In my Java class we are currently learning about Dynamic Arrays, but the problem is that the lesson does not teach you how to use them, or the syntax, or anything like that. It tells you what you MIGHT use it for, then it throws you into an example program that is (in my opinion) way too complex for where the class is at right now.
So, what exactly is a Dynamic Array and how do I use it?
Everytime I Google it, it returns something about ArrayList, which is not was I need.
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ArrayList is actually what you need! ArrayList is one of implementation of generic List interface.
List is a collection that takes multiple objects (instances) of same type (it can contain duplicates). It cannot contain objects of different type. I.e.
To add new object call "add" method:
To iterate over list you may use "for each" loop:
or "forEach" method (only Java 8):
You may convert it to "stream" to filter results i.e.:
Returns list where students age is greater then 18.
Java / Android Development
Very popular language used to create desktop applications, website applets, and Android apps.
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Using Films in the Social Studies: Government / US History provides the teacher with reproducible activities and worksheets which correlate to 15 films commonly used in high school social studies classes. These activities include simulations, debates, writing and research exercises and more. Some of the films are interchangeable, in that they may be used to cover specific political concepts or a particular era/event in America ’s history. The dynamic material found in this book enhances lessons and curriculum, thus creating a more stimulating learning environment for students.
Elements: A pacing guide, based upon a traditional schedule of 50-minute classes, is provided and can be modified to accommodate block schedules. The final chapter includes answer keys to all activities and related worksheets.
DVD: Included with the book is a DVD with editable assessments in MS Word document files plus PDF files of the student activities. Both files can be printed for use in class. Movies must be rented separately from local sources.


No Russian Tsar ever visited the Holy Mountain. But Tsar Nicolas I en Tsar Alexander II send their sons to the Holy Mountain. In 1845 Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, son of Nicolas I, made a tour and went to Panteleimonos and several other monasteries such as Sografu and Esfigmenou.
Son of Alexander II, Grand Duke Aleksey Aleksandrovich, seated in the middle, came to Panteleimonos on june 16th 1867. This was the time that Panteleimonos had both Greek and Russian inhabitants. The abbot Gerasimos was Greek and there was a lot of controversy between Russians and Greeks as Nicholas Fennell discribes in his excellent book The Russians on Athos. The Grand Duke laid the foundation stone of the central church of the Russian skete of St. Andrew. With the laying of the stone the Greek writer Smyrnakis wrote that the ceremonie took place in the presence of the members of the Holy Koinotis ” who were amazed at the deliberate violation of Athonite protocol” but said nothing through respect for the vistors’s exalted rank.


The Backyard Garden was established in 2005 at the Kansas State Research and Extension Center located in rural Olathe, Kansas. The objective of this garden is to provide an educational and interesting display garden featuring vegetables, herbs and fruits created with the backyard gardener in mind, thus the name “Backyard Garden.” This garden provides visitors with many diverse crops that are grown utilizing research-based techniques that can be applied to any home garden.
The garden features a wide variety of vegetables appropriate to this climate in addition to small fruits such as blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries. The Backyard Garden is also an All-America Selections display garden for vegetables and flowers. Periodically, the garden also participates in variety trials which help to update and maintain the official list of K-State recommended vegetable varieties.


Have read to fertilize once a month spring/summer but not while in bloom. Which of the above is correct, please? Thank you.
Certified GKH Gardening Expert
To be honest, fertilizing is not exactly like watering. Nutrients persist in the soil and are not always immediately taken up by the plant like the plant would with water. In other words, fertilizing times are not as hard and fast as watering time.
I would say it is best to avoid fertilizing during blooming, just because of the off chance that you add too much fertilizer and cause fertilizer burn. In this situation, the flowers will be the first thing the plant sheds if stressed so it is best to avoid the possibility.
Fertilizing in spring is always a good option as the plant will be gearing up for a growth spurt and making sure the proper nutrients are available to the plant when it needs them is a good idea.
As far as frequency of fertilizing, for plants in the ground, I would say you really don't need to fertilize any more than 2X a year. The soil will hold the nutrients until the plant needs them. It is different for container grown plants though. Early spring and early fall are good times to fertilize, just because the plants will have higher nutrient needs soon. But if you fertilize in late spring or late summer, it will not harm the plant.


Well no-one knows for sure when money was first invented, but it’s thought it was probably around 3,000 years ago. Before that there was bartering, which I still approve of today 🙂
The first known Roman coins were minted in 344BC and in those days coins had an intrinsic value because they were made of precious metals.
This Roman coin is in amazing condition and is part of the Yorkshire Museum’s collection.
It’s probable that bartering has been around since prehistoric times. Humans are likely to have exchanged valued goods like animal skins, weapons, maybe even food. And this kind of subsistence swapping still exists in parts of the world.
But it can be a clumsy system so as humans became more sophisticated, so grew their need for a more flexible method of payment.
Around 3,000 years ago a new system evolved in China. Instead of using weapons and tools, they started to produce tiny replica bronze tools. A neat idea but it’s a bit impractical to carry around miniature forks and arrows, so gradually they evolved into a more user-friendly shape.
Illustrations show (from left) Chinese knife money; Chinese spade money; Chinese coins from around 100BC
It’s thought that these Chinese rounded metal objects became the world’s first coins But the first official minted coinage was made in what is now Turkey (then Lydia) around 600BC. The coins were made of a mixture of gold and silver, called electrum.
Electrum coin from Lydia c600BC
The Lydian government’s foresight in developing an official currency made Lydia a wealthy nation as trade thrived.


Metabolomics has increasingly led to important insights in chemical ecology by identifying environmentally relevant small molecules that mediate inter-organismal interactions. Nevertheless, the application of metabolomics to investigate interactions between phytophagous insects and their microbial symbionts remains underutilized. Here, we investigated the metabolomes of the bacteriomes (organs bearing symbiotic bacteria) isolated from natural populations of five species of xylem-feeding insects. We identified three patterns. First, the metabolomes varied among the five species, likely influenced by insect phylogeny, food plant and taxonomic identity of the symbionts. Second, the ratio of glutamine: glutamate in the bacteriomes was 0.7-3.6 to 1, indicative of nitrogen-sufficient metabolism and raising the possibility that the insect sustains nitrogen-enriched status of the bacteriomes despite the nitrogen scarcity of the xylem diet. Finally, bacteriomes from insect species bearing genetically-similar symbionts displayed limited variation in their metabolomes, suggesting that the metabolic pattern of the bacteriome metabolic pools is correlated with the genetic repertoire of the symbionts. Altogether, these metabolomic patterns yield specific hypotheses of underlying processes that are testable by wider sampling of natural populations and experimental study.
Keywords: Essential amino acid synthesis; Metabolomics; Symbiosis; Xylem-feeding insects.


Games of the VIII Olympiad
At the 1924 Paris Games, the Olympic motto, "Citius, Altius, Fortius", (Swifter, Higher, Stronger) was introduced, as was the Closing Ceremony ritual of raising three flags: the flag of the International Olympic Committee, the flag of the host nation and the flag of the next host nation. The number of participating nations jumped from 29 to 44, signaling widespread acceptance of the Olympics as a major event, as did the presence of 1,000 journalists. Women's fencing made its debut as Ellen Osiier of Denmark earned the gold medal without losing a single bout. Johnny Weissmuller of the United States won two gold medals in swimming on 20 July alone. That same day he earned a bronze medal in water polo. He later went to Hollywood and starred as Tarzan in twelve movies. American swimmer Gertrude Ederle won a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle. Two years later she caused a sensation by becoming the first woman to swim across the English Channel (La Manche) - and in a time almost two hours faster than any man had ever achieved. Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi, won five gold medals to add to the three he had won in 1920. His most spectacular performance occurred on 10 July. First he easily won the 1,500m. Then, a mere 55 minutes later, he returned to the track and won the 5,000m. Nurmi's teammate, Ville Ritola, did not do badly either in 1924: he won four gold medals and two silver.
44 NOCs (Nations)
3,089 athletes (135 women, 2,954 men)


|If someone walked up to you and said "Hi, I'm your third cousin twice removed, would you
have any idea what they meant? Most of us understand basic relationship words such as
father, mother, brother, sister, aunt, uncle and cousin, but what about relationship terms that
we don't use in everyday speech?
Sometimes, especially when working on your family history, it's handy to know how to describe
your family relationships more exactly. The definitions below should help you out:
Cousin (a.k.a. "first cousin")
Your first cousins are the people in your family who have two of the same grandparents as
you. In other words, they are the children of your aunts and uncles.
Your second cousins are the people in your family who have the same great-grandparents as
you, but not the same grandparents.
Third, Fourth, and Fifth Cousins
Your third cousins have the same great-great grandparents, fourth cousins have the same
great-great-great grandparents, and so on.
When the word "removed" is used to describe a relationship, it indicates that the two people
are from different generations. You and your first cousins are in the same generation (two
generations younger than your grandparents), so the word "removed" is NOT used to describe
The term "once removed" means that there is a difference of one generation. For example,
your mother's first cousin is your first cousin, once removed. This is because your mother's
first cousin is one generation younger than your grandparents and you are two generations
younger than your grandparents. This one-generation difference equals "once removed."
Twice removed means that there is a two-generation difference. You are two generations
younger than a first cousin of your grandmother, so you and your grandmother's first cousin
are first cousins, twice removed.
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Dodonaea viscosa: is a member of the Sapindaceae family. Hop Bush is the common name of the genus. Early settlers, in Australia, used the winged fruits, of some species, as a substitute for hops in beer making.Plants
Dodonaea viscosa is an erect, medium shrub with sticky leaves. The flowers* are insignificant but the three or four-winged capsules are an eye-catching feature. The capsules may be green, purplish, deep pink or red. For some reason honey bees are attracted to the insignificant male flowers.
Annual pruning will keep plants bushy and increase capsule production.
Dodonaea viscosa has a large number of subspecies. No doubt in the fullness of time some subspecies will be given species status. Dodonaea viscosa has a very wide distribution and is found in all Australian states, Lord Howe Island and South Africa.
Dodonaea viscosa occurs naturally on Yallaroo. Since the removal of stock this Hop Bush has regenerated in large numbers. The capsules, on our plants, range in colour from green to red. The photograph is of one of our colourful specimens. Our subspecies is probably angustifolia.
This species is an excellent hedge or screening plant.
Dodonaeas are not common in cultivation but there are many species with great horticultural potential.
Propagate from seed or cuttings. The seeds have hard coats and should be soaked in boiling water before sowing.
Cuttings strike readily. Forms with colourful capsules should be propagated from cuttings to preserve the capsule colour.
*See Dodonaea boroniifolia for a description of the confused sex life of Hop Bushes.


How can wideband internet service be provided to remote areas of the world separated from large cities by dense jungles, multiple mountain ranges, large expanses of desert land, sea water, or other obstacles?
Of course, one way is via satellites, but satellites are expensive, have limited user capacities, and long round-trip communication latencies due to their great distances from users if they are in geosynchronous orbits 22,236 miles (35,786 km) above the equator.
Google started experimenting with another possibility in 2013 that they call Project Loon.
The idea is to have a large number of networked gas-filled balloons floating about 12.5 miles (roughly 20 km) above Earth. Winds generally blow different speeds and directions at different altitudes, so the hope is to be able to keep them properly positioned by adjusting their individual altitudes as needed in real-time.
Can balloons be kept reasonably positioned that way over long periods of time?
Gas molecules will escape rather quickly through the smallest leak. Unless the balloons stay up at least three or four months on average a balloon communication network like that probably will be prohibitively expensive to maintain.
What happens when they come down?
Will airplanes hit large sheets of nearly invisible polyethylene plastic and crash?
Will large sheets of polyethylene plastic land on homes, business buildings, roads, or power lines?
Will they fall into lakes, rivers, the ocean, remote forests, and desert land, and create hazards, kill wildlife, and pollute the environment?
What do you think about this idea? Is it a reasonable way to provide internet service to remote areas of the world or is Project Loon a ‘Looney idea?‘


2015 – Eastern Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea is more than a popular perennial. This prominent member of the Aster family inhabits meadows across a majority of the eastern half of the United States. Being native from New York south to Florida, and west to Colorado and Texas, this perennial is hardy in zones 3-8.
The genus “echino” comes from the Greek word meaning hedgehog, directly describing the spiny center disk. Surrounding the central disk of this flower are the beautiful drooping purple ray flowers. The most robust plants grow in full sun, but they can withstand part shade as well. Dry, well-drained sandy soil is where Echinacea purpurea will be best suited. Reaching 3-5 feet in height, while spreading 1.5 to 2 feet, this perennial adds color all summer long as it continues to bloom June through August if deadheaded. The seed heads left at the end of the blooming season will allow for additional plants to self seed into your garden, create winter interest, and act as a great food source for seed-eating birds such as goldfinches.


Sefer Yetzirah, the most ancient known Kabbalistic work, teaches us an important concept: “the end is wedged into the beginning.” Rebbe Nachman of Breslov shows us that this teaching isn’t merely some mystical or intellectual idea, but rather a foundation of how we should approach everything new endeavor.
Each day one should make a new beginning. You can even make a fresh start many times each day. Rebbe Nachman tells us of the importance of starting anew—in one’s self-improvement,relationships, learning and studying, and hisbodedus (prayerful meditation.)
For example, each time we begin hisbodedus, the Rebbe tells us to say:
“Today I am beginning to be attached to You [Hashem, God].” Each time one should make a new start, beacuse whatever comes later always goes according to the beginning. Even the philosophers say that the start is half the deed. Whatever happenes it is always good to make a new start each time and say, “Today I am beginning…”
Suppose things were already good—now they will be even better! And if they were not good before, God forbid, then it is certainly necessary to start anew.
Shevachey Moharan; Tzaddik in English translation, BRI
The Rebbe is telling us we can and indeed must begin again, as many times as necessary, in order to launch our spiritual growth.
Sometime, when things seem so hard, like we’re standing in wet clay, a fresh start seems impossible. But relief is in sight. You don’t have to start anew under your own steam.
Ask God to help you make a fresh start. Talk to Him.


DUBAI: Rapid advances in robot-assisted surgery
are offering new options for cancer patients and in the coming years robotics
would have a greater role in tackling the challenge, an Indian expert has said.
"Robot-assisted surgery, or robotics, is a revolutionary innovation in performing intricate surgeries, particularly in difficult or otherwise impossible locations, using specifically designed robotic arms," said Umanath Nayak
, Consultant Head & Neck and Robotic Surgeon
of Apollo Cancer Hospitals.
According to Nayak, though robotic surgeries have been common in various disciplines of medicine since the last decade its increasing and successful application in cancer treatment is highly encouraging for the medical fraternity and communities challenged by rising cases of cancer.
As per a report published in 2014 by the Gulf Centre for Cancer Control, there were 119,288 newly diagnosed cancer cases in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) between 1998 and 2009.
Oman saw 9.5 per cent increase in cancer cases during the 12-year period, second only to Saudi Arabia, which saw an alarming 74.9 per cent increase. Cancers of the lung and prostate among males and cancers of breast and thyroid among females were the most common cases in almost all the GCC countries.
Recently, Dubai-based Emirates Airline teamed up with Apollo Hospitals to connect international patients with quality healthcare services in India.
As part of the joint venture, the patients and their attendants from 19 countries across Middle East and Africa can visit the hospital's flagship locations in Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmadabad and Bangalore to avail specially formulated fares for round-trip flights on Emirates.


Pulse Oxymeter On Kilimanjaro
Pulse Oxymeter on Kilimanjaro our guides will use a pulse oximeter to measure the oxygen level in your blood and your pulse rate in the morning and evening. The oximeter is placed on a climber’s fingertip. The oximeter uses two beams of light that shine into small blood vessels and capillaries in your finger. The sensor reflects the amount of oxygen in the blood.
This dives measure how much oxygen your blood is carrying as a percentage of the maximum it could carry. Normal blood oxygen levels at sea level are 95-100%.
Pulse Oxymeter on Kilimanjaro also shows altitude increases, oxygen saturation decrease. Proper acclimatization generally brings oxygen saturation higher, which is why these figures typically rise when oxygen saturation are tested after resting overnight. On Kilimanjaro, oxygen saturation percentages are regularly in the 80’s. However, if oxygen saturation is ever less than 80%, we monitor that climber very closely. read more here.
Twice daily oxygen saturation test
One of the key indicators of deteriorating health at altitude is a decline in your blood oxygen levels. At sea level this should be close to 100% but at altitude will safely drop to about 90%. If you go below this we take it as a warning sign to monitor you very closely for further symptoms of altitude sickness.


Children should not be given ham sandwiches because they could pose a danger to their health, a charity has warned.
The World Cancer Research Fund claimed there is "convincing evidence" that eating processed meat increases the risk of bowel cancer.
Youngsters need to avoid foods like ham and salami, and they should not be included in packed lunches, it said.
The WCRF said sandwich-fillers like chicken, fish or cheese were preferable.
There is no specific research on eating the meats in childhood but the evidence in adults was too strong to ignore, the charity went on.
Both the American Cancer Society and the U.S. government-run National Cancer Institute warn that adults who eat diets high in red and processed meats increase their risk of certain cancers including colorectal cancer, as well as bowel, liver, lung and esophageal cancer.
The WCRF is also urging parents to avoid lunchbox fillers that are high in fat and calories, such as sugary drinks.
Marni Craze, children's education manager for the WCRF, said: "It is better if children learn to view processed meat as an occasional treat if it is eaten at all."


Virtually all measurements of neutron-induced reactions interesting for nuclear astrophysics are performed
either applying the time-of-flight (TOF) technique or the activation technique. The most important reactions
are neutron captures (n,γ), neutron-induced alpha emission (n,α) and neutron-induced fission (n,f).
A typical TOF setup consists of a pulsed neutron source, a sample positioned at a given flight path and a
time-resolving detection system for the reaction products.
Usually, the TOF-spectrum begins with the γ-flash resulting from interactions of the primary beam particles
with the neutron production target. The gammas traveling at the speed of light arrive first at the detector systems.
Later the first, fastest neutrons arrive and even later slower neutrons.
A typical activation setup consists of a continuous neutron source, a sample positioned very close to the
neutron source and a separate setup to detect to decay of freshly produced, radioactive nuclei.
FRANZ at Uni Frankfurt
LAND/R3B at GSI
DANCE at Los Alamos
n_TOF at CERN


Challenges Remain In Fight Against TB, U.N. Secretary-General Says
On World Tuberculosis Day, recognized on March 24, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon “said that while there has been much progress since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared TB a global health emergency two decades ago, there are still challenges to be met, mainly stopping the spread of multidrug-resistant TB, also known as MDR-TB, which threatens to reverse the gains achieved in past years,” the U.N. News Centre reports. “New diagnostics, new drugs and the promise of new vaccines have the potential to further accelerate progress against TB, which still kills 1.4 million people a year — more than any infectious disease other than AIDS. But two obstacles stand in the way,” he said, noting drug-resistant TB and a need for additional funding. “WHO Director-General Margaret Chan stressed that while curing MDR-TB is feasible, it takes 20 to 24 months of treatment with expensive and toxic drugs, some of which need to be administered by injection and some of which are in short supply,” the news service adds, noting she “warned that nearly four percent of people newly ill with TB are resistant to multiple drugs right from the start” (3/24).


On June 27, 2017, the Trump administration officially proposed to dismantle the Clean Water Rule. This would remove protections of the Clean Water Act for half our nation’s streams, which help provide drinking water to 1 in 3 Americans.
The proposal is now officially published in the federal register. Comments must be received on or before August 28, 2017.
Stand together with other local watershed groups nationwide by signing onto this letter to oppose this rollback of protections for our waterways and our drinking water.
Help tell the story of the importance of the Clean Water Rule by contributing a story and a photo to Clean Water Network’s interactive story map. Email a submission or questions to email@example.com
You can find more tools to take action here.


Passed on 29 November 1947 by the UN General Assembly, this resolution provides for the partition of Palestine into two independent states, one Arab and the other Jewish, with an economic union between them and Jerusalem enjoying a special status. The General Assembly indicated that the British Mandate over Palestine should end as soon as possible. (Britain had already notified the United Nations that it would resign its mandate by 1 August 1948.) The resolution passed by thirtythree to thirteen, with ten abstentions. Voting in favor were Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Byelorussia, Canada, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Liberia, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Soviet Union, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Voting against were Afghanistan, Cuba, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen. Abstaining were Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Mexico, United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia.


I cannot believe that I actually let this slip past my radar – sure, the story might have broke cover a week ago, but it is still interesting to know that your average LEGO does much more than simulate the imagination of whoever plays with it. Some enterprising person was approached by LEGO to build the first LEGO Greenhouse in the world, having paraded it at the 2011 London Design Festival.
Needless to say, this is the first fully functional hothouse of its kind that is made out of LEGO bricks entirely, thanks to the brainchild of award-winning designer Sebastian Bergne. He did not do this without any help though, as he was commissioned by LEGO UK to come up with this bricked wonder. Taking around 100,000 LEGO bricks to complete, everything is LEGO in there – ranging from the walls, floors, and even the earth, using either translucent or brown pieces. Of course, the rest of the flora inside like tomatoes, peppers and sunflowers are the real deal.
What’s next? Translucent LEGO bricks with built-in solar panels?


Rooibos - Aspalathus linearis
Afrikaans for “red bush”, rooibos is traditionally drunk as a tea throughout South Africa. There are a number of research projects being carried out as to the medical benefits of rooibos. It is a powerful antioxidant.History
Rooibos is grown only in the Cedarberg area in the North Western Cape of South Africa. Efforts to cultivate rooibos in other areas or countries with similar climates have failed. Apparently rooibos needs a very specific climate and soil to grow. Rooibos tea has always been very popular in South Africa. Rooibos tea is much appreciated because it does not contain caffeine and is low in tannins.
Rooibos is the only known source of the phytochemical, aspalathin, which is a powerful antioxidant.
Because rooibos contains no caffeine, it is suited for pregnant women, babies and children. The low level of tannins in rooibos will prevent problems with iron absorption.Benefits


Very soon, we will be enjoying a stellar and unusual spectacle that has not been observed in over 800 years.
On the 21st of December, you can see planetary conjunction on the winter solstice.
For the first time after the middle ages, Saturn and Jupiter will get so close to each other in the night sky that they will appear as a bright “double star”. The two largest stars in the solar system will be visible in the western sky.
Forbes magazine noted that the planets will seem as though they are extremely close, but in reality, they will not be close at all. Moreover, Patrick Hartigan, an astronomer at Rice University, stated that the alignments between Saturn and Jupiter are extremely rare, occurring every 20 years or so.
This rare celestial event can be seen from anywhere on Earth.
If the sky is clear and you have a clear view to the southwest, you will be able to see the alignment of Jupiter and Saturn from anywhere on Earth 30 – 35 minutes after sunset, near the constellation Capricorn. Even though the planets will seem closest on the 21st of December, you can watch it every evening of the Christmas week.
In what the astronomers are calling great conjunction or a meeting between the two largest planets in the solar system, they will appear aligned from the Earth`s perspective and be 0.1 degrees apart, or one fifth the diameter of the moon.
Jupiter is five times the distance of Earth from the sun, or about 484 miles away. Saturn is double than that. Because of the great distance, the planets need ages to make a single revolution around the sun.
The last time Saturn and Jupiter appeared so close was in 1623, just 14 years after Galileo created his first telescope and found the moons of Jupiter. Another similar conjunction will not happen until March 18, 2080, and the next time will be in year 2400.


Smokers often discover that once you start, it’s a never ending process to quit. You crave the nicotine and the thousands of other chemical ingredients. No one can truthfully say that there is anything healthy about smoking. So why is a bill being considered that would place tobacco products under the regulation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
A July 25th article in The Washington Post points out that for several years many officials have been trying to get cigarettes regulated by the FDA, but Bush has been adamant about opposing this plan. It seems an unlikely situation to ask an organization designed to protect Americans from unhealthy food and drugs to regulate a product with absolutely no health benefits. Yet, many believe it is a step in the right direction to ensure that tobacco companies do not make their products increasingly more harmful and addictive.
It’s impossible in one fell swoop to eliminate the tobacco industry altogether (a U.S. industry that sells over 370 billion cigarettes per year). Economics doesn’t support it according to most American lawmakers. Yet, a steady decline in demand would make a substantial improvement in the detrimental affects of cigarettes overall. Many are worried that FDA regulation would lead consumers to falsely believe that cigarettes are safe for use. However, it seems that it is widely known that cigarettes are anything but safe. But FDA regulation, if effectively handled, could sway the tobacco companies from making their products even more addictive and dangerous than they are already. If it isn’t feasible to remove tobacco altogether, then we can at least attempt to reign in their exploitation of tobacco consumers.


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Practices like child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) remain an obstacle to the full achievement of better health for children and adolescents. CEFM is also a human rights violation that endangers health and growth, disrupts education, limits opportunities for empowerment and social development, and increases the risk of exposure to violence and abuse.
A 10 per cent reduction in CEFM could contribute to a 70 per cent reduction in maternal mortality rates and a three per cent decrease in infant mortality in individual countries. Getting married at an earl y age also leads to higher fertility rates, unwanted pregnancies, a higher risk of complications during childbirth, limited educational advancement, and reduced economic earning potential for girls and wome
This study aims to assist parliamentarians in their efforts to end CEFM through legislation, and to improve the health of children and young girls in their countries.


2. Uterine Polyps
These are very common small growths dangling in the cavity of the womb and interfere with conception by acting like an IUCD or loop.
3. Adhesions in the uterine cavity (cavity of the womb)
It may be a consequence of infection or surgery such as D&C (scraping of the uterus).
4. Congenital Problems
(problems from birth) like a slightly smaller than normal size uterus or a T shaped uterus and a uterine septum , as in other above problems can be treated with operative hysteroscopy.
However, other congenital problems like an absent uterus, abnormally small uterus (hypoplastic uterus), an abnormal shaped uterus such as double uterus, bicornuate (two-horned uterus) cannot be treated surgically.


Six of the seven species of sea turtles inhabit the waters of Latin American and the Caribbean:
All these species of marine turtles are threatened with extinction, mainly from climate change, destruction of beaches and feeding grounds at sea, overexploitation of their eggs, meat and shells, as well as mortality in nets and hooks of the region´s fisheries.
Since its founding in 1961, WWF has supported many efforts for sea turtle conservation around the world. The Marine Turtle Regional Action Plan for Latin America and the Caribbean defines the priority themes, directions and actions on which WWF will focus its efforts and includes the recovery of leatherback populations among its priority objectives for the next 10 years.
In this region, WWF concentrates on the conservation of leatherbacks, Caribbean hawksbills and Eastern Pacific green turtles, due to their highly threatened status.
On the ground
There are various marine turtle conservation projects supported by WWF in the region, namely: Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Guianas, Galapagos, Peru and Argentina. These include interventions on national legislation, fisheries best-practices, as well as local community work.
In addition, WWF seeks conservation impact at the level of international treaties (e.g. Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), Covention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES), Inter-American Convention (IAC) for Marine Turtle Conservation).
A regional effort
Due to their migratory habits, sea turtle conservation is an issue demanding a regional approach. Unilateral efforts by governments cannot completely protect sea turtles, since they cover distances that encompass the jurisdictions of various nations and international waters.
Sea turtle conservation is linked to community development by strengthening non-extractive uses such as tourism. It also advocates for responsible fisheries and the preservation of critical marine habitats. Thus, these reptiles serve as flagship species for addressing broad environmental themes.


Tests and diagnosis for Varicose Veins
Varicose Veins are generally diagnosed in a clinical setting. However, certain other tests are also conducted.
- Duplex Doppler Ultrasound: This non-invasive test helps to investigate the functioning of the valves and any evidence of blood clots. It detects the flow and speed of blood in the veins, direction of blood flow, and even clots.


Air mass at given zenith distance (double precision).
D = sla_AIRMAS (ZD)
observed zenith distance (radians)
air mass (1 at zenith)
The observed zenith distance referred to above means
``as affected by refraction''.
The routine uses Hardie's (1962) polynomial fit to Bemporad's
data for the relative air mass, X, in units of thickness at the
zenith as tabulated by Schoenberg (1929). This is adequate for all
normal needs as it is accurate to better than
0.1% up to X = 6.8 and better than 1% up to X = 10.
Bemporad's tabulated values are unlikely to be trustworthy
to such accuracy
because of variations in density, pressure and other
conditions in the atmosphere from those assumed in his work.
The sign of the ZD is ignored.
At zenith distances greater than about the
air mass is held constant to avoid arithmetic overflows.
Hardie, R.H., 1962, in Astronomical Techniques
ed. W.A. Hiltner, University of Chicago Press, p180.
Schoenberg, E., 1929, Hdb. d. Ap.,
Berlin, Julius Springer, 2, 268.


A review of food reactions in children from inhalation was recently published in an issue of Allergy and Asthma Proceedings.
As an introduction, the authors remind readers we are able to smell foods because of tiny aerosolized particles of food. In some children, even this tiny amount of exposure can lead to allergic symptoms.
The foods most commonly implicated in this mischief are: fish, nuts, legumes, grains and cow milk.
Up to 10 percent of children allergic to fish will have some type of allergic response to seafood odors or fumes. Typically, this is eye itching, sneezing or wheezing.
Of interest, shellfish were much less likely to cause inhalation problems than “swimming” fish.
The incidence of airborne nut allergy was smaller with three percent of children with tree nut allergy reacting to the smell, and one percent of peanut-allergic children reacting. (Even though peanut is a legume, it was studied in the nut category because there are so many children with peanut allergy.)
Again, common symptoms seen were eye itch, sneezing and wheezing. But some children suffer hives and even anaphylaxis from nut odor inhalation.
The most common legumes to cause inhalation allergy are soy, chick peas, peanut-like lupines and green beans. The spectrum of symptoms: eye itch, sneezing and wheezing, but also intense itching in the mouth and throat in some children.
The cereal grains most likely to cause problems are rice, buckwheat and wheat. Buckwheat is more common a cause than expected because many children have ongoing exposure from buckwheat chaff being used in stuffed animals.
And while cow milk is a common cause for inhalation allergy, some children are sensitized from powdered formulas being mixed in their presence.
Also, as mentioned in a previous newsletter, some asthma inhalers contain small amounts of milk protein as a stabilizer.


This test is used to measure serum levels of calcium, the most abundant mineral in the body. More than 98% of the body's calcium is found in bones and teeth, but relative concentrations in those structures may vary as the body maintains calcium balance. For example, when calcium concentrations in the blood fall below normal, calcium ions move out of the bones and teeth to restore the blood's calcium level. Because the body excretes calcium daily, regular ingestion of calcium in food (at least 1 g/day) is necessary for normal calcium balance
Procedure and posttest care
Abnormally high serum calcium levels (hypercalcemia) may occur in hyperpllrothyroidism and parathyroid tumors, Paget's disease of the bone, multiple myeloma, metastatic carcinoma, multiple fractures, and prolonged immnbilization. Elevated levels may also result from inadequate excretion of "calcium, as in adrenal insufficiency and renal disease; from excessive calcium ingestion; and from overuse of overuse such as calcium carbonat.
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Writing with your voice (Mar, 1947)
Writing with your voice
Years ago Alexander Graham Bell dreamed of “a machine that should render visible to the eyes of the deaf, the vibrations of the air that affect our ears as sound.” He never realized that dream, but his researches led to the invention of the telephone.
Today Bell Telephone Laboratories have turned the dream into a fact—translating the spoken word into readable pictures.
By this new invention of the Laboratories, the talker speaks into a microphone. Vibrations of the voice are unraveled through electronic circuits, and then are reassembled as luminous patterns which travel across a screen. Each syllable of sound has a distinctive shape and intensity.
Visible speech is still in its infancy, and is not yet available to the public. But educators of the deaf are now evaluating it.
Indications are that the deaf can learn to read the patterns and, by comparing the patterns their own voices make with the patterns of correct speech, can improve their diction.
Patterns of visible speech also provide a means for analyzing and recording sound in the study of phonetics and of languages. Eventually, visible speech may make possible visual telephony for the deaf.
This is but one of many contributions by Bell Telephone Laboratories to the understanding and control of sound.
BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES
Exploring and Inventing, Devising and Perfecting for Continued Improvements and Economies in Telephone Service


The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and cost difference in using Behavior Imaging vs. traditional practices for evaluating children with special needs in the classroom, training teachers on interventions, and implementing behavior intervention plans.
Behavior Connect is an online portal that enables health and education professionals to remotely interact with students, specialists and other staff members via video, while building a secure library of shareable video and document assets and a continuous record.
The study will be conducted in collaboration with the Marcus Autism Center in Georgia, and will evaluate the use of the technology for assessment of student problem behavior and for assisting staff development – based on caregiver-captured video of child behavior or staff exercises in the classroom. The study will consist of at least 3-9 teachers and 15 students in at least 2-3 different schools, of which Marcus currently consults, that are furthest away from the Marcus experts. The experts at Marcus will use Behavior Connect 2.0, and a special Behavior Capture App in conjunction with the traditional practices in the assistance of said students and their teachers and gather data based on time spent, dollars spent, progress of each student, and teacher’s and Marcus experts’ evaluation of the product.


An easy way to burn fat - and lose weight - could be the avoidance of bad cholesterol, according to a new study.
The study, by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet, has found that LDL, or bad cholesterol, is also a regulator of fat turnover besides its well-established detrimental effects in promoting atherosclerosis.
Johan Björkegren and colleagues found that LDL slowed the rate of fat breakdown in adipocytes, the peripheral cells responsible for fat storage, open-access journal PLoS ONE reported.
Earlier studies have shown the fatty acids released from the peripheral fat to the blood boost the synthesis of LDL precursors in the liver.
The current study suggests that high levels of LDL could inhibit the releasing fatty acids of the peripheral fat.
“The results of our study provide evidence of a reciprocal link between the liver and peripheral fat regulating fat turnover", said Björkegren.
This finding suggests that lowering cholesterol in the blood may also affect build-up of peripheral fat.
The study was conducted on cell cultures and tissue from humans as well as in animal models with different levels of LDL.


Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010000, China
Doris Lessing is a white colonist from Britain with both Diaspora and marginal identity which gives her a special inspiration for writing the novel Martha Quest. The protagonist, Martha's painful experiences and tangled emotions are the real portrayal of Lessing's childhood. This article presents an in-depth analysis of "the Other" and the identity of culture, which reveals the exile, especially for white women are isolated from both colony and patriarchal society and are considered as "the Other" excluding from the European culture even African culture. It can be seen that the pursuit of cultural identity, freedom and independence in the context of heterogeneous culture is the spirit of this novel, and the writer, Lessing.
Doris Lessing, Martha, "The Other", Cultural identity
Li Yanrong. "The Other" and Cultural Identity in Doris Lessing's Martha Quest. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2022) Vol. 5, Issue 19: 95-100. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2022.051917.
 Pickering Jean. Understanding Doris Lessing [M]. Columbia SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1990.
 Stuart Hall, Paul Du Gay. "Introduction: Who Needs 'Identity'?" The Question of Cultural Identity [C]. London: Sage Publications Ltd., 1996.
 Lessing Doris. Martha Quest, New York: Harper-Collins Publishers, 2001.
 Park E Robert. "Human Migration and 'Marginal Man'." American Journal of Sociology vol. 33, no. 6, 1928, pp. 881-893.
 Simone De Beauvoir. The Second Sex, translated by Constance Borde and Sheila, New York: Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 1949.
 Broe Mary Lynn, Ingram, Angela J. C. Women's Writing in Exile. New York: Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
 Tony Bennett, Lawrence Grossberg, Meaghan Morris. New Keywords: AＲevised Vocabulary of Culture and Society [M]. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
 Jonathan, Friedman. Modernity and Identity [M]. London: Polity Press, 1991.


In 1990, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed a study of the hydrogeology of Huron County, Michigan (Sweat, 1991). In 1993, Huron County and the USGS entered into an agreement to continue collecting water levels at selected wells throughout Huron County. As part of the agreement, the USGS has provided training and instrumentation for County personnel to measure, on a quarterly basis, the depth to water below the land surface in selected wells. The agreement includes the operation of continuous water-level recorders installed on four wells in Bingham, Fairhaven, Grant and Lake Townships (fig. 1). County personnel make quarterly water-level measurements of 22 other wells. Once each year, County personnel are accompanied by USGS personnel who provide a quality assurance/quality control check of all measurements being made.
Additional Publication Details
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Ground-water levels in Huron County, Michigan, January 1995 through December 1995


There's a surprising story to this piece of fruit, and weirdly, it starts with pineapples.
As the video says, strawberries are safe to eat, and they're good for you too. But that doesn't mean the way we grow them is safe. The concerns here are the workers in the field and families who live near strawberry fields. A study by the California Department of Public Health found that almost 900 schools are within a 1.4-mile radius of regular use of known carcinogenic pesticides that you learned about in the video.
Also, strawberries and other fruits and vegetables aren't always chemical-free. Check out this comparison of pesticide residues found on fruits and vegetables. There's endless debate about the health impacts of consuming conventional vs. organic produce. The most important thing is to keep eating your fruits and veggies! But the chart below helps you figure out what non-organic produce is most likely to carry additional chemicals. (Psst, the most recent research moves strawberries up to #2!)
For more info, read the full Center for Investigative Reporting investigation on strawberry production, and if you live in California, check out this app to see if you live near areas where pesticides are heavily used to grow strawberries and other crops.


im not able to understand the steps involved in the IUPAC nomenclature for branched chain saturated hydrocarbons......in addition to this im not getting that how does 2-methylpropane differ from isobutane coz both of them have same structues?Can i write isobutane instead of methyl propane?What difference would it make?
- Identify each of the branches (side-chains).
- Use the lowest number combinations for the branches (side-chains).
- Name each branch or side-chain (alkyl group) :
methyl CH3 ethyl C2H5 propyl C3H7
- For more than 1 of the same alkyl group use:
di = 2 tri = 3 tetra = 4
- Use commas between numbers, eg, 1,2 or 2,3
- Use hyphens between numbers and words, eg, 2-methyl or 2,3-dimethyl
- If there is more than 1 type of branch or side-chain, arrange their names alphabetically,
ie, ethyl groups are named before methyl groups which are named before propyl groups
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Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): The movement of facial skin plays a key role not only in the way the sounds of words are made, but also in the way they are heard, says a new study.
"How your own face is moving makes a difference in how you 'hear' what you hear," said first author Takayuki Ito, a senior scientist at Haskins Laboratories, a Yale-affiliated research laboratory.
When, Ito and his colleagues used a robotic device to stretch the facial skin of "listeners" in a way that would normally accompany speech production they found it affected the way the subjects heard the speech sounds.
The subjects listened to words one at a time that were taken from a computer-produced continuum between the words "head" and "had."
When the robot stretched the listener's facial skin upward, words sounded more like "head." With downward stretch, words sounded more like "had." A backward stretch had no perceptual effect.
And, timing of the skin stretch was critical - perceptual changes were only observed when the stretch was similar to what occurs during speech production.
These effects of facial skin stretch indicate the involvement of the somatosensory system in the neural processing of speech sounds.
The study shows that there is a broad, non-auditory basis for "hearing" and that speech perception has important neural links to the mechanisms of speech production.
The study "Somatosensory function in speech perception" has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). (ANI)


Perchoerus is one of the rarest of the mammal fossils found in the White River Badlands and is much rarer than the cats and nimravids from the same area. They bear a strong resemblance to pigs, but pigs are from a separate family (the Suidae). They are the result of convergent evolution to pigs. During the convergent evolution, they occupied similar ecological niches and both were omnivorous rooters.
The fossil record places peccaries in the Upper to Lower Oligocene in Europe. They first appeared in North America from the Lower Oligocene to the end of the Oligocene.
Perchoerus (peccaries) belong to the order Artiodactyla and the suborder Suina (swine). Hippopotami/Hippopotamidae, pigs, and wart hogs belong to the Family Suidae.
Perchoerus lived during the Oligocene (37.5-30 million years ago). The Oligocene marked the start of generalized cooling to the earth. Glaciers formed in Antarctica during the Cenozoic Era (65 million years ago to the present) for the first time. Tropical climates diminished and cooler woodland and grassland climates became more widespread. The cooling trend culminated in the Ice Age of the Pliocene (10-3 million years ago).
By the Oligocene, modern types of angiosperms (plants with an enclosed seed) had become widespread. The higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere would have changed from broad-leafed trees to those found on the North Island of New Zealand or the tip of the Cape of South Africa.
The following is how Perchoerus is classified: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Artiodactyla, Suborder: Suina (swine), Family: Tayassuidae, Genus: Perhoerus, Species: ?
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Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)
- Other Names
- Silver King
- Game fish - see bag & size limits
The tarpon, a spectacular large fish which rightly carries the name of Silver King, is unmistakable. Characteristics include large flat scales up to three inches in diameter, an elongated dorsal fin, falcate anal fin and large bony underslung jaw. It has been known to exceed 300 pounds, but the Texas record is 210.7 pounds, 91 inches, 2006. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has launched a Tarpon Observation Network application for everyone interested in following these giant fish.
- Life History
- Little is known of the tarpon's spawning activity or growth. Tarpon of six to 18 inches have been found in river mouths, lakes and bar-ditches and sometimes in polluted areas. Young tarpon often go into the brackish water of small marsh channels, while adults may swim far up the larger rivers of South Texas, perhaps in search of food. Most commonly found off the beachfront in the Gulf.
- Adult tarpon live in Gulf open waters, but young tarpon may be found in brackish water around marsh channels. Adults sometimes may also move up larger rivers that empty into the Gulf.
- Tarpon may be found throughout the Atlantic Ocean, through the Caribbean to Brazil.
- How To Catch
- Tarpon will hit trolled spoons and jigs and also will take live pinfish and mullet under a cork and menhaden using drift fishing methods. The ensuing fight is dramatic, marked by leaps from the water and shaking of the body.
- Where To Catch
- Tarpon of any size are most often caught off the beachfront in the Gulf. Southern Texas has the most directed tarpon fishing and a number of guides that specialize in tarpon are available.
- How To Eat
- The flesh of tarpon is edible, but not usually eaten in Texas.
- Threats and Reasons for Decline
- Decline of this species in recent years has been attributed to damming of rivers, droughts, pesticides and overfishing -- or a combination of these.


Did you know that the microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a candy bar melted in his pocket? It was accidentally discovered by Percy Spencer in 1945. And the first food deliberately cooked was popcorn and an egg. The company he worked for (Raytheon) build the first available microwave oven. In the 1950s these machines were still too large and expensive for normal home use. Just in the late 1960s people could buy and use a countertop microwave oven.
Now you know it 😉 .


About this Course:
Informatics is the application of information technology to solve problems in other fields. Informaticists use technology and information to build intelligent systems used to bridge the gaps between information, technology, and the people who use it. The study of informatics is about blending applied mathematics with technology while understanding the broader consequences of computing on society and the problem being solved. It is important for any student to develop a broad perspective of technology and the people it serves. This course builds upon the student's knowledge of mathematical concepts of predictive modeling of samples and populations with an emphasis on applying technology to solve real world problems.
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Understand advanced regression and data modeling techniques in statistics
- Build prediction and confidence models
- Know forecasting and simulation techniques
- Understand basic data mining principles
Grading/CEU award for this course includes assignments, exams, projects, labs and paper.


A brief introduction of Control Flow.
Control Flows represent one of the most important aspects of an SSIS package
because their logic controls its execution.
Control Flow are made up of:
- Tasks: These are objects that contain steps to perform (Data Flow, FileI/O,
The main categories of tasks are:
- Workflow Tasks such as Execute SQL, Package, and Send Mail tasks
- Data Processing Tasks such as Data Flow, Bulk Insert, or XML tasks.
- Scripting Tasks that execute ActiveX or VB.NET.
- SQL Server tasks allow the direct manipulation of database objects.
Maintenance tasks provide DBA capabilities such as backups, agent jobs, index
- Containers: These provide the ability to group discrete units of logic as well as
iterative and sequence operations.
- Precedence Constraints: These ensure tasks execute in the desired order.
These constraints are identified by these arrows:
- Red: Indicates a path of logic following a failure.
- Green: Indicate successful execution.
- Blue: Indicates execution regardless of the previous task’s outcome – success or


Hans Waldmann was mayor of Zurich and master of the Kämbel guild in the late fifteenth century. He lead the Confederates in the Burgundian Wars defeating Charles the Bold, but his performance as mayor met with less approval. His attempts to raise taxes led to a peasant revolt which removed him from power and ended with his beheading in 1489.
In 1937, the Kämbel guild erected the equestrian sculpture of Waldmann in front of the Fraumünster church in an attempt to rehabilitate him, feeling the he had been condemned without good reason. The statue was subject to much criticism, in part for the reputation of Waldmann, in part because it was too modern a piece of art to be displayed in central Zurich.
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Santa Maria del Mar is an imposing church in Barcelona, Catalonia. Located in the district of La Ribera, it was built between 1329 and 1383, at the height of Catalonia's maritime and mercantile preeminence. It is an outstanding example of Catalan Gothic, with a purity and unity of style that are very unusual in large mediaeval buildings.
The first mention of a church of Santa Maria by the sea dates from 998. The construction of the present building was promoted by the canon Bernat Llull, who was appointed archdean of Santa Maria in 1324. Construction work started on 25 March 1329, when the foundation stone was laid by king Alfons the Kind, as commemorated by a tablet in Latin and Catalan on the facade that gives onto Fossar de les Moreres. The architects in charge were Berenger de Montagut (designer of the building) and Ramon Despuig, and during the construction all the guilds of the Ribera quarter were involved. The walls, the side chapels and the facades were finished by 1350. In 1379 there was a fire that damaged important parts of the works. Finally, on 3 November 1383 the last stone was added and on 15th August the first mass was celebrated. In 1428 an earthquake caused several casualties and destroyed the rose window in the west end.
The new window, in the Flamboyant style, was finished by 1459 and one year later the glass was added. The images and the Baroque altar were destroyed in a fire in 1936. The chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, adjacent to the apse, was added in the 19th century.
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While recent developments in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology have given humans the power to mentally control computers, nobody has used the technology in conjunction with the Second Life online virtual world ' until now.
A research team led by professor Jun'ichi Ushiba of the Keio University Biomedical Engineering Laboratory has developed a BCI system that lets the user walk an avatar through the streets of Second Life while relying solely on the power of thought. To control the avatar on screen, the user simply thinks about moving various body parts ' the avatar walks forward when the user thinks about moving his/her own feet, and it turns right and left when the user imagines moving his/her right and left arms.
The system consists of a headpiece equipped with electrodes that monitor activity in three areas of the motor cortex (the region of the brain involved in controlling the movement of the arms and legs). An EEG machine reads and graphs the data and relays it to the BCI, where a brain wave analysis algorithm interprets the user's imagined movements. A keyboard emulator then converts this data into a signal and relays it to Second Life, causing the on-screen avatar to move. In this way, the user can exercise real-time control over the avatar in the 3D virtual world without moving a muscle.
Future plans are to improve the BCI so that users can make Second Life avatars perform more complex movements and gestures. The researchers hope the mind-controlled avatar, which was created through a joint medical engineering project involving Keio's Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Tsukigase Rehabilitation Center, will one day help people with serious physical impairments communicate and do business in Second Life.
(For video of the Second Life BCI, check the links on the Ushida & Tomita Laboratory news page, right above the first photo.)


ntels a comparatively short time elapses before the falling in of the wall above. Apparently but a small amount of this damage can be attributed to rainstorms, which, although rare in this region, are sometimes violent. There is evidence that the present height of the walls is nearly the original height, in other words, that the loss from surface erosion in several centuries has been trifling, although numerous opinions to the contrary have been expressed by causal observers. The eastern wall has suffered more from this cause than the others; a belt on the northern half, apparently softer than the remainder of the wall, has been eaten away to a depth of nearly a foot. The interior wall faces are in good condition generally, except about openings and in places near the top.
Evidences of the original flooring are preserved in several of the rooms, especially in the north room. The flooring conformed to the pueblo type in the use of a series of principal beams, about 3 inches in diameter, above which was a se


Contemporary Art and New Media
A man, muscles bulging, face cemented into a firm grimace. Cast-iron
chains shackle his hands, but that doesn't stop him from cocking his
rifle and lurching forward to battle with the rest of the massive
crowd of the defiant and oppressed.
The Chinese Communist propaganda of the late 1960's and early 1970's
reflected the international upheaval churned by rising social and
liberation movements. The images that the Chinese government
presented to their people were clear – we, along with Black Americans,
Cubans, the Vietnamese, and all other oppressed peoples are all united
in an epic struggle against forces of tyranny. This message was
communicated in a multitude of ways. One poster showed a heroic
Fidel, fist clenched, mouth letting out a fearsome war cry. Another
featured a black man prominently, but only as one in a mass of people
of mixed races, all donned in brilliant red, yellow, blue, orange,
green garb, and charging forward to defeat the forces of imperialism.
Another depicted an American anti-war rally, with the Capitol building
disappearing into the background, drowned out by a sea of protesters
of all races wielding "Get Out of Vietnam" posters.
As an American observer with a strong background in recent world
history, these images are undeniable attempts by the government to
link Chinese Communism with other worldwide movements that it deemed
noble and worthy causes. But were these posters effective among a
Chinese audience that perhaps did not have access to information about
world events? Were these posters distributed more heavily in the city
or the countryside? And why was it important to foster support for
these international movements among regular Chinese people?


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Polypropylene Spundbonded Non-woven
PP Non-Woven's main constituent is polypropylene (PP), an organic compound produced as a by-product of crude oil refinery. Through spunbonding process, Polypropylene is transformed into fabric. PP can be repeatedly melted and solidified by heating and cooling so that any scrap generated in processing can be reused. Generally no chemical change takes place during forming.
The first PP Non-Woven fabric was commercialized in the 1960s and has since become popular as a modern material which is widely applied to fashion, shoes and handbags, family products, shopping bags, garment bags, packing materials, medical uses, agricultural industry, etc.
Polypropylene is water resistant, air permeable, fire proof, soft and also possesses many additional positive characteristics:


Unit 2: Navigating the program
- Students will discuss the different features of SMART Notebook 11 with at least one post.
- Students will have to complete a quiz on the different navigation tools.
- Please watch the mini-lesson I created: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pglAw8GZ3Rg
The video covers the tool bar and other features of SMART Notebook 11.
When you go to submit lessons that you make send them to my dropbox folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/somp5ulwwfwmmc8/AABheYIqS-qcLn2dhboeU5pKa?dl=0
After you're done watching it please travel to the class dropbox page. There you will find the quiz folder where you can download the quiz and complete it using SMART Notebook. Prepare a post in the class discussion page for this module if you have any issues or questions. Good luck!
Click here to continue to Lesson 3: Creating Lessons in SMART Notebook 11.
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Every February, the National Building Museum and the National Engineers Week Foundation invite you to debunk the myths of engineering and discover how professional engineers turn ideas into reality. Celebrate Engineers Week by participating in this free, hands-on, and fun-filled festival. Explore thermodynamics, electricity, aerodynamics, and more with engineers at more than 25 activity tables and demonstrations made especially for kids.
Discover Engineering Family Day is a FREE, drop-in program. $5 donation suggested. Program and activities are most appropriate for children ages 6 to 12 with adult supervision. Registration is not required.
This year at Discover Engineering Family Day:
MEET a test pilot, an astronaut, and engineers galore!
DISSECT household devices!
CATAPAULT a Ping Pong ball!
TEST paper airplanes in a wind tunnel!
Activities at the Festival may assist Scouts in fulfilling some requirements for the following Girl Scout badges:
Brownie Girl Scouts: Building Art, Science in Action, Listening to the Past
Junior Girl Scouts: Aerospace, Science Discovery, Discovering Technology, Sky Search, Careers
Scout groups may stop by the scout check-in table for a worksheet that has a full list of which activities correspond with badges at Discover Engineering Family Day.
For more information, contact the National Building Museum school and youth groups staff at 202-272-2448 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
Visit the Discover Engineering Family Day website to learn more about the festival.
What: Discover Engineering Family Day
Who: All (Brownies & Juniors can work on badges.)
When: Saturday, 28 February 2015, 10AM – 4:30PM
Where: National Building Museum
401 F Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001


Election day or polling day is the day on which general elections are held. In many countries, general elections are always held on a Saturday or Sunday, to enable as many voters as possible to participate; while in other countries elections are always held on a weekday. However, some countries, or regions within a country, which hold elections on a weekday declare election day a public holiday. Countries which permit absentee ballots, early ballots or postal votes to be cast by mail before the election avoid the problem altogether by enabling voters to vote on a day that is more convenient to them.
Next holiday is: Daylight Saving Time ends (November 7)
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Urban vegetation can have beneficial effects on biodiversity and human health and has been widely studied in temperate cities. The situation, however, is different in the tropics: there is a knowledge gap describing the influence of the growth and expansion of tropical cities on vegetation within the cities. There is also a scarcity of work discussing appropriate methods to quantify urban vegetation in the tropics, where financial resources for research are normally quite limited. Our objectives in this article were to measure the amount of urban vegetation in a tropical city, its relationship to population and infrastructure, and to determine if satellite results differ from those obtained on the ground. For these objectives we studied the city of Heredia, Costa Rica, during the rainy season, when vegetation was most developed. We sampled 91 sites from the ground (with 360 degree digital panoramic photographs) and compared the measurements with the corresponding satellite photographs. Satellite and ground estimates of vegetation and infrastructure differed significantly (Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, p=0.00002). The satellite estimate of vegetation was nearly one third higher that the ground estimate. These finding illustrated that a significant part of the vegetation is hidden from the view, reducing the potential beneficial effects that a person’s perception of plants has on their psychology. Conversely, the estimate of infrastructure cover was much higher from the ground than in the satellite photographs. In the ground estimate the dominant landscape component was vegetation (48%), followed by buildings (28%), roads (23%) and billboards (0.41%). We conclude that density of the human population, rather than its total size, is the best predictor of vegetation in this tropical landscape (multiplicative model regression, F Ratio 7.33, p= 0.0081).


Most stars are much like the Sun—giant balls of gas burning billions of miles away. These spherical stars pump out a steady stream of light that crosses vast stretches of space before it illuminates the night sky. Down here on the ground, though, stars appear not as unwavering and blazing spheres of plasma, but as gently twinkling stars.
Why is our perception of stars so distorted? Stars twinkle for a fairly intuitive reason: The movement of the air in Earth's atmosphere can momentarily dim a star's light. This is why, says NASA, stars on the horizon seem most twinkly—“because there is a lot more atmosphere between you and a star near the horizon than between you and a star higher in the sky.”
But what about stars' characteristic pointy star shape? The science behind that is surprising and has less to do with the stars or the Earth or with space than it does with us. Stars are shaped like stars, says Henry Reich in the Minute Physics video above, because of imperfections in the back of our eyeballs. Most intriguingly, says Reich, this biological explanation means that every one of us sees stars slightly differently.


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Ben Franklin was a craftsman, a carpenter, a farmer, a teacher, a writer, and an inventor.
But he is best known as the founder of the American craft industry, and a pioneer of the modern day consumer electronics industry.
As a young man, he built the first commercial home, a three-bedroom cabin in Virginia, and became one of the world’s first consumers of the electrical appliance.
It was the home that he lived in, in his later years, until he died in 1793.
His life story was one of a genius who made a huge impact on the development of our modern lives.
Benjamin Franklin lived, died, and lived on, and we will continue to share his story through our craft projects and the work of Ben Franklin’s students.
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DSE is the method used to estimate the total population in a sample area by considering the number of people recorded by:
- A: the census
- B: the Census Coverage Survey, and
- C: both the census and Census Coverage Survey
The dual system estimate (the estimate of the total population including people missed by both the census and the CCS) is calculated by A*B/C (A times B, divided by C). Dual System Estimation is also known as capture-recapture.


Herbicide efficacy on three annual grass weeds in soils with different cropping histories
AbstractThe efficacy of several preemergence herbicides on barnyard grass (Echinochloa crusgalli) smooth witchgrass (Panicum dichotomiflorum) and yellow bristle grass (Setaria pumila) was investigated in different soils in pot experiments These soils were collected from the top 10 cm of seven maize fields with different cropping histories The herbicides used were dimethanamid alachlor metolachlor two formulations of acetochlor and proprietary mixes of acetochlor with atrazine or metribuzin Plastic pots filled with soil were seeded with 10 seeds of individual grass species and herbicide treatments were then applied with a precision pot sprayer A further 10 seeds of the same grass species were sown at 2weekly intervals for 8 weeks to test the duration of residual weed control The number of emerged seedlings was counted in each pot at 2 weeks after each planting Metolachlor was the most effective chemical for controlling E crusgalli and P dichotomiflorum For S pumila similar levels of control were achieved by all treatments evaluated Generally all the herbicides were less effective in soils with a long history of maize growing where up to three times more seedlings emerged than in soils with only 12 years of maize cropping
How to Cite
Rahman, A., and T.K. James. “Herbicide Efficacy on Three Annual Grass Weeds in Soils With Different Cropping Histories”. New Zealand Plant Protection 63 (August 1, 2010): 66–71. Accessed December 6, 2022. https://journal.nzpps.org/index.php/nzpp/article/view/6570.


Seize the Day, first published in 1956, is considered (by, for example, prominent critic James Wood) one of the great works of 20th century literature. Seize the Day was Saul Bellow's fourth novel. It was written in the 1950s, a formative period in the creation of the middle class in the United States.
The story centers around a day in the life of Wilhelm Adler (aka Tommy Wilhelm), a failed actor in his forties. Wilhelm is unemployed, impecunious, separated from his wife (who refuses to agree to a divorce), and estranged from his children and his father. He is also stuck with the same immaturity and lack of insight which has brought him to failure. In Seize the Day Wilhelm experiences a day of reckoning as he is forced to examine his life and to finally accept the "burden of self".


In this lecture, Professor Donald Kagan explores the earliest history of Greek civilization. He demonstrates how small agricultural enclaves eventually turned into great cities of power and wealth in the Bronze Age, taking as his examples first Minoan Crete and then Mycenaean Greece. He also argues that these civilizations were closely related to the great monarchies of the ancient Near East. He points out that the Mycenaean age eventually came to an abrupt end probably through a process of warfare and migration. Reconstructing the Mycenaean age is possible through archaeological evidence and through epic poetry (Homer). Finally, he provides an account of the collapse of the Mycenaean world, and explains how in its aftermath, the Greeks were poised to start their civilization over on a new slate.
As one of the world's great universities, Yale traces its roots back to the early 1640s when colonial clergyman sought to establish a school in order to continue the tradition of European education within the Americas. Yale has now grown to educate over 11,000 students from over 100 countries on a 310-acre campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Within the school's 260 buildings are over 2,000 undergraduate programs in 65 departments taught by a distinguished faculty. As Academic Earth's first partner school, Yale has been a leader within the space of OpenCourseWare by consistently delivering on its esteemed mission to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.


Využití zeolitů při chovu ryb a jejich vliv na chemické a mikrobiologické aspekty vody
The sustainability of water quality in fish farming is a global problem, especially in terms of the content of ammonium ions naturally produced by fish. The production of ammonium ions is unfavourable for the fish population kept in tanks and requires frequent water exchange. The aim of this work is to minimize the concentration of ammonium ions in water by the application of zeolite filters, thereby reducing the operating costs mainly due to lower water consumption. Four zeolite materials (BBC, MHZ, Clinomanganese and the geopolymeric zeolite A) were tested with respect to their ammonium cations exchange kinetics. Each of the sorbents was individually put into the inner filter, through which aquarium water was circulated in weekly cycles. None of these natural materials had any negative effect on the fish life. The synthetic geopolymeric zeolite A had a negative effect because it slightly increased pH in aquarium water; this phenomenon occurred due to the ion exchange of sodium cations. Of all tested materials, Clinomanganese proved to be the most suitable material. This sorbent can therefore be used for long-term filtration of aquarium water. The effect of bacteria present in the laboratory biological aquarium system was not insignificant, as they contributed to decrease the ammoniacal nitrogen concentration. β-proteobacteria able to oxidize ammonium were found to be main bacterial representatives in the tested samples.


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Multivitamin tablets on top of an enlarged list of the ingredients. Multivitamins usually contain all thirteen major vitamins-vitamins A, C, D, E, K, and the eight B-complexes. Vitamins are organic compounds that the body needs in small amounts to maintain good health. However, the body is either unable to make or produce a big enough amount for itself. People who may need increased vitamin intake include the very old and young, pregnant women, and those on a poor or limited diet.
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These studies, along with epidemiological observations, seem to explain why immune system disorders like multiple sclerosis, Type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, asthma and allergies have risen significantly in the United States and other developed countries.
Training the Immune System
“What a child is doing when he puts things in his mouth is allowing his immune response to explore his environment,” Mary Ruebush, a microbiology and immunology instructor, wrote in her new book, “Why Dirt Is Good” (Kaplan). “Not only does this allow for ‘practice’ of immune responses, which will be necessary for protection, but it also plays a critical role in teaching the immature immune response what is best ignored.”
One leading researcher, Dr. Joel V. Weinstock, the director of gastroenterology and hepatology at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, said in an interview that the immune system at birth “is like an unprogrammed computer. It needs instruction.”
He said that public health measures like cleaning up contaminated water and food have saved the lives of countless children, but they “also eliminated exposure to many organisms that are probably good for us.”
“Children raised in an ultraclean environment,” he added, “are not being exposed to organisms that help them develop appropriate immune regulatory circuits.”
Studies he has conducted with Dr. David Elliott, a gastroenterologist and immunologist at the University of Iowa, indicate that intestinal worms, which have been all but eliminated in developed countries, are “likely to be the biggest player” in regulating the immune system to respond appropriately, Dr. Elliott said in an interview. He added that bacterial and viral infections seem to influence the immune system in the same way, but not as forcefully.
Most worms are harmless, especially in well-nourished people, Dr. Weinstock said.
“There are very few diseases that people get from worms,” he said. “Humans have adapted to the presence of most of them.”


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(1891-1970). U.S. philosopher and a leading exponent of the school called Logical Positivism, born in Ronsdorf, Germany; studied physics, mathematics and philosophy at several German universities; taught at several universities, including Vienna, Prague, and Chicago; a founder of International Encyclopedia of Unified Science; much of his study devoted to logical analysis of language, logic, and probability; published Meaning and Necessity (1947) and Logical Foundations of Probability (1950).


Don’t Burn Garbage
Burning household garbage in burn barrels, wood stoves, and fire pits creates pollution
that's dangerous to human health and contaminates the air, water, and soil. It's also
against the law in Minnesota.
Garbage today contains a lot of plastics; paper treated with chemicals, coatings, and ink;
and many other chemicals. Backyard burning is a low-temperature fire that receives very
little oxygen and produces lots of smoke. Under these conditions, a variety of toxic substances
is produced and released primarily into the air close to ground level, where they are easily inhaled— with no pollution controls! Dioxin, a potent human carcinogen, is the major health risk posed by residential garbage burning. U.S. EPA research shows that burn barrels are the #1 source of dioxin in the U.S. Just one burn barrel can produce as much or more dioxin as a full-scale municipal waste combustor burning 200 tons/day.
• Instead of burning garbage, dispose of it properly.
• REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE. Reduce the amount of waste you create by buying products with less
packaging and buying items that last longer instead of disposable ones. REUSE the durable packaging you get (like wash out that sour cream container and use it to put leftovers in). RECYCLE all the materials you can, like cardboard, newspapers, plastic grocery bags, cans and bottles.


By now, most people are aware of a novel coronavirus, COVID-19, that is wreaking public health havoc on a global scale. As of today, March 16th, 2020, over 3700 cases of novel coronavirus and 69 deaths have been reported. Once testing becomes widespread, these numbers are expected to increase significantly.
Specific populations face unique challenges. Over 23 million Americans experience a substance use disorder (SUD), among whom only 10% access treatment. Depending on the severity of their disease and access to economic and social supports, many people with SUD cycle in and out of emergency departments, addiction treatment centers, homeless shelters and correctional facilities like jails and prisons.


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Master of Science
Mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) are one of the most prolific and adaptable bird species in North America, being found in rural and highly developed locales. However, some surveys have indicated a population decline in certain areas, perhaps as an effect of development and habitat loss. I studied nesting success, home range size, movements, and relative abundance of mourning doves along an urban-to-rural gradient in southern Illinois to assess the impact of urbanization on mourning doves in southern Illinois, and determine possible source - sink population dynamics. I found that mourning doves in southern Illinois selected nest-sites with a large percentage of buildings and lawn, even in areas of relatively small human populations. I estimated nest success at 69.4% during 2008 in two exurban sites, with nesting densities between 0.12 and 0.19 nests/ha. More mourning dove calls were heard in urban sites than rural sites, but the total number of calls heard decreased from 2007 to 2008. I trapped and banded 222 doves from 2007 to 2008, and 12 bands have been reported by hunters to date. These findings provide baseline data on landcover preferences and reproductive characteristics of doves in developed areas of southern Illinois. This investigation also estimates relative abundance in developed areas of southern Illinois, and compares these findings to other studies estimating relative abundance of mourning doves. This study provides evidence that nest success is relatively high compared to previous studies, and certain variables, including the percentage of landcover as buildings, influence nest-site selection and relative abundance in developed areas of southern Illinois.
This thesis is only available for download to the SIUC community. Others should
contact the interlibrary loan department of your local library.


Delaware Solid Waste Authority Environmental Education Building
This hands-on learning experience enhances their studies about waste in the school setting and promotes environmental stewardship. Students are given the opportunity to see the facility grounds by driven tour, and then through a mix of classroom lessons and interactive games and activities visitors are provided with a well rounded field trip.
more information: https://www.dswaeducation.com/
Delaware Outdoor Classroom Network
The Delaware Outdoor Classroom Network is a joint effort between Delaware Children in Nature and the Delaware Association for Environmental Education designed to be a way for teachers, environmental education providers and others to share resources, successes, and solutions to outdoor classrooms and getting students outdoors.
more information: https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/children-in-nature/outdoor-classroom/
Green Ribbon Schools
The Green Ribbon Schools recognition award from the US Department of Education honors schools and school districts that are exemplary in reducing environmental impact and costs; improving the health and wellness of students and staff; and providing effective environmental and sustainability education, which incorporates STEM, civic skills and green career pathways.
more information: https://www2.ed.gov/programs/green-ribbon-schools/index.html


Definition of good-sized
: somewhat large They live in a good-sized house. a good-sized crowd
GOOD–SIZED Defined for Kids
Definition of good–sized for Students
: fairly large a good-sized snake
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The “cone of learning, aka the “learning pyramid” or the “cone of experience” is popular — and unreliable — writes cognitive scientist Dan Willingham in Cone of learning or cone of shame?
Many variables affect memory retrieval:
what material is recalled (gazing out the window of a car is an audiovisual experience just like watching an action movie, but your memory for these two audiovisual experiences will not be equivalent)
the age of the subjects
the delay between study and test (obviously, the percent recalled usually drops with delay)
what were subjects instructed to do as they read, demonstrated, taught, etc. (you can boost memory considerably for a reading task by asking subjects to summarize as they read)
how was memory tested (percent recalled is almost always much higher for recognition tests than recall).
what subjects know about the to-be-remembered material (if you already know something about the subject, memory will be much better.
Taking practice tests and spreading out study sessions is effective, researchers conclude. In Why Don’t Students Like School?, Willingham advises: “Try to think about material at study in the same way that you anticipate that you will need to think about it later.”


Gardeners prize the Viburnum trilobum--also known as the American cranberry for its bright crimson fruit--for ornamental purposes. It's one of the best ornamental viburnum shrubs, according to Ohio State University, and produces a profusion of red fruit and white flowers against glossy green foliage. Soil amendments and conditioners, and the rare application of shrub fertilizer, help keep your viburnum shrub growing vigorously.
Amend the soil with 2 to 3 inches of aged compost. Viburnum trilobum shrubs thrive in moist, well-drained soil, according to North Carolina State University. Aged compost adds micronutrients to the soil to feed viburnum roots, improves the soil's ability to retain moisture and enhances drainage.
Test the soil's pH levels. Viburnum shrubs grow best in neutral soils with a pH of 7.0, according to the University of Rhode Island. At different pH levels, the plant can't absorb all the nutrients present in the soil. Many garden stores sell soil test kits. If needed, the pH can be raised using agricultural lime or lowered using ammonium nitrate. The amount needed to amend the soil varies according to the soil's current pH levels. Your local cooperative extension office can offer region-specific guidance.
Fertilize the viburnum shrub. The shrubs rarely need fertilization due to their hardy nature, according to North Dakota State University. If you choose to fertilize, the university recommends applying 1 cup of 5-10-5 fertilizer per viburnum shrub. For best results, fertilize in the spring when the plant enters its growing phase.
Apply water after fertilization to moisten the soil to a depth of 5 to 6 inches. This helps carry the fertilizer down to the shrub's root level for immediate feeding.


According to traditional Chinese medicine, the whole mental and emotional entity consists of many different psychic elements. These psychic elements, each one named according to its conscious level, refer mainly to the mind or spirit, the two souls, the cognitive power and will. These elements do not necessarily reside in the brain; they are housed in certain organs. Also according to traditional Chinese medicine, each specific emotion is associated with a specific organ and type of tissue than with the other parts of the body. Hence according to traditional Chinese medicine, mental and emotional activities are closely related to the visceral and tissue activities.
Based on the ancient psychological view of traditional Chinese medecine, it is possible to deduce that every significant part of the body, organ or tissue can store and retrieve a certain amount of memory, can possess and process a certain level of intelligence or play a certain part of a psychic role. In other words, the body has a certain scope of psychological make-up of its own.
SomatoPsychic Integration is a new way of improving or strengthening the coordination of the body and the mind through the optimal adjusting or maintaining of the postural or dynamic body, ar the light and appropriate stimulation of certain parts, tissues or organs of the body. The development of SomatoPsychic Integration is based on the innovative combination of the vast knowledge of the body and the mind from the ancient Chinese and from the modern anatomy, physiology and psychology. It is also an effective method to reduce stress and to convert it into useful potential or kinetic energy.


When we talk, we pause between syllables and words. CDMA takes advantage
of these pauses in speech activity.
Analog to digital conversion
The voice signal is converted to a digital signal using PCM.
Variable rate vocoder
The vocoder (Voice Coder) is used to compress the digital signal from the Codec (Code/Decode). The vocoder, used in a CDMA system, compresses the voice signal into various data rates. The data rate is dynamically determined by the users speech activity.
The vocoders are located at the BSC and in the phone.
The voice is compressed in the vocoder into either one of four rates (Full, 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8 rate). CDMA systems can use either an 8 kbps or 13 kbps vocoder.


Blepharitis is an inflammation of the eyelids causing red, irritated, itchy eyelids and the formation of dandruff-like scales on eyelashes. It affects people of all ages. Although it may cause discomfort, blepharitis is not contagious and generally does not cause any permanent damage to eyesight.
Blepharitis is classified into two types:
In many cases, individuals can have elements of both types of blepharitis.
Symptoms of blepharitis include:
Treatment depends on the type of blepharitis. The key to treating most types of blepharitis is keeping the lids clean and free of crusts.
Wet a clean washcloth with warm water, wring it out, and place it over your closed eyelids for at least one minute. Repeat two or three times, rewetting the washcloth as it cools. This will loosen scales and debris around your eyelashes. It also helps break down oil from nearby oil glands.
Eyelid scrubs can be used to massage and clean accumulated oil from the surface of the eyelids. There are a number of ways to perform lid scrubs:
The drops may be suggested by your doctor to help relieve the dryness that often accompanies blepharitis.
Your ophthalmologist may prescribe an antibiotic ointment, drops or pills. Sometimes antibiotic drops may be combined with steroid drops for temporary use to relieve inflammation.
Research suggests that a lack of certain nutrients may contribute to posterior blepharitis. An imbalance of omega fatty acids has been found to cause abnormal secretions of the oil glands that help lubricate your eyes. Ask your ophthalmologist about a proper diet and nutritional supplements to help treat this imbalance.


View from the east looking west. The mound of Lystra is in the center of the image.
Lystra (mentioned 6 times in the NT) was a city in the district of Lycaonia. It is located on a mound just north of the Turkish village of Hatun Saray - about 21 miles [35 km.] south of Konya (ancient Iconium).
For a map and brief descriptive comments on the significance of Lystra Click here.


The global food system is in need of a dramatic transformation. The pathway we are currently on is leading to an impasse: the increases in food production needed to meet the anticipated demands of a much larger and wealthier human population cannot be achieved by simply extrapolating current trends in production and consumption.
Can we achieve a food system that works within the planet’s biophysical boundaries, inclusively supports human livelihoods, and ensures food security for a growing and changing population? This has become one of the central questions in humanity’s broader quest to shape a sustainable future.
This report presents a baseline analysis of the global food system using methodologies taken from systems science. One of our primary objectives is to present a clear overview of the current performance of the global food system: its inputs, outputs, impacts, structure, and behaviour. With this factual basis, we hope to lay the foundation for further in-depth analysis, and inform a deeper and broader look at the potential systemic approaches for transitioning towards a truly sustainable, resilient food system.