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Dick Arsenault, left, and Mathieu LeBlanc of ACFOR Energy examine a burner at the biomass heating facility in use at the Wedgewood Manor in Summerside with Energy Minister Paula Biggar.
Seven more biomass installations are in line for government facilities early next year, says Energy Minister Paula Biggar.
Already in place at 13 government properties, Biggar says the heating method reduces greenhouse gas and supports local industry.
“Biomass heat is a local, renewable, carbon neutral resource, and government is leading the way for biomass heat,” she said.
Prince Edward Island’s total energy mix is made up of approximately 10 per cent biomass energy.
Biggar says Island biomass installations have displaced 2.4 million litres of fuel oil, which resulted in a reduction of 6,500 tonnes of greenhouse gas and cost-savings of more than $200,000 since 2012.
The installations planned for 2016 could result in a further reduction of 2.6 million litres of fuel oil and 7,200 tonnes of green house gas, per year.
One tonne of biomass chips can produce up to four megawatt hours of heat, which displaces approximately 580 litres of fuel oil.
The biomass chips are harvested through selective thinning of Island forests.
Mathieu LeBlanc of ACFOR Energy specializes in sustainable forest management.
“With good planning, biomass wood chips are a renewable, inexhaustible resource, as long as the forests are managed sustainably,” said LeBlanc. “Selective thinning of Island forests for use in biomass ensures less crowding of the superior trees, better access to sunlight and water, and all in all, leads to improvements of the health of the forest.”
ACFOR Energy is one of four companies who design, construct, finance and operate biomass installations and sell heat to government facilities.


The need for a new approach in cholesterol management
By the year 2020, cardiovascular disease will be the world's biggest cause of premature death. As the plasma cholesterol is lowered, the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) events is reduced. European data on secondary prevention show that many patients have not had a plasma cholesterol recorded - even those with a diagnosis of CHD. English data show that only half of patients with a cholesterol measurement are being prescribed a statin, and only half of those are being treated to target. Poor public understanding of this subject area is one obstacle to progress.


The Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo, Lophocroa leadbeateri also known as Leadbeater’s Cockatoo or Pink Cockatoo is a medium-sized cockatoo restricted to arid and semi-arid inland areas of Australia
With its soft-textured white and salmon-pink plumage and large, bright red and yellow crest, it is generally recognised as the most beautiful of all cockatoos. It is named in honour of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell, who wrote “Few birds more enliven the monotonous hues of the Australian forest than this beautiful species whose pink-coloured wings and flowing crest might have embellished the air of a more voluptuous region”.
Distribution and Habitat
Unlike the Galah, Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo has declined rather than increased as a result of man-made changes to the arid interior of Australia. Where Galahs readily occupy cleared and part-cleared land, Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo requires extensive woodlands, particularly favouring Callitris, Allocasuarina and Eucalyptus. In contrast to other cockatoos, Major Mitchell pairs will not nest close to one another; in consequence, they cannot tolerate fragmented, partly-cleared habitats, and their range is contracting.


How to treat dental caries
Caries on the teeth is formed due to the rapid development of bacteria of a certain type. They produce an acid that destroys the enamel of the teeth, as well as dentin.
Many mistakenly think that the development of caries can not be stopped. But the famous American scientist and raw food David Wolfe believes that Caries treatment without drill perhaps! And that's how it's done ...
How to treat tooth decay
- Forget about sugar
If you have a small caries, you shouldImmediately forget about sugar. This product is an excellent food for the harmful bacteria of the oral cavity. Replace it with fruit, so the body will not need additional portions of glucose.
- Consume more fiber
To prevent small caries from spreadingUp to huge scales, one should love foods rich in healthy fats. Use as often as possible red fish, legumes, nuts, avocados, olive oil, pumpkin seeds and spinach.
- Try to rinse your mouth with coconut oil
For thousands of years, coconut oil has been used to rinse the mouth. It is considered that this means Prevents caries And helps detoxify the body.
- Fill the lack of fluoride
The organism best absorbs this naturalMineral from drinking water. The use of fluoridated water will be the best prevention of caries development. Also should be added to food fluorinated table salt.
- Avoid eating food that is temperature contrasting
The use of food of different temperatures after a short period of time contributes to the weakening of enamel and the formation of cracks.
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Rachel Bluwstein was born on September 20, 1890 in Russia. She lived in Ukraine, Palestine, France, and Israel. She was a Zionist pioneer and a Renaissance woman of sorts. She drew, painted, worked in agriculture, taught school, and is remembered for her lyrical, yet right-to-the-point poetry.
For thousands of years, Hebrew poetry was dominated by males. The last known Hebrew woman poet was Deborah, a judge in ancient Israel. Due to illness, Rachel lived in isolation toward the end of her life. She kept some correspondence and saw people here and there, but for the most part felt very lonely. She died in 1931 at age 40 and is considered the “founding mother” of Hebrew poetry written by women. Many of her poems have been set to songs. Her Michal poem will be in my book:
“And Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David
And she despised him in her heart”
Michal, distant sister, time’s thread has not been severed,
time’s thorns in your sad vineyard have not prevailed.
Still in my ear I hear the tinkling of your gold anklet,
the stripes in your silk garment have not paled.
Often I have seen you standing by your small window
pride and tenderness mingling in your eyes.
Like you I am sad, O Michal, distant sister, and like you doomed to
love a man whom I despise.
(1927, Israel. Translated by Robert Friend; taken from her book Flowers of Perhaps.)
It’s somewhat poetic justice that Rachel the Poetess, the founding mother of modern Israeli poetry, identified with the woman who married the sweet psalmist of Israel.
What do you think of that, David?
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Find a quiet place to sit:
Find a nice quiet place to start your photographic memory training. Be sure that you are not disturbed by anyone while you sit there. You will need to use this place for a few minutes every day to develop your skills.
It is very important that while sitting in your quiet place you learn to relax. Do some deep breathing exercises and try to take all of your thoughts out of your mind.
Select what you want to memorise:
While relaxing and sitting alone quietly, you should select a few typed pages from a book or novel that you can use to start developing your photographic memory.
Cut out paper square:
Get a piece of black cardboard paper and cut out a square window from it. You will use this to place on top of the text that you want to memorise.
Place paper square on text:
Put the paper square that you made earlier and place it on top of the text. Move both the text and paper square back and forth until you are able to get them in to focus.
Once you have focused on the text inside the paper square, turn the lights off. For a few seconds you will see the text imprinted. Turn the lights back on again.
Repeat the process of turning the lights on and off again as the paper square gives you a nice visual impression in the dark. Keep repeating this exercise until you are able to read the text clearly from the imprint in your mind. You will have to do this exercise a few times per day for around a month or two to fully develop your photographic memory. Remember to be consistent with this training as your mind will start to get used to memorising all types of text that you focus on. Once you get to a stage where you do not need to use this method of turning the lights on and off, you will hopefully be able to hone your skills in natural light.


A frank, fair, and highly informative discussion of the risks and benefits of genetically modified foods.
McHughen (Molecular Genetics/Univ. of Saskatchewan), who has developed genetically modified (GM) plants, writes as an insider to the developmental process itself and to the regulatory approval procedures of the US, Canada, and Great Britain. He is an educator adept at communicating scientific concepts to nonscientists, and his introductory chapters on molecular genetics and genetic engineering derive from lectures he developed for Canadian schoolchildren. Dismayed by the lack of factual support for the positions taken by avid opponents and proponents of GM products, he is attempting here to replace the present emotional debate with a rational, informed one. To that end, he explains how new food crops are developed, discusses food safety in general, sets forth the truth about some bogus GM food scares (there never was an allergenic Brazil nut gene in soy beans), explores some legitimate safety concerns about GM products (such as the inadvertent introduction of allergens), and clarifies the assessment of risk, food-labeling problems, and the role of science in regulation. McHughen advocates establishment of comprehensive public databases of all commercial foodstuffs to enable consumers to make informed choices, and he offers some advice on how to analyze reports of GM hazards and how to locate credible information. While he recommends consulting a variety of sources, he gives the American Council on Science and Health especially high marks for reliability. A back-of-the-book list of Web sites includes those of government agencies, the biotechnology industry, academic and scientific organizations, news services, and other groups.
An intelligent, invective-free discussion of the issues that should be welcomed by consumers confused by the claims and charges of both sides in the current debate.


All chile peppers are thin, red and blisteringly hot right? Well you could not be further from the truth. The Capsicum genus is one of the most diverse fruit (berry) species with pods coming in colours of red, green, purple, white, brown and black. And range in size from smaller than a pea to larger than a banana.
This Chileman's guide aims to give you a quick pictorial overview of the wonderful world of pod diversity by highlighting just a small sample of the more weird and wonderful pods from the chileman database. Please note, images are for illustration purposes only - sizes are not relative to each other.


Bornean Pygmy elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) family, parents with calf. Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, North Borneo, Malaysia.
Walt Disney himself couldn't have crafted a cuter elephant. The pygmy elephants of Borneo are baby-faced little pachyderms, with oversized ears, plump bellies and tails so long they sometimes drag on the ground as they walk.
They are also gentle-natured, leading to the belief for years that they were simply the semi-tame remnants of a domesticated herd abandoned on the island years ago.
But a WWF study proved that wrong and Borneo’s pygmy elephants are likely to be officially declared a new subspecies. That makes them a high conservation priority. Yet they remain the least-understood elephants in the world.


the question : Instead of the standard rule for disjunction (where we process a disjunction A∨B with two branches—one with A and one with B) we use a rule where the result is two branches, one with A and ∼B and the other with ∼A and B.
the answer : The proof tree system with Change #1 is unsound but it is complete. Here is why the proof tree system with Change #1 is unsound. Some trees close, using these rules, which should not close. In particular, a tree for the two formulas p∨q and p≡q closes. Processing p∨q with the new rule gives us two branches, one with p and ∼q and the other with ∼p and q. Both of these are inconsistent with p≡q (processing this, the resulting branches have p and q both true, or both false) and the tree closes. But this tree should not close, as p∨q and p≡q are jointly satisfiable. They are true if p and q are both true. The system with Change #1 is still complete, because any complete open branch using the new rules just adds formulas (from the old system) rather than taking any away. The result is that any complete open branch will still determine an interpretation making every formula in the branch true. The argument for completeness still succeeds.
I don't quiet understand the answer, especially it doesn't quite define soundness and completeness. And from what I searched online, a proof system is sound if and only if every provable conclusion is logically entailed; (Σ⊢ϕ)inplies(Σ⊨ϕ) a proof system is complete if and only if every logically entailed conclusion is provable; (Σ⊨ϕ)implies(Σ⊢ϕ). But I failed to understand its meaning. Can someone give a better explanation and maybe a more detailed example?


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THE RESEARCH ON WHICH THIS BOOK is based began in 1987 in Fitiuta, Manu'a, when Galea'i Poumele, then secretary for Samoan affairs of the government of American Samoa, introduced me to Fa'apua'a Fa'amū. I am particularly grateful to Frank Heimans of Sydney for having recorded on video on November 13, 1987, the late Galea'i Poumele's conversation with Fa'apua'a Fa'amū concerning her relationship of 1926 with Margaret Mead.
In May 1988 and again in May 1993, the Samoan chief Unasa, Dr. L. F. Va'a of the National University of Samoa, traveled to Fitiuta to record, in Samoan, Fa'apua'a Fa'amūs answers to a series of detailed questions about her relationship with Margaret Mead and about Manu'a in the mid-1920s. The information he recorded during these visits to Manu'a is of exceptional historical significance. Unasa's contribution to the collection of the evidence contained in this book is thus, as I gratefully acknowledge, of quite fundamental importance. I am also grateful to Unasa for having interviewed Fa'apua'a's daughter Lemafai in Fitiuta in September 1995.
In 1990, Ralph Maud was instrumental in my becoming a Woodsworth visiting scholar of the Institute for the Humanities at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. He also arranged for my wife, Monica, and me to visit Vancouver Island, where we were shown some of the places Boas had lived. Then, like a guiding spirit, he introduced me to Douglas Cole, who, as professor of history at Simon Fraser University, was working on a biography of Franz Boas. On March 16, 1990, after we had lunched together at the Faculty Club at Simon Fraser, Douglas Cole generously presented me with photocopies of the correspondence of 1925-1926 between Franz Boas and Margaret Mead, which he had obtained during the course of his own research from the archives of the American Philosophical Society.


The Canadian government employs numerous people across a range of trades. Such occupations include receptionists, surveyors, politicians, accountants, economists, and many others. There are over 80 different job classifications within the federal job sector. The vast majority of employees work in operational or administrative jobs, while fewer employees work as scientists, politicians, or executives.
Federal Job Education Requirements
Job requirements for the federal sector vary from job to job. Those in finance, economics, and accounting need a minimum of a bachelor's degree to gain employment at places such as the Bank of Canada.
The largest group of federal employees is the armed services, which includes the navy, army, air force, and Royal Mounted Police. These federal organizations only require a high school diploma. However, the training is often physically demanding.
For some jobs, bilingual workers are hired over workers who speak only English or French.
Federal Job Market
The federal job market is bustling with opportunity for the right candidates. In the past ten years, job growth for federal jobs increased 22.6 per cent, compared to 10.7 per cent for the private sector. Currently, there are 484,000 employees in the government, but growth is rising due to a rise in population and the retirement of baby boomers.
Most of the federal jobs in Canada are in Ottawa or neighbouring towns. This accounts for 40 per cent of the workforce. However, the Canadian government has employees at over 1,600 locations nationwide, making employment opportunities plentiful in many areas of the country.
Federal Job Salary Information
Federal job salaries vary based on education and experience. For example, a captain in any branch of the military makes between C$6,401 and C$9,132 a month based on their amount of service time. Jobs that require no college degree, such as working for Canada Post, earn an average wage of C$24 per hour, or about C$48,000 per year.


Social-ecological Resiliency to Climate Change in Small Islands
Researchers in the Ethnobotany Program as part of the Botany Department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, plan on developing a new research collaboration in the Pacific: the Hawaii-Fiji workshop on social-ecological resiliency to climate change, preliminary data collection, and methods training for students.
The plan focuses on the collection and management of existing data necessary for developing a baseline for future research. The scholarly products of the workshop will be captured in published papers.
The goal of this research project will be to collect preliminary data including existing unpublished data (e.g., gray literature, technical reports from organizations working on the ground including local and international non-governmental organizations, local newspapers and popular publications) on traditional ecological knowledge and traditional resource management in the Pacific Islands, especially as related to agroforestry and fisheries management, and weather-related traditional ecological knowledge. The project will also collect data from existing field surveys to help identify appropriate site study and methodologies to use in subsequent research.


Sea Scallops, (Placopecten Magallanicus) and Japanese Scallops (Patinopecten Yessoensis), are marine bi-valve molluscs with a hinged, fan-shaped, two part shell. Though found in every ocean, the largest wild scallop fishery is off of the North Eastern United States and Eastern Canada, with Japan and China closely following.
The whole scallop is edible, but the most commonly eaten part in North America is called the adductor muscle also known as the meat. The adductor muscle is white in color, firm in texture and has a very mild flavour.
Scallops are cultured by using lantern nets. The first stage of culturing scallops is collecting scallop spat. There are two ways scallop spat can be collected. It can be collected from the wild, or through the production of onshore hatchery facilities. Once scallop spat is collect, it is placed into pearl nets. Pearl nets are small pyramid shaped nets, usually hung ten to a line. Scallops are not grown to large sizes in these nets due to the structure of the equipment. One the scallops have reached their desired sizes, they are placed in lantern nets. These nets consist of a number of levels in which the scallops are placed. The lantern nets are then attached to ropes that have been secured between buoys. The scallops are held within the nets throughout their growth cycle which lasts about 18 months, or until they reach a market size of 60-70mm.
Scallops are available year-round. Harvest times of scallops are contingent on the type of products to be
marketed that require different sized scallops (50-90mm) to be available throughout the year.
Step-by-Step Scallop Inspection


Summary: Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, Jack London, Dorothy Parker, John O'Hara, Elmore Leonard, and a host of other greats past and present have much to show you about how to begin and end a story, structure a plot, create memorable characters, write dialogue, depict settings and action, heighten romance, choose winning titles, and meet all the other challenges of the art of fiction. Barnaby Conrad, a bestselling author as well as one of America's ...show more premier creative writing teachers, has selected key examples from the best of the best to reveal the essential tools of storytelling and demonstrate their use. His book offers fresh inspiration and guidance for all writers of fiction. It is also a joy to read. ...show lessEdition/Copyright: 96
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The Overlord wrote:
But would an Axis victory have prevented the Earth from becoming involved in Intergalactic society? Would the people of Earth never have overthrown the tyranny of the Axis powers? Would defeat in WWII for the Allies have meant that Earth will be dominated by the Axis powers for centuries to come or is there something else that Axis victory would have done to prevent Earth from joining the Federation?
First, Earth didn't join
the Federation, Earth created
the Federation, was the prime factor, was the driving force, in the Federation's "birth."
The movie First Contact says that it wasn't just Humans engaging in warp flight that brought interaction with the Vulcans, the first warp flight had to happen within a pretty narrow time window. Would the Nazis have hit that window? And would the Nazis have permitted the Vulcans to keep Human out of interstellar matters for a century, or would the Vulcan's have been told to "step aside?"
Would the Nazis have even tried to form a early coalition? There a certain amount of conjecture that it was Archer's action in forming peace between the Vulcans and the Andorians that started the Romulans on the path to war, the Romulans didn't want peace between the players. And it was the Romulan War that help the Humans in convincing the Federation's founder to form the Federation at all.
There was nothing about the Federation's formation that was inevitable.


Well we all know about the Adam, the first person on earth to whom God created with his hands and in his own image. The word “Adam” is a Hebrew word translated as Man and the word “Adam” occurs 560 times in the bible. In (Luke 3:38) it’s written that the Adam was the son of God. Christ the translation of “Christos” for the Hebrew Messiah, means “Anointed”. And Jesus Christ is also the son of God.
Below we have written the contrast about Christ the new Adam with the actual Adam.
- Adam was the head of Old creation (Genesis 1:26) Christ is head of the new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17-18; Ephesians 2:10).
- Adam sinned against the God (Genesis 2:17; 3:6; Romans 5:12-21) whereas Christ did not (1 Peter 2:22).
- Due to Adam’s sin, God cursed the humans with death.
- The first man Adam became a living person. But the last Adam (Christ) is a life- giving spirit (1 Corinthians 15:45).
- The physical man (Adam) came first; then came the spiritual (Christ) (1 Corinthians 15:46).
- The first man (Adam) came from the dust of the earth. The second man (Christ) came from heaven (1 Corinthians 15:47).
- Death comes to people because of Adam. And in the same way in Christ, all of us will be made alive again (1 Corinthians 15:21, 22; (John 10:10).
- One man (Adam) disobeyed God and many became sinners. But in the same way, one man (Christ) obeyed God and many will be made right (Romans 5:19).
- One sin of Adam brought the punishment of death to all people. But Christ did something so good that it makes all people right with God. And that brings them true life (Romans 5:18).
- Adam lost the grace or favor of God (Romans 5:15; Genesis 2:17; 3:6-24) Christ restored grace to men (Romans 5:15-17; Romans 3:24; John 1:17).
- Death reigned from Adam (Romans 5:12,14,17) and life reigns through Christ (Romans 5:17-18,21; John 3;16; john 10:10)
- The first person is Adam bible says and Christ is the second Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45).
- Adam caused sin to abound and Christ causes grace to abound (Romans 5:20).


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31 March 2018
Separation of pas ... du tout
I am surprised by the english translations provided above. For example:
I would translate the first as "She's not at all stupid"
Elle n'est pas du tout stupide!She's not stupid at all!
Elle n'est pas stupide du tout!She's not stupid at all!
This question relates to:French lesson "Ne ... pas du tout = Not at all (negation)"
That sounds great, Bill. It isn't always possible to find such parallels between English and French but it's nice to use them if they do.
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
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Blood gases; electrolytes, anion gap. See also Acidosis.
Defined as alkalosis with a positive base excess and increased bicarbonate.
Volume (chloride) depletion, especially
Adrenocortical hyperfunction, especially
Severe potassium depletion
See under Hypokalaemia.
Excessive alkali intake
In primary respiratory acidosis.
Defined as alkalosis with decreased pCO2.
In primary metabolic acidosis.


Sci. STKE, 20 November 2007
Chemistry Entropy-Driven DNA Networks
Marc S. Lavine
Science, AAAS, Washington, DC 20005, USA
A key aspect of electronic circuits is amplification or gain, so that low signals can be distinguished from any persistent background. Zhang et al. (see the Perspective by Bar-Ziv) show how gain can be achieved in biochemical circuits. They have designed complex catalytic networks based on DNA in which the output oligonucleotides that are released go on to act as catalysts for other reactions. The process is designed to be entropy-driven so that the pathways for reactions are well controlled and can be modified at will. Possible applications lie in the field of catalysis, sensor development, the development of an enzyme-free alternative for the polymerase chain reaction, and the construction of nanomachines.
Citation: M. S. Lavine, Entropy-Driven DNA Networks. Sci. STKE 2007, tw429 (2007).
Science Signaling. ISSN 1937-9145 (online), 1945-0877 (print). Pre-2008: Science's STKE. ISSN 1525-8882


My students loved listening to the book In the Tall Tall Grass. The pictures are great as well as the vocabulary and rhyming words. I decided this was a book that needed to be read outside in the grass. So I gave each student a magnifying glass and we headed outside to find the perfect patch of grass. Once we finished the book, we searched for bugs and other animals that might be hiding out in the grass near us. My students found spiders, lots of ants, a couple of flies and two lizards. It was so fun listening to them get so excited when they found something. I wish I had pictures of this but we were too busy exploring.
During centers, the kids made their own tall grass and drew pictures of bugs they would like to find. First they had to fringe the paper to make grass, then they drew the bugs. Some wanted to add bug stickers and then they had to complete this sentence that I wrote on top of their paper “In the tall tall grass ______________ saw ______ bugs. ” They had to write their name and write the number of bugs they had altogether.
In our discovery table the kids got to observe and gently touch some live worms in dirt. I also added some plastic bugs and a piece of sod for them to look at with magnifying glasses.
Our art project was symmetrical butterflies. The kids squeezed different colored paint onto a yellow piece of construction paper and then folded the paper in half. We cut in into a butterfly shape and hot glued it onto a painters stick. They turned out great and the kids loved flying them around the room.
Check out more great stART projects here.


The suspense that invests the elusive Ghost in Act 1 of Hamlet is unprecedented on the early modern English stage, where Senecan ghosts are commonly bloodthirsty but not eerie. Recent work has pointed to a purgatorial source for the Ghost, but this ascription ignores the long vernacular tradition, often at odds with clerical orthodoxy, of popular fireside stories or “winter’s tales.” Folk specters from the Middle Ages onward were corporeal, earthy, and dangerous; of uncertain origin, they presented themselves as bodies cast up by the sepulcher to revisit the night. Their stories stress the uncanny, investing them with an unearthly horror. Paradoxically, these ghouls may also be wistful, soliciting attention and regretting the loss of irrecoverable human warmth. At the same time, they long for rest. Like Old Hamlet, such figures often return to report their own undetected murders or to urge survivors to put right injustices perpetrated against their heirs. In addition, the walking dead offered the living a mirror where they were invited to see their own inevitable future. Hamlet’s encounter with the revenant who shares his name constitutes his first confrontation with his own mortality, the issue that will continue to haunt him and the imagery of the tragedy.


Quite often when discussing arctic sea ice, people refer to the area of the sea ice. It would seem, to me, that it is actually the volume that is what is important as it tells you how much ice is being lost and hence how much energy is being used to melt the ice (and then how much is released when it refreezes). The image below is one I found that shows the change in sea ice volume since 1979. What is important, in my view, is that both the minimum and maximum are changing with time. If the maximum remained constant then the net amount of energy absorbed (when it melts) would be the same – on average – as the amount released (when it refreezes). That both are decreasing with time tells us that net amount of energy being absorbed is increasing with time. This, of course, also ignores the decrease in albedo due to the reduction in ice cover and hence the enhanced absorption by the now uncovered sea water.
What motivated me to write this was an interesting video illustrating the change in the minimum sea ice volume. Quite dramatic, in my opinion.


Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.
A curious, tendril-bearing annual vine native to the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia. Although the pale yellow, deeply veined flowers of Balsam Apple have a subtle beauty, its round, somewhat warty, bright-orange fruits, or "apples", are its most distinguishing feature. When ripe, the fruits burst apart, revealing numerous seeds covered with a brilliant scarlet, extremely sticky coating. The Balsam Apple was introduced into Europe by 1568 and was used medicinally to treat wounds. In 1810 Thomas Jefferson planted this vine in his flower borders at Monticello along with Larkspur, Poppies, and Nutmeg Plant. Sow the seeds about one-half inch deep in fertile, well-prepared garden soil during late spring. Balsam Apple thrives in a warm, sunny location and will bloom until frost.
Approximately 8-10 seeds per pack.
Line Drawing from Henderson's Handbook of Plants by Peter Henderson (1890)


As Holocaust knowledge drops, JCC looks to educate younger generations
Brighton, N.Y. (13WHAM) - As holocaust survivors age, some fear their stories will be forgotten. A recent survey found many Americans, particularly younger Americans, aren't aware of many facts about the holocaust.
That also has some holocaust survivors, like Samuel Rind, afraid.
"One thing about history, it has a tendency of repeating itself," said Rind, who moved to Rochester in 1967.
Rind says he doesn't like telling the stories of his childhood, but that hasn't stopped him from visiting local schools and even writing a book to tell what happened.
"I do it because we have to make sure this is not forgotten," said Rind.
Rind is among those happy to see a new production headed by the Jewish Community Center's Department of Arts and Culture, aimed to help educate local students about the Holocaust.
The production is called "Survivors." A group of six actors and actresses tell the life stories of ten Holocaust survivors who all later moved to the Rochester area.
"What you’re getting is the heart and soul of these people and what they went through," said Ralph Meranto.
Meranto says the group is trying to hold shows in local schools to help educate younger generations, and make sure the stories of the Holocaust don't fade away.
More than 200 students attended its first show last week. The group is scheduled to perform in front of 300 students later this week.
Meranto says by putting faces to the stories, younger generations will likely be able to relate more to the stories of survival.
"What it has is a lot of heart and human experience, what the kids can walk away from after watching this show and truly understand what these people went through," said Meranto.


Music with Ease > Classical Music > Concert Guide: Nationalist Era > Two Northern Melodies. Op. 63 - Grieg
Two Northern Melodies. Op. 63
The "Two Northern Melodies," written for string orchestra, is one of Griegs minor compositions, but is characterized by charming melodiousness and graceful construction, as well as by unmistakable local color. The first part, "Im Volkston," is a slow movement, based upon a folk song, as its name indicates. After a few introductory measures the cellos take the melody, accompanied in the remaining strings. The theme is then developed in the violins, and the movement comes to a close with the theme given out fortissimo by all the strings, and a brief Coda. The second movement is extremely simple in form but is delightful in treatment. It opens with a slow, introductory melody, "Kuhreigen" "(The Cowherds Tune"), worked up in all the strings and closes with the "Bauerntanz" ("Peasants Dance"), the melody of which is fascinating. The piece is a dainty bit, reflecting aspects of Norwegian life.


In a country as large and varied as the United States, shaping public opinion was a massive task, especially when it came to overcoming opposition or indifference to the war effort. More than 13 percent of the population was foreign bom, and the United States contained 8 million Americans of German descent, over 4 million with roots in Ireland, and 2 million Swedish Americans. All of these groups were traditionally hostile to Entente countries like Britain and Russia or else emotionally linked to Germany. Led by former journalist George Creel, the government's Committee of Public Information (CPI) set out to arouse and maintain support for the war. Creel moved to sell the war by mobilizing a corps of 75,000 public speakers—the "Four Minute Men"—to address crowds in places like movie theaters. Creel's moviemakers produced propaganda films with titles like Pershing 's Crusaders or The Prussian Cur. Specially written articles went to elementary and high schools and to local newspapers for reprinting on their own pages. Immigrant communities found Creel's articles appearing in their own languages in their own newspapers, and Creel's staff, including many university professors, watched those same newspapers to ferret out antiwar sentiments.


Hogans Wind Statistics, May averages since 2006
The graph describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 2200 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Hogans, located 29 km away (18 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3.
According to the model, the dominant wind at Hogans blows from the WSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Hogans. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each May) and blows offshore 12% of the time (4 days in an average May). During a typical May winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Hogans
IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.


Sixth sense: How do we sense electric fields?
A variety of animals are able to sense and react to electric fields, and living human cells will move along an electric field, for example in wound healing. Now a team lead by Min Zhao at the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures has found the first actual “sensor mechanism” that allows a living cell detect an electric field. The work is published Oct. 9 in the journal Nature Communications.
“We believe there are several types of sensing mechanisms, and none of them are known. We now provide experimental evidence to suggest one which has not been even hypothesized before, a two-molecule sensing mechanism,” Zhao said.
Zhao and colleagues have been studying these “electric senses” in cells from both larger animals (fish skin cells, human cell lines) and in the soil-dwelling amoeba Dictyostelium. By knocking out some genes in Dictyostelium, they previously identified some of the genes and proteins that allow the amoeba to move in a certain direction when exposed to an electric field.
In the new work, carried out in a human cell line, they found that two elements, a protein called Kir4.2 (made by gene KCNJ15) and molecules within the cell called polyamines, were needed for signaling to occur. Kir4.2 is a potassium channel — it forms a pore through the cell membrane that allows potassium ions to enter the cell. Such ion channels are often involved in transmitting signals into cells. Polyamines are molecules within the cell that carry a positive charge.
Zhao and colleagues found that when the cells were in an electric field, the positively-charged polyamines tend to accumulate at the side of the cell near the negative electrode. The polyamines bind to the Kir4.2 potassium channel, and regulate its activity.
He cautioned that they do not yet have definitive evidence of how “switching” of the potassium channel by polyamines translates into directional movement by the cell.
Source : University of California – Davis


A review of the active ingredients and excipients in cough medicine
Keywords: cough, excipients, active ingredients
AbstractCoughing is one of the most common complaints with which customers present in the pharmacy. Besides understanding the nature and possible causes of coughing, the pharmacist’s assistant must be knowledgeable about the various available cough preparations before making recommendations regarding treatment. It is also important to know when the patient requires referral to a doctor for further medical evaluation. Coughing is a protective reflex action caused when the airway is irritated or obstructed. Its purpose is to clear the airway so that breathing can continue normally by preventing unwanted particles from entering the lungs and to clear excessive secretions. The majority of coughs with which patients present in the pharmacy are caused by a viral upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) or are associated with the symptoms of a cold.
Ear, nose and throat
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In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
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- If they survive, they can go on to develop thickening of the foot pads (this is why distemper is sometimes called hard pad), and damage to the teeth.
- Canine distemper, sometimes referred to as 'hard pad', is caused by a virus very similar to the measles virus, although it is not a risk to humans.
- If the results show that hard pad is present, hydration therapy will be given as this hampers the growth of keratin.
- Distemper, hard-pad, parvovirus, mange and many other diseases destroy hundreds of pets every year because the vet called in by the trusting 'owner' frequently says that nothing can be done.
- Another problem unique to dogs, called hard-pad disease, may occur after a bout with canine distemper, says Dr. Ashley.
English has borrowed many of the following foreign expressions of parting, so you’ve probably encountered some of these ways to say goodbye in other languages.
Many words formed by the addition of the suffix –ster are now obsolete - which ones are due a resurgence?
As their breed names often attest, dogs are a truly international bunch. Let’s take a look at 12 different dog breed names and their backstories.


Are you always talking about your weight? It might be time for a self-image check. According to new research, people who frequently make comments about their weight are more likely to have a poor body image and suffer from depression.
Researchers at the University of Arizona used online questionnaires to determine the impact that “fat talk” had on 85 female and 33 male undergrads. “Fat talk” included people commenting about what their exercise and eating habits should be, perception of their own shape and weight, fears of getting fat, and vocally comparing themselves to others in these areas. The researchers found that the more frequently a person engaged in this kind of “fat talk,” the less satisfied he/she was with his/her body and the more depressed he/she was. The investigators also found that listening to another person engage in this kind of talk was not caused by and did not result in body weight or mental health issues.
The authors of the study say their findings suggest that expressing concerns about weight, which is especially common among women, can clearly have negative effects.


Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly affects your lungs. Asthma causes recurring periods of breathlessness, coughing, and wheezing. The coughing often occurs at night or early in the morning.
Diagnosis and Tests
Correct diagnosis plays a very crucial role in the treatment of asthma. After thorough assessment of your asthma triggers and symptoms, your physician can make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe an appropriate treatment strategy.
Lifestyle Modification: Self Care
People suffering from asthma mainly count on medications to prevent and relieve asthma symptoms. However, self-care is the most vital part of daily life if you are suffering from asthma.
Asthma is a chronic disease caused by inflammation of the airways. It is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms of breathlessness, coughing, and wheezing. Severe onset of such symptoms results in an asthma attack or acute asthma exacerbation.
Most people who suffer from asthma are able to control their symptoms, such as wheezing, nasal congestion, chest tightness, and breathing problems with the help of conventional therapies or by avoiding the triggers, which can induce an asthma attack.
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly affects your lungs. It causes recurring periods of breathlessness, coughing, and wheezing. The coughing often occurs at night or early in the morning. Asthma attacks can be mild, moderate, serious, and even life threatening.
References & Resources
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They are among the most colorful and diverse insects in Oregon and have been around longer than dinosaurs. Steve Gordon and Cary Kerst show us where to go to see odonates (dragonflies and damselflies). Their dragonfly walks are especially popular with kids, but adults also find them fascinating.
First Broadcast: 2007
Producer: Ed Jahn
West Eugene Wetlands Education Center
- Want to join a dragonfly watching tour? Learn more about odenates and wetlands? Visit the West Eugene Wetlands Education Center, a non-profit group that monitors wetland health and offers nature watching tours in the Willamette Valley.
- Online: www.wewetlands.org
Purchase a Beginners Guide
- You can also purchase copies of the book “Dragonfly and Damselfly Watching in the Willamette Valley: A Beginners Guide” directly from West Eugene Wetlands Center. All proceeds support the education and community outreach work of West Eugene Wetlands Education Center and the Willamette Resources and Education Network.
- Online: www.wewetland.org/wren


Facial pores are an important part of the face where sweat and sebaceous oil leave the body. Pores are also where hair on the body stems from.
Everyone has pores, but some are much larger and noticeable than others. Reducing pore size is one of the many way to make skin look younger.
There are a number of factors which can cause a pore to grow in size:
- Genetics. Pores appear smaller on people with dry skin. People with thick, oily skin are usually those dealing with enlarged pores.
- Sun damage. Sun damage causes the skin’s top layer, the epidermis, to thicken. When the skin thickens, a rim of cells appears around the pores, making pores look larger than they really are.
- Poor skin care. When surface oil and dead skin accumulated on the face, they collect around the pores, making them look bigger. Use an exfoliant to prevent buildup and keep pores clear.
Blackheads are dark plugs that form within pores. When blackheads form, they clog the pore and oil that continues to be produced is collected behind the blackhead. It is when the pores are clogged that they expand in diameter. When oxygen mixed with the pores clogged with sebum, cellular debris, and bacteria, the pores turn black. This build up can easily cause acne and pimples.
Dr. Perricone’s Cold Plasma cream helps reduce pore size and improved the overall look of skin.
Apply Cold Plasma morning and night to correct the signs of aging, such as wrinkles, enlarged pores, dryness, redness, discoloration, uneven skin tone, and impurities. This cream can help restore firmness, smoothness, and radiance.
Cold Plasma is formulated with:
- Advanced Neuropeptide Technology to prevent inflammation
- DMAE to lift, tighten, and firm skin
- DHA to hydrate skin
Have you tried Cold Plasma? Comment below to tell us what you think.


Scientific Name: Ourebia Ourebi Dorcas
Species: Central African Oribi
Region: Cameroon Savannah
Ourebia ourebi dorcas,the Central African Oribi,was named by Ernst Schwartz in 1914.
It originally exists in from Eastern Nigeria to South Sudan.
There are 12 sub-species in the genus “Ourebia ourebi” with 1 sub-specie being extinct,the Kenyan Oribi (Ourebia ourebi kenyae.


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One of the questions in the Scientific American interview of one of the top gerontologists, Judy Campisi, is really intriguing. Here’s the question and Dr. Campisi’s answer:
What would you say is one of the biggest mysteries of aging research?
Why do organisms with remarkable genetic similarity have sometimes remarkable differences in life span?
We know that for the most part, many of the processes that go on in the human body also go on in yeast and mice. Yet, yeast live a few days, a mouse lives about three years, and people live for decades. We really do not know what evolution has done to take basically the same genes and produce different life spans.
I think this is probably the most important question in aging research, because answering it may lead to those mysteries, and subsequently, clues to the problem of aging that we are now missing. What are those odd lifespans/metabolic patters/gene expression profiles/regenerative capabilities that certain animals have, but others don’t? What is that scientists dream of investigating, but can’t because of lack of funding and low chances of getting funds for such unconventional studies?
What mysteries of aging do you know?


Nuclear fission fragments
are the fragments left after a nucleus fissions
. Typically, when uranium 235 nucleus undergoes fission, the nucleus splits into two smaller nuclei
, along with a few neutrons and release of energy in the form of heat (kinetic energy of the these fission fragments
) and gamma rays. The average of the fragment mass is about 118, but very few fragments near that average are found. It is much more probable to break up into unequal fragments, and the most probable fragment masses are around mass 95 (Krypton) and 137 (Barium).
Most of these fission fragments are highly unstable (radioactive) and undergo further radioactive decays to stabilize itself. Fission fragments interact strongly with the surrounding atoms or molecules traveling at high speed, causing them to ionize.
Most of energy released by one fission (~160MeV of total ~200MeV) appears as kinetic energy of the fission fragments.
See also: Interaction of Heavy Charged Particles with Matter
Energy from Uranium Fission
Fission fragment yield for different nuclei. The most probable fragment masses are around mass 95 (Krypton) and 137 (Barium).


War and its psychological consequences
The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine has already cost many lives. Every day, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians flee from the cruel war in their country and seek refuge. Experiences of war, such as the circumstances of a sudden and dramatic flight and the worry for the remaining relatives and for their future, mean enormous stress physically and psychologically. Fear, sadness and despair, sleep disorders, dejection, but also other symptoms can be signs of the development of serious mental illnesses in those affected. The consequences of such traumatic experiences can be severe depression, trauma or anxiety disorders.
Nevertheless, the psyche can also overcome such traumas. Individual resilience and social support from the global community play an important role in this. Each and every one of us can therefore contribute to supporting the people from Ukraine in overcoming the traumatic experiences caused by the war and by the loss of familiar structures and livelihoods such as income, housing or social contacts.
On the following pages, the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR) has compiled information (also in Ukrainian language) that is intended on the one hand to help people who have fled Ukraine to cope psychologically with their traumatic experiences and on the other hand to offer support to scientists who have fled Ukraine.


Q. How do I install Linux on SATA drives?
A. SATA is a computer bus technology for data transfer from hard disk. Linux does support serial ATA. All you have to do is install drive and boot from Linux installation CD or from existing hard drive. The complete list of supported driver (status report) is here.
Next logical step – create partition and format hard disk using Linux command line utilities.
While installing Linux if you don’t see SATA hard drive then go to your BIOS setup. Change the SATA configuration in the BIOS (i.e. legacy ATA mode) so drives are seen as individually, not in RAID setup. In my personal experience, this solves problem 95% times.
You can boot and install Linux and you can setup LVM (and/or Software RAID) for your data partitions.
Other workaround options
- Rebuild your installer using kernel 2.4.27 or later, which includes libata, desirable since it adds many new chipsets and gives a (potential, subject to physical read limits, etc.) ~10M/s speed boost to some others compared to the quite slow 2.4.x drivers/ide set.
- Temporarily add a regular PATA drive to your system. Install Linux onto that. Fetch or build a kernel with support for your chipset. Migrate your system to the SATA drives.


A thin, wearable brain-machine interface could allow patients to be monitored outside of hospital, or let soldiers communicate silently in the field.
University of California, San Diego researchers have demonstrated a thin, flexible, skin-like device, mounted with tiny electronic components, which can acquire electrical signals from the brain and skeletal muscles and transmit the information wirelessly to an external computer.
Until now, says Professor Todd Coleman, brain-machine interfaces have been heavy and unwieldy because of the vast array of electronic components required.
The device is made of a thin sheet of plastic covered with a water-soluble layer that sticks to skin after washing with water. Once applied, the plastic dissolves, leaving the electronic components imprinted into the skin like a temporary tattoo.
The team showed that a wide array of electrical components, including sensors, transistors, power supplies such as solar cells and wireless antennas could be combined on a single device that is nearly unnoticeable for the wearer.
Coleman’s research group has used the device to enable someone to control a computer game with muscles in his throat by speaking the commands – and, in principle, simply mouthing commands should work.
The team envisions applications in areas such as military operations, gaming, education and consumer electronics. For example, the ability to communicate with a computer without actually verbalizing your message out loud clearly benefits patients with muscular or neurological disorders.
Its discreet tattoo-like appearance could also make it useful for covert military operations requiring the operator to communicate with a remote command station.
“The brain-machine interface paradigm is very exciting and I think it need not be limited to thinking about prosthetics or people with some type of motor deficit,” says Coleman.


Meteors are small bits of interplanetary debris broken off from asteroids or comets. When the Earth plows through the stream emitted by a comet, we get a meteor shower. Meteors burn up about 100 km above the Earth, but some survive to hit the ground. Most of these meteorites that reach Earth are rocky, some are metallic, and a few are a mix of the two. Very big meteorites can be a very big problem, but there are plans in the works to prevent us from going the way of the dinosaurs.


The Greek goddess Demeter is an earth goddess; her name is De, which means earth (the same word as Gaia) and meter, which means mother. Demeter is the goddess of growing things, especially of grains like wheat and barley and millet.
Demeter’s daughter, Persephone, is the grain itself, so Demeter is the earth giving birth to the grain. Demeter and Persephone together are a metaphor for the earth that grows grain. That made them super important, because most Greek people ate a lot of bread and barley soup.
In Greek stories, Demeter is the sister of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Hera. So, like them, she is the daughter of Gaia, or Earth. This makes a lot of sense for a goddess of growing crops, because that is exactly what produces crops: earth.
Did you find out what you wanted to know about the Greek goddess Demeter? Let us know in the comments!
D’aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths, by Edgar and Ingri D’Aulaire.
Greek Religion, by Walter Burkert (reprinted 1987). By a leading expert. He has sections on each of the Greek gods, and discusses their deeper meanings, and their function in Greek society.
Ancient Mystery Cults, by Walter Burkert (reprinted 1989). More about Demeter at Eleusis and other mystery cults.
Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries, by G.E. Mylonas (1961).
Watch out! On Demeter, there are a lot of books which are more neo-pagan religion, or Freudian theory, than they are historical facts. The books we recommend have been selected for their strict historical accuracy.


Most people recognize a dental amalgam as the silver filling that usually turns black after having it in your mouth for years. Dental amalgams are made up of mercury, silver, tin, and copper. Mercury makes up about 50 percent of the amalgam filling and it binds to the other components to make it durable and strong. In this tooth talk article we will answer questions of whether mercury is safe and what are some alternatives to amalgam fillings.
Is Mercury in Dental Amalgams Safe?
Mercury in dental amalgams are not poisonous. When mercury is combined with the other components of the dental amalgam, its chemical nature changes, making it essentially harmless. The mercury released when chewing and grinding your food is very small and no cause for alarm.
Alternatives to Dental Amalgams
Some alternatives to amalgam are cast gold restorations, porcelain and composite resins. Cast gold and porcelain restorations take longer to make and can require two office visits and all three alternatives are more expensive. Because the amalgam fillings finally turn black many people want them removed because of esthetics. If the amalgam has open margins and or fractures, I recommend that they be replaced immediately to prevent recurrent decay to the tooth.
I hope this Tooth Talk has help to explain what a dental amalgam filling is and some alternatives that are available. Most dentist don’t use amalgams any longer and the composite resin is the restoration of choice and many insurances are now covering this as a benefit. If you have any questions please feel free to call or email me.
If you have questions call or email me at Integrity Dental Care, PLLC (615) 445-8700 or email firstname.lastname@example.org with any questions you may have.


the ore and rubbish being raised to the surface by horse power applied to a windlass.
But now, if you choose, you may accompany us to the mouth of the Dolores shaft, when, having garbed in miners' dresses, with heads well defended with a kind of felt helmet, we began our descent by ladders, accompanied by two of the English captains or overseers, and went down, down, down into the bowels of the earth. We passed the mouth of the adit; and, reaching the bottom of the mine, in our progress from one shaft to another, visited every part of the "workings." To gain and examine some of these required a certain degree of strength and resolution, from the defective and dangerous means of descent and exit. They were various in appearance, sometimes a shapeless excavation, and at other times wrought into the form of a gallery, according as the rock had been rich or poor in the ore, which is found in a quartz matrix, imbodied in the porphyry rock, of which the whole chain consists.
The system of mining struck me as peculiar. The common miners are, for the most part, of the Indian race. A few of them band together, to work in company, and take their equal shares of the proceeds. They are paid four rials a day by the company, and take, as their further perquisite, one eighth of the ore extracted.
On issuing from the mouth of the mine, the confederates themselves divide the lumps of ore, rich and poor, into eight heaps in the presence of one of the overseers, and that overseer determines which of the eight shall be given up to them. There are subterranean offices where the tools and candles are kept, and regularly served out and reclaimed, by an officer charged with that particular duty. Blasting and other operations are carried on as in other mines.
There are upon an average about three hundred Indians constantly thus engaged in the different parts of the mine; and the scenes presented in those gloomy caves, where they work by the red light of their tapers, with scarcely any covering, are far beyond my describing.


Humanities Department Head
Stratford High School
Secondary Social Studies
Secondary students are required to take three years of social studies, including civics, with the option of taking additional elective classes in psychology, sociology, American economy, and foreign policy. The social studies courses assist students in the development of their reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing skills in one-to-one and group situations in the classroom. Students are encouraged to read, analyze, and connect historical information/primary sources to current world and American issues.
The major emphasis when dealing with history is on the student's ability to master the common core standards as well as 21st Century Skills. There is an emphasis on reading and analyzing non-fiction text through inquiry-based lessons rather than factual memorization. Also, students are instructed on how to write/react to an argumentative text and to do research using a variety of print (primary source), digital, and visual media.
Courses are designed around AP, Honors, Level 1, Level 2, and non-leveled. Reading courses/tutoring are also offered to those students who need to improve skills in reading, fluency, and reading comprehension in grades 9-12.
Knowledge of rights and responsibilities in a democracy.
Knowledge of legal and governmental processes.
Knowledge of international relations.
Knowledge of political systems and ecosystems.
Understanding of space, immigration, and economics.
Knowledge of trade interdependence.
Understanding of local, regional, and U.S. History.
Use of geographic tools and technology.
Understanding of physical and cultural character.
Use of chronological and historical thinking.


Is the current German de-industrialization similar to the British case of the 1870-1914 period? Similarities and Differences
Globalization is a phenomenon, which has different influence on national economies. Thus, some national economies have benefited (i.e. winners), while others have experienced a harmful outcome (i.e. losers). However, globalization is not a new phenomenon. The first truly globalised economy existed in the era of the second industrial revolution (1870-1914) with the increase of global trade and FDI, rise of big businesses, labor mobility due to immigration, innovation with the creation of new industries etc. At that early stage Germany was a winner and Britain was a loser. However, nowadays, the opposite trend is occurring. Nowadays Britain is one of the winners of the new globalization wave, whereas Germany is considered at best a problematic case (if not a loser). Focusing mainly on industry we provide a comparative assessment.


With the preliminary questionnaire accepted by a Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer, further study and considerations of boundaries for the South Park Historic District are moving forward. To show our progress, an excerpt from the preliminary questionnaire is given below (the formatting was changed because of website conditions, however). It is a concise consideration of the early period of the district.
A Concise History of South Park: Beginnings and Early Development
By Vicki Priest (2016) (c) (Not to be used without permission of the author)
What is known as South Park, at the south end of the City of Port Huron, began in 1901 as a planned community that had minor similarities to a company town. Unlike any other turn-of-the-century neighborhood or town known in the region, South Park was designed with a long (east-west) central park which was to be surrounded by homes, while the community’s north end was reserved for commercial enterprises and industrial plants. Employees could buy lots (sometimes with houses already built on them) directly from The Factory Land Company, the owner and promoter, with easy terms. And aside from some minor stipulations, research so far suggests that neither the Factory Land Company or any associated company controlled residents or owned commercial businesses in the manner that traditional company town developers did.


The falciform ligament
attaches to the liver, separating the right and left lobes.
2) Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors have been previously reported in a variety of sites including the heart, (4) kidney, (5) urinary bladder, (6) prostate, esophagus, (7) intestines, (8) pancreas, (3) liver, uterus, (9) ovary, vulva, lung, palate, bone, (10) falciform ligament
, retroperitoneal soft tissue, thigh, groin, and skin.
This ventral mesentery gives rise to the lesser omentum, falciform ligament
and the visceral peritoneum of the liver.
Reinforcement with falciform ligament
and peritoneum have been reported in congenital hernia repairs .
3) In 1888, Rex challenged conventional division of the liver on the basis of the falciform ligament
and described an avascular plane through the liver that extended from the gallbladder fossa to the inferior vena cava (IVC).
2%, and is defined as a gallbladder located to the left of the ligamentum teres and the falciform ligament
3) They typically are found in the lower extremity including the upper thigh and inguinal area, although individual cases have been reported on the buttocks, trunk, upper extremity, and falciform ligament
In the formation of hepatodiaphragmatic interposition, hepatic factors including ptotic or small liver, abnormal falciform ligament
or absence of the falciform ligament
, diaphragmatic factors including degeneration of the diaphragmatic muscles, phrenic nerv palsy and increase in intrathoracal pressure as a result of tuberculosis or emphysema, colonic factors including abnormal extension of the colon, abnormal suspensory ligament or absence of the suspensory ligament, congenital malposition or malrotation of the colon are accused (8,9).


Article: Parasitism of Ordovician bryozoans and the origin of pseudoborings
T. J. Palmer and M. A. Wilson
Upper Ordovician trepostome bryozoans from the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, contain trace fossils that resulted from the overgrowth by the bryozoan of soft-bodied parasites that settled on the living colony. The resulting structures (pseudoborings) superficially resemble borings, and the term 'bioclaustration' is introduced to describe the process. The pseudoboring consists of groups or rows of sub-circular pits, connected by tunnels that were formed by the roofing-over of adventitious stolons by localized bryozoan growth. The structure reflects the external morphology of the parasite, and is named Catellocaula vallata ichnogen. and ichnosp. nov. A hydroid or colonial ascidiacian tunicate is suggested as the perpetrator.


This course will focus on the behavior of learning algorithms when several agents are competing against one another: specifically, what happens when an agent that follows an online learning algorithm interacts with another agent doing the same? The natural language to frame such questions is that of game theory, and the course will begin with a short introduction to the topic, such as normal form games (in particular zero-sum, potential, and stable games), solution concepts (such as dominated/rationalizable strategies, Nash, correlated and coarse equilibrium notions, ESS), and some extensions (Blackwell approachability). Subsequently, we will examine the long-term behavior of a wide variety of online learning algorithms (fictitious play, regret-matching, multiplicative/exponential weights, mirror descent and its variants, etc.), and we will discuss applications to generative adversarial networks (GANs), traffic routing, prediction, and online auctions.  Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi and Gábor Lugosi, Prediction, learning, and games, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
 Drew Fudenberg and David K. Levine, The theory of learning in games, Economic learning and social evolution, vol. 2, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998.
 Sergiu Hart and Andreu Mas-Colell, Simple adaptive strategies: from regret matching to uncoupled dynamics, World Scientific Series in Economic Theory – Volume 4, World Scientific Publishing, 2013.
 Vianney Perchet, Approachability, regret and calibration: implications and equivalences, Journal of Dynamics and Games 1 (2014), no. 2, 181–254.
 Shai Shalev-Shwartz, Online learning and online convex optimization, Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning 4 (2011), no. 2, 107–194.


Wouldn’t it be cool if we could make our thinking visible? Well, there is a way!
There are a set of practices that students can make use of to make their thinking visible. These thinking routines guide learners’ thought processes and encourage them to actively process their ideas.
One of the thinking routines is See-Think-Wonder. Ms Celina has explained how the See-Think-Wonder routine can help students to generate ideas when it comes to composition.
Today, I would like to introduce another thinking routine that can help students to generate ideas when faced with a new composition topic during examination – 3-2-1 Bridge!
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A point-of-care rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been developed by a multinational team of scientists led by researchers at Stellenbosch University.
"This low-cost screening test has the potential to significantly speed up TB diagnosis in resource-limited setting," says co-inventor, Prof Gerhard Walzl of Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The test is conducted on blood obtained from a finger-prick and can make a TB diagnosis in less than an hour.
"Health care workers with minimal training will be able use the test at grass-roots level and get immediate access to screening test results," says Walzl. The diagnostic test is a hand-held, battery-operated instrument that will measure chemicals in the blood of people with possible TB.
The device is currently in developmental phase and its accuracy and efficacy will be tested in five African countries over the next three years by the ScreenTB consortium, a team of TB experts from eight African and European partnering institutions.
Other recent advances in TB diagnostics have radically improved diagnostic times, but high costs and the sophisticated equipment required have made this technology inaccessible to many.
"People in remote areas with high TB incidence still do not benefit from the newer developments and face long diagnostic delays and often multiple return visits to clinics before they are diagnosed," says Walzl.
The new test will be able to provide near-immediate results that will enable a person with TB to be diagnosed and started on treatment during a single visit to a health care facility.


The key result of the Swedish studythat productivity can increase with fewer hours workedeliminates a major stumbling block to globalizing the shorter work day. "The six-hour work week has not been well accepted in many countries because organizations are worried their productivity might fall," said Pramila Rao, an associate professor of human resource management at Marymount University. Even with encouraging results, it's unlikely that the U.S. will soon shift to shorter days. Americans work around 38.6 hours per week, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. They get, on average, fewer than eight paid vacation days a year; only about three-quarters of workers get any paid time off at all, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics. "The Swedish model will not be easily accepted in the U.S. because we are a nation of workaholics," said Rao.
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Emulators are programs that allow one type of game to be played on another system. Such as a PS2, or PSP native game being able to be played on a PC. While not just for video games, they can be used for other purposes. Some parts of emulating setup is prohibited under law such as obtaining copies of BIOS (Basic Input Output System) unless these were purchased legally. Emulating is regularly a complex thing to like like modding a console game system. Also emulators are a benefit when running the game in it's original form.
The graphics are the same on the PC. However some problems do arise (like with GTA games). One of these problems is with the graphics. Such as the radar, and HUD not being rendered, and black boxes can be seen around them. Also the game can contain distorted graphics as opposed to the PS2 on a television monitor. This cannot however be fixed with in-game anti-aliasing as it doesn't exist.


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Sound Design: Sound design is the art and practice of creating sound tracks for a variety of needs. It involves specifying, acquiring or creating auditory elements using audio production techniques and tools. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including filmmaking, television production, video game development, theatre, sound recording and reproduction, live performance, sound art, post-production, radio and musical instrument development.
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CULTURAL READINGS: Colonization & Print in the Americas
Special Collections, University of Pennsylvania Library
|Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation. [in Cherokee]
Parsons, Kansas: Foley r'y Printing Co., 1892-3.
|Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary proved popular among Cherokees and has never been abandoned. In 1892-93, the Cherokee nation printed an edition of its Constitution and laws in Cherokee and English.|
Print and Native Cultures
|Exhibition Contents | Introduction | Essays | Bibliography & Links|
Last update: Monday, 05-Oct-2015 00:01:29 EDT


A fun activity workbook that exposes the kids to the (Greek) alphabet and helps him or her understand it.
Fine motor development
Identification of pictures and letters
Introduction to reading
Separation of vowels and consonants
Development of logic-mathematical thought
For children 5 years old + . By Rena Rossi-Zairi. Paperback. 56 pages. Psichogios publications.


Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange, as Widow of William II, Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1652
White is the colour of mourning for people of royal blood. Mary was already a widow by the time she turned 19. Her husband, the Stadtholder William II, died in 1650 of smallpox. Two years later she had herself portrayed as his widow, holding an orange in her hand as a reference to the House of Orange. At the left is the stadtholders’ gate of the Binnenhof with a view of The Hague.


Updated: Jun 16
There are several factors that can contribute to producing good film photographs:
Proper camera handling and maintenance: Make sure your camera is in good working condition and that you are familiar with its controls and functions. Check out the post on how to see if your camera is working properly.
Good lighting: Proper lighting is essential for good film photographs. Natural light is often the best choice, but you can also use artificial light sources, such as studio strobes, to achieve the desired effect.
Composition: Pay attention to the composition of your photographs, including the placement of subjects within the frame and the use of lines, shapes, and textures to create interest.
Film choice: Different types of film stock have different characteristics, such as ISO (film speed), color balance, and grain structure. Choose a film that is appropriate for the type of photograph you are trying to take.
Development and printing: Proper development and printing of film can also greatly impact the final quality of your photographs. Consider working with a professional lab or learning how to develop and print your own film to ensure the best results.
Practice: As with any skill, the more you practice, the better you will become at taking good film photographs. Experiment with different techniques and settings, and don't be afraid to make mistakes – they can often lead to interesting and unexpected results.


Everyone drives in H2AC. No student is left out on race day, so everyone needs to practice so they can help out their team when it’s their turn. Driving a remote-controlled car isn’t the same as driving a real car, so students will have to spend hours honing their skills. The drivers’ practice logs are a way to ensure that each driver has had training so that they won’t be a danger on the track. Teams can also be penalized for poor driving that results in too many crashes.
Crashes will inevitably happen during training and during the race. But that’s okay! H2AC is won in the pits as much as, if not more than, on the track itself. This means the abilities of the students to quickly assess and repair the car is vital. Students will have to work together to determine the cause of the fault, decide on a solution, and implement it. Problems encountered during testing and driving provide great opportunities to prepare.
Additionally, students will complete their video project during this Unit. The video will encompass their build process from design through driving practice. The video is submitted before the race weekend, and the top videos are shown to all the teams on the Friday night before the race.
Now that you’ve seen what students accomplish during H2AC, click here to find out how H2AC affects students who participate. If you are ready, enroll your school now or become a sponsor to help us train the high-tech engineers of the future.


I first discovered Dr. Seuss when I was 5 years old and in kindergarten. Our bookshelf contained “The Cat in the Hat”, “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back”, “Horton Hears a Who”, “Green Eggs and Ham”, and “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” and perhaps a few others that I can’t recall for sure.
Born Theodor Seuss Geisel on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, MA, he was a poet, writer and cartoonist who published 46 children’s books in his lifetime.
In 1997, the National Education Association designated National Read Across America Day as a day to celebrate reading and to be held on the school day closest to March 2nd, the birthday of Dr. Seuss.
Dr. Seuss passed away on September 24, 1991 in La Jolla, CA at the age of 87. But he still lives on in all the wonderful children’s books he wrote and published.


12-12 Church Policies and Practices
Scattered throughout the epistles of the New Testament are indications of how the earliest Christians worshiped and lived. Prayer and singing were important parts of their worship. They administered the sacrament of the Lord's supper. They made donations to the poor and to the church headquarters. They insisted on morality and chastity. They strengthened marriages and families. Chart 12-12 identifies these key elements present among the policies and practices of the early Christian church. These elements will always be found among the fundamental covenants and teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ.
Howard W. Hunter, "Organization of the Church of Christ," Improvement Era, December 1965, 1145-47.
Charles W. Penrose, "What is 'the Church'?" Millennial Star 70 (16 January 1908): 40-43.


Digital design technologies play a significant role in assisting the designer through conceptual architectural design.
Computer supported design systems can generate various images at the early design phase and can contribute to seeking
alternative architectural forms. Currently, different design approaches are being employed in the formation of architectural
products. Examples of architecture that produce unusual forms are often encountered within unique conceptual
approaches. The development of new design examples is supported by the digital production of forms, and threedimensional
models through varying geometric approaches. In this study, a design approach that uses computer aided
architectural design to produce architectural forms will be suggested. This approach utilizes principles existing in the
unique fractal dimension of elements based on a vocabulary relevant to a specific architectural language. By relying
on the fractal dimension and features of an existing architectural pattern, this generative design approach supports creativity
in the production of new forms. The proposed approach is evaluated as a creative tool in architectural design.
The subject of architecture; buildings, spaces, surroundings, symbols of that particular society are also the elements of
a meta-language which creates a fractal geometry based relation. It is possible to analyse this relation through a fractal
geometry-based principle. In short, a fractal geometrical generative method is suggested. Also, recently-surfaced discussions
about "Chaos Theory" and its effects on the design process via "Chaos and Self - Similarity" are studied. The
significance of these different phenomena and disciplines upon architectural design are also studied for developing a
possible creative tool.
Keywords : Architectural Design, Computer-Aided Architectural Design, Fractal Geometry, Generative Approach,
Architectural Languages, Architectural Grammar, Chaos Theory.
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Only one person made the sautie bannock, and she was not allowed to speak. The other girls would try to tease her into speaking.
A ring would be worked into the dough. The cooked bannock was shared out amongst the unmarried women present; whoever got the piece with the ring would be the next to be married.
The fire to cook sautie bannock had to be made from straw, ideally taken from a firstborn’s cradle.
Sautie bannock was also made on Hallowe’en as a Samhain bannock; these ones had soot in them. The bannock would be made by four or five single women working together in silence. A small bit of soot would be added. They were not supposed to speak until the next morning. They would each take a piece of the bannock to put under their pillow that night in order to dream about who would be their husband.
To make the soot version of the cake properly, you would use the “first egg of a young hen”, along with soot, a meal of some kind, and salt. The ratio given in some sources is 1 part soot, 1 part meal, 1 part salt, 1 egg.
Sautie bannock used to be made on what would now be the 12th of November on our calendar. That’s when Hallowe’en (31 October) fell in British ruled countries until the Gregorian calendar adjustments were adopted in 1752.
“Sautie” comes from the Gaelic word for “soot”, which was “suidh.”


Michigan's fisheries rely primarily upon the hatchery propagation of salmonid fish for release in public waters. One limitation on the success of these efforts is the presence of bacterial pathogens, including Aeromonas salmonicida, the causative agent of furunculosis. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of A. salmonicida in Michigan fish, as well as to determine whether biochemical or gene sequence variability exists among Michigan isolates. A total of 2202 wild, feral and hatchery-propagated fish from Michigan were examined for the presence of A. salmonicida. The examined fish included Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum), coho salmon, O. kisutcha (Walbaum), steelhead trout, O. mykiss (Walbaum), Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill), and yellow perch, Perca flavescens (Mitchill). Among these, 234 fish yielded a brown pigment-producing bacterium that was presumptively identified as A. salmonicida. Further phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses identified representative isolates as Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida and revealed some genetic and biochemical variability. Logistic regression analyses showed that infection prevalence varied according to fish species/strain, year and gender, whereby Chinook salmon and females had the highest infection prevalence. Moreover, this pathogen was found in six fish species from eight sites, demonstrating its widespread nature within Michigan.
Additional Publication Details
Polyphasic characterization of Aeromonas salmonicida isolates recovered from salmonid and non-salmonid fish


Spotted Lanternfly Control
The spotted lanternfly was first found in southern Berks County PA in September of 2014. Since then, this invasive pest from Asia has spreading into several surrounding counties and is active throughout most of our service area.
This area’s new pest is becoming a serious issue for many homeowners. While their more recognizable in the adult stage, it’s actually the nymph stage that can do most damage to ornamental landscapes as well as orchards and vineyards. Spotted lanternflies are sucking insects which feed on the sap running through a plant’s vascular system. This then weakens the plant and leaves is vulnerable to other stresses.
Identifying the Spotted Lanternfly
The nymph activity will leave behind a sticky residue which triggers the growth of black sooty mold. You can find these sticky growths on cars, patios and understory plants. The initial nymphs hatch from eggs in May and will feed through July. Adult spotted lanternflies begin to appear in July and will continue to damage native and ornamental trees.
Read our blog to learn more about identifying spotted lanternflies during the different stages.
Spotted Lanternfly Treatment Programs
Luckily, early control attempts have proven successful. First, we can protect landscape plants by treating for The Spotted Lanternfly in the nymph stage with a Foliar Treatment in June. In July/August we return with a Soil Injected Systemic for mature trees especially prone to SLF attack (Maples, Birch, Willow, Silverbell and some others). We next treat the adult stage when they begin to swarm and disperse in September/October.
Soil Drench Systemic:
Applied to root zones of mature trees prone to SLF attack in early March through May.
Foliar Nymph Treatment:
Applied to foliage/trunks of preferred plants in late May and June.
Active Adult Treatment:
Applied to foliage/trunks of preferred plants in late summer through fall.


Chemical dependency and substance abuse are closely related terms that refer to an individual’s addiction to drugs or alcohol. Chemical dependency is often used to describe a more severe form of substance abuse that includes physical and psychological dependence on a substance. Substance abuse, on the other hand, may refer to a less severe form of drug or alcohol use that may not lead to dependence. However, the terms are often used interchangeably and may have different meanings depending on the context. Ultimately, both terms refer to the harmful use of drugs or alcohol and require intervention and treatment to overcome.


This past week we've completed unit 8 in math highlighting addition number stories and we've even practiced checking our work using the opposite operation. Some of these problems even led us to early multiplication. Second grade just loves that!
At this point, you should notice your second grader telling you what time it is, even to the nearest five minutes, using an analog clock. Just ask them! Challenge your second grader with money too. They're also recording money counted and recording it using dollars and cent notation. These are just a couple of the many skills your second grader has mastered. With all the new skills we are practicing every day, it is important to continue to practice basic addition facts also. The automaticity of addition facts is very important as they go onto third grade.
A peek at what we were introduced to this past week:
In other news, we've spent the last few weeks reading, analyzing, and writing poetry. The poems your second grader has written are amazing! Come check out our authors' board.
Now, we're heading into opinion writing. We're looking closely at the difference between a fact and opinion and how to write to persuade. This is our final pice of the pie. We've written to entertain, written to inform, and now writing to persuade. Stay tuned as you will be receiving persuasive letters real soon. I apologize in advance for what they might be persuading you for. Haha.
Of course at the end of each writing piece, their favorite part is sharing them. They are so proud! As they should be! Here are a few of my friends who shared this week.


There are many ways to administer an easy vision test at college, but some methods are more powerful than others. If you are worried with regards to your child’s eyesight, try this straightforward vision check. The professor will obstruct one vision, then talk to the child to pay attention to the opposite line. Then, you are likely to write down all their visual foresightedness on a information. You’ll need to continue doing this process meant for the additional eye. In the event that they cannot identify the letter the right way with the still left eye, they will have to retake the optotype.
A simple eye-sight test for school is an excellent safety net. It helps to make sure that a child’s eye-sight is not impaired due to any underlying medical complications. Father and mother often rely on these lab tests, but these exams are erroneous and could truly mask a vision problem. However , this safety net can often be ignored, because parents will not think that an easy vision check at college is appropriate enough. It’s far better to have an extensive eye exam at a later date.
The National simple vision test at school Parent Teacher Association accounts that there are 12 million kids with eye-sight problems in the U. T., and the University of Vision Development quotes that 25 percent of school-age children inside the U. H. have some type of vision issue. Of these, simply 10 percent acquire glasses, although most want them. Despite these huge rates of prevalence, various children will not likely wear spectacles until they reach age 15 any time they have a vision difficulty.


The reason the vaccine could be ready so fast is that the scientists were already working on a vaccine against infectious bronchitis virus affecting poultry.
"Let's call it pure luck," said Dr. Chen Katz. "We decided to choose coronavirus as a model for our system just as a proof of concept for our technology."
When the coronavirus started affecting humans, they compared the two and found high genetic similarities.
"And it uses the same infection mechanism, which increases the likelihood of achieving an effective human vaccine in a very short period of time," said Dr. Katz to Jerusalem Post.
The only thing they need to do is adjust the system to the new sequence, which likely takes a few weeks and not months.
The vaccine will be oral, which makes it more accessible to the general public.


Hello friends, Current Switching Circuit? Do you know how to switch between two power supplies or current sources using Arduino and Relays? Welcome to another interesting article, suppose you want to operate a device that can be operated based on the room temperature or a temperature inside the device, let’s understand this with a real […]
What are Active components electronics?
Definition of Active components : “Active components are those who has the ability to control flow of electrons either by using voltage or by using another current.” Voltage-controlled devices are MOSFETs, vacuum tubes, while current-controlled devices are bipolar junction transistors which allow one current to control another. Active components can be of different types like […]


Adverbs are used to modify a verb.
(She sings beautifully), an adjective (She is very beautiful.), or another adverb (The car goes very fast).
Time, place, frequency, degree and manner adverbs (early, there, often, slowly) describe how, when, where, and how often something is done.
Many adverbs are formed by adding -ly to an adjective (slow - slowly, quick - quickly).
Adverbs, like adjectives, have three degrees of comparison – the positive, the comparative and the superlative.
Comparative adverbs compare how two actions are done. Superlative adverbs compare how more than two actions are done. Some comparisons are regular, that is:
a. The comparative degree of single-syllable adverb is formed by adding -er ending, and the superlative degree by adding -est ending to the positive form of the adverb (hard - harder - hardest).
b. The comparative degree of multi-syllable adverbs is formed by adding the word more, and the superlative degree is formed by adding the word most to the positive form of the adverb.
Adverbs ending in –ly take more for the comparative and most for the superlative degree (effectively - more effectively - most effectively).
The adverb early is an exception to this rule. (early - earlier - earliest)
Some comparisons are irregular, so you have to memorize them (see the table below).
a. Also is used in positive sentences after the verb to be and modal verbs.
Adverbs also and too have the same meaning but are used differently.
I was also there. I can also speak French.
b. Also is used before all other verbs.
Too is used at the end of positive sentences.
I love chocolate. I also love pizza.
I love chocolate. I love pizza too.
Far and a long way both describe something at a great distance.
Far is used mostly in questions and negatives.
I can’t see very far without my glasses on.
A long way is used mostly in affirmative statements.
San Francisco is a long way from New York.


Here are some tips to help.
- Feed your brain - your brain like every organ in your body needs fuel to function, foods high in the Omega 3 fatty acid DHA, such as oily fish, contribute to normal brain function. Have eggs for breakfast, whole eggs are among the most nutritious foods on the planet, containing a little bit of almost every nutrient you need including vitamin B5 which contributes to normal mental performance.
- Drink plenty of water. Your brain is strongly influenced by your hydration status. Studies show that even mild dehydration, such as the loss of 1–3% of body weight, can impair many aspects of brain function.
- Switch off distractions - turn off your emails, silence you phone and turn off notifications. Plan to check devices and emails at intevals in the day and plan your work and output in these intevals.
- Organise your mind. Remove the mental to do list from your brain, write down a list of everything you need to do including household chores and returning phone calls, so your mind is free to concentrate on the task in hand.
- Take a break and go for a brisk 10 minute walk in a green space. A survey conducted by the University of Michigan asked one group of students to walk around an arboretum and another around a city. The latter group scored significantly lower in concentration tests. If you have a local park, take a stroll in it. Exercise also increases brain power and reduces anxiety.
- Meditate. Many studies have found that meditation helps increase the strength and endurance of your attention, along with reducing stress and anxiety.


Although not known for their generosity, chimpanzees do regularly share food. Most chimpanzee food sharing does not involve actively handing food to someone else, but rather passively allowing another individual to take it. Aware of this possibility, chimpanzees often beg for food from those who have it – holding out a hand or even reaching toward another’s mouth as he chews. Foods that are shared are those that are high-value, monopolizable, and rare, such as meat, honey, or large fruits. Food sharing appears to strengthen social bonds in chimpanzees.


Meaning of DEMOCRACY in English
A system of government in which effective political power is vested in the people. In older usage (for example, in the writings of the classical Greek and Roman philosophers or in the Federalist Papers ), the term was reserved exclusively for governmental systems in which the populace exercised this power directly through general assemblies or referenda to decide the most important questions of law or policy. In more contemporary usage, the term has been broadened to include also what the American Founding Fathers called a republic -- a governmental system in which the power of the people is normally exercised only indirectly, through freely elected representatives who are supposed to make government decisions according to the popular will, or at least according to the supposed values and interests of the population.
[See also: republic , autocracy , oligarchy , aristocracy , monarchy , state , dictatorship , theocracy ]
English glossary of political economy terms. Английский глоссарий политико-экономических терминов. 2012