(1866 - 1942)
Frank Simon Herrmann was active/lived in New Jersey, New York / Germany. Frank Herrmann is known for avant-garde painting.
Biography Frank Herrmann
An American who was best known in Germany where he spent most of his career, Frank Herrmann created work that embraced Beaux-Arts Academic Realism to Impressionism to the New Objectivity.
He was a founding member of two important groups of the German avant-garde centered in Munich: the Munich Secessionist Group , SEMA, that included his friend, Paul Klee, and the New Secession of German Artists, led by Wassilj Kandinsky. Herrmann was also closely associated with Alfred Stieglitz, with whom he had gone to school including college, and who became a leading avant-garde art influence in New York City. They traveled together in Paris during the 1890s in Europe.
In Germany, Herrmann early painted in the style of Lyric Abstrac
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In 1821 Mexico won independence from Spain. At that time, northern Mexico included now-day Texas, New Mexico, and California.
By 1835 about 25,000 Americans lived in this area. They complained about Mexican laws. They also wanted slavery, which was illegal in Mexico, to be legal.
In December 1835 a force of 500 Texans attacked the town of San Antonio. Within days, they took control of the Alamo.
On March 6, 1836, General Santa Anna, the leader of Mexico, recaptured the Alamo after an almost two-week battle. All of the American soldiers were killed.
the Texans fought back again. A month later, General Sam Houston surprised a larger Mexican force at Houston. The Texans defeated Santa Anna.
In 1845 President James Polk offered to buy the Mexican territories of California and New Mexico for $30 million. When Mexico refused, President Polk asked the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war against Mexico, and Congress agreed.


There is a great deal of current research interest in utilising bacteria for the control of intractable arthropod-borne diseases such as dengue. Although there is accumulating evidence that bacterial infection is a promising control strategy, most studies on bacteria-insect interactions lacked useful markers for detecting pathogenesis. This provided the impetus to investigate bacterial infection in the dengue vector Aedes albopictus. The infection persistence patterns in key organs of the alimentary canal of females were examined using a GFP-expressing strain of Escherichia coli (Migula). Just after feeding with sugar meal containing the bacteria, the crop and midgut as well as parts of the Malpighian tubules showed fluorescence. From 1 h onwards, bacterial populations declined sharply in both the midgut and crop, with complete elimination in the former but persistence of bacteria at 7 h post-feeding in the latter. After 24 h, neither organ retained the fluorescent marker. However, culture of homogenates of these organs in Luria-Bertani medium revealed the presence of a bacterial population in the crop, but not in the midgut. These observations suggest a difference in the potential physiological actions expressible by the two organs. In fact, both are storage sites for ingested fluids, but the midgut has greater physiological activity. Presumably,one of these activities contributed to eliminating GFP-expressing E. coli from the A. albopictus midgut after 24 h. The results of the present study using a fluorescent marker to detect infection may be useful for developing strategies to fully characterise the main steps involved in the bacterial infection process in insects.
Key words: Bacteria infection, fluorescent marker, crop, midgut, persistence.
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The Wadden Area
Between Den Helder in the Netherlands and Esbjerg in Denmark lies an area of natural importance that has no equal anywhere in the world. The Wadden Sea is a world in itself, a world with two faces, ruled in turn by ebb and flood, by sand and water. Like pearls on a necklace, about fifty islands and islets protect the shallow Wadden Sea. The necklace begins with the five Dutch Wadden islands, pearls that each have their own atmosphere and their own character. Five islands, five opportunities for enjoyment!
A World between the Tides
The Wadden Sea is teeming with life. Twice a day, the current of the flood tide brings water from the North Sea, rich in sediment and plankton, much of which sinks to the sandy bed. In addition, the shallow water of the Wadden Sea warms up rapidly in summer. This means that algae and seaweeds are able to grow quickly. They form the basis of the enormous wealth of food that supplies the inhabitants of the Wadden Sea - countless fish, birds and seals.
Just like the Wadden Sea, the five Wadden islands also teem with life. There is wildlife aplenty, but they are also alive with culture, sport and pleasant terraces. On all the islands, you will find quiet and open spaces, beaches and dunes, marvelous flora and fauna, open skies and views extending for miles across the North Sea and the Wadden Sea. But in addition, Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog each have their own sights and specialties. What if you cannot decide which one you would prefer to visit? Thanks to good connections by boat, you can 'wad-hop' to visit all the islands, one after the other.
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Because the United States has such a large immigrant population, the structure of inequality within the United States will depend intimately on how immigrants are faring. There is accordingly much research on patterns of assimilation and incorporation among immigrants, on the extent of anti-immigrant discrimination, and on the effects of changes in immigration law and policy on the economic standing of immigrants.
How many immigrants settle in segregated neighborhoods or participate in segregated enclave economies? Are second-generation immigrants assimilating as reliably now as in the past? Or are there now two groups of immigrants, one that assimilates in the conventional way and another that rejects such conventional assimilation and identifies with historically disadvantaged groups, such as African Americans?
Is there an increase in prejudice or discrimination against immigrants? Are the largest immigrant groups (e.g., Mexicans) regarded as a special threat and hence subjected to much prejudice? Is there growing discrimination against Middle Eastern immigrants?
How do changes in quotas, work visas, and other immigration policies affect the immigrant and non-immigrant populations? How are wage rates affected by changes in the size of the immigrant population? Is deindustrialization warded off by increasing the size of the immigrant population and the availability of inexpensive labor?
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Medical knowledge we have present today, we’re able to be closer to unborn babies more than ever before. With ultrasound, for instance, we’re able to “meet” a fetus well before he or she is ready to make their grand entrance into the world, helping us determine what they will look like and if they’re growing and developing as expected.
While ultrasound is used on not only humans but can also be done on animals both big and small, Jenni and Guy decided not to have an ultrasound done on their pregnant horse, Treliver D’Aquitaine (“Daisy”). So, imagine their surprise when Daisy, who was seven days overdue, gave birth to not just one but two foals!
Jenni and Guy, who were both at the scene of Daisy’s labor, were casually waiting for Daisy’s baby boy to stand for the first time, that is, until they realized their beloved mare was contracting once more.
“I felt inside her and felt two feet, Guy got back to the stables and I told him to pull out the second baby as quickly as possible and with me catching her our hearts stopped watching to see if the second foal would be alive and she was!! She was breathing…” said Jenni in complete shock.
Eventually, Baby Number Two, a female, arrived via a breech birth, although survived.
“She was tiny but strong and a fighter, wanting to stand within minutes and ready to drink once standing,” says Jenni.
What made this moment so special wasn’t just the fact that Guy and Jenni didn’t expect Daisy to have two foals but the fact that most horses are usually only pregnant with one foal at a time. Twins are rare in horses, but if they do end up occurring, the second foal usually passes away before or shortly after birth, but in Daisy’s case, she birthed two healthy babies!


Children should enjoy their education. The enjoyment ought to be of the type that derives from a sense of accomplishment – of having mastered a new mental or manual skill or acquired a new piece of knowledge that enhance their understanding of themselves or the world – not of the type that derives from being entertained or amused. A wholesome participation in competitive activities – from class spelling tests to sporting tournaments – gives a child a realistic sense of his or her talents and often acts as an incentive to develop them further. In this matter, we are happy to be guided by the spirit and balance of the Ratio Studiorum.
Class contests are to be highly valued and are to be held whenever time permits, so that honorable rivalry, which is a powerful incentive to studies, may be fostered. ….. besides the public prizes, other small tokens or symbols of victory are awarded by the instructors in their own classes to spur on their own pupils when they seem to merit distinction.
Very few adults and no children at all are capable of educating themselves. Allowing children to develop at their own pace is something that is always acknowledged as desirable but is often difficult in practice. We are firmly of the view that schools exist so that children can flourish and not vice versa. In practice this means not only providing support to children who find this or that topic or activity difficult but also the removal of restraints that inhibit the full development of a child’s talents in areas where he or she may have a particular aptitude.


All people, at all times, should have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious foods to maintain a healthy and active life.
This is a crucial social support measure for effective development and growth.
Feeding activities, whether food parcels, food gardens or feeding schemes, that provide long-term access to food security can transform world hunger.
Education & literacy
In a world where knowledge truly is power, education and literacy are the basic building blocks that unlock the gates of opportunity and success.
We all have a responsibility as parents, as caregivers, as educators, as leaders and as citizens, to instil in individuals, children and communities the critical drive for literacy and learning so that we can give them the chance to fulfil their dreams.
Let’s lead through education.


C. Walter Hodges (1909-2004) was a writer, illustrator, an eminent Shakespearean scholar and an authority on The Globe Theatre and other Elizabethan playhouses.
His background included the study of art and the designing of stage scenery and costumes and he was credited with playing an important role in the resurgence of literature for children from 1946 onward.
In Shakespeare's Theatre, published in 1964, the author describes how the theatre in Shakespeare's day had developed over time. In words and with his unique, whimsical artwork, he describes the gradual transition from pagan festivals and morality plays to the Elizabethan style theatres of Shakespeare's time and takes the reader through a typical performance of Julius Caesar at The Globe Theatre. He shows how Elizabethan theatres were designed and used and conveys the passion of his lifelong interest in the work of Shakespeare as he does so.
A 'theatre' is a 'place where action goes on,' as in an operating theatre or a 'theatre of war.' In Burbage's Theatre the action was acting. It was the first time in England a building had been called this, for that purpose.
It was customary to shoot off guns as a sign of high spirits in Shakespeare's time, and they were much used in the theatres, not only to simulate battle scenes but also to bump up the background of festivity. This had an unfortunate result at The Globe, for eventually it burnt the theatre down.
This book was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1964 and is a simple, interesting and lively introduction for children to the world of Shakespeare, morality plays and The Globe Theatre.


Knowing your risk of heart attack is complicated – even if you're moments away from having one. The main symptoms of imminent (or already occurring) heart attack in men are chest pain, discomfort, nausea – all common for a variety of ailments, including stroke and indigestion. "What do you do with a patient who comes into the emergency room and tells the doctor he has chest pain?" says Peter Kuhn, a biophysicist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. "The patient could be just prior to a heart attack – but there's no way to tell that."
So Kuhn and his colleagues are developing a new, simple test that could one day help doctors tell who's at high risk of heart attack before one happens, whether in the emergency room or during a more routine doctor's visit. Kuhn hopes that one day the test will give a fast, effective measure of imminent cardiovascular risk from a simple blood sample. The test uses the sample to look for the presence of endothelial cells, which line blood vessels. When a person's arteries become overloaded with plaque, endothelial cells make their way into the bloodstream – a telltale sign that a heart attack may soon follow.


Yellow Monarch butterfly chrysalises in the US?
Although there are Monarch chrysalis colors other than green in other countries, in the US Monarch chrysalises are green.
Jodi Hopper, owner of Wish Upon A Butterfly in Pennsylvania, discovered some yellow chrysalises in her Monarchs a few years ago. She shipped some to Dr. Chip Taylor and shipped some to us at our farm. We raised them for years before finally letting that line of stock end.
The yellow color is recessive. If a butterfly from a green chrysalis and a butterfly from a yellow chrysalis paired, all offspring would have green chrysalises. But if their offspring paired, some would be green and some would be yellow. It’s much like the blue-eye gene in humans.
The caterpillars look totally normal. The first indication that there is something unusual is when the caterpillars J and begin thinning their cuticle. The top photo shows two caterpillars J’ing side by side. The one on the left will make a yellow chrysalis. You can see the yellow color though the cuticle. The one on the right will make a green chrysalis.
The adult butterflies are totally normal.
The blood of these butterflies is also yellow.
Dr. Chip Taylor and his students have been looking at the biochemical basis for the expression of this phenotype. We look forward to hearing more about them in the future.


If the ocean was only 10% celery, it would only be 9% water. Because we know that the ocean is at least 50% water, we know that it is also at least 56% celery. The real question is if the ocean is 56% celery and 50% water (at least), and humans are ~70% water, then why are human’s celeries so variable? I mean, you look at someone like Bill Gates who has so much celery, and you look at me whose celery isn’t even close. Does Bill really have that much more water? Why isn’t he an ocean?


The centrifugal casting allows to manufacture the coreless tubes.
It consists of casting some liquefied metal in a spinner animated with a rotative movement around its axis.
The liquid metal is submitted to a centrifugal force that takes it away from the rotation axis and flattens it against the spinner wall that is generally metallic.
There are three categories of centrifugal machines:
- horizontal axis centrifuges,
- oblique axis centrifuges,
- vertical axis centrifuges.
That process allows to obtain some excellent physical and mechanical qualities of the metal.
The centrifugal force brought during all the solidification time of the alloy limits the defects and avoids all kinds of inclusions by ejecting them to the boring. So, the structure of the metal is thinner, more compact and more homogeneous than in the casting by gravity. The mechanical characteristics consequently are improved.
The centrifugation also allows to manufacture some bimetallic parts, La centrifugation permet également de réaliser des pièces bimétalliques, conical parts and rings with flares.


Men injured during the first world war learn new trades.
Modified WPA record.
World War One; disabilities. Amputee veterans - on crutches coming out of building- sign Queen Mary's Workshop. They learn trades - a vocational school for wounded. skills; crafts. A long line of one-legged men; a few with both legs but missing an arm; and one double leg-amputee in a wheelchair. Sad. Pan along group of the men posing; with Red Cross nurse. CU white-moustached officer and an official. Shoemaking: men working on boots. CU Man wearing apron; hammering. Another hammers sole of boot; pan to Instructor helping man. Office machines. Men sit at typewriters - man typing 1-handed. Man running an adding machine. A group of wounded veterans sit in a class; pan across; instructor; an Army man; in BG stands at blackboard writing the non-word Stickability (is that like Stick-to-it-ive-ness?) - then turns; speaks; using encouraging arm-gestures making fist etc.
Playing cricket. Some of the men are hopping on their one leg Veterans learn to work on automobiles etc. Pan across workshop (rather dark). Pan on electrical workshop Man does something w/ wires in FG; man climbs ladder in BG. CU man on ladder - - as he climbs one sees his legs are cut off at knee - he's climbing on the stumps. He hooks up some wire; climbs down; to wheelchair.
Woodworking. Several men stand at table; making cabinets. CU man sanding corner of window frame. Old stove w/ kettle in BG.


Definitions of igneous
a. - Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance. 2
a. - Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks. 2
The word "igneous" uses 7 letters: E G I N O S U.
No direct anagrams for igneous found in this word list.
Shorter words found within igneous:
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At the Swiss Museum of Transport, visitors literally have Switzerland at their feet. First, from the spanning footbridge, they enjoy the view of the panoramic image out of a cloudless sky. Then the search for details begins directly on the map. In this way, Switzerland can be re-discovered from the equivalent of 74,000 meters above sea level. A visitor can search for one's own home, a certain vacation spot or special places of longing. In addition, there are exciting size comparisons as well as in-depth information on cartography and Swiss transportation history. The gigantic national map required just as much preparatory work: the walk-on aerial photograph consists of 7,000 high-resolution photos taken from a flight altitude of 3,000 meters, retouched to the same time of day and season, and assembled into an incredibly precise view of Switzerland. The exhibition opened in 2002 and was originally planned to last four years. But it has remained open for viewing to this day.


Mexican designer Luis Luna has a unique and clever concept of the eco-friendly computer which he has named the O Project.
The O Project is a sustainable computer inspired by oxygen and photosynthesis. The CPU is circular, not boxy, and grows a plant inside. The CPU is built with biodegradable skin that is comprised of polymers from cornstarch and bamboo.
Although the small plant can’t absorb all of the carbon dioxide in its surroundings, its existence serves as a reminder of the importance of thinking green, especially as it pertains to technology. The project is part of a Dell design contest for green computers.
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Jama Masjid, Delhi
Conceived as part of Emperor Shah Jahan’s grand plan to create a new capital, Jama Masjid along with the Red Fort forms the centre of Shahjahanabad. The mosque is well known for its architectural and religious significance.
Capable of holding 25,000 devotees, Jama Masjid is located at the beginning of Chawri Bazar road in Old Delhi around 500 meters from the Red fort.
Built between 1644 and 1656 AD, the mosque is the final architectural work of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. It was built from red sandstone and white marble, under the supervision of Saadullah Khan, Shah Jahan’s minister.
The mosque was christened Majid-i-Jahan Numa; however, it is generally called Jama Masjid as the Friday prayers were held at the mosque.
Designed by Ustad Khali, the mosque is a marvellous facade of eleven arches decorated with marbles. It has three gateways, four towers and two minarets. The main entrance is on the eastern side facing the Red Fort, which was used by the emperor.
The tower of the mosque has five storeys with a projecting balcony on each floor. The topmost storey is made of marble, the rest with sandstone. Three full domes crown the main prayer hall.
The mosque’s courtyard is spread over 1000 square meters. In the centre of the courtyard is a tank which was used for rituals. A raised platform called Dikka near the tank was used by the second cleric to repeat the prayers.
The courtyard is surrounded by pillared corridor. Under the domes of the mosque is a hall with seven arched entrances facing the Mecca.
The north gate of the mosque houses a collection of Prophet Muhammad’s relics. One gets to see the copy of the Holy Quran written on deer skin, a strand from the Prophet’s beard, his sandals and foot prints on marble.
Inscriptions regarding the history of the mosque, cost of its construction, its architect are inscribed on a plaque in the mosque.


2.7" Galena Crystals on Pyrite and Sphalerite - Peru
This beautiful specimen contains an association of galena crystals that formed over pyrite and sphalerite. It comes from the Huanzala Mine in Peru and the entire piece measures 2.7" wide. The white botryoidal mineral formations appear to be calcite or aragonite.
Galena is a lead based mineral that is in fact the primary ore of lead, and has been used for its lead content for thousands of years. Galena typically displays a gray metallic luster and forms cubes or octahedral crystals. The chemical composition of galena is PbS.
The mineral pyrite or iron pyrite is commonly referred to as Fool's Gold because its metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue give it a superficial resemblance to gold. In the old mining days, pyrite was sometimes mistaken for gold. Pyrite is the most common of the sulfide minerals with the chemical formula FeS2. Pyrite crystals occur in many shapes and habits, including cubes of all sizes, penetration twin cubes, pyritohedral clusters and as small druzy crystals that can exhibit a beautiful glistening effect.
Sphalerite is a part of the sulfides group and typically exhibits a grey/black appearance due to high concentrations of impurities. When sphalerite is in it's purest state, the chemical composition is ZnS, and can display a gemmy transparent light tan/yellow color. This is one of the few minerals that can form crystals ranging anywhere between gemmy and transparent to opaque and metallic-like. Opaque or cloudy sphalerite tends to be most abundant, due to the ease of iron replacing zinc in the process of formation.


What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Blepharitis?
Blepharitis usually causes symptoms of eye itching, irritation, burning, increased tearing, and the sensation that something "may be in the eye." The complaint that "my eyes feel dry" is common.
With contact-lens wearers, it is often mentioned that "I can't wear my lenses for as long as I did before" and "the lenses irritate me more."
The lids may be red and may have ulcerative, non-healing areas that may actually bleed. Vision is usually normal, although a poor tear film often blurs vision, causing varying amounts of fluctuating vision during the day. Redness, warmth, and swelling in advanced cases may also be noted.
In allergic blepharitis, the lids may appear dark like raccoon eyes. This is called an "allergic shiner" and is very common in children.
Flaking and eyelid matting or "gluing" of the lashes are common. In the infectious form, there may be yellow- or green-colored fluid/discharge, which causes sticking of the lids, especially in the morning. With the most common seborrheic form, dry, flaky patches of skin may develop. Dandruff is common on the scalp and the eyebrows.
Secondarily, the cornea may show tiny erosions or peripheral corneal ulcers. Blepharitis may localize in the skin of the eyelids causing a sty or a chalazion, which, if it does not respond to medical treatment, may require incision (lancing) for drainage. Increased tear production is common and may be quite bothersome.
Chronic blepharitis may result in damage of varying severity, including redness, tearing, and matting of the lids. This may have a marked negative effect upon vision and therefore upon the eyeglass prescription. An inflammatory nodule of the lids (a sty) may develop. This is treated with antibiotic drops, hot compresses, or incision.
Use of contact lenses or dry eyes may also cause noninfectious blepharitis. Since there are many germs on the eyelids, antibiotic drops may be used in these conditions, as well.


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I have heard that hypoglycemia in children and young adults is now considered a possible pre-diabetic condition. What metabolic changes lead from hypoglycemia to hyperglycemia with aging?
The hypoglycemia that is an occasional predictor of clinical diabetes is due to a delay in what is called 'first phase insulin release'. What this means is that the normal prompt response of the islet cells to a rise in blood sugar is not yet absent; but is delayed for several hours. This in turn leads to inappropriate hyperinsulinemia at a time after a meal when the glucose rise has subsided.
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(HealthDay News) -- Head lice are small, wingless parasitic
insects that feast on tiny amounts of blood sucked from the human
scalp. They don't spread disease, but the itchy bites they leave
behind can trigger misery and infection.
The Nemours Foundation offers these suggestions to help get rid
- Wash any recently worn clothing or recently used linens in
water of at least 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Follow with 20 minutes in
the dryer on a very hot cycle.
- Dryclean any linens, stuffed animals or clothes that can't be
washed. Or, seal them in an airtight bag for at least two
- Use a vacuum to clean upholstery or carpet inside your home or
- Discard combs, brushes, barrettes, hair elastics and other hair
accessories used by a person with lice infestation. Or, soak them
for one hour in alcohol, very hot water or medicated shampoo.
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Wondering in a Deep Field
You can learn a lot in a field, late at night, staring off into space, eyes wide with wonder. One question you might ponder is how the Universe formed and how it evolves - a question astronomers continue to wrestle with. The image above is what happens when a powerful X-ray telescope, XMM-Newton, stares into "blank" region for over 100 hours. This image shows a web of X-ray sources, mostly active galaxies harboring super gigantic black holes, at different locations and at different distances. These sources are shown in X-ray colors which stand for the energy of the emitted X-rays, where blue sources emit very energetic X-rays, and red sources emit lower-energy X-rays. This X-ray image is even more probing due to coordinated observations in visible light by a powerful Japanese telescope called Subaru (named for the Pleiades cluster, not the car - which in fact was named for the cluster anyway). The combination of the X-ray images from XMM-Newton and the Subaru optical data is allowing astronomers to study the evolution of gravity in the distant, deep Universe.
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Modern Foreign Languages Curriculum Statement
At Longfield Primary School, it is our intent that all children perceive modern foreign languages as a means of international communication and a lifelong skill. Through embracing, promoting and incorporating languages in our curriculum, we offer all children the chance to become citizens of the world and make them strive to break the barriers of insularity. Our school is the proud home for speakers of 38 different languages, both pupils and staff, so inclusion and awareness towards others are the foundation of our work. Learning languages through creative experiences, as well as building confidence when speaking in a foreign language are achieved at Longfield through the work done by our enthusiastic children and lovely staff!


Presented by Dr. Richard Green, UCSC and Dovetail Genomics
The lack of genetic differences between male and female alligators leaves open the question of how the genes responsible for sex determination and differentiation are regulated. Insight into this question comes from the fact that exposing an embryo incubated at male-producing temperature to estrogen causes it to develop ovaries. Because estrogen response elements are known to regulate genes over long distances, a contiguous genome assembly is crucial for predicting and understanding its impact.
The addition of Chicago to the assembly allowed researchers to assembly synteny blocks which enabled comparison of the Alligator genome to other archosaurs, such as the Chicken. What was found was that there is complete homology in the DNA Binding domain of the estrogen receptor between Alligator, Chicken and Human. This will allow additional research into how this domain is involved in temperature dependent sex determination.


On March 12, 1956, America met Scottsdale on the pages of LIFE Magazine. Nina Leen’s photographic essay, “Sands of the Desert Turn Gold” introduced the burgeoning Western town, which had been incorporate only 5 years earlier. Here was a place where the Old West had never become old, where horses were as common as cars, and whose glamour and refinement could satisfy even the most expensive tastes.
Scottsdale was quickly becoming one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Southwest alongside Santa Fe. Leen crafted Scottsdale’s national reputation as a center for authentic fashion and art inspired by the desert and created by its people. The influence of Leen’s article was evident at the time by the nationwide popularization of the broomstick skirt that appeared in the essay, a style that originated in Scottsdale as the “squaw dress.” It is considered a uniquely American fashion staple because it’s inspiration is rooted in Navajo and Mexican women’s dress.
A city with skyrocketing property values, six-figure homes, three-figure dresses, and $50 gift wrap, Scottsdale seemed a city built by gold. Selling Scottsdale's exclusivity and down-home cowboy charm appealed to middle-class audiences. Many visitors (and speculators) chose to remain. Only ten years after Leen’s article, Scottsdale had become the third largest city in Arizona.


Sitheachdon by the River is located at a fork in a river, making it a very useful location for travellers from afar. It is easily accessible and as such has become one of the largest and most influential villages among the Shcots.
When first discovered, Sitheachdon was considered a mysterious place, because of several strange occurrences. Since then it has become a very busy place, its culture unique. While the majority of the inhabitants are Shcots, there is also a large Fairlan population, quite a few Landons, and several Garlants. There is even one or two members of the Sholan living in Sitheachdon.
Sitheachdon was named for the mysterious occurrences surrounding its discovery and founding, its name coming from an ancient Shcot word for "Mysterious" or "Faerie-Like". The second part of the name comes from its location near a river.


The pumpkinseed is the most abundant and widespread species of sunfish in New York State. It grows from 4-8 inches long. Pumpkinseeds occur in large numbers in warm shallow waters close to shore. They live in a variety of habitats from small lakes and ponds, to the shallow, weedy bays of larger lakes and the quiet waters of slow moving streams and sluggish rivers.
The pumpkinseed is a colorful fish with a bronze to red/orange belly and a bright red spot on the gill flap. The head and body are dark green and the sides have patches of dark scales, some of which are reddish brown. The lower jaw is blue.
The pumpkinseed is also
considered a panfish, and
is excellent to eat.
The pumpkinseed is an opportunistic feeder that consumes a wide variety of preys consisting of many kinds of insects, amphipods, mollusks, larval salamanders, and small fish.
Pumpkinseeds spawn from May through August. The males build nests close to shore and in colonies similar to bluegill. The nests are often located close to aquatic vegetation. Males guard the eggs and the young. Females will lay between 600 and 5,000 eggs depending upon their size. Hatching takes place in about 3 days and the male guards the young for another week or more.


On 24th August 1939 notices issued to all members of the Observer Corps.
War declared on 3rd September 1939, with observer posts and centres being manned continuously until the end of the war on the 12th May 1945.
Radar stations were able to provide warning of enemy aircraft approaching the British coast, but once they had crossed the coastline the Observer Corps provided the only means of tracking through the network of observation posts and this provided the information which enabled air raid warning to be issued and RAF fighter intercepts.
The Capture of Rudolph Hess
Rudolf Hess was Adolf Hitler's Deputy in the Nazi Party and after a flight of almost 1000 miles, at around 23:00 hours, Hess parachuted out over Eaglesham near Glasgow.
After the successes of 1940 and early 1941 and especially in respect to the work undertaken as the 'eyes and the ears' of the RAF during the 'Battle of Britain', on the 9th April 1941, His late Majesty King George VI the "Observer Corps" was provided with royal recognition and the retitle to the "Royal Observer Corps"
Women in the Corps
1941 saw the introduction of women into the Royal Observer Corps.
D day 6th June 1944, the Air Ministry issued a confidential order which outlined an urgent need for a substantial number of ROC Observers to be employed on aircraft recognition duties in defensively-equipped merchant ships. They continued to wear their ROC uniforms but wore 'Seaborne' shoulder flashes and a Royal Navy brassard with the letters 'RN'
During the D-Day Landings two observers lost their lives; 22 survived their ships being sunk and a number being injured during the landings. The Seaborne operation was seen as an unqualified success and was recognised by His Majesty King George VI, by the approval of the use of "Seaborne" shoulder titles as a permanent feature of the observer uniform.


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the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Also pan·sper·ma·tism [pan-spur-muh-tiz-uhm], /pænˈspɜr məˌtɪz əm/, pan·sper·my [pan-spur-mee]. /ˈpænˌspɜr mi/.
Origin of panspermia
OTHER WORDS FROM panspermiapan·sper·mic, adjective
Words nearby panspermia
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Over the past four decades, all the predictions of cometary panspermia have been verified.Clumps of bacteria could spread life between planets|Paola Rosa-Aquino|August 27, 2020|Popular Science
Indeed, the old idea of panspermia leads to the wholesale exchange of biology between the stars.How Life Could Continue to Evolve - Issue 88: Love & Sex|Caleb Scharf|August 12, 2020|Nautilus


In the book Of Mice and Men, the story takes place next to what river?
Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men takes place during the 1930s on a ranch in the Salinas Valley in California. The river that the story takes place along, is the Salinas river. The setting is enchanting with yellow sands and golden foothills. The setting gives the reader the idea that the Salinas Valley is a land of golden opportunity for Lennie and George. This is the very spot in which the reader first meets these two men.
In the novel Of Mice and Men, the story takes place next to the Salinas River. The river marks the beginning, as well as the end of the story. It is important to understand that the river is a symbol of life. At the beginning of the story, George and Lennie take refuge by the river bank, make plans for their future, and Lennie trustingly drinks from it, even though the water may be unsafe to drink. At the end of the story, the river represents the end of life, as Lennie takes refuge by the river, trusting once again that he is in a safe place, but meets with his demise.


This is The Substream's "The Film Lab" series on cinematography basics. This is an intro into the basics of exposure. What is the difference between exposure and shutter anyway?
Mike pompously expounds on the basics of lenses and exposure.
Light, a dude, a lens, a camera and film. This is how something magically becomes an image.
Aperture is a fancy word for hole. The aperture of the lens adjusts how big the hole is that is letting light through. F/1.4 is wide while F/24 is more closed down. F/8 is average right in the middle sized hole or aperture.
In photography, exposure is the total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium (photographic film or image sensor) during the process of taking a photograph. Exposure is measured in lux seconds, and can be computed from exposure value (EV) and scene luminance over a specified area. The longer the exposure (slower the shutter speed) the more light that can be let in.


This activity is student centered and Common Core! First, students read a brief history about the Epic of Gilgamesh and an excerpt from the actual tale. Then, they analyze the text and draw conclusions regarding beliefs about polytheism, demigods and society in Ancient Mesopotamia. Lastly, students summarize and support claims with evidence in the form of direct quotes from the text.
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Year 4 Learn About Teeth
22 October 2020 (by Head Admin (headteacher))
Year 4 children know all about the importance of looking after your teeth
In Year 4 they wanted to test how various types of liquids can affect our teeth. They used eggs as they are made out of a similar material to our teeth. Year 4 decided to test the effect of apple juice, Coco-Cola, Fanta, Vinegar, Coffee and Vinegar with toothpaste. They wanted to use their results to write up a lab-report and present it to their teachers who drink a lot of coffee!


|DESCRIPTION: It is a deciduous tree reaching up to 20 m in height and 10 m in width at a fast growing rate. It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The scented flowers are monoecious and are pollinated by the wind. USE: The inner bark - cooked or dried, ground into a powder then used with cereals for making bread etc. Sap - raw or cooked. A sweet flavour. Harvested in early spring, before the leaves unfurl, by tapping the trunk. A beer can be fermented from the sap. Young leaves can be used raw or cooked and used as herbal tea. They are anticholesterolemic and diuretic and works as a germicides. An infusion is used in the treatment of gout, dropsy and rheumatism, and solvent of kidney stones. The bark is diuretic and laxative. The inner bark is bitter and astringent, it is used in treating intermittent fevers and various skin afflictions, especially eczema and psoriasis. The buds are balsamic. The wood is soft, light, durable. It is used for furniture, tool handles, carving, toys etc. It is a source of charcoal that is used by artists and is also pulped and used for making paper. The bark is rich in dye and tannin. GROWING PERIOD: Perennial. COMMON NAMES: Downy birch, White birch. FURTHER INF: It can be found in or at the edge of bogs, in primary and secondary woodlands and along sunny edges. It tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure. A pioneer species, it readily invades old fields, cleared or burnt-over land and creates conditions suitable for other woodland trees to become established. Since it is relatively short-lived and intolerant of shade, it is eventually out-competed by other trees.


FOLK DANCES OF INDIA – PANTHI
Panthi is one of the prominent dance forms of Chhattisgarh State in India. The Panthi dance reflects the rich cultural heritage and traditional legacies of the indigenous tribal groups of the region. Representing the vibrant and dynamic cultural life of the local inhabitants of Chhattisgarh Region. Panthi dance epitomizes the unique dance styles of the state.
In this, Panthi Folk Dancers are Dressed in colorful costumes with exquisite jewelries, and the performers of the Panthi dance display their artistic caliber with complete dedication and enthusiasm which is reflected in their flawless performance. The expressive body language coupled with unique dancing steps, the splendid performance of Panthi dance casts a magical spell on the audience. The spectators of Panthi dance remain spell bound with the marvelous presentation of unique cultural traits of the indigenous tribal communities.
Endowed with enriched in cultural traditions, the district of Durg boasts of a plethora of indigenous performing arts of the region which is reflected in the beautiful Folk dance forms, and melodious songs and expressive dance dramas. The beautiful Panthi Folk dance is one such indigenous dance forms of the several tribal communities of the Durg district that has percolated from the ancient times to the modern era.


The Staten Island Museum herbarium (SIM) contains over 25,000 specimens, focused on the flora of Staten Island and the northeastern United States. It is a complete record of the flora of Staten Island, from the 1860s to the present. The core of the herbarium was donated by co-founders Arthur Hollick and Nathaniel Lord Britton, and is composed of specimens they collected during the 1870s-1880s. Specialized sub-collections include hybrid oaks (Hollick/Britton/Davis) and hybrid violets and ferns (Philip Dowell). Aside from vascular plants, the collection also contains mosses, lichens, algae, fungi and slime molds.


Because of the advancements the world has seen throughout the years, companies are able to expand their business overseas. It is a heavy process and if not done correctly it can end up going terribly wrong. When deciding to move a business or deciding to manufacture overseas many factors come out to play. Management needs to take into consideration how the country they are trying to expand into works. Their laws, their beliefs, their values. Management will also, eventually, have to come to a decision in a pivotal moment. They [management] need to be ethical in these situations because what they decided will affect the company. Globalization has also affected business management being as it requires more people with core competency tendencies. Managers need to be able to sell their product and maintain success overseas. Finding the right people to help overlook this complex process will go a long way.
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The Impact of Management in the Globalization of Business
Research how one can prepare themselves for doing business overseas and one of the most common tips listed is that they should familiarize themselves with the intended countries. Mercedes Alfaro, the founder and president of First Impression Management, says that it is essential to build a rapport with the people and to understand their value system (2010). Learning a country 's customs, such as their language, etiquette, and culture, will not only provide you with an…


CARE’s Pet Responsibility Education Program (PREP)
The mission of CARE’s Pet Responsibility Education Program is to teach children to be safe around cats and dogs, to be responsible pet owners, and to help reduce pet overpopulation by advocating for spay/neuter in their communities.
PREP, adopted from Moore County’s Pet Responsibility Committee in 2013, is a six-week educational program designed for the 4th grade student. PREP serves 4th grade students in Chatham County Schools and Chatham Charter School. The curriculum has also been modified for 4H campers, YMCA Afterschool programs, kindergarten and high school students, new Habitat for Humanity homeowners, Girl Scouts and the Duke School summer program.
PREP emphasizes responsible pet care including nutritious food, fresh water, regular veterinary care, spay/neuter, safety around cats and dogs, and animal advocacy. Not only every student, but every individual in Chatham County can be a part of the solution to the pet overpopulation crisis.


Pidgins and Creoles
The focus of this study is upon those pidgins and creoles which are English based and which have arisen since the fifteenth century. The book examines the widespread nature of the pidgin/creole phenomenon and evaluates the current definitions of the terms and the theories which have been advanced to account for their existence. The author considers the potential of pidgins and creoles as literary media and as vehicles for education. She looks at the sociological and psychological implications of using pidgins and creoles in the classroom and examines the position of American `Black English' and `London Jamaican' in the pidgin/creole continuum.
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A Benedictine Congregation in France, an offshoot of the reformed Congregation of Saint-Vannes. It became independent in 1618 as the Congregation of Saint Maur, with the approval of King Louis XIII, Cardinal de Retz and Cardinal Richelieu; sanctioned by Pope Gregory XV in 1621 and Pope Urban VIII in 1627. Before 1800 there were over 180 monasteries, the congregation being divided into six provinces: France, Normandy, Brittany, Burgundy, Chezal-Benoit, and Gascony. They conducted schools, and many scholars, such as Luc d’ Achery, Jean Mabillon, Thierry, Ruinart, Pierre Coustant, Antoine Rivet de la Grange, etc., were attracted to its ranks and produced great works. The Maurists were suppressed by the French Revolution; an attempt to restore them in 1817 was disapproved by the Holy See, and the congregation ceased to exist.
- “Maurists“. . Saints.SQPN.com. 22 September 2013. Web. 28 February 2015. <>


OpenGL Headline News
Jul 07, 2008
NVIDA has unveiled its most powerful graphics processing units (GPU), the GeForce GTX 280 and 260. The GTX 280 has 240 multi-threaded cores and can process video 18 times faster than the latest CPUs. It has 1.4 billion transistors and is capable of nearly a teraflop. Rendering 3D images in realtime is just about the most mathematically intensive task a PC will ever engage in, and these GPUs are aimed at applications that have become increasingly visual, according to NVIDIA. According to Bryan Del Rizzo with NVIDIA, the GTX 280 has 1.4 billion transistors, is compliant with the OpenGL 2.1 standard, and is capable of 0.933 teraflops.


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An international scientific workshop about a parasitic infection known as rat lungworm disease is scheduled to be held in Honolulu this week.
The Wednesday and Thursday workshop led by University of Hawaii researchers brings together scientists and clinicians from countries including Brazil, Jamaica, China and Thailand.
Their goal is to develop a research agenda to address the disease on a global scale.
Rat lungworm disease is contracted when people ingest the immature worms that are carried by snails and slugs. Ingestion is often inadvertent, such as eating a small baby slug on a lettuce leaf.
Snails and slugs become infected with the worms by feeding on feces from infected rodents, primarily rats.
The workshop at the Ala Moana Hotel is partially funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant.


The American Library of Congress is a wonderful resource for learning about our history and the people who influenced our country. Thanks to the Internet, we can learn from the articles and artwork contained withing the Library from our own homes. Whether you're simply curious as to what happened on this day in history, or your student is researching for a paper, this is a valuable resource to have bookmarked for future reference.
Be sure to click on the "Teachers" tab and see all the resources that are available to help us teach history including a blog with helpful hints, teacher created lesson plans, information on how to obtain resource material, and more. I also like that there is a tab for "ask a librarian" if I have questions or trouble locating a resource.


Step 1: Read about the history of Angel Island.
Learn about the history of the Angel Island Immigration Station by clicking on both links below:
Step 2: Life on Angel Island
Click here to read about life on Angel Island.
Click here to read a poem about Angel Island.
Step 3: Read about former Angel Island detainees by clicking on the names below.
STEP 4: Write a Journal or a letter to a loved one
Part A: Writing a Journal
After reading about the former detainees, pick one of the former detainees and write a 5 day journal of the life of that former detainee. While writing the journal, talk about the following:
-your feelings and emotions at the time
-your daily routine
-things you miss the most
Part B: Letter to a loved one
If you choose to write a letter to a loved one, write a letter as a detainee to their family. Describe in your letter what you are experiencing at Angel Island and what you have been through so far. Explore the emotions experienced by someone isolated from the rest of their loved ones.


In Ancient Egypt Isis, Nephtys, Neith and Serket formed a team of four goddesses, who protected the caponic jars containing the organs of the dead.
For that reason Egyptians depicted these four goddesses in the canopic chests and sometimes also in sarcophagi.
We know that the link of Isis and Nephtys with the corpse is related to the Osiris Legend and to their mourning rite for helping him in his final resurrection. But, which attributes did Neith and Serket have for being part of that divine quartet?
In the case of Neith maybe the link would also be related to the Myth of Osiris, and concretely to the incident of the battle between Horus and Seth. This Ancient Egyptian myth tells how Horus had to revenge the death of his father Osiris at the hands of Seth. In the most popular version Horus and Seth battled, with the resulting bloodshed, which ended with the victory of Horus.
According to another version, a court trial had to resolve the conflict. The gods were assembled in Heliopolis and Horus stated againt Seth. But, due to a lack of information the gods decided to write to Neith, an ancient Egyptian goddess of wisdom, and ask her for advice. The answer of Neith was clear: Seth was an usurper; Horus was Osiris’ legitimate heir, so he had to be in the throne of Egypt.
It seems quite probably that this mythical defence of Osiris and his son Horus caused the introduction of Neith in the funerary thought of Ancient Egypt as a protective goddess of the organs of the dead.
And…what about Serket?


Combination with Replacement Calculator
For a combination replacement sample of r elements taken from a set of n distinct objects, order does not matter and replacements are allowed.
The Combinations Replacement Calculator will find the number of possible combinations that can be obtained by taking a subset of items from a larger set. Replacement or duplicates are allowed meaning each time you choose an element for the subset you are choosing from the full larger set. This calculates how many different possible subsets can be made from the larger set. For this calculator, the order of the items chosen in the subset does not matter.
Combinations with replacement, also called multichoose, for CR(n,r) = C(n+r-1,r) = (n+r-1)! / r! (n+r-1 - r)! = (n+r-1)! / r! (n - 1)!. For n >= 0, and r >= 0. If n = r = 0, then CR(n,r) = 1.
- There are n! ways of arranging n distinct objects into an ordered sequence, permutations where n = r.
- The number of ways to choose a sample of r elements from a set of n distinct objects where order does not matter and replacements are not allowed.
- Combination Replacement
- The number of ways to choose a sample of r elements from a set of n distinct objects where order does not matter and replacements are allowed.
- the set or population
- subset of n or sample set
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In 2002, Florida reduced barriers to teaching in the classroom by creating alternative routes to teacher certification. This change enabled schools to hire high-quality teaching candidates who did not have traditional teacher training. “Educator Preparation Institutes” were established to certify teachers who were college graduates or other professionals who did not major in education.
Florida also began certifying teachers trained by the nonprofit American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence, allowed school districts to create their own certification programs and expanded the reciprocity of approved certifications from other states. There are about 90 different agencies that provided alternative routes to certification, according to the National Center for Alternative Certification. Figures produced by the Florida House of Representatives indicate that district-run alternative certification programs and Educator Preparation Institutes accounted for 37 percent of certifications earned in 2009. Of these new teachers, 68 percent were employed the following school year, compared to 43 percent of those certified through a traditional teacher preparation program.
 For more information about alternative certification, see: Marc J. Holley, “A Teacher Quality Primer: For Michigan School Officials, State Policymakers, Media and Residents,” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2008), 98-103, http://goo.gl/SZYV1 (accessed March 20, 2013).
 Fla. Stat. § 1004.85(3)
 “Florida: Summary of Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification,” (National Center for Alternative Certification, 2008), http://goo.gl/ jzeOu (accessed June 3, 2013); “Florida’s Educator Preparation Institutes,” (Florida Bureau of Educator Recruitment, Development, and Retention), http://goo.gl/5eOJe (accessed May 16, 2013).
 Author’s calculations based on ibid.


Context Clues, February 27Author: Seidel Matthew
Description: 1. Read the following sentences
2. Determine the meaning of the capitalized word.
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1. When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest, her email box was flooded with INQUIRIES for her award-winning muffin recipe.
2. Grandpa didn’t know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip, and now he had to ALTER his plans.
3. Unlike Bob, who treated others rudely and kept to himself, Bobby was JOVIAL, friendly, and outgoing
4. With the field torn up by the players’ cleats, and the cold rain falling in waves, conditions on the playing field were DISMAL


Even if the United States takes no explicit action to regulate greenhouse gases, emissions of carbon dioxide and other climate-altering substances will grow slowly over the next two decades, not returning to 2005 levels until 2027, according to a new projection from the Energy Information Administration, the research branch of the Energy Department.
Carbon dioxide emissions fell by 3 percent in 2008 and 7 percent in 2009, largely because of the recession. But even as economic activity picks up, emissions will grow at a modest pace because of growing use of renewable technologies and fuels, improved energy efficiency, slower growth in demand for electricity and the growing substitution of natural gas for coal in power production, the agency reports in its annual energy outlook.
The E.I.A. projects that energy-related emissions will not reach six billion metric tons, the 2005 level, until 2027, and will then rise by an additional 5 percent by 2035, reaching 6.3 billion metric tons. United States population and energy use will rise in that period, meaning that per-capita carbon dioxide emissions will fall.
Those figures assume that Congress and future administrations take no aggressive action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and that coal will remain the dominant source of electricity generation. The outcome could be different if the country moves more quickly to renewable fuel sources or if economic growth is faster or slower than projected.


Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) - largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville's fall from favor with the reading public - was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. Melville is less well known as a poet and did not publish poetry until late in life. Other works include Typee (1846), Omoo (1847), Mardi and a Voyage Thither (2v/1849), Redburn: His First Voyage (1849), White-Jacket (1850), Pierre (1852), Israel Potter: Fifty Years of Exile (1855), The Piazza Tales (1856), Benito Cereno (1856), Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866), Timoleon (1891), The Apple-Tree Table (1922), John Marr and Other Poems (1922), The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (1923), Billy Budd (1924), and Journal up the Straits (1935).


Interactive Bulletin Boards
Axis & Allies
After you have introduced your students to the countries involved in World War II, create this bulletin board to help them become familiar with the opposing sides. Place a large world map on the bulletin board. Also have colored pushpins available for identifying the Axis and the Allies (i.e. red for Axis, blue for Allies). Have a key available for students to do self-checks. This Interactive Bulletin Board can be used over and over again until students internalize the information and understand the basic geography of WWII.


Chapter 6: System-level Modeling of PEM Fuel Cells
A proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is an electrochemical device that converts the chemical energy of hydrogen and oxygen, with the aid of electrocatalysts, directly into electrical energy. After four decades of research and development, this device has reached the test and demonstration phase . Typically, the analysis and design of PEMFCs are centered around the membrane-electrode assembly (MEA), which involves the characterization of the physical environment of the electrochemical reaction, the transport phenomena of gas (hydrogen, oxygen, water vapor, etc.), liquid water, proton and current, and the relationships between the fuel cell voltage, current, temperature, material (electrode, catalyst and membrane) properties and transport parameters.
Over the years, PEMFCs have been modeled at various levels of complexity with different focuses. Early work was mainly on the modeling of MEA using mechanistic methods    . Attempts have been made to investigate the multispecies diffusion through the substrate and the diffusion layer of the electrode, the reaction kinetics in the catalyst layers, and proton and water transport through the membrane. The resultant models are generally governed by a set of complex partial differential equations. While the mechanistic models are built upon the rigorous mathematical descriptions of fundamental physics, they normally have very complicated expressions and often certain key physical parameters are difficult to quantify, which may in turn reduce the modeling effectiveness. Empirical modeling, by mapping the fuel cell voltage as a function of various contributing variables


WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Women account for the majority of stroke deaths in the United States, yet there are major gaps in awareness of risk factors specific to women, and in the knowledge of the causes and treatment of strokes in women, according to several reports published a special themed issue of Stroke released online Feb. 10 and dedicated to the epidemic of stroke among women.
Among the key findings presented in the issue are that the overall quality of care for women who have had a stroke is lower than that for men. The characteristics of male and female stroke patients also differ, according to one study, with women more likely to be older and be worse affected by stroke, and to have higher incidence of hypertension and atrial fibrillation compared to men.
Other research highlighted that emergency department waiting times differ among genders, and there is currently a lack of strong evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of stroke during early pregnancy.
"Projections indicate that the prevalence and incidence of stroke will increase by 2020 in both genders, but that these figures are magnified in women," Tobias Kurth, M.D., and Marie-Germaine Bousser, M.D., write in an accompanying editorial. "By 2050, mortality from stroke will be 30 percent higher in women than men."


Other churches might be grander, but none is more quintessentially Venetian than this 12th-century church with a history of service to the poor. Its cloisters once functioned as a women’s refuge and its portico sheltered the mendicoli (beggars) to whom it owes its name. The tiny, picturesque campo (square) out front is Venice in miniature, surrounded on three sides by canals and featuring a pillar bearing the lion of St Mark.
Dim interiors are illuminated by an 18th-century golden arcade and a profusion of clerestory paintings, including Palma il Giovane's masterpiece Resurrection (c 1610) at the rear, to the left of the organ. In the painting, onlookers cower in terror and awe as Jesus leaps from his tomb in a blaze of golden light. The front right-hand chapel is a typically Venetian response to persistent orders from Rome to limit music in Venetian churches: the Madonna in glory, thoroughly enjoying a concert by angels on flutes, lutes and violins. The parish’s seafaring livelihood is honoured in Leonardo Corona’s 16th-century ceiling panel St Nicholas Guiding Sailors Through a Storm.
Film buffs might recognise the interiors from the 1973 Nicolas Roeg thriller Don’t Look Now as the church Donald Sutherland was assigned to restore. Although the movie cast Venice in a spooky light, the publicity apparently helped San Nicolò: the British Venice in Peril Fund underwrote extensive renovations, completed in 1977.


Brighter Child Numbers 1 to 10 helps preschoolers learn and reinforce their number skills – by solving puzzles, playing games, and completing fun brainteasers. Offering 80 pages of full-color activities, easy-to-follow directions, and complete answer key, children will have fun learning numbers!
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The popular Brighter Child Workbook series offers a full complement of instruction, activities, and information in 51 subject-specific workbooks. Encompassing preschool to grade 6, this series covers key subjects including basic skills, English & grammar, math, phonics, reading, science, and Spanish. This series is helping prepare children by giving them a solid foundation in key skills necessary for success in the classroom!
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November 27, 2015,
News & Features
A new vaccine tested in monkeys generated a muted immune response that effectively wiped out cells infected with simian immunodeficiency virus, a close relative of H.I.V.
An ounce of prevention; an ounce of compassion.
The latest available estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested that most people would again go without receiving the flu vaccine.
At least 16 European countries are reporting increasing flu activity and Britain and France are experiencing an uptick in people suffering from norovirus.
Our most used anti-influenza drug may not work as well as we think it does.
Scientists are sharply divided over how easy it might be to make a virulent form of the bird flu virus.
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The Guardian picks up on the ARTNews article putting forth the claim that New York’s Metropolitan Museum owns a Michaelangelo that it bought 40 years ago as the work of another lesser painter:
Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness has long been attributed to the workshop of Francesco Granacci, a Florentine Renaissance painter, but hardly a household name today. Now Everett Fahy, former head of European paintings at the Met, has hailed it as the work of the Renaissance genius. Evidence found in the imagery and the underdrawing, the sketch beneath the painting, has led him to conclude that Michelangelo painted it in 1506, two years before he began work on the Sistine ceiling.
The Met bought the painting at Sotheby’s London for about £60,000 as “close circle of Francesco Granacci”. Today, as a Granacci, it would be worth perhaps £400,000. As a Michelangelo, its value would be at least £150m.
Michaelangelo at the Met (The Guardian)


Steven Spielberg’s magnificent film, "Lincoln," movingly dramatizes the struggle for passage of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. We should be grateful. That epic battle gave us the legal victory required to free the slaves, a victory that assured the integrity of America’s promise of freedom—to her citizens and to the nations of the world. Many have said that this was the most important achievement of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency.
Lincoln himself, though, would not have agreed. He believed that the Emancipation Proclamation—issued 150 years ago this January 1—was the greatest accomplishment of his life and his presidency. Perhaps if we wish to honor Lincoln as he deserves, we should honor him as he preferred—by remembering the terrible clash of forces that gave his Proclamation birth
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Relationships Between Project, Operations, and Organizational Strategy
Copyright © 2017 by Tomislav N. Krnich
To see an answer, click or touch its question:
What is a business operation?
- A permanent (on-going) activity that is necessary for achieving organizational objectives.
What is the main difference between a business operation and a project?
- A business operation is a permanent activity while a project is a temporary activity.
May a business operation change over time?
What is the responsibility of operations management?
- To oversee, direct, and control a business operation.
Although projects are temporary, how can they help an organization achieve its objectives?
- By aligning themselves with the organization’s objectives.
What is a strategic business initiative?
- An act that changes a business operation, product, service, or system.
How is a strategic business initiative implemented?
What are the requirements of a project as compared with a business operation?
- A project requires project management activities and the skills to support those activities.
- A business operation requires business process management activities, operations management activities, and the skills that support those activities.


This robotic fish is made from bent PVC pipe and moves its tail for locomotion.
If you’re going to build an underwater vehicle, propeller control is the conventional solution. Eric Dirgahayu, however, created his underwater creature in the form of a fish, complete with a tail that powers it through the water, and pectoral fins that could, in theory, steer it in the correct direction. There is also a ballast tank to adjust its buoyancy. Interestingly, control of this “fish” is accomplished via a TV remote, so the surrounding water would need to be relatively clear.
Now we already have a complete fish robot body, we need to provide it with life! We will use the Arduino Pro Mini because the shape is small and can fit into safety box. In addition, you also need Pro Mini Arduino Motor Driver for control of ballast tanks, UBEX for power protection and two cell LiPo battery 1000mAh for power.


SNDR (Remote Mirror) cheat sheet
Remote Mirror (SNDR/RDC), creates a network based mirror between two raw devices. When replicating, writes occur on the Primary Host's device no writes occur on the secondary host. When logging, writes may occur on either side, and are tracked through bitmaps.
||Contains primary device. All commands that manipulate the SNDR-set occur here after the set is enabled.
||Contains secondary device. The only command run here is the "enable" command, when the set is first created
||A bitmap. There is a bitmap for both primary and secondary devices. Bitmap becomes active when the SNDR-set goes into a "logging" state. Each bitmap tracks changes in the associated device when in "logging" mode.
||The relationship of:
Primary Host, Primary Device, Primary Bitmap
Secondary Host, Secondary Device, Secondary Bitmap
# pkginfo -x SUNWrdcr
What packages installed?
||SUNWspuni SUNWscm SUNWspsv SUNWrdcr SUNWrdcu
||SUNWscmr SUNWscmu SUNWspsvr SUNWspsvu SUNWrdcr SUNWrdcu
||rdcd and rdcsyncd
||sndrd and sndrsyncd
What drivers loaded?
# modinfo | egrep "(nskern | sdbc | nsctl | rdc | sv | iidev)"
SNDR comes up before DNS, NIS, and NIS+. The /etc/nssitch.conf should point to files for hosts and services. Only hosts that are in use by SNDR need be identified in the /etc/hosts table.
||sndradm is equiivalent to rdcadm which is found in the same directory
||manipulates the data services configuration location
||manipulates sv driver layer
||shows statistics and state of SNDR-set
sndradm commands can be substituded for
rdcadm commands for 2.x version of the software.


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support the prevention of malnutrition at the community level.
Malnutrition (or under-nutrition), is both a cause and a consequence of ill health and government recognises the multiple complex issues associated with it.
Public Health England has published an evidence review which considers what works in supporting older people to maintain a healthy diet and reduce the risk of malnutrition in a community setting. The review can be found at the following link:
Government advice is that most people should follow a diet in line with the United Kingdom’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide. Those who are underweight may need more energy or nutrient-dense foods and drinks. The Eatwell Guide is available at the following link:
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 2012 quality standard 'Nutrition support in adults’ provides advice to help identify people who are either malnourished or at risk of malnutrition in hospital or in the community. This is available at the following link:


Could one's walking speed have an effect on whether or not they will need Alzheimer's care in the future? Some scientists say yes.
New research published in the journal Neurology examined people's walking speeds and linked them to mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The study used 93 participants who were 70 or older and lived alone. Of these participants, 54 had no cognitive impairment, 31 had non-memory related MCI and eight had memory-related MCI.
Researchers gave participants memory and thinking tests and monitored their walking speeds over a three-year period. The study's authors categorized people into three groups - slow, moderate and fast. The findings indicate that people with non-memory related MCI were nine times more likely to be slow walkers than moderate or fast.
"Further studies need to be done using larger groups of participants to determine whether walking speed and its fluctuations could be a predictor of future memory and thinking problems in the elderly," said study author Dr. Hiroko Dodge. "If we can detect dementia at its earliest phases, then we can work to maintain people's independence, provide treatments and ultimately develop ways to prevent the disease from developing. Our in-home monitoring approach has a lot of potential to be used for sustaining independence of the elderly."
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For most of the year this burrow-dwelling frog lives 1.3 to 3.7 metres under the ground in a cavity that it excavates by digging downwards, using its hindlimbs like spades to throw the soil over its back (1) (5) (6). While foraging, the purple frog actively seeks out termite prey with its touch-sensitive snout, using the robust conical-shaped head to penetrate termite tunnels before sucking up its prey with its fluted tongue. While resting, the limbs are tucked under the body in a horizontal position (5) (6).
For several weeks of the year the purple frog comes to the surface to breed (1) (2) (5). Frogs gather around pools and the sides of streams, and once partners have paired up, the male grasps the female just above the legs and, using sticky skin secretions, glues to her in amplexus (the mating embrace) (2) (5). The fertilised eggs are laid in a pool of water and will subsequently hatch into tadpoles, before going through varying stages of metamorphosis to become adult frogs (5).


Students at Saint Paul’s took part in the biggest celebration of books and reading in the world when they participated in a fantastic World Book Day.
World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The main aim of World Book Day is to encourage children to explore the pleasures of books and reading.
With the aim of inspiring and developing their students’ interest in reading, the school organised a full week of reading related activities including a book quiz, puzzles, a Story in Five Parts and a “Guess how many books there are in the Library” competition.
“World Book Day is the perfect opportunity to raise the profile of reading for pleasure and engage our students in reading activities,” explained Ms Savova, the school librarian. “The students become engrossed in the various competitions and activities and we know from past experience that the events will encourage them to further develop their love of reading.”
Mr Sharrock, English teacher, said: “Research shows that teenagers who pick up a book for pleasure are more likely to succeed in life. The aim of World Book Day is to inspire people to read, it is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and the students enjoy participating in the event.”


The Crossover Grip has indentations for each of the three fingers to rest in and an additional “hood” to prevent the thumb from crossing over the top of the pencil and index finger.
The Crossover Grip helps
- the child who crosses their thumb over the top of the pencil
- the child who needs support to the index finger
This gripper also offers support to the index finger. Prior to the creation of The Pencil Grip and Crossover Grip, therapists gave children a pencil with a small gripper and a wadded paper towel taped above the gripper to give support to the index finger and open up the hand a bit. These grippers provide that support.


In a reaction
A + B2 → AB2
Identify the limiting reagent, if any, in the following reaction mixture.
2 mol A + 3 mol B
A limiting reagent determines the extent of a reaction. It is the reactant which is the first to get consumed during a reaction, thereby causing the reaction to stop and limiting the amount of products formed.
According to the reaction, 1 mol of A reacts with 1 mol of B. Thus, 2 mol of A will react with only 2 mol of B. As a result, 1 mol of B will not be consumed. Hence, A is the limiting reagent.
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Liberalism is not for attacking. It is for recapturing. There is much in “our” movement, whatever that is, that is liberal — the love of freedom, the emphasis on individual character. Libertarianism is an insufficient derivative of true liberalism that often becomes hostage to nonessential causes, whether marijuana legalization or the draft.
A true liberal hero from the past is Grover Cleveland; less purely liberal, but a more useful model still for our kind of liberalism, was Calvin Coolidge, president from 1923 to 1929. Silent Cal opposed special tax exemptions for municipal bonds on principle, fought hard and won for historically low top tax rate of 25%, and served with character. How much character did Coolidge have? When a driver hit him while he was walking after church in Northampton, Coolidge refused to divulge the driver’s name to protect him. Coolidge, like Washington, or Lord Acton, understood that power corrupts. He therefore turned down a chance to run again in 1928, though he knew he would win.
Office and government before individual was his motto. When walking along once on the street past the White House, someone with him asked jokingly of the president — “who lives there?” (pointing). The president’s reply: “Nobody lives there. They just come and go.”
Happy Birthday, Calvin Coolidge, the president who was born on the Fourth of July.
Amity Shlaes is writing a biography of Calvin Coolidge.


Trauma, stress, and manmade and natural disasters are increasingly impacting individuals and communities. The clinical and scientific advances presented here strive to address the rapidly expanding individual and community burden of disease resulting from the experience of traumatic or stressful events. The authors describe the suffering which trauma- and stressor-related disorders (TSRDs) cause, and explain in 30 concise chapters the state of the science for the DSM-5 trauma- and stressor-related disorders with regard to pathogenesis, diagnostic assessment and approach to treatment. This volume presents the genetic, neurochemical, developmental, and psychological foundations and epidemiology of the trauma- and stressor-related disorders, in addition to specific guidance on screening and evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and biological, psychological and social treatments. The chapters in this book cover a variety of TSRDs: posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, adjustment disorders, persistent complex bereavement disorder, and reactive attachment and disinhibited social engagement disordersd. Graphics, including neuroimaging are integrated for easy reference and to aid grasping of key concepts. The book draws on the current literature and provides brief case scenarios from individuals and families exposed to psychological or physical traumas, including mass trauma events. Factors contributing to susceptibility to these disorders and to resilience are also addressed. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders provides an in-depth yet succinct introduction to current clinical and research knowledge for trainees and for professionals including psychotherapeutic, psychopharmacological, public health, and policy interventions. It addresses the level of evidence for different best practices to target the disabling cognitive, emotional or behavioral symptoms for a specific patient or population.


Ninety percent (90%) of a child’s brain development happens before the age of 5. At birth, a child’s brain has not fully developed. The child’s brain is neuroplastic, meaning it has the ability to change in response to experiences. Experiences in the early years influence how the brain is built. Relationships with supportive caregivers are profoundly important for shaping the developing brain. The development of a child’s brain architecture provides the foundation for all future learning, behaviour and health.
Come and find out how specific parenting practices shape developmental outcomes in the brain-building process.
Dr. Kimberley Kong holds a Master of Education (Educational Psychology) from Universiti Sains Malaysia and PhD in Child and Youth Research (Psychology) from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland).
She is a lecturer at School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) teaching courses in Early Childhood Education and Psychology. She had worked with children across diverse settings which include high-end early childhood education setting, urban poor, indigenous communities and most recently refugee communities. Kim is also involved in several research projects relating to early child learning and development, focusing on resilience in children and play-based learning.
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The increasing demand on fast wireless communications, e.g. huge data file transferring and mobile broadband access, has driven wireless communication systems into a path towards Terabit era. Terahertz (THz) technology is promising due to its unique features, such as unlimited bandwidth available and minimum human health threat. However, a number of technical challenges need to be overcome to achieve such an ultrafast data rate of Terabit in the THz frequency band. This presentation overview the key technologies and challenging aspects of a THz Terabit communication system, from a system point of view, in terms of THz generation and link power budget. The THz atmospheric absorption is another critical issue to limit wireless communication range.
Main Research Area:
34th Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, 2013


Cancer Treatment May Play Key Role In HIV Cure
Could a cancer treatment be the key to curing HIV? Researchers are hopeful.
Ekaterina Dadachova, a radiology, microbiology, and immunology professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has found that radioimmunotherapy, which is widely used to fight cancer, may potentially be used in conjunction with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to create a permanent cure for HIV.
In her team's research HIV infection was reduced to undetectable levels after they administered radioimmunotherapy to HIV-infected white blood cells, in blood samples from people who already received HAART.
According to Dadachova (via Gay Star News):
‘To combat HIV, we need a method that will completely eliminate all HIV-infected cells without damaging non-infected cells.’
Nearly nine million adults worldwide living with HIV receive antiretroviral therapy.
But while HAART keeps the virus from multiplying, it does not cure patients because it cannot completely eliminate the HIV-infected cells in which the virus can replicate.
Dadachova presented the findings at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
She said she had found radioimmunotherapy offers ‘real potential for being developed into an HIV cure.’
In radioimmunotherapy, radioactive isotopes attached to antibodies selectively target and destroy cells.
After the antibodies deliver the radioisotope to a specific target, such as a cancer cell, the radioisotope delivers a lethal dose of radiation without harming healthy cells.
‘The elimination of HIV-infected cells with RIT was profound and specific,’ Dadachova added.
‘The radionuclide we used delivered radiation only to HIV-infected cells without damaging nearby cells.’
So far the study has only been conducted on blood samples and lab models. Trials with human subjects would be the next step.
What do you think of the study's findings, Instincters?


Check ins, collaboration, connection, conversation, cooperation, emotional connection, Emotional Intersection, equality, Human connection, Human relations, human relationships, Practice of bridging, social constructionist ideas, Transparency
Lately I have been thinking of what makes a conversation easier between two people. I came to realize that if people don’t meet each other in a shared emotional intersection, they might not be able to be present to one another. What makes two people present to each other is crucial in conversation. People need to be in a same/similar/familiar emotional space to be able to talk to one another in a more effective and understanding way.
Practice of ‘Check- In’ would bring people together to experience emotional connection. It would invite people to join in a shared emotional space. Practice of ‘Check- In’ is a practice of self-disclosure; it is a practice that allows the other person to get to know one’s emotional space; it is an invitation to inform others about one’s state of mind and emotions. People become more in tune with each other’s particular emotional mental and relational states. People experience connecting with one another in a more leveled equal and transparent way.
Practice of ‘Check- In’ also provides an opportunity to join in having dialogues to address much broader issues such as organizational social and political matters. This practice would allow people to defuse visible and invisible conflicts and become more aware of each other’s vulnerabilities.
- Have you tried the practice ‘Check-in’ in your conversations with your friends, family members or employees?
- What questions do you ask when you do Check-in?
Tahereh Barati, M.A, RMFT


Point Reyes Station's Railroad Days
For nearly 60 years, it was West Marin’s railroad hub, connecting Cazadero to Sausalito.
Courtesy of The Point Reyes National Seashore archives.
In 1875, when the North Pacific Coast Railroad reached from Sausalito to the eastern shore of Tomales Bay—with a ferry connection to San Francisco and stops en route in San Anselmo and San Geronimo Valley—the stop for the Point Reyes Peninsula was called Olema Station. Then, in 1882, when a U.S. Post Office was opened, the town’s official name was changed to Point Reyes Station. By then, track had been laid 35 miles north through timber and farming towns to Cazadero. The above 1927 photo shows transfer platforms where freight from the north—once lumber and potatoes, then mostly dairy products—was taken from narrow-gauge cars and placed in standard-gauge trains for the trip south. Buildings in the photo, starting from left: the pitched-roofed train depot (now the town’s post office); the red brick Grandi Building; what is now the Old Western Saloon; the Point Reyes Emporium (tall building, middle right) and structures that currently house Point Reyes Books and the Bovine Bakery. In 1933, the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, as it was then called, pulled out of Point Reyes Station and it became a slower-paced agricultural community.
West Marin historian Dewey Livingston contributed to this story.


The HSV1 virus spread from the genitals to nerves in the spinal chord, and then on to neurons in the colon, killing them. The damage to the colonic neurons prevented the movement of food along the digestive tract, leading to an enlarged colon and disease. Other members of the herpes virus family, including Epstein-Barr virus, chicken pox virus, and cytomegalovirus have been found in the neurons of the colon of people with unexplained chronic constipation.
Science Daily. June 8, 2016.


The diet of first-feeding fish larvae can influence their future growth and survival. The foraging ecology of yellow perch (YP) larvae was studied in western Lake Erie, a region characterized by habitat heterogeneity associated with the Maumee River Plume (MRP) and a high prevalence of invasive species. To determine the influence of the MRP on YP diet, water physical characteristics, zooplankton prey community, and larval YP diet and foraging selectivity were compared between MRP and non-MRP waters, 2006-2008. Water temperature was higher, while water clarity was lower in the MRP when compared to non-MRP waters. The zooplankton prey community (groups constituting >. 1% of YP prey items) did not differ between MRP and non-MRP waters, being composed of small cladocerans, cyclopoid and calanoid copepods and non-native dreissenid mussel veligers. Ration increased with YP total length (TL), with no differences found between MRP and non-MRP waters. Diet composition also varied with larval YP length, with the smallest larvae preying more heavily on dreissenid veligers than larger fish, and no differences between MRP and non-MRP waters. Most sizes of larvae positively selected for cyclopoid copepods in MRP and non-MRP waters, while selection for other prey was neutral or negative. Our study reveals a similar zooplankton community and larval foraging ecology between MRP and non-MRP waters during spring season, despite habitat physical differences, and points to mechanisms unassociated with larval foraging (i.e., predation) as a reason for higher recruitment of YP residing inside versus outside of the MRP as larvae.
|Journal||Journal of Great Lakes Research|
|State||Published - 2015|


249 Mediate (verb)
- to try to end a situation between two or more people or groups who disagree by talking to them and trying to find things that everyone can agree on
- to succeed in finding a solution to a problem between people or groups who disagree
- to influence something and/or make it possible for it to happen
- Wilson tried to mediate between the European powers to end the war.
- They mediated a settlement.
- The UN attempted to mediate a solution to the conflict.
- Educational success is mediated by economic factors.


is one of Muhammad's secretaries.
It is related that, when Muhammad instructed Abdullah to write down the words (Surah xxiii.12-14) ... Abdullah exclaimed, "And blessed be God, the best of creators"; and Muhammad told him to write that down also. Whereupon Abdullah boasted that he had been inspired with a sentence which the Prophet had acknowledged to be part of the Qur'an. It is of him that is written in the Qur'an, Surah vi.93, ... (Hughes' Dictionary, p. 2)This incident, of course, casts doubt on the inspiration of the Qur'an, when Muhammad so easily added to the words given.
More discussion in Sources of the Qur'an: Contributions by `Abdullah ibn Sa`d Ibn Abi Sarh
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A self-administered test to screen for early dementia, and it could help speed the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of memory disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, has been designed by researchers.
The handwritten self-assessment, which can take less than 15 minutes to complete, is a reliable tool for evaluating cognitive abilities.
The discovery has been explained in the current issue of the journal Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders.
Douglas Scharre, a neurologist at the Ohio State University Medical Center, developed the Self-Administered Gerocognitive Examination (SAGE) to help identify individuals with mild thinking and memory impairments at an early stage.
The research shows four out of five people (80 percent) with mild thinking and memory (cognitive) issues will be detected by this test, and 95 percent of people who are normal thinking will have normal SAGE scores.
Scharre, who specializes in treating Alzheimer's disease, said treatments for Alzheimer's and dementia are more effective when they are introduced in the earliest stage of the disease. Unfortunately, he said he often sees patients more than three to four years after the first symptoms of a cognitive impairment began to appear.
"It's a recurring problem," said Scharre. "People don't come in early enough for a diagnosis, or families generally resist making the appointment because they don't want confirmation of their worst fears. Whatever the reason, it's unfortunate because the drugs we're using now work better the earlier they are started."


Imagine old military planes used to revitalize barren areas of the earth, instead of causing death and destruction to the environment and wildlife. This reality may be closer than you think. Former RAF pilot, Jack Walters of Shropshire, England, believes C-130 transport aircraft — originally used for carpeting landmines across combat zones — could easily be refitted to deliver something exceptionally beneficial and peaceful: tree bombs.
Peter Simmons, of Lockheed Martin aeronautical corporation, thinks the idea is very doable:
“The possibilities are amazing. We can fly at 1,000ft at 130 knots planting more than 3,000 cones a minute in a pattern across the landscape – just as we did with landmines, but in this case each cone contains a sapling. That’s 125,000 trees for each sortie and 900,000 trees in a day.”