygon.
Disk Pattern #2 - Another circular pattern that rotates clockwise or counterclockwise over a red rounded-triangle pattern.
Disk Pattern #3 - A red radial pattern intertwines with a black radial pattern to create unusual color effects.
Disk Pattern #4 - This tutorial superimposes a black radial pattern over a yellow fixed radial pattern.
Disk Pattern #5 - The radial black pattern now rotates over a fixed radial pattern made with wavy black and yellow lines.
Disk Pattern #6 - When the radial black pattern is rotated over a yellow and black polygon, the illusion of falling into a tunnel is produced.
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PowerPacket technology uses the same power line that provides electricity to your computer to network it to other computers in your home or office. PowerPacket uses Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) to handle high-speed data transmission between computers. Electrical wires in a home are difficult to use for deploying a network as electrical wires are always in a state of flux. OFDM can detect changes within the power line and maintain network communication even during power fluctuations. PowerPacket is designed to seamlessly coexist with existing home networking technology, including HomePNA, 802.11b and HomeRF, and can also work with older home power line technologies. PowerPacket was developed by Intellon and is used as the baseline technology for the HomePlug specification.


Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a severe form of epilepsy (a seizure disorder). It usually develops in children between 1 and 8 years old and is characterized by several types of seizures (convulsions), developmental delay, and behavioral disturbances such as poor social skills and attention-seeking behavior. Most children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome experience some degree of impaired intellectual functioning or information processing. The disorder may be caused by brain injury, severe brain infections, genetic brain diseases, or developmental malformations of the brain. In some cases, no cause can be found. Seizure types, which vary among patients, include tonic (stiffening of the body, upward deviation of the eyes, dilation (enlargement) of the pupils, and altered respiratory patterns), atonic (brief loss of muscle tone and consciousness, causing abrupt falls), atypical absence (staring spells), and myoclonic (sudden muscle jerks). There may be periods of frequent seizures mixed with brief, relatively seizure-free periods.
Treatment for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome may include anti-epileptic medication to control seizures. However, the types of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome are generally difficult to control due to their resistance to most anti-epileptic drugs.


Derby Racer, Revere Beach, 1911-1936
The concept behind the Derby Racer at Revere Beach, Massachusetts, was a fun one: Two trains raced down parallel tracks to a finish line at the bottom of the ride. You can imagine the scene as teenagers screamed and taunted one another as one car pulled ahead, then the other, through a series of dips and curves on the figure-eight-shaped course. But excitement and friendly competition often turned to tragedy thanks to the coaster's abysmal safety record.
Things got off to a bad start in June 1911 when the treasurer of the roller coaster company was fatally injured, ironically, when he stood up to lecture other passengers about safety. The accident, which was actually the second fatality of the year, forced local officials to revoke the ride's license until workers could install brakes and safety restraints in the passenger cars [source: The New York Times, June 10, 1911 and The Boston Daily Globe, June 9, 1911, June 12, 1911]. Apparently, however, the restraints didn't do much good. In 1917 a man lost his hat as the train headed up a steep incline, and he fell out of his car while attempting to recover it. He tumbled onto the other track where he was hit by a train and dragged 35 feet (10.7 meters). He died, according to the newspaper, after breaking "nearly every bone in [his] body" [source: The Boston Daily Globe and July 16, 1917].
In 1936 the Derby Racer was demolished, but not, evidently, because of its bad reputation. The roller coaster that replaced it was simply called "the new Derby Racer" [source: Francis and Francis].


The Festival of Bel’s Fire
By Springwolf, D.D., Ph.D. 🐾
Tonight at Sunset marks the beginning of a Pagan Metaphysical Sabbat (holiday) called Beltaine. By the Solar Calendar, the holiday is celebrated on May 1st. But by the Lunar Calendar it’s honored on May 6th. Many modern pagans prefer celebrating the holiday by the lunar calendar as this was probably more accurate to the original festivals of the ancient pagans. In some circles, the Sabbat is honored through out the week beginning on May 1st and ending at sunset on May 7th.
The Sabbat was practiced throughout the Celtic lands. Bel is well known from Italy (Cis-Alpine Gaul), Gaul, Britain, Ireland and into northern Spain. Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of the Gaulish language (an early variety of Celtic) native to Gaul. Continue reading


In accordance with McIntosh (2008) states that the sole interest that drive the debate to hottest on this sensitive topic of sexuality is the contention to explain whether or not bisexual sexual or same gender orientation is a choice.
To only point out the groups of interest is this debate is members of gay community, bisexual community and lesbian community. If assumptions are anything to go by, then essentialists assume sexual orientation whether same-gender, heterosexual or bisexual is a fixed independent biological mechanism that steers individual behaviors or desires directed to either women or women irrespective of experience and circumstances faced by the individual rather than a conscious choice. On contrasting views, the social constructionism put their emphasis on the assumption that individual’s sexual orientation is constructed or chosen (Delamater and shibley 1998). There is a slight difference on the technical jargon used in social constructionism, social constructionism prefer sexual preference to essentialists’ sexual orientation. In this sense, sexual preference as used gives an insight that the role placed upon individuals in relation to determining hi or her social orientation or what one prefers. In other words, by using sexual preference it imply that individuals make a conscious, intentional choice of sexual partners or take an active part in constructing their sexuality.
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At times it may seem that drinking alcohol is embedded into our daily lives. We clink glasses to celebrate milestones
and happy times, while watching sporting events and at social gatherings.
Although a moderate consumption of alcohol — according to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans this means no more than one drink per day for women and no more than two drinks a day for men—may not directly impact your health, when do you know if you
or someone you know has a problem?
Laura Parise, MD, Psychiatrist at NorthShore, lists some of the common signs of alcoholism and alcohol abuse:
If you or someone you know relates to the above statement, it is recommended you seek assistance from your physician.
What other information would be of interest to you about this topic?


How does culture influence the artistic process? How does culture impact a community? Each of us has our own thoughts, perceptions, behaviors, and expressions based on our lived experience. Adopting a cross-cultural perspective starts with listening and learning from others who are different from us, and appreciating the beauty of how they experience and show up in the world.
While we generally stay within our five boroughs, a very noticeable sculpture caught our eye In Jersey City’s Newport Pier Park. It is the permanent installation, by Internationally-known artist Jaume Plensa, entitled Water’s Soul.


In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Adobe Dreamweaver to add an accessible data table to a web page.
- Accessible Tables Video Tutorial (CC)
- Video Tutorial: Larger Version (.mov, CC)
- Directions (HTML)
- Print Directions (Tagged PDF)
To create a table in Dreamweaver:
- With your Dreamweaver document open, choose Insert, Table.
- Enter the desired number of columns and rows into the appropriate text fields in the Table window, and make sure the Table width is set to percent.
This will make it possible for the table width to change depending on the size of the browser window. The other options under table size will determine the appearance of the table:
- Border thickness: will determine the size of the border around the table as well as between the table cells.
- Cell padding: will add space between the text in each cell and the cell’s border.
- Cell spacing: will add space between the table cells.
- Under Header, choose whether you want to add headers to the columns, rows, or both.When you add a header, Dreamweaver will automatically add a Scope attribute to that header. Screen readers can use the Scope attribute to let the user know whether a header refers to a column or a row.
- Use the Caption text box to enter the text for a label that will appear above the table.The Summary attribute is used to provide the user with some information about the structure of the table (such as the number of rows and columns) and a summary of the information that will be presented in the table.
- When you’re finished entering the table information, choose OK to add the table to your Dreamweaver document.
- To save the changes to your document, choose File, Save. You can preview the table by choosing File, Preview in Browser.


I'm just starting to learn about Web Content Accessibility and I was reading this document regarding non-text contents.
According to it:
For non-text content that is a control or accepts user input, such as
images used as submit buttons, image maps or complex animations, a
name is provided to describe the purpose of the non-text content so
that the person at least knows what the non-text content is and why it
text by which software can identify a component within Web content to
Note 1: The name may be hidden and only exposed by assistive
technology, whereas a label is presented to all users. In many (but
not all) cases, the label and the name are the same.
Note 2: This is unrelated to the name attribute in HTML.
It depends on the control you are using. Some examples:
Input controls, textarea:
label element with the
for attribute, matching the
id attribute of the element.
My label<input type="text" id="input1" />
If you use the
button element include the description inside the content
input[type=submit], you can use the
<input type="submit" value="My label" />
If you want to describe an image, use the


Waste and Sustainability Workshops
FREE Workshops for Early Learning Centres
Waste and Recycling
Children will learn what goes in each colour bin, what happens to waste, and why it is important to recycle. They might even be able to teach their family and friends a thing or two!
Children will learn how to set up a worm farm, what to feed the worms, and the benefits of worm farming. Please ensure you have a shaded location and food scraps for your worm farm.
FREE Workshops for Primary Schools
EnviroMentors School Program
Primary schools are invited to take part in incursion-based environmental education workshops run by EnviroMentors each year. Workshops are linked to the NSW Curriculum and include topics such as recycling, sustainability, and litter.
Council presents a series of environmental workshops for children aged 5-12 years each September school holidays at Nalawala Sustainability Hub. The activities are hands-on and fun!
FREE Workshops for Adults
Community Groups and English Schools
Find out what services Council provides for residents to dispose of garbage, recycling, garden waste, and bulky household items.
A variety of environmental workshops are available for Fairfield City Council residents on Saturdays at Nalawala Sustainability Hub. Visit Council’s Events page for more details.
For more information about workshops, please contact the Waste and Sustainability team on 9725 0222.


Eating or fueling for performance enables Soldier training, increases energy and endurance, shortens recovery time between activities, improves focus and concentration, and helps leaders and Soldiers look and feel better. Although Soldiers and leaders frequently understand the connections between nutrition and mission readiness, they also cite numerous barriers to obtaining optimal nutrition. These barriers include lack of access to healthy foods, time constraints arising from working through meals or working late, monetary constraints, and low motivation to make healthy choices. Specifically, when interviewed on what affects their nutrition, many Soldiers cited military dining facility hours, cost, location, and limited healthy options as barriers to making the healthy choice. Others indicated the prevalence of unhealthy on-base fast food options detracted from their ability and motivation to make optimal food selections.


Exercise is important for health, but over-exercise may be a symptom of a deeper problem. Those with eating disorders that also over-exercise may be battling deeper troubles.
Dangerous weight loss as a result of an eating disorder can get in the way of a normal menstrual cycle. But when treatment works, girls gain weight and get their cycle back.
Self-image affects a long line of behaviors for women when it comes to eating and diet. And unhealthy eating habits can be difficult to break.
It seems like weight loss trends change constantly – and there could be a new one on the horizon. However, with this new fad, the focus is not so much on what you eat, but on how long you don’t eat.
Eating disorders are complex issues that can happen in people with other psychological conditions. Although, having an eating disorder and a personality disorder may be uncommon.


Question: I have heartburn all the time and am also on medication for hypothyroid. Is it possible my thyroid problem is causing acid reflux?
Dr. Hibberd's answer:
Not directly. Acid reflux happens when stomach acid backs up in the lower esophagus, causing what is referred to as GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). This usually relates to a physical gastric or esophageal disorder resulting in an incompetent sphincter that allows the acid in your stomach to move into your esophagus. Sphincter function has no direct relationship to thyroid hormone disorders.
Thyroid hormone controls metabolism rates, and helps regulate body temperature, body weight, heart rates and function, body fluid retention, and brain function.
That being said, hypothyroid (under-active thyroid) can lead to overweight issues and obesity, that in turn will increase the incidence of GERD.
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The gardens were designed by the pioneering designer of public open spaces Scotsman John Claudius Loudon. He was a prolific author of gardening books and magazines and had a vision for long term planning to provide green spaces in the rapidly growing cities of Britain. In 1832, Loudon established the design theory entitled Gardenesque. In this style, attention was given to the individual plant and placement in the best conditions for them to grow to their potential. Loudon’s wife was from Birmingham and it was natural for the society to turn to him, the leading designer of his day, to create the landscape for the garden. Loudon proposed the construction of a dramatic glasshouse, but a rather more modest range built by the local firm John Jones & Co. was built which can be seen in this illustration from 1855.
PALM HOUSE 1871
The Palm house designed by F. B. Osbourne a local architect gave much needed height enabling palms and tree ferns to be added to the collection.
THE FOUNTAIN 1850
The Fountain (which is the garden’s current emblem) was designed by local architect Charles Edge. It is made of Code Stone, an artificial stone much favoured in Victorian England and very resistant to acid rain. The fountain currently consists of its first tier only, we are keen to restore it to its original glory.
LILY HOUSE 1852
Now our Tropical house, the Lily House was added in 1852 to grow the great Amazon water lily, hence its low roof line. The photograph dates from 1910 and shows the then Curator Thomas Humphries’ daughter balanced precariously on a leaf of the plant.


Food processing technology research and development activities have historically been driven by large-scale manufacture upscaling drivers to profit from economies of scale. Increasing demand for high-quality food with pioneering texture profiles, consumer needs for personalised products impacting product formulation (i.e., fat, sugar and micronutrient content), and constrained availability of ingredients and resources are pressuring industrialists to utilise alternative technologies to enable a more sustainable food supply. Distributed and localised food manufacturing (DLM) has been identified as a promising strategy towards future sustainable systems with technology representing one of its cornerstones. Innovative methods and tools to support the selection of the best alternative technologies for DLM are required. This paper provides an overview of food processing technologies and includes a novel classification created to support future assessments. A novel qualitative assessment method encompassing multiple criteria to understand specific food technologies suitability for future DLM systems is presented. Finally, research benefits are explored through the application of the assessment method to several selected technologies with promising potential in future food manufacturing. The results demonstrate that this methodological approach can assist in the adoption of DLM food systems through the selection of the best technologies integrating individual manufacturer requirements.


Schools use cleaned rainwater for toilets
Preventing that rainwater is wasted, has becoming increasingly important. Climate change ensures it gets warmer, and we will frequently will be surprised by sharp downpours like the warm monsoons in Asia.
Aquaflow has designed a system that collects the rain water so that it can be reused as clean toilet flushing water. A school in the Netherlands has been reusing this ‘grey’ water since 2013 and is still very pleased with the clean toilet water. Moreover, the sustainable infrastructure approach of the school is an example for children and their parents.
Clear and clean
Aquaflow is founder of the system that collects all of the rainwater from the school, purifies it and stores the water. This ‘grey’ water is used as flushing water for the toilets, and can also be used for irrigation. The water is clear and clean: all hydrocarbons and other airborne particles are filtered out. Toilet users like children and their teachers do not see, nor smell, that the flushing water is different from the drinking water.
With the AquaFlow system it’s easy to collect and store rainwater, for reuse. The investments are limited: a small pump, a water storage tank and – of course- the installation costs.
For buildings where a lot of water is used: like schools, sports centers, offices and public buildings, there is a huge advantage of harnessing and reusing the rainwater.
But perhaps the most important is the added value of the building for the environment:
- no waste: a good example of building Cradle-to-Cradle
- education: toilet users – children and adults
- experience: creating water perception among citizens and users
Click for the Aquaflow – company page
Founder: Wijtze Boomsma
- AquaFlow Don’t spill a drop of water, collect rainwater on roofs and roads
- Double investments in water reuse in the U.S.
- Water reuse is becoming increasingly important for modern societies
- First Cradle-To-Cradle Business Park In The Netherlands
- Fresh Water and Energy from WasteWater


Debating Space Priorities
In the immediate aftermath of President Kennedy’s May 25, 1961, declaration that “we should go to the Moon,” and for most of the following twenty months, there was very little Congressional or public questioning of pursuing the ambitious lunar landing goal as a high national priority. The Congress, by large bipartisan majorities and after only limited debate, approved increases in NASA appropriations of 89 percent for Fiscal Year 1962 and 101 percent for Fiscal Year 1963. Leading newspapers and other shapers of public attitudes seemed caught up in the excitement of Project Mercury and the initial steps toward the Moon. But as 1963 began, questioning of the lunar landing project began to emerge in various circles; the wisdom of the commitment to Apollo became the focus of a national discussion on the best U. S. path forward in space.


Weight in Traction: 1.979 kg Weight in Action: 1.500 kg
15.76 kg (HE)
Practical Rate of Fire
Rate of Fire
Maximum Rate of Fire
Maximum Ground Range
Horse Drawn (Eight Horses) or Motorised (Tractor)
The type 14 was unique because not only was it the first canon to be designed and built in Japan, but also the first to have a split trail. The results however were poor and it was only built in small number, mainly because it lacked range and accuracy. It was replaced by the much improved type 92 and never left the home islands.


Doctors use the body mass index (BMI) as a simple way of assessing whether a patient needs to lose weight.
The calculation is based on comparing a person's weight with their body height. It applies equally to men and women.
You can quickly see the BMI assessment for your body on the chart above.
Alternatively, you can calculate your own BMI. Divide your weight in kilograms by the square of your height in metres, or divide your weight in pounds by the square of your height in inches, then multiply by 703.
You can also use the "What's your BMI?" link on the right to have the calculation performed for you.
A BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight and one of 30 or above is considered obese.
People with BMIs between 19 and 22 live longest. Death rates are noticeably higher for people with indexes 25 and above.
The BMI is not infallible. For instance, it is possible for a healthy, muscular athlete with very low body fat to be classified obese using the BMI formula.
If you are a trained athlete, your weight based on your measured percent body fat would be a better indicator of what you should weigh.


Speaker: Dr. Alyson Brooks
University of Wisconsin
The cosmological model based on cold dark matter (CDM) and dark energy has been hugely successful in describing the observed evolution and large scale structure of our Universe. However, at small scales (in the smallest galaxies and at the centers of larger galaxies), a number of observations seem to conflict with the predictions CDM cosmology, leading to recent exploration of Warm Dark Matter (WDM) and Self-Interacting Dark Matter (SIDM) models. These small scales, though, are also regions dominated by baryons. The more complex physics of baryons make them more difficult to model. I will show results from some of the highest resolution cosmological galaxy simulations ever produced that include both baryons and dark matter to show that baryonic physics can significantly alter the dark matter structure of galaxies, revolutionizing our expectations for the observed structure of galaxies. I will make the case that baryons have the potential to solve the crisis within CDM, but may also make it difficult to identify CDM vs WDM vs SIDM.
Originally published at physics.nd.edu.


This is a great family activity that can be used for an object lesson for Easter!
Ingredients: Canned biscuits, large marshmallows, cinnamon sugar, tub of spreadable butter, plastic spoons, waxed paper
Give each person a piece of waxed paper and tape the corners to keep from sliding. Flatten out a biscuit until round. Wrap each flattened biscuit around a marshmallow, making sure to seal all openings. Dip the back of the spoon in the tub of butter and spread on the biscuit. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
Place in a large, greased baking pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes.
Just like Resurrection morning, the cookies are hollow and EMPTY! On the first Resurrection day Jesus’ followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty. Read Matthew 28:1-9.
Discuss the main point of the story:
Jesus is NOT in the tomb anymore. HE HAS RISEN. JESUS IS ALIVE!


If you want to get into the trucking industry, you’re going to need to know all about the mechanics of a truck. Specifically, you’ll need to be able to identify important aspects of the vehicle. Moreover, this will help you learn how to maintain the vehicle so it keeps running. Also, you’ll be better equipped to make repairs or upgrades when necessary. Today, you can start the learning process by reading further for a quick breakdown on shocks.
Heavy Duty Shocks
You may not think much about shocks, but they are very important when it comes to hauling cargo in large trucks. As it turns out, shocks are crucial to supporting large trucks as they haul heavy loads of cargo, day in and day out.
Essentially, shocks help to support the truck’s suspension system. Specifically, they do this by managing the movement of the springs. Clearly, these are more than just the springs. They’re a very important part of any truck’s mechanical body.
When a large truck drives over long stretches of road for days on end, the this can create wear and tear on the vehicle. Fortunately, the shocks can help the truck stay flexible on the roads to prevent damage. This is especially important in areas of rough terrain and twisty and winding roads.
Shock absorbers contain a piston and hydraulic fluid. When an impact, such as rough terrain hitting the tires, occurs, the shocks are engaged, meaning they compress. Then, the force of the piston is absorbed by the hydraulic fluid colliding into the piston. Essentially, this process absorbs impacts and prevents the truck from bouncing or moving erratically.
Therefore, shocks are incredibly important. A well-maintained shock system ensures a truck is easier to drive. Additionally, this reduces driver fatigue behind the wheel as well.


ABBA (ăb'a, Heb. ’abbā’). Aramaic word for father, transliterated into Greek and thence into English. The corresponding Hebrew word is Ab. Abba is found three times in the NT (
ABBA ăb ə (אַבָּא, father). An Aram. form of the Heb. äb, transliterated into Gr. in the NT and then into Eng. The word does not occur in either the Heb. OT or the LXX. It occurs in three NT prayers (
Paul’s use of the term seems to reflect a common NT practice or even an early liturgical formula. Such a practice most prob. would have stemmed from Jesus’ use of the word, making it fraught with His reverent intimacy with His Father, a reverence and intimacy which He tried to teach His disciples. Dalman’s assertion, “The usage of family life is transferred to God: it is the language of the child to its father,” fits well with this idea. It is possible that Abba was used in addressing God in the Lord’s prayer (
In the M. the term may mean “my father” or even “our father,” and is used as a title, as in The Sayings of the Fathers, or even as a proper name. It is almost never used of God in sub-NT Jewish writings.
It is evident from this later Jewish usage, as well as from the almost complete silence of the OT in regard to the use of such words in personal relationship with God, that the NT use of “Abba, Father” was highly significant of a relationship between Jesus and His Father, and then between the Christian and God as Father, which greatly transcended OT concepts. See Rabbi.
G. Dalman, The Words of Jesus (1902), 192; G. Kittel, ed.; tr. and ed., G. W. Bromiley, Theological Dictionary of the, 1 (1964), 5, 6.


The creative process is a fascinating thing. Some artists spend years perfecting a single work, be it a book, painting, composition, or performance. Others engage in a free-flowing, on-the-spot creation process on the spot. Both are valid means of creation, but as you can probably imagine, they are each very different.
Now, with fMRI technology, we can actually see how they are different on a neurologic level. Check out this fascinating study from Scientific Reports. The researchers in this study sought to find out what areas of the brain are activated when free-style rappers engage in their craft. They had participants try rapping to a beat in two ways: a rehearsed rap, and a free-style (created on the spot rap). Each group rapped to the same beat, and were hooked to fMRI machines to measure brain activity. They then compared the results to see how the on-the-spot creation process happens.
One of the most interesting discoveries was the way brain activation changed across the course of the 8-bar improvisation. At the onset of the improvisation, areas of the brain responsible for motivation, emotion and language showed higher activation, and as the 8-bar beat came to an end, systems in the right hemisphere showed higher activation levels.
The study concluded that improvisation creation is a highly complex brain activity. With all this complex action going on in our heads, is it any wonder why music is so engaging?
Ready to fire up your neurons? Get signed up for music therapy with The George Center!


UPDATE: Changes have been made below to the original post to clarify certain details about the import and export of musical instruments that were made using endangered species.
As individual musicians and orchestras make their plans now for the summer touring season, many face the distinct possibility are concerned that their rare and antique instruments may be confiscated when the musicians travel abroad or return to this country they cross international borders. That's because an international convention called CITES prohibits places restrictions on the import and export of musical instruments made from endangered materials like ivory, sea-tortoise shell, and Brazilian rosewood, among others. Enter an unlikely musicians' friend: the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, which announced today that it will propose issuing "musical passports" that would permit international transport of such instruments made before the prohibitions were enacted.
This would be a huge relief to musicians with such instruments as vintage guitars and violins, as well as ivory-keyed pianos, since they currently have to file lengthy and complicated import and export forms every time they travel, for each and every country visit. If the proposal passes (and a FWS spokesperson seemed optimistic at a press conference today), musicians will be able to get an actual passport for their instruments, complete with a physical description on one page and spaces for entry stamps on another. The musical passports would be valid for three years. The proposal is expected to be made at a CITES conference in Thailand on March 3.
This post was updated February 26, 2012.
Mark Orwoll is the International Editor of Travel + Leisure. Follow him on Twitter.


Interpreting Bar Chart Graphs
With this worksheet, your students will apply maths to a real world scenario about fruit harvesting. Students will cultivate the skills of reading, interpreting, and analyzing more complex graph of bar charts with these questions that activate higher order thinking.
Want more bar chart practise? Use this worksheet with the lesson plan, Interpreting Complex Graphs.


Governments love inflation because few people realize their pockets are being picked. From James Rickards at dailyreckoning.com:
Inflation is not a guessing game anymore; it’s here. Every time you buy gas at the pump or groceries at the supermarket or book a plane ticket, the price increases are staring you in the face.
The problem is that inflation cannot be isolated. It’s not limited to what you pay to fill up your car, for example. Truckers have to pay the same higher prices for diesel fuel, which add to transportation costs and to the final prices of delivered goods.
It’s a clear example of the ripple effect.
That much is clear. What is less clear are the thousands of ways that inflation hurts you that are invisible. The most important of these is that inflation is a tax.
The government borrows dollars, and you earn dollars. Taxation is one way that governments take money from citizens to pay off government debt. But taxes are unpopular and hard to get approved by Congress.
Inflation works much better.
It reduces your real income since the dollars you earn are worth less. And it reduces the government debt because the money the government owes is easier to repay for the same reason – the dollars are worth less.


This sounds like one of those Bible episodes (you remember the one with Jesus, the water and the wine, right?), but it is as real as it gets. It all started with a man’s frustration with the price of gas. Sounds quite familiar up to now. Well while most of us decide to ignore this issue and accept what we are given, Ricardo Azevedo decided that he had had enough.
As a mechanic, Azevedo didn’t find it that hard to make some changes to his motorbike. Inspired by his son’s chemistry book, he decided to play a bit and let the results speak for themselves. The main principle of use is the process of electrolysis which breaks the liquid into oxygen and hydrogen with the help of an electrical current that is sent through a canister of water. The hydrogen is used to power the engine in a safe manner. Of course, although research in this field has been developing quite fast, it’s still complicated to talk about a safe and accurate method of using water as a source of fuel.
So far, the results have proven to be quite interesting and promising. Ricardo Azevedo declared: “I still haven’t developed everything is it capable of, but I did some tests and in certain settings it can go 500 kilometres (310 miles) using one litre of water. It does not cause any damage to the environment, on the contrary as it will go on to replace fossil fuels and reduce carbon monoxide emissions.”
True story. And isn’t it better to stop at a gas station to buy water instead of fuel? Or maybe fill the tank when you pass by a river. Developing this type of technology would be indeed extremely useful for the planet. What do you think about a motorbike that runs on water?


At 10:15, we’ll be talking about a new report from the United Nations Population Fund that says the world is not prepared for the increase in senior citizens in both developed and undeveloped countries.
Here are some key facts highlighted in the report:
• Around the world, two persons celebrate their sixtieth birthday every second – an annual total of almost 58 million sixtieth birthdays.
• By 2050 for the first time there will be more older people than children under 15. In 2000, there were already more people aged 60 or over than children under 5.
• In 2012, 810 million people were aged 60 or over, accounting for 11.5 per cent of the global population. The number is projected to reach 1 billion in less than 10 years and more than double by 2050, reaching 2 billion and accounting for 22 per cent of the global population.
• Life expectancy is 78 years in developed countries and 68 years in developing regions in 2010-2015. By 2045-2050, newborns can expect to live to 83 years in developed regions and 74 years in developing regions.
• Of every three people aged 60 or over, two live in developing countries. By 2050, nearly four in five people aged 60 or over will live in the developing world.
• For every 100 women aged 60 or over worldwide, there are 84 men. For every 100 women aged 80 or over, there are 61 men.
What Kerri wants to know: Do you think there ways our government should be preparing for an aging America? And are there successful examples of dealing with an aging population in other countries that we should know about?
(Senior citizens take a break on a bench during the 8th Annual Healthy Living Festival on July 15, 2011 in Oakland, California. An estimated 2,000 senior citizens from Alameda County attended the 8th Annual Healthy Living Festival that features fitness demonstrations along with educational and resource booths that promote successful aging and healthy living. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
–Stephanie Curtis, social media host


“We must start with the belief that the struggle to eliminate gender violence in all its manifestations must first involve work on one’s own self”, the authors say. “To take care of ourselves, know how to defend ourselves, and ensure as far as possible that what we are fighting on behalf of others is also very much a part of our own lives. These are the key elements in strengthening our struggle and continuing our march forward”.
The manual has six chapters:
The first chapter, Recognizing who I am, explores our social conditions and the manner in which we shape our perception of ourselves as women and as activists.
The second chapter, Recognizing the violence that we face, situates the different types of violence experienced by women and activists. Here, they sought not only to talk of recognizable forms of gender violence towards women but have also touched on violence that occurs in spaces that are considered nonviolent — which could even include the organizations that they are part of — or forms of violence that are not identified as such.
The third chapter, Lack of self-care: a form of violence, explores the ways in which the lack of self-care translates into self-inflicted violence in the lives of women activists.
The fourth chapter, Optimizing our vital strengths, deals with the issue of women’s empowerment and the optimization of vital strengths and self-care as indispensable elements for empowerment.
The fifth chapter, Self-defense, explores some resources to combat violence in its physical, legal, and psychological dimensions.
In the sixth chapter you will find a section on “Resources” to draw from in different spheres of your life or in crisis situations.


What are the potential health effects of working with the herbicide glyphosate, contained in products such as Roundup®?
Roundup® is the trade name for one of many products that contain a chemical called glyphosate. Glyphosate is an herbicide, which means that it is used to kill plants, typically weeds. Glyphosate works by interfering with a plant enzyme that makes proteins necessary for a plant’s survival. When this enzyme is blocked, the plant cannot grow and dies. Humans do not have this enzyme and are immune to this effect of glyphosate.
When someone has intentionally ingested glyphosate in an attempt to hurt themselves, or when they have been exposed to large amounts of highly concentrated glyphosate, toxicity has been described. The toxicity usually results from the other components of the herbicide product, mainly the chemicals used to stabilize the glyphosate and allow it to be applied onto fields and crops. Symptoms that may occur after ingestion include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. In cases of severe toxicity, as might occur after intentionally drinking concentrated glyphosate, low blood pressure, abnormal heart rhythms, kidney, liver, and lung injury, and even death can occur.
If people use a glyphosate-containing product at home and are exposed to small amounts on their skin, eyes, or mouth, they should immediately rinse the area with water. There may be a minor reaction that looks like irritation with some redness. Products that are sold for home use contain lower concentrations of glyphosate that are generally believed to be safe. Additionally, there do not seem to be any long-term health effects from this chemical. In animals exposed to large quantities of glyphosate there was not an increased risk for cancer.Overall glyphosate used at home is generally safe. Severe toxicity results from intentional ingestions of the concentrated formulation, not from casual exposures. In cases of small exposures to the skin, the eyes, or the mouth, the area should be washed thoroughly.


A team of UK scientists have developed virus-killing doorpads to help prevent infection spreading in hospitals, businesses and schools.
With cases of coronavirus advancing at an accelerated rate, the Leeds University spin-out company, Surfaceskins, has invented a unique product that can prevent the spread of the virus through contaminated doors.
The product is now in mass production and available to the NHS having secured orders worth £3 million from the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia.
The door push-pads and pull-handles kill bacteria and viruses such as coronavirus in seconds to prevent it being passed on from the door to hands, even if a previous user has contaminated the surface.
Contaminated surfaces has, until now, been a vulnerability in the ability to control the spread of coronavirus through hand hygiene.
Hand washing and gel dispensers clean hands, but as soon as you touch a door, you risk picking up the virus from the many other people that have touched the door, significantly increasing contamination levels and making it difficult to avoid infection.
Surfaceskins contain an alcohol gel that kill bacteria and viruses.
They are formed of a reservoir made from three non-woven or bonded materials with a film top sheet that fits into a recyclable plastic holster, making it very easy to install and maintain.
Protection lasts for a week or 1,000 pushes before the pad needs to be replaced.
Ramp up production
The company is now able to make more than 500 units a day to keep up with demand, with the hope of increasing that to 1,400 units per day within two months.
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Heisterbach is a former abbey of the Cistercian Order in the Siebengebirge (Seven Mountains) near Bonn, Germany. The ruin is located in the Heisterbach Valley between Oberdollendorf and Heisterbachrott.
The Cistercian Order was founded in 1098 as a reform movement among Benedictine monks. The order was in it's prime under Bernhard of Clairvaux (born 1090 in Fontaine-lès-Dijon, died 1153 in Clairvaux, France).
The abbey was founded after Cologne Archbishop Phillip I. of Heinsberg ordered twelve monks of the Himmerod Abbey to create a sister abbey in the Siebengebirge.
On 22th March 1189 they first moved into the abandoned buildings of the Order of St. Augustine on the Petersberg mountain. In 1192 the Cistercian monks moved to the valley at the bottom of the Petersberg and founded Heisterbach Abbey.
It would take until 1202 until the move to Heisterbach, also called the Valley of St. Peter was completed and the foundations of the new abbey were laid.


The main activities of the workshop are:
Extraction of fossils. The preparation differs depending on the kind of rock which encases the fossils (carbonates, clays, siliceous). Extraction can be done using diverse techniques (alone or in combination): either by chemical treatment of by mechanical techniques (micrograveur, micro-sandblaster, needles, etc).
Casting of fossils. Replicas of fossils are made for various reasons, sometimes because the original specimen is too fragile to be manipulated, or for putting on exhibition, sometimes because, after study, the specimen has to be repatriated to the country in which it was found, sometimes for exchanges of casts between other French or international institutions.
Preparation of microfossils.As their name indicates, microfossils are tiny and must be extracted from the encasing rock before they can be studied. Some, such as foraminiferans are examined in thin sections. Others, however, need to be examined « in the round » and the methods of extraction vary depending on the rock type in which they occur. Most techniques rely on chemical methods, followed by mounting on a slide, or by sorting under a binocular microscope.


Coronavirus response: NATO scientists help Connecticut forecast the spread of COVID-19
NATO’s own laboratory, the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), based in La Spezia, Italy, is assisting the US state of Connecticut in its handling of the COVID-19 lockdown.
In collaboration with the University of Connecticut (UConn), the CMRE has developed a modelling capability to forecast the spread of COVID-19. The Centre’s scientists and the University’s professors are contributing to the work of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering Council, which is advising the Governor of Connecticut on strategies to "re-open" the state.
This collaboration uses the CMRE’s models for accurate predictions of a ship’s future positions, which are normally used to detect anomalous behaviours associated with illicit activities at sea. The mathematical techniques behind these models are similar to those used to describe virus-spreading behaviour patterns. CMRE scientists were therefore able to adapt their knowledge and apply it to the forecasting of the spread of COVID-19. Their methods were validated by using data from Italy and the United States. The NATO CMRE and UConn scientists are now in the process of publishing a scientific publication that will compare the performance of their approach to standard models.
“The NATO Centre here in Italy has world-class scientists who can apply their expertise to new areas of science and assist Allies in combatting the spread of the coronavirus,” said Dr. Catherine Warner, Director of the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation.
The CMRE is a leading scientific research and experimentation facility that organizes and conducts scientific research and technology development, centered on the maritime domain, delivering innovative Science & Technology solutions to address defence and security needs of the Alliance.


President Donald Trump spoke at a ceremony on Thursday afternoon establishing the United States Space Command—a military division that was actually launched in 1985 in the midst of the Cold War.
Speaking in the Rose Garden, Trump said he was “formally establishing” Space Command, which “will ensure that America’s dominance in space is never questioned.”
But The Space Command was established 34 years ago. The Department of Defense is actually reactivating a division of the military that was shut down in 2002 so the Pentagon could reallocate resources on counter-terrorism and homeland defense following the 9/11 attacks.
As the Associated Press reports, the re-activated Space Command will handle space operations like surveilling missile launches in other countries and satellite-based communication and navigation for service members. This is much different from the “Space Force” that Trump has been touting since he first proposed creating a new branch of the military in March 2018.
But the reactivated Space Command could potentially pave the way for the creation of a Space Force.
“As a unified combatant command, the United States Space Command is the next crucial step towards the creation of an independent space force as an additional armed service,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said at a news conference on Wednesday. “To ensure the protection of America’s interests in space, we must apply the necessary focus, energy and resources to the task—and that is exactly what Space Command will do.”


Why is the border line of the continuous operation range of EC motors curved?
Border continuous operation range
The border of the continuous operation range is given by
- the maximum winding temperature of 125°C
- and the ability of the motor to dissipate the produced heat.
The winding of EC motors is heated up
- directly by Joule power losses (electrical resistance)
- indirectly by the speed dependent iron power losses in the magnetic return (hysteresis and eddy current losses).
The eddy current losses increase with the square of the speed. At high speeds considerable heat is produced simply by the rotating magnet. Therefore, only a small amount of current can flow without overheating the motor.
At higher speeds a smaller output torque is available.


On Friday 26 May 2017, New Zealanders celebrate Pink Shirt Day to stand together to take action against bullying.
Celebrated annually around the globe, Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying, mobilising their whole school, after a peer was bullied for wearing a pink shirt.
Pink Shirt Day aims to create schools, workplaces and communities where all people feel safe, valued and respected.
Will you stand with us to stop bullying on 26 May?
For more information and to register: www.pinkshirtday.org.nz


The medieval commentary, Ba’al HaTurim, says that the letters of the word for “old age” – zayin kuf nun mem – are the initial letters of the sections of the Mishnah, i.e. Zera’im (“Agriculture”, which includes the rules of prayer), Kodashim (“Sanctities”), Nashim (“Women”, i.e. marriage and divorce) and Nezikin (“Damages”, i.e. civil and criminal law), and Mo’ed (“Festivals”, including Sabbaths).
According to the Ba’al HaTurim, this shows that Jacob as a loving father taught Joseph the principles of Jewish law.
However, actually there is a further section of the Mishnah, namely Tohorot (“Purities”). Does this then disprove the Ba’al HaTurim’s theory?
Possibly not, since Tohorot is very complex and difficult and Joseph was too young and immature to grasp it as yet.
Whether this is true or not, we learn a fundamental rule of Jewish life from the whole discussion – that despite everything a child learns at school, it is much more important to imbibe knowledge, skills and attitudes from parents and home.


Definition of taste bud in English:
noun(usually taste buds)
Any of the clusters of bulbous nerve endings on the tongue and in the lining of the mouth which provide the sense of taste: he’ll tantalize your taste buds with his imaginative pizzas
More example sentences
- The taste bud contains neuroepithelial and supporting cells.
- At any one time less than a third of the cells in the taste bud are innervated.
- Anyways, they serve the tea in a tri-layer presentation at Mariposa, making it pretty for the eyes, refreshing to the taste bud, and soothing in the throat.
Definition of taste bud in:
- US English dictionary


Before traveling, always be prepared for anything and build a small kit to pack in case of emergency to build your campfire.
- Take kitchen matches and waterproof each with melted paraffin wax , after they harden up wrap each with wax paper. Melt the paraffin wax by placing in a small pan and place it in a larger pan filled with water. Never apply direct flame to the wax for risk of fire.
- Collect all the lint from your dryer you can and put it in a zip-lock bag or waterproof container.
- Always carry a sturdy knife of good small saw or hatchet.
- When needing to build a fire you can collect just the tips off of trees with no leaves for kindling.
- place the dryer lint on ground or leaves if ground is wet.
- Apply small twigs that you collected around the lint as if you were building a tepee. Add larger sticks around those to enlarge area.
- Take out one match to light the lint; you can strike it on any hard rough surface for it to light. Apply lit match to the lint and it will catch on fire.
- Even if the wood is wet, you can still us this method to start a fire. You may also find logs and split or chop the log to get to the center where the wood is dry and scrape the shavings from the center to use. Or find trees and scrape the bark off from the driest side of tree.
- You can hover over the area to block the rain or build a simple shelter using palmettos and sticks if in the south or boughs and sticks if from the north to help shield the area from the fire making process.
- Once fire starts do not crowd with wet straw or wet wood. You can use a bunch of small sticks until you get it hot and then slowly add wet sticks to keep it burning.
We have used this many times while camping and it always worked for me.


A building moratorium stops construction on building projects. There are numerous reasons why a moratorium is put on a project, including environmental risks, building code violations, safety concerns or contractor finances. In each case, a government agency or court determines if the moratorium is called for and what requirements are required to have it lifted. For example, if a general contractor building a subdivision in a rural area encounters a protected wetland in a rural area, an environmental group could present evidence to the city council or local court to have the building project stopped until adequate protection is in place for the wetlands or have the construction drawings altered to avoid the area. Should the governing body pass the moratorium, the contractor would then have a set time to present the changes.


National History Day is an academic competition focusing on history students in grades 4-12. It started as a local program in Cleveland, Ohio, headed by David Van Tassell, a history professor at Case Western Reserve University. It has grown from 129 students in 1974 to over 500,000 students today! Students construct entries as individuals and/or small groups in one of five categories: documentary, exhibit, paper, performance, or website. Students then compete in a series of contests — school, regional, and state — to proceed to the National Contest.
The National History Day Regional Competition took place at Westminster College on March 2, 2017. Neshannock High School was the only Lawrence County school participating in the competition with other competitors coming from Mercer and Butler Counties. Under the guidance of Mrs. Shawn Lucas, students in Honors World Cultures created projects based on this year’s theme of “Taking A Stand in History.”
The following projects qualified for the state competition:
- Senior Division Research Paper:
- Anneliese Harp – Martin Luther’s Stand Against the Catholic Church
- Senior Division Individual Exhibit:
- Victoria Gouza – John Muir Takes a Stand and Creates a Living Legacy
- Senior Division Group Exhibit:
- Kara Gilleland and Leah Mrozek – Nellie Bly and Dorothea Dix: Mental Health Reform
- Emily Allshouse and Adrienne Anzalone – Oskar Schindler: From Under the Nazi’s Nose
- Abigail Hutchison and Amanda Urban – Alan Turing
- Senior Group Website:
- Noah Ambrosia, Riley Hilton, Noah Burchett, Devin McGuirk – Malcolm’s X’s Stand
Congratulations to all on a job well done! Good luck at the National History Day State Competition!


TELNET commands and options are sent along with data stream. TELNET commands are identified by setting the most significant (left-most) bit as 1. In TELNET, IAC (Interpret As Command) is a special command used for negotiating and signaling between TELNET client and TELNET server. IAC (Interpret As Command) is a special command code 255 in decimals (FF in hexadecimals). The meaning of IAC (Interpret As Command) in telnet is to treat the next byte as command, not as data.
The data from TELNET client to TELNET server except 0xFF are transmitted as is. IAC (Interpret As Command) points that next byte is a command, not data. IAC (Interpret as Command) is repeated two times (think it as escape character) if that is appeared in normal data stream.
Please refer below Wireshark packet capture screenshot.
The 0xff marked in above image is the special TELNET IAC (Interpret As Command). Here IAC (Interpret As Command) points that the next byte 0xfb (251 in decimals), is a TELNET command, not data.


Most people who have died from chagas disease don’t even know that they have it. It’s a disease caused by a parasite that’s found in the feces of an insect known as the “kissing bug.” According to the CDC, the number of people who have chagas is comparable to the number of people in the US who live with multiple sclerosis. Dr. Sheba Meymandi, the director of the Centre of Excellence for Chagas Disease at Olive View/UCLA medical center, talks to Maria Hinojosa about chagas disease.
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Dr. Sheba Meymandi graduated from George Washington University and is currently a director for the Centre of Excellence for Chagas Disease at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, California. Under the direction of Drs. Meymandi and Traina, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center has the only Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease designated in the U.S. The Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease partners with Faith Community Nurses in the San Fernando Valley and provide free screening for Chagas disease at multiple locations in the San Fernando Valley area


The Easter Rising of 1916 not only destroyed much of the centre of Dublin – it changed the course of Irish history. But why did it happen? What was the role of ordinary people in this extraordinary event? What motivated them and what were their aims? McGarry makes use of a unique source that has only recently seen the light of day: a collection of more than 1,700 eye-witness statements detailing the political activities of members of Sinn Féin and militant groups such as the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He illuminates their motives, concerns, and aspirations, and highlights the importance of the First World War as a catalyst for the uprising. Chaired by David Dwan.


Vaccine-derived Polio Spreading in "Polio-free" IndiaOn June 17, 2016, the International Business Times (IBT) reported that a strain of the vaccine-derived polio virus has been discovered in Hyderabad, India, and experts have warned that the likelihood of more cases being discovered over the next year is extremely likely. India recently reached their "polio-free" status, so the only known cases of polio currently are the ones caused by the vaccine. In 2015, we reported that the oral polio vaccination had been banned in the U.S. since 2000, because too many children who had received the vaccine had subsequently developed vaccine-associated paralytic polio (VAPP), which is a serious side effect of the vaccine. The World Health Organization (WHO) had known about this for many years, but instead of banning this vaccination as one would have expected them to, they vowed to keep using the vaccine until the wild polio virus has been eradicated. It appears that the WHO does not care in the slightest that thousands of children are being paralyzed throughout India and the developing world.


Two astronauts are preparing to step out on a spacewalk to try and fix an ammonia leak at the International Space Station, in a hastily arranged venture outside the orbiting lab, NASA said Friday.
The spacewalk by Americans Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy is set to begin Saturday at 1215 GMT. Their main goal is to spot the source of the leak, said Michael Suffredini, International Space Station program manager.
A meteorite or a piece of orbital debris is suspected to have hit the cooling radiator and caused the damage, which Suffredini described as an "annoyance because of all the work we have to do to work around the problem."
The latest leak is believed to be linked to a years-old concern that took a turn for the worse on Thursday when it began leaking about five pounds (two kilograms) of ammonia per day, up from its previous level of five pounds per year.
"We are going to get them outside and see if we can't lay eyes on the leak source," Suffredini told reporters.
"Most probably the cause is the pump itself, so we are going to go ahead and change out that pump."
The two American astronauts have each done three spacewalks during the shuttle era, and two of them were done as a team.
NASA chief flight director Norm Knight said the spacewalk is "probably one of the faster ones" that the US space agency has had to assemble, and described it as "precedent-setting" at the space station for that reason.
However, NASA said that the crew was not in danger and that the system is running fine with seven of eight available power channels in working order.
The 6.5-hour spacewalk will not interfere with the planned departure from the space station of Marshburn, Canadian ISS commander Chris Hadfield and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, NASA said.
The trio is set to return to Earth early Tuesday after completing their half-year stint at the orbiting outpost.
Explore further: Video gives astronaut's-eye view inside NASA's Orion spacecraft


Your child should never leave the house without a hat in bitterly cold weather. Children, especially younger children, can lose a third of their body heat through their heads when they’re outside, so make sure they are properly dressed.
We’re all susceptible to hypothermia, a dangerous drop in core body temperature. But cold is only part of the story. Learn 3 facts that may surprise you.
We know to guard our skin against frostbite by covering up when we go outside in sub-freezing temperatures. But extreme cold also can impact your vital organs. Find out how you can protect yourself.
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Stinkbugs stink because they release an unpleasant odor to deter predators. The odor comes from a foul-smelling liquid that is secreted by glands located on the insect’s thorax. This liquid spreads the odor to any animal that comes into contact with it. Many predators find the taste of the stinkbugs as unpleasant as the odor and release the bugs upon tasting them. Many stinkbugs also use odors to locate and attract potential mates.Continue Reading
Stinkbugs also use their coloration to avoid detection by predators. Some species are green to blend in with vegetation, and others are brown and gray to blend in with bark and leaf litter. Scientists believe that the brightly colored harlequin bug, another species of stinkbug, uses its bold red, orange and yellow coloration as a warning to predators of its foul taste and smell.
As a true bug, the stinkbug has two sets of wings and no chewing mouthparts. Stinkbugs may feed on the sap or juice of plants or the body fluid of other insects, depending on the species. Some stinkbugs are invasive pests of crops, such as cabbage and cotton, and the harlequin cabbage stinkbug feeds on members of the mustard family. Farmers welcome other species of stinkbugs that are not harmful to crops and feed on smaller invasive insects.Learn more about Invasive Insects


National History of United Way
Local United Way organizations were born from necessity. They were created by local community leaders who banded together to address the waste and frustration that came from many competing appeals for charitable funds and the numerous and incessant demands for volunteer time and effort.
The first semblance of a local United Way dates back to Denver, Colorado, in 1887 when religious leaders formed the Charity Organizations Society. The group planned and coordinated local services and conducted a single fundraising campaign for 22 agencies in November 1888, raising $21,700. The Community Chest, also a forerunner of today's organization, was first organized in Rochester, New York, in 1919 during World War I. By 1929, there were 353 Community Chests of record around the country. Similar organized approaches to fund raising sprang up using the names "Torch Drive," "Red Feather," and "United Appeal". Detroit became the first community to adopt the name "United Fund" in 1949.
Local History of United Way
The Community Chest of Lewis County was organized in November 1962 to fund and assist the Council of Nine Social Agencies. This early organization had a budget of $8,000.
In 1965, the Community Chest adopted a charter to change its name to United Way of Lewis County. At present, United Way of Lewis County is still serving the community, even though its look has changed with a new brand mark in 2008. Amidst the devastation of the flood in 2007, an extended campaign was still successful in meeting a fundraising goal of $600,000.


As our planet revolves around the sun, the sun appears to shift its position gradually from day to day, tracing out a path against the background of more distant stars called the ecliptic. The ecliptic passes through a band of 12 constellations called the zodiac. As our sun makes its yearly trek through the ecliptic, it can always be found in one of the constellations of the zodiac. Because the planets and moon move in the ecliptic plane or the same flat plane as Earth's orbit, we will always find them in the constellations of the zodiac near the ecliptic as well.
This week, stargazers can observe the waxing gibbous moon after sunset as it travels from Gemini to Virgo. Tonight, the 9-day-old gibbous moon will sit in the southern sky about 7 degrees below Jupiter in Gemini then move into Cancer by Wednesday. After traveling through Leo on Friday, stargazers can find the full moon rising in the east at sunset on Sunday in Virgo.