Distance from Sun
Mars is not the closet planet to Earth but it is the one that looks the most Earth like. It is around 80 million kilometers further out from the Sun than Earth, circling in its orbit at 228million kilometers, or about 1.5 AU. The image shows a scale model of the distance.
Size and tilt
Mars is much smaller than the Earth. But, as Mars has no oceans, it actually has the same land area as Earth. Also, Mars has a tilt very much similar to Earth, sometimes it leans towards the Sun and sometimes away. As on Earth, the tilt causes Mars to have seasons, times when its warmer and colder than normal. The image shows the relative size difference and the angle each is tilted by.
Mars is much colder than Earth. At night tempertures can drop to -120 degrees centigrade below zero, but during the day in the middle of the Martian Summer the temperature can reach a comfortable 20 degrees, but only just. The image shows the temperature range in degrees centigrade for both Mars and Earth.
Because Mars is so much smaller than Earth, the speed you need to reach to esacpe from its gravity is much smaller. This means its much easier to escape from Mars than it is from Earth so a rocket on Mars would not need as much fuel and could be much smaller than those here on Earth. The image shows two speedometers and the speed in meters a second you would have to reach to escape each planet.


One of the most common thistles around is bull thistle, an invasive species from Europe. Its showy purple flowers are beloved by bumble bees and other insects, but its spiny leaves are a bane to ranchers.
Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) grows most abundantly in coastal grasslands, along the edge of marshes, and in sunny openings in forests, according to the California Invasive Plant Council – but it is found in every state in the country. You can recognize this species because the leaves don’t stop when they meet the stem; instead they run down along it like little spiny wings.
This plant thrives on disturbance; it grows most readily when the soil is disrupted by plowing, logging, digging and so on. Even gopher activity can give it a boost!


Please answer the following questions:
1. What is an object (within the context of LiveCode)?
2. How many object types are there in LiveCode?
3. Name four object types.
4. How does one create an object (give specific instructions)?
5. Compose a limerick whose topic is LiveCode objects. For example (of form, not content):There's a wonderful family called Stein--
There's Gert, and there's Ep, and there's Ein;
Gert's poems are bunk,
Ep's statues are junk,
And no one can understand Ein.


It still seems like the stuff of science fiction when you think of it but with the strides being made in biological science, it may one day become fact. Cloning has become one of the Holy Grails of cellular biology and still remains elusive, though we are getting closer to achieving that dream.
A group of researchers from the U.S. have published results of an experiment that aimed to clone human tissue to replace damaged areas in the heart due to a heart attack. The result was a breakthrough in stem cell research and cloning. The team managed to derive heart tissue from skin tissue by using an unfertilized human egg.
Skin tissue from two donors, one aged 35, the other 75, were extracted and used to replace DNA from inside an unfertilized human egg. The egg “reprogrammed” the cells to go back to their initial stage as pre-embryonic tissue called a blastocyst. A blastocyst is a collection of 50 to 100 cells that evolve in to the embryo later on. The blastocyst was kept in a culture solution where it was induced by a combination of chemicals to turn in to heart tissue with DNA identical to the donor’s.
This breakthrough should be a sign of good things to come as tissue replacements for damaged areas such as the heart, the liver, the eye and the stomach are frequently needed. This could only come from the derivation of adult human cells as cells from a baby are not nearly as mature or diverse to derive nearly as many types of tissue as adult cells.
The prospect of cloning entire humans though, is still out of reach.


Some middle school students in northwest Iowa are learning first hand about the importance of the Missouri River. Over 1,200 sixth-graders from both Sioux City Community Schools and South Sioux City, across the river in Nebraska, will be taking a trip to the riverfront on Friday.
Desiree McCaslen is with the Sioux City Wastewater Treatment Plant. “We’ve put together 24 educational booths that are everything environmental — things that kids don’t see in the classroom and that the teachers may not have resources to,” McCaslen says. The event on Friday is being held as a precursor to an annual river clean up on Saturday from 9am until noon.
Participants will be taken by boat out to a clean-up area. “We’ve cleaned up about 30 tons of trash from the river over the last few years,” McCaslen says. Many of the students are planning to help with the cleanup effort on Saturday. Others who are interested in volunteering can just show up at 9am at the Scenic Park Boat Ramp in South Sioux City. Gloves, trash bags, life jackets and lunch will be provided.
(Reporting by Woody Gottburg, KSCJ, Sioux City)


Peroneal tendonitis, or peroneal tendinopathy, is a condition that is characterised by pain or tenderness on the outside or back of the ankle. While usually caused by the overuse of the tendon, it is sometimes caused by an acute injury.
The peroneal tendon consists of two tendons, the peroneal brevis tendon and the peroneal longus tendon, that are attached to different parts of the foot. The main function of these tendons is to evert and pronate the foot as well as stabilise the ankle during activities such as walking or running.
How to manage Peroneal Tendonitis
Applying ice on the affected area will help to reduce pain. Switching to more supportive footwear may also help to reduce strain on the peroneal tendon. Stretching and strengthening exercises can also be beneficial.
If the pain persists, a podiatrist can assess and diagnose the condition and recommend appropriate measures. If the condition is biomechanical in nature, a full musculoskeletal assessment and custom orthotics can alleviate pain, correct the problem, and greatly reduce the chance of reoccurrence. Focal shockwave therapy can also reduce pain and promote healing to the tendon and the affected areas.


Amolops is a quite large genus of true frogs (family Ranidae) native mainly to eastern and southeastern Asia. These frogs are quite closely related to such genera as Huia, Meristogenys, Odorrana, Pelohylax and Rana, but still form a distinct lineage among the core radiation of true frogs. They are commonly known as "torrent frogs" after their favorite habitat - small rapid-flowing mountain and hill streams -, but this name is used for many similar-looking frogs regardless of whether they are loosely related. Cascade frogs is a less ambiguous name.
Several species are highly convergent with other Ranidae "torrent frogs". A. archotaphus and its relatives for example very much resemble Odorrana livida. In another incidence of convergent evolution yielding adaptation to habitat, the tadpoles of Amolops, Huia, Meristogenys as well as Rana sauteri have a raised and usually well-developed sucker on their belly. This is useful in keeping in place in rocky torrents, where these frogs grow up. But as Odorrana and Staurois from comparable habitat prove, this sucker is by no means a necessity and other means of adaptation to torrent habitat exist.
New species are described on a regular basis. At least one undescribed species is known to exist, a very distinct form from Phetchaburi in Thailand that is possibly closer to A. marmoratus than to most others.


|Pincushion Cactus is a generic name given
to a variety of small, attractive and diverse cacti. There are more than
175 species of Pincushion worldwide and 10 in Arizona. These cacti are
barrel shaped and less than 6" in height. The have short, dense, grey
spines which surround a longer, dark red, hooked central spine.
The flowers of the Pincushion
Cactus can be used as a rain gauge of the previous summers monsoon
season. Flower buds are produced during the summer growing season,
then remain dormant throughout the winter.
In Arizona, the plants grow below 4500 feet in
elevation in dry, gravelly areas (usually under bushes or ledges which
protect them from the full strength of the sun). Pincushions bloom in
early summer with pink to lavender flowers which form a crown at the top
of the plant that lasts several days. The flowers are pollinated by
bees, while the edible fruits are consumed by birds and rodents.


I’m working on a Health & Medical question and need guidance to help me study.
HI253: Medical Coding I
Topic: “Z” Codes and Screenings
There are frequently occasions when patients visit providers without having a codeable disease or disorder. ICD-10-CM provides an entire section of “Z” codes to use for these encounters.
Scan through Section Z in the ICD-10-CM manual and identify 3 different codes that providers can use to explain the reason for visit in the absence of a disease or disorder. Include at least one code that would be used when screening testing is being performed.
Participation Expectations: Your main post to the discussion should contain at least 150 words, with no more than 10% quoting, and cite any sources used on a reference list following APA format. Let me know if you can’t find ICD-10-CM online.
SC121: Human Anatomy & Physiology I
The four basic tissue types in the body help form our organs and systems. As they form the framework for so many crucial systems, when they fail, the results can be quite serious. In this discussion, you will investigate one disorder that involves one of these tissues.
You will be assigned the disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Please list the name of the disorder in the subject line of your main post. You will do some additional research, and then answer the questions below.
- Which disorder did you research?
- Which basic tissue type is affected by the disorder and what is the tissue’s normal function in the body?
- How does the tissue contribute to the disorder?
- What are the symptoms of this disorder?
- What is the treatment or management for this disorder?


There may be an easier and more accurate way to measure your body fat and associated health risks than your BMI (body mass index). New research presented at the 19th European Congress on Obesity suggests a better way is to measure your waist-to-height ratio. BMI is based on height and weight, and can help determine whether you are underweight, normal, overweight or obese, but it has its limitations, because it does not account for muscle mass. It also requires a calculator. With a simple tape measure at belly button level, measure your waist circumference. Keeping it to less than half your height has been found to be a better predictor for being overweight or obese, with the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease. A review of 31 studies of more than 300,000 men and women confirmed the findings. Keeping your waist circumference to less than half your height can help increase your life expectancy.
As reported in WebMD
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663 million people - 1 in 10 - lack access to safe water.
2.4 billion people - 1 in 3 - lack access to a toilet.
Twice the population of the United States lives without access to safe water.
1/3 of the global population lives without access to a toilet.
More people have a mobile phone than a toilet.
Globally, 1/3 of all schools lack access to safe water and adequate sanitation.
In low and middle-income countries, 1/3 of all healthcare facilities lack a safe water source.
Water.org provides innovative, market-based solutions that change lives every day through safe water and sanitation.
While drilling a well can be easy, delivering water and sanitation solutions that are sustainable in the long haul is not and involves a number of important components. Read below to learn about our program philosophy, which has been refined based on field experience gained over the past twenty years.
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Appleton, Wisconsin's History Museum building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was originally a Masonic temple. The local Masonic Blue Lodge, charted in 1854, raised $100,000 in 1923 to build this facility.
The Museum's architectural style is Norman Revival, characterized by the use of rough-hewn stone and other features reminiscent of medieval castles and churches such as vaulted ceilings, heavy beams and leaded windows.
Lodge membership began to decline in the late 1960s and by 1985 the Masons chose to sell the building to the Outagamie County Historical Society.
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2. this circuit below has a 200 ohm resistor in serries with an 4mH inductor in parallel with another 16mH inductor
a). Determine the impulse response h(t) of the above circuit
b). Given that vi(t) = 5δ(t)V, use convolution integral to determine vo(t) = h(t) * vi (t).
c). Verify the vo(t) found in part (b) using Laplace transform


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What’s in Tobacco Smoke
What’s in Tobacco?
Tobacco smoke is made up of over 7000 chemical compounds, including 70 known carcinogens, such as formaldehyde, total oxidized nitrogen, hydrogen cyanide, cadmium and other heavy metals.1
Substances in tobacco smoke can be found in either particulate or gaseous form. Nicotine and tar are some examples of those found in particulate form while the gaseous substances found include carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen cyanide, nitrogen oxides, volatile sulfur compounds, volatile hydrocarbons, nitriles, alcohols, aldehydes and ketones.
Nicotine is the substance responsible for the addiction that develops from tobacco use. It is less toxic in comparison with other tobacco components. The tar in cigarettes is made up of a combination of various substances, some of which are carcinogenic such as polycyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons.
Tar is what remains after nicotine and moisture are removed. It is a combination of many carcinogenic substances and appears dark in color and has a sticky texture. It enters the mucous membranes of the mouth, lungs, stomach and intestine, causing various cancers of these areas, but also emphysema and other chronic respiratory and systemic diseases.
Carbon monoxide is a very toxic substance found in cigarette smoke. As it has greater affinity for binding to haemoglobin than oxygen, it prevents oxygen exchange in the lungs and then to the blood, preventing oxygen transport throughout the body. It also makes it more difficult for the body to eliminate carbon dioxide. Thus, chronic tissue damage is also caused by this phenomenon. The amount of carbon monoxide contained in cigarette smoke is at least as high as that of a non-catalytic gasoline engine.
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Smoking and Tobacco Use Fact Sheet, Secondhand Smoke. https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/general_facts/index.htm.


What is annual percentage rate?
The Bankrate.com financial term of the day is: "annual percentage rate" or "APR."
When you want to borrow money, such as with a mortgage or a credit card, you want to know that you're getting the best deal on your loan and aren't getting soaked. The annual percentage rate, or APR, is a handy and standard way of expressing what a loan is going to cost you each year, so you can make comparisons. The APR is an interest rate that rolls in the fees and other expenses of acquiring the loan. For example, the annual percentage rate on a mortgage takes into account not only the loan interest but also mortgage insurance and certain closing costs. It's important to point out that APR applies to car loans but not leases. With an auto lease, the equivalent annual cost is called the "money factor."
The annual percentage rate, or APR, offers an apples-to-apples way of comparing loan to loan.
To find the best home loan, visit the mortgage rate tables at Bankrate.com.


« Bases for Conservation of the Most Threatened Cuban Toad, Peltophryne florentinoi (Anura: Bufonidae) » Dr Roberto Alonso-Bosch, vendredi 27 septembre 2019 à 11h, amphi Monge
Zapata’s toad, Peltophryne florentinoi, inhabits exclusively the coastal microphyllous evergreen forests on limestone landscapes near Playa Girón, Zapata Swamp, Matanzas province, Cuba. This species has been catalogued as Critically Endangered by the IUCN taking into account its reduced extent of occurrence, and the potential threat of the sea‐level rise. However, its population dynamic, abundance, reproductive activity and its potential responses to predicted environmental pressures have been poorly studied. This contribution shows the first data about relative abundance, reproduction and ecological requirements of this poorly known Cuban endemic toad. We evaluate the potential effects of current anthropogenic activities and future scenarios of climate change and sea‐level rise. The main actions of an educational campaign implemented to enrich the knowledge of local people about the species conservation and its habitat protection are also presented.
Dr Roberto Alonso-Bosch, Titular Researcher
Museo de Historia Natural “Felipe Poey”. Facultad de Biología. Universidad de La Habana


SAN DIEGO (AP) — NASA's new Orion spacecraft returned to dry land in Southern California after a test flight that ended with a plunge into the Pacific Ocean.
A Navy ship, the USS Anchorage, delivered the capsule to Naval Base San Diego and unloaded the 11-foot-tall cone around 10 p.m. PST Monday.
Orion made an unmanned flight Friday that carried it 3,600 miles above Earth to test the spacecraft's systems before it carries astronauts on deep space missions. During re-entry into the atmosphere, the spacecraft endured speeds of 20,000 mph and temperatures near 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
It parachuted into the ocean about 600 miles southwest of San Diego, where the ship picked it up.
NASA recovery director Jeremy Graeber called the mission a "great success" and said the recovery from the ocean was "flawless."
"It was quite a thing to see, because it was challenging to get to that point, and to see the orchestration work exactly as we laid it out was priceless," he said.
NASA and contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. assisted in Orion's recovery.
The spacecraft may one day carry astronauts to Mars, but its next trip will be on a truck that will carry it back to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in time for Christmas.
The next Orion flight, also unmanned, is four years away, and crewed flights at least seven years away given present budget constraints. But the Orion team — spread across the country and on the ocean, is hoping Friday's triumphant splashdown will pick up the momentum.
During the flight test, all 11 parachutes deployed and onboard computers withstood the intense radiation of the Van Allen belts surrounding Earth. Everything meant to jettison away did so as Orion soared into space. It landed just a mile from its projected spot off Mexico's Baja Peninsula.
Data from 1,200 sensors inside and out of the crew module will be gathered to get the full picture of its performance.


The precise control that robotic-assisted surgery provides is ideal for delicate procedures on smaller patients. It also has the potential to reduce physical and emotional stress for children and their families.
Robotic-Assisted Pediatric Urologic Surgery
The use of robotic-assisted surgery in the treatment of children is one of the most compelling applications of robotic-assisted surgery. The minimization of trauma, incision size and the resulting scarring are significant advantages provided by a less invasive surgical approach. Robotic-assisted surgery provides the further advantages of a motion scaling and tremor reduction that are critical in work in and around the small anatomical structures of infants and children.
At the University of Vermont Children's Hospital we are successfully integrating robotics into our treatment of pediatric urologic conditions, allowing us to extend the benefits of minimally invasive procedures to children and their families.
At The UVM Children's Hospital, we perform the following procedures for children:
- Kidney: Pyeloplasty, nephrectomy (benign and malignant disease), partial nephrectomy, ureteroccalycostomy ureteroureterostomy (both for ureteral reconstruction)
- Ureter: intra- and extravesicle reimplant surgery (for urinary reflux and ureterovesicle junction blockage and megaureter)
- Bladder: Robotic-assisted bladder augmentation, excision of bladder diverticulum, cystolithotomy (for bladder stone removal)
- Other: construction of a Mitrofanoff or ACE stoma channel for children to catheterize the bladder or colon in cases of neurogenic bowel and bladder
Pediatric Surgical Benefits of Robotic-Assisted Surgery
- Improved dexterity
- Enhanced 3D visualization
- Increased range of motion
- Improved access
Pediatric Patient Benefits
- Shorter hospital stay
- Less post-operative pain
- Less risk of infection
- Less blood loss and need for transfusions
- Less scarring and improved cosmesis
- Faster recovery and quicker return to normal activities


An exploration of the world of smugglers and their effect on a nascent nation and its diverging social classes.
Cohen (History/Syracuse Univ.; The Racketeer's Progress: Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900-1940, 2004) traces the changing face of smuggling in the United States, from patriotic deeds to rum running to merchants trying to reduce overhead to ladies avoiding duties on fashions from Paris. Men like John Hancock avoided British tariffs while the Lafitte brothers, Jean and Pierre, ruled their own smuggler’s village on Grand Isle near New Orleans. Today, Hancock is a revered Founding Father, while Jean Lafitte stepped up to help Andrew Jackson repulse the British in the Battle of New Orleans—though not out of a sense of patriotism; he did it to secure the release of his brother from jail. The Civil War blockade runners perfected the trade, and there were plenty of avid students. The author follows a thread of connections to Charles L. Lawrence and his father-in-law, Mordecai M. Noah. The narrative assumes a six-degrees-of-separation aspect as relatives to both men dipped their hands into the business of defrauding customs. Lawrence is the ostensible focus, as he touched every area of smuggling, from Boss Tweed to Cuba, Brazil, London, and Paris. Merchants avoided tariffs as they undervalued their imports or tucked valuable stock in with duty-free goods. The 60 percent tariff on silk was bound to attract a talented man like Lawrence, and it was his undoing. Those who supplied the new gilded age elite especially added to the rising cries of economic inequality and protectionism in America. The book is not about romantic pirates, swashbucklers, or Rhett Butler–like blockade runners, and Cohen often gets bogged down in the less-engaging issues of customs politics, free trade, and tariff fights.
The links to Lawrence and Noah give the narrative continuity and keep it interesting. Without them, it would be somewhat dull.


When left unchecked, humidity within a power plant can have disastrous consequences. Moisture in the air can cause severe worker discomfort, provides the perfect environment for dangerous corrosion, and can ultimately be responsible for premature equipment failure.
It's obvious to see why keeping power plant workers is important, but did you know that work output decreases 40-50% when indoor temperatures reach 80 degrees Fahrenheit without sufficient ventilation? More importantly, workers can risk serious heat illness and heat stroke symptoms without proper humidity control. The body stops evaporating sweat altogether when relative humidity reaches 90%.
When it comes to equipment, moisture and humidity cause serious concern. The U.S. power industry alone experienced $23 billion in plant repairs, worker injury, and increased downtime due to corrosion alone. Corrosion repairs account for the majority of total production costs, resulting in nearly three-fourths of a plant's downtime (i.e. business losses).
Implementing humidity control strategies can have immeasurable positive impacts on a power plant's operations. However, over two thirds of power plants routinely fails to protect the boiler during layups, and only about 6% protect the turbine from corrosion and humidity-related damage.
Contact Polygon to learn more about effective power plant layup strategies and the equipment your plant will need to protect the plant and your workers.
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German amateur gunsmith Patrick Priebe created a pneumatic sniper rifle that shoots unusual ammunition - pushpins.
He took the barrel of an air pistol used for dart shooting as a basis and placed it in an aluminum case. The ammunition is in a foam polystyrene holder in special holes. Loading is done manually using a shutter.
The shot is carried out with compressed air, which is located in a 12-gram steel can. The can itself is housed in an inflator used to inflate bicycle tires. Its capacity is enough for 5 shots. Spare cans are located on a special shelf behind the barrel.
For accurate shooting, the homemade rifle is equipped with a 1 mW sighting laser. Aluminum folding bipods are provided for greater accuracy. Practice has shown that for a well-aimed shot at a watermelon, a beer can or a plastic bottle, it is enough to point at them and fix the red laser beam.


The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania: Embracing the Following Subjects, Viz., Discoveries and Settlements - Indian History - Indian, French and Revolutionary Wars -religious History - Biographical Sketches - Anecdotes, Traditions, Remarkable and Unaccountable Occurrences - with a Great Variety of Curious and Interesting Relics of Antiquity
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Alaska is the largest state of United States. But it has only over 700.000 people on. Alaska was a part of Russia after Russian government bought it in 1800s but then in 1912 America took it back. Alaska’s most areas are in ice and seasonal situations are some different than other countries. How many days of sunlight are in Alaska?
Daylight length in Alaska is consisted on solstice. And also the place where a person living in Alaska is very important to calculate amount of sunlight he will see on a year.
Summer solstice on Alaska means to see one of the longest sunlight periods on the world. It’s about at least 18 hours or more in a day. Summer solstice is from June 21st to December 21st. When it’s winter solstice, sunlight is almost 6 hours in a day.
Also the place is important in Alaska for sunlight. If a person is on the northern edge of Alaska like Barrow city, this place is called as “Land of the Midnight Sun” and to see sunlight in there is a big chance. Especially in November 18th to January 23rd there’s no sunrise. And between the dates May 10th to August 2nd no sunsets is possible.
There are also extreme examples on Alaska about sunlight on day. Fairbanks area see 20 hours of sunlight in summer solstice and 4 hours sunlight in winter solstice. The Arctic Circle line have 24 hours of sunlight in some days and 24 hours of darkness in some days.


Teaching your cat to accept brushing will take some training, but will be very beneficial to the cat once he is accustomed to the process. Daily brushing is most beneficial and will help to establish a routine for your pet, but brushing twice a week is acceptable if your schedule can’t accommodate daily brushing.
Make sure that you wash your hands both before and after administering the medication to prevent the spread of infection.
If you are administering the medication on your own, you may find it easiest to place your cat in your lap. If your cat’s eye is painful, you may need to have someone assist you in restraining your cat by wrapping it in a blanket with only the head exposed.
The easiest way to give your cat liquid medication is to mix it in with some canned food. To ensure that the medication is actually taken, it is best to give a small amount of food that the cat is certain to eat rather than a large portion that the cat may not complete. Some cats may be unwilling to eat the food or may have dietary restrictions that prevent you from using this technique. If this is the case, you will need to administer the medication directly into the cat’s mouth.


Desiderius dēsĭdēr´ēəs [key], d. after 774, last Lombard king in Italy (756–74). The duke of Tuscany, he was chosen king with the support of the pope and of Pepin the Short, who was king of the Franks and whose son Charles (later Emperor Charlemagne) married Desiderius's daughter. Desiderius's alliance with his son-in-law Duke Tassilo of Bavaria and his subsequent interference in Roman affairs incensed Charlemagne, who repudiated (771) his wife and provoked open conflict. Desiderius responded by supporting the claims of the children of Charlemagne's brother Carloman (d. 771), by attacking Pope Adrian I, and by occupying several papal cities. Charlemagne invaded (773) Italy, captured (774) Desiderius at Pavia after a long siege, and proclaimed himself king of the Lombards. Desiderius was forced to retire to a monastery at Liège.
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What do NASA, almonds, JJ Ramberg and microsprinklers have in common? Each feature in the latest episode of BBC’s Follow the Food series, which focuses on water and profiles “innovators making extraordinary strides in protecting this finite resource.”
With interviews from the Almond Board’s senior manager of irrigation and water efficiency, Spencer Cooper and UC Davis researcher Daniele Zaccaria, the segment explores the practices almond farmers have already put in place to conserve water and the new technology being tested to further increase efficiency. Water-saving technologies and improved almond production practices have helped farmers reduce the amount of water it takes to grow each almond by 33 percent over the past 20 years. What’s more, the California almond community commits to an additional 20 percent reduction by 2025.
Watch this video from BBC Future’s series Follow the Food to learn more about how California almond farmers are using technological innovations and modern agriculture practices to rise to the challenge of using water more responsibly and efficiently.
 University of California, 2010. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012. Almond Board of California, 1990-94, 2000-14


Workshop on the Farm: The Art of Kolam (Rice Flour Drawing)
A hands-on visual art activity with Ragamala Dance Company
Each day before sunrise, in southeastern India, millions of women create Kolams—intricate designs made of dry rice flour—on the ground in front of their homes. This daily ritual creates a sacred space and becomes a link between the intimate home and the vastness of the outside world. Throughout the day, birds and insects eat the rice flour, creating a conscious act of giving back to the Earth a bit of what we have taken from it.
The philosophy at the heart of the Kolam tradition—which values the interconnectedness between humanity and the natural world—served as an inspiration for choreographers Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy in creating Sacred Earth.
In the stunning setting of DreamAcres farm, participants will learn to make their own traditional Kolam designs with rice flour on the ground. Ragamala artists will introduce them to the history of this age-old ritual and how it has been sustained in contemporary, cosmopolitan India, where it provides a daily reminder of the importance of respecting the Earth.
Free and open to the public.


In this problem, you will meet two different ways to test your reactions.
This reaction timer will enable you to collect data on the time it takes you to respond to an image on your computer.
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Note: You can copy/paste the results table into a spreadsheet
Here is a second experiment you can use to test your reactions.
Ask a friend to hold a ruler by the end, above your hand. Open your hand below the ruler and be ready to catch it. Your friend will drop the ruler without saying when they're going to let go. Catch the ruler as fast as you can after it's been dropped.
The pictures below show this experiment being carried out:
Record the level (in centimetres) at which you caught the ruler, and repeat the experiment several times. If you have quick reactions, the ruler will not have travelled far when you catch it.
Taking only one measurement in either of these experiments will not give you a reliable, accurate measure of speeds of reaction that could be used to rank a group of people.
Decide how many measurements you will take, and what you will do with them to provide an accurate measure of reaction speeds. Make sure you can justify your decisions.
You may also wish to explore how accurately you can estimate time.


Volume 1 (2014) – Article 1
SHRUB, SCRUB, AND GRASS: THE IMPORTANCE OF SHRUBLAND AND GRASSLAND PLANT COMMUNITIES TO THE DIET OF THE LATE PREHISTORIC (A.D. 900-1535) HUNTER-GATHERERS OF THE EASTERN TRANS-PECOS REGION OF TEXAS
By: Casey W. Riggs
The Eastern Trans-Pecos archeological region of Texas is an area rich in botanical diversity, a resource heavily utilized by both prehistoric and historic hunter-gatherers. A comparison of four paleoethnobotanical investigations of archeological sites dating to the Late Prehistoric Era (A.D. 900-1535) with ethnobotanical information of the Mescalero Apache reveal that the botanical component of prehistoric and historic diets have been similar for the past 1,000 years. Differences in the degree of similarity can be attributed to differential preservation and analytical techniques. Further, ecological sites from the Ecological Site Information System are demonstrated as a novel and useful tool for landscape-scale archeological analysis.


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Global Range: (20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)) Range includes Pacific drainages from the upper reaches of the Willamette River system, Oregon (west of the Cascades crest), south to the upper San Gabriel River, Los Angeles County, California, including the coast ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills in the United States (Stebbins 2003). The species occurred at least formerly in a disjunct location in northern Baja California: two specimens (identified by R. C. Stebbins and R. G. Zwiefel) were collected in 1965 at an elevation of 2,040 meters at the lower end of La Grulla Meadow, Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California, Mexico (Loomis 1965); subsequent searches have not detected the species in that area (Grismer 2002, Stebbins 2003). The species apparently has disappeared from portions of its historical range, especially in southern California (see Hayes and Jennings 1988). Extant R. boylii populations are not evenly distributed in California; in the Pacific Northwest, 40 percent of the streams support populations, whereas that number drops to 30 percent in the Cascade Mountains (north of the Sierra Nevada), 30 percent in the south coast range (south of San Francisco), and 12 percent in the Sierra Nevada foothills (Fellers 2005). Elevational range extends from sea level to around 2,130 meters.


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This activity allows students to study text-related words for Marigolds by Eugenia Collier. A graphic organizer is included so students can cite evidence to support conclusions and analysis of the text.


Changing our routine to a healthier lifestyle can help protect the environment around us. Air and food are the two most important things for survival and this can be enhanced by living in an environmentally friendly environment. In our efforts to live environmentally friendly, we must remember that we do not have to violate natural laws. There is no point in being environmentally friendly if we don’t teach our children the same values and participate actively. Each of us must play a large role in the overall impact on the environment but will be mutually beneficial through our efforts.
An eco-friendly environment is extremely important for the improvement in our standards of living and our health. There will be lesser chances of ailments and diseases if we live in a cleaner and safer environment. Sustainable buildings have the advantages of being resource-efficient as well as environmentally friendly in their life cycle. Greener structure efforts are being improved by building new homes using newer technologies. The aim of these practices is to lower down the impact that a building may have on the overall health of a human being and the environment. We can do this by ensuring the efficient use of energy, water, and other resources and eliminating waste and pollution.
Here are some environmentally friendly ways you can use :
Organic Garden Fresh fruits and vegetables
Without the use of pesticides and fertilizers can be planted in organic gardens. This helps maintain a healthy body. Pesticides and fertilizers are prevented in organic gardens and thus there is no possibility of water being contaminated.
Recycling is an important benefit achieved by going green. It helps in preserving the changes in the global climate by lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Recycling does not only include the use of cloth bags instead … Read More


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Advanced Placement Computer Science A (also called AP Comp Sci, AP Comp Sci A, APCS, or AP Java) is an AP Computer Science course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn college credit for a college-level computer science course. AP Computer Science A is meant to be the equivalent of a first-semester course in computer science. The AP exam currently tests students on their knowledge of Java.
AP Computer Science AB, which was equivalent to a full year, was discontinued following the May 2009 exam administration.
AP Computer Science emphasizes object-oriented programming methodology with an emphasis on problem solving and algorithm development. It also includes the study of data structures and abstraction, but these topics were not covered to the extent that they were covered in AP Computer Science AB. The Microsoft-sponsored program Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS) aims to increase the number of students taking AP Computer Science classes.


The Seven Sages (of Greece) (Greek: οἱ ἑπτά σοφοί, hoi hepta sophoi; c. 620–550 BCE) was the title given by Greek tradition to seven wise Greek men who were philosophers, statesmen and law-givers.
title given by classical Greek tradition to seven philosophers, statesmen, and law-givers of the 6th century BC who were renowned for their wisdom
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Just about every aspect of papermaking is covered in this book. Dard Hunter discusses the history of papermaking from its invention in China to its introductions in Europe and in America. He examines the development and uses of the different materials and tools of papermaking: the different types of hand molds, such as the "wove" mold and the "laid" mold of China; methods of maceration (beating the cloth); of dipping the molds or pouring the liquid pulp over the molds; and of pressing, drying, and sizing the paper. He also compares papermaking techniques, including old and new methods of making paper by hand and machine-made paper, and he discusses early and modern watermarking styles and processes.
Over 320 illustrations show actual pages from rare books and scrolls from every corner of the world, scenes of past and present-day papermaking, tools, materials, and watermarks. A two-page map traces the 1,000-year journey of papermaking from China to Europe, and a chronology of paper and paper-related developments spans over 4,500 years.
Dard Hunter (1883–1966) is still recognized as the world's foremost authority on paper and papermaking. This is the classic work on papermaking, used as a text and reference in classrooms, museums and libraries. Book lovers, papermakers, artists, etchers, engravers, printers, bookbinders, and workers in watermarking will find this volume both fascinating and informative.
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Icon: An icon is a small graphic image, picture or object that represents a file, program, webpage or command. They are easily recognisable and help you execute commands and open files, programs or documents quickly. In theory, anyway…
Instagram: Instagram is described as "A simple, fun & creative way to capture, edit & share photos, videos & messages with friends & family". Instagram is largely used on mobile devices - and while a desktop version is available, you can not upload images from a PC. Users can follow others and 'like' and comment on content. It is also possible to connect an Instagram account to other social media accounts so that images/videos can be shares simultaneously.
Internet: The internet is a global network of computers. It's everywhere, but you can't touch it. It enables people to send and receive data almost instantly over vast distances. Even from space (NASA's astronauts regularly tweet from the space station). Incidentally, someone with a lot of time on their hands worked out that the internet is about the same weight as a strawberry.
iPad: A tablet computer designed and developed by Apple. It's shiny and pretty, used as a more portable version of a laptop and a more user-friendly version of a smartphone. It's also a fabulous little TV.
iPhone: Apple’s smartphone. It does everything a phone can do, plus most of what an iPad or a regular computer can do.
iPod: A pocket-sized device used to play music files. It is designed and marketed by Apple.


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Double Strand Iron Wire is through the thorn rope machinery will be Barbed Wire wound in the main Wire (strand) above, after a variety of weaviorprocess from the isolation protective net. Barbed wire of the three kinds of twisting methods: are screwing, anti-screw, positive and negative screw.
Is screw method: that is, two or more wires into a double wire and then twisted barbed wire wrapped in double-stranded wire.Anti-twist method: is the first barbed wire wrapped in the main wire (that is, a single wire) on the wire together with twisted twisted pair of barbed wire.
Positive and negative screw method: is the wire from the main wire wrapped around the twist in the opposite direction. Not twisted in one direction
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Ten years ago, one of the largest Linux worm outbreaks was underway. Known as Slapper, the worm infected Linux machines via an OpenSSL vulnerability. Infected Linux servers were organized into a P2P network which could then be used to launch DDoS attacks.
Although Slapper was not the first Linux worm (at least ADMworm and Ramen were found before it), it was the biggest case of its time. We spent quite a bit of time analyzing the case. In the end, we infiltrated the P2P network and worked with CERTs around the world to bring it down.
In 2002, Linux wasn’t as popular as it is today. In 2012, most web servers are running on various Linux distributions. Linux versions are the most common OS in embedded and factory automation systems. And of course, it’s the most common operating system in smartphones.
Nevertheless, malware was not really a problem for Linux users for years and years.
But in the end, it was Android that became the Linux distribution that brought the malware problem to Linux world in large scale.
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What is Black Seed?
Black Seed is also known as Black Cumin, Kalonji, Black Caraway, Black Cumin, Habbatul Baraka (the Blessed Seed), and by its botanical name "Nigella Sativa."
For centuries, the Black Seed herb and oil has been used by millions of people in Asia, Middle East, and Africa to support their health. The ancient Egyptians knew and used the black seed and described it as a panacea (cure for problems and diseases). Tutankhamen even had a bottle of the oil in his tomb! The Prophet of Islam Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) said that in the black seed is a cure for all diseases except old age and death. The black seed is also mentioned in the Bible in Isiah 28:25-27 as the ‘fitches’. The Romans also knew this seed and called it Greek Coriander and used it as a dietary supplement.
Since 1959, over 458 peer studies have been carried out at international universities and articles published in various journals showing remarkable results supporting its traditional uses. Black seed oil has been traditionally used for a vast array of ailments. What gives black seed oil its apparent ability to have a cure for all diseases is its ability to support a weak immune system, giving the defense system the ability to fight off illness. At the same time, it rebalances a hyperactive immune system, bringing relief for those who have respiratory problems such as asthma, hay fever and aiding many allergies.*
*These statments have not been evaluated by the FDA. None of Sahabi Sweets products are intended to treat, prevent, diagnose, or cure any disease


Rabies is a fatal but preventable viral disease. It can spread to people and pets if they are bitten or scratched by a rabid animal. In the United States, rabies is mostly found in wild animals like bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes. Rabies is still a problem for public health in Nebraska. Rabies in humans is 100% preventable through prompt appropriate medical care.
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Bar charts use vertical or horizontal data markers to compare individual values. You can use them to compare discrete data or show trends over time. They are a good option for summarizing data that is subset by categories.
Other types of bar charts:
Grouped bar charts - known as clustered bar graphs, multi-set bar charts, or grouped column charts, is a type of bar graph that is used to compare values across multiple categories.
Stacked bar charts - useful for comparing proportional contributions within a category. They plot the relative value that each data series contributes to the total.
Bar mekko chart - variable width stacked bar chart. Use a bar mekko chart as an alternative to a bar chart when you want to explain the impact.
It is one of the simple plots where a line is drawn to shoe relation between the X-axis and Y-axis. A scatter graph is a chart type used to display the values or measurements of continuous data over time.
A pie chart is a circular statistical graphic, which is divided into slices to illustrate numerical proportions.
Indicator charts offer a single representation of a metric or KPI against a set target.
Table can useful to to display history information.


The effects of short -term relaxation training on high -achieving eighth grade students' test anxiety and self -esteem
This research examined the effects of a relaxation training regimen on test anxiety and self-esteem among high-achieving eighth grade students. Using a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design, 24 students in the treatment group were exposed to 15 relaxation training sessions on 15 consecutive school days, while the control group received no intervention. Each relaxation training session lasted 6-7 minutes and included progressive muscle relaxation, cue-controlled relaxation, and positive suggestion phrases encapsulated in a succinct, research-based narrative. Two self-reporting instruments, the Friedben Test Anxiety Scale (FTA) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (SES), measured the outcome variables of test anxiety and self-esteem. Inferential statistics found that the relaxation training regimen led to a significant decrease in test anxiety among the treatment group participants, though it had no effect on self-esteem. Correlational statistics determined that test anxiety was a significant predictor of standardized test scores, though self-esteem was not. Finally, there was no interaction effect found between test anxiety and self-esteem and test scores, indicating that the relaxation training regimen had no significant effect on test performance. These results indicate that relaxation training may reduce test anxiety in high-achieving eighth grade students, and that lower test anxiety is associated with higher test scores.
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How Educators Can Eradicate Disparities in School Discipline
Gregory, Bell, and Pollock offer principles and practices to help schools move beyond punitive discipline and toward conflict prevention and intervention. They argue that eradication of disproportionate punitive disciplinary sanctions begins by engaging and motivating students before the conflict occurs. Their chapter details four guiding prevention principles and practices: culturally relevant and responsive teaching, supportive relationships, academic rigor, and respectful school environments with bias-free classrooms. Additionally, Gregory et al. suggest four equity-oriented principles and practices for conflict intervention: problem-solving approaches to discipline, inquiry into the causes of conflicts, inclusion of the student and family on causes of and solutions to conflicts, and reintegration of students post-conflict.


Improving traffic in cities is one of the mobility tasks of the future. Intelligent traffic lights come to the rescue and Vienna, Austria will be the first city to install them on its streets by the end of 2020. A new camera system developed by TU Graz allows these intelligent traffic lights to automatically predict pedestrian crossing intentions.
The Vienna authorities are conscious of ending waiting for cars and pedestrians in front of a red light when there is no reason to do so, when no one is crossing or when someone wants to cross and there is no car to stop them. In their efforts to prevent accidents due to collisions and to improve the flow of traffic within the city, they have commissioned a new traffic light system developed by researchers at the Technical University of the Austrian city of Graz.
This innovative system recognizes the intention of pedestrians to cross the road and automatically changes to green. "The green phase can be extended in the case of large groups of persons, who require more time to cross the road." explains Horst Possegger of the Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision at TU Graz. The field of vision of the camera (8x5 meters) installed in the intelligent traffic lights allows you to see the people waiting and through an algorithm, developed using global movement models and data already recorded by the traffic lights, recognize the intentions of pedestrians in seconds. "It requires one second to estimate the intention – after two seconds the estimation becomes reliable," continues Possegger.
According to Possegger himself to the publication El País, "this prediction is initially uncertain, so the system only activates the crossing request when it is totally safe". It can do this 4 seconds earlier than the classic button for the traffic lights.
Do you think intelligent traffic lights will reach every city in the future? Would you trust them?


What is a 'Chairman'
A chairman is an executive elected by a company's board of directors that is responsible for presiding over board or committee meetings. The chairman ensures that the meetings run smoothly and remain orderly, and works at achieving a consensus in board decisions. The position is different than that of the chief executive officer (CEO), and can be either a non-executive (part-time) or executive (full-time) position.
BREAKING DOWN 'Chairman'
In some companies, the roles of CEO and chairman are combined. This has the effect of reducing transparency and accountability due to the reduced checks and balances created by having two separate positions with separate job functions.


This half term the focus in our Learning Challenge Curriculum is History and Music. The children in the RRSA Steering Group have chosen some of the children’s rights that link to this topic. They are as follows:
Article 17: Every child has the right to reliable information from the media. This should be information that children can understand. Governments must help protect children from materials that could harm them.
Article 29: Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.
Article 31: Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.


1H NMR is an excellent tool for monitoring the residual olefin content of polymers after hydrogenation reactions. The fact that the olefin fall in a unique region of the spectrum means that it is a straightforward measurement to quantify the %H present as olefin or to correlate that olefin content with other analyses such as bromine number. Here is an example of a polyalphaolefin residual olefin analysis. The olefin proton content (%H) was plotted against bromine number values obtained on each of the samples. A linear correlation was obtain but two different correlations were observed that were dependent on the viscosity index of the polyalphaolefin being analyzed. Figure 1 shows the 1H NMR spectra obtained on neat samples on a Picospin-80 spectrometer operating at 82.3 MHz. The methyl and methlene protons of the polymer backbone are plainly seen and the olefin and alpha-olefin protons are observed.
Figure 2 shows the linear correlation between %H olefin and bromine number with the two correlations caused by different VI grade being indicated. The analysis shows that for the two viscosity grades the grade can be identified from the linear correlation that the data falls onto and the %H olefins content can directly yield the bromine number. This NMR method provides an alternative to the following ASTM standards: D1159 Test Method for Bromine Numbers of Petroleum Distillates and Commercial Aliphatic Olefins by Electrometric Titration D1491 Test Method for Test for Bromine Index of Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Potentiometric Titration D1492 Standard Test Method for Bromine Index of Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Coulometric Titration D2710 Test Method for Bromine Index of Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Electrometric Titration D5776 Test Method for Bromine Index of Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Electrometric Titration


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Grade Levels: High School: 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson, students will familiarize themselves with the concept of intersectionality — how intersecting identities and oppressions shape perspectives and experiences. Through the close reading and discussion of the article “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” featured in the influential book Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde, students will think critically about how multiple identities and systems of oppressions impact the relationships people have with each other as well as with institutions. Audre Lorde, Black lesbian poet and feminist writer, signed a contract with The Crossing Press on November 19, 1982 to publish her monumental book Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Sister Outsideris celebrated as a historic piece of literature exploring the intersections of race, sexuality, gender, poverty, and politics.
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Dr, Muo Kasina, director of the centre, said that it has been set up with the aim of stabilising the growth of the silk farming sub-sector in the Kenya, which is still under-developed at the moment. The centre is aimed at developing sericulture research in the country. The silk sector, he said, is a unique one because it is a luxurious commodity globally, one for which the supply in never enough.
“The biggest markets in the world are in Japan, UK and France. Though production in Kenya is non-existent, the country still has the potential of getting into the global market. Silk farming will work well if farmers were to form cooperatives,” Kasina said, during a presentation to the Kenya Science Journalists Congress in Nairobi.
According to Kasina, all the silk produced in Kenya goes to the domestic cottage industry and is not sufficient to meet even that demand. Currently, silk farmers only sell cocoons, which Kasina said can be processed to raw silk, which will also give farmers more money.
Mulberry is grown in Kakamega, Homa Bay and neighbouring counties such as Kiambu, Kitui, Machakos, Makueni and Meru. Over 600 farmers are involved in sericulture in Kenya and annual production is less than two tonnes of dried cocoons, while the national potential is over 10,000 metric tonnes.
Kasina said that a kilogram of cocoons sells for about US$4.50, compared to one kilogram of raw silk that could fetch a farmer close to US$50. “Silk farming is a major business venture and farmers cannot go wrong in it. The silk worms take 30 days to mature and the mulberry will stay in the farm for about 30 years or more,” he added.


We all suffer from a dry mouth from time to time, but for some people the condition is more long-lasting. Xerostomia is a condition where the mouth becomes very dry and can make people more susceptible to dental problems such as tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath or cause problems for denture wearers.
There are lots of different reasons why people get dry mouth, and there are things that you can do both to ease the condition and help prevent problems with your teeth.
Some prescription drugs and medicines can cause dry mouth as a side effect, especially treatments for depression and high blood pressure. Also, certain medical conditions affect the salivary glands, so they don’t produce as much saliva and the mouth tends to be more dry.
Xerostomia can lead to dryness, a burning or sore feeling in the mouth or a bad taste. You may also have difficulty swallowing and speaking. If you wear dentures, you may find they become loose and cause sore areas.
Making sure you don’t get dehydrated by drinking plenty of fluids can help. Also, doctors and dentists can prescribe artificial saliva which comes as a spray to help moisten the mouth. Talk to your doctor about the medicines you take to see if there are suitable alternatives less likely to cause dry mouth.
Some people find sucking sweets, or chewing gum helps produce more saliva, but take special care that these don’t contain sugar as this could cause more tooth decay.


Yes, I have said that quite a few times and today is one of them. Check out this very interesting photo of a World War II era Japanese fighter aircraft perched in a tree.
I imagine the pilot survived the epic landing and was thanking his lucky starts as descended from the lush canopy of trees onto terra firma below. Incidentally, the aircraft in the photo is located roughly at Lat 4° 12′ 0S Long 152° 10′ 60E which will put you on Rabaul (a township in East New Britain province, on the island of New Britain, in the country of Papua New Guinea). I believe it was later lowered (thanks for the heads up Lee) and may now be as shown below.
When it was new, I imagine it probably looked pretty much like this before the accident. In the local Tolia language, Rabaul means mangrove and was invaded by the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army in early 1942. They stayed put through the war (being bypassed by Douglas MacArthur) and finally surrendered to the Aussies in September of 1945.
Today, Rabual is a tourist destination and popular for its many volcanoes, diving and snorkeling in its warm tropical waters and its still visible World War II sites. Before the 1994 eruption, it was a popular commercial and recreational boating destination; fewer private small craft visit now, but 10-12 cruise ships visit Rabaul each year, including the Queen Elizabeth carrying up to 5000 passengers. Tourism is a major industry in Rabaul and East New Britain generally.
Now THAT is really something you don’t often see!
+++ For Lee – Was it this one? +++
A similar Japanese aircraft display in Papua New Guinea.


Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys Shanghai A Cultural Tour with Traditional Chinese Music
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The city of Shanghai, China's most important port, owes some of its prosperity to the so-called unequal treatises forced on China during the 19th century. The place had its origin as a settlement during the Tang dynasty (618-906 A.D.), but the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 ceded Hong Kong to the British and made possible the development of foreign trade through the five 'treaty ports', of which Shanghai became the most important. The growth of Shanghai into an international trading centre and the concessions made to various foreign countries explain the interesting mixture of architectural styles, continued today with the high-rise buildings of recent years.


What parts of the nervous system are involved in causing the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome?
i have to explain the parts of the nevous system that are involved in causing the symptoms of the shaken baby syndrome.
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Shaken baby syndrome involves the brain which is part of the central nervous system. Three features should be evident in order to make a diagnosis of SBS: subdural hematoma, retinal hemorrhage, and brain swelling.
A subdural heatoma is a collection of blood on the surface of the brain, usually caused by torn bridging veins on the outermost part of the brain. A retinal hemorrhage is bleeding of the retina in the eye caused by physical trauma and can result in severe vision impairment. Lastly, brain swelling occurs as a result of the brain being slammed against the walls of the skull. Brain contusions cause intracranial pressure; because the brain is encased tightly within the skull, it has nowhere to go when it begins to swell. This can be fatal if the pressure is not relieved by removing a piece of the skull and allowing the brain to swell.
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Using the story/chant, "5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" and "5 Little Monkeys Swinging in the Trees".
Fine motor skills:
*using clothespins designed as alligators (picture provided), students become the alligator and "grab" the monkeys
Counting to/back from 5:
*students recite the chant and add/subtract monkeys from a bed setting or tree setting (depending on which story you use)
Retelling the story:
*students color monkeys and tree/bed, cut out, and glue to popsicle sticks to retell the story or act out the chant as the class/group recites
Includes copies of both story chants!
*Everything you need is in this pack except for the clothespins and velcro! I'm using these activities for my 3-4 year old PreK classes, my Special Needs/Autism classes, and my Kindergarten classes. The great thing is you can repeat the activities later - students love it!


Orthacanthus is an extinct genus of fresh-water shark from a family of prehistoric sharks known as xenacanths. Members of the genus had a long spine growing from the back of their skull and a very long dorsal fin, which ran all along its back giving it an eel-like appearance.
About 260 million years ago, Orthacanthus was the apex predator of freshwater swamps and bayous in Europe and North America. Its body reached nearly 10 feet (3 meters) in length and owned a peculiar set of double-fanged teeth. They first appeared about 400 million years ago in the Devonian, and became extinct just before the Mesozoic, about 225 million years ago.


The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently converted its monthly industry employment data for States and metropolitan areas from a 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system basis to a 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis.
As an example, employment levels for California for January 2003 are shown in the chart. BLS aggregates the 20 NAICS sectors into the 11 supersectors shown in the chart. Note that the numbers in the chart are not seasonally adjusted.
NAICS is the product of a cooperative effort on the part of the statistical agencies of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. NAICS uses a production-oriented approach to categorize economic units. Units with similar production processes are classified in the same industry. NAICS focuses on how products and services are created, as opposed to the SIC focus on what is produced.
The NAICS approach yields significantly different industry groupings than those produced by the SIC approach. Consequently, the NAICS-based data by industry are not comparable with the previously published SIC-based data; SIC-based State and area employment series are no longer being produced or published.
See https://www.bls.gov/sae/saenaics.htm for complete information on the conversion of these State and area data to NAICS.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) State and Area program. Data in this article are preliminary and subject to revision. Find out more in "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment: January 2003" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 03–131.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, First NAICS-based monthly State and area employment numbers at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2003/mar/wk3/art05.htm (visited February 26, 2024).


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Hi everyone, what are your views on Ketosis, is it good for you? some people say yes and some no, what are the pros and cons on ketosis? And also, what is the exact meaning of Ketosis? Thanks all
Ketosis is a stage in metabolism occurring when the liver has been depleted of stored glycogen and switches to a fasting mode such as occurs during sleep, during dieting, and during the body's response to starvation. Energy from fat is mobilized to the liver and used to synthesize glucose (a process called gluconeogenesis) from lactic acid, glucogenic amino acids, and glycerol carbon substrates. Ketones are also produced during this fasting state, and are burned throughout the body.
hear are the cons since I do believe unless you are epileptic that putting your body in a state of ketosis is detremental on your organs and brain.
In high-protein diets, the body’s normal fuel for energy—carbohydrates—are in severe short supply, so it compensates by burning fat. But this inefficient means of providing the body with an alternative source of energy also produces toxic byproducts known as ketones, in a process called ketosis. Some ketones leave the body via the lungs, while others must be excreted by the kidneys, a process that not only can overwork the organs, but also one that requires lots of water. But along with the ketones, the kidney may also excrete beneficial electrolytes, such as calcium, magnesium and potassium. During ketosis the kidneys excrete potassium, and the potassium level in the blood can drop to a dangerous level. This has the potential to lead to muscle fatigue and heart arrhythmias."...Lisa


Each week the staff who describe the digitised photographs in our collection select a photo that is added to SLQ’s Flickr Commons Photo of the week 2013 set.
This week our photo is of a young lady having liquid hosiery applied to her legs in a department store in Brisbane, September 1941.
Nylon stockings became scarce during World War II as nylon was rationed for the manufacturing of parachutes, ropes and netting. Hence, a new fashion arose from the nylon ration called liquid stockings. This lead to the establishment of liquid hosiery bars appearing in department stores. Alas, the trend was not too last as liquid hosiery was soon prohibited by the Department of War, Organisation of Industry as essential chemicals were being used in the manufacture of the stocking substitute.
Do you have any memories of rationing and creative ways Queenslanders coped during and after World War 2?
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The New Zealand flatworm is a non-native species, first recorded in Great Britain in Edinburgh (1965), but now widely distributed throughout much of Scotland and, to a lesser extent, northern England.
A Code of Practice has been produced for this and other non-native flatworms in GB. This is a practical guide to help producers and traders of nursery stock detect and limit the spread of non-indigenous flatworms, notably the 'New Zealand' flatworm, Arthurdendyus triangulatus, and the 'Australian' flatworm, Australoplana sanguinea.
Follow the links below for additional resources and information about these species:
- Information on 'New Zealand' flatworm, Arthurdendyus triangulatus
- Identification sheet for 'New Zealand' flatworm, Arthurdendyus triangulatus (PDF)
- Information on 'Australian' flatworm, Australoplana sanguinea
- Identification sheet for 'Australian' flatworm, Australoplana sanguine (PDF)
- Identification sheet for 'Kontikia' flatworms, Kontikia ventrolineata (PDF)


Murphy, W. J., Eizirik, E., O’Brien, S. J., Madsen, O., Scally, M., Douady, C. J., Teeling, E., Ryder, O. A., Stanhope, M. J., De Jong, W. W., & Springer, M. S. Resolution of the early placental mammal radiation using bayesian phylogenetics. Science, 294(5550), 2348–2351.
Molecular phylogenetic studies have resolved placental mammals into four major groups, but have not established the full hierarchy of interordinal relationships, including the position of the root. The latter is critical for understanding the early biogeographic history of placentals. We investigated placental phylogeny using Bayesian and maximum-likelihood methods and a 16.4kilobase molecular data set. Interordinal relationships are almost entirely resolved. The basal split is between Afrotheria and other placentals, at about 103 million years, and may be accounted for by the separation of South America and Africa in the Cretaceous. Crown-group Eutheria may have their most recent common ancestry in the Southern Hemisphere (Gondwana).


- [Astron] An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet."That fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark." [Milton.]
- The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness."All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life." [Sir W. Raleigh.]"As in the soft and sweet eclipse, When soul meets soul on lovers' lips." [Shelley.]
Note: ☞ In ancient times, eclipses were, and among unenlightened people they still are, superstitiously regarded as forerunners of evil fortune, a sentiment of which occasional use is made in literature.
Etymology: F. éclipse, L. eclipsis, fr. Gr. 'e`kleipsis, prop., a forsaking, failing, fr. 'eklei`pein to leave out, forsake; 'ek out + lei`pein to leave. See Ex-, and Loan


The Chemistry of Gold Extraction, 2nd edition
The Chemistry of Gold Extraction provides a broad base of knowledge to all those working in the gold extraction and gold processing industries. The book bridges the gap between research and industry by emphasizing the practical applications of chemical principles and techniques.
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This book is a valuable asset for all professionals involved in the precious metals industries. It will be of particular interest and use to engineers and scientists, including extractive metallurgists, mineral/metallurgical engineers, electrochemists, chemical engineers, mineral technologists, mining engineers, and material scientists. In addition, plant operators and managers, academics, educators, and students working on gold extraction in either production, research, or consulting capacities will value the book's comprehensive information.
By John O. Marsden and C. Iain House. Published by SME in 2006. 680 pages.
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Answer: A. Both worked to create the first atomic bombs for the USSR.
Both the Rosenbergs and the United States government worked together to create the first atomic bomb for the USSR. The Rosenbergs, an American couple, were executed using an electric chair after being found guilty of espionage. For their role in sharing top-secret atomic secrets to the Soviets during and post-World War II, they were sentenced to death and executed in 1953.
This case garnered massive attention from all over the world as a result of its sensitivity. While some people supported the execution of the couple, others saw it as a way of making the Rosenberg couple a form of scapegoat to the cold war. Authorities from the UK and the FBI were able to find enough evidence to prove that this top secret information was shared with the Soviets.


According to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), the number of food banks on university campuses across Canada is growing in order to account for rising tuition fees and living costs.
The CFS is calling on federal and provincial governments to make post-secondary education more affordable; its national chairperson, Bilan Arte, hopes that the upcoming federal election will address the issue, as student poverty remains unrecognized.
Halifax’s Saint Mary’s University has recently set up a food bank after continually referring students to local food banks. Their food bank is not funded by the university.
Saint Mary’s University financial aid officer Allen Wolfe said that stagnant student loan limits and a lack of education on how to budget adds to the problem.
In a national study released last fall by Food Banks Canada, it found that the number of people community food banks serve in Canada has increased by 25 per cent.
— Emily Johnpulle
With files from Huffington Post Canada (The Canadian Press)


As for one of the favorites of alarmism, hurricanes in recent years don’t indicate that storms are getting worse. Measured by total energy (Accumulated Cyclone Energy), hurricane activity is at a low not encountered since the 1970s. The U.S. is currently experiencing the longest absence of severe landfall hurricanes in over a century—the last Category 3 or stronger storm was Wilma, more than seven years ago.
While it is likely that we will see somewhat stronger (but fewer) storms as climate change continues, a March 2012 Nature study shows that the global damage cost from hurricanes will go to 0.02% of gross domestic product annually in 2100 from 0.04% today—a drop of 50%, despite global warming.
This does not mean that climate change isn’t an issue. It means that exaggerating the threat concentrates resources in the wrong areas. Consider hurricanes (though similar points hold for wildfire and drought). If the aim is to reduce storm damage, then first focus on resilience—better building codes and better enforcement of those codes. Ending subsidies for hurricane insurance to discourage building in vulnerable zones would also help, as would investing in better infrastructure (from stronger levees to higher-capacity sewers).


This is an Excel magic trick video in which the instructor shows how is time represented in Excel and how it is formatted before displaying it to us. He talks about the decimal representation of the time. He says that if O hour is mapped to the number zero and 24th hour of a day is mapped to number one then we can represent any time of the day in the format of a decimal number between zero and one. He shows the type of formatting that excel uses to convert the decimal number into a human readable style. Now he shows various conversions
between the decimals and the real time formatting and shows how the calculations on that decimals effect the original time values. This video shows how time is represented in Excel and also shows how to perform various formatting and calculations on it.


This week we are working on our punctuation. We are writing sentences using periods (full stops), question marks and exclamation points.
These are my sentences:
Full stops: I love my mum just the way she is.
Questions mark: Do you have a dress?
Exclamation point: Why do you say that word!


Sharrer worked downtown, near Manhattan’s Union Square, but shared with her Harlem peers a desire to celebrate “ordinary people.” “It is these distinguished-undistinguished players,” she said, “that moved and interested me.” Sharrer depicts American families presenting and reacting to well-known paintings, including Grant Wood’s iconic American Gothic (1930) and Pablo Picasso’s Girl before a Mirror (1932). In different ways, most of the artists she chose to represent here—including the French realist Jean-François Millet and the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera—were known for their sympathetic portrayals of working people.
Gallery label from "Collection 1940s—1970s", 2019
A salute to American workers, this painting shows ordinary families presenting and reacting to well-known paintings including Grant Wood’s iconic American Gothic (1930) and Pablo Picasso's Girl Before the Mirror (1932). In different ways, most of the artists Sharrer chose here, including the French realist Jean-François Millet and the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, attempted to honor the dignity of working people.
Sharrer made Workers and Paintings for a mural competition sponsored by the Springfield Art Museum, in Massachusetts. The work won an honorable mention and was included in MoMA's landmark 1946 exhibition Fourteen Americans. The ten studies were based on photographs that Sharrer adapted for the painting, a method typical of her process. Many decades later, the poet John Ashbery praised her paintings, describing their meticulous style as "a collaboration between Norman Rockwell and the brothers van Eyck."
Gallery label from 2010.


Ancient Ireland was such a healthy place no poisonous plant could grow and cattle had to be restrained from over-eating in case they burst! In early Irish legend it wasn't St Patrick who expelled the snakes from Ireland, but Moses! A frog foretold the victory of the Normans in Ireland; the last wolf in Ireland was killed in Carlow in 1786; a cure for burns was to be licked by a person who had licked a lizard.
This compilation of folklore, legends, and history relating to animals in Ireland includes description of their relations with people and being hunted for food, fur, sport, or as vermin, and their position today. How and when non-native animals arrived in Ireland is discussed and how the boundary between wild and domestic animals has been more uncertain than people realise.
Ireland's Animals: Myths, Legends and Folklore book ends with an imaginative section inspired by stories of animal transformation, looking at twelve animals and how we can visualise ourselves as having their special qualities and so enrich our lives and deal with situations differently.
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Niall MacCoitir grew up in a bilingual environment in Dublin with a love of Irish history, culture and nature instilled into him. After graduating from University College Dublin, he worked for Dublin County Council and now works for Fingal County Council. His previous books are Irish Trees: Myths, Legends and Folklore (2003) and Irish Wild Plants: Myths, Legends & Folklore (2006).


Most of the time, when someone says the Buddha, it’s in reference to the historical person who founded Buddhism. This was a man originally named Siddhartha Gautama who lived in what is now northern India and Nepal about twenty-five centuries ago.
Buddha Is Not a Name
Buddha is not a name, but a title. It is a Sanskrit word that means “a person who is awake.” What a buddha is awake to is the true nature of reality.
Who Is the Buddha? by Barbara O’Brien
I think that the article Who Was the Buddha? written by Barbara O’Brien and published on the website The Lions Roar provides one the easiest to understand explanations of who was the Buddha and what is Buddhism.
Simply put, Buddhism teaches that we all live in a fog of illusions created by mistaken perceptions and “impurities” — hate, greed, ignorance. A buddha is one who is freed from the fog. It is said that when a buddha dies he or she is not reborn but passes into the peace of Nirvana, which is not a “heaven” but a transformed state of existence.


- antonym (n.)
- 1867, coined to serve as opposite of synonym, from Greek anti- "equal to, instead of, opposite" (see anti-) + -onym "name" (see name (n.)). Perhaps introduced to English in the book "Synonyms and Antonyms" (1867) by the Ven. C.J. Smith, M.A.
UNDER the head of Synonyms and Antonyms, Archdeacon Smith arranges words which form an antithesis to one another. The word "antonym" is, we believe, a new formation but useful. ["Journal of Sacred Literature," July 1867]
French antonyme (1842), German antonym (by 1859) are older. The un-Greek alternative counterterm has been left to fade.


About 1928: Robert Byron, author of The Station, Athos: Treasures and Men made this picture in Xiropotamou in september during the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.On september 27th 2013 during the same festivities we visited Xiropotamou. Although it seems quiet in the courtyard there is no seat left in the church where the ceremony lasted the whole night. I didn’t know that the church on this day was not allowed for non-Orthodox so I went in and had a quick look.
All seats were occupied and many Greek pilgrims were standing inside the Katholikon. Outside the church you could hear the ceremony. A few monks stood or sat near the church walls.Another picture by Robert Byron of the viale during the feast. He wrote on page 233 of The Station: ” The gate was still open and the porter expectant. All around, both in the courtyard and outside, reclined in the half-light every variety of Levantine manhood, labourers, guards, policemen, tramps, hermits, boys and old men, assembled to celebrate the Exaltation of the Cross, a ceremony not to be confused with the Invention, but supposed to have originated with the dedication of the churches built by Constantine in Jerusalem to commemorate the latter event. Here at Xerapotamou is the largest piece of the Cross on Athos, 13 inches long. Hence the special significance which the occasion assumes”.The entrance to the church with the wooden corridor to the Refectory. A friendly man invited us for the lunch, but the ceremony was not over yet. So we thanked him and got on our way to Panteleimonos to catch the boat back to Ouranoupoli.


China: the Middle Dynasties 698 CE
The early Tang period was a time of great prosperity for China, and the empire’s borders reached far out into central Asia.
A military leader founded the Sui dynasty and reunified China, bringing an end to 350 years of division and weakness.
The second Sui emperor's misrule brought about the downfall of the dynasty. A few years of civil war brought one of the greatest of all Chinese dynasties to power, the Tang.
The last years of Xuanzong’s reign saw a terrible rebellion break out. This permanently weakened the Tang regime.
The end of the Tang dynasty came when China again fragmented into numerous states.
By 980 most of China had been reunited under the Song dynasty.
In 1126 the Song empire was confined to southern China by an invasion by a non-Chinese people called the Jurchen.
Between 1215 to 1236 the Mongols, a people from central Asia, conquered northern China.
The Mongol ruler Kublai Khan (Great Khan of the Mongol empire 1260 to 1294) conquered southern China.
The Mongol dynasty was driven from China in 1368, and the rebel leader founded a new dynasty, called the Ming.


Musée historique du Madawaska / Madawaska Historical Museum
How is made this unique region, now fractured by an international border and interprovincial border? The exhibition "Borders challenged & Families found" sheds new light on these issues by highlighting particularly interesting archive documents, but little known until now. For example, the visitor will see a whole atlas of old cadastral maps, georeferenced and projected on a modern map. Genealogy enthusiasts will find data on individuals and families, made accessible by the transcription, scanning and translation of new information.


Part of the Oxford reading tree TreeTops classics series
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More
Silas Marner tells the story of Silas, wrongly accused of theft he leaves his home town to start a new life.
He lives a solitary existence. Then one night an unknown visitor arrives and changes his life for ever. Exciting and powerful classic stories to enrich and extend your children's reading experiences.
TreeTops Classics are carefully adapted versions of must-read stories which introduce your readers to significant authors, powerful plots and characters that have stood the test of time.
These abridged versions of classics have been sensitively adapted by top children's authors to ensure that language and content is appropriate, but remain faithful to the original.
These enchanting stories willappeal to all your junior readers and introduce them to a rich literary heritage.
Each book includes author biographies and notes to help with historical and social context and any challenging vocabulary, ensuring the books are easily accessible. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading.
Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.


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Henry Lewis escaped from his owner in Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada by fleeing to Schenectady, New York. Sometime later he wrote to his ex-owner, William Jarvis, to request he be allowed to buy his own freedom from Jarvis.
Henry Lewis's letter of 1794 provides some indication of his motives:
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Unidentified man, [ca. 1875]
Alvin McCurdy fonds
Reference Code: F 2076-16-4-6
Archives of Ontario, I0024805
Hannah Jarvis incorrectly wrote about the Slave Act that Simcoe . . .
"has by a piece of chacanery freed all the negroes..."
Jarvis was the Provincial Secretary of Upper Canada, one of several in Simcoe's administration who owned slaves.
Slave owners advertised when slaves fled their service, either by offering a reward for return of the slave of warning others not to harbour or employ the recalcitrant slave.
The Reverend John Stuart from Kingston, an Anglican minister, seemed baffled that his slave fled on at least two occasions. The unnamed "negro boy" must have been desperate to get away, fleeing in such terrible weather that his hands and feet froze during the escape.
James Ford was once a slave in the American colonies who had purchased his freedom. Much later, Ford's daughter recalled:
Matthew Elliot, a Loyalist who came from Virginia during the American Revolution, probably had as many as sixty slaves living in the huts behind his home in Fort Malden (now Amherstburg).


Earlier this summer, we warned you about the Echizen jellyfish — creatures that can weigh hundreds of pounds. But a group of high schoolers have found a use for sea monsters: turn them into candy and feed them to astronauts.
A few years ago, students at the Obama Fisheries High School in Fukui Prefecture developed a method of processing the monstrous jellyfish into an edible powder, which has been used to make cookies. But lately, raw caramel has been all the rage in Japan, prompting the students to try their hands at sea creature-based caramels. Adding sugar and starch syrup to the jellyfish powder, they have produced a sweet and salty candy.
It was a NASA-designed food safety management system that kicked off this jellyfish cuisine in the first place, and the high school is looking to give something back to the space program. The students have a meeting this week with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to make their caramels an official part of the menu aboard the International Space Station.
Space caramel made from giant jellyfish [Pink Tentacle]


IELTS Speaking Test 16
IELTS Speaking Test: Part-1
The examiner asks the candidate about him/herself, his/her home, work or studies, and other familiar topics.
Discussion about: Foreign visits
- What is your name?
- What countries have you visited?
- Which country would you specially like to visit? Why?
- What are the best ways to know about a foreign country?
- In what ways the English speaking countries are different from your country?
IELTS Speaking Test: Part-2
You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.
Describe a nearby convenience shop. In your answer you should include:
- What its name is.
- How long you have been shopping there.
- What things are available there.
- How the shopkeeper is.
- Why you shop there.
- What you find remarkable about the shop.
IELTS Speaking Test: Part-3
Detailed discussion Topic: Price Hike
- It is alleged that the prices of commodities are rising in different cities of the world. Do you think it is normal?
- What things do you think responsible for the price hike?
- How can the price of commodities be controlled?
- How will the prices of commodities be in your country after ten years?


The future users of the built environment will include a wide range of autonmous agents, such as servicing robots and autonomous wheelchairs. This research investigates effects of common building materials on the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) device to provide guidance for the development of autonomous/robotic-friendly environments. The LiDAR is used commonly in autonomous vehicles for navigation and collision detection.
The results of this study demonstrate how various materials (particularity glass) provide missing or inaccurate data (measurements) leading to potentially dangerous situations in the context of indoor autonomous mobility. Finally, the research proposes techniques and ideas helping designers to develop new materials with autonomous vehicle friendly characteristics.
Video of the experiment setup and testing
Multiple samples of base measurements and architectural glass were used in the experiment. Nine glass samples, two plastic samples, a steel perforated
plate, clear glass, opaque plastic, and a cardboard material were used.
The hardware setup (figures below) consists of a Ø12 mm lead screw with an anti-backlash nut, a 12 V 1.4-amp Nema 17 stepper motor, an Arduino Uno, and
a TB6600 motor driver with 1/16 micro-stepping enabled. A basic program for controlling the motor and receiving LIDAR data through serial communication
was implemented on the Arduino. Python programming language with the pySerial module was used to send and receive data with the Arduino.
Three measurement positions were installed with brackets on the baseboard: (1) a distance of 55 cm from the LIDAR at a 90-degree angle (perpendicular
to the LIDAR ray), (2) 106 cm from the LIDAR at 90 degrees, and (3) 106 cm from the LIDAR with a 45-degree angle
Data and Analysis
The experiment was conducted multiple times to validate consistency (the level of errors) between each pass. The diagram below show each pass separately.


The eighth day of the holiday of Sukkot is actually a separate holiday called Shemini Atzeret. It means "the eighth day of the assembly."
The Israelites gather for seven days around the Temple in Jerusalem, and they are just not ready to go home yet, because they are having so much fun. So they stretch the seven-day holiday into one more day.
These days, Shemini Atzeret is one day long in Israel and two days long outside of Israel. In Israel, the first day of Shemini Atzeret is Simchat Torah (meaning, the Happiness of the Torah). Outside of Israel, Simchat Torah falls on the second day of Shemini Atzeret -- so we actually get nine days of holiday!
I hope you plan on making a beautiful flag that you can wave high above your head when you join the Torah procession. Remember, on this day we finish reading the Torah and we start all over again without even taking a breath! The cycle of Torah reading is like the cycle of the seasons. On Simchat Torah, we also pray for rain. It is time for the rain to bless our earth throughout the fall and winter months so that when the spring comes round again we will be able to decorate our Passover table with colorful flowers!
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Some of the poorest cities in the nation are in Upstate New York, where Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse lag the nation when it comes to reducing poverty, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Rochester (15th), Buffalo (16th) and Syracuse (29th) had some of the highest poverty rates out of the nation's 589 largest cities in 2015, according to the data.
In each of the cities, more than 30 percent of the population lives in poverty, defined as households that had an income below $24,257 last year for a family of four.
The poorest city in the U.S. was Flint, Mich., with an estimated 40.8 percent of its population living in poverty, followed by Camden, N.J. with a poverty rate of 40.5 percent, the report found.
In New York, the statewide poverty rate declined from 15.9 percent in 2014 to 15.4 percent in 2015 - a slower pace than the rest of the country.
Overall, the nation's poverty rate declined to 13.5 percent in 2015, down 1.3 percent from the previous year. No state saw an increase in poverty during the past year.
Search our database below to see poverty rates for all of the largest cities across New York and the U.S.


Practise counting up to 50. Try starting from different numbers.
Count you count back from 50 all the way to 0.
You can use a number line to help you.
Challenge: Can you say 1 more or 1 less than any number up to 50?Extra challenge: Can you say how many tens and ones there are in a number up to 50?