ENRICHEnabling Research in Care Homes
Getting to grips with care home research
The ‘Enabling Research in Care Home (ENRICH)’ toolkit provides information and guidance for researchers, care home staff and residents and supports research in care homes to improve the quality of life and care for all care home residents, especially those with dementia.
We tend to think of research as a process that takes place in laboratories, with white coats and test tubes, but research is much broader than that. It does include the very early laboratory-based work as well as experimental medicine and trials in hospitals, but it also includes research in people’s home and, increasingly, in Care Homes. Research in Care Homes has long been a Cinderella subject, but it is of major importance for dementia. Up to 80% of people in Care Homes will have memory problems, and a substantial number of patients living with dementia – perhaps as many as 300,000 – will at some point live in a Care Home.
There are many studies that can be delivered in a Care Home setting. Funding is on the rise for studies on issues that occur specifically in Care Homes, which allows us to explore how we can best help their residents. By thinking of research not only as solving problems for future generations, but as support for people living with dementia here and now, it becomes possible to improve quality of life and manage co-morbidities. ENRICH provides the infrastructure necessary to achieve this, by linking up a willing community of Care Homes, residents, and researchers.


You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Many people choose to work or live abroad because of the higher standards of living they can find outside their home country. Do you think this brings more advantages or disadvantages to the people who follow this path?
Write at least 250 words.
In this globalization era, people are attracted to move abroad because some country can offer them increased oportunities and higher standards of living. Although emigration make the original country loose their talent and human resource, I think this phenomenon brings more benefits than disadvantages to the individuals. This will be proven by looking at the issues of health care and education.
First, in terms of healthcare system, developed countries provide better quality of health care than developing countries. So, people coming from underdeveloped countries maybe increase their longevity by moving abroad. For example, life expectancy in Japan is roughly a decade higher than that in Indonesia. Although, several factors are responsible for this disparity, the health care quality should be assumed to play vital role. Thus, as the example shows that higher standard of living can be achieved by moving in developed countries.
Second, better education quality and standar are another benefit by moving abroad. The central of education is in developed countries. There are many top universities which provide people with better knowledge and skills. People who graduate from top university are considered to be more competent, so they will be easly to join with big company. Eventually they will earn better salary and have better facilities . Education quality is the driver to boast their standar of life.
In conclusion, higher grade of health care and educational resources can improve a person’s quality of life, it has been proven more advantages than disadvantages come to people who choose to live in countries more developed than their home country.
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Today we learnt about Oracle Bones. During the Shang Dynasty, priests would carve questions into animals bones. They would use a hot poker to crack the bone. They would then use what they could see to predict the future. We created our own oracle bones using clay and created questions using the symbols/ writing that was used at the time.


Radar that provides continuous positional data is
called a tracking radar. Most tracking radar systems
used by the military are also called fire-control
Track Phase: The fire-control radar enters
into the track phase when the target is located.
The radar system locks onto the target during
radars, the two names being interchangeable. A fire-
Typical fire-control radar characteristics include
control tracking radar system usually produces a very
high pulse-repetition frequency, a very narrow pulse-
narrow, circular beam.
width, and a very narrow beamwidth. A typical fire-
control antenna is shown in figure 1-6.
The three sequential phases of radar operation
(designation, acquisition, and track) are often referred
to as modes and are common to the target-processing
sequence of most fire-control radars.
Designation Phase: The fire-control radar
must be directed to the general location of the
target due to the radars narrow beamwidth.
Acquisition Phase: The fire-control radar
switches to the acquisition phase of operation
once the radar is in the general vicinity of the
target. During this phase, the radar system
searches in the designated area in a predeter-
mined search pattern until the target is located


Extinct. The last reliable records of Monachus tropicalis are of a small colony at Seranilla Bank in 1952. An aerial survey in 1973, conducted by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, found extensive fishing activity throughout the former range of this seal. A later cruise through the Gulf of Mexico and around the Yucatan Peninsula failed to find any M. tropicalis in the area.
| The Caribbean Monk Seal is almost certainly extinct. People ocasionally report seeing "a seal-like animal" in Caribbean waters, leading to some hope that a small population survives, but there is as yet no scientific proof of this. The seals were valued for their meat and blubber (for oil) from 1495, when Columbus's sailers killed eight of them, until 1952, the last confirmed sighting. Their main predators, other than humans, were sharks.
Monk seals got their common name because their grayish or brownish coats reminded people of monks' habits. They are earless seals, with only a wrinkle of skin indicating the ear's location, but they can hear. They propel themselves in water with their large hind flippers, but can not bring them up under the body and use them to move on land the way sea lions and other eared seals can. Monk seal pups are born with shiny black fur. The female stays with her pup for more than a month, and fasts, while it is nursing. She gives it daily swimming lessons. Then she returns to the sea and the pup is on its own.
Total Length: 2-2.4 m
Gray, J. E., 1850. Catalogue of the specimens of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. Part 2(Seals). British Museum (Natural History), London. p. 28.
Mammal Species of the World


|(a) The School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas, which are available at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/index.html, are adopted by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The Standards and Guidelines are based on the work and recommendations of an advisory committee formed to review and update the current Standards and Guidelines. (b) The School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas are applicable to local Texas school districts (Independent, consolidated, common, or municipal districts and charter schools accredited by the Texas Education Agency as provided by TEC Chapter 11 Subchapter D, Chapter 39). (c) The School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas, describe six components for school library programs: Learner-Centered Teaching and Learning, Learner-Centered Program Leadership and Management, Learner-Centered Technology and Information Access, Learner-Centered Library Environment, Learner-Centered Connections to Community, and Learner-Centered Information Science and Librarianship. The Standards and Guidelines describe four levels of achievement, below standard, acceptable, recognized, and exemplary, for the goals within each component.


If you are confused or just want a deeper understanding of MLA citation, check the videos below.
Citation: Why Multiple Styles? – get behind the “why” we cite and “why” this style for humanites disciplines
MLA Style: In-Text Citations (8th Ed., 2016) – basic in-text citing
Sidenote: For your cited commentary, we read/viewed both print sources and video sources. If the way the piece was published is video (not print), you’ll need to in-text cite using timestamp information instead of page numbers. See below:
Time-based media sources
When creating in-text citations for media that has a runtime, such as a movie or podcast, include the range of hours, minutes and seconds you plan to reference. For example: (00:02:15-00:02:35). (Purdue OWL MLA Style and Formatting Guide)
MLA Style: List of Works Cited (8th Ed., 2016) – works cited details (we’ll look at this next week)


Fireworks have delighted people all over the planet for centuries. And for that long they have also impacted the environment:
Injuring and killing people and non-human animals in accidents.
Producing smoke and dust containing metal particles and toxic chemicals that pollute not just the air, but also soils and water.
Frightening wildlife, domestic animals, and also people.
Contributing to the destruction of ecosystems through the extraction of the minerals that are needed to manufacture them.
And now, creating plastic litter that is nearly impossible to remove.
All that impact for just a few minutes of human fun. It’s time we find more respectful ways to celebrate our traditions.
So, what can you do?
Don’t attend fireworks displays – create your own alternative ways to celebrate.
Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper explaining why fireworks are a bad idea.
Work with your local or state government to get a ban on fireworks.
Spread the word about the awful unintended consequences of fireworks.


I found this furry thing on my iron fence above some creeping fig and confederate jasmine. On top, he looks pretty handsome. On the bottom, he looks like a grub, with a white sectioned body, many legs, and a darkish mouth at one end.
We live in New Orleans, LA.
Are these poisonous? OK? for dogs?
You have a Puss caterpillar or the larva of the Southern flannel moth.There are multiple generations of this moth in the south where you live. They are found in woodland areas and feed on a wide range of woody plants including apple, almond,birch,elm,hackbery ,oak,orange, pecan,persimmon, scycamore, and rose.
This caterpillar can sting with its venomous hairs. It is said that the sting starts a couple of minutes after contact from the spines on the side of the caterpillar. Pain and itchy burning occurs followed by the spot turning red and in a few more minutes small blisters appear. The blisters last several minutes with the itching lasting several hours and the reddness lasts a day or more. People sensitive to insect stings should seek medical attention.
To reduce pain and irritation use tape to pull out some of the broken spines in the sting area. Washing the area thoroughly with soap and water and as some suggest, poultices of potato or ginger root may help remove some of the irritating venom. Prompt application of an ice pack or baking soda may help to reduce pain and prevent swelling. Antihistaminic drugs, used for other insect stings, are reportedly ineffective.
So far I have not found any information on pets being stung or what to do if they are stung by this caterpillar. Best move the caterpillar(with a stick or container) to a place where the dog can not get to it.
Please be careful.


We have been learning about the Long E sound, and we have been learning about Honey Bees. My students had so much fun learning about bees. Firsties never fail to amaze me! They loved telling me all about bees. So, first they met Aimee at the beginning of the week. She told them all about her favorite things which all have long e sounds in them. Then, we read our story for the week.
After learning all about the different types of bees, they created their own charts which told about the jobs of the bees. I thought these were really Bee-utiful!
After that, we had some station activities that included sorting the Bees which had Long e words on them, writing sentences about Aimee the Bee and her favorite things, a venn diagram where we compare and contrast two types of bees, and a writing assignment where they wrote a summary of the information they had learned (example above- which is my daughter's work.) Learning about Bees was so much fun!


It took no notice of earlier native settlements, and cut through pre-existing tribal boundaries.
Unlike its stone-built southern neighbour, Hadrian’s Wall, the rampart of the Antonine Wall was constructed mostly out of layers of turf and reached a height of 3 m. Not just a wall, the defences also included a huge ditch, nearly 5 m deep in places, which ran to the north of the Wall and an outer mound constructed from the earth thrown out of the ditch. Seventeen forts plus additional ‘fortlets’ accommodated the 6,000-7,000 men stationed along the Wall. The military way, a service road built to the south of the Wall was another important element, enabling troops to move swiftly along its course, bearing supplies, commands and news.
The Wall was entirely built by members of the three Roman legions stationed in Scotland, a labour force of around 7,000 men. During construction, the soldiers lived in leather tents or wooden huts situated inside temporary camps which were enclosed by light defences.
Leather tent fragment. © Hunterian Museum
The surveyors, engineers, masons, joiners and labourers within their ranks marked out the route, built foundations, shaped stones, cut and lifted turfs, gathered timber – and triumphantly recorded their completion of each section of the Wall with commemorative distance slabs.


For Brain Awareness Events, students, postdocs, and technicians affiliated with the Neuroscience Programs at Weill Cornell Medical College and Rockefeller University visit New York City public elementary schools to teach students about the brain.
After a brief introduction about the parts of the brain, students are divided into small groups and rotated among five stations where topics discussed included: Learning and memory, vision, taste, touch, and motor control. At each station, students are encouraged to ask questions and touch interactive displays (e.g., plastic skulls, neuron models, and plaster cat and rabbit brain molds) to get a better understanding of the lesson.
Similarly, students participate in object recognition tasks to understand short and long-term memory. At the end of the session, students take home pencils, “brain” erasers and handouts as reminders of the brain’s importance in our everyday lives.
Each year, the topics change and we look forward to upcoming sessions. Dr. Teresa Milner,PhD (BMRI) has played an important role in organizing and realizing the participation of the BMRI in Brain Awareness Events in New York City.


One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
- short for superheterodyne
- ‘All simple direct conversion receiver designs suffer from degraded selectivity performance and are more subject to overload by contrasted to even modest superhet designs.’
- ‘This circuit evolved from the desire to have transceiver operation when using my homebrew superhet receivers.’
- ‘Early superhets used frequencies of around 100kHz whilst later sets used around 465kHz. There was one major disadvantage however.’
- ‘There were four superhets and three cheaper T.R.F. receivers.’
- ‘A few tried to skirt these laws, but the vast majority of superhets were built from scratch or from kits with additional parts.’
- ‘The typical approach both SDRs and superhets have to solve this problem is to make the receiver more deaf.’
- ‘Most of these ‘Two Transistor’ jobs were not superhets at all even though they used similar components.’
- ‘In the superhet or superheterodyne radio, the received signal enters one input of the mixed.’
- ‘From the late Fifties through the mid-Sixties their beginner's superhet was called the SimpleX Super, a 3-tube affair designed to cover just the 80M and 40M amateur bands.’
- ‘Previously, I had built the Lindsay superhet, which was a tremendous learning experience.’
- ‘This was one of the first commercially produced British superhets and was several years ahead of its time.’
- ‘As part of the marketing effort they issued a circuit for a 2 waveband superhet using 6K8,6K7,6Q7 and a 6V6 valve with the HT derived from a metal rectifier.’
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KIDS : Handbuilding Projects Saturdays, 1 1/2 hrs
Children will learn and develop a set of handbuilding skills over the course of six weeks, including tile making, coil building, slab construction through constructing different fun forms. They will also learn to decorate their pots using underglazes.
In the first four classes students will complete one project per class. The last two classes will allow students to add color to their projects with a variety of underglazes. Pieces may be picked up the week following the last class.
Classes are held Saturdays from 10-11:30 am. Please note, these class sessions have set dates:
- January 5- February 9
- early spring : 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/06
- late spring : 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1, 6/8
Kids must be 6 and older. Parents who participate in the class with their children must also register as participants.
Taught by Cole Norton.


These educational resources are intended to spark scientific curiosity, improve genomic literacy and foster engagement among learners.
Fact sheets explaining complex concepts in genomics research to a non-scientific audience.
NHGRI offers infographics to tell stories related to genomics using data visualizations.
NHGRI offers timelines to provide historical perspective on various genomics-related topics.
250 common genetic terms pronounced and explained in an easy-to-understand way by leading scientists and professionals
Teaching tools to present the foundations of genomics to students and help them understand the impact of genomics in their lives.
NHGRI educates students, teachers and the public about genomics through outreach events and hands-on activities.
Essential genomics competencies, practice guidelines, and curricular resources for a variety of health professions.
An exhibition that examines the complexities of the genome - the complete set of genetic or hereditary material of a living organism - and chronicles the remarkable breakthroughs that have taken place since the completion of the Human Genome Project.
GenomeEd is a free repository of high-quality genomics educational resources for group instruction or self-directed learning by healthcare professionals and educators.
Last updated: February 28, 2023


Activity for The Guide: A Biologist in Gorongosa
This activity explores conservation biology topics presented in the short film The Guide: A Biologist in Gorongosa. This film tells the story of Tonga Torcida, a young man who discovers his passion for science in the newly revitalized Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique.
Growing up near Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, Tonga Torcida dreamed of becoming a tour guide at the park. But when he meets ant biologist E. O. Wilson, his views of the world around him, and of his future, change drastically. Tonga decides to pursue a career in science and work to ensure that the park is enjoyed by future generations. The film weaves themes in conservation biology and environmental science, the value of scientific mentorship, and the social and economic realities of wilderness restoration. The “Student Handout” probes students’ understanding of the key concepts addressed in the film. The “Educator Materials” document provides suggested pause points in the film with questions for students, background information, and detailed discussion points; a list of related resources and references; and an answer key for the “Student Handout.”
Student Learning Targets
Explain the importance of protected areas for conserving wildlife.
Interpret data to explain how human activity has affected Gorongosa National Park.
Africa, bioblitz, biodiversity, careers in science, conservation, wildlife
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Sondrio is located in the northern part of Lombardy, in the centre of Valtellina, with high mountains in the background, reaching4050 m a.s.l. with Pizzo Bernina.
Its name came from the Lombard term Sundrium, which was used for a land cultivated directly by the landlord and his subjects. On these lands are now cultivated with vineyards and the most famous are Sassella and Grumello. Wine represents one of the main resources of this region together with winter andd summer tourism.
The area was inhabited in ancient times by the Ligurians who were followed from the 5th century BC by the Celts; the Romans established a camp here, but the town was founded by the Lombards. In 1040 it was given as a fiefdom to the De Capitanei family from Vizzola. In the 14th century Sondrio was disputed between Como and Milan, and finally in 1335 became part of the Visconti dominions.
From the latter half of the 16th century to the 18th century Sondrio was governed by the Three Gray Leagues of the Grisons and was the capital city of Valtellina. At the time of the Reformation, there were bloody struggles between the Catholic Valtellinesi and the Protestant Grisons.


Where Do Mammals Live? Eurasia
Separated long ago from the mainland, the islands of Southeast Asia have shaped their mammal inhabitants in many distinctive ways. On islands, where resources are fewer, large mammals often become smaller. The diversity of species declines, and all species are more prone to extinction. Select a mammal.


I found this article very interesting. Is it too early to know what the results really are? Wonder what kindergartner TEACHERS think and see. These days, anyone can find an expert to support their point of view.
The Common Core State Standards call for kindergartners to learn how to read, but a new report by early childhood experts says that forcing some kids to read before they are ready could be harmful.
Two organizations that advocate for early childhood education — Defending the Early Years and Alliance for Childhood — issued the report titled “Reading in Kindergarten: Little to Gain and Much to Lose.” It says there is no evidence to support a widespread belief in the United States that children must read in prekindergarten or kindergarten to become strong readers and achieve academic success.
The authors — Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin and Joan Wolfsheimer Almon — found that:
- Many children are not developmentally ready to read in kindergarten, yet the Common Core State Standards require them to do just that. This is leading to inappropriate classroom practices. [read]


Christ’s ministry began inside the fold—Christ’s sheep were already WITHIN the fold, prepared and made ready by John the Baptist. The shepherd entered the sheepfold to lead them OUT (e.g. Judaism) (v. 3).
When someone will not be honest with you or won’t tell you the whole truth about their situation, they are usually hiding something. As long as that thing remains hidden, you’ll not be able to help them.
Scripture Reading Proverbs 11:3, 5 Lesson 6: The Wisdom of a Good Reputation Godly wisdom and self-discipline help us to be distinctive in the world. God wants his children to cultivate a reputation for being godly (1 Peter 2:11-15). He also cares about our character. His plan for us does not include hypocrisy; He wants […]
Scripture Reading Proverbs 3:11, 12 Lesson 5: The Wisdom of Godly Discipline Neither psychology nor sociology furnishes the most effective model for discipline. As in every instance of wise living, the model is God (Prov. 3:11, 12). He disciplines His children, using the right balance of righteousness and love, holiness and grace. Further, His model […]


This 85-page report on Braille Teaching and Literacy was prepared for the European Blind Union and the European Commission. The introduction states:
“This report discusses findings from a two year project that ran between 2016 and 2017 and investigated the situation in Braille teaching and literacy in nine European countries. The project was led by the Danish Association of the Blind for the European Blind Union and involved Braille users working with the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI), service providers and others with an interest in supporting the use of Braille.
“Work focussed on opportunities that children and young people have to learn Braille and to become proficient in its use. Examples of good practice were highlighted, as well as barriers and issues to further development.”
The goals of the project are:
To map out existing good practices for efficient and high quality braille training.
To identify how a catalogue of good practice approaches can be developed on how to make blind and severely partially sighted children and young people proficient braille readers, writers and/or users.
To promote the availability of braille in all relevant situations and environments in society including the educational sector and to enhance accessibility through the presence of labelling, signage, etc.


Hannah is researching limonoid biosynthesis in the Meliaceae family.
Limonoids are a class of plant natural product with a long history of human-use as crop-protection agents. Certain limonoids also have reported pharmaceutical properties.
Extensive modifications and ring rearrangements make limonoids distinct from other triterpenes and interesting from a biosynthetic perspective. The complex structure of limonoids has made their chemical synthesis challenging and therefore their use is currently limited to what can be extracted from plant material.
The aim of Hannah’s work is to address this by uncovering how plants make limonoids, which could enable future metabolic engineering of limonoids for human use.
Hodgson H., De La Pena R., Stephenson M. J., Thimmappa R., Vincent J. L., Sattely E., Osbourn A. (2019)Identification of key enzymes responsible for protolimonoid biosynthesis in plants: Opening the door to azadirachtin production.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaPublisher's version: 0027-8424


Infants’ expectations of the world around them have been extensively assessed through the violation of expectation paradigm and related habituation tasks. Typically, in these tasks, longer looking to impossible events following familiarisation with possible equivalents is taken to reflect surprise at their occurrence, thus revealing infants’ knowledge. In this study, the role of learning during the task itself is explored by switching the archetypal approach on its head and familiarising infants to impossible events. In a partial replication of Jackson and Sirois (2009), nine-month-old infants were presented with short video clips of toy trains moving around a circular track. A tunnel over a short section of the track meant trains were briefly occluded as they completed a circuit. In impossible versions of events, the train switched colours while occluded by the tunnel. Both looking times and pupil dilation were used as dependent measures. Using a factorial design in which perceptual (novelty-familiarity) and conceptual (possible-impossible) variables were independently and jointly analysed, we show that infants showed greater responding to possible events than to impossible events following familiarisation. Pupil dilation data successfully allowed for more precise interpretation of infants’ perception of events than could have been achieved through looking times alone. These findings suggest a central role for learning in violation of expectation tasks, and also further support the use of pupil dilation as a dependent measure in infancy work.


While anxiety symptoms vary from person to person, in general the body reacts in a very specific way to anxiety. When you feel anxious, your body goes on high alert, looking for possible danger and activating your fight or flight responses. As a result, some common symptoms of anxiety include:
- nervousness, restlessness, or being tense
- feelings of danger, panic, or dread
- rapid heartbeat and rapid breathing
- difficulty focusing or thinking clearly about anything other than the thing you’re worried about
- gastrointestinal problems
Fortunately, anxiety is treatable. Schedule now to start taking back the peace anxiety has stolen.


Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, grade 2 english pdf determine their central message, lesson, or moral. Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud. Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Fun second grade worksheets in the areas of language arts, science, history, reading, and more for you to print and enjoy with your child or students. Free Second Grade Worksheets in English, Science, History, and more. This is where you will find the newest worksheet additions to the site. Preschool color, math, letter, and basic skills worksheets.
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John and William Dent, wealthy glovemakers from Worcester bought the castle from the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, having already purchased the rest of the estate from Lord Rivers in 1830.
With their architect, Harvey Eginton of Worcester, the Dents had completed the restoration of the Elizabethan ranges of the outer courtyard and a large part of the building was then habitable.
The Strawberry Hill Sale – at which the Dents acquired some of the valuable Tudor treasures which help to furnish Sudeley Castle today.
The Victorian architect George Gilbert Scott employed to restore the Sudeley Chapel – completed and re-dedicated in 1863 – also to build the Stable block.
Sudeley Castle was inherited by the Dent’s nephew John Coucher Dent who had married Emma Brocklehurst, daughter of John Brocklehurst, one of Macclesfield’s first MPs and head of the family’s successful silk milling business.
1865 and 1867
Almshouses and a School in Winchcombe, designed by George Gilbert Scott, were built with legacies from the Dent family.
Emma Dent’s Book the ‘Annals of Winchcombe and Sudeley’ was published by John Murray.
Emma Dent was an intelligent, cultured and industrious Victorian lady who cared deeply for the Sudeley Castle estate and neighbouring Winchcombe. Following her husband’s death in 1885 much of her energy was devoted to their improvement and continuing welfare.
To celebrate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, Emma Dent provided Winchcombe with the town’s first piped water supply.
Emma Dent completed the building works at Sudeley Castle which included the North and West Lodges, the Jubilee addition to the Western range, the North Tower and the new main entrance from Winchcombe. These were carried out with J Drayton Wyatt, George Gilbert Scott’s assistant.


St. Kateri has been accorded the title of the patroness of the environment and ecology and is dear to the hearts of many Native Americans. She was born in upstate New York, near Auriesville. Both of her parents were Native Americans. Her father was a Mohawk chief and her mother an Algonquin, who was raised Catholic.
In her lifetime Kateri was frequently afflicted with illness and became partially blind. In order for her to walk, she groped her way around as she walked. She was then named, Tekakwitha which literally means, “One who walks groping for her way.”
St. Kateri was baptized when she was 20 years old after being catechized by Father de Lambertville S.J. After her baptism, Kateri was considered an outcast by her tribal community. Living on her own, she professed a vow of perpetual virginity. Poor health and the effects of small pox led to her death in 1680 at the age of 24.
In 1943 Kateri was declared venerable and then in 1980 she was declared blessed by Pope John Paul II. She was canonized by Pope Benedict on October 21, 2012. She is the first Native American to be canonized and was the patroness of the 2002 World Youth Day.


I am delighted to report that within a day of the first view of Luna 21 and Lunokhod 2 since the end of that mission in 1973, the sister mission, Luna 17 and Lunokhod 1, has also been found -- and this time by Russian scientists. They discovered the location of the lander and rover in Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image M114185541RC.
Again, it was Sasha Basilevsky who let me know of this by email. He said that his colleague Albert Abdrakhimov was the one who located the lander and rover, and made various checks (comparing the image to earlier maps and also to the rover's panoramic views of its landing site) that convinced Sasha and others that, indeed, this was Luna 17 and Lunokhod 1.
Here's the orbital view:
Albert Abdrakhimov; base image by NASA / GSFC / Arizona State University; original Lunokhod map by Peredvizhnaya et al.NASA / GSFC / ASU /
Lunokhod 1's path as seen from LROC
A portion of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photo M114185541RC, with a 1978 map of the Lunokod 1 traverse superimposed. The identification of Luna 17, Lunokhod 1, and the rover's tracks was made based on analysis of the Lunokhod navigation records and TV camera panoramas.
Unfortunately, I don't currently have a version of this image without the annotation. I did download the relevant LROC image, all 500 MB of it, but I have so far been unable to find a way to open and process full-resolution LROC images in all their 16-bit glory. I'm working on it!
Here are a couple of zooms onto the lander and rover:
NASA / GSFC / ASU / Laboratory for Comparative Planetology
Luna 17 on the Moon
Luna 17 sits on the surface of the Moon as seen in a photo taken from orbit by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter on November 30, 2009. The approximate coordinates of the lander are 38.2473 N, 325.002 E. Resolution of the full-size image is 0.514 meters per pixel.
I'm sure I'll have more to post on this in the next day or so!


In the latest post of our Geeks Who Changed the Internet series, we pay tribute to the man who opened the doors for Stuxnet.
As a student at Cornell University in the 1980s, Robert Tappan-Morris created the first computer worm. This paved the way, not only for massively-disruptive and highly-specialised security threats like the Stuxnet worm of 2010, but also the necessity and creation of cyber security centres.
The ‘Morris Worm’ was released into the ARPAnet in 1988 disrupting around 10% of the computers on the internet at the time. The backlash from the worm prompted the launch of one of the major centres for internet security problems, CERT Coordination Centre.
Despite the massive disruption caused – loss in productivity and removal costs are estimated at $200 – $53,000 per system – Morris’s original intention was simply to gauge the size of the internet.
He designed the worm to reach as many computers as possible; the worm was programmed to check each computer it found to establish whether the infection was already present. Morris believed that administrators would try to defeat his worm by instructing the computer to report a false positive so directed the worm to copy itself anyway, 14% of the time.
This proved to have the opposite effect and created system loads that brought it to the attention of system administrators and disrupted the target computers. The estimated cost of ‘loss in productivity’ caused by the worm and efforts to remove it, stood at between $200 to more than $53,000 per system.
Morris was subsequently dismissed from Cornell and became the first person convicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.
As the creator of the first viable internet security threat, we think that Morris is one of the top geeks who changed the internet and the way we use it today. The worm is now one of the most prevalent cyber security risks in the world.
Do you think Morris deserves his place in our top geeks list? Who would you pay tribute to?


For hundreds of years, the land that today is Oxon Cove Park, has attracted men and women who have recognized its agricultural potential. Beginning in the early 19th century, Oxon Cove Park witnessed changing land patterns typical of the Southern Maryland region. These changes began with the Debutts family who bought the property and established the Mount Welby Plantation.
The Mount Welby period represents only one layer of the park's deep and diverse history. The park has been home for many generations of human habitation during the past 10,000 years--beginning with the Native American peoples who have hunted for wild game and gathered plants up until the 17th century.
Forty-eight years after the Debutts sold the property, the land was acquired by the United States Government to establish a therapeutic farm for St. Elizabeths Hospital known as Godding Croft.
The property was entrusted to the National Park Service in 1959 to protect its natural and cultural resources from the threat of increased urban development, and to continue to tell the story of the land and how it has changed overtime.
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The dating scene can be difficult for anyone these days, but can you imagine dating someone with a mental disorder such as schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia and relationships
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thoughts, speech, and behavior.
The causes of schizophrenia may be a result of genetic and environmental factors. The environmental factors include: the age of a person’s parents; being raised in a city; cannabis use during adolescence; certain infections; and poor nutrition during pregnancy.
Signs you’re dating a schizophrenic
More common in men, someone with schizophrenia may show different signs or symptoms from another person with schizophrenia. These signs may give you an idea of if your partner might be schizophrenic:
- Changes in sleep habits and intellectual interests
- Making irrational statements
- Neglecting personal hygiene
- Social withdrawal of change in social activity
- Trouble conveying emotion
How does schizophrenia affect relationships?
Being in a relationship with a schizophrenic may mean a few things.
First, as the partner or significant other of a person with schizophrenia, you may not be the main priority in your relationship. The person that treats them, such as a therapist, will most likely be the individual they seek out for advice on managing the disorder.


Dave Kaeli, professor of electrical and computer engineering
Kaeli is designing crowd analytics platforms to automatically identify suspicious behavior in vulnerable gathering places, such as transportation hubs and concert halls—and he is the first in this field to solve the data processing issues by employing graphics processing units.
Continuous detection of individual threats in crowded locales requires comparisons of billions of data points, which even state-of-the-art surveillance systems cannot handle. But Kaeli’s GPUs can. Data from cameras, infrared devices, motion detectors, microphones, and even heat sensors, can be quickly processed in parallel using this technology.
Kaeli’s team has developed novel algorithms to define normal behavior in terms of these data variables. If something out of the ordinary is happening, the computer will recognize it. In turn, reasoning schema being developed by members of his team will enable the computer to decide whether the anomalous data indicate a significant—and potentially high-impact—event is about to take place.


YOU’VE heard of snakes on a plane, and snakes on a train, but prepare to be blown away by snakes in bananas.
Wade Park curator Bruce Cousins discovered a one metre-long woma python out the front of the ground on Monday, and snake catcher Greg Pringle said that particular breed of snake was not just rare for this area, it was virtually unheard of.
“The woma python is native to central Australia,” Mr Pringle explained.
“You hear about snakes being transported down in bunches of bananas every now and then to supermarkets, but that’s from north Queensland.
“Central Australia isn’t a produce area, so this sounds to me like it was someone’s pet that got loose.”
Mr Pringle explained the woma python was harmless to humans, but could be potentially deadly to small animals.
“They could eat a rabbit or a small cat easily,” he said.
“This has died from the cold, they aren’t used to these temperatures. I doubt the owner will come forward, I’d say more than likely they don’t have a licence.
“It sounds like irresponsibility or ignorance to me on the owner’s behalf. Even big snakes can escape from areas through very small holes.”
Despite the snake being dead when he discovered it, Mr Cousins said he got more than a surprise when he first saw the reptile.
“It was pretty alarming really,” he said.
“I’ve never found a snake at Wade at all, let alone one that looks like that.
“It certainly gave my mate a scare too when I put it somewhere he could find at smoko.”


As mentioned in my post on the Severnaya Zemlya map i there for the first time used shape from shading techniques to improve a low quality elevation data set with the help of satellite imagery. Here a few more explanations on the matter.
The term shape from shading describes techniques that derive the geometry of an object from one or several shaded images of this object. Our human visual perception is to a large part based on shape from shading since stereo vision using both eyes to directly see the 3d form of an object only works at a very limited range and for far objects we rely on various indirect clues to assess the form of things we see, in particular shading. And due to many years of training our brain is extremely good at this. Still it is quite easy to confuse the brain in this matter and many optical illusions work this way.
For the computer shape from shading is difficult and in case of satellite images there are a number of aspects that further increase the difficulty:
- You usually only have a single image to work with.
- If you have multiple images they usually have the same or a very similar illumination due to the satellites’ sun synchronous orbits.
- If you have several images with different illumination you usually have other differences between the images (like seasonal changes) that mess with any interpretation of the shading.
As you can see this is really quite bad and therefore shape from shading is not usually considered feasible to create relief data from scratch. It is however possible to try improving an existing relief data set using shading information from satellite images. Read what needs to be considered to do this practically and how the results look. Below a quick look: on the left the original relief rendering and on the right the improved relief data:


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This article is about the Greek name "Δίκτυς" in mythology. For the pretended historian of the Trojan War, see Dictys Cretensis. For the model organism soil amoeba, see Dictyostelium discoideum.
- Dictys was a fisherman and brother of King Polydectes of Seriphos, both being the sons of Magnes and a Naiad, or of Peristhenes and Androthoe, or else of Poseidon and Cerebia. He discovered Danaë and Perseus inside a chest that had been washed up on shore (or was caught in his fishing net). He treated them well and raised Perseus as his own son. After Perseus killed Medusa, rescued Andromeda, and later showed Medusa's head to Polydectes turning him and the nobles with him to stone, he made Dictys king. Dictys and his wife (?) Clymene had an altar within a sacred precinct of Perseus in Athens.
- Dictys, one of the sailors who tried to abduct Dionysus but was turned into a dolphin by the god.
- Dictys, a centaur who attended Pirithous' wedding and battled against the Lapiths. Fleeing Pirithous, he slipped and fell off a cliff impaling himself on the top of an ash tree killing himself.
- Hyginus, Fabulae, 63
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1. 9. 6
- Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4. 1091
- Tzetzes on Lycophron, 838
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 4. 1 - 3
- Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 18. 1
- Hyginus. Fabulae, 134.
- Ovid. Metamorphoses, 12.327.
- Hyginus. Fabulae, 157.
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- (countable) A scent is a smell.
- The scent of fresh bread filled the house.
- The dogs followed the scent to a hole in the ground.
- (transitive) If sents , gives a smell.
- The flowers scented the room.
- He gave her a scented card.
- (transitive) If you scent something such as danger or a story, you have a feeling that it exists.
- When the president didn't appear, the newspapers scented a story.
- (transitive) If an animal scents something, it smells it.
- The deer ran when they scented the hunter.


Use Heterogeneous in a sentence. How to use the word Heterogeneous in a sentence? Sentence examples with the word Heterogeneous. Sentence for Heterogeneous.
Examples of Heterogeneous in a sentence
- Avoid heterogeneous sentences.
- Entropy allows for heterogeneous substances to become homogeneous over time.
- Homogeneous reactions are chemical reactions in which the reactants and products are in the same phase, while heterogeneous reactions have reactants in two or more phases.
- It is manifestly impossible to label any system of values as typical of the peoples of a continent as heterogeneous as Africa.
- With such a heterogeneous mass there could be no common bond, nor any general and central authority.
- The community over which he was called to preside had consisted thus far of very heterogeneous and discordant materials.
- Such extended and heterogeneous masses of population as those which were spread over Europe and Asia, in the days of the Romans, could be kept subject to the necessary restraints of social order only by some very powerful instrumentality.
- To gather up these heterogeneous materials of comfort required some little time, and, in the meanwhile, the bedstead subsided.
- Hence, an element may be homogeneous on a larger scale, compared to being heterogeneous on a smaller scale.
- In chemistry, a heterogeneous mixture consists of either or both of a) multiple states of matter or b) hydrophilic and hydrophobic substances in one mixture; an example of the latter would be a mixture of water, octane, and silicone grease.
- Earth is a heterogeneous substance in many aspects. e.g. rocks (geology) are inherently heterogeneous, usually occurring at the micro-scale and mini-scale.
- In medicine and genetics, a genetic or allelic heterogeneous condition is one where the same disease or condition can be caused, or contributed to, by several factors, or in genetic terms, by varying or different genes or alleles.


What questions left unsolved by Gibbons v Ogden did Cooley v. Board of Wardens attempt to resolve?
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In these cases, the Supreme Court was ruling on the Commerce Clause and its meaning. It was ruling on the degree to which the states could make regulations that would have an impact on interstate commerce, which is the federal government’s to regulate under the Commerce Clause.
In Gibbons, the Court ruled that the state of New York’s grant of monopoly steamboat privileges on their waters went directly against the commerce clause. It prevented other steamship companies from carrying between New York and other states. What the Court did not decide was how much regulation the states could impose before running afoul of the Commerce Clause. To put it in modern terms, we can imagine that speed limits in different states affect interstate commerce. When driving from one state to another on the freeway, you may have to slow down. Is that a violation of the Commerce Clause?
The Court needed to address this. It did so in part in Cooley. In that case, it ruled that a requirement that ships hire local pilots to guide them into Philadelphia harbor did not violate the Commerce Clause. It ruled that some aspects of commerce fundamentally had to be uniform across the country while some aspects (such as piloting or speed limits) could easily be left to the states without harming commerce.
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英検の英作文にはGive three reasons to support your answerと条件が提示されており、指示通りにしなければ減点される可能性が高いですが、今回はあえてFirst, Second, Thirdといった書き方はせずに書いていこうと思います。
Does Japan need a stronger military capability ?
Japan has lived at peace for 75 years by not becoming involved in international conflicts. But now, with new threats in the East Asia region, it is becoming difficult to remain uninvolved. To some degree, Japan must shoulder responsibility for its defense.
In Middle East conflicts, Japan has supported western military efforts financially and with support activities. But in conflicts on the Korea peninsular and in the South sea, the military threat is more direct and Japan's response readiness must be direct, also, even if this means fighting.
But having admitted this, Japan must never get into a position where it can easily be drawn into a war. Displaying military force does not cause an opponent to back down. As we see in Korea, the response and the threat simply become greater. Since the war, Japan has acquired skills of talking with many partner counties. To defuce a conflict, it is necessary to listen to the positions of all interested parties and find solutions agreeable to all.
This can not be achieved by a country which tries primarily to impress its neighbors with force of arms. In the near future, it is quite likely that Japan will be reforming its constitution, including article 9, which does not permit war as a means of defense. If this reform goes through, it will be extremely important not to change other countries' perception of Japan as fundamentally a country of peace. Even if military force is permitted, Japan's first effort must always be to talk with other countries in sincere goodwill and prevent conflicts from occurring.


Anthurium is a genus of about 1000 species of flowering plants,being popular foliage plants,Anthuriums are grown for their attractive flowering bracts which are popular with the cut flower trade.
The Anthurium plant is grown as a houseplant in cooler areas and as landscaping plants. These plants develop in bright colors and a wide variety of shapes; some are flowering varieties and some have magnificent foliage. It is one of the best houseplants to have in your home, because it tops NASA's air purifying plant's list.
Anthurium signifies long-lasting love and friendship. It brings luck in your relationships. The Rolling Nature exotic red anthurium adds a dash of luxury to your house. Combined with the glossy high quality colored pots; it truly creates an amazing environment in your house. Anthurium’s bright blooms and shiny, deep green leaves bring color and life to cramped rooms.


Bark beetle-induced forest mortality in the North American Rocky Mountains
The epidemic of mortality by insects and disease throughout the Northern American Rocky Mountains exceeds previous records both in severity and spatial extent. Beetle attacks weaken trees and introduce blue-stain fungi that induce hydraulic failure leading to mortality. The magnitude of this outbreak spurs predictions of major changes to biogeochemical cycling and hydrologic response, changes in species assemblages, and increased wildfire risk. Review of emerging empirical studies reveals conflicting evidence of changes and limited environmental threats. However, widespread forest mortality generates net economic costs and losses by reducing or eliminating market and nonmarket value. Potential deadfall may threaten human life and infrastructure andadd costs of programs for hazard-tree reduction. Although forest regeneration following insect epidemics indicates resilient ecological systems, synergistic interactions of beetle kill with other disturbance processes, exacerbated by warming temperatures and drought may stimulate longer-term environmental concerns.


WASHINGTON — Scientists have found an extra charming new subatomic particle that they hope will help further explain a key force that binds matter together.
Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe announced Thursday the fleeting discovery of a long theorized but never-before-seen type of baryon.
Baryons are subatomic particles made up of quarks. Protons and neutrons are the most common baryons. Quarks are even smaller particles that come in six types, two common types that are light and four heavier types.
The high-speed collisions at the world's biggest atom smasher created for a fraction of a second a baryon particle called Xi cc, said Oxford physicist Guy Wilkinson, who is part of the experiment.
The particle has two heavy quarks — both of a type that are called "charm"— and a light one. In the natural world, baryons have at most one heavy quark.
It might have been brief, but in particle physics it lived for "an appreciably long time," he said.


CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The week of May 4th-10th is International Cri Du Chat awareness week, and it’s a disease many people suffer from here in western Massachusetts.
Cri du Chat Syndrome is a rare genetic condition. It occurs in approximately 1 in every 35,000 live births. According to the Cri Du Chat website, some of the most common characteristics of those living with Cri Du Chat are weak muscle tone, dislocation of the hips, impaired speech, a weak heart, scoliosis, etc.
Every year, there are children that are born with Cri Du Chat syndrome and due to the rarity of the syndrome and the lack of information, the website says these children can frequently slip through the cracks, and are not diagnosed, or are misdiagnosed.
To learn more about Cri Du Chat, or if you or someone you know is struggling with the disease, visit their website by clicking here.


Do you live in an area like me with winters full of snow, ice, and frigid temperatures? Then, you probably pay attention to whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on February 2nd. Even if a groundhog can’t really predict the weather, Groundhog’s Day is still a fun time of the year to teach your students all about the weather, shadows, and hibernation. These 20 Groundhog Day Books Your Kids Will Dig will be a great addition to your Groundhog Day unit this year.
20 Groundhog Day Books Your Kids Will Dig:
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Your students are sure to dig reading these Groundhog Day Books in celebration of Groundhog’s Day and learning about the weather, shadows, hibernation, and more.
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High power superconductor cables take up much less space and conduct energy more efficiently, making them ideal for use in power grids.
They will also offer a more effective method for collecting energy from renewable sources like solar power and wind energy.
Superconducting wires can be used for energy storage and can enable devices which enhance grid stability. Boaz Almog and Mishael Azoulay working under Guy Deutscher, physicist at the Tel Aviv University have developed the superconductng cables, using fibres made of single sapphire crystals.
One of the things that make copper wires inefficient is overheating, Almog explains, according to a Tel Aviv statement.
Some of the energy that flows through the metal is cast off and wasted, causing the wires to heat up. But with superconductors, there is no resistance.
A self-contained cooling system, which requires a constant flow of liquid nitrogen, keeps the wire in its superconducting state.


“Without connection to community and homeland, connection to identity and culture are not reinforced. Without connection to identity and community the foundations of land rights, health and human rights cannot be leveraged to reflect the will of the people.”
Saphichay is an Indigenous rights organization focused on cultural survival — the preservation, revitalization, unification, empowerment, and healing of people, land and spirit through the braiding of Indigenous and Mestizo/ Traditional and contemporary lifestyles. This project is aimed at Indigenous Peruvian youth at risk of losing their connections to their ancestral roots. Rikchari in Quechua means “wake up”, which is the central purpose of this project. Quechua and Mestizo Rikchari is designed to help wake our youth up from cultural apathy and help reconnect Quechua and Mestizo youth with their ancestral traditions through: ritual, ceremony, stories, cosmology, language and healing techniques.


The green leaf area of winter barley, cv. Sonja, sampled from the field at different times during winter was always greatest in plants grown at high soil phosphate and smallest in plants grown at low soil phosphate, and at each fertilizer level was greater in healthy plants than in plants infected by rust (Puccinia hordei). In leaves that survived the coldest period of winter, the percentage area that was damaged was increased by rust infection which prevented the ameliorating effects of high soil P. Rust and low P interacted to reduce the increases in leaf area and shoot d. wt that occurred when higher temperatures prevailed in spring. Under controlled conditions in the laboratory, phosphate reduced the injury suffered when plants not acclimated to low temperatures were exposed to freezing conditions, but this effect was removed by rust infection. After rust infection, freezing temperatures were damaging even to acclimated plants, particularly if grown with low soil P. Evidence of visible symptoms, and quantitative measurements of electrolyte efflux from intact leaves, chlorophyll fluorescence in vivo, and ethane and ethylene evolution from cold-acclimated plants, showed that infection raised the minimum temperature at which tissues could survive without injury. Infected leaves were more sensitive to low temperature post-sporulation than presporulation. Measurements of electrolyte efflux and chlorophyll fluorescence on plants growing under cold conditions showed that infection inhibited the processes of acclimation to low temperatures.


These collections were made from July 18 to August 6, 1938. Localities include western Mexico, Clipperton Island, Galápagos Islands, Cocos Island, all in the eastern Pacific, and Old Providence Island, in the Caribbean Sea. Depths range from intertidal to 15 fathoms. Though small, the collection is represented by 17 families, with 31 species, of which 2, Neanthes roosevelti and Polydora tricuspa, are new to science, 1, Cirratulus niger, is newly named, and 2 others, Scalisetosus sp., and Armandia sp., may represent undescribed species. Several others have had their range extended considerably into tropical waters.
Pacific, East Tropical
West Tropical Atlantic


Indonesia-Malaysia Project on Astronomy Education using Tactile Image (IMPACT Dome).
Teaching astronomy to visual and hearing impared student is a new topic in Malaysia. Less effort has been allocated to teach astronomy for inclusive and impared students. This is due to lack of needs to emphasize astronomy and it leads to insufficient learning tools and teaching aids produced to teach them. This issue has triggered us to promote astronomy and its benefits for inclusive and impaired students.
Apadilangit has developed a miniature Malaysia sky in the form of a geodesic dome with tactile images. This will help visually and hearing impaired kids to experience our sky via touching sense. Our modular dome can be assembled and disassembled easily for teaching and logistical purposes. Every single piece of the triangle build for the dome can be used as teaching tools separately for each kid.
This project was a grant project by the Office of Astronomy for Development IAU (international Astronomical Union) in 2018. Apadilangit ; Universe Awareness Malaysia collaborated with University of Ahmad Dahlan Indonesia to develop 2 models of Impact dome to be used as mini planetariums in this region.It was presented during IAUS 358: Astronomy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion symposium in the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) Mitaka, Tokyo Japan in 2019.


Devised by a famous Welsh poet, the Bardic alphabet called Coelbren has always seemed to hold great promise. But as long as nobody knew how to use the system for divination, it remained simply a relic of a bygone era.
In The Coelbren Alphabet, John Michael Greer reveals the secrets of this esoteric alphabet, restoring the Coelbren to its rightful place as a powerful magical tool. Unlike the Ogham or runes, the Coelbren letters take their meaning directly from the sounds they represent. Providing the name, Welsh keyword, meaning, symbolism, pronunciation, and divinatory interpretation of each letter, this book shows how to use this unique system for divination and magic. You will also discover sample readings, scrying and meditation techniques, and tips for making your own Coelbren set.
Writing systems have been used for magical power and mystical insight in spiritual traditions throughout history. This book shows how to engage in an effective divinatory practice with an alphabet that is mysterious in its origins but undeniable in its power.


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Mir was first launched by rocket on 20th February 1986.
Mir is 13m (44ft) long 4 (14FT Interior)
The Salyut series of space station began in 1971.
Uranus is the seventh planet form the sun
It is 2.7 billion km form the sun. Uranus is a gas plant with dark rings
A probe called yoyager2 was sent to Uranus in 1996. This has been the only probe to visit Uranus
It is a green-blue closured planet because it is so cold .Uranus is the third largest planet in our solar system.


CS 126. The Science of Images
An introduction to computer graphics and the mathematical and scientific principles that are fundamental to creating images on a computer. Topics include hardware and software concepts required in computer graphics, an introduction to modeling and viewing objects in 3-dimensional coordinate space, computer animation, color and illumination theory. Laboratory exercises and projects are an integral part of the course. The laboratory will be completed with the use of a graphics software system that requires no programming. The course consists of three lecture hours and one two-hour laboratory per week.


|Portal to Texas History|
An excerpt from a speech delivered on Steele Day at Joe Johnston Camp by Hampton Steele as it appeared in the August 27, 1923 edition of the Mexia Daily News in Mexia, Texas:
"Myself, the oldest son of the last survivor of the battle of San Jacinto and his grandson and his great grandson have procured a charter from the State of Texas to organize the Native Sons of Texas in a grand organization in memory of Fannin's men who were slaughtered on the plains of Goliad! and, in memory of Sam Houston and his brave army who gained our independence on the plains of San Jacinto! and in memory of our father whose blood was spilt on San Jacinto's plains for the liberties of Texas! in memory of the old pioneers and the little boys and girls who went to the front and drove the Indians back for civilization to follow."
"That's what we want to organize the Native Sons of Texas for. To perpetuate those memories to hand it down to future generations. Our plan that we have laid out for the future when we get funds enough is to buy a piece of land somewhere in the State and make a park and we will call it Steele Park and home and we will dedicate it to the Native Sons of Texas for all time to come."


Understanding the long and incredible history of Black Canadians requires more than just a month of reflection and celebration.
February may be Black History Month, but uncovering Black history is an everyday effort for many Canadian organizations. Small non-profits, city-funded arts initiatives, and organizing committees alike are constantly trying to promote a deeper understanding of Canada’s Black history and culture, something that’s lacking among many in both the general public and the social impact world.
Here are four Canadian organizations doing that important work:
Amherstburg Freedom Museum
One of the most significant artifacts at the Amherstburg Freedom Museum to Mary-Katherine Whelan, the curator, is known as a lashing ring. This iron band was embedded in a tree on the property of Colonel Matthew Elliot, a local militi
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In my elememtary classes, I have the students do a written evaluation of
their work which I do NOT grade... they do. We do this 2 times a year.
They are asked to answer 4 questions in detail.
1)What do I see? (describe artwork)
2)Medium (What did I use to make it)
3) What did I learn? (Describe new techniques, tools, ideas, etc that
were used in creating the artwork)
4)How do I feel about my work? Why? What grade would I give my work?
I model each step using an artwork of my own. The students show a wide
range of responses, and it is a way for me to see their writing skills.
We keep these in the student portfolio, and when parents come, the
student can explain what they are doing in art class themselves. I try
to make it a low stress activity... but I do emphasize that they must
try to communicate to the best of their ability. Our school has pushed
cooperative learning, so I have used this lesson to have the kids
explain thier art to a buddy across the table.... we also use Literacy
Plus, so I ask the teachers to send the students wordbooks to art class
with them that day so they have a source of expanded vocabulary....
As I sit here writing this, I am kicking myself because I should have
done this activity last month, but we had 5 snow days:) Next week I
Can this be adapted to the High School level?


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Consider the gecko. These small lizards, have an ingenious way of escaping their predators — they break off their tails. But that’s not even the coolest thing these reptiles do, as they possess the ability to regenerate their severed appendages in only a month’s time.
As researchers at Canada’s University of Guelph learned, gecko tails and spinal cords have special stem cells that produce the proteins needed to regenerate the missing portions of the geckos spinal cords.
The scientists published their findings in the Journal of Comparative Neurology. Moreover, they believe there is potential to use this information to discover a way for people with spinal cord injuries to do the same.
The special stem cells are known as radial glia, which typically remain at rest. However, once a gecko sheds its tail, the radial glia begin to work overtime to produce the healing proteins that rebuild their damaged and missing spinal cords.
This process is the complete opposite of the way human bodies work in similar circumstances. Unlike geckos, human spinal cord injuries are sealed with scar tissue, which slams the door on regeneration.
Of course, this discovery is a far cry from being able to harness the knowledge in order to regenerate human spinal cords after grievous injuries.
Still, it is the first step of a process that one day could end the paralysis with which many spinal cord injury victims must cope.
Did you suffer a spinal cord injury and wind up paralyzed? Don’t give up hope. Until researchers learn more about the regenerative powers of geckos, you may need to file a lawsuit to receive compensation for your injuries and get the treatment that you need.


Ridai Museum of Modern Science was built in 1991 as a museum to showcase the supplies of science and engineering commemorating the one hundred anniversary of Tokyo University of Science. However the bigger, and more vital, shift actually got here in the best way that humanity started to consider scientific models. However I’m attacking the skewed, distorted, untrue definition of science that has emerged since Pure Philosophy fell out of style.
However I might also add that it’s not science per se that I am attacking right here however a science not pursued within the gentle of the truth of God and the hierarchical supremacy of revelation and religious perception to unsupported reason. As we speak, fashionable science is still driven by the ethical purposes put ahead by its founders, and infrequently its very protestations of neutrality attest to this.
As of quantity 26 (2016), Medieval and Early Fashionable Science is sustained as Medieval and Early Fashionable Philosophy and Science (MEMPS). Those who are blind to all this either because they’re dim-witted or foolishly disinterested, like the aboriginal with a contemporary gadget, abhor these chants and practices as gibberish or eccentric.
Relatively than as morally neutral, then, we would describe the modern ascendancy of the scientific worldview as morally neutralizing, crowding out our means of moral reasoning and sources of ethical authority. Chapter 4 therefore delves into the psychological world of men equivalent to Archimedes and explains that the science of the Hellenistic period was partly pushed forward by a larger capacity to embrace know-how and sensible value on the earth.
This historic Chinese martial artwork is predicated on the assumption that achieving steadiness with one’s mind and physique creates an total sense of peace and harmony, naturally inspiring a long life. It is a FREE and trendy web-browser which helps the newest internet applied sciences offering you a cleaner and safer shopping experience.


Aust kids vaccination rates low: study
- From: AAP
- June 26, 2013
AUSTRALIAN children have alarmingly low rates of vaccination against chicken pox and influenza, University of Sydney researchers have found.
The study, published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (PAEDS), found that out of 133 children hospitalised for complications of chicken pox infection from 2007 to 2010, only 16 had been vaccinated.
Surveillance during the 2009 influenza pandemic found swine flu was the cause in 84 per cent of infant hospitalisations, with seasonal influenza (H3N2) responsible for just seven per cent of cases.
The study found only 11 per cent of all the children and 17 per cent of children with underlying chronic disorders had been vaccinated for seasonal influenza.
Of the 324 children hospitalised in the three NSW children's hospitals, complications occurred in 34 per cent of children, 56 per cent of whom had been previously healthy.
The paper's senior author, Professor Elizabeth Elliott, said the research aimed to address gaps in surveillance data for severe vaccine-preventable diseases and adverse events following immunisation.
"The PAEDS study provides important, previously unavailable data on the number of children hospitalised from vaccine-preventable diseases and adverse events resulting from vaccination," Professor Elliott said.
"To our knowledge, it is also the first system to reliably capture data on adverse events resulting from vaccination and requiring admission.
"We believe our research will inform public health policy, clinical practice and community confidence and has the potential to allow the health workforce to respond more quickly during outbreaks and epidemics."
Meningococcal Australia is reminding parents that as of 1 July, the criteria for children to be considered 'fully immunised' will be expanded to include two meningitis vaccines.


AFRICAN SAUSAGE TREE
KINGELIA AFRICANA (Lam.) Benth.
Kigelia aethiopica Decne
Kigelia pinnata DC.
Local names: African sausage tree, cucumber tree (Engl.).
The African sausage tree is found in cultivation in Manila and in Los Baños, Laguna Province. It is a native of West Tropical Africa.
This recently introduced plant is a wide-spreading, deciduous tree about 10 meters in height. The leaves are alternate and odd pinnate. The leaflets are opposite, ovate to elliptic-ovate, 8 to 16 centimeters long, and pointed or blunt at the tip. The flowers are red, noctural, and borne in panicles on very long, pendulous pedicels. The calyx is 2.5 to 3 centimeters long, usually 5-toothed, or lobed. The corolla is 10 to 12 centimeters long, the tube is rather slender and the limb, broadly bell-shaped, somewhat curved, and 5-lobed. The fruit is hard, grayish-brown, scurfy, large, oblong or oblong-cylindric, 20 to 30 centimeters in length, indehiscent, and hanging on very long peduncles.
According to Boorsma the bark contains only a bitter principle and tannic acid.
According to Dalziel in Northern Nigeria the fruit is sold as medicine in markets, being said to be used as a purgative in some districts, and as a cure for dysentery elsewhere. In the Gold Coast the fruit, cut up and boiled with peppers, is given for constipation and piles, while the bark and fruit are used to heal sores and to restore the taste. The bark has a somewhat bitter taste; it is used in Northern Nigeria both for syphilitic conditions and for gonorrhoea. In Southern Nigeria it is similarly used, and also is given along with the fruit as a wash and drink for young children. The Gold Coast people use the bark as a cure for rheumatism and dysentery.
Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk say that the Tongas apply the powdered fruit as a dressing to ulcers. The unripe fruit is used in Central Africa as a dressing in cases of syphilis and rheumatism. In Nyasaland, in times of scarcity, natives roast and eat the seeds.


Each body part is carved from foam based on measurements taken from the carcass. The parts are fitted together and then packed with clay and plastic to create a lifelike body shape that fits the skin.
The tanned skin is tested several times on the form to be sure it fits perfectly.
A plaster death mask recorded the distinctive facial features of the orangutan.
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- (transitive) To parry, or turn aside.
- 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
- Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
- He raised his arms to ward off the attack.
- (transitive) To avert or prevent.
- He wore garlic to ward off vampires.
to parry, or turn aside
to avert or prevent


Children and Youth Task Force in Disasters
This report introduces the Children and Youth Task Force in Disasters model, which promotes the effective coordination of the diverse systems and agencies that serve children and youth following a disaster. This model has been implemented in the wake of multiple recent disasters, including the Joplin, Missouri, tornado and Hurricane Sandy. It provides recommendations to states, tribes, territories, and communities about launching their own task forces and describes how the Administration for Children and Families can provide support. Learn more (PDF, 14 pages).


The law of diminishing returns states that as one input variable is increased, there is a point at which the marginal increase in output begins to decrease, holding all other inputs constant. At the point where the law sets in, the effectiveness of each additional unit of input decreases.
System dynamics is an approach to understanding the behavior of complex systems over time. It deals with internal feedback loops and time delays that affect the behavior of the entire system.
The systems are characterized by:
- structure – composition of elements
- behavior – involved inputs, processes and outputs of material, energy and/or information
- interconnections – structural and functional relations between elements
- emerging properties-system properties that do not appear in individual elements
Emergent attributes are the properties of the whole, and only exists as a whole, not a properties of the component bits. Emerging properties have a fundamental impact on the system performance and becomes extremely important to understand behavior of variables trajectory with respect to system state of diminishing or negative returns.


Retire to Florida, lie around in the sun, and take it easy: It is a familiar urge, and apparently not just for humans. Nikos Papadopoulos, an entomologist at the University of California at Davis, has observed fruit flies enacting their own lazy retirement rituals when they hit old age.
While running an aging experiment, Papadopoulos caught some of his oldest fruit flies lying upside down in their cages. At first sight, the elderly insects seemed to be dead, but they were merely resting on their backs. When Papadopoulos poked them with a pencil, they flipped over and began walking about, flapping their wings and seeking food and sex. In the wild, a supine fly would never survive; it would quickly be eaten. That might explain why such behavior has never been seen before. But these flies had been cosseted by Papadopoulos, who tended 203 male Mediterranean fruit flies until they died of old age at about 61 days. Beginning about 16 days before their deaths, nearly all the increasingly feeble flies spent up to an hour or more a day upside down.
According to Papadopoulos's colleague James Carey, this behavior may signal some form of neurodegenerative disease similar to Parkinson's or narcolepsy in humans. If so, the insects may provide an ideal model for studying such disorders. "This is not a quirk," says Carey. "This behavior is universal, progressive, and persistent. Now we have a model system where you can ask questions about the onset of this disabled period and whether you can postpone or compress it."


Entity inheritance is a way to take advantage of the object-relational mapping layer between the EOEntity objects and the table structure in the database to provide flexibility. This flexibility can also become a source of problems, so care must be taken when using this feature. There are many tricks available from the flexibility this feature provides.
There are three kinds of entity inheritance that represent different ways to map a table or tables to an entity or entities.
In single-table inheritance, a single table can be used for more than one entity. The most sure way to do this is to use a column, or a set of columns, that have ordinal values.
An example would be:
One can create two entities. In one entity, called "Cars", the external name would be "Sellables" and there would be a restricting qualifier saying that "objType = 1". For another entity, called "Planes", the external name would also be "Sellables" and there would be a restricting qualifier saying that "objType = 2".
When instances of the Cars or the Planes entity are created, one must make sure to set the objType attribute. It is often simplest to have custom EO classes for the entities that can handle the initiation reliably.


Hacked Rotary Phone Demonstrates How the Internet Works
Untangling the inner workings of the internet gets complicated fast, partly because the World Wide Web isn’t a single entity. Rather, it’s a vast network of networks in communication with one another. To demonstrate this complex process at work, a group of students from Copenhagen reduced it to something most people are familiar with: a rotary telephone.
As Co.Design reports, the Internet Phone looks like an old-fashioned telephone with a rotary dial, but students at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design have modified it to function like a web browser. To use it, callers dial the IP address of whichever website they wish to visit. When the call is answered, a voice reads the text aloud as it would appear on the webpage.
If a caller wants to hear the raw HTML, they can switch the phone to “developer” mode. There’s also an “article” option for skipping irrelevant content and a “history” mode for redialing the last five IP addresses that were called.
It may be hard to connect the act of calling a website on a rotary phone to opening a site on your smartphone, but the two aren’t that far apart. The students write in the project description:
“Each step in the user experience is comparable to the process that a browser takes when retrieving a website. Looking up the IP addresses in a phone book is similar to how a browser gets an IP address from DNS (Domain Name System) directories. Dialing the twelve digits and waiting for the phone to retrieve the HTML content mimic how a browser requests data from servers. The voice-to-speech reading of the website is comparable to how a browser translates HTML and CSS code into human understandable content.”
After watching the reinvented phone in action, check out these other practical uses for retro technology.


Fun, passion and discipline are the watchwords of Classics at Orwell Park.
Children start Latin in Year 6 and follow a three-year course to Common Entrance and Scholarship level. A series of modern course books is used, which lays emphasis on the acquisition of fluency in the reading of Latin without sacrificing any of the linguistic rigour traditionally associated with the subject.
Those in the scholarship form have the option of studying classical Greek also. Sound foundations are laid here, with an emphasis not just on reading and pronouncing the language correctly, but on writing in it as well.
Classics is an unrivalled medium for laying down solid linguistic foundations which will continue to benefit children in later years, quite apart from its many other spin-offs (for example, encouraging precision of thought, an analytical approach to problem-solving, and discrimination and accuracy in the use of words). Spin-offs aside, being able to read works seminal to European literature in their original tongues and through this window being able to gain an insight into what made the Romans and Greeks tick, is enormously rewarding per se. An interest in Classics, once aroused, is difficult to shake off, and there has been no shortage of pupils from Orwell Park who have gone on to continue their study of Classics to the highest levels.


Why do we care about art? Why and how do artworks move us? What, if anything, do artworks mean, and how do we know? This course takes up these and other questions relating to the philosophy of art and artworks. This course will look at the philosophical tradition of aesthetics, including Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel, up to the present day. We will also look at the role of aesthetic theories in case studies of art-world controversies.


Electrical Breakdown Studies of Partial Pressure Argon Under KHz Range Pulse Voltages
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Electronics operating in a partial vacuum may experience a gaseous breakdown when strong electric fields are present. The breakdown voltage for a gas decreases as the pressure decreases from atmospheric conditions and reaches a minimum. After this minimum breakdown voltage, it starts to increase as pressure further decreases for a given fixed electrode spacing. This idea was first expressed in the early 1900’s by Paschen Law. An increase in operating frequency can also cause a breakdown to occur at lower applied voltage levels. In this work, the breakdown characteristics for Argon are studied in partial vacuum from 0.1 Torr to 3 Torr. First, a dc analysis is performed for electrodes with point-plane and point-point geometries. A pressure sweep analysis is then performed for the same electrode geometries with a unipolar pulsed signal for fixed frequency in the range of 20-200 kHz with a fixed duty cycle of 50%. A frequency sweep is then performed for a range of fixed pressures from 0.1 Torr to 3 Torr. Lastly, a duty cycle sweep is performed from 10% to 90% for the same range of fixed pressures and frequencies. Data is captured during each gaseous breakdown event for analysis. The breakdown voltage characteristics are discussed as a function of the applied signal and environmental pressure.


We are always busy and active! Here is what we are focusing on right now!
Reading + Writing -building our stamina to become stronger readers, writers, and thinkers -writing stories that teach how to do something -writing by drawing pictures with details, labels, and words -finding ways to figure out new words -showing ways of thinking about and understanding a text -identify the author's message -write an opinion piece
Math -counting to 100 -skip counting by 5s and 10s -subtracting up to 20 -subtraction strategies -addition strategies -adding up to 20 -count back and count on using the number line
Science -exploring solids and liquids -what are solids? -what are liquids? -how can we make observations about solids and liquids?
Social Studies -learn about holidays around the world -practice telling directions -identify countries around the world -learn about Lunar New Year


Today, Google launched a new website that outlines all of its computer science education tools, content, and programs for K-12 through career opportunities.
From the website: “Computer science (CS) education is a pathway to innovation, to creativity and to exciting career opportunities. We believe that all students deserve these opportunities. That is why Google is committed to developing programs, resources, tools and community partnerships which make CS engaging and accessible for all students.”
Solving tomorrow’s challenges requires a technically skilled, innovative and diverse workforce.
Please share this link with your students and others: http://www.google.com/edu/cs.
Additionally, the CRA Education committee is currently developing videos targeted at undergraduates that will showcase areas of computing research. One video will feature two members of the Google Research division – Susanna Ricco, who works on computer vision and Mac Mason, who works on robotics. After production, the videos will be made available on the CRA-E and Conquer websites, so stay tuned.


hath delivered Daniel
6:27 hath delivered Daniel. A large basalt statue of a lion standing over a prone man was found on the palace grounds in Babylon in 1784, dating from the time of Darius’ reign there. However, the lion seemed not to be attacking the man, but protecting him. It has been suggested by some archaeologists that the statue was commissioned by Darius to commemorate Daniel’s deliverance in the lions’ den (note Daniel 6:26). The inscription originally on the statue had been hacked off, possibly by men who did not like its testimony.


Student or Learner
I will go to the bank today to ask about deposit accounts and their interest rate the accounts offer.
Could you please help me what is correct for the bold letters?
rate of interest.
I would like to thank you in advance for your help.
This account offers an interest rate of 2.5%.
This account offers a rate of interest of 2.5%.
This account offers 2.5% interest.
This account offers an interest of 2.5%.
This account offers interest of 2.5%
This account offers interest at 2.5%
This is a 2.5% interest account.
The accounts offer interest at varying rates.
The accounts offer varying rates of interest.
The accounts offer varying interest rates.
The accounts offer varying interests.
There's nothing wrong with using it like you describe (I've listed a whole load of options above that I think you could hear, and other people will probably think of more too). However, an interest is not always the same thing as an interest rate; it has many additional meanings as well, some of them relating to the business and financial sector too, and so I'd be tempted to avoid it in cases where confusion could be possible. I think "interest rates" would be the better option in the second half of both these sentences, for example:
"He took great interest in what was going on with interest."
"He had interests in several banks, and followed their interests closely".
Last edited by Tullia; 07-Sep-2010 at 16:51. Reason: fixed typo


Gynecologists provide important health services for girls and women. Find out more about when girls should start seeing a gynecologist and why this type of healthcare is an essential part of staying healthy as girls and women age.
When to Start Seeing a Gynecologist
Girls who are between 13 and 15 years old should begin seeing a gynecologist. Pelvic exams are not always done at this age, but gynecologists can discuss development and other reproductive health concerns with teenage girls at these appointments. Girls can also receive preventative care for reproductive issues, such as HPV vaccines. Keep in mind that it’s even more important for teenage girls to see a gynecologist if they have are experiencing any issues with menstruation or if they are sexually active.
Importance of Regular Gynecology Visits
As girls and women get older, regular gynecology visits are an important part of protecting their health. Depending on age and other factors, such as sexual activity, patients can discuss or receive birth control, undergo a physical exam and discuss any concerns they have about their period or possible reproductive health issues. Gynecologists can check for early signs of reproductive problems that require treatment, such as endometriosis, cervical cancer, sexually transmitted diseases and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
How Often to See a Gynecologist
Girls and women should have an annual gynecological exam done. These helps ensure that any reproductive health problems that they have are caught and treated early. Girls and women who are having problems with their period or experiencing other health symptoms should also see a gynecologist for a diagnosis and to discuss treatment options if needed.
Contact Antheia Gynecology today to schedule your next appointment.


Social Contribution through Business
American Public Schools Use KONAMI's Game for Physical Education Programs
- Dance Dance Revolution -
KONAMI music game "DanceDanceRevolution" (DDR) has been used in the physical education and health-related curriculums at elementary, junior high and high schools in the U.S. state of West Virginia since January 2006, as a tool for combating the problem of childhood obesity.
DDR encourages children to engage in fitness and fun by dancing to choreographed steps through beginner-friendly and interactive gameplay. Playing the game has provided children with an alternative means to exercise, which is a key factor in improving and maintaining a healthier lifestyle.
Additionally, studies have shown DDR, when used over long periods, also improves overall health and can reduce the risk of diabetes.
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Open borders : the science and ethics of immigration
Caplan, Bryan Douglas, 1971- author.
Open borders : the science and ethics of immigration / written by Bryan Caplan ; artwork by Zach Weinersmith ; color by Mary Cagle.
New York, NY : First Second, 2019.
248 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm
- Other contributors
Weinersmith, Zach, 1982- artist.
Cagle, Mary, colourist.
- Portion of title
Science and ethics of immigration
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248).
- Chapter 1. Global Apartheid
- Chapter 2. Trillion-dollar bills on the sidewalk
- Chapter 3. The native's burden?
- Chapter 4. Crimes against culture
- Chapter 5. The golden goose on trial
- Chapter 6. Keyhole solutions
- Chapter 7. All roads lead to open borders
- Chapter 8. Fantastic journeys ... and how to finish them.
"American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming more immigrants often cite humanitarian reasons, while those in favor of more restrictive laws argue the need to protect native citizens. But economist Bryan Caplan adds a new, compelling perspective to the immigration debate: He argues that opening all borders could eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and usher in a booming worldwide economy--greatly benefiting humanity. With a clear and conversational tone, exhaustive research, and vibrant illustrations by Zach Weinersmith, Open Borders makes the case for unrestricted immigration easy to follow and hard to deny"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject headings
Emigration and immigration--Moral and ethical aspects--Comic books, strips, etc.
Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects--Comic books, strips, etc.
Emigration and immigration--Government policy--Comic books, strips, etc.
Illegal aliens--United States--Comic books, strips, etc.
United States--Ethnic relations--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Genre heading
Comic books, strips, etc.
Comics (Graphic works)


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Definition of the noun Agromyza marginata
What does Agromyza marginata mean as a name of something?
Agromyza marginata is a species of Cerodontha, described by Loew in 1869.
- synonym: species Agromyza marginata
- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Insecta
- order: Diptera
- family: Agromyzidae
- genus: Cerodontha
- species: Cerodontha muscina
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By Kenneth Polonsky, MD
Since passage of the National Cancer Act of 1971, research has improved understanding of this often life-threatening disease, leading to better detection, treatment and supportive care. As a result, there are about 12 million cancer survivors in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society.
However, the battle is far from over. The American Cancer Society estimates that this year more than 1.6 million new cancer cases in the United States will be diagnosed and about 580,000 Americans will die from this disease. The sequester-related cutbacks have sliced into research, adding another hurdle to developing and testing innovative cancer therapies — decelerating decades of progress in finding cures.
But these headwinds must not stop our progress. Instead, we need to think more creatively than ever before about making the most of every research dollar to develop treatments and novel approaches to prevention and early detection.
At the University of Chicago, researchers have found inspiration in the complex interplay between the environment and our bodies. Breast cancer specialist Suzanne Conzen, MD, and psychologist Martha McClintock, PhD, developed powerful models to unravel the elusive link between stress and cancer. In response to stress, cellular signaling mediated by a hormone instructs tumor cells to grow in an aggressive form of breast cancer. Disrupting this signal increases the sensitivity of the tumor cells to cancer therapy, holding promise for new breast cancer treatments now under investigation at UChicago.
Read more of my post on cancer here. It also appeared in the Chicago Tribune today.
Kenneth Polonsky, MD, is Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, Dean of the Division of the Biological Sciences and Dean of the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.


The Great Lakes provide the largest source of fresh surface water in the world as well as food, work, and weekend fun for tens of millions of people. Yet they are under threat as never before, and it’s only getting worse. In an age when dire problems like the Flint water crisis and the California drought bring ever more attention to the indispensability of safe, clean, easily available freshwater, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Dan Egan has written an urgent and powerful wake-up call, and makes a clear and convincing case for how our problems can be fixed. In the grand tradition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, Egan’s The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is a master reporter’s landmark work that takes readers through the science, politics, history, and economics of the lakes, revealing an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
5:30 p.m. public reception • 7 p.m. lecture | St. Paul Student Center