The European mini-state of Liechtenstein has adopted the Switzerland exposure limits for cellular transmission antennas. They are currently the lowest permissible exposure limits in Europe. The Swiss threshold level is set at 6 volts per meter (V/m). Most countries, including the United States, follow the international ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation protection) recommendation of 41 V/m for the 900 MHz range, 58 V/m for the 1800 MHz range and 61V/m for the 2100 MHz frequency range.
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Dr. Kung studies the molecular basis of sensations. His lab pioneered the study of ion channels of E. coli, yeast, and Paramecium, instead of animals, to take advantage of the genetics of these model microbes.
Patch clamp revealed mechanosensitive ion channels in E. coli. MscL was cloned, mutated, and later crystalized by the Rees lab. It is now the key biophysical model of molecular mechanosensitivity. A key lesson is that the force that opens these channels comes from the lipid bilayer, as incontrovertibly demonstrated by reconstituting purified MscL into bilayers of defined lipids. This concept is being extended to eukaryotic channels.
Budding yeast has several ion channels, including the mechanosensitive TRPY1 channel. Gain-of-function mutations showed that TRPY1 and animal TRPs have similar submolecular arrangements. Peptide-insertion experiments showed that stretch force opens TRPY1 likely by directly pulling on the channel core instead of the peripheral domains.
Paramecium behavioral genetics shows that channel mutations can erase or lengthen action potentials. Surprisingly, a set of over-reactors is mutated in the C-lobe of calmodulin while under-reactors in the N-lobe. Patch clamping shows that calmodulin is a detachable subunit of the Ca2+-dependent channels involved. Calmodulin functional bipartition and its regulation of channels are now widely observed.


Celebrating Dictionary Day with New Word Data
When we talk on this blog about “making knowledge computable”, the knowledge in question is often mathematical or statistical in nature. But that’s not the only knowledge Wolfram|Alpha can compute. We’ve always had a solid backbone of dictionary-style information about words, but we’ve been steadily adding new features to that traditional output. Some of it should be quite useful, some of it is just for fun, and much of it takes advantage of Wolfram|Alpha’s ability to mash up algorithms and data from a wide variety of knowledge domains.
To celebrate National Dictionary Day (October 16)—which honors Noah Webster, often regarded as “the father of the modern dictionary”—you might like to take advantage of this classic word widget, which provides quick access to some of the more traditional areas of Wolfram|Alpha’s lexicographical data: definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, and more for most English words.
Or grab the next widget if you want to play around with a few of the “fun” features we’ve added, including the ability to compute anagrams and convert words to telephone keypad digits.
One of the menu items here, which lets you find city names containing a given word, is actually a subset of a much larger new feature. Whenever Wolfram|Alpha provides general data about a word, it now displays a sampling of other things in its knowledge base that contain that word—movie and book titles, given names and surnames, mountains, lakes, rivers, and more. You can also ask Wolfram|Alpha to do this directly with a query like “other uses of the word peace”.
Check out more handy word and linguistic widgets in the Gallery. You can easily embed them on your own blog, or share them with your social networks. In honor of Dictionary Day, share a fun fact about your favorite word in the comments section below.


I apologise for the really basic question. I've probably said this a million times now but I'm returning to this field after a long time and I keep confusing myself by mis-remembering or half-remembering things from the past and it's not helping me. It would be easier coming to the field from fresh i think. Anyhow...
As i remember it, sequence databases always store the forward strand of a DNA chromsome in the 5' to 3' direction.
A gene is read in the 3' to 5' direction and so its complementary strand in the 5' to 3' direction is the same as the mRNA transcript. So i thought if a gene was on the reverse strand of a DNA molecule then the forward strand in the 5' to 3' direction gives the sequence on the corresponding mRNA (ignoring introns for simplicity).
However I'm just looking at a gene now in ensembl and this gene is described as being on the forward strand. If you look at the forward strand it contains the exact same sequence as the gene's mRNA. So to me then, if the mRNA runs on the forward strand in the 5' to 3' direction the actual gene is on the reverse strand is it not?
Is this a convention issue that I have mis-remembered? Is a gene classed as being on the forward strand if its mRNA sequence is 'on' the forward strand.
thanks for your help


Whether you are a leader, a follower, or both, there is always pressure. Home, work, and even play can create tension. While there are many things that are great about the “technology age,” the speed and volume of information has created an enormous strain on individuals and organizations. If you are feeling the pressure, you’ve come to the right place. Let’s get started.
There are two things you must have in order to stay calm under pressure:
• Frustration Tolerance
• Impulse Control
Frustration Tolerance is simply how much frustration you can handle before something destructive happens. That destructive thing can be internal or external. Some people turn red and their hair bursts into flames. Others have welcome stamped on their foreheads…people wipe their feet on them all of the time.
Impulse Control is the degree to which you control your urges. An impulse is simply an urge to do something or not to do something.
Here are some tips on how to develop both:
1. Stand up and take responsibility for your choices.
2. Know your limitations and act in advance! What are your buttons?
3. Stop saying yes when you want/need to say no. Stop saying no when you need/want to say yes.
4. Remember the old faithful HALT acronym. If you are Hungry Angry Lonely Tired, HALT what you are doing and fix the problem.
5. TODAY! Create three outlets for stress: a mental outlet, a physical outlet and an emotional outlet.
Remember, stress in and of itself is not a bad thing. It is when the stress starts to break you down that problems start to occur. Follow the five steps listed above to stay calm and in control in any situation.


11 December 2019
Peter Leek leads an academic research group at the University of Oxford working on the physics of superconducting circuits and their application to quantum computing. Peter’s group have recently developed a 3D-integrated circuit architecture designed to simplify the task of scaling highly coherent circuits to the many qubits needed for useful computing.
Peter is also the founder of Oxford Quantum Circuits Ltd, a spin-out company who are developing quantum computers based on innovations from Peter’s research group. In this meet-up Peter will explain how superconducting circuits can be used for quantum computing and discuss where the hardware development still needs to go before we have this potentially world-changing technology fully working.


HEALTH CARE ACCESS
The Honduran government provides two different types of health centers throughout rural Honduras: Centros de Salud Médico Odontológico (CESAMOs) and Centros de Salud Rural (CESARs). CESAMOs are the larger of the two, often found in municipalities, and typically have at least one physician on staff at all times with nurses and potentially a dentist. CESARs are found sporadically in rural communities and generally have a single nurse available. Even with this coverage, it is important to note that medications, supplies, and materials are often not available in these health centers and the physician density in Honduras remains around 1,220 people for every one doctor. According to the World Health Organization, there should be a maximum of 435 people per physician to qualify a country as having adequate access to medical attention.
El Encinal does not have a health center directly in the community; however, they do have access to the CESAR-Joyas del Carballo. The walk to this health center from El Encinal is about thirty minutes. The health center is staffed by a local nurse, who receives help from the nine members of the Community Health Committee. The most common illnesses reported by community members are diarrhea, dengue, and asthma.
*These statistics reflect data from Medical/Dental Brigades in the community of El Junco & Joyas, where community members from El Encinal attend the mobile clinics.


It is all hedging at this time of year....
These yew hedge planting pointers apply equally to almost all other hedging plants as well, certainly anything that needs a well drained soil.
- You can dig a trench to plant your hedging if the ground is well drained.
- You can improve the soil as much as you like if the ground is well drained.
- You should water your plants well and often if the ground is well drained.
- You can use the largest plants you can afford if the ground is well drained.
You have spotted a pattern here: when planting a hedge, it is important to think about drainage.
If you have heavy clay soil (sticky grey, blue or yellow), the good news is that you have richly fertile soil.
The bad news is that water does not drain well through it, which some plants have a problem with.
So please, save yourself a lot of hard work and a load of grief. Watch our film on how to plant a country hedge (link on the home page) even if you are planting the smartest yew.
- On badly drained soils, always plant small plants.
- On badly drained soils, always plant in a slit, not a trench.
- On badly drained soils, improve the soil after planting and when your hedging is growing away by adding a mulch of well rotted compost/manure and letting the worms do the work.
- On badly drained soils, only water newly planted hedging if there is a danger that the soil will dry out completely. When you do water, soak the plants and then DO NOT WATER for a couple of weeks afterwards.
The reason is this:
If you dig a hole or trench in clay, it fills with water when it rains and the surface puddle water on the surrounding ground tries to run into your hole, keeping it full.
The fact that you backfilled the hole with lovely, porous compost when planting only gives it the consistency of a sponge in a bath. The roots of almost all hedging plants need to be able to breathe underground.
A trench in clay means they will probably drown.
So plant hedging on clay the easy way and dig as little as possible!


guidelines for sick fish
1. Check the water quality in your main pond if fish are ill.
You may need to do a water change to reduce toxic levels.
2. If the water quality is acceptable, raise the water temperature
slowly to about 70 degrees F. This may require moving sick fish
to a hospital tank or smaller pond and using an aquarium heater.
3. Add salt to the water in three daily doses (2-3 Tablespoons
per gallon or 2.5 pounds per 100 gallons.) Note: Must be food
grade salt, but NOT with iodine.
4. Research your fish's signs and symptons at AKCA
by searching the web under "Koi Health" or contact
Dr. Amy Wolf through Ferguson Animal Hospital.
5. Research the recommended treatments, then try one. Be patient.
It may take a few days before you see any change.
Note: If you move your fish to a hospital tank you will need
to watch water quality closely. Keep the pH low (about 6.5)
and test for ammonia and nitrates daily. You will need to make
water changes about every three days until your biofilter starts
functioning. The biofilter can take 2-9 weeks to get started.
However, antibiotics will kill any bacteria in your biofilter.
by Hilda Adams


Getting to Know Rhodes and Its History
According to Greek Mythology, Rhodes has been named after the daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Poseidon was the God of the Sea and Amphitrite was a sea nymph that allured him and became his wife. Rhodes was a nymph herself and fell in love with Helios, the Sun God. Helios was given the island of Rhodes as a gift from Zeus and he grew so fond of the place, that he kept on bathing it gently with his sun rays, highlighting its beauty and spectacular landscapes. With the naming of Rhodes, Helios demonstrated his love and affection towards the nymph bearing the same name.
The island of Rhodes has been well known for its Colossus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World in antiquity. This was a gigantic bronze statue that represented the Sun God, Helios. The statue was over 30 meters high, making it one of the tallest statues of the world as we knew it. Sadly though, an earthquake destroyed the statue and left no trace of it to this day. With the passing of the centuries, Rhodes came to attract the interest of the Knights and therefore medieval touches can be found throughout the island.
Due to its strategic place on the map and thanks to its rich fauna and flora, Rhodes has always been regarded as one of the most important locations to populate and rule. However, nowadays it stands independent and it can take pride in having blended the numerous different elements of both Europe and the Oriental countries into a magnificent outcome. Millions of tourists visit the island on an annual basis and enjoy the unique architecture, the wealthy cultural stimulants and the sights that are overwhelming. You are welcome to join them and see for yourself what Rhodes has got to offer to you as a tourist destination!


Celebrate earth day on April 22 with these simple fun earth day activities for preschoolers.
Earth Day Read Aloud Activity
Earth Day Every Day is a great way to introduce children to the importance of caring for our earth.
Trian is an Earthling. She takes you on an adventure that show us how all Earthlings can take care of EARTH and leave less of a mess.
Art Earth Day Activity
Children can take the pledge of caring for our earth with this cute art earth day activity.
Have children paint a paper plate with blue and green.
Then provide them with paper to make the face and arms.
Pattern Earth Day Activity
Set out a supply of natural items that can be found outside or around the home. Have children create their own earth day pattern.
Shape Earth Day Activity
Get you kiddos identifying shapes with this fun Earth Day Activity for Circle Time. Oh and did you know you can grab this Earth Day Activity for Circle Time by click on the link below.
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I'm Tami Sanders creator of Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers, a blog to help teachers create magical moments for the young.


Vaughan Williams ‘discovered’ English folk song around the turn of the 20th century and thenceforth it informed his compositional style. It also led him to formulate an aesthetic perspective around the idea that intelligibility was paramount for worthwhile art music. This he pitched against the internationalism of both the English art music establishment and of the cosmopolitan modernist tide. While sensitive to such global cultural currents, he insisted that the way to communicate meaningfully beyond one’s borders was to first seek out one’s own heritage. His concerns remain relevant to contemporary discourse on the role of art music in Western culture. As well as addressing these issues, this paper outlined a wider theorisation of musical accessibility/intelligibility in relation to nationalism, cosmopolitanism and the case of Vaughan Williams.


A: Type 2 diabetes can exacerbate dry and cracking skin. This occurs because of the body’s response to high glucose levels in the blood.
Dryness may also result from neuropathy, or nerve damage, which often accompanies unregulated type 2 diabetes. When nerves don’t function correctly, parts of the body (especially hands and feet) don’t get the message to sweat. That means skin doesn’t benefit from the oils pushed out through sweat and, as a result, it suffers dryness.
Moisturizing is critical. Remember the three-minute rule: Apply lotion within three minutes of towel drying to trap water into your skin. And if you know dryness flares up at certain times of year, take preventive steps. In addition to switching to a heavier moisturizer and setting up a humidifier in your bedroom, you may want to reassess your sock choices. Man-made fibers wick moisture away from feet. Although that’s beneficial in the case of athlete’s foot, it’s not helpful when skin is already dry.


Curriculum Intent for the Music Department
Our vision and intention is to create well-rounded musicians who will either progress to KS4 and/ or have a lifelong appreciation and understanding of Music, using skills and knowledge to be able to pursue Music for enjoyment into adulthood. We aim to create passionate young people who enjoy music for Music’s sake.
The Music curriculum is designed to allow all pupils to grow and develop their skills through experiencing various styles, instruments and equipment, as well as develop their character.
We also aim to develop culturally aware young musicians who can have an appreciation and understanding of a range of cultures and societies through their music.


Spanish translation of 'confederation'
Example Sentences Including 'confederation'
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The rest went to members of the South American confederation.Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It actually evolved as a " loose confederation of hill tribes.Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
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British English: confederation NOUN
A confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes.
…a confederation of small tribes.
Translation of confederation from the Collins English to Spanish Dictionary


The UN are running an art competition for young people aged 12-25. You can either draw by hand or use a computer. All students should create an artwork to submit in their weekly art lessons. It must be submitted to your teacher by Friday 5th June so we can enter it into the competition for you. You can find out more information here: https://www.unhcr.org/en-au/youth-with-refugees-art-contest.html 1. Tap to open the template. 2. Read the three themes of the competition and tap to write or to draw your ideas. 3. On the next page, pick which theme you want to explore more. 4. Tap and start to draft your ideas. 5. You have been given an extra page if you need more space. 6. Tap to submit. Next lesson, we will explore ideas more. If you want to use pencil and paper at home or at school, that is great!
Website information: https://www.unhcr.org/en-au/youth-with-refugees-art-contest.html Activity for weekly art lesson.


Aktualisasi Hukum Perceraian Perspektif Pengadilan Agama di Indonesia
Keywords:divorce, law, Islam, Indonesia
Islamic law must be understood more broadly in the context of statehood and nationality with all the differences in cultural, sociological and geographical types. This is a form of actualizing the values of Islamic teachings so that they can be accepted by humans as a whole. Maintain the sustainability of Islam itself and take greater benefit.
As in Indonesia, with a different context from the east in various aspects such as geography, culture and social psychology of society, demanding that Islamic law be taught must have an elasticity value by leaving a form of inductive and conservative thinking structure. With a historical and philosophical understanding of Islamic law, it will bring progressive changes to the accommodative Islamic law by lokal people without going through opposition and rejection.
Therefore, Indonesia has codified Indonesian-style Islamic law in the form of the Compilation of Islamic Law (KHI) and Law No. 1 of 1974, which are also used by the Religious Courts to decide cases including divorce. Especially if there is a movement to conduct an extension to the community and socialization of Islamic law products that are updated in Indonesia, it will certainly reduce the level of misunderstanding of the community towards divorce status. So that the classical Islamic law products that have been rooted at the level of society about when divorce is legitimate until in what context the divorce is rationally accepted and what constitutes strong constitutional evidence of divorce has been fulfilled by the rules of the Compilation of Islamic Law (KHI).
Keywords: divorce, law, Islam, Indonesia


Sharks are opportunistic feeders, but most sharks primarily feed on smaller fish and invertebrates. Some of the larger shark species prey on seals, sea lions, and other marine mammals. Sharks have been known to attack humans when they are confused or curious.
You will be amazed by what these people found inside a shark stomach. The Mako Shark, also called Isurus in the scientific community, is an incredible and extremely fast beast. Today, there are only two living species of Mako remaining. They are called the Longfin Makos and the Shortfin Makos.
The largest is the Longfin with a length of about 4.5 meters (14ft) and adults weigh in around 170 kilograms (375 pounds). Shortfin sharks are usually about half this size and weight. Both species are easily identified due to their strange (and mean looking) teeth. These teeth are visible even when their mouths are closed. For simple identification, the Mako tends to look like a smaller version of the Great White Shark.
This shark loves jumping out of the water (also called ‘breaching’). Shark Breaching is one of the hunting techniques that great white sharks use to surprise and kill its prey. They breach with such force and explosive energy that it propels the shark right out of the water.
Scientists still aren’t sure why they do this, but it’s theorized that they are searching for prey over the water surface. Human Interaction The largest threat to this animal, like so many other shark species, are humans. They frequently get caught in fishnets and are sometimes caught by commercial fisheries for fins, oil, teeth, and the shark skin.


Financial system of Ukraine
In recent years, in connection with the transition to a market economy there are many deep changes in the economy of Ukraine. The main changes are the elaboration due to refinement, and sometimes a change of priorities, incentives and factors for the development of society and the country. In the transition to market relations the role and importance of monetary and financial and credit levers up sharply. Development of the economy more depends on the rational construction of the financial system, received in the broad sense and is not reduced only to finance of the country. Each sector of the economy of any country is permeated with a network of financial relationships, and finances of each element are only interconnected the financial system as a whole. Each link of finance certain way affects the reproduction process has its inherent function to it. For example, finance companies service material production. With their participation, created the GDP, which is distributed within enterprises and sectors of the economy. Through the state`s budget mobilized resources in the main central fund of the state, and the redistribution of resources between sectors of the economy, economic regions, social groups of the population. Extra-budgetary special funds are strictly earmarked. Thus, the largest social Pension Fund of Ukraine raises funds for the payment of pensions to citizens of the country. Thus, each part of the financial system is a particular section of financial relations, in which the funds are generated and used money resources. And knowledge of the characteristics of the financial system and its functioning is necessary for full alignment in the economy of any country and the making certain economic decisions.


Virginiae partiis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova description26 February 2010
Source: Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova description, by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Amsterdam, J. and C. Blaeu, 1640; Special Collections Map Collection #2.3
Staff Person: Ralph Scott
This map, part of Blaeu’s Le Théâtre dv Monde, ou Novvel Atlas (Amsterdami, 1638, II 1640) plate 28-29, is based on the 1606 Hondius map, but according to William E. Cumming, “incorporates new geographical knowledge.” Specifically the 1640 map shows South Carolina more accurately and changes the shape of the Chesapeake Bay “from a small bay to its proper shape.” This is the first time Jamestown and many local Virginia Indian villages are shown on European maps. The more correct latitude of “Coft Feare” [Cape Fear] at 34° North replaces the incorrect 32° North shown by Hondius on his earlier map. The North Carolina sounds, especially Pamlico, have additional information collected by English explorers. Some of these new names were not retained in later usage, but the map demonstrates that European readers were interested in the latest information from the new world. A “P. Grinfeld” [Port Grenville] is noted as being perhaps near the current location of New Bern in Pamlico Sound. Cummingts further notes that “this [map] is the most correct map of this area yet to appear,” and was a key representation of the Carolinas through the end of the 17th century. Students of cartography often compare this map with the depiction of the North Carolina coast shown on the 1733 Moseley Map.
Special Collections Map Collection #MC0002.003 [Currently framed and on display in the Rare Book Room]


Ok – I admit that I suffer from fogeyism from time to time. And although not perfect by any means, do get distraught over what seems a misuse of the English language.
For any non-British readers, I’m referring to what has now become “British English”. Other regional variations of our mother tongue and the Queen’s vernacular may vary.
Anyway, today’s discussion is on the word media. It turns out that apart from a change in usage (to make “the media” or “USB media”, for example, into a singular), there are a variety of plural forms for both medium and media.
Yup – ignoring some geographical definitions of media, there is a biological definition to do with blood and lymph vessels which has the plural mediae. Nice one medics, that looks like a proper Latin word.
Less satisfactorily, there have been examples of medias as a plural. This supposes that media is a singular, and is apparently used without discomfort by the advertising profession. I really cannot bring myself to write an example though.
It turns out that media (singular) has other technical meanings, for example a “voiced stop”. I presume this is a linguistic thing, rather than something to do with getting pipe organ pipes to speak correctly. I love this language!
So what about medium? It is a size (and I guess that you could say that “all the clothes on that rail are mediums and larges” although “all the clothes on that rail are medium or large” seems better to me), a type of material (as in “the artist mainly uses watercolour as her medium, though on occasion she uses mixed media”). It is also someone who acts as an intermediate between the spirit and physical words, and they have the plural mediums. (Love Terry Pratchet’s example: “Mrs Evadne Cake was a medium, verging on small.”)
So – take your choice: medium/mediums/media; media/mediae/medias.


Historic Villages of Korea Hahoe and Yangdong (Hide)
Founded in the 14th-15th centuries, Hahoe and Yangdong are seen as the two most representative historic clan villages in the Republic of Korea. Their layout and location - sheltered by forested mountains and facing out onto a river and open agricultural fields – reflect the distinctive aristocratic Confucian culture of the early part of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). The villages were located to provide both physical and spiritual nourishment from their surrounding landscapes. They include residences of the head families, together with substantial timber framed houses of other clan members, also pavilions, study halls, Confucian academies for learning, and clusters of one story mud-walled, thatched-roofed houses, formerly for commoners. The landscapes of mountains, trees and water around the village, framed in views from pavilions and retreats, were celebrated for their beauty by 17th and 18th century poets.


In 1936, New Yorkers approved a radical change in local democracy. By a margin of nearly two to one, they replaced the corrupt board of aldermen with a city council elected via proportional representation (PR). Rather than traditional winner-take-all elections between two candidates representing two political parties, PR allowed voters to rank candidates on their ballots in order of preference and guaranteed victory to anyone polling more than 75,000 votes. This system enabled the election of the most diverse legislatures in New York's history, comprised of the city's first African American legislators and unprecedented numbers of women and third-party representatives. With their authority threatened, the Democratic and Republican parties allied against PR and the system's coalition of supporters. Following several unsuccessful repeal attempts led by the two major parties, the election of two Communists spurred a groundswell of red-baiting that set the stage for a battle that would define New York City governance for generations.Defining Democracy examines struggles over electoral reform in New York City to clarify our understanding of democracy's evolution in the United States and the world. In the midst of global crises concerning the purpose and power of government during the Great Depression, Second World War, and early Cold War, New Yorkers debated the meaning of self-rule in the United States. In a series of campaigns over the expansion of voting rights in New York City, activists challenged the boundaries of who could be elected, what interests could be represented, and ultimately what policies could be implemented at the local level.


Presentation Of The Hemisphere Method
Free (open access)
P. Vueghs & P. Beckers
In the field of image synthesis or thermal radiation, the challenge is to calculate the radiative exchanges between the surfaces of the model. To quantify the interactions between the surfaces, we define a number called view factor, noted Fij. The view factor represents the fraction of the diffusely emitted power from a surface Ai which reaches a surface Aj. The calculation of the view factors is a very difficult problem. A method has been designed in image synthesis and also applied to thermal problems. This method, called hemi cube, uses a cube as a screen onto which all the scene is projected. Here, we present another method that we have named hemisphere, where the surface of projection is the unit sphere surrounded by the hemi cube. This projection, based on the Nusselt’s Analogy, is simpler and more natural than the hemi cube’s projection. We show in this paper that the hemisphere method is faster and more efficient than the hemi cube. In this paper, we present a tessellation of the hemisphere into cells characterized by an equal elementary view factor. This allows us to avoid over sampling and to save computation time. We show that this method is faster and more efficient than the classic hemi cube. We present also some results that illustrate the efficiency of the hemisphere method. Keywords: view factor, hemisphere, projection, spherical coordinates, thermal radiation, Nusselt’s Analogy, ray casting. 1 Definition of the view factors In the field of image synthesis, it is necessary to calculate the inter reflection of light between all the surfaces that compose the scene . In the same way, in thermic, we have to evaluate all the heat transfers between all the surfaces of the model.
view factor, hemisphere, projection, spherical coordinates, thermal radiation, Nusselt’s Analogy, ray casting.


Eleusis (ĭlōˈsĭs) [key], ancient city of Attica, Greece, 12 mi (20 km) NW of Athens. Through ancient times it was the seat of the Eleusinian Mysteries. There was a large temple to Demeter. The Eleusinian games, also held there, were not connected with the mysteries. Excavation of the cemetery began in 1952; graves were found that date from the 7th and 8th cent. B.C. The temple and a type of theater with rock-cut seats for about 3,000 spectators were uncovered near the modern village of Eleusis.
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The picoProcessor (pP) is an 8-bit processor. The picoProcessor has separate instruction and data memories. The instruction memory is 4K instructions in size, and data memory is 256 bytes.
The picoProcessor can also address I/O devices using up to 256 input ports and 256 output ports. Within the processor there are eight 8-bit general purpose registers r0 to r7. r0 is always read as zero and ignores writes.
There is also a return address stack of depth 4, an interrupt return register and Zero(Z) and Carry(C) condition codes. Pipeline architecture is employed. The instruction register fetches the next instruction from the instruction memory depending on the value in the program counter.
This is the ‘fetch’ cycle .The program counter is incremented using a program counter updating logic block. The instruction fetched by the instruction register is decoded by a decoding logic and the required control signals are generated and are registered.
This is the ‘decode’ cycle. Depending on the control signals generated, the corresponding execution units are enabled. The outputs are registered in the following clock cycle. This is the ‘execute’ cycle. The registered outputs are then writte to the register file or the memory in the ‘write back’ cycle.
Synthesis: Xilinx 9.1


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Heat treatment of nodular cast iron
In order to make the metal parts have the required mechanical, physical and chemical properties, in addition to the reasonable selection of materials and various forming processes, heat treatment process is often essential. Steel is the most widely used material in mechanical industry. The microstructure of steel is complex and can be controlled by heat treatment, so the heat treatment of steel is the main content of metal heat treatment. In addition, aluminum, copper, magnesium, titanium and their alloys can also change their mechanical, physical and chemical properties through heat treatment to obtain different service properties.
When we process some metal workpieces, we often use a method of heat treatment. There are also some differences in this process method for different processing objects. As for nodular cast iron and steel, if they both need heat treatment, we should also treat them differently in specific operation. How about the breakdown.
Of course, the heat treatment of nodular cast iron is not completely different from that of steel, and they also share similar parts. Although the heat treatment of nodular cast iron is modeled on the heat treatment process of steel, there are still differences, mainly because of the existence of graphite in nodular cast iron and the difference of chemical composition, which leads to the special heat treatment of cast iron.
The method of heating and cooling is generally used in the heat treatment of nodular cast iron, because it can regularly change the core structure of nodular cast iron, so that its tenderness can also be changed to meet our needs, such as higher strength, hardness, wear resistance, better plasticity, toughness and so on.


The dynamics of wave propagation and wave transport are reviewed for vertically propagating, forced, planetary scale waves in the middle atmosphere. Such waves can be divided into two major classes: extratropical planetary waves and equatorial waves. The most important waves of the former class are quasi-stationary Rossby modes of zonal wavenumbers 1 and 2 (1 or 2 waves around a latitude circle), which propagate vertically only during the winter season when the mean winds are westerly. These modes transport heat and ozone towards the poles, thus maintaining the mean temperature above its radiative equilibrium value in high latitudes and producing the high latitude ozone maximum. It is shown that these wave transport processes depend on wave transience and wave damping. The precise form of this dependency is illustrated for transport of a strongly stratified tracer by small amplitude planetary waves. The observed equatorial wave modes are of two types: an eastward propagating Kelvin mode and a westward propagating mixed Rossby-gravity mode. These modes are thermally damped in the stratosphere where they interact with the mean flow to produce eastward and westward accelerations, respectively. It is shown that in the absence of mechanical dissipation this wave-mean flow interaction is caused by the vertical divergence of a wave `radiation stress'. This wave-mean flow interaction process is responsible for producing the well known equatorial quasi-biennial oscillation.


What is the meaning of GO OUT?
- leave your home for entertainment, or a social event
- go on a date with another person
- I don’t go out very often. I prefer spending time alone.
- My sister goes out with her friends every weekend.
- I know you agreed to go out with her cousin, but she didn’t tell you what he was like. I think you should back out; he’s really strange!
stop working or existing (for fire or light)
- The fire went out when it started raining.
- There was a small wind and suddenly the candle went out.
- The power went out in all of New York last week after the storm.
|present participle:||GOING OUT|
|past participle:||GONE OUT|
Note: Many phrasal verbs have more than one meaning. Definition 1 is part of the online course below. Registered students, click the image to return to your course.
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Why is this important? – Entertainment is both popular, commercially profitable and spawns key technologies. Lifestyle issues such as obesity are driving research into human nutrition and health.
Entertainment Technology : Entertainment technologies such as Computer Graphical Imaging (CGI), Virtual Reality and 3D imaging are transforming not only entertainment such as films, television, and gaming but also have a wide range of educational and commercial applications such as medical imaging; architectural and engineering design; mathematical modelling; archaeological imaging and scientific research.
Examples : Films and TV programmes such as Iron Man, Doctor Who; Games and game apps such as Grand Theft Auto and Pokemon Go; Adverts; Reconstruction of skeletal remains; Medical teaching and surgery; Supporting research (for example the black hole simulation in the film Interstellar identified useful detail for physicists).
Sports and lifestyles : The globalisation of sports as world-wide entertainment has led to a whole shaft of new scientific insights into human performance and spawned high-technology developments in areas such as automobiles, materials, and drug detection techniques. It has helped drive research into understanding human nutrition and exercise and how to maintain healthy lifestyles.
Examples : Helmet design; sports clothes design; golfing simulators; diet programmes for athletes; training regimes; sports performance videoing and analysis (individual and team).
Skills needed : Useful skills include biology, physics, maths, medicine, materials science, sports science, nutrition, computer science, graphic design, script writing, clothing design, art, sports coaching.
What will push development : Consumer popularity and the ability and usefulness of modelling in 3D.
Consequences : Continuing move to graphical interfacing and imaging in education and everyday apps, with a lesser role for books and the written word.


One of the most stressful parts of learning Spanish is knowing the difference between ser and estar. But it doesn´t have to be stressful! While both of these verbs mean "to be" and are used all the time in daily communication, the following simple rules should help you to differentiate between the two.
Ser is used to classify and identify permanent or lasting attributes. If this general rule is too vague for you, think of the acronym D.O.T. Ser is used for Descriptions of a person or thing, Origins of a person or thing, and Time.
For description, think of what you would say if someone asked you “How would you describe____?” These are the essential qualities that define a person or thing and probably won’t change any time soon. These descriptions can be names, physical descriptions, personality or characteristic descriptions, occupations, religions, and even relationships to other people
The place a person is from or the material something is made from is an origin. The origin of someone or something is not going to change when we use ser.
Time includes days, dates, and hours. For hours, use es for one o´clock and son for all other hours.
Estar is used to indicate temporary states and locations. If the general rule doesn’t suffice, think of the acronym LoCo. Estar is used for Locations and Conditions.
These can be a physical position or posture or simply where something is (temporarily, permanently, or even conceptually).
*Exception! The location of an event or party is described using Ser, not Estar.
- La fiesta es en mi casa. (The party is at my house.)
These can be physical, mental, or emotional states. Things that are likely to vary over several hours, days, or even years can be conditions.
|tu||eres||you ( fam) are||estás|
he / she is
you (formal) are
you (plural familiar) are
(used only in Spain!!)
|estáis (Spain only)|
you all are


In our quest to eat healthier food and nourish ourselves with more wholesome produce, we often tend to go overboard. Whether that means trying out fad diets that do more harm than good, or developing an attitude to food that has us fighting and fearing it, we often get rather confused, overwhelmed with the contradictory advice and the erroneous information floating around.
What’s even more worrying is that being obsessed with detox food products that are supposedly free from chemicals can cause us to sabotage our health. New research now shows that trying to eat ‘chemical-free’ is futile since chemicals are in everything we eat and they’re not all unhealthy.
If you’d like a visual representation of what we’re referring to, check out this video created by a Toronto-based web portal ASAP Science, which explains how the natural versus synthetic issue is not possible to view in black and white terms.
Did you know that bananas, for example, contain more chemicals than some sweets (50 chemicals to be precise, ranging from riboflavin to histidine)? Or that a single blueberry contains chemicals like methylbutyrate and oleic acid benzaldehyde, among many others? These may be chemicals but they’re not at all bad for you.
Scientists say that everything around us is made up of chemicals, from the water you drink to the air you breathe, which is why it is frustrating when companies consistently tout their foods as being chemical-free. Yes, eating organic and natural is good for your health, but don’t get carried away and believe everything you read about how chemicals can harm you.
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Self-esteem and confidence are major traits in individuals that affect their success. While these are a lifelong process, the foundation of it needs to be established in early childhood. Building self-esteem will allow the child to deal with difficult situations that they will encounter during their lifetime. Since parents have the greatest influence on a child’s belief, it is important for them to let their child know where they belong, how well they are doing and contribute towards developing confidence and self-esteem.
Month: February 2015
In today’s competitive world, sleep is more of a luxury than a necessity. Sleep is important for the well being, both emotionally and physically for an individual. Insufficient sleep or no sleep has long lasting health and psychological disorders. If you have been experiencing insomnia, it may be due to a number of factors, including stress, anxiety or depression. In order to address your sleep problem, it is best to consult an experienced psychologist who can help you change your behaviour, manage feelings and emotions that may interfere with your sleep.
It happens to be usual that there will be no reasonable solutions at acquiring smart levels without having a advanced schooling …


By Gwenn Holtz and Mary Lee Malen This site is for the specific purpose of preparing Middle School students for OPEN-ENDED problem solving on is divided into five strands:
Patterns, Algebra, and Functions
Data, Statistics, and Probability
There are three levels of difficulty for each standard with problems from different sources that lend themselves to more than one way of solving. To better prepare for the tests, students should answer with a picture, diagram, or paragraph explaining the solution and how they determined their answers.
It's important for students to track their reasoning while solving problems. How do you teach reasoning? How can you convince your students that the process is often more valuable than the answer?
How can you best prepare your middle school students for high school math?
Middle school students often look for shortcuts. Are there shortcuts in solving word problems?
Extension and Activities
Begin the year with September problems and follow the process for four weeks. Do you see an improvement in the way your students solve problems? Do your students see value in how they have been solving problems and will they like to continue? Do you agree?
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The Adafruit Circuit Playground Express comes packed with built-in sensors. This guide will show you how to leverage them in Microsoft MakeCode. If you are new to MakeCode, make sure to read the MakeCode primer.
You can use a sensor through events or by reading the live data.
Events allow to register code that runs when a particular pattern is detected. For example, the
on shakeevent runs code when a shacking gesture is detected by the accelerometer. You can mix and match events from different sensors in the same program but each event type can only be registered once.
Live data gets a live (or slightly filtered) reading of the sensor data. For example,
accelerationgets an immediate reading from the accelerometer.
The block code below show the 2 style of programming with sensors. Through events (
on shake left) or in the traditional loop style with live data (
Looking for the complete block reference, start at https://makecode.adafruit.com/reference/input .


A concussion is a short-term impairment of neurologic or brain function caused by a direct blow to the head, face or neck, or an indirect blow to another part of the body that transmits an acceleration or deceleration force to the brain.
Over the past decade, sports related concussion has received much attention in the media as well as in the research labs. As the number of young people participating in sports grows, so will the number of sports-related injuries. Many concussions go unreported every year for a variety of reasons. But the truth is that brief symptoms such as dizziness, memory loss, feeling in a fog and headache following a blow to the head is a concussion.
On Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013, COA physicians Dr. Marshall, Dr. Kroll and Dr. Primos were all present as Governor Nathan Deal signed a new concussion bill named the Return to Play Act. House Bill 284 creates new protocols for informing parents about the dangers of concussions and for identifying and treating players with head injuries.
To read the bill in its entirety, click here
Causes and Symptoms


One of the best parts about using Linux, especially for developers, is the ability to quickly download and install required tools and utilities with a single command. This helps save time and effort when you’re either setting up a new development environment or starting a new project.
In this article, we’re taking a look at how to install GCC on Ubuntu.
Also read: How to install OpenCV in Ubuntu?
Installing GCC on Ubuntu 20.04
GCC stands for GNU Compiler Collection. It is a collection of different compilers and some libraries for C, C++, Objective-C, Ada, Go, Fortran and D. The tool is used to compile many open-source projects, including the Linux kernel itself.
Installing GCC on Ubuntu is rather easy. Here’s how.
sudo apt update sudo apt install build-essential
The command above will install gcc, g++ and make.
By default, the Ubuntu 20.04 repositories install GCC version 9.3.0. If you want to install a different version, mention the version number after the install command. For example, to install multiple versions of GCC, use this command.
sudo apt install gcc-8 g++-8 gcc-9 g++-9 gcc-10 g++-10
In such cases, the default version of the installation would be the latest version installed. While you’ll have to use other versions by mentioning their version names.
You can check GCC versions installed on your machine using this command.
Using GCC to compile scripts
As mentioned above, GCC is used to compile a lot of open-source projects. If you have a C/C++ program named program.c, you can compile it into an executable using GCC. Here’s how.
gcc program.c -o executable
The -o flag specifies the name of the executable file that will be generated. Now assuming your program compiled successfully, you can use the executable to run it in the terminal.
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Our school district recently purchased SAM animation software and pushed it out to all our student computers. It is a very easy program designed to make stop motion animation videos. Right now our kids are "playing" with it to learn the software but I can see some very practical applications using it in science. In this video you will see the kids "playing" and then it actually being used as part of an experiment. I was in the room helping with the video taping with the children and it was very easy for the kids to set up. Today one of our first grade teachers were talking about some eggs they are hatching in the classroom and I immediately thought that would be a great use for the software. You can program it to take pictures (using a web cam) on a specific time schedule around the day the eggs are suppose to hatch. We had a lively debate about plants moving in my classroom. The kids could use the program to set up an experiment to see if plants move. The free demo can be downloaded HERE. The software and a site license can be purchased for $299 which I thought was pretty good for an entire school.


1. Consequences of adoption are difficult to manage, really. Kids are sensitive creatures. To disclose that they are adopted; is tough. It is a matter of when and how.
2. Once they know, to contain the emotional reactions is really a challenging task.
3. Next, is for the adoptive parent to maintain the kid inquisition about who is his/her biological parent and to explore more about the whereabouts. Wrong approaches will invite rebellious actions and reactions.
4. Adoptive parents have difficulty to impose strict disciplines because they are scared the kids may run away from home. The kids then give unrealistic demands which are difficult to realize. They may act the opposite to normal, well-accepted behaviors. In my case, I call it, oppositional defiant behaviors.
5. The most important step for me is to establish depression. Treatment is necessary. Cognitive-behaviour is a far better approach that drugs because the kid’s mind is flexible and highly absorbable to suggestions than to chemical substances. In scientific term, the flexibility is known as neuroplasticity.
6. Parents have to be very patient. They have to make sure that their families are intact whatever happened. Consultative decision-making is a must. No unilateral decision making is allowed. Stick to the family role. Avoid role reversal, just in order to satisfy the demand of a particular stakeholder. Revert every one attention back to the family fundamentals of respect, care, and compassion.
Wish them all the best.


Dental bleaching is an initial step in the analysis and reproduction of smile aesthetics, so it is very important that the dentist knows how to diagnose the causes of color change and to indicate whitening before proposing the appropriate dental procedure. With the technological advance, dental bleaching techniques have emerged to facilitate its use and improve comfort, safety and time reduction in the execution of the technique. The conventional means of external dental whitening is with carbamate or hydrogen peroxide photoactivated or not. However, the home and office whitening procedure causes dental sensitivity. There is a new bleaching proposal on the market without the use of bleaching gels, thus reducing post-treatment sensitivity. Such a proposal elucidates ultraviolet light as a bleaching agent.
Marcelo Teles Junior, Carolina Almeida Rodrigues, Vera Lucia Bernardes, Taylane Soffener Berlanga de Araujo, Giovanni Antonio Nicoli and Juliana dos Reis Derceli
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Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Southern Wetland Flora
Field Office Guide to Plant Species
Hydrocotyle umbellata L.
- Family: Carrot (Apiaceae)
- Flowering: April-September
- Field Marks: This penny-wort differs from all others by its peltate leaves and the flowers borne
in simple, not compound, umbels.
- Habitat: In shallow streams, along shores, wet ditches, swamps, seepage areas.
- Habit: Perennial herb with underground branches bearing small tubers.
- Stems: Creeping along as well as below the ground, rooting at the nodes, smooth, up to several
- Leaves: Arising singly from the nodes on upright stalks, peltate, nearly circular, sometimes
heart-shaped, with 7-11 low, rounded lobes, up to 2 inches across; leaf stalks up to 1 inch long.
- Flowers: Several in a simple umbel, borne on long, slender, upright, leafless stalks up to 6 inches
- Sepals: 5, very tiny, united below, green.
- Petals: 5, white, free from each other, up to 1/12 inch long.
- Stamens: 5.
- Pistils: Ovary inferior.
- Fruits: Flattened, more or less kidney-shaped, notched at the top, up to 1/10 inch across.
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The Chinese have had a history of using rail links and other technological advances to integrate Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia with the rest of China. The purpose of these rail links was to facilitate the voluntary, and sometimes involuntary, migration of Han Chinese to these areas in order to strengthen Beijing’s control over the regions.
China had harboured the goal of linking Qinghai province to the Tibetan Autonomous Region by rail since the early 1950s. At the time, although engineers and surveyors were sent to investigate the potential, both finance and the then-available technology proved insufficient for the task. By the 80s, building the first part of the scheme had become possible and China's rapid post-millennial economic growth allowed the second – and far more challenging – part of the project to get underway.
Tibet, which formally merged into Chinese territory as an administrative region during the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368), features one of the more formidable natural terrains in the world. An elder brother of the 14th Dalai Lama once wrote, "We lived amidst precipitous and dangerous mountains which were clad with snow all the year round. Traveling along the paths by the cliffs of sky-reaching mountains, a caravan could be thrown away by a blast of fierce wind, and even the chill of wind could take the lives of travelers. A journey from one place of stay to the next usually took several days or even several months."
And so, while emperors of feudal dynasties ruled over Tibet, dispatched envoys to Tibet, and conferred titles on local Tibetan religious leaders, Tibet, in most people's eyes, remained a far away, barely accessible place. Even Xu Xiake, a noted traveler during the Ming Dynasty, never set foot on the earth of Tibet. As British writer Peter Hopkirk explained in his book, Trespassers on the Roof of the World, for centuries Tibet remained a remote region barely touched by cartographers. It was, therefore, long represented only as a blank...


Located high in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, the town of Barranquitas is difficult to reach because of its torturous roads. Puerto Ricans visit the town to pay tribute to key historical figures who were born here.
No other town in Puerto Rico has produced quite a list of illustrious personages. The most famous Barranquiteños are Luis Muñoz Rivera, the grandfather of Puerto Rico's autonomy movement and the architect of the Puerto Rican Commonwealth and his son Luis Muñoz Marin, the first elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
A collection of letters, photographs, personal belongings, and other memorabilia of Muñoz Rivera are on exhibit at the Casa Museo Luis Muñoz Rivera.
There are few tourist sites in Barranquitas. Hurricanes, fires and mud slides have destroyed the colonial structures. Even the town's church, the Parroquia de San Antonio de Padua, is not in its original state, having been rebuilt in post-colonial style after being destroyed by hurricanes.
The only noteworthy natural wonder in Barranquitas is San Cristobal Canyon, Puerto Rico's largest canyon at 9 kilometres long and 750 feet deep. Flowing through the canyon are the Usabon and Barranquitos Rivers. Puerto Rico's highest waterfall can also be found on Usabon River.


Allele frequencies are most often reported from small convenience samples of unknown demographics and limited generalizability. We determined the distribution of apolipoprotein E genotype (APOE) and allele frequencies for a large, well-defined, representative, rural, population-based sample (n = 4450) aged 55-95 years in Ballabgarh, in the northern Indian state of Haryana. The overall APOE E*2, E*3, and E*4 allele frequencies were 0.039, 0.887, and 0.073, respectively; frequencies are also reported by age, sex, and religious/caste groups. The APOE*4 frequency is among the lowest reported anywhere in the world. APOE allele frequencies did not vary significantly by age or sex in this study. To our knowledge, this is the largest Indian sample ever genotyped for the APOE polymorphism. The representativeness of the sample and its known demographics provide a much-needed normative background for studies of gene-disease associations.
- Apoe allele frequencies
- Apoe genetype
- Indian population
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics


Scripture: Matthew 2:13-23, Luke 2:21-40
- Students will learn what the inside of the Temple looked like and how the various items in the Temple were used during Jesus’ time.
- Students will participate in an activity helping them better understand the Temple and its functions.
- Students will learn that not all elderly people are as healthy as Simeon and Anna.
- Students will participate in a service project that help elderly people suffering from dementia.
Guiding Question: How does caring for those with dementia demonstrate God’s love?
Materials: fabric pot holders, placemats, or tote bags, items to attach to fabric pot holders, placemats, or tote bags: ribbons, string of beads, buttons, textured fabrics, pom-poms, fabric glue, hot glue gun
Procedure: Review the scripture above with the students. Explain to the students that not all elderly people are as healthy as Simeon and Anna. Ask the students what health problems may arise as people grow older. Explain dementia, the effects it has on the elderly, and how to help those who suffer from it. Discuss how serving those with dementia would show God’s love.
Introduce the service project. Have the students create items for those with dementia to “fiddle” with. Explain to the students how these items will help those with dementia stay calm. Use fabric glue or a hot glue gun to glue on ribbons, string of beads, textured fabrics, pom-poms, etc. to your choice of fabric pot holders, placemats, or tote bags. Deliver the finished products to an assisted living home or hospital and if possible, bring the students with you. (Contact a facility prior to know how many items will need to be made.)
Additional Questions: How can the students care for the elderly in their community?
Supplemental Activity: Have the students come up with ideas for how to care for the elderly in their community through service projects. After students come up with their ideas, let the students vote on 1-2 ideas to implement together.


There are two kinds of globalization. One strives to dominate or coerce world opinion and culture. The other emphasizes negotiation, conciliation, and cooperation between differing nations and cultures. Historically, communities throughout the world have been settled, fought over and resettled in a continual pattern of coercion, interdependence, and finally cooperation. This long-term pattern has been repeated many times throughout the history of civilization. In recent centuries, states, nations have begun to confederate under a sovereign will based on interactive principles of shared community, combined with individual freedoms. Within a few generations, the USA, the European Union, the Arab League, the South American Alliance, and most recently the African Union have all begun to take the shape of distributed environments. Imagine powerful unions in South America, Mexico, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia sharing resources through a unified distribution of smaller states or countries. Strengthened by individual power and socio-economic unity, a large middle-class would emerge, limiting the scourge of poverty and despair, and reducing unnecessary social and political instability.


Ticks are arachnids capable of transmitting a variety of diseases to dogs and humans. Common ticks include the American dog tick, the brown dog tick, the lone star tick and the black-legged or deer tick. While these ticks are responsible for transmitting various diseases that cause rashes in humans, such as Lyme disease, only one tick-borne condition typically causes a rash in dogs -- and in humans.
More Than a Bug Bite
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, or RMSF, is a common tick-borne illness that can infect both dogs and humans. The cause of the disease is Rickettsia rickettsii, which spreads through the bites of infected American dog ticks, wood ticks and lone star ticks. In addition to depression, lethargy, anorexia, irregular heartbeat, swelling, inflammation and loss of coordination, Rocky Mountain spotted fever can cause a rashlike appearance on the skin, typically blue or purple in color. In humans, symptoms include fever, rash, headache, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain, loss of appetite and eye redness.
Not Just in the Rockies
Despite its name, Rocky Mountain spotted fever is not limited to the Rocky Mountain region. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever occur throughout most of the contiguous United States, with the majority of cases occurring in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri.
- American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation: Canine Tick-Borne Disease
- PetMD: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) Statistics and Epidemiology
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Invest half an hour to protect the environment by changing how you live each day
By Larry West, About.com Guide
You may not be able to reduce global warming, end pollution and save endangered species single-handedly, but by choosing to live an earth-friendly lifestyle you can do a lot every day to help achieve those goals.And by making wise choices about how you live, and the amount of energy and natural resources you consume, you send a clear message to businesses, politicians and government agencies that value you as a customer, constituent and citizen.
Here are five simple things you can do—in 30 minutes or less—to help protect the environment and save Planet Earth.
1- Drive Less, Drive Smart
2- Eat Your Vegetables
3- Switch to Reusable Shopping Bags
4- Change Your Light Bulbs
5- Pay Your Bills Online
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Tunicates, Sea Squirts, Colonial Ascidians, Compound Ascidians, Bulbous Tunicates, Solitary Sea Squirt, Globular Sea Squirt, Giant Ascidian.
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Also known as Tunicates, Sea Squirts, Colonial Ascidians, Compound Ascidians, Bulbous Tunicates, Solitary Sea Squirt, Globular Sea Squirt and Giant Ascidian.
Found singly or in groups often in shallow waters but has been found deeper on coral and rocky areas of reefs and in sheltered waters of harbours and on shipwrecks.
They feed on suspended plankton and detritus.
The shrimp Pontonia sibogae is often found living in the sac of the Tunicate.
Varies in colour, often found covered in algae.
Length - 8cm
Depth - 3-100m
Ascidian, also known as tunicates because their bodies are covered by a "tunic" a tough cellulose-like covering.
The other common name is sea squirt because when threatened they sometimes eject a jet of water.
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What is Sugar Made of?
Do you know that white sugar is white because it was further purified or refine from brown sugar?
Sugar is a carbohydrate found in fruits and vegetables.
No wonder my grandmother stays away from brown sugar, she doesn't like the sound of 'refined' or 'purified.'
Sugar is made when sugar cane or beet plant is juiced and boiled, then squeezed. It is spun in a revolving drum to remove the water and crystals of brown sugar are left behind.
The brown sugar is further purified, dissolved and filtered, then it becomes white sugar.
- Ay's Discovery
(This is the process simplified, sugar refining is a bit of a longer process)


Hi everyone! I have some more fun K4 curriculum add-ons for you today! They’re Beginning Math Skills worksheets. For this set, I wanted to keep it simple and give them a choice for the answer.
I plan to use them like the Clothes Pin Number Cards, they can count the objects and then place a clothes pin on the correct answer. You could also laminate or put in page protectors then use a dry erase marker to circle the answer.
I did numbers 1-10, adding 1,2, and 3 to each.
Click here to see my other K4 Curriculum Activities!
These activities are part of my K4 level expansion to my Letter of the Week Curriculum, click on the images below to see more activities!
Hope you enjoy!


Purchasing hearing aids means you’re investing in a part of your health that greatly impacts your overall quality of life. And because today’s hearing aids are much more advanced, utilizing the expertise of an audiologist ensures you receive services and products that address your needs.
Beware Cheap “Hearing Aids”
It may be tempting to purchase hearing devices from your local drug store or online, but technically, those devices are personal sound amplification products (PSAP), not hearing aids. In fact, the FDA forbids them from being marketed as such.
And they come with some serious drawbacks:
- Since they only amplify sounds, PSAPs pick up and increase background noises when you turn up the volume.
- They don’t account for frequency hearing loss, so you may still struggle to hear certain sounds and voices.
- PSAPs cannot connect to wireless technology such as smartphones, televisions and tablets.
- They often produce feedback because the mic picks up sounds from its own speaker.
- They don’t provide a custom fit to your unique ear shape.
How Audiologists can Help
Audiologists receive six to eight years of schooling and learn diagnostic and rehabilitative techniques to address the complexities of hearing loss. They do much more than administer hearing tests.
They’re trained to evaluate and determine the cause of your hearing loss and curate a personalized approach to maximize your hearing and prevent further damage.
They’re also well-versed in the latest hearing aid technology, so they can help you find the right device to suit your needs and preferences.
Audiologists also provide:
- Comprehensive hearing evaluations including otoscopies, pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, tympanometry and acoustic reflex tests
- Communication classes and counseling to help you adjust to your new hearing devices
- Follow-up appointments to customize fit and programming
- Treatment for auditory conditions such as tinnitus, Meniere’s disease and ear infections


On Dec. 13, the day before the solar eclipse, Thai amateur astronomer Worachate Boonplod spotted the comet named C/2020 X3.
The comet, named C/2020 X3 (SOHO) by the Minor Planet Center, is a “Kreutz” sungrazer. This comet family originated from a large parent comet that broke up into smaller fragments well over a thousand years ago and continues to orbit around the Sun today.
Boonplod knew the eclipse was coming. He was excited to see whether his new comet discovery might appear in the Sun’s outer atmosphere as a speck in eclipse photographs.
The comet traveled at roughly 450,000 miles per hour, about 2.7 million miles from the Sun’s surface. It was around 50 feet in diameter — about the length of a semitruck. It then disintegrated into dust particles due to intense solar radiation, a few hours before reaching its closest point to the Sun.
Kreutz sungrazing comets are most commonly found in SOHO images. SOHO’s camera works by mimicking total solar eclipses: A solid occulting disk blocks out the otherwise blinding light of the Sun, revealing dimmer features in its outer atmosphere and other celestial objects like comets. To date, 4,108 comets have been discovered in SOHO images, with this comet being the 3,524th Kreutz sungrazer spotted.


Life insurance is coverage that pays beneficiaries a stated sum if the insured party dies. In exchange for this payout, the insured pays the insurer a designated premium (which is based on actuarial statistics) at intervals over the term of the policy. The intent behind this arrangement is to provide the beneficiaries with a sufficient income to replace the income that had been earned in the past by the insured. The amount of life insurance purchased depends on the standard of living that the insured wants to maintain for the beneficiaries.
Life insurance is especially useful for younger families that have not yet had time to build up a sufficiently large estate to provide for the survivors if the primary wage earner dies. The need for life insurance tends to decline over time as families build up estates of a sufficient size to provide survivors with an adequate income. Also, since the premium payments for some types of life insurance policies increase in size as the insured ages, the cost-benefit tradeoff of having life insurance will decline over time.
Life insurance policies should be reviewed at regular intervals to see if they still provide the type of coverage needed by the insured party's beneficiaries. This analysis may result in a change to a different type of insurance policy (such as term life or whole life) and/or a different payout amount.


A family dog can reduce a child’s asthma risk by as much as 15% according to a comprehensive new study.
The results support the so-called “hygiene hypothesis” that supposes people who live in ‘too clean’ conditions are more likely to have a higher risk of allergies.
The data of 1 million children born in Sweden between 2001 and 2010 was analysed. Sweden is important for this study as it’s a country where both dog and farm animals must be registered by law
The findings reveal that children’s exposure to dogs in the first year of their life was associated with a 15% lower incidence of childhood asthma. Farm animal exposure produced even greater results, lowering the asthma risk by as much as a staggering 52%.
Dr Tove Fall, the study’s lead scientist from Uppsala University in Sweden, said: “Earlier studies have shown that growing up on a farm reduces a child’s risk of asthma to about half.
“We wanted to see if this relationship was true also for children growing up with dogs in their homes. Our results confirmed the farming effect and we also saw that children who grew up with dogs had about 15% less asthma than children without dogs.
“Because we had access to such a large and detailed data set, we could account for confounding factors such as asthma in parents, area of residence and socio-economic status.”
Profess Catarina Almqvist Malmros who co-authored the study said: “These kind of epidemiological studies look for associations in large populations but do not provide answers on whether and how animals could protect children from developing asthma.
“We know that children with established allergy to cats or dogs should avoid them, but our results also indicate that children who grow up with dogs have reduced risks of asthma later in life.
“Thanks to the population-based design, our results are generalisable to the Swedish population and probably also to other European populations with similar culture regarding pet ownership and farming.”


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Single inheritance enables a derived class to inherit properties and behavior from a single parent class. It allows a derived class to inherit the properties and behavior of a base class, thus enabling code reusability as well as adding new features to the existing code. This makes the code much more elegant and less repetitive. Inheritance is one of the key features of object-oriented programming (OOP).
Single inheritance is safer than multiple inheritance if it is approached in the right way. It also enables a derived class to call the parent class implementation for a specific method if this method is overridden in the derived class or the parent class constructor.
The inheritance concept is used in many programming languages, including C++, Java, PHP, C#, and Visual Basic. To implement inheritance, C++ uses the ":" operator, while Java and PHP use the "extend" keyword, and Visual Basic uses the keyword "inherits." Java and C# enable single inheritance only, while other languages like C++ support multiple inheritance.


Asset #8: Youth as Resources
When young people have useful roles they feel good about themselves and their future, do better in school, and get in less trouble. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard and appreciated so, let youth contribute their menu ideas and take on some of the preparation tasks!
Find your own recipes at these links, in cookbooks, on the internet, or create something new! We have some recipes below to help you get started!
Combine Meal preparation with Family Activities by:
- Making an extra portion of a meal as a family. Package it up or make a freezer meal for a neighbor, family member, someone who could use some help. Deliver the meal together (ideally within walking distance) and talk about helping others, volunteerism, random acts of kindness and being grateful for what our family has. After the meal has been delivered, talk about how it made each person feel (givers and receivers).
- Create a weekly menu as a family on a certain day and talk about who will make what and what each family member’s in making jobs can be on certain nights. There’s a template and information on the Family Activities page.


The Smallest House in Great Britain (Quay House) Conwy
Quay House, also known as the Smallest House in Great Britain, stands next to the walls of Conwy Castle. Until 1900, it was a functional but small residence but is now a tourist attraction.
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I'm just back from a trip to British Columbia to visit family and friends, and am delighted to say that a Vancouver Island friend has instantly answered a question Dick and I have had for a while now, about some feathers he found while walking around the nearby coulee with our little dog, Bonnie-Belinda.
Many thanks to my longtime friend Pat for identifying the feathers as coming from a Northern Flicker, or perhaps from more than one Northern Flicker.
Therefore, I no longer have to wonder what I should post today for my long-awaited return to blogging. Thanks again, Pat.
|FEMALE NORTHERN FLICKER|
|MALE NORTHERN FLICKER (WIKIPEDIA)|
According to Wikipedia:The northern flicker is part of the genus Colaptes,
which encompasses 12 New World woodpeckers. Nine subspecies and an extinct subspecies of C. auratus are recognized. The existing subspecies were at one time considered separate species, but they commonly interbreed where ranges overlap and are now considered one species by the American Ornithologists Union. This is an example of the "species problem".
The northern flicker is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which has been ratified by the governments of Mexico, Canada and the United States and prohibits the killing or harming of the northern flicker, including its nests and eggs.
Extinction is always a threat, as seen in this paragraph from Wikipedia:
The Guadalupe flicker (C. a. rufipileus; syn. C. cafer rufipileus) is an extinct subspecies formerly restricted to Guadalupe Island, off the northwest coast of Mexico. Its presence was last recorded in 1906.
Extinction is rampant in today's world. It's just a matter of time...


South Carolina in the Early 1700s. 1729 King George I accepted the request to make SC a royal colony. The Thirteen Colonies. Changes in the Colony. SC would change in several ways after becoming a royal colony.
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1729 King George I accepted the request to make SC a royal colony
Created for two reasons
As a ____ _____for protection from Spanish Florida.
As a prison colony for debtors.
Problems with the new colony
While it did create a sense of security for SC’s inhabitants, it also resulted in less land being available to South Carolinians.
Became a safe haven for runaway ______.
Created competition in ____ production.
Settlement of the _________ created problems with the _______.
The ______ still had hard feelings as a result of earlier Indian ___.
It’s Your Turn!
The first _____ in the Americas were not slaves but Spanish explorers.
The First permanent Africans in the North America were indentured ____.
Later Africans were brought as indentured servants but eventually were held in s_____, because Indian ______ had not worked out.


Vitamin E is an antioxidant essential for the nervous, cardiovascular, reproductive, musculoskeletal and other systems to work properly. It may help prevent diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cognitive decline. However, nearly 90% of American adults don’t get enough vitamin E to meet recommended daily requirements.
Vitamin E sources to boost your intake
To get more vitamin E, try these foods:
- Nuts, especially almonds and hazelnuts
- Vegetable oils (like sunflower, safflower, soybean and wheat germ)
- Seeds, like sunflower seeds
- Leafy vegetables (spinach or chard)
Vitamin E is fat-soluble, so you’ll need it with some form of fat; otherwise, it won’t be absorbed or used efficiently. For example, add nuts or a homemade salad dressing made with oil to increase the absorption of vitamin E.
If you prefer a supplement, talk with your doctor first and then look for a multivitamin or a single supplement that provides 12 to 15 mg of vitamin E.
Vitamin E also works alongside vitamin C, so sufficient levels of vitamin C are important too for optimizing vitamin E activity in the body.
When this isn’t enough
High levels of vitamin E circulating in the blood are not necessarily an indicator that your body has enough vitamin E, or that it is used appropriately.
Do you need more than others? Common health issues may make it harder for your body to use vitamin E effectively and may increase your need for more of this vitamin. These include:
- Metabolic syndrome
- High cholesterol or triglycerides
If you have one of these conditions, consult with your doctor to determine how to boost your vitamin E to the appropriate level.
Take action now
- Eat plenty of dietary sources of vitamin E, along with healthy fat
- Consider a supplement
- Eat vitamin C-rich foods or take a vitamin C supplement
- Work with your physician if you have a medical condition that is reducing your vitamin E levels.


Want to see what we’re really up to? Check out some of the latest innovations from Microsoft Research here:
Ever wished that your computer would just read your mind to save you some time searching? Well, Microsoft has today announced a new way to search the internet, just by placing the palm of your hand on a computer screen where the Bing Homepage indicates.
Developed by scientists at Bing, ‘Palm Search’ uses “palm vein technology” to interpret unique electrical signals transmitted throughout the body following any particular thought the user is having at that exact moment.
The innovative new search function intelligently analyses the electrical signals transmitted through the hand to calculate the relevant search term.
If you’re using a PC, laptop or tablet, visit the Bing homepage and use Palm Search by placing your hand against the screen and simply think about what you’d like to search for.
The future of search is finally here! Give it a try for yourself at www.bing.com
Note: Some users may need to calibrate their screens for Palm Search using the on-screen troubleshooter


The Canadian West, Inspired by the East
Canada has always prided itself on its vibrant multiculturalism, a fascinating mosaic of peoples and customs that finds its apogee in Vancouver. Canada’s third largest city has been looking to Asia since Chinese immigrants arrived with the 1858 gold rush (and later to work on the transcontinental railroad).
The massive influx of the 1980s and 1990s, when many left Hong Kong in anticipation of mainland China’s takeover, spurred the city’s transformation into the Pacific Rim melting pot of today.
The traditions of Asia found fertile ground in this former outpost of the British Empire. In a wonderful vision of urban renewal, the Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden rises from a former parking lot on the edge of Vancouver’s Chinatown, the third largest Asian enclave outside the Orient, topped only by those of San Francisco and New York.
It was the first (and is reputed to be the most authentic) full-scale classical Chinese garden ever built outside of China, begun in 1985 by more than fifty skilled traditional artisans and gardeners brought in from Suzhou, China’s famous Garden City. The finished product is a pocket-sized otherworld, a walled oasis of harmony where careful attention is paid to a classical balance between yin and yang: constrasting light and shadow, large and small, smooth and rough – the exquisite re-creation of a typical 14th-century Ming garden.
Almost everything was brought from China, including the pagoda roof tiles, the naturally sculpted rocks, the worn pebbles that create the mosaics covering the winding pathways, and the bronze, bat-shaped door handles.


• Canada •
kæn-ê-dê • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Proper noun
Meaning: The name of the geographically second largest country on Earth, located to the north of the United States.
Notes: Anything related to Canada is Canadian, including its inhabitants, who are Canadians. The capital of Canada is Ottawa, with its most beautiful parliament building standing on Parliament Hill overlooking the Ottawa River. Its largest city is Toronto. Its most famous goose is the Canada—NOT Canadian—goose. Today is Canada Day in that country and we would like to wish all our Canadian readers the happiest of holidays.
In Play: The United States' longest border is with its friendliest and more progressive neighbor, Canada. I know from personal experience that Niagara Falls are best viewed from the Canadian side, and the Canadian Rockies are best enjoyed from the Canadian Pacific Railway, which runs the breadth of the country.
Word History: Although Canada is the name of the second-largest country in the world, the word has much humbler origins. It is based on the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata "village, settlement". In 1535, Iroquoians of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the nearby village of Stadacona. Cartier began using the word to refer not only to that village, but to the entire area subject to the chief of Stadacona. By the 18th century Canada referred to all of New France, which extended from the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes. Canada was adopted as the legal name for the new country upon Confederation in 1867, and its status was defined as Dominion. However, as Canada asserted its political autonomy from the United Kingdom, the federal government increasingly used only Canada on state documents. This shift was reflected in the renaming of the national holiday from Dominion Day to Canada Day in 1982.
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Straight from the classroom, these age-perfect lessons provide the tools and strategies young students need to become successful writers. From teaching basic routines and concepts of print, to introducing the writing process and classroom resources such as the word wall, to exploring how to write for different purposes and edit, the lesson you need will be at your fingertips—from September to June. For each lesson, the authors provide a suggested anchor book, modeling ideas, and guided and independent practice activities. Includes assessment ideas, conferring tips, reproducible student sheets, and more!
Grades K - 1


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The mousebirds are a small group of birds. They are not closely related to other groups of birds. Though they and the parrots and cockatoos (Psittaciformes) may be closer to each other than to other birds. The mousebirds are given order status as Coliiformes. This group only lives in sub-Saharan Africa. They had a wider range in prehistoric times and apparently evolved in Europe.
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They are slender greyish or brown birds with soft, hairlike body feathers. They are typically about 10 cm in body length. They have a long, thin, tail a further 20–24 cm in length. They weigh 45–55 grams. They are arboreal and scurry through the leaves like rodents, in search of berries, fruit and buds. This habit, and their legs, is the reason for the group's English name. They can feed upside down. They have crests and stubby bills.
Mousebirds are very talkative. They are found in bands of about twenty in lightly wooded country.
These birds build cup-shaped twig nests in trees, which are lined with grasses. 2–4 eggs are typically laid.
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The Biology of Millipedes
Millipedes are commonly found in the leaf litter fauna of most terrestrial environments where they play an essential ecological role. The Biology of Millipedes is the first single-volume review of this important group and covers their evolution, ecology, behavior, and physiology. The book is essential reading for terrestrial ecologists, zoologists, and students taking courses in invertebrate biology. Introductory chapters consider millipede taxonomy and phylogeny, basic anatomy, locomotion, and ecomorphology. Later chapters review feeding and digestion, metabolism, nerves, and neurosecretion, together with all aspects of millipede development. In the final chapters, special attention is paid to defenses against predators, the importance of millipedes in decomposition processes, and their role as pests. The authors provide an extremely comprehensive bibliography of research papers and other literature.
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Beryllium Copper Strip
Performance of Beryllium Copper
(5) Electrical Conductivity and Tolerance to Heat Generation
High current (up to 30A) passes through the contact springs in automotive components and relays. Because of its high electrical conductivity, beryllium copper can minimize heat generation caused by resistivity of a contact spring, even if it carries a high current.
Fig. 7 Rise in Temperature by Resistance Heating,
Beryllium Copper vs. Phosphor Bronze
Fig. 7 shows the rise in temperature when a current of 20A is passed through test pieces in beryllium copper or phosphor bronze (test piece in 0.2mm x 10mm x 75mm).
After 500 seconds the temperature rises up to 80/90°C in alloy 25, approx. 701 for alloy 7 and approx. 601 for alloy 11, while it reaches more than 120'C in phosphor bronze. Since the internal heat generated by the resistivity of a given material may cause stress relaxation in service, the selection of high conductive material is essential for switches or relays subject to high amperage load.


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Take an A4 piece of paper and halve it by drawing a line across
the middle, parallel to the shorter side. Each half is called an A5
Halve the bottom half by drawing a vertical line down the middle. This creates two A6 rectangles.
Halve the right hand one by drawing a horizontal line across its middle. This creates two A7 rectangles.
Halve the bottom one by drawing a vertical line down the middle. This creates two A8 rectangles.
You should have something like this:
Halve the right hand A8 shape by drawing a horizontal line
across its middle. This creates two A9 rectangles.
And so on ... Keep going until the rectangles are too small to be seen clearly.
Now draw the diagonal of the A4 piece of paper from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. This creates a sequence of triangles. The first two are numbered in the diagram below but you will have many more drawn on your sheet:
What is the total area of the first two triangles
as a fraction of the original A4 rectangle?
What is the total area of the first three triangles as a fraction of the original A4 rectangle?
If you could you go on adding all the triangles' areas, what do you think the total would be as a fraction of the original A4 rectangle?
Many thanks to Professor Michael Sewell
for providing us with this idea.
It has a connection with Zeno's paradox. Can you find out about that paradox?
What is the connection between the method used to find all the triangles' areas and the method used to explain Zeno's paradox?


GDP Growth Rate Calculator
What is GDP growth rate?
The GDP growth rate is measured as the difference in GDP between two years. It is listed as a percentage.
The growth rate can be listed for real or nominal GDP. GDP Growth rate is a percentage increase between two numbers. If real GDP data is used, it will show the growth rate in real terms. If nominal GDP numbers data is used, it will show the growth rate in nominal terms.
If a country’s current year GDP is 1.2 billion, and their last year’s GDP is 1 billion, then:
GDP Growth Rate = (1.2 – 1) / 1 = 0.2 / 1 = 0.20, or 20%
Therefore, this country’s GDP growth rate is 20%.
Sources and more resources
- Wikipedia – List of countries by GDP growth rate – A list of countries sorted by their most recent GDP growth rate.
- World Bank – GDP Growth (annual %) – The World Bank’s statistics on GDP growth by country.
- IMF – Real GDP Growth -The IMF’s statistics on GDP growth by country.
- The University of Minnesota – Principles of Macroeconomics – Growth of Real GDP and Business Cycles – An overview of GDP growth and how it relates to the business cycle.
- Eurostat – Beginners:GDP – Comparing GDP: growth rate and per capita – A simple explanation of GDP and growth rates.


Nitrogen and sulfur mineralization of several Manitoba soils and N:S ratios in rape and barley
Hamm, Jacob Wallace
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A field experiment, conducted in the summer of 1967, disclosed that total N:S ratios of plants in the early stages of growth can be used to evaluate their sulfur status. The critical ratios above which rape and barley are sulfur deficient were suggested to be 12:1 and 16:1, respectively. The critical sulfur concentration in rape at the flowering stage was proposed to be 0.25% total sulfur. The water soluble SO4 fraction of soils was further evaluated as an index of plant available sulfur. A critical level of 10 lb/Ac to the 24 inch depth at seeding was suggested for cereals. The corresponding value for rape was thought to be in the range of 20 to 25 lb/Ac. The relative rates of nitrogen and sulfur mineralization in soils were studies under field and laboratory conditions. The mean ratio of NO3-N:SO4-S release in soils cropped to rate and barley at two sites was found to be 4.3:1. This ratio was somewhat narrower than observed in the laboratory experiment. The ratios of release in soils of the Chernozemic and Podzolic Orders after incubation for 12 weeks at 18'C and near field capacity moisture content were 11.9:1 and 28.4:1 respectively. Nitrogen was found to be released faster than sulfur. The amounts of NO3-N and SO4-S released on incubation were correlated to the organic matter content of the soils.


Oral Cancer Screenings
As part of each exam, we perform a comprehensive oral cancer screening. This includes checking for signs of oral cancer on the tongue, lips, gums, floor of the mouth, and soft palate and feeling for lumps and signs of abnormal tissue changes on the neck and inside of the mouth.
While some think this is a rare cancer, The Oral Cancer Foundation proves otherwise. Each day, about 132 Americans are newly diagnosed with mouth cancer. One person dies from oral cancer every hour of every day. Worldwide the problem is far greater, with more than 640,000 new diagnoses every year.
The American Cancer Society estimates that oral cancer strikes tens of thousands of people each year, and only 56% of those diagnosed survive more than five years. Early detection is vital to surviving oral cancer.


Beneficial gut bacteria, or probiotics, have been shown in the past to alleviate symptoms of stress and anxiety, but it wasn't clear whether the bugs could have an impact on the brains of healthy animals. Now, John Cryan, a pharmacologist with the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Center at University College Cork, Ireland, and colleagues have found that probiotics have a direct impact on mood neurotransmitters in mice. The findings further support the idea that one way to heal problems of the mind might be through the stomach. . . .
"It's pretty convincing," says Brett Finlay, a microbiologist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. "These days our microbiota are being implicated in just about everything."
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Yet More on Controlling the Mind through the Gut
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Hazel Park Schools has been a 1:1 district since 2015. Students from Young 5's to second grade use iPads in class. Each Y5 through 2nd grade class has a cart with enough iPads for each student. Grades 3-12 use Chromebooks for student learning. Students in grades 3-8, have Chromebook carts in the classroom. While High School students will be assigned a Chromebook, protective case, and charger for the duration of the school year at Hazel Park High School, if they choose to sign a Chromebook Agreement form.
Benefits of 1:1 technology
Providing each student with a mobile device can help ensure students are getting the most out of their day by having unlimited access to their device. 1:1 Technology in the classroom allows all students to participate in collaboration and can enhance interaction with what they are learning. With each student having their own device, you will never have to worry about students having to share technology or sink into passive learning.
How many times have you heard the phrase “my dog ate my homework” or “I can’t find it”? One component guaranteed with technology is that students have the ability to always save their work so you won’t have to hear these phrases again. Saving and storing work on a mobile device not only helps students organize their work, but also enables students to work on assignments anywhere.
Students having to take care of their assigned electronic device and keep track of work can help create a sense of responsibility. With this, students can apply and execute this practice and mindset to other tasks, duties, and to their future.
With 1:1 devices in the classroom, each student is able to work at their own pace and can help create more student engagement. One device per student allows each student to actively learn and participate in the classroom.