- This page contains pictures and information about Whip
that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 30mm
- This spider is common in garden and bushes but not easily be noticed. The body is thin and
long. The spider has relatively short legs and elongated abdomen.
- At night it hangs on
one or two dry silk between plants. It is believed that this spider trap the
other species of male spiders for living. At day time it camouflages itself as small broken
branch caught on spider silk.
- 1. A Guide to Australian Spiders - Densey Clyne, Melbourne, Nelson
- 2. Wildlife
of Greater Brisbane - Queensland Museum 1995, p373.
- 3. Australian Spiders in colour - Ramon Mascord, Reed Books Pty Ltd,
- 4. Whip spider
Find-a-spider Guide for the Spiders of Southern Queensland, Dr Ron
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Given the United States' federal system, there is no overriding national education standard for the sciences. Instead, states are free to decide on what does or does not get taught to children. Sometimes this ends up in the news, as creationist movements have influenced decisions made by school boards, as we have seen in Georgia, Kansas and Pennsylvania.
Florida has been shaping up as the most recent battleground in the war on science, as reported last month. But the Florida Board of Education has decided, by a 4-3 vote, to approve standards that state's first standards to include the word evolution. They did, however, replace all mentions of 'evolution' with 'the scientific theory of evolution.'
This move will no doubt please many, including our own Dr. Timmer, who just recently enunciated the need for children to be taught more about the scientific method.
Not everyone is so sure that kids should be taught about evolution in schools, however. Over at Wired Science, microbiologist Carl Woese equates evolution with quantum mechanics: "One has to be quite educated to work with these concepts; what they pass on as evolution in high schools is nothing but repetitious tripe that teachers don't understand." I don't think I'd agree with Woese. Sure, much of what kids learn in school as science turns out not to be quite so true once they get to higher education, but that certainly doesn't mean that basic concepts central to modern science shouldn't be taught.
Finally, Science has the heartwarming tale of palentologist Stephen Godfrey, a one-time Young Earth creationist who came to realize he couldn't support his beliefs after spending time as a graduate student on a fossil dig in Kansas. Meanwhile, evolution, like Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, moves to the newest battleground state, Texas.


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The Paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata), commonly called 'paradise duck' or just a 'parry', is endemic to (found only in) New Zealand. It is a conspicuous and colourful species with contrasting male and female plumages. Between a large duck and a small goose in size, the male is uniformly dark grey to black with a black head while the femal has a dark or light chestnut body with a white head. The male gives a di-syllabic goose-like honk when alarmed or in flight, while the female call is more shrill, and often more regular, particularly during flight.
Excessive hunting in the past severely impacted numbers, and 2-3 decades of cautious exploitation was required to restore their abundance and expand their distribution.
Today the paradise shelduck is the second-most abundant waterfowl in New Zealand (after mallard) having undergone a remarkable increase in population and distribution since about 1990 and this expansion has occurred in the face of being a gamebird and hunted annually by recreational duck shooters. It is so widespread and abundant as to be without conservation threat.
Paradise shelducks occur throughout the pastoral landscape, whether high country or lowlands, on river flats in mountain areas, at heads of protected bays or fiords, around the shorelines of all large lakes and hydro-dams, and increasingly on recreational grasslands and parks within urban areas.


City Council is the legislative branch of government. It carries out duties in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and the laws of the state, and is primarily responsible for making laws which govern the City of Pittsburgh. City Council proposes, debates, and votes on legislation governing and/or affecting the city. This body also approves appointments as provided by the Charter, regulates revenues and expenditures, incurs debt, and approves the final operating and capital budgets for the city. Council is responsible for the introduction of legislation generated by the administrative branch of city government. Council may also introduce legislation generated by individual Council Members or Council as a body.
Pittsburgh's City Council is composed of nine members. Each member represents one council district, and is appointed to be the chairperson of a committee which corresponds to a city department. A one council representative per district system has not always been the electoral procedure for this legislative body. Formerly members were elected to Pittsburgh's City Council by way of at large elections where no particular member represented any specific district, but instead the entire council represented the whole City of Pittsburgh. In 1989, this form of representation was changed in order to insure that all Pittsburghers receive adequate representation that they could choose individually. This electoral process has proven to be more effective than that of the past in terms of fair and equal representation.


Columns are a handy formatting tool in Microsoft Word. However, there’s a trick to line up the text in a certain way, place something specific in a column, or evenly distribute columns. Use column breaks (similar to page breaks) to format columns the way you want.
Instructions in this article apply to Word for Microsoft 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, and Word 2013.
How to Insert a Column Break
A column break places a hard break, much like a page break or section break, in the inserted location and forces the rest of the text to appear in the next column.
In a document that includes columns, place the cursor where you want the column to break.
The best place for a column break is typically between paragraphs or other major sections of text.
The selected location now appears at the top of the next column.
Insert a Continuous Break
If you want columns to contain an even amount of text, use a continuous break, which evenly balances the text in the columns.
Place the cursor at the end of the column you want balanced.
The columns are now even.
With a continuous break inserted, when text is added to a column, Word moves the text between columns to ensure columns are evenly distributed.
Delete a Break
If there’s a break in a column that you no longer need, or if the document has a column break that you can’t find, delete the column break or continuous break.
Go to the Home tab and, in the Paragraph group, select Show Formatting Symbols. Formatting marks, including column breaks, appear.
Place the cursor in the break you want to remove.
Press Delete on the keyboard. The column break or continuous break is removed.


High-dose IV Vitamin C
When taken by intravenous (IV) infusion, vitamin C can reach much higher levels in the blood than when it is taken by mouth. Studies suggest that these higher levels of vitamin C may cause the death of cancer cells in the laboratory.
A severe deficiency (lack) of vitamin C in the diet causes scurvy, a disease with symptoms of extreme weakness, lethargy, easy bruising, and bleeding. The lack of vitamin C in patients with scurvy makes collagen thinner in texture; when vitamin C is given, collagen becomes thicker again.
There are many conditions that may benefit from IVC therapy: arthritis, Lyme disease, bacterial infections, viral infections, pain after injury, and more.
The National Institutes of Health has published evidence confirming Vitamin C’s anti-cancer properties.
IV Vitamin C is one of the best antiviral agents available, with the ability to neutralize and eliminate a wide range of toxins. Vitamin C will enhance host resistance, greatly augmenting the immune system’s ability to neutralize bacterial and fungal infections.
Cancer patients have reported a pain reduction and better chemotherapy tolerance after receiving high-dose IV vitamin C. Intravenous vitamin C is complementary to most oncologic care so, in most cases, patients may continue their conventional cancer therapies if they choose to.
CAUTION: A small group of patients may have a disorder called G6PD deficiency. These patients should not receive high-dose vitamin C therapy. Therefore, we administer a simple blood test to to rule out this condition before initiating higher doses.


The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization founded in Washington in 1864, dedicated to "the cause of
universal peace" and "pledged to the promotion of understanding among men of good will." Pythian lodges were
organized in Louisiana by the late 1860s, but most of the lodges disbanded in the 1870s in the face of controversy over
admitting African-American members. The New Orleans lodge reorganized in 1876, and thirty years later, there were
118 lodges in the state and more than 7000 members, enrolled in the "Endowment Rank" (which provided life insurance
to its members) and/or the "Uniform Rank" (in which members modeled themselves after soldiers and held uniformed
drills and parades).
For nine days in October, 1906, New Orleans hosted the "Twenty-Fourth Convention of the Supreme Lodge Knights of
Pythias and the Biennial Encampment of the Uniform Rank," a giant event which brought as many as 20,000 visitors to
the city from all parts of the country. Members of the Uniform Rank camped at the City Park Race Track, where they
paraded and drilled before crowds of onlookers. Elsewhere in town, the Pythians were treated to receptions, speeches,
theater performances and dinners. The newspapers of the day are full of the grand activities of the Pythians.
The wonderful period photographs featured in this month's Gallery are taken from the elaborate program of the 1906
convention. Captions used with the photos are those given in the program.


Here's an example of a story grammar, taken from Thorndyke . That which flanks `+' comes sequentially; the asterisk indicates indefinite repetition; parentheses enclose that which is optional; brackets attach to mutually exclusive elements (as I remember).
Here's what Thorndyke had to say about this sort of grammar and frame-based KR:
The domain of stories described by [this grammar] may be conceptualized as comprising a `frame' that encodes the invariant structure common to all exemplars of the domain. The components of the frame, the abstract story elements, are `slots' that become instantiated according to the grammar with the specific details or content of the particular story in question. During comprehension of a story, the frame for general `stories' produces a description of the current story by substituting real properties of the story for prototypical ones provided by the frame In this way, general frames encoding the story grammar are used to produce the representation of a particular story conforming to that grammar (, 107).


The high-gain antenna is a 3 meter- (10 foot-) diameter dish antenna for sending and receiving data at high rates.
The high-gain antenna was deployed shortly after launch (see launch configuration), and will remain deployed for the remainder of the mission. It serves as the primary means of communication to and from the orbiter.
The high-gain antenna must be pointed accurately and is therefore steered using the gimbal mechanism.
Two smaller antennas provide lower-rate communication during emergencies and special events. For example, they did this during launch and Mars Orbit Insertion. The data rate of these antennas is lower because they focus the radio beam much more broadly than the high-gain antenna, meaning less of the signal reaches Earth. The Deep Space Network on Earth, however, can "see" the signal even when the spacecraft is not pointed at Earth. That is why these antennas are useful for emergencies. Think of how a flashlight works: With a tightly focused beam of light you can see farther directly ahead but not at all to the side. With a wide beam you can see all around you but not very far. The low-gain antennas have the capability to both transmit and receive.
The two low-gain antennas are mounted on the high-gain antenna dish -- one on the front side and one on the back -- and move with it, though as mentioned they do not require accurate pointing. Two are needed to enable communication at all times, regardless of the position of the spacecraft.
Located on the back side of the high-gain antenna is the enclosure for the Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers, which boost the power of the spacecraft's radio signals so they are strong enough to be detected by the Deep Space Network antennas. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has three amplifiers on board:
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter carries two transponders, special radio receiver/transmitters designed for long-range space communications. The second transponder is a backup just in case the first one fails.
The transponders have several functions:


There is something about turtles we just can’t help but love. Nova Scotia’s turtles are also a big focus for Nature Trust conservation efforts because they are all species in trouble. Blanding’s turtles, Wood Turtles and Snapping turtles are all federally and provincially listed as ‘species-at-risk.’ Painted turtles are also being carefully monitored as their populations decline.
Our turtles face growing threats from habitat loss and fragmentation as well as vehicle strikes.
So the Nature Trust is taking action to save our treasured turtles, and you can too.
From the St. Mary’s River to the Medway and Mersey watersheds in the Southwest, the Nature Trust is actively working to save critical habitat for turtles. We are protecting places where turtles can thrive.
Help save turtles today
Adopt a Turtle
Adopting a Turtle is another great way to show you care—about nature and about your friends and family too.
You can help save endangered turtles and other wildlife and share your passion for nature by adopting a turtle in someone’s honour. Reach out to those you miss, appreciate or want to celebrate during these times of challenge and isolation.
With each adoption you will receive:
- TAX RECEIPT for the full value of your gift
- Official Adoption Certificate
- Beautiful turtle notecards
- Letter highlighting the conservation work your gift makes possible
- FREE shipping (to you or your adoption honoree)


Medical care in the crusader states benefited from close contact with the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) and the Muslim world, not only with respect to the development of hospitals but also with respect to innovative treatment, licensing and malpractice legislation. Furthermore, contrary to conventional wisdom, the standard of treatment was remarkably sophisticated and included highly complex procedures from hernia and cataract operations to (limited) brain surgery. Perhaps most surprising of all, innovation was not a one-way-street, but in some instances Western medical practitioners were ahead of their Arab and Greek contemporaries. Below is a short summary of highlights I gleaned from Piers D. Mitchell’s seminal work Medicine in the Crusades: Warfare, Wounds and the Medieval Surgeon. Piers D. Mitchell is an osteoarchaeologist.
In the 12 and 13th centuries, the weapons employed produced first and foremost puncture wounds (from arrows, lances and swords), followed by cuts/amputations caused by swords and axes, fractures/crushed bones caused by maces and stones thrown from siege engines, and, last but not least burns from Greek fire, boiling pitch and water. The fundamental treatment for each of these kinds of wounds does not differ significantly from what is recommended today.


Coral heads are made up of many small animals called polyps. These animals live in shells. They can be as small as the head of a pin, or as wide as 30cm.
Corals need sunlight to make food. They only live as far down in the sea as the sunlight can reach. This means they do not live below 50 metres. Corals do not make their own food. There is a little organism that lives inside them that feeds them. These little organisms also give the corals their colour. The clearer the water, the faster thecorals grow. This is because the sunlight can shine better through clear water.
Types of corals
There are more than 1,000 types of corals. Some look like wrinkled brains, table tops, cabbages or reindeer horns. They wave their tentacles in the water to catch food.
Coral reefs are thought to cover 284,300 square kilometres. Most of these reefs, or 91.9 per cent, are found in the Indo-Pacific region. Southeast Asia - part of the Indo- Pacific region - has about 32 per cent. The largest single reef is the Great Barrier Reef off Australia. It is 2,000 kilometres long.
Types of reefs
There are three main types of coral reefs: barrier reefs, fringing reefs and atolls. They all take many, many years to form. The Great Barrier Reef is about 20,000 years old. A fringing reef can take 10,000 years to form. An atoll can take up to 30 million years to form.
Coral reefs are very valuable for tourism and for fishing. Fish like to live near the reefs. The reefs also protect small islands from big waves.
Reefs are harmed by pollution, coral mining and overfishing. Rising sea levels also kill reefs. They need shallow water so the sun can reach the coral. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department has a coral watch programme. Visit www.afcd.gov.hk for more information.
Now do this
1How many main types of coral reefs are there?
2 Besides water, what does coral need to survive?
3 Which of the reefs takes the longest time to form?
a. the barrier reef
b. the fringe reef
c. the atoll


It’s a little thing that does so much. By buckling up in the car, you increase your chances of surviving a serious car accident. And now, seat belt use in the U.S. has risen to 85 percent – its highest level yet.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released these new stats that show that the numbers for seat belt use are up one percent from last year. Other increases include seat belt use in rural areas (up from 81 percent to 83 percent) and drivers who use expressways (an increase from 89 percent to 91 percent).
And what’s the driving factor behind this rise? The NHTSA seams to think it’s because of police enforcement. When seat belt use is a primary law in a state, use of the safety devices is higher (88 percent). For those states that don’t have stricter enforcement, they have significantly less compliance (76 percent).
In another NHTSA study, they found that in 2009, seat belts saved an estimated 12,713 lives. Over a five-year period from 2005 to 2009, they saved over 72,000 lives. What’s sad is that an additional 3,688 lives would’ve been saved if all passengers over 5-years old involved in fatal crashes had bucked up. But thanks to campaigns such as “Click it or Ticket,” people have started to really get the message about seat belt safety.
Here are some more 2009 stats from the NHTSA found that in 2009: that year, 2,381 lives were saved by frontal air bags and 1,483 lives were saved by motorcycle helmets. If all of the motorcycle riders had used a helmet, 723 more lives would’ve been saved. By enforcing a minimum drinking age law, 623 lives were saved and child restraints saved 309 children 4-years old and younger.
[Source: Consumer Reports]


| ||Transport of ions through pores in membranes is a process of fundamental importance to cell biology. In living organisms, such transport is conducted via ion channels, utilizing the ionic flux to perform diverse biological functions, such as cell-to-cell communication and signaling, osmotic stress response, muscle contraction, etc. One of the vital types of ion channels is calcium channel. Calcium plays an essential role in cell signaling and release of neurotransmitters in neural networks. Consequently the structure and function of calcium channels of all kinds occupy a special place in the neural activity. In this lecture, we talk about different types of calcium channels, their structure and their function in neuron as well as the computational approaches to investigate their properties.
7 Nov. 2013
11:00 - 11:45


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here in this place
First Peoples in Australia are the oldest continuing cultures on Earth. A central part of these cultures are Welcomes to Country and Acknowledgements of Traditional Owners. A Welcome or Acknowledgement is a way to recognise the complex ownership and land stewardship that existed before colonisation and continues to this day. It is important that all Victorians know more about how to acknowledge and respect the land that they live on.
A Welcome to Country can only be delivered by a Traditional Owner on their Traditional Country. Anyone can deliver an Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners.
In consultation with the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation, the City of Yarra has developed three versions of an Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners to be read in different circumstances. For example, there is a shorter version of an Acknowledgement to be read at the beginning of all council meetings, or a longer version to be read at events that are significant to the local First Peoples’ community such as their Sorry Day event and January 26th event. You can read the Acknowledgements in the City of Yarra’s Yana Ngargna Plan 2020-2023.
City of Melbourne and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Elder, Uncle Dave Wandin, shares the importance of an Acknowledgment of Country and how to deliver it with respect
Contact your local Registered Aboriginal Party for more information about their processes for booking a Welcome to Country and their preferred wording for an Acknowledgment of Traditional Owners.
Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners | Aboriginal Victoria
What’s the difference between an Acknowledgment and a Welcome? | Deadly Questions
Welcome to Country | Culture Victoria
Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Welcome to Country in Schools | Department of Education and Training


Another Earthquake Hits Japan
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck the Fukushima region of Japan, U.S. officials say.
The quake is much smaller than the 9.0 monster that hit the region in 2011 – but it still poses grave danger to the east coast of Japan in the form of a possible tsunami.
It also threatens the already crippled Fukushima nuclear site – which experienced multiple meltdowns in the wake of the 2011 quake and subsequent tsunami that claimed the lives of 19,000 people.
The quake struck at 2:11 p.m. Its epicenter was 311 miles east-northeast of Tokyo at a depth of ten kilometers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
UPDATE: Good news. The quake has since been downgraded to a 7.1 magnitude and tsunami warnings for the coast of Japan have been lifted by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Apparently none of the waves spawned by the earthquake topped three feet. Perhaps more importantly, the quake does not appear to have caused any additional damage at the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power plant, the site of the massive 2011 meltdown.


When they were discovered in caves in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea in the 1940s and 1950s, the Dead Sea scrolls caused a sensation among scholars of the ancient Near East. The scrolls, which date from 150 BC to AD 70, include the oldest known surviving writings that correspond to biblical texts. They also include other religious texts that are not included in the Bible, along with texts considered to be secular. From the time of their discovery, the scrolls have been of great interest to scholars and a focus of debate and controversy.
Now scholars are preparing to get a closer look at the scrolls. Photos of the documents have been available for many years, details can “disappear” from delicate ancient fragments of parchment and papyrus. Those details have been restored and will now be revealed, thanks to a project led by the Israel Antiquities Authority. All of the scrolls are being digitized, using multispectral imaging technology originally developed by NASA. This process captures data at specific frequencies across the electromagnetic spectrum. That is, it uses more than visible light to record images. Letters and other details that have faded become apparent. The resulting images may actually be clearer than even the originals. These images will be posted online, where anyone can examine them free of charge.
- Pictures: Dead Sea Scrolls Being Digitized for Web
This Web site explores the process being utilized to enhance the Dead Sea scrolls; it shows what a scroll example looks like during multispectral imaging.
(Source: National Geographic Daily News, October 20, 2010)
- The Importance of Discoveries in the Judean Desert
An article by Uzi Dahari provides background on the Dead Sea scrolls and their significance.
(Source: Israel Antiquities Authority, October 20, 2010)
- Scrolls from the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship
Information from an exhibit at the Library of Congress traces the history of the Dead Sea scrolls.
(Source: www.ibiblio.org; accessed October 31, 2010)


Tadpole shrimp are pests of rice production systems in California and have recently been found impacting Missouri and Arkansas rice fields. The shrimp feed on rice seedlings and uproot them during foraging, and their foraging behavior causes water to become muddy, which reduces light penetration to submerged seedlings and delays the development of the rice plant.
In "Review of a New Pest of Rice, Tadpole Shrimp (Notostraca: Triopsidae), in the Midsouthern United States and a Winter Scouting Method of Rice Fields for Preplanting Detection," a new open-access article appearing in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management, the authors provide information on the life cycle of tadpole shrimp, describe a new method for scouting for tadpole shrimp in rice fields, and provide scouting results and management implications.
In the article, the authors discuss the tadpole shrimp's biology, life cycle, and distribution range, as well as options for controlling it. The authors also note that after the rice seedling stage, tadpole shrimp can be beneficial because they also eat weed seedlings and small insects.
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Needs Vs. Wants
In this learning activity you'll identify the difference between needs and wants related to building a personal budget.
DO YOU RECEIVE BADGES FOR COMPLETING THESE COURSES?
If you are logged in you can earn badges for different things like voting for a learning object, Answering others' questions, completing 5 learning objects in a given category, creating a game etc. https://www.wisc-online.com/badges
This was a great interactive process for this marketing class. It helps in self-identyfing true wants and need.Posted by Anna Williams on 5/23/2009 12:00:00 AM Reply
As a suggestion for the sorting activity...cellphones are a lot of people's only way to stay in touch with family, friends, employers, etc. Perhaps at least update the activity to allow the cellphone to be placed as a need, given that nowadays, constant contact with your employer, coworkers, family, and friends is expected and one is seen as deficient without one.Posted by Nicholas Dennison on 2/23/2015 1:59:26 PM Reply


Introduce basic two- and three-dimensional shapes including the triangle, square, circle, rectangle, oval, rhombus, cube, cone, cylinder and sphere. Provides game-based practice on shape discovery and recognition as well as matching card activities on shapes, their corresponding words and related, real world objects. Designed for either teacher-directed or independent play in groups of 2-4 students, each game includes 1 laminated, hands-on broad game with 30 illustrated, self-checking cards and game materials for up to 4 students; 2 sets of 30 flash cards printed on heavy 4" x 5.5" stock, providing matching activities to challenge students to correlate up to 3 associated attributes; and a teacher's guide with step-by-step instructions as well as recommended, additional skill-building activities. Packaged in a durable pouch, the Learning Center Games can be used in the classroom, after school programs or home practice and are perfect for differentiated instruction!
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This refers to holding excess inventory.
Overstocking occurs when the quantity of items held exceeds the amount required, or expected to be sold, in a given period. Overstocking can relate to raw materials or end products in manufacturing or products for sale in retail. Overstocking increases the holding costs of inventory and can result in waste due to deterioration. It is the opposite to ‘just in time’ inventory control.
Overstocking is a term normally found in financial management.
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[Table of Contents | Internet Resources | Videos | General History | Aviation | American Revolution/Colonial Era | Bibliographies | Biography | Buffalo Soldiers | Civil War | Korean War | Naval History | Spanish-American War | Vietnam War | Women | World War I | World War II | ]
Black Studies: A Selected Bibliography of Books in the Robert W. Woodruff Library for Advanced Studies, compiled by the Reference Staff, Robert W. Woodruff Library. Atlanta, GA, Emory University, 1971. 132 p.
Military Service, pp 83-85.
Book call no.: 016.301451 E54b
Blacks in the American Armed Forces, 1776-1983: A Bibliography, compiled by Lenwood G. Davis and George Hill. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1985. 198 p.
Book call no.: 016.355008996073 D262b
Invisible Wings: An Annotated Bibliography on Blacks in Aviation, 1916-1993, compiled by Betty Kaplan Gubert. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1994. 274 p.
Book call no.: 016.6291 G921i
McPherson, James M. and others. Blacks in America: Bibliographical Essays. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Co., 1971. 430 p.
Blacks in the Confederacy, pp 113-115;
Black Soldiers in the Union Army, pp 115-116;
Blacks in World War I, pp 192-194
Book call no.: 016.301451 B631
The Negro in America: A Bibliography, compiled by Elizabeth W. Miller and Mary L. Fisher. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1970. 351 p.
The Negro in the Armed Forces, pp 173-175.
Book call no.: 016.301451 M647n 1970
United States. Navy. General Library Services Branch. Black Heritage: The American Experience. [Washington,DC], Reprinted by Human Resource Development Project Office, Bureau of Naval Personnel., 1972. 57 p.
Blacks in the Military, pp 30-32. Includes photos of black sailors in training during WWII (p. 21); Dorie Miller, recipient of the Navy Cross (p. 28); recruiting poster with Joe Louis (p. 29); first black WAVES (p. 30).
Book call no.: 016.301451 B952b
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a group of behavioural symptoms that include inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Common symptoms of ADHD are a short attention span or easy distraction, restlessness, constant fidgeting and being impulsive. Individuals suffering from ADHD might have additional problems such as difficulty in sleeping and anxiety disorders.
Whilst ADHD is most often diagnosed in children, adults can also suffer from it. This condition is likely to affect your ability to concentrate, ability to organize tasks, ability to stay focused and work towards a long-term goal as well as emotional regulation.
Children who are diagnosed with ADHD grow into adults with ADHD. It does not go away but if treatment is given early then with the passage of time it can be controlled
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is neuro developmental. It is important to know that children with ADHD are not to be mistaken for having low IQ.These children with ADHD can be as successful as non-ADHD children.
Studies have shown that the brain development of the kids with ADHD is delayed by two to three years. This explains why kids with ADHD act younger than their peers. ADHD can also be found because of heridity. ADHD is found to be more common in males than females. Other conditions such as:
- anxiety disorder
- learning disabilities
- conduct disorder
- substance abuse
- and depression
are common in people with ADHD.


European corn borer
The European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) is a moth of which the caterpillars often infest corn en masse, and is targeted by many varieties of "Bt" transgenic crops, including MON810.
Recent studies have shown that the males and females of this destructive pest are able to spread over several hundred metres, justifying - a posteriori - the maximum distance imposed by American legislation since 2000, of 800 metres between plots of land with Bt corn and refuge areas.
Egg masses of the European corn borer are flat and cream white. Eggs are laid on top of one another like fish scales. On maturity, the larvae are cream white to pale grey and have two small patches on each abdominal segment. They are about 2.5 cm long and have a black head. Adults are light brown moths, about 2 cm long, with dark, sinuous lines on their anterior wings.
A pair of Ostrinia nubilalis HUBNER (European corn borer) on a corn leaf.
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How do we know if a substance is a liquid? What properties make an object a solid? How do liquids and solids behave? And can we change their properties by heating or cooling them? Using everyday items that kids can easily find around their homes, young students will get the chance to become real-life scientists and carry out step-by-step experiments to answer these intriguing questions. Along the way, the young scientists will be making observations, recording them, and drawing conclusions. Liquids and Solids includes at least seven experiments with detailed, age-appropriate instructions, great facts and background information, a “Conclusions” section to pull all the concepts investigated in the book together, and a glossary of science words. Colorful, dynamic designs and images truly put the FUN into FUN-damental Experiments!


French GCSE (from 2016)
We have developed a reformed GCSE French qualification, approved by Qualifications Wales, for teaching from 2016. This qualification meets regulatory requirements in Wales.
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WJEC examining teams will use the new spelling conventions when writing the reformed GCSE, AS and A level French examinations, for first assessment in 2017 (AS) and 2018 (GCSE and A level); however, we do not expect to amend spelling in extracts from authentic sources.
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The Argument Principle
The argument principle in complex analysis states that for a meromorphic nonconstant function on an open subset and a closed curve bounding a compact subset inside , we have[more]
where and are the zeros and poles of inside , is the winding number of around , and is the multiplicity of at .
In this Demonstration the zeros and poles of a chosen function lying in the disk around the origin of radius 2 are shown as red and blue points (multiple zeros are shown as single points).
The path of integration initially consists of the red square; you can change its position and shape by dragging, adding, or subtracting the locator points. The value of the integral along the path (in the clockwise direction) is shown below. By unchecking the "closed curve" checkbox you can construct nonclosed curves by separating the two locators in the bottom-left corner.[less]
 E. C. Titchmarch, The Theory of Functions, London: Oxford University Press, 1952.


KOH KONG —
About 50 middle and high school teachers in the coastal province of Koh Kong have attended training on how to present Khmer Rouge curriculum.
The six-day training, organized by the Documentation Center of Cambodia, helps teachers understand the history of the regime and provides them with material to present to students.
Many younger Cambodians do not know what happened during the Khmer Rouge, often because their traumatized parents or grandparents are reluctant to discuss it.
This is the 15th time since 2011 teams from the Documentation Center have trained teachers in rural areas about its Khmer Rouge curriculum. Some 3,000 local teachers have been trained, said Mam Sovann, of the center’s genocide education project.
The course includes a history book and a teaching guide, which help explain how the Khmer Rouge came to power, the atrocity crimes it committed, its fall and its dark legacy.
“It’s essential to ensure that local teachers comprehensively understand the history, alongside with techniques in teaching Khmer Rouge history, in order to make sure that there’s no repetition of such a tragedy, as well as to reconcile Cambodian society,” Mam Sovann said.
Roeurng Makara, a high school history teacher who attended the training, said he had garnered useful tips in teaching about the Khmer Rouge.
“I didn’t experience how brutal the regime was,” he said. “Often, I find it difficult to explain it to my students about why the Khmer Rouge killed its own people. Sometimes they don’t believe me.”


Wendell Berry Medal Highlights Food Issues
The Obama Administration continues to underline the importance of how we manage our foodshed by honoring Kentucky author, farmer, conservationist and activist Wendell Berry yesterday with the National Humanities Medal.
Celebrated food writer Michael Pollan has noted that his work only builds on the writing and activism of Berry, who has long fought against the ravages of industrial agriculture to American health and communities.
Writing in The Nation magazine, Pollan says:
"Americans today are having a national conversation about food and agriculture that would have been impossible to imagine even a few short years ago. To many Americans it must sound like a brand-new conversation, with its bracing talk about the high price of cheap food, or the links between soil and health, or the impossibility of a society eating well and being in good health unless it also farms well.
But the national conversation unfolding around the subject of food and farming really began in the 1970s, with the work of writers like Wendell Berry, Frances Moore Lappé, Barry Commoner and Joan Gussow. All four of these writers are supreme dot-connectors, deeply skeptical of reductive science and far ahead not only in their grasp of the science of ecology but in their ability to think ecologically: to draw lines of connection between a hamburger and the price of oil, or between the vibrancy of life in the soil and the health of the plants, animals and people eating from that soil."


One of the more significant problems people with autism face is their trouble in social situations. Sometimes it can be particularly difficult for those with ASD to follow the tone and other cues of a conversation and interact in an appropriate and comfortable manner. This can lead to social anxiety or struggles in general communication, leading to research efforts such as those being conducted at the Massachusetts’ Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and its Institute of Medical Engineering and Science (IMES).
Graduate student Tuka Alhanai and Ph.D. student Mohammad Ghassemi are working to refine a wearable social coach that can detect the emotional tone of a conversation. By picking up body signals such as heart rate, skin temperature, and blood flow alongside variations in speech patterns, the program (housed in a Samsung Simband) can run the stimuli through algorithms that identify the difference between happy and sad stories participants told. Furthermore, it can identify small, 5-second segments of conversations as “positive”, “negative”, or “neutral”.
While there are technological and privacy concerns to advance before this program makes it to mainstream commercial use, the team runs it on the Samsung Simband to demonstrate its ability to run on consumer products – the Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center also provided funding for the research. In the future, the team is planning to collect data on a larger scale and with another commercially available product such as the Apple Watch.
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Endemics and adventives: Thysanoptera (Insecta) biodiversity of Norfolk, a tiny Pacific Island.
The thrips fauna of Norfolk Island is a curious mix of endemics and adventives, with notable absences that include one major trophic group. A brief introduction is provided to the history of human settlement and its ecological impact on this tiny land mass in the western Pacific Ocean. The Thysanoptera fauna comprises about 20% endemic and almost 50% widespread invasive species, and shows limited faunal relationships to the nearest territories, Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. This fauna, comprising 66 species, includes among named species 29 Terebrantia and 33 Tubulifera, with four Tubulifera remaining undescribed. At least 12 species are endemics, of which 10 are mycophagous, and up to 10 further species are possibly native to the island. As with the thrips fauna of most Pacific islands, many species are wide-spread invasives. However, most of the common thrips of eastern Australia have not been found on Norfolk Island, and the complete absence of leaf-feeding Phlaeothripinae is notable. The following new taxa are described: in the Phlaeothripidae, Buffettithrips rauti gen. et sp. n. and Priesneria akestra sp. n.; and in the Thripidae, Scirtothrips araucariae sp. n. and Thrips merae sp. n.


Название: Business Analysis For Dummies Автор: Kupe Kupersmith and Paul Mulvey Издательство: For Dummies Год: 2013 Формат: EPUB, MOBİ Размер: 6,6 Мб Язык: английский / English
Business analysis refers to the set of tasks and activities that help companies determine their objectives for meeting certain opportunities or addressing challenges and then help them define solutions to meet those objectives. Those engaged in business analysis are charged with identifying the activities that enable the company to define the business problem or opportunity, define what the solutions looks like, and define how it should behave in the end. As a BA, you lay out the plans for the process ahead.
Business Analysis For Dummies is the go to reference on how to make the complex topic of business analysis easy to understand. Whether you are new or have experience with business analysis, this book gives you the tools, techniques, tips and tricks to set your project’s expectations and on the path to success.


Resistance to Letting Go
Consider this statement by Thich Nhat Hanh concerning resistance to letting go:
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
The astonishing verb choice "prefer" captures both the essence of what so many self-help teachers say about resistance to letting go and why such language is so tone-deaf concerning people who are stuck in suffering as a result of traumatic experiences.
If you consider these words according the root meaning of the word resistance, Thich Nhat Hanh claims that resistant people are taking a firm stand in opposition to letting go of their suffering. Why would suffering people do that? Do they really "prefer" suffering that is familiar because they're afraid of the unknown?
Let's consider the claim that someone "prefers suffering" because it's familiar. The root meaning of the word prefer is "put before." Usage can range from formal usage such as "preferring charges"in a court of law to informal language about liking something more than something else. In common speech, you might say that you prefer chocolate ice cream rather than vanilla, coffee rather than tea, and baseball rather than basketball.
The significant question is: What exactly are you supposed to let go? Your feelings? Your memories? Your identity? Deepak Chopra has no list, just the assertion that you will find your self if you let go of things from the past. Mary Manin Morrissey's list includes hurt, fear, and pain. Jack Kornfield's list includes images, emotions, grudges, fears, clinging, and disappointments. A list of words doesn't do justice to the power of these words as lived experiences. As words without context, it's all theoretical. These statements also omit the most stress-inducing word of all — trauma.
[Original Post October 9, 2015]


Stumbling Over Words And Phrases?
How To Sound Like You Say Them Every Day
September 25, 2013
By Hugh Klitzke
Casting Director and Coach
Most failures in execution are failures of comprehension. For instance, sometimes actors find a moment where they just can't get over a phrase and it becomes a stumbling block.
Every time it arrives on the paper, they will flub it. Or swallow it. Or say it without conviction or veracity. They are saying the word or phrase correctly, but it just doesn't sound natural.
This is where vocal technique fails and comprehension (analysis) can succeed.
GET AROUND THE BLOCK
First, understand that those two or three words are an incredibly small portion of the overall copy. Three percent? Even less?
Then put those words into your own words. Paraphrase that moment and the other words before and after it.
For instance, perhaps an awkward drug brand name becomes:
"The diabetes control drug called (NAME) being marketed toward seniors in this campaign..."Or a difficult proper noun becomes:
"The Greek Ambassador just before the Kennedy Administration whose first name was (X) and last name was (Y)..."You get the idea. Mastering the pronunciation becomes simpler because you have made the context your own.
Now the sound of the challenging moment that you have trouble getting out of your mouth has a space to live in that you understand and can become more like something you say every single day.
Hugh P. Klitzke is studio manager and voice casting director for a leading bi-coastal talent agency, who has directed more than 85,000 auditions for all voice over genres. Based in New York City, he is also a coach specializing in teaching voice over for actors, and writes VO4TA, a twice-weekly blog with helpful voice acting tips.
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A set of technologies that is expected to have its first results four years from now is designed to resolve one of the world’s greatest oil and gas exploration challenges today: carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emission in the atmosphere.
The innovation, the result of a patent deposited in 2018, consists of injecting the CO2 and CH4 that comes from wells during oil extraction into salt caverns as a way to reduce the amount of carbon gas in the emissions.
The first “pilot cavern” may be ready by 2022 and is the result of studies carried out at the Research Center for Gas Innovation (RCGI), established by FAPESP and Shell, headquartered at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (Poli-USP). The RCGI is one of the Engineering Research Centers (ERC) funded by FAPESP in partnership with companies.
“This is a concept known as Carbon Capture Storage (CCS). In this case, the CO2 is stored in large caverns in the salt layer itself. This is perhaps one of the best ways to obtain clean energy from a fossil fuel during the production process,” said Julio Meneghini (photo), a professor at Poli-USP and RCGI coordinator.
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- A worldwide earthquake drill, known as the Great ShakeOut, will be held on Thursday, October 17 at 10:17AM local time. The drill is your chance to practice how to protect yourself in the event of an earthquake. Mike Blanpied, the Associate Program Coordinator for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, and Mark Benthien, the Director of Communication, Education and Outreach with the Southern California Earthquake Center and coordinator of the Great ShakeOut worldwide, have come to discuss the importance of earthquake preparedness.
- A female grizzly bear family rambles through Yellowstone National Park. USGS researchers study population dynamics of these bears, as well as hazards they face. This information is used by resource managers and decision makers.


How does the camera know (measure) what the distance is to the object?
Modern cameras use a variety of techniques to find the distance to objects. Some cameras bounce sound off of the objects and time how long it takes for the echo to return. Others observe the central portion of the image (presumably the object) from two vantage points simultaneous and then adjust the angles at which those two observations are made until the images overlap. This rangefinder technique is the one you use to sense distance with your eyes. You view the object through each eye and adjust the angles of view until the two images overlap (in your brain). At that point, you can tell how far away the object is by how crossed or uncrossed your eyes are. A rangefinder camera has two small viewing windows and lenses to look at the object, just as you have two eyes to look at the object. Finally, some cameras don’t really measure the distance to the object but instead adjust the lens until it forms the sharpest possible image. A sharp image has the highest possible contrast while an out-of-focus image will have relatively low contrast. The cameras adjust the lens until the light striking a sensor exhibits maximal contrast (brightest bright spots and darkest dark spots).


Bullying Is Not a Game
Bullying makes the news almost every week. It exists in schools, sports fields, playground and online. We’ve also recently learned bullying is also present in professional organizations like the NFL. Children who are bullied tend to withdraw and suffer emotional scars. In extreme cases, some become so desperate, they take their own lives.
Steve sat down with professional speaker and certified professional coach Laurie Flasko to talk about bullying and what we can do as parents and teachers to put a stop to it.
In her book, Bullying Is Not a Game, A Parents’ Survival Guide, Flasko shares advice and tips for parents on how to help their child get through bullying and survive.
If you aren’t sure if your child is being bullied, watch for some telltale signs like a change in their personality. Are they suddenly secretive and withdrawn? Do they hide their email and online activity? Have their friends stopped coming over?
Children who are being bullied may be afraid and don’t want to talk to their teachers or parents. You may need to reach out to your child and help them feel secure in talking to you. But don’t drill them. Then talk to the teacher and school about next steps.
For teachers, Flasko says their relationship is very important. Know your students and watch them for sudden personality changes or behavior. A good student who stops turning in homework or falls behind quickly may be a sign. When you see something or after a student comes to you about a bullying event, address it quickly and keep the informer anonymous.
Do not bring the two kids together unless the bully wants to apologize and the bullied child is okay with sitting down.
For more tips, support and help, sign up for Flasko’s Bully Tip of the Week.
Here are some additional resources for bullying help –
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Bullying Website


The Lost Day of Easter - ICM Course
Category: Theology & Ministry
VID - Video Course
This free lesson comes from ICM's Hot Topic night Live Web Class broadcast.
Every school child knows there's only two days between Friday and Sunday. Yet, Jesus said in Matthew 12:40 that the Son of Man would be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. So where did the missing day go? Why are there only two days between Good Friday and Easter when there should be three?
The secret of this mystery is found in understanding God's clock that He gave to Israel which includes signs in the heavens, the lunar cycle, and watches and hours.


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The official language of Mainland China (PRC) is…
English is not the official language of China, Cantonese is spoken mostly in Southern China.
Chinese is a tonal language, this means that changing the tone of a word changes the:
Changing the tone of a word in Chinese changes its meaning.
Spoken Chinese has ___________ homophones (words that sound the same).
Spoken Chinese has many homophones, so context is vital in oral Chinese, but written Characters are easily distinguished.
Basic literacy in Chinese requires learning about _______ characters.
For basic literacy you need to know around 2,000 characters. To read a newspaper around 5,000. In total there’s around 40,000 characters, but only a few academics know them all.
Many concepts in Chinese are conveyed by combining 2 or more characters.
Many concepts in Chinese are conveyed by combining more than one character. This is done by saying or writing the individual characters one after another, rather than morphing into a new character.


In the age of Data Revolution and rapid technological advancement, do not be left behind. Data Sciences has come to the fore as a must have knowledge whether you are a Businessman wanting to invest in new Products and Services OR whether you are working on any particular domain. With so much data available from almost any kind of device we use in our daily lives, the application of Data Sciences is growing at an exponential pace.
This course provides an introduction to Data Sciences. The goal of this short course is to expose as many areas of Data Sciences as possible within 1 hour. Once you are aware of these topics, you can study further any specific topic or all of the topics.
The course is designed for CxO and other Decision Makers who want to invest their money in taking advantage of this Data Revolution. This course is also meant for Students, Researchers and almost everyone from any work of life so that they are able to understand what is the upcoming world going to be.
- No Prerequisite required
- Introduction to Data Sciences
- Trends in Data Sciences
- Examples of applications of Data Sciences
- Introduction to Machine Learning
- Introduction to Predictive Analytics


Wisdom Teeth Removal Atlanta
What Are Wisdom Teeth?
Wisdom teeth are third molars. They develop and erupt between the ages of 17 and 25—a period when children become wiser as they grown into adulthood. Pain-free, healthy third molars that completely erupt don’t require any treatment. But problems with third molars are common. Nine out of ten people have at least one wisdom tooth removed.
Why Do They Cause Problems?
Most people don’t have enough room in their mouth for wisdom teeth. This causes the third molars to erupt partially or not at all. Impacted, or trapped, teeth will cause problems that affect your oral health. And you don’t have to be in your teens or 20s to be affected by impacted third molars. It is not uncommon for people in their 30s, 40s, or 50s to experience problems with them.


Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, 11 Oct 1884 - 7 Nov 1962 Search this
Gelatin silver print
Image: 31.5 × 25.5 cm (12 3/8 × 10 1/16")
Sheet: 42.8 × 35.5 cm (16 7/8 × 14")
Mount: 48.3 × 40.6 cm (19 × 16")
Mat (Karsh exhibit): 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22")
As the nation’s first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt rapidly expanded her role from hostess to advocate and emerged as a vital force in her husband Franklin’s administration. She took public stands on issues ranging from exploitive labor practices to civil rights, but more important, she often urged her husband toward measures he might otherwise have avoided. When the challenges of World War II drew the president’s attention from domestic affairs, she continued to be a strong voice for the New Deal’s social welfare policies. The activism that characterized Eleanor Roosevelt’s years as first lady did not end with her departure from the White House. As a U.S. delegate to the United Nations (1945–53), she was instrumental in formulating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and securing its ratification by the General Assembly in 1948.
Eleanor Roosevelt’s hands were seldom still, and Karsh captured their expressive qualities in this portrait.


Kurt Friedrich Gödel (1906 – 1978) was an Austrian, and later American, logician and philosopher. One of the best mathematical minds of the 20th century. And he was brave enough to advance this ontological proof of God existence
|Godel's ontological proof of the existence of God (from wikipedia)|
Now, I have to say that I still need to get a deeper understanding of the proof as it is not clear to me if claiming that necessary existence is a positive property, as Gödel does (in Ax 5), is begging the question. But Gödel was a very clever guy so I need more time to think on this.
St Anselm's ontological proof of God's existence is similar to Gödel's. To me, what St Anselm achieves is to clarify that, if it is possible for God to exist, then it necessarily exists. This is basically what happens with platonic forms and mathematical theorems too. The hope is that Gödel would make a better case for the plausibility of God existence (as oppose to conceivability), and then apply Anselm's machinery to proof its existence. It is not clear to me however that Gödel have achieved the first part by means of introducing the concept of a positive property. This needs more investigation from my side.
In any case, at this stage I find Aquianas five ways far more convincing than Godel's. Aquinas doesn't go to ontological argument (and rightly criticises "Anselm's" way as a proof), instead he goes from physics, to metaphysics to God. Inductive method. Hurray for Aquinas.


Methods of physics education research were applied to find what kinds of changes in 4th, 6th, and 8th grade student understanding of motion can occur and at what age. Such findings are necessary for the physics community to effectively discharge its role in advising and assisting pre-college physics education. Prior to and after instruction the students were asked to carefully describe several demonstrated accelerated motions. Most pre-instruction descriptions were of the direction of motion only. After instruction, many more of the students gave descriptions of the motion as continuously changing. Student responses to the diagnostic and to the activity materials revealed the presence of a third “snapshot” view of motion not discussed in the literature. The 4th and 6th grade students gave similar pre-instructional descriptions of the motion, but the 4th grade students did not exhibit the same degree of change in descriptions after instruction. Our findings suggest that students as early as 6th grade can develop changes in ideas about motion needed to construct Newtonian-like ideas about force. Students’ conceptions about motion change little under traditional physics instruction from these grade levels through college level.
This is an author-produced, peer-reviewed version of this publication. The final, definitive version of this document can be found online at the American Journal of Physics published by American Institute of Physics, at: http://www.kzoo.edu/ajp/. Copyright restrictions may apply. DOI: 10.1119/1.3090824
Dykstra, Dewey I. and Sweet, Dale R.. (2009). "Conceptual Development About Motion and Force in Elementary and Middle School Students". American Journal of Physics, 77(5), 468. http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.3090824


Krotov Vasily Andreevich
Naval officer, lieutenant, arctic explorer.
At the end of the Marine Corps in 1821–1826. sailed
on the Baltic Sea, in 1827 to the shores of England. In
1828–1830, commanding the schooner No. 2, was engaged in the
inventory of the White Sea. In
1832, Krotov was appointed commander of the "Yenisei" vessel, which
was to pass from Arkhangelsk through the Strait. Matochkin
Shar to the mouth of the Yenisei. During
this transition, the ship was killed with the whole crew under
unclear circumstances off the west coast of Novaya Zemlya in the
Matochkin Shar area.
In 1834, fodder I.Y. Gvozdarev and in 1835 P.K. Pakhtusov found
fragments of the "Yenisei" scattered in different places on the bank
of the New Earth.
of Litke Bay
in the east of the southern island of Novaya Zemlya. Apparently
discovered by the expedition of Pakhtusov in 1832–1833. Described
by Soviet hydrographs no later than 1937 and mapped as "Gulf without
Krotov and Malaya Krotova) on the east coast of the southern island
of Novaya Zemlya south of the hall. Litke. Opened
and mapped in July 1833 by the expedition of Pakhtusov.
the island of Mityushev and the western coast of the northern island
of New Earth. Named
1925 by commission chaired by N.I. Yevgenov.


Noor Mahal, a beautiful palace located in the historical city Bahawalpur in Pakistan was built in 1872. Bahawalpur is a cultural city and was a princely state before the Independence of Pakistan. It is about 150 years old and is the most recent monument notified under Antiquities Act. It consists of 32 rooms out of which 14 are in the basement, six verandas, and five domes. The palace covers an of 4140-meter square.
Noor Mahal was constructed by Nawab Sadiq Khan, the fourth, for his wife. However, it is said that the nawab family never lived in the palace except for one night, as nawab’s wife refused to live here because she saw a graveyard in the back of the palace. Nawab Sadiq Khan was also known as Shah Jahan of Bahawalpur for constructing beautiful buildings.
The architecture of the palace is of Islamic and corinthian style and has a tinge of sub-continent. The building was designed by Mr. Heennan, who was the state engineer.
Most of the furniture was imported from England and Italy. The construction of the palace started in 1872 and completed in 1875. In 1906, the fifth Nawab, Nawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan, added a mosque to the palace.
Bahawalpur State was merged into Pakistan in 1956 and the Auqaf department took the charge of the building. In 1977, Pakistan Army purchased the palace for a total sum of 119 million.
In 2001, Department of Archeology, Government of Pakistan declared it a ‘national monument’. It is now open general public visitors and tourists.
There are many interesting things to see in the palace. Many things used by nawab remain intact till today. There are many old coins, currency notes, and swords. The old currency notes and an old piano which the Nawab used to play can also be seen there. A prison is also present inside the palace. Many imaginary pictures of old nawabs are also found on a long wall.


- 1Of or relating to knowledge, especially esoteric mystical knowledge.More example sentences
- For some pavements such a religious symbolism has been suggested: examples at Brading and Littlecote have been seen as representing ‘Orphic’ or gnostic (mystical knowledge) ideas.
- And also, before the 300s (and many times afterwards) there were plenty of religious authority figures in gnostic sects both within and outside the church.
- I am aware that between the second and the fourth centuries various gnostic heresies admitted women to all levels of priesthood.
- 1.1 (Gnostic) Of or relating to Gnosticism.More example sentences
- The Gospel of Philip is a Gnostic text, and Gnostic thought would have no place in first century Palestinian Judaism.
- Yes, the Gospel of Thomas can be read in terms of spiritual transformation, but so can the Gospel of John - indeed, it was demonstrably read that way both by Gnostic interpreters like Heracleon and orthodox interpreters like Origen.
- It is a collection of sayings of Jesus, shorn of most narrative setting, and often Gnostic in feel, presenting Jesus as a teacher of esoteric wisdom.
noun(Gnostic) Back to top
- An adherent of Gnosticism.More example sentences
- The distortions of the Marcionites, Gnostics, and Montanists were carefully examined under the criteria of apostolic testimony.
- Most of the early Church's toiling over Christ's humanity took place in terms less extreme than those of the Gnostics or of Tertullian.
- The argument put forth by Elaine Pagels and others is that Gnostics were a vibrant community that sought refuge from Roman power in cults that endorsed personal revelations.
late 16th century (as a noun): via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek gnōstikos, from gnōstos 'known' (related to gignōskein 'know').
More definitions of gnosticDefinition of gnostic in:
- The British & World English dictionary


March 27, 2010
ABOUT PANELLED DOORS
Panelled doors have been around at least since Roman times. The Pantheon in Rome, one of the world’s oldest buildings, is still in daily use and its panelled doors date to 125AD, the era of Hadrian.
Panelled doors are strong as well as decorative. The combination of a strong frame with mortise and tenon dowelled joints, make for a door which is more resistant to warping and movement, and the panels with decorative mouldings add the aesthetic appeal. It was not always so; early carpenters were frugal as well as canny. The panels are always thinner than the frames, giving the benefit of lighter weight and using less timber, with no compromise to the strength.
The number of panels, the mouldings and the timber used have changed according to the tastes of the time. Georgian doors were normally 6 panel style with the two smaller square panels at the top. These doors were quite wide and short compared to todays modern standard size. Victorian doors were normally four panel style, constructed in pine (which they always stained or painted) and in some cases with the upper panels for glass. In the deco period, doors had one square panel at the top over two or three long ones beneath and were often made with ply wood panels set into a pine frame.
Today you can buy panelled doors made from metal, plastic and engineered woods. Often they are stamped or moulded to simulate panelling. But none of these phoney solutions can hold a candle to a handmade made solid wood door, constructed in the traditional way.


Regularly when we talk about -skincare- or skin care we think only of the skin of our face, we must remember that the skin is the largest organ we have and that we must give it the care it deserves.
Pollution, fatigue, lack of water can deteriorate our skin. To keep it hydrated, it is important to drink enough water and treat our skin with products with ingredients that improve it, such as vegetable glycerin.
Vegetable glycerin is a liquid that is extracted from vegetable oils and is used to make cosmetics because it helps to rejuvenate the skin and keep it soft, which is why the vast majority contain glycerin (it is very important to investigate what type of glycerin your products contain). It also works as an antiseptic to prevent wound infections.
If you suffer from dermatitis, acne, dry skin or start to see fine lines, use vegetable glycerin soaps daily, remember that consistency is the most important thing. The glycerin will keep it moisturized, bacteria-free, sanitized, and hydrated.


The Dog Who Came to Dinner - Helen agrees to take care of Mrs. Clusky's dog for a few days, and Martha can't wait to welcome their houseguest. To Martha's chagrin, Francois turns out to be a demanding and manipulative guest who knows just how to charm the humans. When Martha gets blamed for the teacup poodle's bad behavior, something has to be done, but what? Vocabulary - (E) jealous, visitor, privileges, envy, demanding (I) houseguest, welcome, rude, polite, manners. Martha Calling* (*book based) - When Martha wins a trip to the Come-On-Inn from a radio call-in show, there's only one problem: No dogs allowed. Helen and Martha put their heads together to come up with a solution. Enter Granny Martha. But when a "mad dog" eats Granny Martha, pandemonium ensues. Where's Martha and why is everybody running for the exits? Vocabulary - (E) allow(ed), forbid(den), permit, restrict, problem (I) guest, rules, invite, vacation.
Visit the Website: http://pbskids.org/martha/
Episode #109 / Length: 28 minutes


Power produced by wind farms slumped by a fifth in the second quarter of this year, despite hundreds of new turbines being built – because it wasn’t very windy.
Official Government statistics published on Thursday show that in the three months to the end of June, the amount of electricity produced by offshore wind farms fell by 22 per cent, to 2 terawatt-hours (TWh), compared with the same period the year before.
Yet the number of offshore wind turbines operating grew significantly – with 4.1 gigawatts (GW) of capacity installed in the seas around the UK by June this year, up from 3.5GW by June 2013.
Power output from onshore wind farms also fell, by 17 per cent to 3.22 TWh. The fall came despite dozens of new wind farms being built, increasing onshore wind capacity by 14 per cent over the same period. […]
About 900 turbines were constructed on and offshore over the course of 2013, according to Renewable UK.
Dr John Constable, director of the Renewable Energy Foundation, which publishes data on the sector and is critical of subsidy costs, said: “The latest DECC data is further confirmation that wind power output is highly variable over all timescales, minutes, hours, months, and even from year to year.
“These variabilities are physically manageable but they have highly significant negative economic impacts on the rest of the power generation fleet, whose market is made very uncertain, and these uncertainties ultimately mean much higher costs for consumers.”


Daniel 1 The Captivity Bible Bookmarks
Description: Encourage your students to explore Daniel 1 with these The Captivity Bible Bookmarks. Ready to print, color and cut out this Kids Bible activity is perfect for your upcoming Daniel 1 Sunday School lesson.
More From This Lesson: Daniel 1 The Captivity Sunday School Lesson For Kids
The Daniel 1 Captivity Sunday School Lesson brings to life a difficult time in Israel's history. This Bible Story gives the account of a Babylonian king named Nebuchadnezzar who conquered Jerusalem and took a host of captives (prisoners) back to Babylon. Four of these captives were named Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These four men become an illustration of how we can faithfully serve God even when the world around us does not. Inside this kids Bible lesson you'll find an exciting resource bundle that includes a beautiful Bible video, teaching slideshow, fun activities, an interactive family devotional and volunteer-friendly curriculum. It's everything you need to teach with confidence!


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2. Select the codepage you want to use in the CodePage templates tab of the new project dialog. For creating fonts for the English language choose the WINDOWS-1252 font template. Cick OK on the " New pixel font project with the selected codepage".
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Linguistic distinctions between the notions of a phrase, a word, and their components are challenged by so-called particle verbs in German and similar features in other languages. Particle verbs look like single words, yet are typically assembled from word-like fragments that together behave more like components of a phrase than of a word. The resolution of existing scholarly ambivalence has exciting ramifications, from questioning the existence of particle verbs to a broader understanding of what constitutes a word.
Particle verbs have previously been analyzed as morphological objects or as phrasal constructions, but neither approach fits cleanly within its chosen framework. The resolution presented here is that particle verbs should be seen as lexicalized phrasal constructions. Emphasizing morphological and syntactic testability, over a hundred colloquial examples are shown to break the rules of previous approaches while remaining consistent with this book's proposition. To distinguish particle verbs from similar constructions, and to demonstrate how structural and morphological factors have been misidentified in the past, preverb verb constructions (PVCs) are introduced and diagrammed. This reveals the roles of listedness and non-transparency in word formation and clarifies the conclusion that particle verbs do not form a definable class of words.


Activity for an individual child
Age group: 30-40 months
Duration of activity: 15 minutes
- 1 sheet construction paper
- Blue tempera paint
- Yellow tempera paint
- 2 pie tins
This activity is a great way to reinforce Jewish holiday traditions as well as introduce your child to counting concepts.
- Pour the paint into separate pie tins. Have your child dip her hands in the blue paint and then press them flat onto the paper. Her thumbs should overlap while her fingers should be spread apart.
- Show her how the print resembles a menorah, with the thumb prints representing the Shamash. Count the eight candles with her.
- Wash your child's hands. The have her dip one finger into the yellow paint. Help her press her finger over each candle to make a flame.


‘Minor‘ can be a noun, verb or adjective. As a noun it can mean either a person who is not yet legally an adult, or it can mean a subject at university that is your second main subject. As a verb ‘minor’ means to study a second subject at university. As an adjective it means that something is not very important or not very serious.
- Even though she was already working and independent, she went to live with her aunt when her parents died because she was still a minor.
- Ellie is majoring in maths and minoring in physics.
- The accident looked terrible, but luckily no-one was seriously injured; they had only minor bruising.
Collocations: When you learn new vocab, make sure that you note collocations too. For this group of words some collocations are:
maximum penalty, maximise outcomes, maximisation of
minor problem, minority of, a minority view
outcome driven, outcome of
to partner with, partnership between
Check the meanings of the words if you don’t already know them. Check the meanings of the various forms as sometimes they are different. You can check them at Time4english by clicking the words (http://www.time4english.com/aamain/lounge/awl.asp).
Complete the sentences below with the correct form of the word.
- To be successful online, it is a good idea to _______________ with other businesses marketing similar products. (maximise, partner)
- There is so much _______________ about the economy these days that it’s depressing. (minor, negative)
- The ______________ wage for this kind of work varies between $30 and $40 per hour.(maximise, negate)
- A _______________ of people take advantage of discounts, but most people are fair in the way they use them. (minor, outcome)
- What was the _______________ of the court case about workers’ rights?(partner, outcome)
Answers (in the wrong order below)
1. partner 2. negativity 4. minority 3. maximum 5. outcome


Dive into desalination and water security amid growing climate concern
With more than 20,000 plants now contracted around the world, desalination is enabling countries to provide water security for future generations amid growing climate concerns. By converting saline water, the process can offer freshwater in areas lacking natural groundwater, or surface water supplies. Together with water reuse, desalination can offer solutions to water scarcity and in some countries, provides over 90 per cent of total water supply. What are the processes and technologies involved in desalination? What’s the difference between MED and MSF thermal treatment? What are the pros and cons of desalination?


A process for mitigating or eliminating contamination and/or degradation of surfaces having common, adventitious atmospheric contaminants adsorbed thereon and exposed to radiation. A gas or a mixture of gases is introduced into the environment of a surface(s) to be protected. The choice of the gaseous species to be introduced (typically a hydrocarbon gas, water vapor, or oxygen or mixtures thereof) is dependent upon the contaminant as well as the ability of the gaseous species to bind to the surface to be protected. When the surface and associated bound species are exposed to radiation reactive species are formed that react with surface contaminants such as carbon or oxide films to form volatile products (e.g., CO, CO.sub.2) which desorb from the surface.
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST
This invention was made with Government support under contract no. DE-AC04-94AL85000 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to Sandia Corporation. The Government has certain rights in the invention.


HIGHER GROUND written in 1898
From our perspective today, Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1856-1922) seems to have been going through a midlife crisis. He felt he was locked into his father’s mercantile business in Medford, New Jersey. It was a good business, and he wasn’t unhappy in it… but he was growing restless.
Johnson actually wanted to do something that could reach out and touch more people for the Lord. So, he became an ordained Methodist minister and preached in churches in central New Jersey. But, his commitment to his father’s business kept him from becoming pastor of a church. He was still discontented.
When he was 36 years old, Johnson apparently found that to which he was called. He began writing gospel songs. And, within a few years, the whole world seemed to be singing his songs! He wrote “Count Your Blessings”, “No Not One”, and this hymn, “Higher Ground”. In camp meetings across the country, “Higher Ground” became a favorite hymn. It expresses the desire of most Christians, and it certainly expresses the desire of a restless Johnson Oatman, who was pressing on the upward way.
Read this hymn, and – today – step onto spiritual ground a little higher than the ground you stood on yesterday.
I’m pressing on the upward way, new heights I’m gaining every day;
still praying as I’m onward bound, “Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
Lord, lift me up and let me stand, by faith, on Heaven’s tableland,
a higher plane than I have found; Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
My heart has no desire to stay where doubts arise and fears dismay;
though some may dwell where those abound, my prayer, my aim, is higher ground.(Refrain)
I want to live above the world, though Satan’s darts at me are hurled;
for faith has caught the joyful sound, the song of saints on higher ground. (Refrain)
I want to scale the utmost height and catch a gleam of glory bright;
but still I’ll pray till heav’n I’ve found, “Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.” (Refrain)


Kloos, Willem (vĭlˈəm klōs) [key], 1859–1938, Dutch poet and critic. In 1885 he founded the progressive literary journal De Nieuwe Gids [the new guide]. His personal anger against prevailing modes of literary expression is vented in the sonnets in Verzen (1894), notable for the fresh imagery and metaphor they introduced to Dutch poetry. Unlike some of his literary associates, Kloos never developed social concerns and remained primarily a literary reformer.
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“One may well ask: “How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?” The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that “an unjust law is no law at all.”” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (excerpt from Letter from a Birmingham Jail).
Can you recall a time when you challenged a policy or directive or rule that you believed was wrong? It can be a lonely struggle. What was your situation?


March 23, 2019 Newsletter
One more week to go until Spring Break (April 1-5)!! Don’t forget there will be NO TREE HOUSE on Friday, March 29 after class. Every child will go home in car line at 12:45!!!! My husband and I will be going to our hometown, New Orleans, where we will go on a gastronomical tour. If you have been to Louisiana, you know the food is phenomenal!
The class had a great time this week playing games with our 5 Senses. We played, “What’s Missing?” for our sense of sight. “Who or What is Making That Sound?” for our sense of hearing. “What’s That Smell? where we had to guess at mystery scents. We tasted something salty, sweet, sour and bitter for taste. We felt an object in the mystery bag and had to guess what it was without peeking. Plus, your preschooler made a fantastic book that he can refer to over and over again. I explained to them that we INVESTIGATE or learn through our 5 Senses. We each created our own “Mr. Potato Head” and had fun playing a game with “Mr. Potato Head.”
We also covered the letters O & P. For our letter craft, we made “Oscar the Grouch” from Sesame Street and a picnic tablecloth for letter P. Speaking of picnics, we had a fantastic pizza picnic Friday on the field with plenty of sunshine, music but no ants!
Our Spring party is this Thursday! Please don’t forget your dozen candy-filled plastic eggs for our egg hunt. Fingers crossed for a nice morning!
Next week, will be letter review, plus we will learn about animals that hatch from eggs (oviparous animals) and will do fun things on this subject.
“Popcorn” is the answer to the question. We use all 5 senses when we eat it!
Have a splendid weekend.
Wanda and Sandy


Definition of hackable in English:
(In computing contexts) capable of being hacked: poorly chosen passwords, user names, and security questions can make accounts hackable
More example sentences
- Many choose the default word 'password' as their password, which must be the most hackable way into anyone's bank account.
- Why do all good sites use clean, consistent, hackable URLs?
- Check to see if your voice mail is hackable.
- Example sentences
- Here are a few quick, easy-to-implement security tips that will drastically reduce your hackability.
- Because of the inherent hackability of the Internet, E-business transactions require far more rigorous security.
- When I get a new phone, its hackability is my No. 1 buying consideration.
Definition of hackable in:
- British & World English dictionary
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The physical exam is the cornerstone of your pet's diagnosis. It is important because your dog or cat can't tell you when they need to go to the doctor! There may be obvious signs that your pet is ill ( lethargy, lack of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.) or no obvious sign at all. Pets tend to be very good at hiding their signs of disease.
Even if your pet seems to be perfectly healthy, a physical exam at least once a year is critical. In senior pets, a visit every 6 months is better. Your pet's exam will probably be more thorough than the exam you might receive from your own doctor. This would include checking:
Ears: The ears are checked for infections and also for parasites, as this is a common place for them to nest.
Eyes: The eyes are checked for cataracts, retinal disease, signs of glaucoma, and other abnormalities. These can all results in blindness, so it is important to check for them regularly.
Mouth: Gum disease, lesions, tooth loss, and throat problems all affect dogs and cats. They could be signs of larger problems. Performing a full mouth examination allows us to diagnose any problems and take care of them before they become a serious issue.
Internal Organs: The internal organs are examined to check that they are functioning properly. The abdominal area can be checked by hand for any growths or tumors. A stethoscope is used to listen to the heart and lungs.
Skin and Coat: This is checked to make sure that there are no fleas, ticks or other parasites that have made your pet their home. The quality of the skin and coat is a direct reflection of your pet's overall health.
If any potential problems are uncovered further tests and examination may be necessary to rule out the disease, or properly diagnose it so that it can be treated.


The Lone Star State
When Texas became a state, Mexico was arguing with Texas because they wanted the southern border to be the Rio Grande. But, Mexico's authorities always considered the Nieces River to be the border. This later caused the Mexican-American War.
The lone star state
The flag has one star therefore it is called the The lone star state.
State motto "friendship"
Mexican and Amercian war
Another big part of the agriculture are crops like cotton, which is their most valuable crop. Some other crops include greenhouse and nursery products. In addition, they also provide corn, hay, wheat, peanuts, rice, sugar cane, watermelon, grapefruit, and cantaloupes.
- The flag's symbol is the Lone Star
- Texas is the second biggest state
- Texas won independence from Mexico in 1836
- Three out of ten of the largest cities are in Texas - Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio
- Texas is the home of the Alamo where they fought Santa Ana
- Sam Houston was the only man to be governor in two states and one was Texas
- Texas is the home of the Longhorns
- My grandpa was born in Lubbock, Texas
- The population increase from 2000-2010 was 20.6%
- Texas has the most counties of any state - 263
- Texas has the biggest ranch in the country - King's Ranch
- Texas has the biggest Capital Building located in Austin, Texas


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Onchan Internment Camp
In 1940, the British government introduced a policy of internment for refugees regarded as 'enemy aliens'. Onchan Internment Camp was one of several on the Isle of Man. The newsletters produced by the internees demonstrate the wide range of activities that they organised. There is also an envelope from a letter to an internee that bears the clear marks of the official censor.
Orders of Removal
Before the introduction of the welfare state, parish relief was the system for obtaining welfare benefits. Failure to satisfy certain requirements for residence, meant that an order of removal would be issued for the individual to be returned to the parish where he or she had the legal right of settlement. In these cases, this meant returning to Ireland.
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A Sampling of Home-Schooling Resources
The best place to start learning more about home schooling is at the Web site of the Home School Legal Defense Association.
Home School Legal Defense Association
P.O. Box 3000
Purcellville, VA 20134
HSLDA provides news about home schooling, answers to frequently asked questions, and links to a variety of other Web sites of interest to parents who educate their children at home. By selecting a specific state, parents can access a summary of laws affecting home schooling in that state, together with contact information for state organizations that support home schooling. In addition, the site provides access to statistical and demographic information about home-schooling families.
Other national organizations that support home schooling:
National Home Education Research Institute
P.O. Box 13939
Salem, OR 97309
National Homeschool Association
P.O. Box 327
Webster, NY 14580-0327
http://www.thehomeschool.com and allows visitors to browse and purchase over 1,200 education products from books to CD-ROMs.
What appears to be the most complete guide to home-school resources--by country, state, social group, and intended audience--is at Karl M. Bunday's "Learn in Freedom" Web site, which also lists how-to books on home-schooling. The resource guide is at http://learninfreedom.org/hsguides.html.
Other Internet resources:
Barnes & Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com
Home Education Magazine http://www.home-ed-magazine.com
Family Education Network http://families.com
HOME-SCHOOLING DEMOGRAPHICS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Lawrence M. Rudner, Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students in 1998, Education Policy Archives, Volume 7 Number 8, March 23, 1999.
Brian D. Ray, Strengths of Their Own: Home Schoolers Across America, National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon.
HISTORY OF HOMESCHOOLING
Isabel Lyman, "Homeschooling: Back to the Future?" Cato Institute Policy Analysis #294, January 7, 1998.


How Much Does the Youngest Boy Get?
Date: 05/25/2000 at 19:33:55 From: Joshua Subject: Word Problems Five brothers, each born in a different year, share a gift of $100 according to the following arrangement: each boy except the youngest gets $5 more than his next younger brother. How much does the youngest boy get?
Date: 05/26/2000 at 03:01:00 From: Doctor Jesse Subject: Re: Word Problems Hi, Josh. The trick to most word problems is trying to turn the words into an equation. Once you have the equation, things are pretty easy (most of the time). Let's look at what we have. Five brothers are splitting $100... So, we could say something like: a + b + c + d + e = 100 But that doesn't do us much good on its own. We need to know how much the youngest boy got. But we have more information, which we can use to modify our equation. If the youngest boy is a , and the next youngest is b , etc., then we know that: b = a + 5 c = b + 5 d = c + 5 e = d + 5 This gives us the ability to put everything in terms of a ... b is already that way: b = a + 5 Now, c = b + 5, or (a + 5) + 5, so c = a + 10. Get it? It is pretty easy to see that: d = a + 15 and e = a + 20 So now you can turn: a + b + c + d + e = 100 into: a + (a + 5) + (a + 10) + (a + 15) + (a + 20) = 100 And I'll let you take it from there... Good luck - you can do it. - Doctor Jesse, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
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Do you teach cursive handwriting in your homeschool? Along with teaching typing proficiency, homeschool parents should also recognize the importance of learning proper handwriting skills. Many people say that teaching and learning to write in cursive is no longer important for today’s children. Some people disagree with that notion.
For instance, if your child doesn’t know how to write in cursive, they likely will not know how to read words written in cursive. There’s an easy way to include cursive handwriting into your daily school schedule. By assigning your children their spelling words to be written in cursive, they will not only be practicing their handwriting, but their spelling words as well. Try out some cursive handwriting worksheets for your homeschooler this year!


Why does Cathy/Kate Change Her Name?
The novel keeps circling back to Cathy. The narrator John Steinbeck reexamines her meaning, literally rereading the text of Cathy in Chapters 8, 13, 17. "When I said Cathy was a monster it seemed to me that it was so," he begins Chapter 17. "Now I have bent close with a glass over the small print of her and reread the footnotes, and I wonder if it was true." What is at stake here is the narrator's own creative freedom, as Steinbeck the artist, to leave the marks of his creative process in the book. He reminds the reader, with his presence in the novel, that he is the artist, the shaper, the namer. He reassesses Cathy so insistently because he asks that his readers do so as well. Rereading the fine print of Cathy duplicates the readers' reading and, Steinbeck would hope, readers' identification with the fine print of their own psyches. In this novel about the power of good and evil to shape lives, Steinbeck muses about fiction, fact, creativity and truth—and asks his reader to do the same. Thou mayest' create a self.
Does Cathy become less terrifying at the end of the book, more human? This question remains open. Is her giving Aron money an act of kindness—her only one—or her final act of revenge, forcing him to accept tainted money, her own?
In this novel, characters shift identities. They recreate selves.Learn more about Abra's role


Conservation Education Program Things to Remember
- Appropriate Clothing: The outdoors is an enjoyable place to learn if you and your students are adequately prepared. Proper dress is extremely important when outside at any time of the year. In order to maintain enthusiasm and stimulate learning, students should be dressed to suit the weather. Please wear seasonally appropriate clothing, closed-toed shoes (no sandals), long pants, long sleeves and layering clothes are recommended. Rubber boots and rain coats should be worn during wet periods. Rubber boots or older closed-toed shoes are recommended for river and fossil programs.
- Supplies to Bring: Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) staff are equipped with their own first-aid kit, emergency maps for each conservation area, whistle, and cell phone. Additionally, we recommend teachers bring a first aid kit, cell phone, hand sanitizer/wipes, medication for allergies or asthma, sun screen and insect repellent. Only Rock Glen Conservation Area has potable drinking water available. At other conservation areas, please ensure students bring plenty of drinking water and refillable water bottles. If your group is staying for lunch, please ensure that lunches are litterless.
- Adult Supervision: Adult to student ratios should be in accordance with school board policies.
- Nature Appreciation: We ask that you appreciate nature and leave it for others to enjoy. Collection of any living thing or non-living thing is prohibited on ABCA lands.
- Special Needs: If you have a student with special needs, please let us know in advance. We will do our best to accommodate their needs and make the trip enjoyable for everyone!


Sage is excellent software to learn mathematics from a beginner’s level to a very advanced one. All branches of mathematics such as algebra, group theory, number theory and much more are covered in this program. It also provides links to many commercial applications which use mathematical functions so that both applications can be tightly integrated.
Sage uses one of the most common languages called Python which makes it easy for the users to program it in any way they want by combining mathematics and other elements. This makes the skills in Python compulsory for those who want to get the maximum advantage from Sage. Those who do not know Python can still use it but with some difficulty.
Sage can reside in your computer or can be run from anywhere in the network. Being Open source software the program can work very well with Windows, Mac and Linux with the optimum browser being Mozilla Firefox. While Sage can create embedded graphics and mathematical formulae, it can also visualize the formulae and make calculations easy.
Sage is supported by two active user groups providing email support as and when you need it. The documentation is excellent customized for both the experts and for the new kids in the block. The software is very easy to learn and use and provides good quality performance comparable to the commercial alternatives.
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