Friday, February 11, 2011
Incredible Art from Precious Hands
This year, we decided, we would do things differently, learning from the past year that paint and grout and kids don't mix well.
After meeting with our wonderful art teacher, we decided to create square paper collages, that way each child's artwork would be highlighted on a 3" x 3" square of paper. Ms. Mason came up with the idea of doing a shape per grade. For example, kindergarten would use rectangles as their shape, fourth grade would use hearts and so on. Each kid had one 3" x 3" square to interpret their shape. The results were incredible and so varied!!! Here are some examples.
2nd grade - squares
3rd grade - Organic shapes:
Finally, 5th grade - stars: (we don't have K and 1st yet)
The next step: a few of us are gathering at my house to artistically arrange these shapes on poster board and then frame them for auction. We will have two framed works of art per grade and they will be sold as a set. We hope that parents will bid high because these are truly one-of-a-kind works of art that come from great little minds.
Stay tuned for the final framed results in a few weeks.
Oh, and if you are local and want to have a blast, join us for the Bull Roast on March 5th by purchasing tickets here - http://www.windsorfarmpto.org/Bull_Roast.html click on "buy now" and your tickets will be mailed to you!


Scaffolding and Ladder Safety
Employees who use ladders or scaffolding during work tasks
This course is designed to train employees to recognize the hazards associated with ladders, stairways, and the type of scaffold being used at the work site and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements.
Learner objectives are to identify the types of portable ladders and their use, capacities, and safety considerations, describe the specific use, capacities, and safety features of fixed ladders, specify proper guidelines for ladder maintenance, and identify general scaffold requirements and safety considerations.
This course was reviewed and updated for the November 2016 OSHA final rule updating walking-working surfaces standards and personal fall protection systems requirements.
Ladder and Scaffolding Safety
- identify safe practices when working with a ladder
- identify the types of portable ladders and their use, capacities, and safety considerations
- identify the correct distance from a wall to place a ladder using the 4-to-1 rule
- indicate the specific use, capacities, and safety features of fixed ladders
- identify proper guidelines for ladder care and maintenance
- identify the hazards commonly associated with scaffolding
- identify general scaffold requirements and safety considerations
- identify specific precautions to take when working with scaffolding near power lines
- identify safe work practices that prevent falls from scaffolding
- identify safe work practices that prevent objects from falling from scaffolding


Exploratory testing is an approach to software assessment that integrates learning about the program that's being developed with plans for future testing. Exploratory testing is sometimes referred to as ad hoc testing.
Once coding is complete, exploratory testing helps developers learn more about a program's functionality and discover whether requirements have been missed or misunderstood. Missed requirements may turn into new user stories, or they may be bugs that need to be fixed right away.
Testers manage the scope of exploratory testing by using a concept called charters. Charters are statements of what aspects of the system are to be tested. Unlike scripts, exploratory testing charters leave the actual steps of the testing up to the skilled and disciplined tester. For example, while a script might say "Type John Smith into the User field and 1234 into the Password field," a charter might simply say "test the login functionality."
Designing charters for exploratory testing is one of the most difficult aspects of exploratory testing. It is hard to know how much testing is enough, what aspects of the system need more coverage or how long a tester should spend examining any particular aspect of the system.


- The Berea Baptist Church of Johannesburg claims that they have saved the lives of about 1500 babies with their baby bin program
- The baby bin was implemented because back in 1999 up to 50 newborn babies were being killed each month by their own parents
- The baby bin is a special hatch where unwanted children are placed by their parents from where the church staff than take the children in
The Berea Baptist Church of Johannesburg came up with an ingenious way to save the lives of thousands of babies.
The church installed its first ‘baby bin’ back in 1999, a special door where parents could anonymously leave their children that they did not want.
Back then about 50 children would be left for dead or killed by their own parents each month! Some of the parents would flush their newborn babies down toilets or throw them off high buildings.
The church estimates that they saved the lives of about 1500 lives ever since they implemented the baby bin program.
The baby bin is a small steel hatch, inside of which is a soft pillow for the baby. When the hatch is opened, a sensor detects the movement and a staff member is alerted.
The children are then taken in and cared for by the South African refuge. The first child that was ever placed in the bin has already grown up and is a volunteer for the church.
Georgina Smith is now 19 years old and was adopted by an American family. However she returned to South Africa to help care after abandoned babies.
A spokesperson for the church stated: “What an honor and a privilege to see her again. She has grown into a lovely young lady. She continues to be a symbol of hope to all abandoned and orphaned children.”


Michigan Territory was a territory of the United States in the early 19th century, between June 30, 1805 and January 26, 1837, when it became Michigan, the 26th state of the Union. Detroit was the territory's capital.
History[change | change source]
The Treaty of Detroit was signed on November 17, 1807 between William Hurt and American Indians from the Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Wyandot people. Those Indian tribes agreed to give the United States the area of Southeast Michigan and a part of Ohio near the Maumee River. The Indians were allowed to own small amounts of land in the area. This helped expand the territory.
Population[change | change source]
These numbers do not count most Native Americans. In 1800, the whole of the Northwest Territory had 43,365 people living in it. Under the Northwest Ordinance, a territory could apply to become a state once it had 60,000 people living in it.
Governors[change | change source]
|William Hull||March 1, 1805 to October 29, 1813|
|Lewis Cass||October 29, 1813 to August 6, 1831|
|George Bryan Porter||August 6, 1831 to July 6, 1834||Died in office.|
|Stevens T. Mason||July 6, 1834 to September 15, 1835||ex officio, Acting Governor due to position as Secretary|
|John S. Horner||September 15, 1835 to July 3, 1836||ex officio, Acting Governor due to position as Secretary|
References[change | change source]
- "Treaty Between the Ottawa, Chippewa, Wyandot, and Potawatomi Indians". 1807-11-17. http://www.wdl.org/en/item/2746/. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
Other websites[change | change source]
- An act to divide Indiana Territory (the law which created the Michigan Territory)


svnSection: User Commands (1)
Index Return to Main Contents
NAMEsvn - Subversion command line client tool
- svn command [options] [args]
OVERVIEWSubversion is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files and directories (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like CVS, RCS or SCCS. Subversion keeps a single copy of the master sources. This copy is called the source ``repository''; it contains all the information to permit extracting previous versions of those files at any time.
For more information about the Subversion project, visit http://subversion.tigris.org.
Documentation for Subversion and its tools, including detailed usage explanations of the svn, svnadmin, svnserve and svnlook programs, historical background, philosophical approaches and reasonings, etc., can be found at http://svnbook.red-bean.com/.
Run `svn help' to access the built-in tool documentation.
examples of using svn
Remove all subversion .svn folders


For some time Arab villages east of Jaffa had been threatening the road to Jerusalem and created a wedge between the Jewish areas to the north-east and south-east of Tel Aviv. Arab attacks were being mounted constantly on the outlying areas of Tel Aviv, and snipers from Jaffa's high buildings covered the main thoroughfares inside Tel Aviv, so that innocent passers-by could be picked off. In the Tel Aviv area, the Alexandroni Brigade commanded by Dan Even along with forces from the Kiryati and Givati brigades launched Operation Hamez (Leaven) on the eve of Passover. The aim of the operation was to capture the Arab villages east of Jaffa: Hiriya, Sakiya, Salame, and Yazur. The Jews did not originally plan to capture Jaffa, rather their aim was to use an indirect approach to encircle the number of Arab villages east of it which endangered the road to Jerusalem. As long as the threat of the Arab Armies was minimal, the Haganah forces refrained from attacking Jaffa. The encirclement of Jaffa was completed on April 29, and most of its 70,000 Arabs inhabitants fled. Its final surrender came on May 13, when the British troops left. On May 14th, the Beit Dajon police station was captured, thus opening the road to Ramlah and the South.
Sources: Israel Defense Forces


Creating the conditions for teachers to thrive
Uncertainty is a fact of life. You can never know enough to make perfect decisions. Understanding this helps us balance an awareness of our tendency towards overconfidence with an acceptance of our own fallibility. The book discusses two opposed models of school improvement: the deficit model (which assumes problems are someone’s fault) and the surplus model (which assumes problems are unintended systemic flaws). By aligning ourselves to a surplus model we can create a system of Intelligent Accountability.
The principles that make this possible are trust, accountability and fairness. While we thrive when trusted, unless someone cares about – and is holding us to account – for what we do, we’re unlikely to be our best. Some teachers deserve more trust and require less scrutiny than others, but in order to satisfy the demands of equality we end up treating all teachers as equally untrustworthy. The more we trust teachers, the more autonomy they should be given. To pursue a system of fair inequality we must accept that autonomy must be earned.
About the Author
David Didau is part-time English teacher, education consultant, conference speaker and writer. His award-winning blog, The Learning Spy, is one of the most influential education blogs in the world and he is also the author of the best-selling books The Secret of Literacy, What If Everything You Knew About Education Was Wrong? Making Kids Cleverer and Making Meaning in English. He also co-wrote What Every Teacher Needs To Know About Psychology with Nick Rose. He also co-hosts the YouTube show ‘It’s Your Time You’re Wasting’ every Friday with Martin Robinson.
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|Publication Date||6 Nov 2020|


Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STPP) is an inorganic salt
with formula of Na5P3O10,which exists both in granular
The majority of sodium tripolyphosphate is consumed as a component
of commercial detergent,which serves as a
"builder" or industrial jargon for a water softener.
It is also widely used in ceramic,glass,oil,water treatment,
leather tanning,paper and rubber manufacture,etc.
White powder or granular, melting point 622°C, easily soluble in
water. It has got weak alkalinity but no corrosiveness.
Sodium tripolyphosphate has got salient chelating capacity to ions
of Ca and Mg etc., and can soften hard water to
make suspension solution become into clear solution.
Sodium tripolyphosphate is a surfactant, and has got outstanding
emulsification to lubricants and fat.


United Kingdom[change | change source]
In the middle of the 18th century (c.1757) the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom used the term Landman. This referred to a seaman with less than a year's experience at sea. After a year, the Landman was usually promoted to the rank of Ordinary Seaman.
Most were acquired by impressment (a common method of recruitment from c.1700-1815). Landmen were usually between the ages of 16 and 35. While seasoned sailors (who started as Ordinary Seamen) could be impressed up to the ages of 50 to 55 depending on need. In 1853 the practice of impressment ended after the passing of the Continuous Service Act.[source?] The rank's title was changed to Apprentice Seaman. The term Landman evolved into a more formal rating for a seaman assigned to unskilled manual labor.
United States of America[change | change source]
Landsman was the lowest rank of the United States Navy in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was given to new recruits with little or no experience at sea. Landsmen performed basic unskilled work aboard ship. A Landsman who gained three years of experience or re-enlisted could be promoted to Ordinary Seaman. The rank existed from 1838 to 1921.
References[change | change source]
- Williams, Glenn F. (April 2002). "Uncle Sam's Webfeet: The Union Navy in the Civil War". International Journal of Naval History 1 (1). http://www.ijnhonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pdf_williams.pdf. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
- Malin, Charles A. (19 May 1999). "Compilation of Enlisted Ratings and Apprenticeships, U.S. Navy, 1775 to 1969". Naval Historical Center. http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq78-3.htm. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
Further reading[change | change source]
- N.A.M. Roger. The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy. W.W. Norton and Company, 1986.


Modern food systems contributed substantially to the climate change problem we are facing today. Concentrated, large-scale agriculture requires food to be transported vast distances before it reaches your community, producing large amounts of greenhouse gases. Furthermore, large amounts of food are wasted at each stage throughout the process. This tool contains a primer on the connections between our food system and climate change at the community level, and the actions one can take to reduce energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste. Resources and brief case studies of regional community action are presented for each action item. This tool serves as a good introduction to the intersection of climate change and food, and it pairs well with a related climate action activity.
Investigate how climate change affects agriculture and food and learn how to take climate action in your community
15-20 minutes to read closely; additional time to explore linked content


Halloween Excel Chart
Create an Excel Halloween Costume Donations Chart
Students at your school have convinced a major Halloween costume company.to donate a variety of costumes for needy children in their community.
Each student can choose 7 or more types of costumes from the Halloween Costume List to donate to the children.
Students add their costume choices and the quantities into an Excel spreadsheet.
Students use their information to create a bar or column chart. Grades 2 +
Students may personalize their chart with different color bars or columns.
Student may insert related clipart or pictures to decorate and illustrate their chart data.
This Excel Lesson Teaches the Following Basic Skills:
1) Entering data in columns and rows.
2) Using Merge and Center to merge cells while centering the title.
3) Using different colors for chart bars to improve visual presentation.
3) Creating, sizing, and positioning the chart to fit on a single page with the data.
4) Searching, inserting, sizing, and positioning clipart or pictures.
5) Using print preview and print.
Halloween Excel Chart - Finished Example:
Download this make it available for students to view as an example of a finished chart.
Excel Halloween Costume List:
Download and make this available for students to use when creating their spreadsheet and chart.
Excel Spreadsheet Rubric for Grading Assignments:
Download and use this rubric to assess the completed spreadsheets and charts.
Common Core Standards
CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.D.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems1 using information presented in a bar graph.
CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories.
CCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.A.2 Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.
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Denmark was crowned the happiest country in the world.
The UN report ranked South Africa as the 96th happiest in the world,
or the 60th least happy, of 156 countries.
Carl Jung lists 5 conditions for happiness:
- Good physical and mental health,
- Good personal and intimate relationships, such as marriage, family and friendships,
- The faculty for perceiving beauty in art and nature, and
- Reasonable standards of living and satisfactory work.
- A philosophical or religious point of view capable of coping successfully with vicissitudes in life.
The United Nations created the annual World Happiness Report to see which countries are happy, and why.
Happiness is also being considered as an indicator
for the sustainable development goals,
which will replace the millennium development goals that expire in 2015.
The UN's 2013 happiness report said:
"The word happiness is not to be used lightly.
Happiness is an aspiration of every human being
and can also be a measure of social progress."
The happiest countries have in common
- a large GDP per capita,
- healthy life expectancy at birth, and
- a lack of corruption in leadership.
But also essential were three things over which individual citizens have a bit more control over:
- a sense of social support,
- freedom to make life choices, and
- a culture of generosity.


Co-worker definition, a fellow worker colleague see more. Definition of co-worker - a person with whom one works, typically someone in a similar role or at a similar level within an organization. Looking for the perfect co worker you can stop your search and come to etsy, the marketplace where sellers around the world express their creativity through handmade and vintage goods. Define co-worker co-worker synonyms, co-worker pronunciation, co-worker translation, english dictionary definition of co-worker or co-work r n one who works with another a fellow.
Looking for the best coworking spaces read real reviews, get prices, see photos, view maps and more find your perfect coworking space in 100+ countries. Synonyms of coworker from the merriam-webster thesaurus, with definitions, antonyms, and related words find a better way to say it.
A co-worker is someone you work with your ice cream shop co-worker might scoop the ice cream while you're on milkshake duty. Coworkers definition, a fellow worker colleague see more.
Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract where work is paid for, where one party, which may be a corporation, for profit, not-for-profit organization. English is full of pesky little quandaries that sometimes make it very frustrating to learn and use the long, complicated words are not the issue.
Co-worker vs coworker publishing can’t get its act together on whether to hyphenate co-workerbut there does seem to be a trend toward no hyphen and it couldn’t be uglier to me. Co ork r or co-work r (kō′wûr′kər) n one who works with another a fellow worker co-worker n a fellow worker associate thesaurus antonyms related words synonyms legend.
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Last March I posted a piece on the "Iron Triangle" of project management. It deserves a repeat in light of a discussion on resource management that has started on a forum.
The Iron Triangle is a traditional (although flawed) way to describe the relationship between the independent variables of a project. A Spider Diagram is another notation with more variables. The Spider chart is one way to convey multi-variant information. Add projects contain multi-variant data.
The myth around the Iron Triangle follows the joke of the three variables Cost, Schedule, Quality, pick two. Turns out this myth is too simple in real life - like most myths - to be of much use on anything other than the simplest projects.
So here's the real question(s):
- What are the independent variables of a project?
- What are the related dependent variables, once the independent ones have been identified?
- What is the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent ones?
- Are these linear or non-linear relationships? If non-linear, what are the parameters of the non-linear equations?
Without answers to these the Iron Triangle is just a notional description of a complex problem and an easy target for those opposed to such concepts.


Book level : 6.0
Age level : no limit
The story has described the life of a daughter of a wealthy widow and a girl in the workhouse in the 1870s. When the main character, Edith, pay her first visit to the workhouse, she found herself lucky being fed healthy and full. The conditions of the workhouse was horrible. Edith discovered that the people in the workhouse were being whipped and treated badly - people don’t even have money for their funeral when the master of the workhouse ate good food and had to do nothing. People from the workhouse have to work from day to night and were little paid, they could not leave the workhouse once they got inside. When she witnessed the dead of one of the residents, she decided to help one of the girls, Rosie, and both of their lives were never the same again!
My favorite character in this book is Rosie, a girl in the workhouse. She remained bright and hopeful during terrible conditions of being whipped and threatened. I like this character because she fought for a better future and helped the residents risking her life and she did receive a better fortune. Therefore I liked this character. All the book characters seem alive to me as I am reading the book, the author described the characters using many different adjectives to show the character’s personality. The story kept the reader guessing for a few parts at the end of the story to gain attention from the reader and care for the ending. My favorite part of the book is when Rosie was set free from the workhouse, it was my favorite part because after all the disasters, Rosie has finally tasted the hint of freedom. The story made me cry at the beginning but laugh at the end of the escape of Rosie. The book focused on the theme of history and it was written in the format of diary to show us the daily lives of people from the past.


Brush, Rapp, born 07-11-1889 in Wyoming, in the same year as Adolf Hitler (did you know) a veteran of World War I, was promoted to Major General and given command of the 40th United States Infantry Division from April 1942 to July 1945. The 40th would be assigned to the Pacific Campaign and serve with distinction in General Douglas MacArthur´s return to the Philippine Islands. commanded the United States 40th Infantry Division from 1942 – 1945 during its WWII involvement in the United States armed forces’ recon quest of the Philippines.
The 40th Infantry Division or “Sun Burst” or “Sunshine Division” was prior to its WWII activation on 03-03-1941 divisions of the California, Nevada and Utah Army National Guard. During its WWII service, the 40th Infantry Division or its members were awarded 3 Distinguished Unit Citations, 1 Medal of Honor, 12 Distinguished Service Crosses, 1 Distinguished Service Medal, 245 Silver Stars, 21 Legions of Merit, 30 Soldier’s Medals, 1036 Bronze Star Medals and 57 Army Medals.
The division returned to the U.S. on 07-04-1946 and was reportedly inactivated the same day. Its casualties during the war included 614 killed in action, 2.407 wounded in action, and 134 died of wounds.
Death and burial ground of Brush, Rapp.
Rapp Brush died age 68, on 06-03-1958 in San Francisco, California and is buried on the San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco County, California, USA.


Class 10 Maths Notes
Chapter 1 - Quadratic Equation
Chapter 2 - Theory of Quadratic Equation
Chapter 3 - Variations
Chapter 4 - Partial Fractions
Chapter 5 - Set & Functions
Chapter 7 - Introduction to Trignometry
Chapter 8 - Projection of a Side of a Triangle
Chapter 9 - Chords of a Circle
Chapter 10 - Tangent to a Circle
Chapter 11 - Chords & Arcs
Chapter 12 - Angle in a Segment of a Circle
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I am in need of some advice for helping my math time run a little smoother. Our district uses the Everyday Math Program. I usually spend about 15-25 minutes on instruction. Then I have students work independently in their math journals. I have a group of about 8 boys who are finished with the two pages before I can even get to my group of students who are struggling to work on their own. I have other activities for those who finish their assignments early. However, I want to check their math journals to make sure they are correct and complete. I am having a hard time helping those that are stuck while checking those that are finished. Does anyone else experience this trouble? Do you have any suggestions?


Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics
|Japan at the Olympic Games|
|At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome|
|Competitors||162 (142 men and 20 women) in 17 sports|
|Flag bearer||Takashi Ono|
|Olympic history (summary)|
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Five male cyclists represented Japan in 1960.
Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1960.
Two male pentathletes represented Japan in 1960.
Eight shooters represented Japan in 1960. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa won a bronze medal in the 50 metre pistol event.
- "Japan at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
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How do you figure out how many Valence electrons is in an atom?
The number of valence electrons that an atom has is equal to the group number of that atom.
The group number of a certain atom is equal to that atom's number of valence electrons only when you are referring to main group elements. The main group elements are groups 1,2, 13-18, with the exclusion of the transition and inner transition metals. I should also add that helium only has two valence electrons even though it is in group 18. This is because helium's electrons only occupy an S orbital, which can hold a maximum of two electrons.
For example, let's say that you have a Ca atom. Since calcium is located in the second row of the periodic table, it will have two valence electrons in its outermost shell.
Here is a more detailed explanation with examples!


California Governor. A member of the American or “Know-Nothing” party, he was elected the fourth Governor of California in 1855. During his administration, California’s first railroad was completed and the first wagon road over the Sierra Nevada Mountains was opened. Johnson provided funding for the new State Capital but had difficulty controlling the San Francisco Vigilance Committee, which summarily lynched suspected wrongdoers. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1857, and left office the following year. After relocating to Reno, Nevada, he served as President of the Second Nevada Constitutional Convention.
Located in the Fort Douglas Post Cemetery.


You’ve probably heard of crowd-source funding. Well, how about crowd-sourced science? An undergraduate student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is hoping to leverage the large number of avian enthusiasts to study the expansion of a certain species of duck into North America.
Hannah Judge, a senior in university studies from Burbank, is working with doctoral student John O’Connell, of the SIU Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, on tracking the black-bellied whistling duck as it expands its range from Central America.
Found in several southern states, this duck is a bird of another feather, with its noisy ways, bright pink bill and unusually long legs. It is expanding northward, but it’s difficult for researchers to keep tabs on how fast. So the best way to get a true idea of its numbers and locations is by casting a wide net with the thousands of bird-watchers and hunters who keep their eyes on the skies.
Judge will tap into this potential treasure trove of information using citizen science databases, such as hunting logs, bird-watcher sites such as eBird and the recorded observations of members of organizations such as Ducks Unlimited. She’ll be trying to confirm where and when the elusive ducks are seen in an effort to describe the species’ expansion over time.
“It’s important to show how citizen science can be used in scientific research as well as getting a better understanding of the black-bellied whistling duck,” she said.
At SIU, undergrads can get involved with real research as soon as they arrive on campus. It can be a defining opportunity, Judge said.
“I am so thankful to have this chance,” she said. “It has been a great learning process for me, and I’m excited to see how this project will benefit me in the future.”


Saturday, February 4, 2012
Fat Intake and Your Brain
Do you think you can eat fatty foods and just compensate with physical exercise? Think again! Studies in rats and humans at Cambridge University in Britain have shown that high-fat foods appear to have an almost immediate negative impact on both short-term memory and exercise performance. The short-term decline in cognitive function may be because a high-fat diet can trigger insulin resistance, which means the body becomes less efficient at using the glucose, which is so important to brain function. A short-term negative effect on exercise performance may be because the body reacts to high fat content in the blood by releasing specific proteins that essentially make the metabolism less efficient (e.g., muscles are less efficient at using oxygen and fuel to make the energy needed to exercise). Ouch!


These complex water powered rockets use extra boosters to launch over 600 feet in the air with onboard cameras to take us along on the ride. The launch, typical of a NASA-style adventure can be simulated using water rockets. Water rocket are made out of used plastic water (or soda) bottles and use water as a propellant and pressurized with gas. The gas-water combo on release launches the rocket upwards.
Following Australian rocketeer George Katz and his Air Command team, you can have your own Cape Canaveral type launch. The Water Rockets Team is launching single-stage soda bottle rockets over 600 feet using three drop-away booster engines. Itâ€™s not exactly space flight but the fun is atmospheric.
Air Command has detailed drawings on the build setup with easy to follow illustrations. The flight principle of the drop away boosters is simple physics. During â€˜ignitionâ€™ and launch, the forward thrust keeps the coupled boosters attached to the principal rocket. As the forward force diminishes with flight, gravity takes over and detaches the boosters from the principal stage. The boosters glide down aided by chutes.
Parachutes on the boosters and onboard cams capturing bird eye shots. Do you need anything else to have your own simulating rocket fun?
- If you want to take your lab dreams to another level, check out our comprehensive tutorial on rocket projects.
- Or if you want try your hand at some â€˜solid fuelâ€™ propellants, read up Candy Propellants: Use Sugar to make Rockets, Explosions.


Discover 101 Amazing Tips, Ideas, and Exact Steps That You and Your Child’s Teachers Can Do Now For Your Child’s Success Tomorrow!
- About 10% of all children suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. That’s about 3 children in every classroom, in every school, in every city across America.
- Some of these children are primarily “inattentive” and others are primarily “impulsive” or “hyperactive.” You can learn much more about the Different Types of ADHD in our parent training course “Success with ADHD.”
- In your ebook you will learn how to help your child to be more organized with school-work. Get homework done faster, and actually get it turned in tomorrow!
- Exact steps for classroom teachers in creating better worksheets for students with ADHD, and even how to give tests to those with ADHD to find out what they have actually learned about the subject.
- Over the past 25 years we have talked with hundreds of classroom teachers, school psychologists, and administrators to find the best ways to help children and teenagers with ADHD to succeed in school.


Meet the Panda Ant (which isn't actually an ant, but a wingless wasp):
Cute and cuddly as a panda? Well, no:
The Panda Ant is a most unusual species of insect. Their name derives from the obvious resemblance to a panda in its markings. This remarkable insect is not even an ant. The Panda Ant is actually a variety of wingless wasp! They were first discovered in 1938. Very little is known of this little seen insect. They are only known to exist in coastal regions of Chile. Their sting is exceptionally powerful for their size. They have been seen to bring down animals as large as cows with only a few dozen stings.
It's a fascinating insect for many reasons not the least of which is its dimorphism:
Panda Ant Physical Characteristics and Behavior The Panda Ant displays extreme sexual dimorphism. The difference in both appearance and behavior is so pronounced, the two sexes are often mistaken for entirely separate species!
The male is several times larger than the female. He may attain a length of approximately 0.3 in (mm). The males are winged, but the females are wingless. The males are nocturnal. The females are typically active during the day. The Panda Ant feeds primarily upon nectar. After mating, the female seeks the nest of a ground dwelling insect, such as a bee or wasp. There she deposits her eggs. When they hatch, they will feed upon the larva present.
More about mutillidae HERE.


LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
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|Assunto:||Injury vs. wound|
The typical wound is caused by something hard or sharp (bullet, knife, stick, kiss of a mother-in-law, etc.) that cuts, lacerates, or penetrates the flesh. (Are there exceptions? Is the Pope Catholic? Of course! I can wound your pride, and you can wound my confidence,) As you can see, a wound is normally a specific kind of injury.
If a soldier is shot, he is wounded. If he falls and breaks his leg, he is injured.
Maradona was probably injured during his career. Someone stepped on his hand (or ego), he fell on the field (on his ego), etc. If he was wounded, it probably happened when a fan threw a bottle of Quilmes at him, and hit the target.
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In Southeast Alaska, climate change is expected to affect stream temperatures as air temperatures warm and hydrologic patterns shift. Understanding and anticipating these changes will be critical for predicting how salmon species and other aquatic resources be will affected by climate change.
With funding from the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, SAWC is working with partners to coordinate a regional stream temperature monitoring network. The Network aims to ensure stream temperature data are useful and accessible to management agencies, researchers, and local stakeholder communities. Learn more about the original goals of the NPLCC-funded project here.
Rob Cadmus and John Hudson (SAWC) and Cheryl Fecko (Prince of Wales Watershed Association) locate a temperature logger in Rio Roberts and download data.
- Stream temperature data and the future of salmon (SeaGrant community modeling project) – August 2018 (Southeast Environmental Conference)
- Network Update – September 2017 (Southeast Environmental Conference, Wrangell AK)
- Methods Workshop – May 2017 (hosted by the Chilkat Indian Village)
- Southeast Alaska Climate Workshop – April 2016 (hosted by the Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership)
- Forest Service Stream Notes – Thermal Networks, November 2017
- Data crunchers work to build comprehensive Alaska salmon database June 1, 2017
- Stream temperature monitoring could provide insight into important fish populations May 9, 2017
If you are interested joining the Network or learning more, please contact SAWC’s Science Director, Rebecca Bellmore.


Canine Distemper – Prevent Don’t Treat
By Dr. Jennifer Coates
Canine distemper used to be very common in North America but is now mostly involved in smaller, local outbreaks or diagnosed in shelter situations. However, any dog who is not fully vaccinated is still at risk for developing this potentially fatal disease.
Canine distemper is highly contagious. Dogs with distemper shed the virus in their urine, saliva, and respiratory secretions. Virus particles from the environment can then enter the body of a susceptible dog through the mouth or nose and travel through the lymphatic and circulatory systems to invade the respiratory tract, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, skin, and nervous system.


WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new vaccine under development may provide protection against highly pathogenic bird flu and its evolving forms, according to researchers at Purdue University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who discovered the new preventative drug and have tested it in mice.
Unlike traditional influenza vaccines, the new vaccine could be produced quickly and stored for long periods in preparation for a pandemic of dangerous disease-causing avian influenza - H5N1 - and its variants, said Suresh Mittal, a Purdue virologist. In an earlier study with mice, he and his colleagues found that the vaccine protected against H5N1 for a year or longer. Because the studies have only been done in mice, it's not yet known whether the same results will be obtained in humans.
"We want to have a vaccine that can be stored in advance and have the potential to provide protection for a period of time until we can change the vaccine to match the latest form of avian influenza," Mittal said. "The combination of flu genes that we've used to produce the vaccine, I think, will provide that capability."
The importance of having a long-lasting, broadly protective vaccine is that it would give some cross-protection against new viruses with pandemic potential caused by mutations in currently circulating H5N1 viruses. This would give scientists time to develop a better vaccine that would match the latest form of the bird flu.
Mittal and his colleagues, including Suryaprakash Sambhara, the CDC principal investigator on the project, report their findings on the vaccine in the April 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases. In the December issue of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Mittal, Sambhara and their collaborators published their findings of the long-lasting capabilities of the vaccine.
"In humans we want a vaccine to be fully effective for at least a year," said Mittal, a professor of comparative
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Working with children is extremely rewarding as changes occur quickly and are usually maintained. Looking at a child's breathing pattern provides much information about their health and general wellbeing. Learning to breathe well at a young age will give your child the best start, with many benefits well into the future.
We have a particular interest in:
- Asthma management
- Shortness of breath with play or sport
- Mouth breathers/snorers
- Sleep-related disorders
- Ear infections
- Other respiratory conditions
- Anxiety and emotional regulation
- Focus/Attention: Teachers are noticing more and more that children won't sit still. They are doing more multi-tasking with ever increasing technology in their lives. Learning to breathe well improves focus and performance at school and in sport.
Our aim is calm, confident kids!


The Venn diagram is not shown.
b) In brief note that Y is a part of all three circles. So Y represents the number of pupils participating in all three sports.
For the record, this is grade level Mathematics. Some applications of Venn diagrams can get complicated, but these are just basic definitions.
And either I'm doing something wrong or the numbers in the problem aren't correct. I get a negative value for X. Here's the setup:
We know that the total number playing baseball is
from the table and
from the Venn diagram. So
We also know that the total number playing soccer is
and playing table-tennis is
From this last equation we get Y:
We may use either of the other two equations to get X:
(The other equation gives the same result. It's consistent anyway!)
If I made a mistake somewhere, please let me know.


Galiwin’ku is a Yolŋu community located on Galiwin’ku/Elcho Island, approximately 550 km NE of Darwin. It is the largest community on the island, which also has several homelands and outstations, and was established in the 1940s as a Methodist mission.
The population is around 2000 people, of whom around 89% are Yolŋu. In Galiwin’ku there are approximately 10 clans from the Dhuwa moiety, and 11 clans from the Yirritja moiety. Yolŋu Matha is the primary language in Galiwin’ku; Djambarrpuyŋu is the most widely spoken dialect, though several other dialects are also used in Galiwin’ku.
The WCE team began consultations in Galiwin’ku in October 2014 and are also working closely with the Yalu’ Marŋgithinyaraw Centre at Galiwin’ku, a Yolŋu organisation that does research and community service work.
An experienced researcher at the Centre, Dr. Ḻäwurrpa Maypilama, is part of the WCE team, and is guiding community engagement and the research process. The WCE team is working closely with the Yalu’ Marŋgithinyaraw Centre to deliver mentoring workshops for young people and their families and develop pathway maps to illustrate intergenerational education pathways and processes.


EGO - The self, especially with a sense of self-importance.
GUN - A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
HEN - Hence.
HOG - Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the wart hog, and the boar.
HUE - Form; appearance; guise.
HUG - An affectionate close embrace.
HOE - An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.
GNU - A large antelope native to Africa having curved horns.
GONE - Past participle of go.
HUGE - Distinctly interesting, significant, important, likeable, well regarded.
HUNG - Simple past tense and past participle of hang.
HONE - A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
ENOUGH - Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.


Students will be challenged to submit an equation that "fits" a picture of a Christmas tree. Then they will generate an equation based upon a transformation of the picture.
Before the Activity
Select Begin Class button
Have students log into NavNet and
go to Activity Center and wait for teacher.
During the Activity
Click on the Activity Center
Go to File, Load, and Load Activity Settings
Open the Folder titled Silver Dollar City
Select File title SDC 1 for Activity 1
Then click Start Activity
At this time, the four equations should appear on the student’s calculator
After the Activity
At the conclusion of discussion of Activity 1, teacher must click on Stop Activity.
Begin Activity 2.


Just Jesus, No God!
According to the Jesus Seminar:
- Jesus of Nazareth was born during the reign of Herod the Great.
- His mother’s name was Mary, and he had a human father whose name may not have been Joseph.
- Jesus was born in Nazareth not in Bethlehem.
- Jesus was an itinerant sage who shared meals with social outcasts.
- Jesus practiced healing, without the use of ancient medicine or magic, relieving afflictions we now consider psychosomatic.
- He did not walk on water, feed the multitude with loaves and fishes, change water into wine, or raise Lazarus from the dead.
- Jesus was arrested in Jerusalem and crucified by the Romans.
- He was executed as a public nuisance, not for claiming to be the Son of God.
- The empty tomb is a fiction – Jesus did not rise bodily from the dead.
- Belief in the resurrection is based on the visionary experiences of Peter, Paul, and Mary.
Source: Funk, R.W. & the Jesus Seminar “The Acts of Jesus. The search for the authentic deeds of Jesus” Polebridge Press, Harper/San Francisco (1998) inside front cover.


About the Niagara Escarpment
The Niagara Escarpment is recognized as one of the world's unique natural wonders and is the most prominent topographical feature of southern Ontario.
The landform is a largely forested ridge of fossil-rich sedimentary rock (dolostone) 725 km in length. At its highest elevation it soars 510 metres (1625 ft.) above sea level. It traverses the most heavily developed and densely populated region of Canada.
As much a hydrological as a geological feature, the headwaters of several rivers rise in the Escarpment and the area is important for groundwater recharge.
The Escarpment area encompasses a rich mosaic of forests, farms, recreation areas, scenic views, cliffs, streams, wetlands, rolling hills, waterfalls, mineral resources, wildlife habitats, historic sites, villages, towns and cities.
The Escarpment’s vibrant ecosystems support 300 bird species, 53 mammals, 36 reptiles and amphibians, 90 fish and 100 varieties of special interest flora including 37 types of wild orchids.
The Escarpment also includes some of Ontario’s best skiing, camping, swimming, fishing, boating, hiking and viewing, and includes the Bruce Trail, Canada’s oldest footpath. Recreational activities related to the Niagara Escarpment contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to Ontario’s economy annually.
Our friends at the Giant's Rib Discovery Centre have produced a stunning video of the Niagara Escarpment's history, geologyand unique features - click to view.
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Peacocks have an extremely broad diet that consists of fruits and nuts, as well as worms and lizards. Peacocks also eat termites, ants, scorpions and crickets. Wild peacocks are able to digest particularly versatile diets, having been observed eating flower petals in one sitting and then turning around to stalk a poisonous snake for their next meal.Continue Reading
Peacocks come from the pheasant family. Their diets vary, depending on their geographic location and whether they are domesticated or wild. Domesticated peacocks generally enjoy a lighter diet chosen by their caretakers that often consists of fruit, berries, cat food and cheese. Domesticated birds also tend to like bread, grains, cereal and cooked rice.
Wild peacocks often feast on small animals and reptiles, including mice and lizards. When encountering peacocks in the wild, it is best to not feed them and just move on to avoid disturbing their natural eating habits. Baby peacocks living in the wild are able to digest small animals and live insects as soon as they are three to four days old. As they get older, they learn to forage for their meals and quickly incorporate berries, grasses and seeds into their daily diets. Peacocks are not known to eat other birds.Learn more about Birds


Today’s champ in “all-aspect” stealth throughout its range of missions and the flight profiles it presents to an enemy is the F-22 Raptor. Its RAM reduces its radar signature, but its small return is mainly due to an airframe design that eliminates right angles in favor of curved shapes of varying radii.
The radar cross section of the F-22 has been compared to that of a bumblebee, about one square centimeter. The B-1B Lancer has an RCS of roughly one square meter, and the wholly un-stealthy B-52 Stratofortress has one as large as 100 square meters.
A radar cross section, or RCS, is a measure of reflectivity, expressed in square meters, often generalized from the return from the head-on and level radar illumination of the airplane’s nose. A complex mathematical formula converts that return to an estimate of the size of a sphere that would return the same measure of energy.


The Most Useful Corrections Techniques in the EFL Classroom
Whether in the classroom or at the grading desk, the word “corrections” might bring to mind an answer list or possibly a red pen. For English language, linguistic and spelling errors are generally the focus of these corrections. However, where English language acquisition is concerned, such a focus can interrupt the natural flow of conversation and even set the learning process backwards.
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Hello friends Today we are discuss about what is Haemoglobin and It’s structure. Haemoglobin is also known as Spelled Haemoglobin. Haemoglobin plays an main role in your body. Proteins blood cells carries the oxygen and transfer into lungs to tissue and organs. Abnormalities level or structure leads the problem of serious symptoms.
Symptoms of Haemoglobin in blood test :
Protein structure is made up of four amino acids. i.e. an amino (NH2) group, a carboxyl (COOH) group, a hydrogen (H) atom, and one variable group. These four chain contains iron, transports oxygen in the blood stream.
Structure of Haemoglobin in blood test :
α- subunit : made up of alpha polypeptide chain. It having 141 amino acids residues.
β-subunit : made up of bita polypeptide chain. It having 146 amino acid residues.
Heme group : Heme group contains the prosthetic group. It is attached to polypeptide chain. Heme group contains iron. It is situated in centre of porphyria ring.
Haemoglobin responsible of shape of RBCs. It is appear like donuts – but with a thin centre than a hole. Abnormal haemoglobin involve sickle cell Anemia. Abnormal shape of RBCs is most dangerous which can lead to problem.
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Early risers enjoy the planets and the Moon
November sees a return to Standard Time, (on the 1st), and starts with a the continuing display of the morning planets Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. Through the month they will spread apart, but remain in view. Saturn starts the month barely above the southwest horizon, soon lost in the Sun’s glare. The Milky Way is high overhead, with the Summer Triangle slipping into the west, while the dazzling Capella rises higher in the northeast. Lower in the east, the red star Aldebaran marks the eye of Taurus, the Bull. Just above Taurus is the fainter cluster of stars known as the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades, Orion rising below them late.
3 – Venus and Mars are in conjunction—their closest approach to each other, in the east-southeast about one-third of the way above the horizon from 5:00 to 5:45 AM EST.
7 – The Taurid Meteors are at their peak, but can be viewed from mid-October to mid-November.
17 – The Leonid Meteor Shower peaks, with a few bright meteors, seen best after midnight, and after the waxing Crescent Moon sets.
29 – The planet Venus shines to the upper left of the star Spica tomorrow morning.
November Sun and Moon
Sunrise November 1 6:26 AM EDT
Sunset November 1 4:37 PM EDT Length of Day 10h 11m
Standard Time resumes on the 1st
Sunrise November 30 7:04 AM EST
Sunset November 30 4:10 PM EST Length of Day 9h 6m
Last Quarter Moon in the 3rd


Agricultural land has two major asset components, the soil resource and the farming system associated with it. The soil resource is a large complex structure consisting of mineral and organic particles in which plants can grow. The farming system is one that is profitable and maintains the production capacity of the land while minimising energy and resource use and optimising recycling of matter and nutrients (NACC, 2005).
Seventy percent of land in the NAR is dedicated to mixed farming, specifically broadacre grain crops, and livestock. Some more intensive agricultural land uses including horticulture exist in the higher rainfall areas closer to the coast (ABS, 2011).
An extensive assessment of high quality broadacre and irrigated agricultural land has recently been undertaken across a portion of the NAR including parts of the City of Greater Geraldton and the Shires of Northampton, Chapman Valley and Irwin. In a changing climate, productive land faces immense environmental stress which can present farmers with a variety of challenges (Tille et. al., 2013).


See also (Solemn) prayer day
The Danish incumbent Christina Smith has written about candlemas at www.kirken-underviser.dk/artikler/kyndelmisse.htm:
February 2nd is called Candlemas.
Candlemas can be traced back to at least the 6th century. Candlemas hasn't celebrated in Denmark since 1770. In catholic countries Candlemas is still celebrated as a holiday.
Candlemas means literally "mass for candles". At Candlemas the candles, which are going to be used in church the coming year, are consecrated.
- 1 Anne Lisbeth (1859)


Frogs are carnivorous animals and they usually go after live prey, which mainly consist of small insects that they catch using their long, sticky tongue. The basic diet of frogs is highly varied and is dependent on the species of frog and its particular habitat.
There are more than 4,700 species of frogs and they can be found on most continents except Antarctica. Frogs are amphibious creatures and most species are born as tadpoles and gradually become frogs as they reach maturity. Some species, however, are born as full frogs enabling such species to live far from a body of water.
Lacking any teeth to chew and break down food before swallowing, frogs eat their prey whole. When swallowing, their eyes sink down into specialized openings in their skulls to help force down food. Apart from insects, frogs also eat snails, lizards, snakes, mice and even other frogs.


As part of an ongoing effort to update the nation’s aging power grid, companies have introduced “smart meters” as a new way to monitor energy levels. What makes them so “smart”? Well, aside from sparing the rhododendrons beneath your old analog meter getting trampled each month by some burly reader, smart meters conserve energy and give consumers feedback and control over their power levels. It’s a digitized, interactive version of your house’s energy system — and it’s all online.
Bear with me here.
It’s pretty clear that these smart meters are — or at least represent — the future of household energy, and manufacturers like General Electric and Whirlpool have jumped on board. GE has started distributing the first ever “smart appliance”, a water heater that links into the smart meter system. Whirlpool, meanwhile, plans to make 1 million “smart dryers” by 2011.
As our appliances get smarter, it stands to reason that food will need to follow suit. If people log on and see, for example, that they’re using way too much energy powering their microwaves, they may buy fewer frozen meals, or perhaps search out foods with shorter cooking times. The transparency, the new levels of information, could very well change the way people think about their food. We’re all concerned with nutrition facts — well, what about “energy facts”?
This is all very hypothetical right now. But it’s not too hard to imagine, especially given people’s growing concern over energy use, carbon footprints and such.
And of course, there’s always the possibility that the smart appliances could become too smart, and end up taking over the world.
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Definition of functionary in English:
noun (plural functionaries)
A person who has to perform official functions or duties; an official.
- So, there is a need to train both the government officials and functionaries of agencies, which take up watershed projects.
- The court also requires a court clerk and a number of functionaries officially called peace officers.
- But they should abandon the illusion that the news manager can be dropped as an official functionary.
What do you find interesting about this word or phrase?
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This category is for two-cycle internal combustion engines, not four-cycle engines. Two-cycle engines mostly use reciprocating piston layouts, but rotary types have been designed, built, and run. All two- and four-cycle engines can use Otto or Diesel cycles, and the four stages of operation and combustion (compression, ignition, expansion, exhaust) occur sequentially in time, in a common spatial area and part of the engine, a combustion chamber, usually via a piston. But in two-cycle engines, these stages occur in two cycles, not four: 1) a combined compression/ignition cycle, and then, 2) a combined expansion/exhaust cycle.
Bourke Engine Project
Homebuilt Bourke engine generator project. Includes project information, CAD drawings, animation of the mechanism, videos, test results and insights.
How Two-stroke Engines Work
Illustrated tutorial describing the 2-stroke engine technology. Includes technical background, animations and applications. [HowStuffWorks]
Micro Car Project
Documents student engineering project on the study of 2-stroke engine and changes in its design for micro-car. Addresses various aspects of its design, insights, solutions and applications.
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Wi-Fi, exactly is, Short for ‘wireless fidelity’. A term for certain types of wireless local area networks (WLAN) that use specifications conforming to IEEE 802.11b. WiFi has gained acceptance in many environments as an alternative to a wired LAN. Many airports, hotels, and other services offer public access to WiFi networks so people can log onto the Internet and receive emails on the move. These locations are known as hotspots.


Christadelphians would in general present the claim that they are a modern day restoration of the first century faith and that every person individually has come to their beliefs through independent searching of the Bible. The suggestion is that if only other Christians would read the Bible more carefully and put aside their preconceived ideas they would see Christadelphians have “the Truth”. The assumption here is that they do not suffer from this problem and that history, social conditioning and environment play at best a minor role in the operation of the Christadelphian community. By looking at their history we can understand some of the forces that have influenced the development of the movement.
A brief consideration of the traditional claim that the founder of the Christadelphians “rediscovered the Truth”, how that has shifted and the significance and necessity in theological terms of having an explanation for a new movement.
An examination of possible formative influences behind the start of the movement in America in the nineteenth century.
A look at the life of the founder of the Christadelphians, John Thomas, and how he came to believe he had recovered the long lost faith of the Apostles. This is important in understanding the spirit of the community today.
The story of how a movement centred around the beliefs of one man became set into a denominational form through a schismatic process and the establishment of a defined creedal system.
An examination of where the Christadelphians are today, the difficulties that lie ahead and what options are open to them.


LU-BAN is responsible for some of the most amazing Chinese architecture, in particular the dragon motifs which decorate many ancient temples. And thereby hangs a (dragon’s) tale...
It seems that LU-BAN was drawing up blueprints for a wonderful new building. Stuck for inspiration, he visited AO-KUANG, the Dragon King of the Eastern Ocean, to ask if he might possibly use his magnificent Underwater Crystal Palace as a template.
The King was highly flattered. "Very well," he said, "I’ll have it delivered first thing in the morning. But I’ll need it back in three days; I’m expecting company."
As promised, the palace was flown over by a team of dragons and LU-BAN set to work on his own version. Unfortunately, the palace was so impressively built that after three days he’d only managed to lay a few foundations and order the timber. He wanted more time...
Along came the dragons to collect the palace. With a nod to LU-BAN, they clustered around the building and began to lift. Funny, it wouldn’t budge. They heaved and strained but it was stuck fast. LU-BAN had nailed it to the ground.
That night the Dragon King was furious. He sent an army of dragons, crabs and sea monsters, but none of them had ever seen a nail before. The palace remained firmly in place.
As the sun rose on the fourth day, the sea creatures scuttled back to the sea, but the dragons kept straining to lift the building. It was a very hot day, the sun dried them out, and they all collapsed from heat exhaustion.
To LU-BAN’s amazed delight, their dried-out bodies curled around the palace and around each other, and presented an awesomely impressive spectacle. He immediately tore up his blueprints and began plans for a range of Dragon Temples. These were highly successful and are still seen in China today.
LU-BAN is also credited with inventing the first flying machine, a kite-like object made of wood. The flying dragons probably inspired that too. In fact he may even have used it to escape the Dragon King’s wrath.


Hey guys, welcome back. I have never lived in, or birded in the range of today’s bird, yet I’ve seen a number of them. What gives? The black vulture is the slightly smaller cousin to the turkey vulture and is historically found in the southern half of the US. However, due partly to climate change, their range is gradually working itself further and further north. For example, the nothern end of their range is a bit south of NYC, yet there are often black vultures seen along the Hudson river in the city itself. That’s where I saw my first ones, flying over the Hudson, near the George Washington Bridge. A couple typically show up in Cleveland every year, and I saw one while driving back from NYC in Pennsylvania. Despite this, and despite the fact that they are outnumbered by turkey vultures in the US, they are still the most numerous vultures in the western hemisphere.
Black vultures are black (go figure). They still have a featherless head, but the skin is black instead of red as on the turkey vulture. Their flight pattern is a bit different as well; not as teetering. From underneath, the birds look all black, but have light gray “fingertips.” Physical appearance isn’t the only thing that separates black from the turkey vultures. Black vultures don’t have the excellent sense of smell that turkey vulture do, so to find carcasses, they will often soar high and watch the lower soaring turkey vultures and follow them to the carrion. Black vultures will also actively hunt and kill prey on occasion whereas turkey vultures almost never hunt live prey. Either way, the black vulture is a cool scavenger, and apt for a day where (at least here in the US) we’re all scavenging Thanksgiving leftovers. Next up, a member of the heron family. See you then!


PRODUCTION PROCESS OF DENIM FABRIC
Cotton: Living Matter
The open end yarn exits the rotor and is wound onto a package similar to that produced at the winding process for ring yarn. Open end spinning is used for both filling and warp yarns. Yarns being used as filling are then sent directly to weaving, while yarns used for warp yarns are sent to the next process called warping.
Weaving Room: The weaving room is a highly spacious area, especially engineered to enable a correct and ordered movement of the beams. Each loom has a suction intake that removes any dust and filters it through a special filtration room. The room also has a dust removal system with air circulating 30 times per hour, in addition to blowers and cleaners that keep the room and looms constantly clean. Each loom has an online microprocessor which transmits data to a central computer for production and quality control.
Dyeing: The unique feature in the manufacturing of denim fabric is the dyeing of the warp
yarn through a long chain Indigo Dye Range. The logs of yarns from the warping process
called "ball warps" are loaded at the entry end of the range and are processed
through a series of boxes which contain dye to build the shade and through boxes that
rinse the yarn of excess dye. Between boxes, the ropes are exposed to air in a process
known as skying, where oxidation or fixing of the dye takes place.


Project Number: 6406-12630-004-00
Start Date: Jun 14, 2005
End Date: Jun 08, 2010
Determine spatial variation of manure nutrients and emission of ammonia and other gases in the poultry house as a function of management, age of bird, diet, flocks of birds on same litter, and ambient humidity and temperatures. Develop a system for measuring fungicidal effects of animal manure on an array of important plant pathogens. Develop a system for isolating nutrient effects of animal manure from phyto-hormonal effects. Measure water quantity and quality in runoff from nine watersheds as a function of presence or absence of grazing and presence or absence of poultry litter fertilization. Over time in the watersheds, measure changes in soil quality, botanical composition, shallow well water quality, and the quantity and quality of runoff water. Determine manure nutrient’s fate in soil and changes in soil quality, and changes in soil nutrient concentrations for long term fertilization with poultry litter or swine effluent. Test effects and efficacy of manure nutrient extraction with surface application or incorporation for different crop species and soil types. Develop best management procedures for the 12-month management system. Determine the presence of bacterial pathogens in swine and poultry manure environments and the fate and transport of manure-borne bacterial pathogens after manure land application. Determine the potential off-site transport of pathogens via rain runoff and impacts on crop bacterial contamination. Use traditional cultural and molecular microbiological techniques in field and controlled growth chamber studies to determine the microbiology of manure, manure application, and potential future impacts of land application. Develop best management practices for manure pre-application and application phases, to minimize bacterial contamination of manure at the production level and during land application for food and forage crops.


Anniversaries and events
Be aware that there may be certain times of the year or events in the school calendar that a grieving pupil may find particularly difficult to manage. Possible triggers include:
- Mother’s Day/Father’s Day
- World events such as the Manchester bombing, the Grenfell fire and their anniversaries
- Parents’ evening
- The school prom
- Particular curriculum topics
Any of these events (and many others) could act as a trigger for a bereaved pupil and bring up strong feelings about a previous loss.
Make sure that anniversaries specific to that pupil are recorded and communicated. For example, the date of the death, the date of the funeral (especially if other pupils attended), the birthday of the person who died, etc.
- Curriculum issues - You need to be aware that many lessons refer to the lifecycle, death and dying, biological and cultural aspects of death, and to consider the impact this may have on a bereaved pupil.
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It's Earth Day and students in Pitt County got a hands-on approach to learning more about saving the environment.
A Time For Science is a non-profit nature and science learning center that sits on 400 acres of land in southern Pitt County.
Dozens of students got the chance to get out of the city and into the woods Tuesday afternoon.
Students discovered how to garden organically with worms and searched for tree frogs native to Eastern Carolina.
Nancy Bray and her husband John founded the center in 2008. Both taught science in Pitt County for about 40 years.
"We've got foxes, we've got wild turkeys, we have all kinds of wild animals," says Nancy. "And now that we have all of this and you walk around here, you want to share it with people. And that's what we did. That's why we started A Time For Science."
Bray hopes her non-profit will inspire students to get outdoors and protect the Earth for future generations.


Bring the outside inside the classroom using Learning about Amphibians for grades 4 and up! This 48-page book covers classification, appearance, adaptations, and endangered species. It includes questions, observation activities, crossword puzzles, research projects, study sheets, unit tests, a bibliography, and an answer key.Their anatomy is very similar to the tree frogs in that they have disc-shaped suckers on the end of each digit. ... There are over 600 species living over most of the warmer parts ... The male frogs in this group have a strange reproductive habit.
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The use of electronic health records can help track preventive care efforts and boost quality in primary care settings, according to a commentary published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, CMIO reports. The commentary was written by Samantha De Leon and Sarah Shin of the New York City Primary Care Information Project. The commentary examined PCIP, a program that aims to improve population health through preventive care efforts that target avoidable deaths and complications from chronic conditions. PCIP includes about 25 percent of the 9,000 primary care providers in New York City who serve about two million patients. The initiative helped primary care practices adopt EHRs so that health care providers could transmit data to PCIP to track population health indicators in preventive care. According to the commentary, early data analysis on smaller practices showed that use of an EHR increased the delivery of preventive services. The commentary noted that practices using EHRs to track population health could assess information quicker and use data sources to cut additional information collection costs.


A German ballistic missile A-4 being launched during tests in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. An A-4 missile at a launch pad. The missile lifts off emitting a fiery flare. It is in flight as it emits a fiery flare. The missile begins to descend through the air as it emits a vapor trail.
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Archaeology is a young and exciting scientific discipline created around 150 years ago as a way to discover and interpret the material remains of our human past. Many archaeological sites are world-famous: Pompeii, Troy, the pyramids of Egypt, the Parthenon of Athens, the Taj Mahal, and the temple complex at Angkor Wat, to name a few. In this course, we will examine many important archaeological sites in the "Old World" of the Mediterranean, Near East, and Asia. Using a thematic and comparative approach, we will delve deeper to explore the societies that produced these wonders, and examine cultural similarities and differences across the Old World. This course is a non-technical introduction for students interested in archaeology, history, art history, anthropology, or related subjects.
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Against radiation best material is a polysaccharide, especially edible fungus polysaccharides, edible fungus, white fungus, mushrooms, Pleurotus appropriate diet. Edible fungus polysaccharides can effectively absorb harmful radiation, promote the excretion of toxic substances. Fried, stewed may. Can also edible sea cucumber, it is rich in polysaccharides and collagen, is a good anti-radiation food. Everyday there are several simple and effective radiation food! !
Black sesame seeds
The black sesame enhance immunity, humoral immune function of the body’s cells, the effective protection of human health.
Purple amaranth anti-radiation, anti-mutagenic, antioxidant effect, its selenium. Selenium is an important trace elements, can improve the ability of the body against radiation.
Green tea polyphenols, not only has the effect of anticancer and clear the body of free radicals, but also anti-radiation. Drink green tea every day is very beneficial to the body. Tea also contains LPS, can improve the hematopoietic function, elevated platelet and white blood cell.
Lycopene not only have superior radiation resistance, and the highly antioxidant capacity. Lycopene is widely exists in tomatoes, apricots, guava, watermelon, papaya, red grapes and other fruits and vegetables. Which, relatively high levels in the tomato, and more present in the skin and seeds of the tomato. In addition, lycopene is fat-soluble vitamin, Fry over can be absorbed by the body.
Algae is rich in vegetable protein, a variety of amino acids, trace elements, vitamins, minerals, and biologically active substances, can promote hematopoietic function of bone marrow cells, enhance the proliferative activity of bone marrow cells, serum protein biosynthesis, thereby enhancing the body’s immune force. Therefore, eat kelp, spirulina like, with a clear anti-radiation effect.


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Larkspurs, monkshoods, and aconites are plants, widely cultivated for their beauty and medicinal properties.
Northern Blue Monkshood (Aconitum noveboracense) or Northern Wild Monkshood, is a species of flowering plant found in the United States only in Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio and New York. It is commonly found on shaded to partly shaded cliffs, or on cool, streamside sites. These areas have suitable cool soil conditions. They are also found on algific talus slopes which have a cool outflow of air and water from ice contained in underground fissures. This plant is also known as Wolfsbane. This plant is...
Anthora (Aconitum anthora) also known as Yellow Monkshood or Healing Wolfsbane, is a flowering species of plant with a widespread range, but mainly found in European mountains such as the Alps and the Carpathians. It is also common in the northern parts of Asia. It is a threatened species in Czech Republic. The root of the Anthora, was reputed to be a good antidote, and counter-poison. The plant itself is extremely toxic to livestock and humans. Even a small dose can be deadly. The foliage...
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- A deceitful game or trick; trickery; humbug; nonsense.


At the Brigham in Boston, women were recruited for a prospective, two year study to examine the relationship between ubiquitous plasticizers called pthalates and preterm birth (before 37 weeks).
- In 130 cases of preterm birth, relative to controls, urinary levels (taken 3 times) of pthalates were significantly higher.
- As the leading cause of neonatal mortality, preterm birth represents an important outcome to examine with regard to modifiable causative factors.
- Pthalates found in cosmetics and in contaminated food and water have effects on hormones and on oxidative stress in the body and have been linked to thyroid dysfunction, endometriosis, and breast cancer.
- Here is their conclusion:”The strong link observed between phthalate exposure and spontaneous preterm births found in the present study suggests phthalate exposure is associated with increased intrauterine inflammation.”
- Consume fresh foods, not wrapped in plastic. Store foods in glass. Check your cosmetics for “fragrance” and assess them on skindeep.org.
Read the study about plastics and preterm labor here.


As an alternative to researching on the internet, Thomson Gale has developed a database especially for K-5 students, called Kids InfoBits, that students can use to hone their research techniques. “Kids learn by using computers, and we’d like to teach them early on that there are quality research alternatives to the open web,” said Ben Mondloch, Thomson Gale’s executive vice president of K-12 education. “What sets Kids InfoBits apart from other K-5 databases is that it addresses the way kids learn and also fulfills states’ information literacy requirements.” The Kids InfoBits database includes many resources: 13 age-appropriate, full-text Thomson Gale reference books offering more than 2,200 topic overviews and biographies; more than 100 full-text magazines suitable for elementary students; the Merriam Webster’s Elementary Dictionary; biographies and pictures of each American president, along with pictures of their first ladies and vice presidents; more than 5,000 full-color pictures, maps, flags, seals, charts, tables, and graphs; and more. Recognizing that students have varying reading abilities, Kids InfoBits allows students to conduct searches by picture or keyword. Students learn to narrow very broad topics, differentiate between types of content sources, and interpret charts and graphs. Kids InfoBits costs $495 per building and includes unlimited and remote access.
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greyhound, breed of tall, swift, sight hound developed nearly 5,000 years ago in Egypt. It stands about 26 in. (66 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 65 lb (29.5 kg). Its short, smooth coat may be colored black, white, or various shades of fawn, brindle, blue, or red. Known in England before the 9th cent., the greyhound was bred and raised by the aristocracy. In fact, for approximately 700 years it was illegal under English law for a commoner to own a greyhound. It was used to hunt small game, especially hares, and by the early 19th cent. the coursing of hares had developed into an organized sport. In recent years, with the invention by Owen Patrick Smith of the mechanical rabbit for use on a round or oval track, the racing of greyhounds has grown widely in popularity. See dog.
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Archaeologists announced Monday that they've discovered the remains of another prehistoric stone monument less than two miles from Stonehenge, and it's completely reshaping how researchers understand the history of the area.
The arrangement, believed to be about 4,500 years old, was revealed by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project on the first day of the British Science Festival at the University of Bradford.
It is composed of about 30 intact stones and 60 fragments of possible stones buried three feet beneath the Durrington Walls "super-henge" and though to be a Neolithic ritual site. The stones, some of which stand up to 14 feet high, appear as if they were once lined up to form a C-shaped "arena" surrounding a valley and springs leading to the River Avon.
None have been excavated, and they were found using "non-invasive geophysical prospection and remote sensing technologies," a press release from the project said.
The archaeologists believe this new discovery could predate Stonehenge and presents the possibility that monumental architecture was happening in the area earlier than previously thought.
"The extraordinary scale, detail and novelty of the evidence produced by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, which the new discoveries at Durrington Walls exemplify, is changing fundamentally our understanding of Stonehenge and the world around it," Paul Garwood, the principal prehistorian on the project, said in the press release. "Everything written previously about the Stonehenge landscape and the ancient monuments within it will need to be re-written."
It may also be the largest Neolithic site yet discovered.
“What we are starting to see is the largest surviving stone monument, preserved underneath a bank, that has ever been discovered in Britain and possibly in Europe,” Vince Gaffney, who leads the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape project, told The Guardian. “This is archaeology on steroids.”
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National ADBC Museum Education & Research Center
The American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor (ADBC) chose the Brooke County Library to be their official depository. The museum houses books, documents, and artifacts of this special group that defended their country as America entered World War II. Without adequate resources, they were forced into camps, and then sent to Japan and other Southeast location on "Hellships," being bombed by their own country who did not know they were on the Japanese ships. The library contains many oral histories of these men's stories. ADBC is in the process of digitizing documents related to this story topic.
Read more about this special collection of men on their website: American
Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor


Experimental in silico, in vitro, and rodent models for screening and predicting protein sensitizing potential are discussed, including whether there is evidence of new sensitizations and allergies since the introduction of genetically modified crops in 1996, the importance of linear versus conformational epitopes, and protein families that become allergens. Some common challenges for predicting protein sensitization are addressed: (a) exposure routes; (b) frequency and dose of exposure; (c) dose-response relationships; (d) role of digestion, food processing, and the food matrix; (e) role of infection; (f) role of the gut microbiota; (g) influence of the structure and physicochemical properties of the protein; and (h) the genetic background and physiology of consumers. The consensus view is that sensitization screening models are not yet validated to definitively predict the de novo sensitizing potential of a novel protein. However, they would be extremely useful in the discovery and research phases of understanding the mechanisms of food allergy development, and may prove fruitful to provide information regarding potential allergenicity risk assessment of future products on a case by case basis. These data and findings were presented at a 2012 international symposium in Prague organized by the Protein Allergenicity Technical Committee of the International Life Sciences Institute's Health and Environmental Sciences Institute.
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- Immunology and Allergy
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine


The tables below list fractions. The numerators of the fractions tell the number of stations which (according to keograms) were operating in Svalbard and the denominators tell the number of operating mainland stations (c.f. a map). In order to see which stations were operating, check keograms. Note that the fraction of e.g. Sep 08 tells the availability during the night between Sep 08 and Sep 09.
Cloudiness index is defined at MUO and KEV at every three hours: 0000 UT, 0300 UT, ..., and 2100UT. At KIL clouds are observed only during day time (at 0300 UT ..., 1800 UT). Cloudiness is characterized with an index which varies from 0 (clear) to 8 (cloudy, when clouds cannot be observed e.g. due to fog the index is 9). The values listed below are mean values of the dark time indices (observed at 0000 UT, 1500 UT, 1800 UT, 2100 UT at MUO and KEV, and at 1800 UT at KIL).
Guide lines for interpretation: The tables below may serve an explanation why the keogram of your interest is black or fuzzy (interpreting keograms). On the other hand, do not loose your hope if the index is 8, it is still possible that the sky has been clear and our cameras have seen activity during short periods between the cloud observing hours.


“A man more sinn’d against than sinning” Evaluate Lear’s claim.
It is certainly true that ‘King Lear’ has the themes of sinning, justice and cruelty and this essay will explore how characters in the play demonstrate these themes through their language and actions. Also, this essay will evaluate whether Lear is in fact innocent or if he instigated his own downfall through his actions in Act I and Act II.
Lear could be described as a victim of circumstance; he is old, dying and losing his sanity and sense of identity; as Regan claims in Act II Scene IV, “you are old; Nature in you stands on the very verge Of her confine”. Perhaps this is why he decides to divide his kingdom between his daughters so that he may “unburthened crawl toward death” and also “that future strife may be prevented now”. This is an example of prophetic irony, as Lear hopes his actions will prevent future arguments, the division sets forth a series of events that do not fall in Lear’s favour. However, this act of dividing his kingdom may have been born of innocent intent but to a Jacobean audience, it wold have been seen as the ultimate sin. As a king, Lear was defined by his status, yet he divided up his kingdom and alienated himself from his royal dignity and authority. In the Jacobean ear, it was believed that kings were given the Divine Right’s to the kingdom by God; so to divide up the divine kingdom would have been utter blasphemy and insult to God. This could be argued as Lear’s first act that leads towards his downfall, in the pagan era that ‘King Lear’ is set in, Lear has just turned his back on his Divine Rights and therefore insulted the Gods.
Lear’s next sin unfolds in the same scene. After Lear’s declaration about the ensuing division of his kingdom, he conducts a love trial for his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Another belief in Jacobean times was that there was a sacred, natural bond between parent and child. Even though the audience soon discover…


If I was relating a story to someone about a past event, what would be the correct term for where we were - "we were sat in the kitchen," or "we were sitting in the kitchen"?
What is the difference between the two and how and when should they be used?
I told a story... I spoke, I used my words, I was telling the story, I was speaking, I did the action.
I was told a story... I had a story told TO ME, THEY talked, THEY spoke the words, THEY were speaking, they did the action to me.
I sat in the kitchen OR I was sitting in the kitchen... I was doing the sitting, I walked into the kitchen and sat on a chair, I did the action.
I was sat in the kitchen... THEY told me to 'sit down!'... THEY gave the order, THEY gave the instruction, THEY were the boss... THEY 'sat' me in the kitchen, and later, THEY 'sat' me in the bedroom.. THEY do the action.
"The boy went to school, and he WAS PUT in a class. When he walked into the class, the teacher SAT HIM in the back row. The teacher TOLD HIM a story, then SENT HIM to lunch. After, she SAT HIM in the front row, and TOLD HIM to go home. HE said, stop giving me so many orders...


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Humans can only survive about three weeks without food. By developing a knowledge of wild edibles you can find food virtually anywhere. Plants can often provide the most readily available source of nutrition in the wilderness.
This entry level course will find students exploring our 352 acre site identifying, harvesting and sampling wild edibles. Processing and preparation will be covered and students will be encouraged to try the wild edibles they have harvested. Depending on the season, edibles such as Lamb’s Quarters, Cattails, Leeks, Sting Nettle, Mushrooms, various nuts and berries and many, many more will be found.


ONE of the first human trials of an edible vaccine produced promising results. But the vaccine, a potato genetically engineered to produce a hepatitis B protein, has been abandoned because of fears that "pharm" crops could be mixed up with normal produce.
Details of the potato's trial have only just been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0409899102). When 42 volunteers ate two or three doses of the raw potato, concentrations of hepatitis B antibodies in their blood increased up to 60-fold.
The idea of edible vaccines like this was to enable developing countries to produce cheap vaccines that could be stored without refrigerators. But enthusiasm has cooled because of fears that vaccine-laden fruit and veg might be confused with normal produce, with potentially dangerous consequences.
So the team that developed the vaccine axed the project two years ago. Instead, it is switching to producing vaccines ...
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Priscilla Mary Isin - Turkish Delights during the history
Priscilla Mary Işın is a food historian and author of Gülbeşeker: Türk Tatlıları Tarihi, a history of Turkish sweets and puddings published by Yapı Kredi Yayınları in 2008.
Gülbeşeker: Türk Tatlıları Tarihi, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2008
In Turkey sweets and puddings have always played an important social role, as symbols of happiness, goodwill, loyalty, eloquence and love. Birth, marriage, death and other stepping stones in the lives of individuals have always been marked by the ceremonial offering of sweet things, and sweets have played a similar part in the public and religious spheres. Although historical recipes are included, this is not a recipe book, but sets out to trace the origins and evolution of Turkish sweets, and examine the way in which they mirrored human relations and culture during the Ottoman period.


Losing your sense of smell is called Anosmia. Our sense of smell has a significant impact on what we taste.
“It’s like eating a box of tissues,” Chloe Donovan explains. “You only get texture and temperature.”
Smell is a human early warning system, it prevents us from putting bad things in our mouths amongst another things.
Donovan says she once “nearly set my kitchen on fire” when she accidentally turned the toaster on while putting groceries down on the kitchen counter.
It was only after her son got home from school and smelt something burning that they discovered a blackened loaf of bread on top of the toaster.
‘I live in a world behind glass’: life without a sense of smell


Enter a person or place name or word below for detailed definitions, information, and history with scriptural references.
(King James Version)
Jude, Epistle of
The author was "Judas, the brother of James" the Less (Jude 1:1), called also Lebbaeus (Matt. 10:3) and Thaddaeus (Mark 3:18). The genuineness of this epistle was early questioned, and doubts regarding it were revived at the time of the Reformation; but the evidences in support of its claims are complete. It has all the marks of having proceeded from the writer whose name it bears.
There is nothing very definite to determine the time and place at which it was written. It was apparently written in the later period of the apostolic age, for when it was written there were persons still alive who had heard the apostles preach (ver. 17). It may thus have been written about A.D. 66 or 70, and apparently in Palestine.
The epistle is addressed to Christians in general (ver. 1), and its design is to put them on their guard against the misleading efforts of a certain class of errorists to which they were exposed. The style of the epistle is that of an "impassioned invective, in the impetuous whirlwind of which the writer is hurried along, collecting example after example of divine vengeance on the ungodly; heaping epithet upon epithet, and piling image upon image, and, as it were, labouring for words and images strong enough to depict the polluted character of the licentious apostates against whom he is warning the Church; returning again and again to the subject, as though all language was insufficient to give an adequate idea of their profligacy, and to express his burning hatred of their perversion of the doctrines of the gospel."
The striking resemblance this epistle bears to 2 Peter suggests the idea that the author of the one had seen the epistle of the other.
The doxology with which the epistle concludes is regarded as the finest in the New Testament.


Talk about a teachable moment!!!
Swine Flu: Anatomy of a Pandemic
Pandemic is a terrifying word--but what does it really mean? The recent outbreak of H1N1 is only the latest in a series of deadly global battles between human and virus. And as scientists learn more about the ways viruses mutate and replicate, an international effort is underway to track and vanquish humanity's most lethal foes. The program traces the spread of swine flu from Mexico around the world and draws parallels between this outbreak and the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic that killed millions of people.
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Research has shown that those who frequently play computer games are less likely to go to university. The research, which was carried out by Oxford University, involved 17,000 participants born, all of who were born in 1970.
The research also illustrated that reading and career success were linked. Results suggested that 16 year olds that regularly read were more likely to be in a management position by the time they reach 33. For women there was a 14% difference between those who read often when 16 and those who did not. As for men there was a 10% difference between regular readers and non-readers.
The effect of playing computer games regularly meant 6% less chance of women going to university and 5% less chance for men going to university. Some experts have suggested that it is not computer games itself that does the damage, yet it is the fact that when playing computer games they are not participating in other extra curricular activities that may prove more beneficial.
The research did not take into account what genre of game was played.
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Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law (Myōhō Renge-kyō)
Onkō Jiun, Japanese, 1718 - 1804
One the most talented and individualistic of Edo period calligraphers, Jiun was trained as a Buddhist monk and became renowned for his studies of the Sanskrit language. Jiun's calligraphy is most influenced by the brushwork of the Öbaku Zen monks, known as bokuseki (ink traces), although he seems consciously to ignore the rules of calligraphy in his free and idiosyncratic handling of ink and brush. The five-character inscription of this calligraphy reads myöhö renge-kyö, or Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law, referring to the canonical Buddhist text more popularly known simply as the Lotus Sutra.


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The Zaner-Bloser Spelling Connections program provides students with explicit spelling instruction that will help them retain, internalize, and transfer spelling knowledge from their spelling assignments to all areas of life and literacy.
Structured around weekly spelling lists, each lesson delivers meaningful instruction and practice opportunities. Word lists are organized so students can see the relationships among words, visually reinforcing valuable pattern- and rule-based instruction. Diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments, along with integrated standardized test practice, are included to help teachers monitor progress and prepare students for testing.
The Student Edition provides comprehensive daily spelling practice by connecting spelling to thinking, phonics/ vocabulary, reading, and writing through engaging exercises and activities. This grade 3 workbook also includes "Writer's Workshop" enrichment activities along with "Extend and Transfer" exercises that provide word study questions as well as subject-specific context. 36 units, with include assessment and review units, are included.
Student Edition, 319 pages, softcover. Non-reproducible; consumable workbook. Grade 3.
This edition includes a three and five-day plan and includes differentiated word sorts to promote higher-level skill development in thinking, phonics/vocabulary, reading, and writing. "Spelling Tutor" QR codes have also been added; students can scan with a mobile phone to listen to the spelling words being spelled out loud and used in sentences.
Please note that this item is only available for purchase by Homeschools located in the USA and Canada.
Publication Date: 2016
Series: Zaner-Bloser Spelling Connections