The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is an application that provides a graphical-user interface (GUI) and a programming framework in which consoles (collections of administrative tools) can be created, saved, and opened. MMC was originally released as part of the Windows 98 Resource Kit, and is included on all later versions. It uses a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) in an environment similar to Microsoft's Windows Explorer. MMC is considered to be a container for the actual operations, and is known as a "tools host." It does not, itself, provide management, but rather a framework in which management tools can operate.
Consoles are used to manage Windows-based hardware, software, and networking components, and include items such as controls, wizards, tasks, documentation, and snap-ins which may be from Microsoft or other software vendors, or user-defined. To create a console, the administrator runs the MMC executable file to open an empty console and chooses from among a list of all the tools installed on the system (such as, for example, certificate server manager, device manager, and DNS manager). Because consoles exist as files, an administrator can create them and then send them as e-mail attachments to developers responsible for specific tasks.
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Research from the National Institute of Health, published in the August 3, 2015 issue of JAMA Neurology, shows that a protein that was until recently linked only to acute symptoms following traumatic brain injury, may also be responsible for chronic neurological symptoms, such as headache and dizziness, found in patients diagnosed with persistent post-concussion syndrome.
Tau is a protein known to play a significant role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Using ultra-sensitive technology, the researchers measured levels of tau in the blood months and years after injury. These levels correlated with the severity of post-concussive symptoms. If these findings are further confirmed, this could be the first biomarker that is sensitive and specific to ongoing TBI symptoms.
The researchers adopt the current “disease process” model to explain these findings. “Months to years after the primary brain injury,” Anlys Olivera, Phd, one of researchers wrote, “there may be a continuation of secondary injuries with residual axonal degeneration and blood-brain barrier disruptions in this population that may contribute to the maintenance of post-concussive disorder symptoms and affect symptom severity.”
Tau protein is not only a marker of brain injury, it can contribute to secondary injury processes such as inflammation. This research may help with the development of therapies to prevent the aggregation of tau and the consequences of this aggregation.


One of the most fun science investigations we do all year in Kindergarten is Recycling Paper. It takes a lot of hard work and listening to do this investigation correctly. Luckily, there are great scientists in this class and they did an amazing job of listening and following directions!
We began by taking some single ply toilet tissue and tearing it into tiny pieces. We placed the pieces in a small plastic bottle. Next we added some water to the bottle and placed the lid on tightly. Then we shook the bottles for about five minutes. That was hard work!
This part of the investigation helped us create paper pulp, which is the name of the substance we now had in our bottles after shaking them. We placed a screen on top of a plastic cup and emptied the contents of the jar onto the screen. The excess water drained in to the cup below.
Next we placed a second screen on top of the paper pulp, squeezed the screens together and used a sponge to blot off the excess water. The sponges worked great because they absorb water!
Our next step was to remove the screens and pulp from the top of the cups and place them on some newspaper. We learned on Tuesday that newsprint floats so we thought it would be absorbent. It was! We blotted the screens and the pulp as hard as we could to get all the extra water out of it!
We really loved doing this investigation. After spring break, we will be learning about fabric!


The EHS Professional’s Role in Sustainability
Many aspects of industrial sustainability fall squarely under the purview of the environmental, health and safety (EHS) function, such as regulatory compliance, environmental management systems, employee safety, and in some companies, product attributes such as design for the environment.
Many companies have placed responsibility for sustainability within EHS, and some of those have expanded and strengthened EHS accordingly. Others have instituted sustainability as a broader organization that draws on or includes EHS as well as supply chain, operations, engineering, marketing, etc.
In either case, EHS is a core area of sustainability and EHS expertise in project, system and regulatory management is critical for driving sustainability strategy, setting goals and approving initiatives. EHS knowledge of existing strengths and weaknesses, personnel and processes, and regulatory agency relationships makes them uniquely qualified to help define reachable objectives, pinpoint major obstacles and quantify the necessary resources to complete sustainability projects.
EHS professionals typically have unique expertise at working with disparate departments to accomplish goals that often may seem at odds with their primary missions. Their role may traditionally have been seen as policing – a necessary cost but a drag on productivity and profits. Sustainability offers EHS a high-visibility opportunity to contribute to the other side of the ledger, helping to cut costs, increase revenues and improve their company’s competitive position.


Histamine and Mast Cell Activation
Mast cells are a type of specialized white blood cell found in organs and tissues throughout the body. They belong to a category of cells called granulocytes because they contain granules that store mediating substances that are released when the cell is activated by an immune threat, allergen or trauma. Histamine is one of the chemicals stored in and released by mast cells.
Mastocytocis is a rare disorder characterized by an excessive number of mast cells in one or more organs or organ systems within the body. Activation of mast cells results in a process called degranulation, in which the granules of immune modifiers within the mast cell are released. It is important to recognize that mast cell activation or degranulation results in not only the release of histamine, but of many other inflammatory mediators and biochemicals.
Mast cells are naturally present in the GI tract and may play a role in histamine intolerance, even otherwise healthy people who do not exhibit mastocytosis. Those with the condition may or may not have an overabundance of mast cells in the GI tract; but for those who do, the need for adequate DAO is great. For those who have GI mastocytosis and DAO deficiency, DAO supplementation becomes a matter of necessity.
It is important to understand, however, that histamine is only one of the inflammatory mediators released during mast cell activation, so the benefits of DAO-histamine management may not alleviate the all of the symptoms experienced upon degranulation.
Many people with mastocytosis find that limiting histamine intake by dietary restriction can be helpful. However, restricted diets interfere with quality of life and can be difficult to maintain effectively. Furthermore, even the most carefully managed diet can include “hidden” histamine or histamine liberators. Thus, supplemental DAO can be helpful even for those on histamine-restricted diets.


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New technology for superconductor integrated circuits has been developed and is presented. It employs diffusion stop-layers (DSLs) to protect Josephson junctions (JJs) from interlayer migration of impurities, improve JJ critical current (Ic) targeting and reproducibility, eliminate aging, and eliminate pattern-dependent effects in Ic and tunneling characteristics of Nb/Al/AlOx/Nb junctions in integrated circuits. The latter effects were recently found in Nb-based JJs integrated into multi layered digital circuits. E.g., it was found that Josephson critical current density (Jc) may depend on the JJ's environment, on the type and size of metal layers making contact to niobium base (BE) and counter electrodes (CE) of the junction, and also change with time. Such Jc variations within a circuit reduce circuit performance and yield, and restrict integration scale. This variability of JJs is explained as caused by hydrogen contamination of Nb layers during wafer processing, which changes the height and structural properties of AlOx tunnel barrier. Redistribution of hydrogen impurities between JJ electrodes and other circuit layers by diffusion along Nb wires and through contacts between layers causes long-term drift of Jc. At least two DSLs are required to completely protect JJs from impurity diffusion effects-right below the junction BE and right above the junction CE. The simplest and the most technologically convenient DSLs we have found are thin (from ~3 nm to ~10 nm) layers of Al. They were deposited in-situ under the BE layer, thus forming an Al/Nb/Al/AlOx/Nb penta-layer, and under the first wiring layer to junctions' CE, thus forming an Al/Nb wiring bi-layer. A significant improvement of Jc uniformity on 150-mm wafer has also been obtained along with large improvements in Jc targeting and run-to-run reproducibility.


Etymology: Middle English, from Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere, from dis- + tribuere to allot — more at tribute
Date: 15th century
1. to divide among several or many ; apportion <distribute expenses> 2. a. to spread out so as to cover something ; scatter b. to give out or deliver especially to members of a group <distribute newspapers> <distribute leaflets> c. to place or position so as to be properly apportioned over or throughout an area <200 pounds distributed on a 6-foot frame> d. to use (a term) so as to convey information about every member of the class named <the proposition “all men are mortal” distributes “man” but not “mortal”> 3. a. to divide or separate especially into kinds b. to return the units of (as typeset matter) to storage 4. to use in or as an operation so as to be mathematically distributive intransitive verb to be mathematically distributive <multiplication distributes over addition> • distributee noun Synonyms: distribute, dispense, divide, deal, dole out mean to give out, usually in shares, to each member of a group. distribute implies an apportioning by separation of something into parts, units, or amounts <distributed food to the needy>. dispense suggests the giving of a carefully weighed or measured portion to each of a group according to due or need <dispensed wisdom to the students>. divide stresses the separation of a whole into parts and implies that the parts are equal <three charitable groups divided the proceeds>. deal emphasizes the allotment of something piece by piece <deal out equipment and supplies>. dole out implies a carefully measured portion of something that is often in short supply <doled out what little food there was>.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.


The basic components of ammunition are the
case, primer, powder, and projectile(s). Shotshells have an additional component called wad.
case The container that holds all the other ammunition components together. It’s usually made of brass, steel, copper, paper, or plastic.
primer An explosive chemical compound that ignites the gunpowder when struck by a firing pin. Primer may be placed either in the rim of the case (rimfire) or in the center of the base of the case (centerfire).
gunpowder A chemical mixture that burns rapidly and converts to an expanding gas when ignited. Modern smokeless powder will burn slowly when ignited in the open (outside of the case). Black powder is less stable and can be explosive when impacted or ignited in the open.
projectile The object(s) expelled from the barrel. A bullet is a projectile, usually containing lead, fired through a rifle or handgun barrel. A slug is a solid projectile, usually of lead, fired through a shotgun barrel. Shot is a group of lead, steel, tungsten alloy, or bismuth pellets fired through a shotgun barrel.
wad A seal and/or shot container made of paper or plastic separating the powder from the slug or shot in a shotshell. The wad prevents gas from escaping through the shot and holds the shot together as it passes through the barrel.


A new study suggests that trained German shepherd dogs can sniff out the chemicals linked to prostate cancer from urine samples with more than 90 percent accuracy, a leading British daily reported on Saturday.
The findings of the study, carried out by a team from Italy’s Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre in Milan and other institutes, were published in the Journal of Urology, The Guardian reported.
The team used two female dogs to sniff urine samples from 900 men, 360 with prostate cancer and 540 without. The canines were right in more than 90 percent of the cases, it added.
The reliability rate comes from several studies stretching back decades.
However, the study authors said that further work was needed to determine the dogs’ skill in identifying prostate cancer.
Unanswered questions included what it was the dogs actually smelled and whether this was a single odour or those from a mixture of chemicals, the daily added.
A blood test known as the PSA test is currently used to detect prostate cancer. Physical examination and biopsy is also recommended by doctors. The PSA test is not routinely offered because it is not considered reliable enough for screening.


This is a country with two names. In 1989, the ruling military junta decided to officially change the name from Burma to Myanmar (at the same time renaming Rangoon “Yangon”). The official reason was that Burma’s name derived from the majority Burmese population, the Bamar people, who make up nearly 70% of the population and dominate the country both culturally and politically. Unlike their neighbors Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, the rulers wanted a name that was more inclusive of minorities like the Shan, Mon, Kachin, Chin, and Karen who have lived in the hills and outlying areas for centuries. These people are all now citizens of Myanmar.
Those sympathetic to the military regime (or at least tolerant of it), and some minority groups are fine with calling the country Myanmar, while those in opposition, including the National League for Democracy and many international governments tend to prefer the name Burma. Most news organizations and governments worldwide have adopted Myanmar. When visiting the country, there’s no danger using one or the other. I prefer Burma, and not just because my sympathies lie with the National League for Democracy. Trying to form a demonym from the name Myanmar is a little tricky. Myanmarese may be the officially preferred term, but it’s kinda ridiculous. Some locals use “Myanmar people”. In this blog, I plan on using both Myanmar and Burma to describe the country, and Burmese to as the general adjective for local people or traditions. I read somewhere that the preferred noun for a Myanmar citizen is a Myanma, but I can’t seem to confirm this anywhere on the Internet. Every time I type in “Myanma”, it autocorrects it as “Myanmar”.


A Gold Star for the Star Tracker!
2016-09-12 - This is the very first image taken by the OSIRIS-REx star tracker on Monday, September 12, 2016. Similar to the way early sailors used the stars to navigate prior to the invention of special instruments, OSIRIS-REx’s star tracker captures images of the stars, comparing them to an on-board catalogue and reporting its attitude (the direction in which it is pointing) to the spacecraft navigation systems. (Credit: NASA)
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problem 1: What are the major challenges for Mobile Computing?
problem 2: What is ISM band and what is particular regarding this frequency band? Name two wireless technologies which make use of the ISM frequency band.
problem 3: How would you change the fundamental phase shift keying modulation method to enhance the efficiency?
a) Describe the concept of Master, Slave, Stand-by and Parked devices with respect to the Bluetooth Piconet.
b) Bluetooth makes use of frequency hoping for multiplexing of channel allocation. Describe what is meant by frequency hoping, hoping sequence and dwell time.
c) Describe the two different kinds of frequency hoping?
problem 5: describe the two various architectures supported by IEEE802.11 and how synchronization is handled within such two different architectures.
problem 6: Microsoft gives specific guidelines for designing usable interfaces when developing applications for mobile devices. List out six of those guidelines.


Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, better known as ADHD, is a chronic condition affecting millions of children. ADHD is three times more common in boys than girls. The symptoms include: hyperactivity, impulsive behavior, and difficulty focusing.
Often, drugs are prescribed. A new study finds that is truer than ever! According to an article in the journal Pediatrics although pediatric prescriptions for antibiotics have been declining, prescriptions for ADHD increase by 46% from 2002 to 2010. The increase represents 800,000 new prescriptions a year.
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To reduce cortisol, Christopher Bergland for Psychology Today recommends exercising daily with aerobic activities; meditating to reduce stress; maintaining good relationships and friendships; and doing enjoyable activities that improve mood. Registered dietitian Dina Aronson for Today's Dietitian also suggests improving diet by eating more fruits and vegetables and reducing or eliminating caffeine and alcohol consumption.Continue Reading
Cortisol is commonly called the stress hormone and is released during times of fear or severe stress. According to Bergland, chronic stress and the release of too much cortisol can increase the risk of developing depression and mental illness. Cushing syndrome can result if an individual produces too much cortisol or takes an oral corticosteroid medication, notes Mayo Clinic.
According to Aronson, chronic cortisol production can lead to weight gain and obesity since the hormone can increase cravings for high-calorie foods and stimulate appetite. Chronic inflammation while cortisol levels increase can lead to immune system problems including increased risk of cancer, infections and gastrointestinal issues. Since cortisol increases blood pressure to help in oxygenation of blood, long-term overproduction of cortisol can eventually lead to cardiovascular problems such as heart disease. An adrenal stress index, or salivary test, and a blood cortisol test can be performed to examine the adrenal gland and check cortisol levels.Learn more about Medical Ranges & Levels


ESA' s test centre
Most ESA spacecraft are tested at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands. The ESTEC Test Centre has everything that is needed to check out a spacecraft before it goes to the launch site.
The Large Space Simulator is sometimes called 'space in a can'. Inside the chamber, a satellite is exposed to severe space-like conditions. After the air is pumped out, a satellite’s temperature can be made to vary from 100ºC - the boiling point of water - down to a freezing -100ºC. A person could not survive at such temperatures!
Special shakers check that the satellite can withstand strong vibrations, especially during launch. The largest shaker in Europe is ESA's Multi-Axis Shaker, called Hydra.
The Large European Acoustic Facility makes sure that a satellite can withstand the ear-shattering noise of a launch. The satellite is blasted by sound from huge speakers.
Other tests ensure that a spacecraft’s electrical equipment will work correctly. Careful checks are made to ensure that different systems do not affect each other. Static electricity is also a possible threat.
Communication antennas are checked in a steel cage that cuts off outside TV or radio signals. The walls are lined with special material so that the room is as quiet as deep space.


Convert 385 Grams to Milligrams
To calculate 385 Grams to the corresponding value in Milligrams, multiply the quantity in Grams by 1000 (conversion factor). In this case we should multiply 385 Grams by 1000 to get the equivalent result in Milligrams:
385 Grams x 1000 = 385000 Milligrams
385 Grams is equivalent to 385000 Milligrams.
How to convert from Grams to Milligrams
The conversion factor from Grams to Milligrams is 1000. To find out how many Grams in Milligrams, multiply by the conversion factor or use the Mass converter above. Three hundred eighty-five Grams is equivalent to three hundred eighty-five thousand Milligrams.
Definition of Gram
The gram (alternative spelling: gramme; SI unit symbol: g) is a metric system unit of mass. A gram is defined as one one-thousandth of the SI base unit, the kilogram, or 1×10−3 kg, which itself is now defined, not in terms of grams, but as being equal to the mass of a physical prototype of a specific alloy kept locked up and preserved by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.
Definition of Milligram
The milligram (abbreviation: mg) is a unit of mass, equal to 1/000 of a gram, and 1/10000000 of a kilogram (also written 1E-6 kg).
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Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS) knowledge, reasoning, and skills are essential both to prepare students for personal and civic efficacy in the twenty-first century and to prepare and inspire a much larger and more diverse number of students to pursue the innovative and creative careers of the future. The abilities to effectively use and create technology to solve complex problems are the new and essential literacy skills of the twenty-first century.
Digital literacy and computer science standards in this Framework articulate critical learning outcomes for Kindergarten through Grade 12 to help prepare students for success in world. The standards represent the core elements of digital literacy and computer science and are intended to drive coherent, rigorous instruction which results in the mastery and application of digital literacy and computer science knowledge, reasoning, and skills. –DLCS.
While the DESE does not mandate these standards, we feel the skills & knowledge is important to students in the Weston Schools and strive to integrate these standards into our curriculum.


Teachers' implicit mental models of learners' cognitive and moral development with reference to the inclusion of learners in the governing bodies of schools.
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This study set out to investigate teachers' mental models of learners' cognitive and moral development, with reference to the inclusion of learners in the governing bodies of schools. Strauss' (1996), concept of implicit mental models is used as a basis for the investigation of teachers' beliefs about learners' cognitive and moral development. The study made use of Piaget's stages of concrete and formal operation thinking because learners in the governing bodies of schools fall within that part of the continuum, and Stages 5 and 6 of Kohlberg's theory of moral development. The research was in the form of a survey. Teachers were interviewed using a tape-recorder and the responses were later transcribed. The schools in which research was carried out were in Imbali in Pietermaritzburg, and the focus was on the learners in Grade 8 and higher. Teachers who were interviewed were either on the governing bodies of their schools, or who had experience with the learners in Grade 8 and higher. The findings of the research were of significance. Strauss (1996) found that teachers' beliefs about learners do not coincide with the explicit theories. This study coincided with Strauss' research findings in as far as Kohlberg's theory is concerned and the opposite occurs in as far as Piaget's theory is concerned. Most respondents (eleven out of fifteen) said higher grade learners question things that they do not understand. The researcher made use of the response to argue that learners can do well in the governing bodies of schools because they have the ability to question things that they do not understand despite the low regard that teachers have about learners' moral development.


This glossary introduces common Mindee terminology. You will frequently encounter these concepts throughout this doc as Mindee is centered around them.
- Annotation: These are the labels used to train custom APIs; in other words, it refers to labels produced and provided to our API when the training Interface is used.
- API: An API (Application Programming Interface), is an interface that define how applications or devices can connect to and communicate with each other defined by a set of protocols and rules.
- Documents: This includes semi-structured documents such as an invoice, receipt, ID document, W9-forms, train-ticket, etc in a PDF or image format.
- Endpoint: An API endpoint is a specific point of entry translated in a unique URL to access a specific API or API feature. As an example
https://api.mindee.net/v1/products/mindee/expense_receipts/v3/predictis the endpoint to access the receipts predict API.
- Labels: A label key is a list containing valid JSON objects whose format depends on the type of feature you are annotating.
- Models: Models are machine learning files that can be trained to carry out specific tasks such as extracting the total amount info from receipts etc.
- SDK: SDK (Software Development Kit) is a set of software development tools developers can use to facilitate the creation of applications.
- OpenAPI Definition: This is a specification that defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to RESTful APIs.
- Payload: A payload refers to the data that you submit to the Mindee server when you are making an API request.
- Predictions: This refers to response or results that our APIs deliver on a given document.
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This means that we have to get our Supplement D from other resources, for instance in our diets. It is believed that fatty diet programs increase our threat of developing skin cancer. Studies have been done on mice, where scientists have underfed several them, exposed them to chemical substances which promote skin malignancy, and they have found that fewer underfed mice developed the condition when compared to other group of mice who did not have their calorie intake reduced. So this showed that in some way, eating healthier and having a calorie limited diet, helped to market a protective hormone somehow, which stopped some of the mice developing skin tumor. However, the studies have not shown which gland created the hormone fully, so those tests are incomplete. There is absolutely no denying that the diet plays a big part in our skin condition, in fact it is probably that it does in fact affect our chances of developing skin cancers.The production of bioactive substances in plants is achieved by genetic engineering; nevertheless, this process by the Tech of Monterrey employs another technique where the cells is stressed by reducing and applying herbicides.
Autistic kids have unique facial features? Scientists might not agree on what can cause autism, but a fresh study that viewed kids’ facial characteristics will help researchers understand the origins of the developmental disorder. PICTURES: Could it be autism? Facial features that present disorder The study discovered that kids with autism have unique differences in facial features than typically developing kids. ‘There is absolutely no clear solution about whether autism is normally due to genetics or by environmental influences,’ study writer Dr.


Learning Maths can be boring and scary for some kids in the starting stage of schooling. Unlike olden days, interest can be created with their favorite gadgets and taught in innovative ways. Kids these days always hang around with mobiles and iPads playing fun games in them. So, installing these iPad apps to teach them maths would be a better option. Recently we have written a list of mobile apps to educate children and below is list of iPad apps for learning Maths.
Operation math is a theme oriented app in which your kid becomes a secret agent and travels around the world solving problems. More than 100 missions are available to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This app costs around 2.99 $.
Sushi is a Japaneese food and this app is based on this theme. Your children can learn multiplication and addition using this app. They just have to pick the right piece of Sushi to answer and progress to next levels. This app is absolutely free and fun.
This app has a special feature apart from others like when a question is asked, then the kids can answer it by writing it with their hands on the iPad rather than typing it. The app will recognize their handwriting to evaluate the answers. This app is 1.99 $.
Math Flash Cards* is a fun number’s tables game and the asterisk represents multiplication like in computer language. The difficulty level can be selected like number of digits for multiplication and etc. This app is also available for free.
What other ways do you think kids will love to learn maths. Let us know in the below comments section.


After CSA General Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Lee's army at Petersburg, CSA Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early renewed his raids on the B&O Railroad at Martinsburg, badly dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions.
On September 19, Sheridan advanced toward Winchester along the Berryville Pike with the VI and XIX Corps, crossing Opequon Creek. The Union advance was delayed long enough for Early to concentrate his forces to meet the main assault, which continued for several hours.
Casualties were very heavy. The Confederate line was gradually driven back toward the town. Mid-afternoon, Crook's (VIII) Corps and the cavalry turned the Confederate left flank. Early ordered a general retreat.
Confederate generals Rodes and Goodwin were killed, Fitzhugh Lee, Terry, Johnson, and Wharton wounded. Union general Russell was killed, McIntosh, Upton, and Chapman wounded.
Because of its size, intensity, and result, many historians consider this the most important conflict of the Shenandoah Valley.
Result(s): Union victory
Location: Frederick County
Campaign: Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign (August-December 1864) next battle in campaign previous battle in campaign
Date(s): September 19, 1864
Principal Commanders: Major General Philip Sheridan [US]; Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early [CS]
Forces Engaged: 54,440 total (US 39,240; CS 15,200)
Estimated Casualties: 8,630 total (US 5,020; CS 3,610)


What was imperial honor and how did it sustain the British Raj? If “No man may harm me with impunity” was an ancient theme of the European aristocracy, British imperialists of almost all classes in India possessed a similar vision of themselves as overlords belonging to an honorable race, so that ideals of honor condoned and sanctified their rituals, connecting them with status, power, and authority. Honor, most broadly, legitimated imperial rule, since imperialists ostensibly kept India safe from outside threats. Yet at the individual level, honor kept the “white herd” together, providing the protocols and etiquette for the imperialist, who had to conform to the strict notions of proper and improper behavior in a society that was always obsessed with maintaining its dominance over India and Indians. Examining imperial society through the prism of honor therefore opens up a new methodology for the study of British India.
List of Contents
Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 The Cult and Maintenance of Honor 17 2 A Middle-Class Method: Building the Steel Frame of the Raj 79 3 Queen of the Earth: An Empire of Honor 129 4 The Bungalow: A Clearing in the Jungle 169 Conclusion: The Policeman’s Finger 209 Notes 215 Bibliography 249 Index 259
STEVEN PATTERSON is an Assistant Professor of History at Lambuth University, USA.


verb (past and past participle relearned or chiefly British relearnt)[with object]
Learn (something) again: I’ve been relearning my Latin and Greek
More example sentences
- Thus there is an opportunity to learn or relearn a number of words each day.
- In many cases, individuals within the strike group must relearn lessons their predecessors learned in the previous deployment cycle.
- Regrettably, it appears that India will have to relearn a lesson that it should already have learned extraordinarily well by now: you cannot negotiate with terror on your knees.
Definition of relearn in:
- The US English dictionary


Women's Rights Handbook
Publisher: Office of the Attorney General 1998
Number of pages: 305
The Women's Rights Handbook has been prepared by the Office of the Attorney General as a summary of women's rights in important areas such as employment, economic independence, education, housing, health care, domestic relations, violent crimes and child care. It also provides other valuable information related to those rights.
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by George Kent - Georgetown University Press
Worldwide hunger is best addressed as a human rights issue. Kent analyzes the current deplorable state of world hunger and malnutrition, demonstrating how governments, not food shortages or climates or famine, are to blame.
by Ian Vasquez, Tanja Porcnik - Fraser Institute
The Human Freedom Index is the most comprehensive measure of freedom ever created for a large number of countries around the globe. It captures the degree to which people are free to enjoy major liberties such as freedom of speech, religion, etc.
by M. Anne Brown - Manchester University Press
This book argues for greater openness in the ways we approach human rights and international rights promotion, and brings some new understanding to old debates. It casts human rights as a language for probing the political dimensions of suffering.
- Human Rights Watch
Guerrilla in Colombia rely on child combatants, who have committed atrocities and are even made to execute other children. This is the first report published on this issue, it documents how illegal armies have recruited increasing numbers of children.


QST is the official publication of the Amateur
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the world's oldest and
largest organization for Ham radio enthusiasts. Many amateur radio operators also have an interest in
astronomy and as such, occasionally articles appear covering topics on amateur radio astronomy. There
are also quite a few articles dealing indirectly with aspects of astronomy such as Earth-Moon-Earth
(EME) communications where signals are bounced off the moon's surface in order to facilitate transmission
(although it is really more of a hobby achievement).
The October 2012 edition of QST had an article entitled, "Those Mysterious
Signals*," which discusses galactic noise in the 10-meter band. Arch Doty (W7ACD) writes about the
low-level background noise that is persistent in the high frequency (HF) bands. At HF, Cygnus A
and Cassiopeia A are major sources of cosmic noise, for example. Low level signals come from pulsars,
quasars, black holes, and other remote objects that were created during the early formation of our universe.
the strongest background noise emanates from the center of the Milky Way galaxy with a source that is
a mere 27,000 years old. Radio astronomy amateurs measure and publish relevant information as a resource
for other amateurs as well as for professional radio astronomers. As with most technical hobbies these
days, the state of the art in both equipment and methods is very advanced - often in the realm of professionals.
Mr. Doty credits Dr. Darryl Emerson for assistance in the writing of the article, and points readers
to two article written for QST by Dr. Emerson (June and July, 1996). The National Radio Astronomy Observatory
(NARO) website has a page on their website with hyperlinks to a few articles on
astronomy,, including the two in QST from Dr. Emerson.
* QST login required
Posted November 27, 2012


Tech Breakthrough with Nanoscale Optical Switch
NASHVILLE, Tenn., BIRMINGHAM, Ala., and LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 18, 2014 — Photons may someday replace electrons inside cellphones, automobiles and other products. This shift got a recent boost with the development of an ultrafast, ultrasmall optical switch.
The new device, developed by a team from Vanderbilt University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Los Alamos National Laboratory, is now the smallest of the existing ultrafast optical switches, representing a major breakthrough in light-detecting electronic technology.
Containing individual switches measuring only 200 nm in diameter, this new optical device can turn on and off trillions of times per second. It is made of a metamaterial consisting of nanoscale particles of vanadium dioxide that are deposited on a glass substrate and coated with a nanomesh of gold nanoparticles.
switches are ideal for optoelectronics applications, the researchers said. Besides being ultrafast and miniature in size, they are compatible with current integrated circuit technology. The device can operate in the visible and NIR spectra, and generates low heat.
The researchers had previously used lasers to prompt a phase change in VO2
nanoparticles, and had taken the process further to determine whether it could be done with electrons, too.
“Not only does it work, but the injection of hot electrons from the gold nanoparticles also triggers the transformation with one-fifth to one-tenth as much energy input required by shining the laser directly on the bare VO2
,” said Richard Haglund, a professor at Vanderbilt.
The properties of VO2
nanoparticles have long been known, but theoretical and computational studies of the semiconductor-to-metal transition have only begun within the past few years.
The research is published in Nano Letters
For more information, visit: www.vanderbilt.edu


"The Legacy of Conquest"
Discusses Patricia Nelson Limerick's book "The Legacy of Conquest" on the settlement of the American west.
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Published on May 08, 2003 in History (U.S. After 1865) , History (U.S. Before 1865) , English (Analysis) , History (U.S. The Young Nation 1800-1848) , Native-American Studies (General)
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Limerick's book is a work of synthesis designed to suggest a new, comprehensive ground on which the history of the American West, often fragmented into many different branches, can be approached afresh. The paper discusses Limerick's view that, contrary to popular thinking based on the ideas by Frederick Jackson Turner that the American Frontier closed officially in 1890, the 'settling of the west' experience was not an exclusively European domain. The book reminds the reader of the Indians, Hispanics, Asians and women whose involvement in the Western history was not a minor matter.
From the Paper:"As Limerick notes in discussing current events that may have an impact on further shaping the West, every historian operates from a presentist context and it was a mistake for historians to ignore the fact that Turner's presentism exerted a particularly limiting force on his thesis. If historians today look at the continuities and common themes of Western history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, rather than adhering to the artificial 1890 watershed imposed by Turner's thesis, they will certainly, even if they do not accept every aspect of Limerick's own thesis, develop a means of viewing Western history in a comprehensive fashion."
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Scientists made the find while studying the larger planet, which orbits a small, dim star in the constellation Centaurus.
The planet had puzzled experts, because its brightness and temperature didn't match what is known about how such objects evolve.
"It's either way too dim or it's way too hot," said Eric Mamajek of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
The planet's star system is only eight million years old, an age at which planets are still being formed, he said.
So the world may be glowing with the leftover heat from a mammoth collision with another protoplanet, Mamajek proposed.
Such a collision would leave the planet unusually hot for many years, he explained.
"We're not seeing the actual collision right now," Mamajek said.
"We're seeing this long drawn-out period after the collision, of roughly a hundred thousand years, where this thing would be very hot."
Mamajek discussed his findings yesterday at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas.
"This could be the first evidence of this happening to another object in another solar system," Mamajek said.
The theory can't be confirmed, however, until the astronomers can make detailed observations of the distant planet's atmosphere.
"It's really faint," Mamajek said. "So even the biggest telescopes we have now really struggle to gather enough light."
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Early 19th century reformers argued that the difference between men and women was no reason for the subjection of women in society. Team management's trust most important thing. Retrieved 1 June This resulted in the introduction of the franchise and civic rights of women in the Indian constitution. Archived PDF from the original on 5 March
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While some progress has been made in reducing the global stillbirth rate, gains are uneven; substantial inequities in stillbirth rates persist among regions and countries. The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation launched the second report on stillbirth mortality rates that includes the most up-to-date data and estimates for stillbirth from 195 countries. The report highlights the immense and continued annual burden of stillbirths, and calls attention to the fact that when pregnant women have access to quality care, most stillbirths can be prevented.
- In 2021, an estimated 1.9 million babies were stillborn at 28 weeks of pregnancy or later, with a global stillbirth rate of 13.9 stillbirths per 1,000 total births.
- The report reveals huge differences in stillbirth rates across the globe, with the highest burdens in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. Stillbirths were concentrated in a few countries, with the greatest number found in India, followed by Pakistan, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Bangladesh.
- The unequal burden of stillbirths is also observed within countries, as access to health care, maternal education and other socioeconomic factors differs.
- Compared to the annual rates of reduction (ARR) for other mortality indicators, the gains made in stillbirths have been much slower, with progress lagging behind across all regions since 2000. The ARR 2000-2021 in mortality for children aged 1–59 months, for example, was double the ARR in stillbirths for the same period (4.0 per cent to 2.0 per cent, respectively).
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These wide discrepancies reiterate the need for all countries to take action and understand who carries the heaviest burden so that we can end preventable stillbirths for all women and families. Stakeholders can use this report to inform national stillbirth reduction targets and incorporate stillbirth prevention into public health planning and communication platforms.


In spite of censorship, a ban and a shortage of materials, a great number of photographs were taken during the German Occupation. The photographers got out their camera at great risk to their own and other people’s life. They deeply felt the need to document the exceptional social circumstances and, without having any artistic pretension, they recorded the stark reality of what should not be forgotten.
The photographs present an image of the effects of the German Occupation: starvation and deprivation, the persecution of the Jews, destruction and resistance. Some photographs became symbols of the distress people were enduring, whilst others long remained concealed from the general public. The collection of negatives, prints and albums originating from the Occupation period is administered by the Nederlands fotomuseum in Rotterdam.


Chawanmushi (lit tea cup (Chawan) steam, "steamed in a tea bowl") is an egg custard dish found in Japan that uses the seeds of ginkgo. Unlike many other custards, it is usually eaten as an appetizer. The custard consists of an egg mixture flavored with soy sauce, dashi, and mirin, with numerous ingredients such as shitake mushroom, kamaboko, and boiled shrimp placed into a tea-cup-like container.
Chawanmushi can be eaten either hot and cool. When udon is added as an ingredient, it is called odamaki mushi or odamaki udon.
Unusually for a traditional Japanese dish, it is commonly eaten with a spoon.
Cut chicken into small cubes. Slice kamaboko and shiitake mushrooms thinly. Beat eggs in a bowl. (*try not to bubble the eggs.) Add dashi soup stock, soysauce, salt, sake, and sugar in the bowl.
Strain the egg mixture. Prepare four cups and put shiitake, chicken, and kamaboko in each cup. Pour the egg mixture into each cup. (*fill each cup to the third-forths.) Place mitsuba on top of each cup. Cover the cups with lids. (*use alumiun foil or plastic wrap if you don't have lids.) Preheat a steamer on high heat. Turn down the heat and carefully place cups in the steamer. Steam the custard for 15 min. Poke the custard with a bamboo stick. If clear soup comes out, it's cooked.


MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Researchers are hoping to use GPS collars to monitor the movements of endangered tapirs living in the rainforests of Nicaragua.
Local farmers say the Baird’s tapir, one of four species of the elephant look-alike animals, are eating their crops.
The animals were thought to be extinct in that part of the world until just two years ago when a team from Michigan State University discovered them still living there through the use of “camera trapping”—where researchers set up still and video cameras to “capture” the animal.
“We’d like to figure out how and where they live and if they can co-exist with the agricultural community,” says Gerald Urquhart, an assistant professor. “We hope the results of this project are that the tapirs can persist in the landscape and can be tolerated by the humans in that area.
“The farmers may have to recognize that there might be some crop losses, but nothing too substantial.”
Despite being related to elephants, Baird’s tapirs are known to the local population as the “cow of the rainforest.” Weighing in at about 600 pounds, the animal plays a major role in seed dispersal—eating fruits and spreading seeds throughout the region.
Urquhart says the camera-trapping work also has helped the local economy as the team has hired local people to help with the project.
“Hopefully through this work they’ve recognized the value of wildlife for purposes other than for food,” Urquhart says.
It’s estimated that about 4,500 Baird’s tapirs still exist in the world today, most of which live in Central and South America. Their numbers have been declining steadily due to human encroachment into their environment.
All four species of tapirs are either endangered or threatened.
Funding from the National Science Foundation and Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund supports the work.
Source: Michigan State University


Chemistry: Computer animation is a very helpful tool in chemistry. Several things in chemistry are too small to see, and handle or do experiments on like, molecules and atoms for illustration; computer animation is the exact tool for them. Its teachers can create realistic models of molecules from the data like they have and notice the way these molecules will interact along with each other. They can determine a full 3-D picture of their experiments and notice by various angles. Computer animation also permits them to perform things that would be very hard to do in actual life. For illustration, this is visible to make models of molecules on a computer. People are all times looking for new method to educate their children. If they have fun means they learn better. Computer animation can be utilized to make fun and exciting videos wherein education can easily be incorporated. This is much more interesting to learn maths for illustration, when the letters are good and colorful and flying around your TV screen in place of resolving problems on plain black and white paper. Another subjects as science, English, music, foreign languages and art can also be thought through using computer animation.


Sino Japanese War
China Relief Fund
Founding of China Relief Fund in South East Asia during the 2nd Sino Japanese War that evolved into part of World War Two. China Relief Fund was the 1st regional overseas Chinese organization in the history of South East Asia.
Venerable Pu Liang 普亮法师
Buddhist monk executed by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore. The Venerable was killed for his support of China Relief Fund and the training of Nanyang Volunteers. Venerable Pu Liang was the Abbot of Shuang Lin Monastery and chairperson of the Singapore Chinese Buddhist Association.
Li Yue Mei, 李月美
Li Yue Mei, daughter of a Penang businessman, gave up a comfortable life in Malaya to serve as a Nanyang Volunteer driving war supplies on the Burma Road. She was one of the 4 female Nanyang Volunteers during the Sino Japanese War. During the Cultural Revolution, she was driven to suicide the people whom she gave up everything to serve.
Light on the Lotus Hill
A book documenting the life of Venerable Pu Liang.
Abbot of Shuang Lin monastery who was executed by the Japanese after the fall of singapore for suporting china Relief Fund and recruitment of Nanyang Volunteers
Nanyang Volunteer, 南侨机工
Story of 3200 civilians who left Nanyang to serve on the Burma road as drivers and mechanics. Most were Chinese men but includes some Indian, Malay men and 4 Chinese women.


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Waiting To Excel: Biraciality in the Classroom.
Reid, Evelyn; Henry, Gertrude B.
The categories of race used by school administrators to report student racial data assume racial purity. The omission of a category for mixed racial heritage is indicative of a deeper neglect on the part of society in recognizing this segment of its people. This mindset, which ignores the existence of biracial Americans, coupled with the implicit biases inherent in a White/non-White system of categorization, has contributed to a situation wherein the potential for psychological harm to biracial Americans is quite high. To support biracial youth, educators must create a climate that fosters the development of a healthy identity for all students through acceptance of religious, social, cultural, and other differences. This review of educational and psychological research identifies educational strategies that address the needs of biracial children: planning for student psychological, social, emotional, and cultural needs; creatively and carefully engaging young children in discussions of racial oppression and its consequences; infusing biracial issues throughout the curriculum, with curricula that are sensitive to process as well as content; aiding in the refinement of biracial children's (and their parents') identity; exposing children to their heritage; becoming sensitive to various learning styles; and providing parents and children with tools (words and phrases) to protect themselves from others who do not affirm human diversity and biraciality. (Contains 71 references.) (TD)
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Note: In: National Association of African American Studies & National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies 2000 Literature Monograph Series. Proceedings (Education Section) (Houston, TX, February 21-26, 2000).


Spina Bifida is an incomplete closure in the spinal column. There are three types of spina bifida. In general, the three types (from mild to severe) are:
Spina Bifida Occulta: There is an opening in one or more of the vertebrae (bones) of the spinal column without apparent damage to the spinal cord.
Meningocele: The meninges, or protective covering around the spinal cord, has pushed out through the opening in the vertebrae in a sac called the meningocele; However, the spinal cord remains in tact. This form can be repaired with little or no damage to the nerve pathways.
Myclomeningocele: This is the most severe form of spina bifida, in which a portion of the spinal cord itself protrudes through the back. In some cases, sacs are covered with skin; in others, tissue and nerves are exposed. Generally, people use the terms; spina bifida; and myelomeningocele; interchangeably.
The effects of myelomeningocele, the most serious form of spina bifida, may include muscle weakness or paralysis below the area of the spine where the incomplete closure (or cleft) occurs, loss of sensation below the cleft, and loss of bowel and bladder control. In addition, fluid may build up and cause an accumulation of fluid in the brain (a condition known as hydrocephalus). Large percentages (70% – 90%) of children born with myelomeningocele have hydrocephalus.
A surgical procedure called “shunting” helps control hydrocephalus by relieving the fluid buildup in the brain. If a shunt is not implanted, the pressure buildup can cause brain damage, seizures or blindness. Hydrocephalus may occur without spina bifida, but the two conditions often occur together.
Who is at risk?
Birth defects can happen in any family. In the United States, there are 60 million women of childbearing age, and each one is potentially at risk of having a pregnancy affected by spina bifida.


So, I decided to listen to the small podcast of where the actual language of Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech is removed. All you hear during the podcast are sounds of scraping, distant voices and then the roar of applause that comes from the audience during the speech. There’s this idea that something this important such as this speech doesn’t actually lose its meaning even after removing the language. I know it sounds weird though… it’s usually the language and words that attribute the meaning and importance of something. But here, even though the actual language is gone the sounds of the applause, the shifting of paper and the distant noises all connate to something of great importance. Sometimes it’s not even the actual words that carry the meaning of something; sometimes it’s the little things that actually convey great importance. The gaps in between the Dr. King’s voices in the recording also indicate at some abruptness and urgency. The sounds indicate at the seriousness and importance of the speech even though there aren’t any actual words being said. Listening to this podcast made me realize the importance of sound even if it just is the background sounds that nobody listens to. Sounds carry meaning, emotion and communicate a message. Sounds and words almost have identical functions but they do both connote things. This could be used as a basis for a sound activity. If you took an audio piece and did no editing to it whatsoever, would it still retain its same understanding and meaning? If you had an audio of a serious topic and you had constant whispering in the background, would the message still be strong or would it be stronger if it had none of the whispering? To what extent do the background and foreground noises contribute to the overall meaning of a piece? These questions could be investigated by doing that activity and asking people about what they think and looking at these observations.


Death in the Forests
Day after day, the slaughter of the elephants continues at a record pace — 25,000 killed in 2011, conservationists say, and more than 30,000 last year. A study from the Wildlife Conservation Society shows that 60 percent of all African forest elephants (a slightly smaller subspecies of the African savanna elephant) have been killed in the last decade for their ivory, leaving about 80,000 in their primary habitats in Western and Central Africa.
Over all, other studies show, a mere 500,000 elephants survive in Africa, as little as one-tenth the estimated population 75 years ago. These and other grim numbers from places like Gabon, Chad, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo — even in well-protected game reserves — have added extra urgency to this year’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference in Bangkok, where delegates are struggling to find new ways to stop the massacre.
There is no mystery about the root cause of the killing: China’s insatiable demand for ivory, a demand fueled by that nation’s economic expansion, making what were once luxury goods accessible to a growing middle class. A recent survey commissioned by National Geographic concludes that the vast majority of well-to-do Chinese consumers (more than 80 percent) “plan to buy ivory goods in the future.” This increased demand has driven the price of ivory to as high as $1,000 a pound in Beijing, making life profitable for Africa’s ruthlessly bold poachers and creating a voracious and largely illegal ivory trade.
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Professor Peter Schwerdtfeger, a participant in the project 'Molecules in Extreme Environments,' publishes groundbreaking findings about the superheavy element oganesson.
Oganesson was first synthesised in 2002. Like other superheavy elements, oganesson is highly unstable, meaning it quickly decays into other elements, which makes it difficult to study. Theoretical chemists such as Schwerdtfeger therefore use advanced calculations to infer superheavy elements’ chemical properties.
Schwerdtfeger, working with three others chemists at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand, and Michigan State University in the U.S., found that the atomic shell structure of oganesson differs from that of other noble gases. Oganesson, compared to gases such as radon and xenon, has a ‘barely recognisable’ atomic shell structure in which the shells are ‘smeared out like in a homogeneous electron gas,’ the authors write.
The paper, titled ‘Electron and Nucleon Localization Functions of Oganesson: Approaching the Thomas-Fermi Limit,’ was published on Wednesday in the prestigious scholarly journal Physical Review Letters, the flagship journal of the American Physical Society.
Schwerdtfeger, a professor at Massey, is this year participating in the project Molecules in Extreme Environments.
Angela K. Wilson, the Hannah Professor of Computational Chemistry at Michigan State, wrote in a viewpoint article published alongside the paper that the findings may enable further studies of superheavy elements.
‘These important insights about the electronic and nucleaonic shell structure of oganesson open the door to further theoretical investigation into its unusual properties,’ Wilson wrote.


13. CANCER (Lymphoma)
Illness: Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that occurs when white blood cells begin behaving abnormally.
Symptoms: Lumps, bumps, abnormal odors, abnormal discharges, non-healing wounds, weight loss, change in appetite, coughing, lethargy, evidence of pain
Who's Affected & Why: According to WebMD, fifty percent of dogs over the age of 10 develop cancer at some point. It is also the leading cause of death in dogs over the age of 10. The most common type of cancer dogs are diagnosed with is lymphoma (a tumor of the lymph nodes). As far as breeds go, Golden Retrievers, boxers, flat-coated retrievers and Bernese Mountain dogs have a strong incidence of cancer.
How to Prevent & Cope: There are many successful treatments, including canine chemotherapy, available to help those dogs diagnosed with cancer. (Care2)
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- Watch where you step. Rattlesnakes blend inwith their surrounding, so look where you put your foot down. Wear closed-toe shoes or boots outside and use a flashlight at night, especially as nights get warmer and rattlesnakes are more active. Keep walkways well lighted and clear of brush.
- Eliminate rodents, a favorite rattlesnake food,from around your house and yard.
- Remove what look like attractive residences for snakes. Instead of digging their own dens, rattlesnakes prefer move into existing structures. Woodpiles and junk piles should be eliminated, or moved away from the house. Fill in rodent holes and abandoned burrows.
- No wall is totally snake proof, but a solid four foot wall with a lip at the top angling outward can help discourage snakes. The bottom of the wall should be sunk into the ground and have no tunnels under it. Gates should fit snugly against the ground.
If you do encounter a snake, back slowly and deliberately away from it. Alert others in the area, restrain pets and keep an eye on the location of the snake until it moves out of the area. No one without proper training should pick up a rattlesnake, even a dead one. Reflex bites are possible from a snake that has been dead several hours.
- Don’t apply ice to the bitten area.
- Don’t make an incision of any kind on the wound.
- Don’t try to suction or suck out the poison.
- Don’t use a constriction band or tourniquet.
- Don’t administer drugs or alcohol.
- Don’t use electric shock treatment.
- Do remain calm and move away from the snake.
- Do remove all jewelry, watches, etc., from the affected area.
- Do drink fluids to help prevent shock.
- Do immobilize affected area and keep at level below the heart.
- Do decrease total body activity as much as possible.
- Do seek medical attention as soon as possible.


Updated: Jan 3
The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a monk seal belonging to the family Phocidae. As of 2015, it is estimated that fewer than 700 individuals survive in three or four isolated subpopulations in the Mediterranean, (especially) in the Aegean Sea, the archipelago of Madeira and the Cabo Blanco area in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is believed to be the world's rarest pinniped species. In Thassos the Mediterranean monk seal has disappeared about 40 years ago. The last 15 years have happily made their reappearance on our island. You can see them more in the winter when the sea is without many boats and people but if you are lucky maybe also in the summer.
Photos are from Aliki


Social networking is used by hundreds of millions of people to exchange personal information. Online friendships, virtual groups, business oriented communities, entertainment, almost everything is available on this part of the web. In social networks such as Twitter, user posts are disclosed publicly by default providing a rich set of domains to infer interesting aspects of our everyday life.
Researchers from the recently formed Intelligent Systems Laboratory are exploiting this fact. Vasileios Lampos, a PhD student, his advisor Prof. Nello Cristianini and Dr Tijl De Bie in their latest work use tweets geolocated in the UK to infer the level of flu-like illness in the population.
Their methodology is drawn from the broad scientific field of Artificial Intelligence. Statistical Machine Learning techniques are applied to form predictions for an online tool: the Flu detector. The usefulness of the work lies on the fact that these predictions are made available daily providing inexpensive and timely information about the state of an epidemic. Technical details can be found in their recent publications.


In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the global demand for renewable energy sources. As countries strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, renewable energy technologies have emerged as a promising solution. Solar energy in particular has gained widespread attention due to its abundant availability and potential for power generation. With advancements in solar panel technology and decreasing costs, harnessing the power of the sun has become an increasingly viable option for both residential and commercial purposes.
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EOMORES offers analysis of historical and current data in order to assess water body characteristics such as susceptibility to algal blooms and river discharge, and to enhance monitoring capabilities in terms of typical cloud coverage and others.
What is the problem?
Long-term monitoring of ecosystem health indicators is non-existent for the vast majority of the world’s more than 100 million water bodies. Even when regular sampling is carried out, the daily and seasonal variation is not always taken into consideration. Conclusions are often drawn based on an insufficiently small number of samples.
Remote sensing via satellites offers the potential to integrate a limited set of ecosystem health indicators into long-term observation records. A thorough characterisation of individual waterbodies or coastal regions lays the basis for developing more effective standard monitoring practices. Episodic events, which might otherwise be missed by traditional sampling, can thereby be systematically anticipated, and their impact monitored.
How do EOMORES address it?
- EOMORES can provide analysis of archived and current Earth observation data to provide water quality products and statistics aggregated by year, season or by day. These data can be used to inform conventional monitoring practises (e.g. the selection of sampling sites) and reduce uncertainties in water quality estimates arising from sparse sampling strategies.
- EOMORES provides regional or water-body specific charts and maps tailored to the user’s needs, illustrating the effects of episodic events on water quality.
- EOMORES also offers a service for collection of in situ measurements. These are essential for satellite data validation and product calibration, in order to assure continuous observations under cloud cover (in accessible regions).
EOMORES in action: characterisation of turbidity in Loch Leven, UK, for 2018
EOMORES in action: Aggregated data for reporting as per the Water Framework Directive in 2018 for a location near Poorvoo, Finland


Sept. 1, 2012
Canned beer makes its debut on this day in 1935. In partnership with the American Can Company, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of Krueger’s Finest Beer and Krueger’s Cream Ale to faithful Krueger drinkers in Richmond, Virginia. Ninety-one percent of the drinkers approved of the canned beer, driving Krueger to give the green light to further production.
By the late 19th century, cans were instrumental in the mass distribution of foodstuffs, but it wasn’t until 1909 that the American Can Company made its first attempt to can beer. This was unsuccessful, and the American Can Company would have to wait for the end of Prohibition in the United States before it tried again. Finally in 1933, after two years of research, American Can developed a can that was pressurized and had a special coating to prevent the fizzy beer from chemically reacting with the tin. . . . Read Complete Report
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Beta cells are organized into islet structures that allow direct contact and communication between neighboring beta cells. This contact and communication is mediated in part by structures call gap junctions that have previously been demonstrated to be important for synchronizing insulin secretion among the beta cells in an islet. During their studies of one of the components of the beta cell gap junctions, these investigators uncovered a role for a molecule called Cx36 in promoting beta cell survival in addition to its role in insulin secretion. They found that when levels of Cx36 in the beta cell were lowered, the beta cells were more sensitive to stresses associated with T1D and died more readily. Conversely, beta cells with increased Cx36 levels were more resistant to the same stresses and could survive insults that killed normal beta cells. This work suggests that therapeutics that increase Cx36 levels could be useful in protecting beta cells in people with T1D.
Klee, P., Allagnat, F., Pontes, H., Cederroth, M., Charollais, A., Caille, D., Britan, A., Haefliger, J. and Meda, P. (2011). Connexins protect mouse pancreatic beta cells against apoptosis. J. Clin. Invest. 121, 4870-4879.
Ramifications for Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes:
This early work describes a previously unknown role for Cx36 and gap junctions in beta cell survival. The results suggest that targeting Cx36 could be a potentially useful strategy for protecting beta cells from destruction in T1D. Further work will be required to further validate Cx36 as a drug target and to identify and optimize molecules or potential drugs to target Cx36.
This work was supported, in part, by a JDRF grant to Dr. Meda.


It was probably one of the two answers you've already received. But it is
also possible his teacher has been discussing Eric Carle. I just taught a
class to a 1st/2nd split about Eric Carle, and one of the kids though Mr.
Carle painted with tissue paper instead of painting the tissue paper.
Kimberly Herbert (firstname.lastname@example.org)
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts/Children's Art Museum
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Subject: Re: Tissue paper mosaics
I have a question . . . as you know I teach all ages from 6 - 60 and I
have just been asked by one of my 6 yr. old students if the class was
going to "paint" with tissue paper?
I had no clue what he meant and he couldn't explain it either. I was
thinking maybe he meant make tissue paper mosaics, but I am not even
sure how that's done either. Any one out there have a clue? I'd
appreciate it. Thanks.
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It seems like there is not a day that goes by without a case of Sever’s in our clinic. The number of new cases usually peaks a few weeks into the sporting season, commonly football or soccer. One parent recently mentioned to me that out of the 20 or so boys in his son’s football team, there were six suffering with Sever’s.
Sever’s Disease presents in active children between the ages of 8-15 and is more common in boys than girls. The pain is localised in the bottom of the heel and is worsened with activity. You may notice your child limping or struggling to run and jump without pain under the heel or heels.
Although this is not a “serious” condition, it may inhibit the child’s ability to participate in sporting activity. Sever’s may also linger for many months or recur periodically as activity levels increase.
Fortunately, Severs Disease usually responds well to Podiatric intervention. Once the child has been assessed and all contributing factors have been identified, severs disease treatment is normally quite straightforward and effective.


exclusionary ruleexclusionary rule
a legal rule that evidence obtained illegally, as from a search without a warrant, may not be introduced at trial
The rule, based upon the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution, that prevents the use of illegally seized evidence against a defendant in a criminal trial.
(plural exclusionary rules)
- (US, law) A doctrine which requires that evidence obtained as the result of an illegal act on the part of law enforcement personnel (such as a warrantless search, or continued questioning a witness who has invoked the right of counsel) must therefore be excluded from being admitted as evidence in a trial.
exclusionary rule - Legal Definition
Of litigation, a body of rules that provide that evidence may not be introduced if it was obtained in violation of a party’s constitutional rights.


José Patiño, marquis de Patiño, (born April 11, 1666, Milan [Italy]—died November 3, 1736, San Ildefonso, Spain), Spanish statesman who was one of the most outstanding ministers of the Spanish crown during the 18th century.
Patiño followed his father in entering the service of the Spanish government in Italy. Later, during the War of the Spanish Succession, he went to Spain, and Philip V nominated him to a place on the Council of Military Orders (1707). As intendant first in Extremadura and then in Catalonia, he rendered important services during the siege of Barcelona (1714) and the reconquest of Majorca (1715) and was responsible for implementing the new financial and administrative system introduced by Philip V in 1715. Giulio Alberoni, who now came to direct Spanish affairs, regarded Patiño as his only reliable subordinate and placed him in charge of the rebuilding of the Spanish navy as intendente general de marina (January 1717). At the same time he was appointed superintendent of Sevilla (Seville), where he also controlled trade with the Spanish colonies. In these various capacities, Patiño was responsible for the fitting-out and dispatch of the expeditions which conquered Sardinia and Sicily in 1717–18.
Sudden promotion came to Patiño in May 1726, when, following the fall from power of the duque de Riperdá, he was appointed minister for the navy and the colonies. Shortly afterward he was also placed in charge of the national finances and foreign affairs. He retained all these offices until his death.
Patiño’s great achievement was his creation of the Spanish navy. This twice enabled Spain to go to war with Great Britain (1718 and 1739), permitted the conquest of Oran in 1732, and allowed a vigorous enforcement by Spain of its traditional monopoly of trade with its American colonies.


9781927281024 Oscar the Artist (140mm)
Oscar the Bear is looking at different patterns in the countryside. He chooses different art materials to copy each pattern. He then creates a collage from his patterns.
This story could e used to support art projects that involve patterning and the skill of collage. It creates opportunities to look at how the selection art materials have different properties.
There is a repeated sentence structure to build confidence and fluency.
38 running words.
Sight words: Here, is, are, the
Summer Rose books, created by Carolyn Collis, are teaching resources for educators of young children.
This series provides a fun way for children to build reading confidence and improve general knowledge.


Westlake’s Science program provides students with meaningful learning experiences in earth, life and physical sciences resulting in their ability to question, hypothesize, investigate, and explore through experiences in our dedicated Science Laboratory and a challenging curriculum. Field trips, labs, and experiments enhance the curricular offerings and connect concepts to students’ everyday lives. Our desire is to capitalize on the young child’s curiosity to enhance an awareness of the world. When children are learning by doing, they have the opportunity to discover through teacher-facilitated learning. Through our Science program, we help students further understand their work in collaboration and cooperative learning groups with others as well as in their individual work in observing, describing, measuring, predicting, estimating, testing, and recording.


- History of Literacy Website, which includes the History of Reading Special Interest Group and a list of “Organizations, Publications, and Links Related to the History of Literacy”.
- The Reading Experience Database 1450-1914
(RED) launched by the British Library and the UK Open University
- Center for Studies in Oral Tradition at the University of Missouri-Columbia, which features this subject-based index to the journal Oral Tradition
- The Media History Project Connections Pages: Oral & Scribal Culture
- Oral Culture to Early Print Culture: Memory Machines, Information Design, Economics of Media Systems
- The Diary Research Website, includes a Bibliography of Diaries from 838AD to 1997AD.


A: Dealing with an infection is what your body is designed to do. Antibiotics can make it easier, but they can also inhibit the body’s own infection-fighting abilities. Whenever the immune system contends with an infection successfully, it emerges stronger and more capable of dealing with similar threats in the future. A few important keys are adequate sleep, hydration, and immune-boosting foods.
You will need to know how to treat an infection on the go so that a small cut doesn’t turn into a fatal injury. We’re not going to show you how to make antibiotics. We’re going to show you how to treat an infection without them.


Microsoft® Word 2016 enables you to do far more than simple word processing. Word includes advanced image manipulation tools, collaboration features, cross-referencing and linking tools, entry forms and data collection, security features, and tools to automate document production.
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for students who want to use advanced capabilities in Word, including image manipulation, collaboration and revision tracking, cross-referencing and linking, document security, forms, and process automation through macros.
In this course, you will: Use images in a document.
Create custom graphic elements. Collaborate on documents.
Add reference marks and notes. Secure a document.
Create and manipulate forms. Create macros to automate tasks.
1 - Manipulating Images
- Integrate Pictures and Text
- Adjust Image Appearance
- Insert Other Media Elements
2 - Using Custom Graphic Elements
- Create Text Boxes and Pull Quotes
- Add WordArt and Other Text Effects
- Draw Shapes
- Create Complex Illustrations with SmartArt
3 - Collaborating on Documents
- Prepare a Document for Collaboration
- Mark Up a Document
- Review Markups
- Merge Changes from Other Documents
4 - Adding Document References and Links
- Add Captions
- Add Cross-References
- Add Bookmarks
- Add Hyperlinks
- Insert Footnotes and Endnotes
- Add Citations and a Bibliography
5 - Securing a Document
- Suppress Information
- Set Formatting and Editing Restrictions
- Restrict Document Access
- Add a Digital Signature to a Document
6 - Using Forms to Manage Content
- Create Forms
- Modify Forms
7 - Automating Repetitive Tasks with Macros
- Automate Tasks by Using Macros
- Create a Macro


An extremely rare Silver Gilt Standing Salt from the English Renaissance c.1550
The gilt base stands on three little ball feet. There is a central rock crystal tube inside which there is the gilt figure of Longinus, the Roman soldier who, according to legend, pierced Christ in the side with his spear to hasten his death when he was on the cross.
The rock crystal was almost certainly recycled from an earlier Catholic object. As Hugh Tait, a former curator at the British Museum, has observed, the large number of objects from the English Renaissance incorporating rock crystal suggests that this is rare, valuable material was salvaged by goldsmiths from Catholic Monstrances, reliquaries and other such religious objects that had been seized and broken up during the Reformation.
Surviving examples of these ‘architectural salts’ are extremely rare. There is an example in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston – See E.A Alcorn, ‘English Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, vol 1, Silver before 1697’ Boston 1993, cat.no. 10 pp 58-60. In Helen Clifford’s book ‘A Treasured inheritance 600 years of Oxford College Silver’ an example of Trinity College is illustrated on page 75, plate 74. She explains that these salts were once common at high tables on Oxford. An inventory of 1592 from Exeter College refers to ‘one littler sale with a cover double gilt, a greater salt parcil gilt without a cover’. At Balliol in 1608 there was ‘a great white Salte without a cover, that is silver, unglided’.
Approx 4 inches tall and 3 1/4 inches in diameter across the top, and weighing 8 ounces approximately.
Provenance: With the late Michael Wellby; believed to have been brought at Christie’s in 1980


Woody Allen once said, “It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.” Sometimes awareness of mortality can be a little scary, or make life seem a bit bleak. But a new study finds that when we’re reminded of our mortality, we may actually be better to ourselves and kinder to others.
Authors of a new study reviewed earlier research that had set out to determine how the awareness of death might influence people’s positive behaviors towards others and themselves. Lead author Kenneth Vail and his team discussed some of the noteworthy findings. One study, for example, found that people are actually more likely to help out others when they are in the immediate vicinity of a cemetery.
When we’re reminded of our mortality, we may actually be better to ourselves and kinder to others.
When actors talked to unsuspecting passersby about the value of helping others, the passersby were more likely to help people who had dropped a notebook when they were near a cemetery, compared to people who hadn’t been “primed” in the same way.
Much research has focused on understanding how our awareness of death can promote negative or destructive behaviors. For example, one school of thought suggests that we engage in certain behaviors or maintain certain beliefs to deal with the unpleasant feelings of mortality. The authors of this study suggest that it might be more beneficial to understand how the motivations triggered by being aware of death can actually improve people's lives. They conclude by suggesting that the “dance with death can be a delicate but potentially elegant stride toward living the good life."
Vail is at the University of Missouri, and published the study in Personality and Social Psychology Review.


|The American Humanist Association
Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism and other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.
|The Council for Secular Humanism
Secular humanism is a comprehensive, nonreligious life stance incorporating
|The Humanist Society
Those who are attracted to a positive, progressive philosophy, unencumbered by the rigidity of traditional religions, embrace the vibrant life stance of humanism, the radical idea that you can be good without a god.
Affirmations of Humanism
The Philosophy of Humanism by Corliss Lamont (full text pdf)
Humanism in Literature: Ten Authors to Read
The Humanist.com (hub for news, politics, science, and culture from a humanist perspective)
AHA Center for Education (includes Introduction to Humanism free online courses)
Introducing Humanism: Non-religious Approaches to Life – FutureLearn (free online course developed by Humanists UK)
Free Inquiry magazine


*Skips December 20, 28
This class will be taught mainly in French, although complex grammar points will be explained in English
$415.00 + $25 coursebook
Required Course Books.
Niveau 5 – Course book
The course book is required to take this class. It contains all lesson content as well as homework. Required Coursebooks will be automatically added to your cart when registering.
Group classes and workshops fill up fast, make sure you sign up in advance so you don't miss out on your first choice!
Please note that our classes are only open to adults.
You're Confirmé, if...
You are familiar with and feel fairly confident using all major tenses (present, passé composé, imparfait, plus-que-parfait, futur simple, conditionnel).
You are ready to take on relative pronouns and the dreaded subjonctive.
You have the basic grammatical framework necessary to express yourself, but may be missing the little extras that could make your speech that much richer and subtler.
Thursday Nov 30: Lesson 1
Expressions of time - “since, for, in, ago”
Thursday Dec 07: Lesson 2
The subjunctive mood - present tense
Thursday Dec 14: Lesson 3
The subjunctive mood - use and rules
Thursday Jan 04: Lesson 4
Speaking practice: Quiz “Are you a good liar?”
Thursday Jan 11: Lesson 5
The subjunctive mood - past tense
Thursday Jan 18: Lesson 6
Relative pronouns 1 - “that, which, whom, where” etc.
Thursday Jan 25: Lesson 7
Speaking practice: Quiz “What French music star are you?”
Thursday Feb 01: Lesson 8
Relative pronouns 2 - used with prepositions
Thursday Feb 08: Lesson 9
Culture: “French regions”
Thursday Feb 15: Lesson 10
Vocabulary practice: “Scattergories”


Specialized Expert System for Agro-Meteorological Early Warning (SESAME) Expert Users Guide | Cambodia
Cambodia is highly dependent on agriculture as a major industry and source of food, with high levels of subsistence farming in the country. The Specialized Expert System for Agro-Meteorological Early Warning (known as ‘SESAME’) has been developed in order to allow better integration of climate information into this sector. SESAME will allow various government departments to coordinate and create crop advisories for farmers, localized to each province, crop and growth stage of that crop. For example, an upcoming drought period may be predicted for Battambang province by the Department of Meteorology, who will provide this information to the Department of Agriculture. Crop advisories will then be developed which give farmers in this area advice on appropriate actions to take such as water-saving activities or specific crops to plant or avoid.


Interessante articolo apparso su AsiaOne che testimonia quanto l’enorme espansione demografica e residenziale che Singapore ha avuto e sta avendo negli ultimi anni incida anche su clima e temperature.
The urban heat island effect refers to hard, flat surfaces such as streets and buildings becoming hotter during the day and staying warmer at night than forested areas.
Human activity, such as cars being driven and heat from air-conditioning vents, also contributes to the effect, said Associate Professor Roth.
Greater urbanisation in downtown Singapore means that in the last 40 years, the difference in night-time temperatures between the city centre and undeveloped areas has doubled.
Today, urban areas can be up to 7 deg C hotter at night than rural areas such as Lim Chu Kang, compared to 40 years ago, when the difference was about 3.5 deg C. That is under windless conditions. If there are strong winds or rain, the gap is smaller.


Strict and absolute liability and the defence of honest and reasonable mistake of fact penetrate deep into the essence of criminal law. These concepts embody the criminal law's attempt to administer broad justice while controlling the proliferation of crime. Strict liability has developed as the 'sensible half-way house' between absolute liability and the requirement of full mens rea, and the defence of honest and reasonable mistake of fact has been applied to negative the social and legal dilemmas of these two traditional approaches.
Strict and absolute liability is derived from the statutes which create the offences. The role of the courts is to ascertain through statutory interpretation the likely intentions of the legislators and apply these intentions to the offences described in the statute.
To what extent the mental element of an offence will be relevant arises in instances where the relevant statute is silent on the matter. If a statute expressly states that the actus reus alone is sufficient to convict, the courts are obliged to follow this.
However, where the statute is ambiguous or silent as to whether the fault element is relevant it is the role of the courts to determine the intentions of Parliament. This function of the courts is a cornerstone of the law and constitutional theory.
In He Kaw Teh , Gibbs CJ cited Sherras v De Rutzen where the principle relating to absolute liability and mens rea was stated. As the court in that case held, there is a presumption that mens rea is an essential element of every offence. This famous statement of the law has come to represent the general principle in this area. The courts have come to observe the common law presumption that all offences have a subjective fault element unless the statute expressly dictates otherwise. This principle has...


The stereographic projection
E. J. W. Whittaker
Teaching aims To
provide a practical and theoretical introducion to the stereographic
projection to enable students to use it in morphological
crystallography and X-ray textural studies of polycrytalline materials.
Level Normally first year undergraduate, but there
are no concepts involved that would not be available to students one or
two years earlier than this.
Simple geometrical constructions. Some applications may require a
knowledge of spherical trigonometry, but this is not needed to
understand the subject as presented.
Practical resources A ruler and compass and
tracing paper. However the method will only come to life if it is
applied to some real data such as measurements of interfacial angles
crysal models using a simple contact goniometer (a protractor with a
Time required for teaching One or two lectures.
These would probably be within a series on morphological crytallography
and the practical work (about 6 hours) would form part of such a


Oliver Meckes and Nicole Ottawa
Scanning electron photomicrograph; magnification approximately x600 at capture; post-capture digital colorization
Eye of Science, Reutlingen, Germany
Stromatolites are mineralized microbial communities, formed from cyanobacteria, (formerly known as blue-green algae). Their formation takes thousands of years as the cyanobacteria trap detritus and sediment, forming large living rafts known as microbial mats. The cyanobacteria also secrete calcium carbonate, which causes the mats to mineralize, forming layered rock-like structures. This sample was taken from Lake Thetis, a saline lake in Western Australia.
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Learning and Development
By constantly reviewing our curriculum and utilising new technologies, we provide a stimulating environment to motivate every child.
We are committed to providing the highest quality teaching in the core subjects. Our creative approach to learning encourages pupils to investigate and think critically, whilst being inspired and enthused by close connections with everyday life. Wherever possible, we use field trips to bring subjects and ideas to life.
As well as teaching our children the knowledge and skills essential for learning, we want pupils to learn to lead healthy lives and develop a strong sense of well being.
We also teach pupils about their role in society, encouraging children to make a contribution to their community and instilling a desire to have a positive impact on the environment.
Our staff closely monitor the progress of every pupil and offer support where required to ensure that every child meets our aspirational expectations for them and achieves their full potential. We value the opportunity to engage with parents about learning and progress.
High quality teaching, exceptional facilities and a wide range of activities combine to offer every child the opportunity to find something they enjoy and can excel at, ensuring everyone has their moment to shine.
“By instilling in children a passion for learning we help them to become successful learners”


The IEEE Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) is an IEEE program, instituted by the IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC).
IEEE SIGHT is a global network of groups consisting of IEEE members and volunteers who identify and address local problems by applying their technical skills and partnering with their local communities.
Underserved communities around the world are able to benefit from technology as they seek sustainable solutions to development challenges.
The Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) program is a network of IEEE volunteers around the globe that partner with underserved communities and local organizations to leverage technology for sustainable development.
• SIGHT focuses on sustainable solutions that make a longterm difference in the lives of people.
• SIGHT operates through local volunteers and partners working with local communities.
• For SIGHT, success is only achieved through partnerships, starting with the community and extending to government organizations, NGOs, schools, hospitals, companies, and others.
• For SIGHT and its volunteers to be both effective and sustainable, continuous training and education is essential.
“Local” is defined by the fact that key leaders of the project are citizens and/or permanent residents of the geographical area in which the project is to take place.


8: Medical detoxification
Medical detoxification safely manages the acute physical symptoms of withdrawal associated with stopping drug use. However, medical detoxification is only the first stage of addiction treatment and by itself does little to change long-term drug use. Although detoxification alone is rarely sufficient to help addicts achieve long-term abstinence, for some individuals it is a strongly indicated precursor to effective drug addiction treatment.
Cite this article
NIDA. (2016, February 11). Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction: What Science Says. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/understanding-drug-abuse-addiction-what-science-says
Explores the consequences of drug abuse on the brain and body and introduces the topics of prevention, and treatment.


MONDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Babies born very preterm -- defined as 23 to 31 weeks of gestational age -- are five times more likely than full-term newborns to have epilepsy as an adult, according to a recent study.
The study, based on Swedish medical databases, also found that being born just a few weeks early increased the risk of having the seizure disorder as adults. Babies born as late as 35 to 36 weeks into a pregnancy had a 76 percent higher risk of epilepsy later in life than those born between 37 and 42 weeks, or full-term.
Noting the enormity of the increased risk, one study author said the findings show the importance of "advancing our knowledge" regarding the consequences of preterm birth.
"The magnitude of that effect was surprising," said Dr. Casey Crump, a study author and assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University. The finding "highlights the need to better prevent preterm births, and increases awareness of these effects among survivors of preterm birth, their families and their doctors."
He noted that most people born prematurely live full, "high-quality" lives.
The study is published in the Oct. 4 issue of the journal Neurology.
Epilepsy -- recurrent brain seizures with no obvious cause such as high fever or meningitis -- is the most common neurological disorder, according to background information in the study. It affects more than 50 million children and adults worldwide, the study noted. Seizures occur when a sudden electrical discharge affects the brain, resulting in symptoms ranging from vision changes and staring, to uncontrolled twitching and jerking of the whole body.
The disorder, which often tapers off in adulthood, can be controlled by medications.
In the study, researchers analyzed adult medical records of 630,090 Swedish babies born between 1973 and 1979, looking for hospitalizations for
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