in your answer, explain the relevance of resurgam
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Helen presents her Christian philosophy of forgiveness and endurance: one must bear the sins of others, turn the other cheek, and love thy enemy. Jane, of course, is at odds with this idea, believing that standing up for herself often means fighting back. While Helen's form of Christianity is not useful for Jane, neither is Jane's attitude of self-defense; she must find and develop her own brand of spirituality. I think Jane does, in the end, learn to temper her aggressiveness and uses Helen's philosophy to better herself. In Latin Resurgam means "I shall rise again". One could argue that Helene's life was cut short trying to validate herself in other people's eyes. The irony is that Jane learns much from Helen even though Helen's life is cut short. One can say part of Helen "rises again" through Jane as Jane uses some of Helen's piousness in her outlook and decisions.


The view of Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaa`ah since the time of the Four A'immah (Imaam Abu Haneefah, Imaam Maalik, Imaam ash-Shaafi`ee, Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal) has been that celebrating the holidays of the Kuffaar is Haraam. There are only two views with regards to celebrating the holidays of the Kuffaar:
1) It is Kufr.
2) It is Haraam.
The most lenient view in this regard is that the one who does so has committed a Haraam act but has not become a Kaafir.
There is no view of permissibility, among Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaa`ah.
The view that it is permissible to celebrate Christmas, etc. is a view that Shaytaan invented a few years ago and inspired to his followers. It is a view which opposes the Qur'aan and the Sunnah. The Mufassiroon of Islaam for 1,438 years have Ijmaa` that the Aayah of the Qur'aan: "والذين لا يشهدون الزور
" (those who do not take part in az-Zoor), that "az-Zoor" refers to the holidays and celebrations of the Kuffaar.


Cape Girardeau (, French: Cap-Girardeau [kap ʒiʁaʁdo] (listen); colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Girardeau County and Scott County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is located approximately 100 miles (160 km) southeast of St. Louis and 150 miles (240 km) north of Memphis. As of the 2019 United States Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 40,559, making it the 17th-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Southeast Missouri. An emerging college town, it's the home of Southeast Missouri State University.
The city is named after Jean Baptiste de Girardot, who established a temporary trading post in the area around 1733. He was a French soldier stationed at Kaskaskia between 1704 and 1720 in the French colony of La Louisiane. The "Cape" in the city name referred to a rock promontory overlooking the Mississippi River; it was later destroyed by railroad construction. As early as 1765, a bend in the Mississippi River, about 60 miles (97 km) south of the French village of Ste. Genevieve, had been referred to as Cape Girardot or Girardeau (both pronounced the same in French).


It's dangerous, sometimes gross and something your pooch definitely shouldn't do. It's called pica, and it means eating non-food items, sometimes in a compulsive manner. Not much is known about it, but it's definitely something you should put a stop to as soon as possible.
What Pica Is
Pica is the eating of non-food items -- items that have no nutritional value. This is a common occurrence in puppies, as they tend to explore the world with their mouth. By 6 months or so of age, most dogs grow out of this behavior, but this unfortunately isn't always the case.
The exact causes of pica are unknown, but there are several speculations as to what triggers this disease. One such cause is nutrient deficiency. Your pup may not be getting enough of a certain nutrient, such as iron, and may be trying to make himself healthier. Gastrointestinal problems may also lead to pica, including stomach pains or intestinal parasites. Another cause could be anxiety, stress or attention-seeking.
Discussing the Problem
Before all else, take your pooch to your favorite veterinarian and have him looked at for possible parasites, nutrient deficiencies or other health problems. If these are present, your pooch may continue to seek out the missing nutrient or to ease his stomach pain despite whatever you do to try to make him stop eating forbidden items.
Stopping the Pica
Because pica easily turns into a compulsive behavior in your pooch, it's going to be up to you to save the day and help him stop getting into the stuff he so desperately wants to eat. The best thing you can do is to keep him away from what he's after. Put him on a leash while he's outside and put the inside stuff out of his reach. Use taste deterrents on objects you can't easily keep away from him. These include commercially bought bitter-tasting sprays or even hot sauce.
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Zinc is essential to good health as it is found in every cell of the body and is involved in many enzymatic reactions. Adequate levels of zinc are critical for the proper functioning of the immune system. It is important in wound healing, in the maintenance of the senses (vision, taste and smell) and healthy skin. Low zinc levels can therefore increase susceptibility to infection and can lead to poor wound healing, decreased sense of taste and smell, and skin disorders. Zinc also plays an essential role in male reproductive health and in the production of healthy sperm. Vitamin A plays an essential role in the healthy function and repair of the skin, as well as being important to the immune system. Vitamin B6 helps to increase the concentrations of both zinc and magnesium in the cells. No added salt, yeast, gluten, wheat, milk derivatives, preservatives, artificial colours, flavours & sweeteners.


By Jill Harden and Olivia Lelong
St Kilda is one of the more distant groups of small islands that are scattered around the west and north of Scotland. With stunning scenery, huge seabird colonies and the visible, abandoned remains of past lives, it is a place that draws many island travellers. The histories and myths associated with the archipelago have added intrigue to this remote part of the Western Isles. Many have concentrated on differences rather than similarities in the lifestyles of St Kildans compared to other island communities, whether in recent, historic or prehistoric times.
This volume, which interprets archaeological research undertaken on the main island Hirta over the past twenty years, provides another view. Much still survives to be read in the landscape of pre-improvement, medieval and prehistoric settlement, and this encourages a fresh, integrated focus for island studies.
New evidence has emerged through the extremely challenging excavation of structures in screes, the study of agricultural soils and boundaries and the re-examination of enigmatic structural remains on the island, illuminating how people lived and farmed there over the past two millennia and more. The studies were undertaken by archaeologists, geophysicists and palaeo-ecologists, aided by National Trust for Scotland volunteers. This volume presents the results of their work, as well as a review of antiquarian and other archaeological studies on Hirta, and culminated in an interpretation of St Kilda in its context during prehistoric and historic times.
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland gratefully acknowledges funding towards the publication of this volume from the National Trust for Scotland and Historic Scotland.


The water vole is widely distributed throughout Europe from the UK to eastern Siberia (5). It is widespread throughout Britain but is generally restricted to lowland areas beside water (2). Once a very familiar mammal of the British countryside, the population has undergone one of the fastest and most serious recent declines of any British mammal (5). The species has been in decline for many decades (6), and a national survey in 1996 to 1998 showed that the water vole had been lost from a massive 94 percent of sites (5) and had vanished from entire catchments in northeast Scotland, North Yorkshire and Oxfordshire (5).
The actual figure for habitat loss (from 1900) stated in the 1989-90 survey is 67.7%, and the figures for habitat loss (from the previous study) in the 1996-1998 study are 69.62% (baseline only) or 67.49% (baseline and historical). This would give total loss from 1900 until the 1996-1998 study of 90.2% or 89.6%.
The claim above that the 1996-98 survey showed a loss of 94% of sites is incorrect. This figure of 94% is from the earlier 1989-90 study by Jefferies and Strachan, and is an extrapolated figure - "Thus, we could eventually have a total loss of 94% of occupied sites this century and an even greater reduction in actual numbers." The actual loss reported in the study, since 1900, is 67.7%, although it may be as high as 77.2%. See Jefferies and Strachan, "The Water Vole Arvicola terrestris in Britain 1989-1990: Its distribution and changing Status", The Vincent Wildlife Trust, ISBN:0-946081-23-9


WHO IS MY NEIGHBOUR? THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
by Joseph Martos
The social teaching of the New Testament is presented against the background of the Law of Moses (not just the Ten Commandments, but many other commands and prohibitions that are found in the Pentateuch) and the message of the prophets, especially the polemics of Amos and Micah, Isaiah and Jeremiah, against injustices perpetrated by rulers and the wealthy in Israel and Judah. In a word, Old Testament morality taught Jews to be fair and just toward their compatriots (gentiles did not have to be treated fairly), and to be compassionate toward the poor and the defenseless (including gentiles who were living among them).


Granulocytes ( singular : the granulocyte ; of Latin granule "granules" and ancient Greek κύτος Cytos , German , hollow ' ), and polymorphonuclear leukocytes (of ancient Greek πολύ poly , German , many' , ancient Greek μορφή morph , German , shape ' , ancient Greek λευκός leukós , German 'white' and ancient Greek κύτος cýtos , German 'cavity, vessel, shell' ) and formerly also called granulated leukocytes , are certain white blood cells. They make up 45 to 75% of all white blood cells ( leukocytes ).
There are neutrophilic , basophilic and eosinophilic granulocytes , which are described and subdivided according to the staining behavior of the cytoplasm and which have different functions. Their main task is the unspecific fight ( innate immune response ) against bacteria , parasites and fungi . Some granulocytes are able to absorb and destroy pathogens. These granulocytes are therefore counted among the " phagocytes ".
Granulocytes are formed in the bone marrow and released into the blood . They can also leave the bloodstream and migrate into the tissue . The lifespan of basophils is about seven days, that of neutrophils one to four days. The granulocytes are broken down in the mononuclear phagocytosis system by monocytes .
The lower reference interval limit for adults is 2,000 / µl.
Neutrophil granulocyte , rod-shaped
Neutrophil granulocyte , segmented
- ↑ Basophile ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Reference database of the Charité.
- ↑ granulocytopenia. January 1, 2008, accessed on February 5, 2019 (German).


This Society is focused on fostering, reinforcing and promoting traditional Catholic principles in society. Each day on this page, you’ll find the Saints of the Day as reflected in the traditional calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. Read more about our mission and beliefs here.
On May 30, 1862, Don Bosco narrated the following dream. It concerns the battles of the Church against many adversaries, the sufferings of the Pope and the final triumph through devotion to the Holy Eucharist and to Mary, Help of Christians.
The painting below, created by Matthew Brooks, is used with permission. It depicts one of the forty dreams of St. John Bosco. In it, two ships battled in a violent sea. Within this depiction is a stunning amount of symbolism.
Below are the Saints of the Day as reflected in the traditional calendar of the Roman Catholic Church.


what are chordata?
Chordata is the most physically complicated phylum in the Animal kingdom. It is the phylum in which us humans are classified in. It is also very diverse, enlisting mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds as primary categories of classification within. It is the largest phylum, with 60,000 living species. Some species in chordata hold records for the world's fastest and largest animals.
comparisons among ANIMALS
All of the chordata that I have picked for this page demonstrate individual and shared uses for their muscular system. The great diversity among this phylum granted me a little fun picking animals. All of these chordata have segmented muscles in their bodies. They also use their muscles for the sake of movement in their environments. Individual uses would be the tail muscles in a komodo dragon and the fin muscles in the goldfish that propel it in water.


7:00 – 5:00 ASRC MKT
- Seasucker.com for roof racks?
- Continuing to write up notes from At Home in the Universe.
- Discussion with Matt about the deliverables for the Serial Interactions in Imperfect Information Games Applied to Complex Military Decision-Making (SI3-CMD) request
- DARPA proposal template
- Resized images for Aaron
- Biodiversity and the Balance of Nature
- As we destroy biological diversity, what else are we doing to the environment, what is being changed, and how will those changes affect us? One part of the answers to these questions is provided by Lawton and Brown’s consideration of redundancy (Chap. 12). Part of what the environment does for us involves “ecosystem services” — the movement of energy and nutrients through the air, water, and land, and through the food chains (Ehrlich, Foreword). Just how much biological diversity we need to keep the movement at approximately natural levels is a question of critical importance. Nonetheless, it is not a question that is commonly asked. A major synthesis of theories on the dynamics of nutrient cycling (DeAngelis 1991) devotes little space to the consequences of changes in the numbers of species per trophic level: It is the number of trophic levels that receives the attention. One might well conclude that, over broad limits, ecosystem services will continue to be provided, so long as there are some plants, some animals, some decomposers, and so on. Lawton and Brown conclude that numerous species are redundant.


The fossil Ida is being used by scientists as an assault on a gullible public. One fossil does not represent a transitional species any more than the remains of a two-headed snake represents a transition of snakes from one head to two heads. They're simply aberrations of nature.
You'd need more than one fossil to represent a species, and you'd need many transitional aberrations that couldn't survive to show an evolutionary process was going on.
There are organisms, humans included, which are occasionally born deformed. In the millions of known cases, they haven't been known to drastically change the course of a species.
There are humans with both male and female physical characteristics. Are males evolving into females, or vise versa? Of course not. These are simply anomalies, and don't seem to drastically effect the course of the species.
Caterpillars are crawling creatures that go through a stage called pupa, in which they undergo a complete metamorphosis and emerge as flying creatures. Tadpoles are aquatic, gill-breathing, legless creatures that develop lungs, legs, and other organs to roam on dry land. Some salamanders undergo a metamorphosis which also takes them from an aquatic environment to an air-breathing one.
Although these creatures undergo such drastic changes in only one generation, not one has, in the millions of known cases, ever evolved into anything beyond their usual, known final stage. There is obviously no evolution going on here. A limited number of creatures apparently have the genetic blueprint for transforming into very specific new forms. Perhaps Ida was such a species. But evidence of evolution? There's absolutely nothing to indicate that.
Ida represents the fanciful speculations of a scientific community determined to publicize its biased agenda.
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Thank you for stopping by my store. Please download the PREVIEW to "see" the types of worksheets included in this resource.
This resource were created to supplement the Words Their Way program (Letter Name book sorts 15-24); however, you do not need to be familiar with the program to use the resource.
This resouce includes three types of worksheet for each set of words. There are 10 sets of words/spelling patterns.
The first worksheet has three parts:
Color It (sort)
Spin It, Read It, Write It
On the second worksheet students cut and paste the diagraph/blend to make a word that matches a picture. Then rainbow write the word.
The third worksheet has students spin the spinner, then match the picture on the spinner to a word in a bubble. Color the bubble. Repeat.
Words/spelling patterns included in this resource are:
sh, ch, wh, th
s, t, st
sp, sk, sm
sc, sn, sw
pl, sl, bl, fl
cr, cl, fr, gl, gr
pr, tr, dr, br
k, wh, qu, tw
I am NOT associated with Pearson or the Words Their Way program. I just use it in my first grade classroom.
Consonant Diagraphs and Blends Word Work
by KaSandra Elvir
is licensed under a Creative Commons Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional License


|Title||Board of Education Minute Books|
|Collection||Midland Public School Collection - Permanent Collection|
|Source||Midland Public Schools|
|Year Range from||1893|
|Year Range to||2001|
|Creator||Midland Public Schools|
|Other Creators||Midland County Board of Education|
|Admin/Biographical History||The Midland Board of Education was formed May 8th 1893, establishing a single board overseeing all schools within the City of Midland, the new board replaced an older system of each school managed by individual boards. Original board members included: Henry Hart, J.W. Snell, F. A. Towsley, F.L. Post, B.B. Ball, and Reardon.|
|Scope & Content||
Midland Public Schools Board of Education Minutes Books.
The Board of Education minute books document the decisions of the Midland Public School system including the annexation of elementary schools originally located in outside of the city limits, consolidation and closures of schools and other actions of the school board.
|Level of description||Series|
Government, Board of Education
|Extent of Description||29 Volumes|


In the history of popular and vernacular music it is usually hard to pinpoint the genesis of a new genre or style on one particular individual. Many musicologists acknowledge today that blacks in Louisiana adopted the accordion before their white Cajun counterparts. Modern zydeco music even includes Caribbean and Latin rhythms along with strains of modern rock and pop. Clifton Chenier did not create zydeco a credit generally given to Amédé Ardoin, a diatonic accordionist who in 1929 cut the first zydeco record though he certainly codified the way this Louisiana Creole music is still played in the bayous and beyond.
Bypassing the old fashioned diatonic button squeezebox and mastering the chromatic piano accordion, Clifton Chenier developed fresh approaches to traditional French folk songs and the blues. Starting out in the bayous of southern Louisiana, he became an international superstar with his Red Hot Louisiana Band.
Clifton Chenier was born June 25, 1925, in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, his father, Joseph Chenier, was a local musician who played the accordion at home and at dances known as fais dodos. As a child, Clifton worked on a farm outside Opelousas and was interested in music. He learned the basics of accordion playing from his father, and by the time he was 16 years of age, he was playing the accordion, accompanied by his older brother Cleveland, who played the frottoir (washboard or rub-board) with a metal bottle opener. The frottoir was adapted by early African American Creoles as a rhythm instrument.


Evidence of Impact of Interventions on Health and Development during Middle Childhood and School Age
Evidence is explored regarding whether interventions in school-age children can affect their later development by (1) reviewing the evidence for and against irreversibility to look for specific empirical examples supporting or refuting the idea of lifelong irreversibility; and (2) asking whether interventions after the early years of life help children regain or approach their innate capacity for development. The effects of early deprivation do not necessarily persist throughout life, especially if environmental circumstances change, and the trajectories of child growth and cognitive development respond rather strongly to growth-promoting interventions after age two years. This does not mean that catch-up growth and improvements in cognitive functioning in school-age children always happen, but little evidence exists to support the notion that early deficits remain irreversible. The significant remaining task covers developing and evaluating a range of interventions to introduce over time into a policy broader than now exists for reaching disadvantaged children throughout their lifecycle.


M110A2 Self-Propelled Howitzer
The M110A2 is a self-propelled heavy artillery cannon with a crew of 12. Designed to be part of a common family of weapons utilising the same chassis components, the M107 and M110 were essentially the same vehicle mounting different barrels. This full-tracked, self-propelled artillery weapon that fires a 200-pound, eight-inch diameter projectile. The shell leaves the muzzle at a velocity of 2,300 feet per second and can travel more than 18 miles.
Ammunition includes standard high explosives, bomblets and high explosive rockets. It is found in some corps artillery units. This howitzer system was designed to provide medium-range, general support artillery fire. Powered by a Detroit Diesel, it is not armored and can travel at a top speed of between 30 an 45 miles per hour. The M110A2 was built by Bowen-McLauchlin-York of York, Pennsylvania. Widely used in Vietnam, the Army received this howitzer in 1963. There were 1,023 M-110A2s in the Army inventory in the early 1990s, prior to the system being phased out of service.
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||1 x 203mm M2a1 Howitzer
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Pines: Drawings and Descriptions of the Genus Pinus.
235pp, drawings, world distribution maps. Revised and updated version of this overview of the commonly known species of pines, with a new chapter on phylogeny and classification. Conservation aspects have been added to species accounts in a concise format, following IUCN evaluations. Hardback
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But the big news is IBM's prototype Blue Gene/L, being developed for the Livermore Labs. It currently runs at 70.72 teraflops --but they're still tweaking it. When the final version is finished, it should hit 360 teraflops without breaking a sweat.
The current record? Two years ago, 35.86 teraflops. The newest computer, IBM's Blue Gene, potentially could increase the record by a factor of 10. What are they going to use this for, you might ask. Well, at least they're doing the right thing. Blue Gene would (finally) be powerful enough to do protein folding, something which is currently being done through distributed computing (and a very worthwhile cause, I might add). Protein folding could lead to huge advances in the understands and eventual treatment of Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, and Parkinson's disease.
Computer science (the real science part) is finally producing machines that can do things not just that humans cannot do, but doing things we never thought we'd desire to do. Sure, playing chess against a machine is a novel activity, but divining intelligence from such an encounter is another thing altogether. When we do reach the computing power of a human brain, what then? It's not like we'll stop development of computers; we'll obviously surpass that level quickly. And that's a big deal. For the first time in history, mankind will have access to answers from an intelligence more powerful than himself (faith-based Q&A aside).
How does that molecule act when we drop in, say, this new chemical? Does the reaction differ in someone who is taking drug A? The computer will tell you, accurately and relatively quickly. Whole buildings will be devoted to simulating individuals many times over, simply to test reactions to, well, anything we can imagine.
It's a very exciting, and scary, time.


An algal bloom in Lake Burien had high concentrations of the toxin microcystin, King County reported this week.
The county is warning that people and pets should not swim in the lake, drink lake water, or engage in other water-contact activities.
According to Wikipedia:
“Microcystins—or cyanoginosins—are a class of toxins produced by certain freshwater blue-green algae. Over 50 different microcystins have been discovered so far, of which microcystin-LR is the most common. Chemically they are cyclic heptapeptides produced through nonribosomal peptide synthases.
“Cyanobacteria can produce microcystins in large quantities during algal blooms which then pose a major threat to drinking and irrigation water supplies, and the environment at large.”
Microcystins are hepatotoxic, i.e., able to cause serious damage to the liver. Once ingested, the toxin travels to the liver via the bile acid transport system, where most is stored, though some remains in the blood stream and may contaminate tissue. Acute health effects of Microcystin-LR are abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea, diarrhea, headache, blistering around the mouth, and after inhalation sore throat, dry cough, and pneumonia.
Visit the Northwest Toxic Algae website for more information.


Children must be properly immunized according to the laws of the State of New Mexico. A child will not be allowed to enroll or stay in school without the proper immunization(s). The state law also requires that all students participating in extra-curricular activities must have a physical or he/she cannot participate in sport activities.
All students must have the following schedule of immunizations on file at school before they can attend:
- A child entering OOCS for the first time must be vaccinated against: Polio, Measles, (1 day) or
Red Measles, Rubella (German or 3 day Measles), DPT, Mumps, and any other immunizations
as required by the NMHED.
If a parent is a conscientious objector to the immunization of their son/daughter, the school must have a certified verifying that fact. The certificate may be obtained at IHS or at the Santa Clara Clinic. This certificate must be renewed every nine months. Another address to request exemption from immunizations is:
New Mexico Health and Environment Department
Public Health Division
1190 St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM87503


A sleep behavior research of preschool children in Singapore suggests that there is a clear correlation of sleep duration with cognitive functioning, learning and physical growth of children (Aishworiya et al., 2012). The shorter sleep time and later or irregular bedtimes in Singaporean preschoolers have implications on their long-term academic performance and health.
Parents can foster sleeping early and sufficiently, by establishing sleeping rules, limit technology and being a good example (National Sleep Foundation).
So how much should infants and toddlers sleep?
The guidelines recommended by experts from Japan and United States* are:
|Age||Sleep Hours per Night||Daytime Nap Hours|
|0 – 12 months||9 to 10 hours||3 to 7 hours|
|13 – 24 months||9 to 10 hours||2 to 4 hours|
- Japan – Dr Akira Maehashi, Professor Waseda University, Japan.
- USA – Dr Timothy Morgenthaler (M.D) Mayo Clinic.
In Kinderland, we understand the importance of daytime naps for our young ones and provide a conducive daytime nap environment, with homey soft-lighting, comfortable sleep cots and soothing classical music playing in the background. Music for babies has been proven to improve their spatial-reasoning and develops strong music-related connections in their brains (Bales, 2014).


MAKING SURE OUR CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED
- Improve Grade 9 year-end results by 10-20% to meet the NDA (National Development Plan) goal of ensuring that 75% of Grades 3, 6 & 9 learners score at least 50% in Literacy, Mathematics and Science.
- Address the underperformance in Mathematics and English as a mathematics language of learners who come from or are in township and rural schools.
- Increase the number of learners in township and rural schools that are selected for Core Mathematics in Grade 10, by at least 50% to ensure entry into tertiary education.
- Address the multiple competence levels of learners in every Grade 4–9 class, as well as in schools accessing learners from townships and rural areas. Generally these learners are two (2) to three (3) Grade levels below the competence requirements in Mathematics for the grade they are actually in. Without an urgent immediate intervention a learner’s problems will merely be compounded as the learner moves from Grade to Grade.
- Address the learner’s poor grasp of mathematical concepts, problem solving, critical thinking and practical application of skills learned in Grades 4-9 with urgency.
- Assist in generalist teacher skill upgrade in Primary Schools using EDUTRAC Xtra’s CAPS (Curriculum Assessment Policy Document) aligned program to enable them to teach Grades 4-9 with competence and confidence.
- Ensure that competent mathematics teachers can focus on the process of delivering 21st Century Grade Level appropriate lessons while a learner centred ICT driven program is applied simultaneously to address the needs of learners with poor levels of Mathematics competence.
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Read Job 1:1-5
In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. Job 1:1
Lord Byron was on target when he wrote: "Truth is always strange; stranger than fiction."
The book of Job is not religious fiction. Job was a real person, not an imaginary character; both Ezekiel (14:14, 20) and James (5:11) attest to that fact. Because he was a real man who had real experiences, he can tell us what we need to know about life and its problems in this real world.
Job was "blameless and upright." He was not sinless, for nobody can claim that distinction except Jesus, but he was complete and mature in character and "straight" in conduct. The Hebrew word translated "blameless" is related to "integrity," another important word used throughout the book of Job. People with integrity are whole persons, without hypocrisy or duplicity. In the face of his friends' accusations and God's silence, Job maintained his integrity; and the Lord ultimately vindicated him.
The foundation for Job's character was the fact that he "feared God and shunned evil." To fear the Lord means to respect who He is, what He says, and what He does. It is not the cringing fear of a slave before a master, but the loving reverence of a child before a father, a respect that leads to obedience. "The remarkable thing about fearing God," said Oswald Chambers, "is that when you fear God you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else."
Applying God's Truth:
What things would you need to do before other people considered you blameless?
Can you think of a recent situation in which you considered compromising your integrity? If not, can you think of any situation in which you might?
Would you say that you fear God? Explain.
Devotions for Patience and Wholeness ©2005 by Dr. Warren Wiersbe. Used by permission of David C Cook. May not be further reproduced. All rights reserved.


It isn’t strictly accurate to use “artificial intelligence” to refer to currently available technologies like robots, autonomous vehicles, and digital assistants that implement machine learning. The algorithms that drive these technologies are still fairly constrained to the problems they are given to solve. In other words, they aren’t yet able to independently collect data and derive new models without external programming.
The AlphaGo program, developed by Google, is an exciting step forward in artificial intelligence. It was able to beat human players at a challenging game, a feat that had previously proven impossible. But, AlphaGo is still engineered to do one thing very well, it is not an autonomous intelligence that could, for example, say, “Hey, can we switch it up and play checkers instead?”
While we are making some important and exciting steps in the direction of artificial intelligence, we still have not reached the science-fiction version of AI.


Basics of the J1772 standard.
|Level 1 (L1)||120VAC||16A max per J1772|
|Level 2 (L2)||208 - 240VAC||80A|
|Duty Cycle||Max Current|
|3% - 7%||Digitial Com Required|
|10% - 96%||6A - 80A|
The proximity runs between the EV and the J1772 handle, some J1772 cordsets include 4 wires (AC Hot 1, AC Hot 2, Ground, Pilot) and some have 5 wires an additional to access the proximity circuit.
From the J1772 handle (not connected to vehicle) the proximity circuit should read about 150 ohms when measured from proximity to ground. When the button is pressed the reading should increase to about 480 ohms. The change in resistance signals the EV to stop pulling current. The relay in the EVSE will stay closed until the pilot is dropped however J1772 compliant EVs will stop pulling significant current.


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Q 3002580438.     `100` surnames were randomly picked up from a local telephone directry and the frequency distribution of the number of letters in the English alphabets in the surnames was obtained as follows
Find the median and mean number of letters in the surnames.
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At the intersection of policy pushes to assess teacher effectiveness and to improve accountability systems for teacher preparation programs lie state efforts to connect student achievement data to preparation programs. About a dozen states have begun or have announced plans to link student learning gains to programs, and many more will likely follow suit, especially if the long-awaited new HEA regulations make doing so a federal requirement.
The use of student achievement data holds great promise because it allows objective comparison of one program with another in the same state and can help institutions improve program quality. With this great value, however, comes great challenge. Building strong growth or value added models for teacher preparation programs is no small task.
We've taken a close look at the experience of early adopters and, in a new brief, NCTQ offers six core principles for strong design based on the models developed in three pioneering states: Louisiana, North Carolina and Tennessee.
1. Data need to be sufficiently specific, generating findings for individual programs within an institution.
2. Identifying the outliers--the programs at the highest and lowest ends of the spectrum--is what's most important.
3. Use an absolute standard of new teacher performance for comparison.
4. Try to keep politics out of the technical design of the model.
5. Check the impact of the distribution of graduates among K-12 schools in a state.
6. Findings must be clearly communicated.
Just as student growth data have an important role to play as one of multiple measures in teacher evaluation, so too can they be used as part of a multifaceted assessment of teacher preparation programs. These principles can help states to maximize their models' usefulness in identifying high and low performing programs and helping programs to improve. Read more here.


Lincoln came out a victor in the 1860 presidential election despite winning only 2 percent of the Southern vote
Lincoln’s oration at New York’s Cooper Union showed that the prairie lawyer could play in the big leagues
A student of the speech that changed Lincoln’s career visits the place where he gave it
Every presidential election is exciting when it happens. Then the passing of time usually makes the outcome seem less than crucial. But after more than a century and a quarter, the election of 1860 retains its terrible urgency.


Learning to share
Can we share the Earth with other humans? This question is the defining political question of the 21st century. This century is the century of either mass genocide, or mass cooperation. It will be one or the other. As sea levels rise, as societies strain, as governments crumble, people movements will overrun the Earth and refugees will seek shelter in safer places.
It is up to us how we respond to this reality. Will we put those refugees in camps? Will we let them die on their own?
Or will we respond with cooperation and with an urge to preserve civilization?
Can we share the Earth with other species? Scientists have concluded that to preserve ecosystemic harmony, half of the Earth needs to be left alone and given back to Nature. This will permit the global biosphere to recover.
Can we find it in ourselves to share half of the Earth with other species, even if we consider them lower sentience? Do we even know enough about the Earth to rank sentience, in some sort of bizarre hierarchy that puts humans on top? Do the forests think? Do dolphins fall in love? Have we even thought to ask these questions?
Can we share the Earth with future generations? The fate of the human race will be decided in the next 50 years. If we do nothing, and sit on our hands, the human race will go extinct. There may no longer be future generations of humans, and if there are, they will have an extremely difficult time living on this Earth.
We have to change our ways, and we have to do it now.
Do we have it in us to share the Earth with future generations?


Feces (or faeces), also called turd or stool, is the body's solid waste left over from eating food. Human feces leave the intestinal tract and are removed from the body through the anus. Feces are known for their unpleasant odor and brownish color.
Although feces are generally considered waste, they actually have many uses. Feces are used by some scientists to follow tiger populations. Feces from some animals can be used to create fertilizers for plant crops. Some feces are also used as a fuel for fires.
Feces Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.


In a series of papers released on Sunday, researchers showed that it’s possible to reduce many of the problems with age, including declines in memory and loss of muscle strength, simply by supplying older mice with blood plasma from younger ones. The work even identified a specific protein, GDF11, that mediates many of the effects. The work suggests that some aspects of the aging brain aren’t necessarily an internal feature of the neurons that comprise it, but a product of their interactions with their environment—an environment that could potentially be changed. The work grew out of a rather unusual laboratory technique that creates what are termed “parabionts,” genetically matched animals in which patches of skin are surgically fused. Eventually, their circulatory systems mesh, allowing factors from one animal to freely move through the body of the other.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World's ReligionseBook - 1997
You're no idiot, of course. You can find India on a world map better than Columbus could, and you learned to pronounce the name of the new guy at work on his first day. But when it comes to understanding what your next-door neighbors believe, you feel like you just dropped in from another planet. Make yourself at home! The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World's Religions is the perfect introduction to the faiths and practices you've wondered about. Get comfortable with Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Shinto. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:
Baker & Taylor
A entertaining, nuts-and-dolts primer explains the elements of the world's religions and religious holidays, and offers tips on participating in weddings and other religious occasions in unfamiliar faiths--including the reader's own. Original.
Explains the basic tenets, scriptures, history, and festivals of the world's major religions, and gives advice on what to say when the subject of religion comes up


a1 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Energy and Environment Directory; Ewa.Ronnebro@pnnl.gov
a2 University of Missouri–St. Louis, Department of Physics and Astronomy; firstname.lastname@example.org
Metal hydrides are a fascinating class of materials that can be utilized for a surprising variety of clean energy applications, including smart solar collectors, smart windows, sensors, thermal energy storage, and batteries, in addition to their traditional application for hydrogen storage. Over the past decade, research on metal hydrides for hydrogen storage increased due to global governmental incentives and an increased focus on hydrogen storage research for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell operation. Tremendous progress has been made in so-called complex metal hydrides for hydrogen storage applications with the discovery of many new hydrides containing covalently bound complex anions. Many of these materials have applications beyond hydrogen storage and are being investigated for lithium-ion battery separator and anode materials. In this issue of MRS Bulletin, we present the state of the art of key evolving metal-hydride-based clean energy technologies with an outlook toward future needs.


Illustration of consonance and dissonance
consonance and dissonance
Komar views intervals as first dividing into two main categories; those which are absolutely consonant and absolutely dissonant. The absolutely consonant intervals are further divided into three categories consisting of the unison and octave; perfect fifth, major third, and minor third; and major sixth, minor sixth, and perfect fourth. A consonant interval is considered relatively dissonant in relation to another consonant interval if it is located to the right, and relatively consonanant if located to the left of it. Komar uses this formulation for classifying dissonant and consonant suspensions. The six-five suspension is considered dissonant since the sixth is relatively dissonant in relation to the perfect fifth (Komar, 1971).


Boosting: Foundations and Algorithms (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)
Boosting is an approach to machine learning based on the idea of creating a highly accurate predictor by combining many weak and inaccurate “rules of thumb.” A remarkably rich theory has evolved around boosting, with connections to a range of topics, including statistics, game theory, convex optimization, and information geometry. Boosting algorithms have also enjoyed practical success in such fields as biology, vision, and speech processing. At various times in its history, boosting has been perceived as mysterious, controversial, even paradoxical.
This book, written by the inventors of the method, brings together, organizes, simplifies, and substantially extends two decades of research on boosting, presenting both theory and applications in a way that is accessible to readers from diverse backgrounds while also providing an authoritative reference for advanced researchers. With its introductory treatment of all material and its inclusion of exercises in every chapter, the book is appropriate for course use as well. The book begins with a general introduction to machine learning algorithms and their analysis; then explores the core theory of boosting, especially its ability to generalize; examines some of the myriad other theoretical viewpoints that help to explain and understand boosting; provides practical extensions of boosting for more complex learning problems; and finally presents a number of advanced theoretical topics. Numerous applications and practical illustrations are offered throughout.
Table of Contents
Introduction and Overview
I CORE ANALYSIS
II FUNDAMENTAL PERSPECTIVES
III ALGORITHMIC EXTENSIONS
IV ADVANCED THEORY
Some Notation Definitions and Mathematical Background
Index of Algorithms Figures and Tables
Subject and Author Index


Many elements in the environment, such as allergens and chemicals mixed into the air, can have an effect on our bodies. Our lungs have small pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNECs), which have recently been found to behave like a sensor: they collect and 'understand' precise information about the surrounding air, before sending this information to the brain. The brain then returns signals to the PNECs, causing them to release small molecules called neuropeptides, which help the immune system to protect the body. These PNECs, pictured in red, are found sprinkled among the cells that line the airway of the lungs (in green). They are the only known cells in the airway that are linked to the nervous system. Defining the role of these cells may help us to understand and maybe even prevent diseases such as asthma.
Written by Katie Panteli
BPoD stands for Biomedical Picture of the Day. Managed by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences the website aims to engage everyone, young and old, in the wonders of biomedicine. Images are kindly provided for inclusion on this website through the generosity of scientists across the globe.
BPoD is also available in Catalan at www.bpod.cat with translations by the University of Valencia.


ZHENGZHOU , April 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese archaeologists have found an iron smelting waste dump dating back to the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.) in Queshan County, central China's Henan Province.
"The dump is a deep ditch, specially renovated to store the waste produced during iron smelting processes," said Zhou Runshan, leader of the excavation team.
Archaeologists have excavated a large number of objects from the waste pile, which is up to 6 meters deep, such as iron chunks, slabs, pottery moulds, slag and other residue.
The dump adjoins an ironworks ruin. Based on the pottery moulds found in the dump, archaeologists believe that the major task of the ruin was manufacturing tools.
The Han Dynasty had a booming iron smelting industry, with hundreds of ironworks ruins from the dynasty being found across China. They were usually built in two places: near a town o ran iron mine.
"This ironworks ruin was outside a town. Perhaps our ancestors had advanced city planning thoughts, trying to reduce the impact of industrial pollution on our towns," Zhou said.
As excavation work advances, Zhou said that they would find more information to better understand the ironworks ruin and its layout, the source of iron ore, the production line, labor division and iron smelting skills.


The conversion to a CNC controller opens up huge potential. The arduino was great for spirals, but it took a lot of code to generate them. I found I could do in 3 0r 4 lines of g code what took 100+ lines of arduino code. I could have installed Grbl and continued using the arduino as the CNC controller, but I like the feedback graphical programs like Mach3 and EMC2 provide. Although I do have an idea for a little internal thread-cutting machine that Grbl might be perfect for.
Cutting the square profile proved to be a bit of a challenge. Unfortunately, on this machine there's no way to move the cutter relative to the center line of the part (bad planning!), so cutting a flat is a little more complicated. After a calling up some forgotten math and doing some sloppy Excel scripting, I was able to make a spreadsheet to generate code to control depth of cut / rotation ratio that generates a flat surface as the part rotates. Then, rotating the part by increments between each cut to produce the spiral was a matter of learning how to use parameters and subroutines in g code to create loops
Here's the Excel function to make the square:
...where offset is the distance from the center of the part to the flat surface you want to generate, angle is the angle relative to the axis of the cutter and tool_radius is... well tool radius. I have a spreadsheet that does all the math and generates g code for different angles and offsets. I'd be happy to share if anyone's interested, but I don't want to post it in its current unfinished state.


Software that translates a high-level request into the low-level commands required to perform the operation. The most common abstraction layer is the programming interface (API) between an application and the operating system. High-level calls are made to the operating system, which executes the necessary instructions to perform the task.
The domain names and URLs on the Internet are another common abstraction layer, enabling an alphabetic name such as computerlanguage.com to be converted into the numeric IP address of the Web server (see Internet domain name
Multiple Layers of Abstraction
Today's applications are often programmed in multiple layers of abstraction. For example, a program can be written by selecting menu options and dragging icons around the screen. These movements may be translated into a high-level language that is translated into a low-level language, which is translated into machine language. The farther away from the machine language of the computer that an operation is programmed, the more instructions are executed to perform the task.
Combine this with the interaction of the operating system, which itself may be executing 10 times as many instructions as necessary, and you understand why even on a fast computer, a user may be able to press the keyboard keys faster than the program can accept the input. Considering modern personal computers execute upwards of two billion instructions per second, compared to the first PCs that executed one million, the extra machine cycles are absorbed layer to layer, each one telling the next one what to do. See level of abstraction


Travel diaries written by Dutch men and women born more than two centuries ago suggest that stress is not a recent phenomenon.
The anxieties around the status of the language we speak, find a precedent in the nineteenth-century Netherlands.
J. Slauerhoff’s romantic novel ‘Adrift in the Middle Kingdom’ is for the first time available to English-language readers.
The English language knows 'they' for one person. But in Dutch a gender-neutral alternative to 'he' and 'she' is still a long way off. This may have to do with a grammatical rule that Dutch speakers consider important.
In the twentieth century, the Dutch gradually became more concerned about cleanliness in their household than about comfort.
For some, he was a servant, for others a vanquished devil. However, the Irish poet W.B. Yeats sheds a different light on the origins of the controversial Black Pete tradition.
In the Dutch language, bloomers have been known under a variety of names that refer to the Middle East, New York and Dutch fishermen.
A Nottingham language student shares a memory of her semester spent in the Netherlands.


WINAUTOMATION TUTORIAL SERIES
THE SOFTOMOTIVE TEAM – AUGUST 25, 2018
Welcome on Softomotive’s tutorial series on WinAutomation. In this tutorial, we will cover Conditionals. A very common need when developing a process is to apply a particular logic that includes decision making. The flow of the process changes depending on the decision taken. The simplest way to do so is using the “IF” conditional from the “Conditionals” group of actions. Using the “If” conditional, you can check or compare two values and design the process to act differently depending on the result. The value to be compared could be either a user-defined value or a variable and the process flow will change accordingly. But let’s see an example. Let’s say that you want to check if you are running a process on a weekday as the process should not be executed on a weekend.


William Holbrook Beard
William Holbrook Beard was an American painter known for satirical paintings of animals, especially bears, that participate in human activities. His most notable works are The Bear Dance and The Poor Indian. Beard’s humorous handling of bears, cats, dogs, horses and monkeys gained him notoriety. His animal’s featured occupations or expressions that are typically only available to humans. As such, his works often became satires and well reproduced. Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio. His brother, James Henry Beard was also a painter, and they studied abroad together at the Düsseldorf School of Painting. Beard eventually moved to New York where he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Beard opened his own studio that housed other artists as well. He married, had a daughter who died young, and a son named Wolcott. Beard died of apoplexy in 1900.


Nearly every child is infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) early in life. The virus usually clears up in a week or so, but in some cases, this “harmless” virus may persist and lead to chronic lung diseases like asthma, according to Reuters Health.
Researchers found that RSV can stay in the lungs of some mice and cause overactive airway symptoms associated with asthma. Previously, doctors thought that the body quickly cleared itself of this virus. Read more about asthma and RSV


Raising Healthy Kids
Tips for Parents
You play an important role in shaping your children's attitudes toward exercise. Learn some tips to help them be more active.
Vaccines for Your Child
Babies are born with some natural protection from certain diseases. But they still need vaccines.
Have Your Child Checked for Lead
What is lead?
Lead is a heavy metal found in the earth's crust. It can combine with other chemicals to form lead compounds or salts. Lead is a natural element that does not break down in the environment and is very hard to clean up.
Teens and Drugs: Know the Signs
Teenagers may be involved with drugs in various ways. Experimentation at this age is common. Unfortunately, most teens do not realize how their actions affect their future. They might think they do not have problems that others have.
Keep Kids Fit and Healthy
What is the first thing your kids do when they come home from school? Do they grab a snack and head for the TV or computer?
Eating too much and not being active can make kids too heavy. In the last 20 years, the rate of overweight kids has doubled. About 15% of kids ages 6-19 weigh too much. That means that nearly one out of every five kids is too heavy.


The Educational Role of Small Telescopes in Radio Astronomy
Radio astronomy provides an excellent educational opportunity for students since it exposes them to multi-disciplinary principles found in engineering, physics and mathematics. Motivated by the potential for exciting discovery through astronomical observations, students learn through the process of making measurements, analyzing the data, and interpreting the observations. Observing tools in radio astronomy, however, have not been generally or easily accessible to students, particularly at the undergraduate or pre-college levels, since the number of radio telescopes and the availability of time on these telescopes have been limited. In order to resolve this problem, the MIT Haystack Observatory has developed a small radio telescope (SRT) that can be assembled as a kit by students and used in basic observations that help train them in the techniques of radio astronomy. The Haystack SRT and the experiments that can be conducted with it are described in this chapter, and its important role in training students in the use of larger telescopes for research is discussed.
Salah, J. E., Pratap, P. & Rogers, A. E. E. 2003, in The Future of Small Telescopes in the New Millennium, The Educational Role of Small Telescopes in Radio Astronomy, ed. T. D. Oswalt, (Netherlands: Springer), 323


- Tape recorder
- Blank cassette tape
- Go around your house, yard, school, and neighborhood listening for interesting sounds.
- Tape sounds, leaving about ten seconds of blank tape between sounds.
- Make sure you make a list on paper of the sounds in order.
- You should also say a number on the tape before each sound.
- Once the tape is finished, let friends and family take the sound quiz.
- Keep a record of how many correct answers each person gets and announce the winner after everyone has taken the quiz.


Argon-systems use a gas that is naturally prevalent in the atmosphere. It is nonconductive, colorless, orodless,
insipid and chemically neutral. The gas is safe for human health, non toxic and it does not produce corrosive
or hazardous residues.
The fire suppression industry must be responsible with the environment, also. The argon gas is completely ecological, with zero ozone depleteion potential (ODP) and global warming potential (GWP). This allows to perform real tests, without any environmental damage.
This system extinguishes fire by lowering the oxigen level in the protected area enough to make combustion unsustainable. The gas concentration is always adjusted according to the protected risks. Most fires are always extinguished with an oxigen concentration lowered to 14%. Existing equirements to protect inhabitants of occupied rooms are always observed.
After an argon gas discharge, the visibility is good. In case of a system activation in an occupied area, the emergency exits remain clear. A possible panic of the escaping people is avoided.
- Argon is chemically neutral and does not go into chemical compounds.
- Allows long piping network.
- Good visibility after discharge.
- Economical and material savings using directional valves
- Long term alternative.
- Argon is non toxic = Suitable for occupied areas
- ZERO ozone depletion potential (ODP) and global warming potential (GWP)
- Worldwide usability according to the following standards:
ISO 14520, UNE 23575, NFPA 2001, CEA 4008 (CEPREVEN)
Following we show you some areas of application for Argon - systems (examples).
The system and components have been approved by VdS. For recent approval information please contact us.


Ear Piercing Infection
Ear piercing infection means infection caused after piercing of ear because of many different factors such as unclean instrument, improper aftercare or frequent touching to ears. Ear piercing infection can be recover if proper and constant treatment is taken and infection is more reduce when all preventive methods are applied. Ear cartilage infection requires long time for recovery if it is infected. If ear piercing infection is not treated it may lead to some serious problem.
Sign of Ear Piercing Infection
- Yellow discharge
- Redness or red bumps
- Irritation and discomfort
Preventive Methods for Ear Piercing Infection
- Clean your piercing every day by using mild soap or warm water.
- Apply antibiotic cream after shower and before sleep.
- Rotate jewelry on front or back side at one time in a day with clean hand.
- Wear only sterilized bacteria free jewelry to reduce infection.
- If you have family history of keloids formations then stay away from piercing because it may also infect your ear.
- Check for sterilization of piercing instruments as they are primary cause for infection.
- At starting use only golden rings as some people has allergy from other metals and avoid wearing too tight jewelry.
- Don’t touch your hand constantly to pierced area as swelling may happen because of this reason.
Treatment for Body Piercing Infection
- Some antibiotics are suggested by doctors to treat piercing infection.
- Dip piercing area daily in warm water but that warm water should contain 1/8 tablespoon non-iodized salt.
- Another way is soak cotton into sea salt or Epsom salt solution and then put it on ear for few minutes. Do it twice in a single day but not greater than four times.
- As you know ear is infected immediately apply preventive measures to reduce further infection.
- Put ice on piercing area which is covered with towel if it turns out to be inflamed or bruised.
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The angle is 60 degrees.
Work Step by Step
First, draw the circle, placing point Q at the center. Then, recall that the tangent to the circle is the line that is parallel to the circle when it goes through the edge of the circle. Thus, drawing point V, draw the tangent segments, starting at point V. Be sure to put V in a spot that makes the lengths of the segments equal to the diameter. Once this is drawn, you will have an equilateral triangles, where all angles are 60 degrees. Thus, the measure of the desired angle is 60 degrees.


Novel Study - An excellent alternative to chapter questions, these Chapter Thoughts / Reflections pages can be used alone or together in different combinations.
Package includes 5 graphic organizers for chapter response, 2 blank organizers and a sheet of 22 additional questions to use with the organizers. Worksheets can be used alone or together as students study and reflect on each chapter.
A great way to start classroom discussion and debate. I like to mix these up with traditional chapter questions for something different.
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Predicated on the People: Legitimating Politics and Parties in Early Republican China
Chinese political culture during the May Fourth period featured hundreds of small societies and associations, as well as several parliamentary factions, but by the mid-1920s politics were conducted mainly by large political parties that courted mass support. This article examines what prompted this change. Whereas many studies have focused on the conflict between the Nationalist and Communist Parties, this article explores how the very form of mass political parties emerged and argues that the turn to mass politics involved two complementary processes in the way in which politics were conceived. In one, intellectuals reflecting on politics and on the social order legitimized and promoted the involvement of the masses in politics. In the second, they pointed to politics—specifically to political institutions and most notably to political parties—as a legitimate arena for action. This was innovative because, at the time, politics and politicians were deemed irreparably corrupt. Intellectuals therefore considered various forms of social and political organization that might solve China’s problems, and turned from organizing in small societies to advocating larger organizations that would recruit and mobilize the masses. These processes laid the foundations for a new political culture characterized by mass mobilization guided by political parties.
Keywords: China, politics, intellectuals, mass politics, Nationalist Party, Communist Party, May Fourth Movement, Sun Yat-sen, Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Mao Zedong


Is the International Court of Justice Biased?
43 Pages Posted: 4 Jan 2005
Date Written: December 2004
The International Court of Justice has jurisdiction over disputes between nations, and has decided dozens of cases since it began operations in 1946. Its defenders argue that the ICJ decides cases impartially and confers legitimacy on the international legal system. Its critics argue that the members of the ICJ vote the interests of the states that appoint them. Prior empirical scholarship is ambiguous. We test the charge of bias using statistical methods. We find strong evidence that (1) judges favor the states that appoint them, and (2) judges favor states whose wealth level is close to that of the judges' own state; and weaker evidence that (3) judges favor states whose political system is similar to that of the judges' own state, and (4) (more weakly) judges favor states whose culture (language and religion) is similar to that of the judges' own state. We find weak or no evidence that judges are influenced by regional and military alignments.
Keywords: international court of justice, ICJ, international law
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Red Squirrels are thriving in our Woodlands surrounding Dunkeld and Birnam. The mixture of different trees, conifers and broadleaf, evergreen and deciduous means that there is food as well as plenty of shelter from the weather and predators. Many of our squirrels are easy to see because they have become used to walkers and visitors in the woods and gardens where they are fed.
Red squirrels east all kinds of things from the woods, but their main foods include hazelnuts, fruits, berries, beech mast, spruce and pine cone seeds, and fungi which are frequently cached in trees. They will also eat buds, shoot and flowers of trees as well as bark and sap from coniferous trees. They are not territorial, so lots of squirrels can be seen in one area.
Red squirrels have been in the area for thousands of years but grey squirrels are very recent incomers from North America. They have moved up from the south, and Highland Perthshire is on the ‘frontier’ of their expansion. Grey squirrels usually cause red squirrel numbers to decline but they are not actively aggressive. Grey squirrels have a big appetite and eat a lot of the food that red squirrels like, including some which is not ripe enough for reds to eat. Greys are also good at storing fat, helping them to survive hard times better than the reds. Grey squirrels carry the squirrel pox virus which kills reds, but so far this is only found in England and the South of Scotland, although it is spreading further north all the time.
Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels is collecting information on the sightings of red and grey squirrels – please take a minute to complete their questionnaire.
For more information please check visit Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels, in partnership with Scottish Wildlife Trust, Scottish Natural Heritage, Forestry Commission Scotland, Scottish Land & Estates, Red Squirrel Survival Trust.
Why not go on your own Red Squirrel forage around Dunkeld and Birnam, see how many you can spot. We suggest looking at The Hermitage and Birnam Glen.


From the outside looking in, the task of designing a handset for direct communication to a satellite verges on the impossible. The handset has to be small, it can't glow in the dark while transmitting, it can't depend on a shopping cart full of batteries, and it has to reach a receiver that may be 40,000 kilometers away. Not a promising set of requirements.
But designers have found that handset design, while demanding, is not as close to science fiction as the specifications suggest. They report that it is possible to stay fairly close to the basic formula used in GSM cellular handsets, with some small but significant enhancements. "The necessary gain to noise temperature (G/T) requirements are typically in the area of -24 dBK," explained Hassan Zamat of Hughes Network Systems. "The required effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) is about 5 to 7 dBW. The G/T figure can usually be met with the low-noise amplifiers already widely used in the industry. The EIRP figure requires a transmitter power of about 2 to 4 W-a lot more than GSM but well within the capabilities of a handheld device, if the power drain is discontinuous."
The key to the handset design, Zamat said, is the antenna. "The most typical antenna for satellite services is a quadrifilar helix. This type of antenna provides a pattern optimized for hemispherical coverage, directing the radiation upward."
With the trick antenna, a standard LNA, a more powerful transmitter and circuitry for forward error correction, the whole electronics package for the handset is manageable. Iridium is selling handsets for something like $3,000 each. But they are a production item, not a military miracle.


This project aims to garner financial support to ensure the well being of Africa’s rangers and their families is improved through the provision of adequate insurance cover in the event of injury or death.
Rangers across the world are subject to an increasing risk of life threatening encounters. They operate in extreme environments, and in their efforts to protect our natural heritage, face the risks associated with dangerous wild animals, sickness, community backlash, and the increasing threat of armed poachers and militia groups. Over 1000 rangers have lost their lives in the line of duty in the past 10 years. Working in the African bush is not for the faint-hearted. Protected areas in Africa with species such as rhino and elephant have become war zones where armed contacts with poachers are a frequent occurrence. Rangers work uninterrupted for long periods under these harsh conditions with little reward or recognition.
Biodiversity and thriving ecosystems provide both tangible and intangible benefits to society and rangers play a crucial role in ensuring healthy ecosystems. It is therefore of great importance that rangers receive all the support necessary to perform their duties within these challenging environments.


NEW DELHI – India's latest tiger census shows a sharp increase in the number of endangered cats in the wild, raising hopes that conservation efforts are working.
The census conducted in 2014 counted at least 2,226 tigers in forests across the country, around 500 more than were counted four years ago.
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday described the figures as a huge success story and said it was the result of sustained conservation efforts in tiger reserves across the country.
Tigers have been threatened by rampant poaching and shrinking habitats from deforestation due to power projects, roads and human settlements.
Javadekar said more than 9,700 cameras were used to count the cats accurately.


‘An entirely new situation’
Prime Minister Clement Attlee wrote a dramatic memorandum about the atomic bomb on 28 August expressing his thoughts about how this invention had created ‘an entirely new situation’, rendering the existing concepts of warfare obsolete.
He called for a new world order under the auspices of the United Nations and stated:
“We should declare that this invention has made it essential to end wars”
Attlee argued that measures to prevent the development of this new weapon across the world would be futile ‘unless the whole conception of war is banished from people’s minds and from the calculations of governments’.
Image: Memorandum on the atomic bomb by Clement Attlee (catalogue reference: CAB 130/3). View in the image library


Evaluation of phosphorus uptake and use efficiency and nitrogen fixation potential by African clovers
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Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment;65: 169-175
Permanent link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/28127
Phosphorus deficiency is the major soil fertility problem limiting forage production in many parts of Africa. The objective of this study was to screen African Trifolium species for dry matter production, nutrient use efficiency and nitrogen fixation potential at different rates of applied Twenty accessions of native Ethiopian clovers were grown in a greenhouse on Vertisol at P rates of 0, 12.5, 25, 37.5 and 60 mg P kg-1 soil. The experiment was conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In the absence of P fertilizer, there was total inhibition of nodulation in all the accessions, which virtually eliminated the potential for the clovers to fix nitorgen. Nodulation, shoot and root dry matter (DM) increased with added Shoot DM yields at 50 mg P kg-1 soil were 15-to 70-fold higher than those without applied Corresponding responses in root DM were 10- to 48-fold. Trifolium decorum accessions ILRI9682 and ILRI6264 had the highest shoot and root DM, N and P uptake, and N efficiency ratio, but the highest P efficiency ratios were found in Trifolium steunderi accession ILRI9720.
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The Ukrainian authorities are ‘ukrainianizing’ Kyiv, which is actually a ‘Russian city’ // More than 60 percent of Ukrainians consider Russian to be their mother tongue.
No evidence given. Kyiv is a Ukranian city. The first historical state with a Slavic settlement was formed around Kyiv more than two centuries before the foundation of Moscow. Throughout the centuries, Ukrainians maintained their own cultural and linguistic identity. The distinction is apparent e.g. through the fact that in 1654, Ukraine and Russia needed translators to sign the Treaty of Pereyaslav. // In the last Ukrainian census, carried out in 2001, 8.3 million people (17.3% of the population) identified as ethnic Russians bit.ly/1gKrIph, .


How many of you know that North Korea & South Korea were not divided and it was just one country, Korea. It got divided into North & South in 1945. After the division, these two countries have not been doing so well. In spite of being neighbors, these two countries have very different cultures and lifestyle. But not all of us are aware of it and to show the difference to the rest of the world, a photographer decided to capture the differences and show it to us. Keep reading to find out the real difference between these two countries.
Here are the pictures that show the real difference between North Korea & South Korea.
1. A shooting instructor in Pyongyang, North Korea and in Seoul, South Korea
2. Rural Fields
North Korea looks barren
South Korea looks lush and greener
3. Parking Lots
North Korea looks empty.
In South Korea, an amusement park was filled with buses and cars in parking lots.
4. A visitor at Water Park in North Korea and her South Korean counterpart in Seol.
5. Roads & Traffic
Roads in North Korea look mostly empty.
Seoul, South Korea is one of the busiest cities in the world.
6. People working at gas station in North Korea and South Korea
7. A student from Pyongyang, North Korea and a student from Seoul, South Korea
8. Shoppers in the supermarket: North Korea & South Korea
9. A tourist boat in North Korea and South Korea
10. A schoolgirl in North Korea celebrating Children’s Day and her counterpart at South Korea Fashion Week
People look so similar but you will see there is a lot of difference in lifestyle and their culture. What do you think of these differences? Do let us know your observations in the comment below.
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Student Research Page
A symbol is something picked out to represent other things -- a group, a story, a feeling, a moment in history or characteristic.
Would a school mascot or the name of a football team be a symbol? What about jewelry, stickers or a tattoo? A company logo? Take a trip down the halls of your school or look through magazines, on the web or on television. What symbols can you find? Does the symbol influence how you feel about what it represents?
Look at the Texas horned lizard on the cover of Keep Texas Wild. Write down 10 adjectives (describing words) about what you see. Include words that describe things that you don't see, such as feelings. Is the horned lizard a good symbol for reptiles? Why or why not?
Did you notice that our Keep Texas Wild logo and mascot is Spike, a Texas horned lizard? You see him in different poses in the magazine and on our web kids' page. We chose a horned lizard for several reasons. Many adults remember growning up in Texas and seeing horned lizards when they went out to play. The legislature chose the horned lizard as a state symbol. The Texas horned lizard is now a threatened species in Texas. This means that the number of Texas horned lizards left in the wild is very low and we need to take special action to make sure it doesn't become so rare that all the Texas horned lizards might die off or leave Texas. Is Spike a good symbol for Keep Texas Wild?
How closely did you read Keep Texas Wild? See if you can answer these questions:
- What has a tuna?
- What squirts blood?
- Texas is home to the world's largest group of what?
- What travels 3,000 miles every spring and fall?
- What turns from white to purple?
Symbols and Signs
What characteristic or adaptation do these drawings represent as a symbol for that group?
Learn more about our Texas state symbols
Keeping It Wild!
Look at the ideas of how to help wildlife, including our state symbols. Can you help wildlife where you live?


Belladona alkaloids are nitrogenous organic compounds present in various plants such as Atropa belladona or deadly nightshade, Brugmansia suaveolens or angel’s trumpet, and Hyoscyamus niger or henbane. These alkaloids have toxic anti-cholinergic effects on both central and peripheral nervous systems, causing hallucination, overactive coordinated limb movements, tachycardia, dry mouth, flushed skin, vomiting, and blurry vision. Also, Belladonna delirium is a psychiatric condition characterized by a disturbed mental state which is caused by Belladona alkaloids. On the other hand, such alkaloids are also being used to treat certain medical conditions such as bradycardia (abnormally slow heart rate), tonsillitis, otitis media, and mumps. However, these compounds should be properly regulated as they are proven to be toxic when used in excess. In worst cases, belladonna alkaloids may cause accidental death.


I recently came across this blog post called “Humanizing Online Learning with Voicethread” by Michelle Pacansky-Brock which provides some great tips for using VoiceThread. VoiceThread is a collaborative and multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos. It allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways – using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). VoiceThread can also be used as a communication or collaboration tool. It is a very popular and powerful tool for “visual” collaboration. VoiceTheads can be embedded within your Blackboard course or you can simply post a link to your voicethread. The basic version is free.
March 4, 2013


Emotive Communication in Japanese
It has become well recognized that affective dimensions of language constitute an integral part of the linguistic system. Japanese provides a prime example of the significance of emotivity as it has grammaticalized a wide variety of expressions to communicate affective information. The collected articles demonstrate the rich diversity of emotive communication in Japanese and analyze various expressions with theoretical perspectives that are often independent from Western models. This volume reflects the influence of traditional Japanese scholars for whom examining affective-relational aspects of language has long been a central concern. The authors are also influenced by more recent scholars in Japanese pragmatics such as Susumu Kuno, Akio Kamio, and Senko K. Maynard. They also draw on anthropological notions such as the inside vs. outside dichotomy that have been used to describe Japanese society.


Aside from the economic losses, the political power of the African-American community also has waned as both Democrats and Republicans try to woo the growing Hispanic community.
The power shift was publicly illustrated in June 2012 when Obama announced a path to legal residency for at least 800,000 illegal immigrants. Many say that those immigrants — few of whom have college degrees — will compete for jobs against those hit hardest by the economic downturn, including African-Americans.
That deferred deportation policy is poignant, partly because Obama used his 2007 speech to argue that African-Americans be hired to help rebuild New Orleans. “We don’t need Halliburton doing it — we can have the people who were displaced doing that work,” he declared.
However, many of the reconstruction jobs have gone to immigrants, partly because immigrants are more willing to move from their communities. After the 2005 flood, the city gained 37,000 Hispanics, even as the majority-black population shrank by 20 percent, according to Governing magazine.
In Obama’s White House, African-Americans also lost out to gays. In 2012, Obama also backed gay advocacy groups’ effort to change marriage form a child-focused relationship to an adult-focused relationship that would include childless same-sex couples. That shift clashed with the socially conservative view held by many African-Americans. In numerous state ballots, African-Americans have voted heavily to support the traditional definition of marriage.


Ever hit the produce section and find that you have to choose between free-standing tomatoes and packaged ones? Or maybe it’s mushrooms, avos and celery? You then begin to realize that this phenomena extends far beyond the produce section all the way to the hot foods corner or even the nuts and grains isle. So what should it be, packaged or non-packaged? If you are looking to greatly reduce your impact on our planet the choice is simple. Minimal packaging all the way! Unnecessary packaging means both unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions and waste for the landfill. Greenhouse gases are emitted in the packaging process and then again when fuel guzzling garbage trucks hit the streets en route for your house. The extra rubbish adds pressure on already overcrowded landfills, and as it breaks down in the landfill it emits the greenhouse gas methane, which is 23 times more potent than CO2. So when all is said and done, make sure to look for produce or products that can breath, that is, not being strangled by paper, plastic, or styrofoam. If packaging is necessary, as is sometimes the case, check to see if it can be recycled or better yet is made from recycled material.


At one time, Patna was the capital of a good part of India. The name Bihar comes from the word vihara, “monastery.” Bihar is the place where Buddhism was born. There are also important holy places in relation to the Hindu and Jain religions.
Not many travelers come to Bihar, but pilgrims come to visit Bodhgaya, the place where Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment. Besides Bodhgaya, there are several other Buddhist places in Bihar: Nalanda, where there was a great Buddhist University, Rajgir, and Vaishali. Many people travel through Patna on their way to Kathmandu and Nepal.


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National Gazetteer (1868) - Woodford
"WOODFORD, a parish in the hundred of Underditch, county Wilts, 4 miles N.W. of Salisbury, and 4 S.W. of Amesbury. The parish, which is divided into Middle, Upper, and Lower, is bounded on the E. by the river Avon. Here was formerly a palace of the bishops of Salisbury, and after the battle of Worcester, Charles II. was concealed by the Hydes in Heals House. The living is a vicarage consolidated with that of Wilsford. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a National school."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]


External Web sites
- British Broadcasting Corporation - Uranus
- How Stuff Works - Science - Uranus Explained
- Hyperphysics - Uranus
- Indian Child - Uranus
- Kidipede Science for Kids - Uranus
- Kidipede Science for Kids -- Uranus
- KidsAstronomy.com - Uranus
- National Geographic - Science and Space - Uranus
- National Space Science Development Center - Photo Gallery - Uranus Images and description of this planet and its satellites.
- Nineplanets - Uranus
- Office of Naval Research - Solar System: Outer Planets - Uranus
- Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids - Uranus
- The Nine Planet - Uranus
- Window To The Universe - A Look at Uranus’ Magnetosphere
- Window To The Universe - A Look at the Inside of Uranus
- Window To The Universe - Uranus
- Window To The Universe - Uranus Moons and Rings
- esa Kids - Uranus
Britannica Web sites
Articles from Britannica encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.
- Uranus - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)
Uranus was the first planet to be discovered after the invention of the telescope. It is the seventh planet from the sun. It travels around the sun at an average distance of about 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers).
- Uranus - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
The seventh planet from the Sun is Uranus. It is one of the giant outer planets with no solid surfaces. Although Uranus is not as big as Jupiter or Saturn, more than 60 Earths would fit inside it. The planet is most similar in size and composition to Neptune, its outer neighbor. Like Neptune, Uranus is blue-green because of the small amount of methane in its atmosphere, or surrounding layer of gases.


- Christian Levett and the Mougins Museum of Classical Art
- The Shelby White - Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications
- Institute of Classical Studies, London
- The British Academy, Reckitt Fund
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How did ancient Egypt shape the development of Greek culture? What was the impact of the encounter with Greece on Egypt? How did these completely different cultures interact? These questions have been asked for more than a century. Excavations at the ancient city of Naukratis have been a key source of evidence for providing new answers.
Located in the Nile Delta of Egypt, Naukratis was a Greek trading post from the seventh century BC. In the late nineteenth century it was rediscovered and excavated by Flinders Petrie, pioneer of Egyptian archaeology. Yet 130 years later, the site is still poorly understood.
This project is re-examining the evidence to gain a better idea of how Greeks, Egyptians and others lived together, traded and interacted in this city, and of the lasting impact of these cultural exchanges. The project is a collaboration between classical archaeologists and Egyptologists at the British Museum, and scholars and institutions worldwide.
About the project
Results of the project are published in an online catalogue, which reunites more than 17,000 objects in over 70 museums worldwide.
Images: top, pottery bowl, made on the
Greek island of Chios in the late 7th century BC and brought
to Naukratis by a Greek trader; bottom row, excavations at Naukratis under David Hogarth, 1899, head
from a terracotta figurine of a sphinx dedicated in one of the Greek sanctuaries at Naukratis, sherd
from an Archaic East Greek amphora found at Naukratis.


King of Northumbria (841-844, 844-c848)
Aethelred succeeded to the throne of Northumbria on the death of his father Eanred in 841. Aethelred remained in power for three years before he was ousted by one Raedwulf. Raedwulf however managed to get himself killed by a Viking raiding party within a few months, which left the way clear for Aethelred to return to Northumbria and reclaim the throne.
Around the year 846 Aethelred is recorded as having despatched military assistance to the Picts in their fight against the invading Scots, an indication perhaps that Kenneth Mac Alpin's assumption of power over the Picts wasn't an entirely peacful affair.
Having survived one usurpation however, he failed to survive the next, and around 848 Aethelred was assassinated, either by or at the behest of one Osberht who promptly took his place as ruler of Northumbria.
A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain by Ann Williams, Alfred P. Smyth and D. P. Kirby (Seaby 1991)
Historia regum Anglorum et Danorum by Simeon of Durham
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle


The American dramatic film The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) depicts the story of Anne Frank, a German Jewish teenager who died in a World War II concentration camp and whose diary remains a classic work about the Holocaust. The screenplay was written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, who adapted their Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.
The narrative focuses on Anne (played by Millie Perkins) and her family, residents of Amsterdam who go into hiding in 1942, during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Their hiding space is a secret annex within an office building. It is shared by another Jewish family, the Van Daans, and Anne soon becomes close to their son, Peter (played by Richard Beymer). The confined space of the secret annex causes strain for both families, though, and their morale becomes lower when they receive news of the Nazi concentration camps. Although the families manage to avoid notice during a Gestapo search of the building, tensions remain high over the subsequent months. Meanwhile, Anne finds solace in writing in a diary and is a source of optimism amid the adults’ growing despair. In July 1944, however, the Gestapo finally discover the annex, and Anne and Peter passionately embrace before they meet their fate.
Director George Stevens knew well the horrors of the Holocaust, having been among the first to film the atrocities in the death camps at the time of their liberation. Although The Diary of Anne Frank was not a commercial success and the performances were met with mixed reviews, the film was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three.


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Monitoring of the local breeding birds is carried out at McGill Bird Observatory. For the first four years it was an informal program, but in 2009 the standardized MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) protocol was introduced as the basis for the summer program, supplemented with censuses and additional observations.
MAPS (run by the Institute for Bird Populations) is a continent-wide network of hundreds of constant-effort mist netting stations. Analyses of the resulting banding data provide critical information relating to the ecology, conservation, and management of North American landbird populations, and the factors responsible for changes in their populations. There are now over 1,000 MAPS stations across North America that have contributed data, roughly half of which are currently active annually; therefore the statistics are useful on local, regional and continent-wide levels. The MAPS program has two major management objectives: to determine the cause of population declines, if any, and to devise habitat management actions and conservation strategies to reverse population declines. To learn more about the MAPS program, visit the IBP page.
The MBO MAPS station (MBOM) operates nine mist nets placed around the southern end of Stoneycroft Pond. Banding takes place on a single day during each of seven consecutive ten-day periods between late May and early August. In addition to operating mist nets, observers gather breeding bird evidence on all species heard or seen during each banding day.
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The Abracadabra approach to learning through songs and tunes has set countless beginners on a clear path of progress and enjoyment with their chosen instrument. With carefully graded technique, clear fingering diagrams and concise theory explanations, this best-selling series is the ideal learning companion for pupil and teacher.
An established and popular course offering a thorough grounding in basic technique.
• Carefully graded songs and tunes
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• Ensemble skills taught through duets and trios
• Exercises and scales up to Grade 4
Catering for all brass band instruments, this book is available in two editions: treble clef (cornet, tenor horn, trombone, baritone, euphonium, tuba) and bass clef (trombone, baritone, euphonium).


New Huck Finn Eliminates Offensive Words
A new edition of Mark Twain's legendary Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has removed all mentions of the "N" word and replaced it with "slave" so that the book will avoid being banned from some schools, Publisher's Weekly reports. The word appears 219 times in the book. This edition will also remove the offensive "Injun" reference to Native Americans.
This came about thanks to Twain scholar Alan Gribben, who along with NewSouth Books plans to release this new edition in a single volume along with The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. "This is not an effort to render Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn colorblind," Gribben told PW, speaking from his office at Auburn University at Montgomery, where he's spent most of the past 20 years heading the English department. "Race matters in these books. It's a matter of how you express that in the 21st century." Gribben got the idea from censoring the book aloud out of habit when he read it to students, using the word "slave" anytime he came across the offensive words.
When the news hit the Twitterverse, the reactions were decidedly against Mr. Gribben and NewSouth's decision. One Tweeter, 'deadwhiteguys', hoped that when the publisher died he'd meet Mark Twain who will 'certainly throttle him with a whiskey bottle.' There were a lot of tweets about how erasing the "N" word won't erase racism, certainly not then and also not now.
Mr. Gribben was not naive about the reaction this would receive. "I'm hoping that people will welcome this new option, but I suspect that textual purists will be horrified," he said. "Already, one professor told me that he is very disappointed that I was involved in this", he told PW, mentioning how one Twain scholar, UCLA's Thomas Wortham, compared him to infamous Shakespeare censor Thomas Bowdler, who published expurgated versions of the Bard's work that were more family friendly.
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Who?s the daddy? That?s the question being asked by zoologists stumped
by the birth of four rare Komodo dragons at London Zoo ? with no obvious male contender on the scene.
The mother, Sungai, was brought from Paris to London to meet a new British lover to bolster the endangered species. But she gave birth before she was even introduced to him, and the last time she is known to have had sex was two years previously.
It could be that this fearsome species is one that is either able to store up sperm for long periods of time to use it later. Or it could be that the lizards are able to clone themselves - reproducing without having sex, by a process called parthenogenesis
Although the Komodo dragon may not be a looker (in the conventional sense) and has some pretty unappealing features ? devouring large mammals like goats and deer, and even eating young Komodo dragons with its bacteria-teeming teeth ? cloning yourself is pretty drastic. But it?s not an uncommon way of passing on your genes in the reptilian world.
It would be really weird if this happened naturally in mammals. It took scientists a great deal of effort to get a mouse through a ?virgin birth


Tra"cing (?), n.
The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted.
A regular path or track; a course.
Tracing cloth, Tracing paper, specially prepared transparent cloth or paper, which enables a drawing or print to be clearly seen through it, and so allows the use of a pen or pencil to produce a facsimile by following the lines of the original placed beneath.
© Webster 1913.


How to Correct an Incorrect MemoryI was happy to find advice in the July-August issue of Scientific American Mind concerning how to get your brain to forget something you've learned incorrectly, and to substitute in your memory the correct information.
Gordon Bower, a professor of psychology at Stanford, explains that what's involved is memory monitoring the process of identifying, correcting and averting memory errors.
The key to replacing incorrect information in your memory is "consistent (even silent) correction." Bower explains that it's best to consciously "rehearse" the correct information at spaced intervals (i.e., cramming is not particularly effective).
Bower also suggests, "Building on the correct information can help you learn new associations to it: add something to change how you retrieve the item from your memory." For example:
- If you're having trouble calling a man's second wife by her own name rather than by the name of his first wife, "You might replace your question 'Name of John’s wife?' with 'Name of John’s second wife?'"
- To cement correct spellings of words like "weird" and "niece," you can "use an elaboration that contains the accurate information, such as 'We are weird' or 'My niece is nice."
- If you're having trouble remembering that 7 x 9 is 63, not 65 or some other incorrect amount, "convert 7 x 9 into 7 x (10 – 1) = 70 – 7 = 63. As you practice the elaborated association, the simpler direct association (7 x 9 = 63) eventually replaces the earlier one, which weakens without rehearsals.


Today in U.S. Naval History - January 20
1783 - Hostilities cease between Great Britain and the United States
1903 - Theodore Roosevelt issues Executive Order placing Midway Islands under jurisdiction of the Navy Department.
1914 - School for naval air training opens in Pensacola, Fla.
1948 - Establishment of U.S. Persian Gulf Area Command (later changed to Middle East Force in August 1948).
For more information about naval history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website at history.navy.mil.


Hepatitis A is an enterovirus that is transmitted by a orofecal route. A root such as contaminated food is an easy way for Hep A to be transmitted. The virus causes an acute form of hepatitis and as a result does not contain a permanent stage. Once a person is infected their bodies immune system will make antibodies against the virus that confer immunity against future Hepatitus A infection. Currently a vaccine is available that can prevent infection from hepatitis A for life.
Three out of four people with Hep A will show the symptoms. Below is a list of some of the most common symtoms:
- Dark urine
- Loss of appetite
- Stomach ache
Currently There is no specific treatment for Hepatitis A [http://www.hepatitis-a-spot.com]. With that said rest is always recommended during the severe phases of the disease when the symptoms are most at large. Hepatitis A can easily be prevented by keeping good hygiene and sanitation. Like earlier mentioned a vaccination is also available. This vaccination is recommended in areas of the world where the likelihood of hepatitis A is large.
Here is a quick and no-nonsense list of ways to prevent Hepatitus A:
- Only Drink water from approved sources
- Always use a dental dam or sheet of plastic wrap during rimming
- Always Cook shellfish thoroughly before eating
- Always Keep bathrooms clean and disinfected after every use
- Wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water before preparing or eating food, and after sexual activity.