Origin of quiescent
Related formsqui·es·cent·ly, adverbqui·es·cence, qui·es·cen·cy, noun
Can be confusedquiescent quiet
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Rapture was self-transcending, which led to quiescence, tranquility, and catharsis.
During that period, there were long pauses and periods of quiescence that could lead one to believe that the revolt had subsided.
Every limb was at rest, every nerve seemed lulled into quiescence.The Golden Web|Anthony Partridge
Now came another period of quiescence in the war, but a period radically different in temper from the first.Greener Than You Think|Ward Moore
The cycle ends in a condition of quiescence, or of such action as tends only to preserve the status quo.The Analysis of Mind|Bertrand Russell
Taking the line of quiescence as a level of development, it follows that the level has become higher.
The diagram is made up of curves that fall upon the line of quiescence; unity of curve is lacking, hence unity of effort.


The Galapagos giant tortoise is the largest living species of tortoise. Almost every island in the Galapagos has it's own species. The oldest Giant Tortoise on record lived 152 years. They can grow to over 5 feet in length and weigh more than 500 pounds. Temperature determines the whether a hatchling will be a male or female. Hot seasons produce males, while cooler seasons seasons produce females.


8. Cleoserrata H. H. Iltis, Novon. 17: 447. 2007.
[Genus Cleome and serrata, serrate, alluding to leaflet margins] [Genus Cleome and serrata, serrate, alluding to leaflet margins]
Gordon C. Tucker
Herbs, annual [perennial]. Stems unbranched or sparsely [profusely] branched ; glabrous or glandular-pubescent. Leaves: stipules absent; petiole with pulvinus basally or distally, (petiolule base adnate, forming pulvinar disc; leaflets 3 or 5-9. Inflorescences terminal or axillary (from distal leaves), racemes (flat-topped or elongated); bracts present. Flowers (often appearing unisexual due to incomplete development), zygomorphic; sepals persistent or deciduous, distinct, equal (each often subtending a nectary); petals equal; stamens 6; filaments inserted on a discoid or conical androgynophore, usually glabrous; anthers coiling as pollen is released; gynophore recurved in fruit. Fruits capsules, dehiscent, oblong. Seeds 10-30+, subglobose [reniform], not arillate, (cleft fused between ends). x = 12.
Segregation of Cleoserrata from Tarenaya is based on the absence of prickles on the minutely serrulate leaf, the x = 12 chromosomal complement, and molecular evidence suggesting a more basal clade than that of Tarenaya (L. A. Inda et al. 2008).
Species 5 (2 in the flora): introduced; Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.


What we do
UNICEF is the leading voice in promoting and protecting children’s rights in Albania
UNICEF Albania supports government reforms, civil society initiatives and research that help all children to enjoy their human rights. As Albania seeks integration with the European community, we want to make sure that no child is left behind, and that development takes place with equity. In our work, we help government and our partners to focus on children from the most vulnerable and marginalized groups.
Albania is a State Party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols. UNICEF assists government and development partners to understand the obligations arising from the ratification of these treaties and to translate these into national legislation, policy and programs. We work to make laws work for children.
Social norms and values determine whether all children can develop to their full potential, and whether all children are adequately protected and supported. UNICEF engages in policy dialogue, the sharing of knowledge and public campaigns and provides technical assistance to influence positive social change.
It is our aim that the children’s best interest is always considered first in all decisions affecting social policy, and that the weakest and most vulnerable children receive special attention.
We promote sustainable and equitable development, social inclusion aligned with international standards and fulfilment of international obligations to support Albania’s integration into the EU.


Students are sure to love the colourful, factual and humourous nature of this book. Beginning with a game of hot potato examining food miles, and moving through gardening situations throughout the world before ending at practical planning to create your own green space, this book is a treasury of must-knows and did-you-knows of growing your own food. Students and teachers will find a multitude of useful information and reasons to garden from reducing eco-footprints to eating tastier food to getting great physical exercise!
This is a gem of a resource for any teacher in an urban or suburban area. This book could complement a variety of classroom units of study, be a springboard for a school gardening club or eco group, or help to examine the different ways humans interact with their environments. It is a great non-fiction reference to support teaching in Science and Technology as well as Social Studies curriculum areas. Sections on the food chain, producers and consumers, global warming, renewable resources, the water cycle and the role of plants in our environment are all excellent. There are also wonderful sections about human geography and the unequal global and local distribution of wealth, as well as the historical trend of moving to cities after the industrial revolution and the governmental push to have private gardens during both World Wars.
[Review by Amanda Forbes.]


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Schizophrenia disorder is a chronic mental illness that interferes with social behaviour, thinking ability and connection with reality. Symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations, disorganized thinking, delusions, movement disorders, false beliefs, reduced speaking. Several factors can cause schizophrenia such as genetic factors, environment, substance abuse and different brain chemistry. The treatment of schizophrenia focuses on eliminating symptoms by antipsychotic medications, psychosocial treatment, rehabilitation programme.
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Jerusalem (ENInews). The Dead Sea Scrolls, which include the world’s oldest known biblical manuscripts, are now available online through a cooperative effort between the Israel Museum, where they are housed, and Google.
The Dead Seas Scrolls Digital Project, launched on 26 September, will allow users to examine the Second Temple-era manuscripts at an unprecedented level of detail, the museum said in a press release.
According to the release, five Dead Sea Scrolls have been digitized so far, including the Great Isaiah Scroll, the Community Rule Scroll, the Commentary on Habakkuk Scroll, the Temple Scroll, and the War Scroll. Search queries using Google send users directly to the online versions.
Details invisible to the naked eye are made visible through ultrahigh-resolution digital photography, resulting in images with almost two hundred times the resolution of a standard photo. Special ultraviolet-protected flash tubes minimized damage to the fragile manuscripts. In addition, the Great Isaiah Scroll may be searched by column, chapter, and verse, and is accompanied by an English translation tool and by an option for users to submit translations of verses in their own languages.
“The Dead Sea Scrolls Project with the Israel Museum enriches and preserves an important part of world heritage by making it accessible to all on the internet,” said Professor Yossi Matias, managing director of Google’s research and development center in Israel. “Having been involved in similar projects in the past…we have seen how people around the world can enhance their knowledge and understanding of key historical events by accessing documents and collections online.”


Independent, 3 June 2015:
A 10 year research programme to make green energy cheaper could be achieved tomorrow if the fossil fuel industry paid the full costs of their product (The heat is on, 2 June). The solution lies in the letter to the UN from the CEO’s of six major oil and gas companies asking to cooperate on fixing a price for carbon (Energy firms ask UN for help on carbon pricing, 1 June). Although the letter conspicuously fails to suggest the level at which carbon should be priced, this can be calculated from the costs that are paid by society to manage the health and environmental costs of CO2 emissions, recently estimated by the IMF to be 5.3 trillion dollars annually.
8.7 billion tonnes of carbon are burnt annually which gives a price of approximately $600 per tonne of carbon, or $166 per tonne of CO2. If a carbon tax were set at this level it would massively increase government revenue, halve the 1.6 million deaths that occur each year as a result of air pollution, decrease carbon emissions by 20% and render subsidies for the renewable sector unnecessary.This won’t happen overnight, but Governments should start at a $200 per tonne of carbon and increase by $50 per annum until a figure of $600 is reached at which point the world’s energy problems will have been largely solved.
Dr Robin Russell-Jones
Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire


6 Weeks course on CLOUD COMPUTING from DUCAT help students to explore best market standard trends of CLOUD COMPUTING. Training will make students learn how to abstract useful information extracted in cloud structure and how CLOUD COMPUTING helps people all around world to access data without installation and download. Project implementation and enhanced theory of these concepts will help students understand all these aspects of CLOUD COMPUTING. CLOUD COMPUTING is a revolutionary technology which has made a strong impact in past few decades in IT sectors. It has paved a new way to increase the capability of your network without creating a new infrastructure. This can be done by its pay per use service. Bigger brands of IT like AMAZON, SUN and IBM are using CLOUD COMPUTING technology offering storage and virtual storage on demand. Some service providers also use it in the form of virtual datacenters and elastic servers on demand.Memory, I/O, storage and computational capacity work together with the help of LIQUID Q'S virtual resource pool available over network. Managed service Providers provide managed services through CLOUD COMPUTING. This includes virus scanning or application monitoring .Desktop management service and cloud based anti spam service is also a part of these services.
Ducat provides the best available programs which helps in enhancing the technical skills which seems to be beneficial for all the applicants.


"This is not an ordinary cat."
Translation:Ini bukan kucing biasa.
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In general, 'bukan' is used to negate a noun (or wordgroups).
'tidak' is used to negate an entire sentence or to negate a predicate when the predicate is a verb/adjective/numeral phrase.
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- For other uses, see Bismarck.
In September 2155, Bismarck was part of a six-ship task-force led by the imperial flagship USS Defiant, to recover Empress Hoshi Sato from an anti-Terran rebel stronghold. The task force found Sato on Aldus Prime. The Vulcan, Orion and Tellarite rebel forces outnumbered the task force nearly three to one, and a battle ensued. ISS Dauntless reported the destruction of Bismarck within the first minute of the battle. (ENT - Mirror Universe novel: Age of the Empress)
|ships named Bismarck|
|Federation, Starfleet||USS Bismark (NCC-1704, Constitution-class) • USS Bismarck (Defender-class) • USS Bismarck (NCC-3225, Proxima-class) • USS Bismarck (24th century) • USS Bismarck (Excelsior-class) • USS Bismarck (Sovereign-class)|
|Terran Empire, Starfleet||ISS Bismarck (NX-class)|


Antihelmintic resistance as an environmental issue
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Anthelmintic resistance (AR) represents the reduced sensitivity of parasites to substances used for the treatment of parasitosis of animals, ie, the possibility of their survival, to the recommended doses of used antiparasitics used for certain types of parasites. The appearance of this undesirable characteristic occurs as a consequence of inadequate use of antiparasitics during the treatment of diseased animals as well as the need for better economic results in modern livestock production. Available data indicate that AR has been recorded in many countries, and preliminary studies show that it is also present in our country. Pasture farming allows the spread of AR in nature and adverse effects on wildlife.
Keywords:anthelmintic resistance, nature, wild animal
Source:XXV International ECO-Conference: XIV Environmental protection of urban and suburban settlements, 22th–24th September, Novi Sad, Serbia, 09-2021, 328-335
- ECOLOGICAL MOVEMENT OF NOVI SAD


(also archosaurus /ˌärkəˈsôrəs/)
nounZoology & Paleontology
A reptile of a large group that includes the dinosaurs and pterosaurs, represented today only by the crocodilians.
- Other archosaurs included the pterosaurs, relatives of dinosaurs but not true dinosaurs.
- At the same time, the broad, dry plains of equatorial Pangea provided a proving ground for a strange new group of lightweight, but large-bodied, archosaurs - the dinosaurs.
- The archosaur skull includes two new fenestra (skull openings).
- Example sentences
- The hot dry Pangean deserts of the Triassic would witness the competition between the synapsid proto-mammals that had dominated the land uptil now, and the newly emerged archosaurian reptiles (thecodonts).
- It is interesting that as the archosaurian reptiles were becoming larger, the cynodonts became smaller, perhaps nocturnal.
- The first vertebrates to evolve true flight were the pterosaurs, flying archosaurian reptiles.
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About this book
Vortex formation has received much attention over the past few years. Vortices occur in nature wherever propulsive flow exists; from erupting volcanoes to the ones generated by squid and jellyfish to propel them. There has been particular interest in the wide variety of vortices that develop in the cardiovascular system, particularly in the cardiac chambers and in large arteries. These vortices play fundamental roles in the normal physiology and provide proper balance between blood motion and stresses on the surrounding tissues. In contrast, formation of unnatural vortices may alter the momentum transfer in the blood flow and increase energy dissipation. Vortex Formation in the Cardiovascular System reviews the current knowledge of vortex formation, from the basic physics to cardiac physiology. There is a particular focus on the formation of vortices at different locations inside the heart, the effect of cardiac devices and surgery on vortex formation, fluid dynamics of the artificial heart valves and ventricular assist devices. The Authors have translated physical, mathematical and engineering concepts related to vortex formation into a clinical perspective with the objective to advance cardiovascular patient care. This book therefore represents a comprehensive and valuable resource for those involved in the field of cardiology and cardiovascular physiology, cardiovascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists, medical bioengineers and researchers in fluid mechanics.


t’s a story that happens all too often. Angie Kennard’s father had met someone on a dating website, and the woman quickly began pouring her heart out to the 79-year-old despite never meeting him in person. During the exchanges, the woman started requesting money to support her and her daughter, and that “support” blossomed into $700,000 over the course of a couple years.
While most scams may not be as severe this one, the act of scamming elderly people is a massive problem in the United States. Scams that start on the Internet are becoming more and more frequent among this population, too, especially as Internet-savvy folks start to age.
Before we get into how to prevent these scams, let’s discuss how and why seniors get scammed as well as how frequently it happens.
Seniors Getting Scammed, by the Numbers
Scammers do not discriminate when it comes to who they try and get money out of: rich, poor, black, white, 65 and healthy, 85 and ailing. They’ll try and take money from anyone.
The American Journal of Public Health estimates that about 5 percent of the elderly population (which equates to around two to three million people) suffer from some sort of scam every year. “What’s worse, it’s very likely an underestimate,” said David Brune, a professor at the University of Toronto. This is most likely because it’s expected that a large percentage of Internet scams go unreported.
Scamming the elderly is a multi-billion dollar business for people around the U.S. that drains the elderly of their retirement funds and government benefits. The Orlando Sentinel (using a Department of Justice report) points out that elderly people lose out on about $3 billion to scammers every year.
Less conservative estimates project that seniors lose up to $36 billion every year. The Sentinel also reported (based on Federal Trade Commission report) that the median amount that someone over 80 lost was over $1,000 and the median amount someone between 70 and 79 lost was over $600.


- Used other than as an idiom. not out; in.
- (cricket, of a batsman at the end of an innings) not dismissed and having not retired.
(cricket): This occurs either when all other batsmen have been dismissed or when the innings ends either through declaration or (in limited-overs cricket) when the total number of overs in the innings have been bowled. When used of a batsman during an innings (e.g. following an appeal or at the end of a session or day's play) the meaning is literal - they have not been given out.


Since the invention of cinema in the 19th century, motion pictures have transported people across the world into different times and places. As soon as the invention found its footing, people began to come together to see films. As movies started to get bigger with longer run times, the advent of sound and everything in between, modern day movie theaters were formed.
Small rooms that housed inventions like the vitascope became popular and eventually, nickelodeons, where folks could see movies for a nickel, were all the rage. With the advent of Hollywood and the studio system, lavish movie houses were constructed. By the 1930s you could get snacks and other concessions with your film, and by the 1950’s drive-ins were super popular. Now we have 4D flicks and dine-in experiences. Throughout the years, cinema and movie theaters have come quite a long way.
1. 1890: Magic latern shows
The earliest movies were nothing like the ones that we go to now. In fact, they were first called magic lantern shows. People would flock into small rooms, pay a few cents and watch moving pictures through slides using machines like The Praxinoscope. Now, we attend movies with our family and friends, but in the beginning, before there were any storylines and certainly before there was sound, this was how people first went to the movies.
Next: The first theater


The Holocaust was a tragedy of the greatest proportion. Our minds can't even begin to relate to the number 6,000,000... And your question is right on target; logically, no faith or tradition can survive such a tragedy. There is no way to rebuild after such destruction.
But the Jew is different. His faith does not depend on things making sense. His belief does not come and go, for it doesn't rely on circumstances or external factors. It is built-in. It's inherently there. A Jew believes.
A Jew realizes that there is much in the world that we do not understand -- mortal creations cannot expect to grasp the ways of their infinite Creator.
A Jew never despairs. He know that unlike the ancient Romans, Greeks, Persians, and the not-so-ancient Nazis -- he is still around to tell the story. He was promised by G‑d that he will always be around. And it is this oath that he holds on to when the times get tough and he is faced with trials and tribulations.
A Jew has faith. He knows that it is often darkest before dawn. He believes that any day the world will one again be filled with light. His nation will be redeemed and return to their homeland in an era of peace, unity, and revelation of G‑dliness. Click here to read all about this anticipated era.
The above only touches on this delicate topic. Click here for a selection of stories and essays about the Holocaust.
Rabbi Yisroel Cotlar


From its founding in 1915, AAC&U has focused on advancing and strengthening liberal education for all college students, regardless of their intended careers. While the term is used in multiple ways, AAC&U sees liberal education as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge and transferable skills, and a strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement. Characterized by challenging encounters with important issues, and more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study, a liberal education can be achieved at all types of colleges and universities. All AAC&U projects, publications, meetings, and resources reflect this broad understanding of liberal education and a vision of excellence that includes a practical and engaged liberal education for all students. AAC&U works with faculty and campus leaders to make excellence in liberal education an equal opportunity commitment—to every student and to our diverse democracy. For more information on the meanings of liberal education, read What is Liberal Education?


Parental emotions and behaviors that contribute to continuity and change in preschool children's externalizing problems were examined. Mothers and fathers were observed interacting with their children, and child-rearing styles were reported. Teachers, mothers, and children reported children's antisocial, oppositional behavior. Externalizing problems showed strong continuity 2 and 4 years later. Proactive parenting (i.e., supportive presence, clear instruction, and limit setting) predicted fewer behavior problems over time, after controlling for initial problems; the converse was true for parental anger. In contrast, the hypothesized ameliorative contribution of parents' positive emotion was not found. Parental contributions were most influential for children whose initial problems were in the clinical range. In particular, parental anger predicted continuation of problems over time. Paternal, as well as maternal, influences were identified. Examination of parental emotions and inclusion of fathers is important to research and intervention with young antisocial children.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health


Summary and Analysis
Part I: Chapter 4
The first mention of anything associated with the carnival comes from old Mr. Crosetti, the barber, who smells the odor of cotton candy as he closes up his shop for the night. The aroma causes him to cry, recalling a time when, as a lad, he used to enjoy the sticky sweetness of cotton candy himself. We sense that Mr. Crosetti, for years, has not stopped to do such things in life as thinking and smelling and enjoying. This knowledge coming so late in life, indeed, makes him weep.
Bradbury uses the barber here to embody one of the major problems of humanity, according to Bradbury; that is, our inability not only to accept life as it exists, but also to find pleasure in it. Mr. Crosetti's realization that he has allowed a great deal of the good things in life go by unnoticed will prove to be a point of vulnerability, a weakness in him when the carnival finally sets up its tents.


Planetary health describes both the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems including political, economic, social and environmental systems1.. The SHE Moscow statement from 2019 has identified that environment, climate and health are closely intertwined, and cannot be considered in isolation, but rather have common goals and fields of action2. By focusing on planetary health – schools can be role models and leaders in shaping a healthy and sustainable future for students.
Greta Thunberg is an example of a very direct school striker with a clear message about the importance of Planetary health.
1. Horton, R. and Lo. S (2015), Planetary health: a new science for exceptional action, The Lancet, Volume 386, Issue 10007, Pages 1921-1922, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61038-8.
2. Dadaczynski, K., Jensen, B.B. Grieg Viig, N., Sormunen, M., von Seelen, J., Kuchma, V., Vilaça, M.T. on behalf of the conference participants (2019). Health, well-being and education: building a sustainable future. The Moscow Statement on Health Promoting Schools. Online available at: https://www.schoolsforhealth.org/resources/conference-statements/moscowstatement


School Success Task Force (SSTF)
On May 30, 2009, the Senate and the House adopted HJR 5 that creates the School Success Task Force to examine issues and make recommendations related to current State Board of Education policies regarding suspensions, expulsions, and truancies including without limitation the following:
- Studying how current State Board policies impact student’s statewide;
- Studying how school districts create, interpret, and administer their own disciplinary policies;
- Hearing testimony from school officials, parents, students, and community-based providers on the effects of suspension and expulsion policies; and
- Studying annual reports on the number of children who enroll in school after being suspended and expelled, by age, race, and education level.
The Task Force is charged with:
- Identifying different strategies and approaches to help educators work effectively with the families of students of color;
- Promote professional development and other learning opportunities that will equip school personnel with the skills and knowledge necessary to reduce factors that often contribute to suspensions, expulsions, and truancies;
- Support community-based organizations and parents in their ongoing efforts to encourage youths to adopt and practice positive social behaviors that will all them to be successful in school and in their communities; and
- Holding public hearings in every legislative district it deems necessary and report its findings to the General Assembly.
HJR 7 of the 97th General Assembly has been introduced to extend the Task Force into the 97th General Assembly and the reporting date to December 31, 2011.


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Grouped Numerical Frequency Distributions -- Determining the Lower and Upper Limits: Fifth in a Series
Learners follow steps to establish the lower and upper limits in a spreadsheet.


Our Library is proud to host a Seed Lending Library! What is it? A Seed Lending Library is a source of seed you can check out for free, grow in your garden, and then return more seed than you took. This not only makes the seed library self-sustaining, but most importantly the plants will adapt to the environment – in this case – the Wet Mountain Valley. By saving seed, you will begin to adapt plants to our extreme climate.
The seed library is categorized by ease of saving seeds. We recommend starting with seeds labeled “Easy.” Below is a link to a 9 minute online video, produced by Richmond Grows, which will instruct you on how to use our seed library. It is based on an honor system with just one form to fill out. There are several copies of seed books to check out from the library to help you learn how to return “true” seed. There is also educational information in a binder you can copy to take home.
Seed libraries are a proactive response to the staggering loss of seed diversity worldwide. Historically, amateur gardeners and farmers have developed the food diversity we have enjoyed for decades simply by selecting the best for seed and eating the rest. It’s fun, it’s economical, and the best part is that you will become part of the Valley’s long and productive history of food growing.
SeedBroadcast Blog Article and Audio Interview with Library Director Amy Moulton – June 2014
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE WEBSITES FOR MORE INFORMATION!
“HOW TO USE LIBRARY” Video Orientation: www.richmondgrows.org


Robert Bruce’s Bones: reputations, politics and identities in nineteenth-century Scotland
Penman, Michael A.
International Review of Scottish Studies, 34 (2009)
In a recent survey of public opinion in Scotland, the figure of Robert Bruce, king of Scots (1306-29), was ranked third, with 12% of the vote, in a list of ‘most important Scots.’ Bruce thus posted, arguably quite predictably, behind, first, with 36%, William Wallace (c.1270-1305), the ‘people’s Champion’ of the Wars of Independence, and second, with 16%, bard and radical icon Robert Burns (1759-96). At first glance, these results chime in neatly with some of the political and media reaction to such surveys, often from Conservative quarters, which laments the apparent preference of the Scottish national character for romantic failures and lads o’ pairts with a democratic tinge (and preferably a dramatic early death) over and above any successful, authoritarian or upper-class role models of perhaps questionable political integrity.
Such a collective reticence about Bruce or his type seems, too, to be echoed backwards in time: for example, in the public’s reluctance to subscribe to various campaigns in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to fund physical memorials to Bruce, efforts discussed in detail below. In the same period, the prose and verse fiction, drama and visual art which revisited the Wars of Independence almost always cast Bruce in the shadow of Wallace, often strikingly as a waverer (who as earl of Carrick in fact changed sides on at least five occasions during the Wars of Independence) and who had to be persuaded to the true patriotic cause by the words, deeds and sacrifice of the lesser hero knight.


does a triangle with sides 6, 8, 10 have to be a right triangle(or can it be obtuse or acute)?
This is the well known example of the 3-4-5 right angled triangle (each side is just twice 3, 4 and 5 respectively). So, yes, it must be a right angled triangle.
You can check using Pythagoras theorem: 6^2 + 8^2 → 36 + 64 → 100 and 10^2 → 100
i.e. The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the two adjacent sides (only true for right angled triangles).


Megann Sauer, M.D.
The need for a bib and a little more cuddling with your baby may mean that he/she has some little chompers coming in. Commonly referred to as “cutting teeth,” babies typically begin teething by the time they reach 6 months of age, although this can vary. They usually have a full mouth of baby teeth around age 2½.
The two bottom front teeth (lower central incisors) are usually the first to come in, followed soon after by the two top front teeth (upper central incisors). The rest will follow as your baby ages.
Some parents say that teething can cause diarrhea and fever, but many researchers have refuted that claim. Here are some signs to help you identify when your baby is teething:
As new teeth emerge from the gum line, your baby is going to have tender gums and may fuss. Help alleviate pain by doing the following:
It’s also important to keep your baby’s chin dry from drool, as it may cause soreness and chafing. Use a bib or towel to wipe it dry, and use some scent-free moisturizer if the skin becomes chapped.
Keep your baby’s mouth clean from the get-go by rubbing a damp, clean washcloth over the gums daily as this may help keep bacteria at bay.
When the first teeth emerge, switch to a small, soft toothbrush. Until your baby learns to spit, apply a small smear of fluoride toothpaste about the size of a grain of rice. You should also start thinking about scheduling regular check-ups with your dentist; at least one visit should be scheduled before the first birthday.


Improving the health of all Americans requires broadening our view beyond medical care. Our chances of becoming sick and dying early are greatly influenced by powerful social factors including income and education.
Facts and Figures
Child care services are costly for families:
- In every region of the United States, the average infant care costs exceed average family food costs.
- In every state, the cost of child care for two children is comparable to the average monthly mortgage payment.
- In 2008, the annual cost for center-based infant care ranged from $4,500 to $14,600 across the United States; the annual cost of center-based care for a 4-year-old ranged from $3,400 to $10,800.
- Low-income families devote 15% of their income to child care services, while higher-income families spend 7% of their income.
Oversight and quality standards for child-care centers and providers are insufficient for ensuring the safety, health and well-being of children in care:
- Twenty-four states do not regulate family child-care providers who care for three or fewer children.
- Only thirty-two states explicitly forbid smoking within child-care facilities.
Child-care workers and early childhood educators are often inadequately trained and poorly compensated:
- Eleven states lack a minimum education requirement—not even a high-school diploma—for teachers in centers, and 15 states require less than two years of training for child-care center directors.


magnificationArticle Free Pass
magnification, in optics, the size of an image relative to the size of the object creating it. Linear (sometimes called lateral or transverse) magnification refers to the ratio of image length to object length measured in planes that are perpendicular to the optical axis. A negative value of linear magnification denotes an inverted image. Longitudinal magnification denotes the factor by which an image increases in size, as measured along the optical axis. Angular magnification is equal to the ratio of the tangents of the angles subtended by an object and its image when measured from a given point in the instrument, as with magnifiers and binoculars.
There is no theoretical limit to the amount of magnification possible in an optical system, but practical magnification is limited by the system’s resolving power—i.e., its ability to form distinguishable images of objects separated by small angular distances. A unit of magnification commonly used in microscopes and telescopes is the diameter, the magnification in diameters being equal to the number of times the linear dimensions of the object are increased.
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A numeral system originating using the letters of the ancient Hebrews. There was no notation for zero, and the numeric values for individual letters was added together. Due to difficulty in transcribing hebrew letters, the names are used in this table. The page at http://www.inner.org/gematria/gemchart.htm has a picture of the letters and a alternate way of writing the letter names, or see the entry for the Hebrew alphabet. The last five letters are actually 'sofeet' forms of the hebrew letters. (there are only 22 hebrew letters, but 27 entries in the table) The sofeet form of a hebrew letter is the alternate form used when that letter is the last letter in a word.
This conversion rule for words into numbers is used in a form of hebrew mysticism called Gematria.


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Head trauma is fairly common in chickens, occurring in multiple presentations and severity, from mild to life-threatening. Head injuries may be outwardly apparent by the presence of hemorrhaging, loss of tissue, and in many incidences, complete exposure of the brain. In other cases, birds may not show any external evidence of a head injury, but will present with a wide range of temporary to permanent clinical signs of neurological impairment. The later case is most commonly seen in crested-head chicken breeds (such as the Silkie, Polish, Crevecoeur, etc.) that possess a vaulted skull (an open void or hole on the top portion of the skull). This makes these chicks, highly susceptible to brain trauma, as there is nothing more than skin and feathers protecting the brain tissue. Sometimes all it takes is one hard peck the head by a flock member or accidentally bumping their head in the right way. Any trauma to the brain can cause neurological signs and/or sudden death. As chicks grow, sometimes the voided area will eventually seal itself shut or at least reduce in size.


Research published this week has found one of the strongest genetic links to obesity, with carriers having a 35 per cent increased risk of developing obesity.
The US-based researchers found the genetic variant in Samoan populations, where they have been studying the high rate of obesity. About 45 per cent of the Samoan groups examined carried the gene, which as well as increasing the risk of obesity, also seemed to offer some protection against type 2 diabetes.
The Science Media Centre gathered reaction from local experts.
The findings were covered by New Zealand media, including:
TVNZ: Researchers find rare gene in Samoa linked to risk of obesity
Radio NZ: Gene linked to obesity found in half of Samoans
Stuff.co.nz: Gene thought to partly explain high rates of obesity among Samoans
Newshub: Gene linked to Samoa’s obesity epidemic
NZ Herald: Samoan obesity’s gene link
Newshub: Samoa’s ‘obesity gene’ isn’t the only problem
TVNZ: Samoan bootcampers determined not to be beaten by genetics


Land cover data indicates the physical land type, helping to understand the current landscape of an area. The map of the Nordic Region shows its land cover in 2012, based on data from the European Environment Agency (Corine 2012 raster database). Each of the ten colour indicates one main type of land cover, e.g. agricultural area in orange and urban/artificial surfaces in red.
A large portion of the Nordic territory is covered by coniferous forest (dark green colour), especially Finland, Åland, Sweden and south-eastern Norway. However, the main type of land cover is different in other parts of the Nordic Region. Denmark is dominated by agricultural land, Iceland and Norway by open land with little vegetation, the Faroe Islands by scrub and herbaceous vegetation and Greenland by glaciers.”


Selah Merrill, appointed as an archeologist for the American Palestine Exploration Society, sailed from New York to Beirut in 1875 for a two year expedition into the wild lands of Palestine. Befriending the local Arab tribes, Merrill and his team were given unparallel access to the Jordan valley. Beginning with their inauspicious arrival in a cholera stricken Beirut, where all the hotels were closed and only wild dogs roamed, and ending with Merrill living amongst the Arabs in the desert and documenting their way of life, this book is a fascinating page-turner from start to finish.
- Detailed survey of nineteenth century Palestinian society
- Numerous illustrations and pictures
- All Scripture references are linked directly to the Bibles in your Logos Library
Praise for the Print Edition
Dr. Merrill has shown unusual tact and skill in dealing with the Arab tribes and peoples, on the generous and manly principles of confidence, charity, and humanity, and has thus been able to give us quite vivid illustrations of their manners and customs.
- Title: East of the Jordan: A Record of Travel and Observation in Moab, Gilead, and Bashan
- Author: Selah Merrill
- Publisher: Richard Bentley
- Publication Date: 1881
- Pages: 588
About Selah Merrill
Selah Merrill (1837–1909) was born at Canto Centre, Connecticut, and graduated from New Haven Theological Seminary in 1863.


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The agricultural industry faces a considerable challenge in meeting increasing demand for food and alternative fuels, particularly because of the combined pressure to reduce environmental impact and adapt to climatic change. Maintaining resilient soils is central to meeting these challenges.
The nutrient content of solid manures and slurries can vary considerably from the typical values presented in Defra's Fertiliser Manual (RB209), published in 2010. Given this variability and the increasing cost of manufactured fertiliser it is worthwhile analysing nutrient content of solid manures and slurries.


2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS CoV- 2), also known as COVID-19: What You Need To Know
What is the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS CoV- 2) or COVID-19?
2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS CoV- 2), also known as COVID-19 is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person. Amid the rising spread of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the virus outbreak a public health emergency or pandemic.
What are the symptoms?
The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, tiredness and dry cough. Some patients may have reported having aches and pains, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea. These symptoms are usually mild and begin gradually.
Additionally, some people become infected but don't develop any symptoms or feel unwell. It is estimated that most people (about 80%) recover from the disease without needing special treatment. About 1 in 6 people become seriously ill and develop difficulty breathing.
Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like high blood pressure, heart problems or diabetes, are more likely to develop serious illness. People with fever, cough and difficulty breathing call your healthcare professional to seek medical attention immediately.
How does it spread?
COVID-19 can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth when a person with COVID-19 coughs, sneezes or exhales. These droplets land on objects and surfaces around the person. Other people then catch COVID-19 by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose or mouth or by breathing in droplets from a person with COVID-19. That’s why it is important to practice social distancing and stay three to six feet (1-2 meters) away from a person who is or may be sick.
Learn more from the World Health Organization (WHO).


The attested Proto-Indo-European root-words directly linked to pulse crops are further testimony that Proto-Indo-European society was well-acquainted with agriculture (47), and was not predominantly nomadic and pastoral, as initially thought by the proposers of the Kurgan hypothesis (48).
PLoS ONE 7(9): e44512. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044512
Origin of the Words Denoting Some of the Most Ancient Old World Pulse Crops and Their Diversity in Modern European Languages
This preliminary research was aimed at finding the roots in various Eurasian proto-languages directly related to pulses and giving the words denoting the same in modern European languages. Six Proto-Indo-European roots were indentified, namely arnk(')- (‘a leguminous plant’), *bhabh- (‘field bean’), * (‘a kernel of leguminous plant’, ‘pea’), ghArs- (‘a leguminous plant’), *kek- (‘pea’) and *lent- (‘lentil’). No Proto-Uralic root was attested save hypothetically *kaca (‘pea’), while there were two Proto-Altaic roots, *bukrV (‘pea’) and *(‘lentil’). The Proto-Caucasianx root * denoted pea, while another one, *howl(a)(‘bean’, ‘lentil’) and the Proto-Basque root *ilha-r (‘pea’, ‘bean’, ‘vetch’) could have a common Proto-Sino-Caucasian ancestor, *hVwlV (‘bean’) within the hypothetic Dene-Caucasian language superfamily. The Modern Maltese preserved the memory of two Proto-Semitic roots, *'adas- (‘lentil’) and *pul- (‘field bean’). The presented results prove that the most ancient Eurasian pulse crops were well-known and extensively cultivated by the ancestors of all modern European nations. The attested lexicological continuum witnesses the existence of a millennia-long links between the peoples of Eurasia to their mutual benefit. This research is meant to encourage interdisciplinary concerted actions between plant scientists dealing with crop evolution and biodiversity, archaeobotanists and language historians.


- an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
Origin of hemostat
First recorded in 1895–1900; shortened form of hemostatic
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
- An agent, such as a chemical, that stops bleeding.
- An instrument for arresting hemorrhage by compression of the bleeding vessel.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.


PUPILS are nurturing new pond-life to release into the river near their school.
Nine children from Gainford C of E Primary School, in County Durham, are looking after 24 tiny brown trout, in partnership with Sarah Cox, from the Tees River Trust, and Dave Bamford, from the Ure River Trust.
The fish have already doubled in size since arriving at the school in early March.
Each day, the youngsters feed them, check the ammonia level in the specialist fish tank and change the water when required.
Howard Blindt, headteacher, said: “We are trying to help the children to get more knowledge about the River Tees, which is just down the road from the school.
“It is a bit more technical than looking after goldfish but the children are very interested and love to help and watch the fish.
“Hopefully it will succeed in helping them to understand, when they go for a walk down by the river, what lives in there.”
The children, from years two, three and four, will continue looking after the trout, with help from school staff, until the fish are developed and mature enough to release into the river.


Week 5 Time (Please label any worksheets week 5 and add to your folder).
This week’s maths activities will be mostly practical (As most things are in Reception).
I have attached a clock template which you could print off to use whilst playing games, or highlighting the time of the day.
Song/video: Times of the day
Day 1: Video about the order of the day includes hours of the day and times of day-morning/afternoon/evening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHWtWOIn3RY
Day 2: Song about hours of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yq_rztquuU
Online clock to demonstrate different hours of the day. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock Only focus on o’clock, the children do not yet need to know quarter past and half past. (If you press reset, you can change the time hourly).
Activity Day 2: Play what’s the time Mr Wolf (How to play): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4bvuLlF0_Y (I always use a clock to play this game, just to re-enforce what we have been learning.
Day 3 & 4: Game (Children listen to the hour and set the minute hand for that hour https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/on_time_game1.htm
Day 4: Game to identify hour hand and minute hand https://www.splashlearn.com/time-games
Day 5: Song (Days of the week) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXMofxtDPUQ&vl=en
Story (to introduce clock hands): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teUJDp1KPrM
Story about times of the day ( A nice one to turn off the volume, pause and ask your child to read the story and look at the pictures): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hShQ78tK97I


Summary and Analysis
Third Stasimon (Lines 490-565)
The chorus warn of the danger of leniency toward crime. If Orestes is acquitted, all the old laws will be overthrown. Justice will come to an end and evil will become dominant. Men will commit crimes without fear of punishment.
Fear of authority and punishment is an essential element of society, the foundation of all law and order, for it restrains men from crime. It is themselves, the Furies, who embody this authority. They never harm good men who are innocent of evil, but hunt down and punish all transgressors.
Humanity should seek neither the license of anarchy nor the slavery of tyranny, but the middle path, where freedom and law are judiciously balanced, and where good behavior that proceeds from goodness of heart is rewarded. Above all, the chorus say, there must be reverence for justice, for sin begets sin and the evil always perish.
This choral ode continues the generalization of the case to the point where it is predicted that the acquittal of Orestes will result in the demoralization of society and the complete breakdown of law and order. There is much to recommend the Furies' point that authority is one of the foundations of civilization, as will be acknowledged by Athene before the conclusion of the play.


1 [usually in negatives or questions] used instead of ‘something’ when saying or asking whether there is one thing or even a small amount of something
Do you know anything about cricket?
He never does anything to help.
If anything happens, call me.
I promise I won’t do anything stupid.
hardly anything: It was so dark I could hardly see anything at all.
anything else: Do you want anything else to eat?
anything to do/see/say etc: Is there anything to eat in the house?
what, if anything? (=used when you think there is probably nothing): It is not clear what. if anything, we can do to improve the situation.
Synonyms and related words


According to the predominant standards, a portrait should be a faithful representation of its model. However, this is not always the case. This gallery of 1,000 portraits illustrates how the genre has been transformed throughout history, and has proven itself to be much more complex than a simple imitation of reality. Beyond exhibiting the artist’s skill, the portrait must surpass the task of imitation, as just and precise as it may be, to translate both the intention of the artist as well as that of its patron, without betraying either’s wishes. Therefore, these silent witnesses, carefully selected in these pages, reveal more than faces of historic figures or anonymous subjects: they reveal a psychology more than an identity, illustrate an allegory, serve as political and religious propaganda, and embody the customs of their epochs. With its impressive number of masterpieces, biographies, and commentaries on works, this book presents and analyses different portraits, giving a reflection of the evolution of society, and above all the upheavals of a genre that has dramatically shaped the history of art.
Author: Victoria Charles, Klaus H. Carl


A Guide to Mexican Art, a survey of more than twenty centuries of art, has a double purpose. It provides an ample version of one of the great national arts by a leading art historian, and it serves simultaneously as a practical guide to the art’s outstanding masterpieces. The Guide will thus be of value to specialists and students of Latin American art and to sightseers as an introduction and guide to the art and architecture of Mexico. To facilitate its use for the latter purpose, Professor Fernández has based his exposition on the sensitive analysis of works to be found almost exclusive in museums and public buildings accessible to the tourist.
The book was originally published in Spanish in 1958 and revised in 1961. This English translation, from the second edition has been brought up to date by the author and translator.


- an act of refuting a statement, charge, etc.; disproof.
Origin of refutation
Examples from the Web for refutal
Pity the words spent in the refutal of such "reasons" and views!Woman under socialism
Let us therefore pause for a moment whilst we consult other sources of opinion for confirmation or refutal.Valere Aude
He had kept Adela's warning in mind, and determined to be calmly dignified in his refutal of the charges brought against him.Demos
I am righted before the world; my untiring industry and uprightness of life are the refutal of his calumnies.Rose Clark
- the act or process of refuting
- something that refutes; disproof
Word Origin and History for refutal
1540s, from Middle French réfutation (16c.) and directly from Latin refutationem (nominative refutatio) "disproof of a claim or argument," noun of action from past participle stem of refutare (see refute).


Soma of the Gis
The Soma of the Gis is the name for the realm which the Races of man inhabit.
The Gis is another way of saying world, or place to live. The Soma means that it is the land that was created after the Great War between the gods and demons.
The land is characterized by many towns, usually 20 or so miles away from each other, and a lance shaped sun that runs across the sky. The between realms are filled with various terrains. Far to either end of the sun, lie the Holdstyri the rocky homelands of the Westrador.


Dark ash stained snow in the Chilean Andes in November 2011, following a period of eruptive activity at Cerro Hudson Volcano. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite observed the Volcano on November 17. The top image is a natural-color, close-up view. The bottom image is a shortwave-infrared, wide-area view. In this image, snow is turquoise, vegetation is bright green, and ash is brown.
In October 2011, Cerro Hudson rumbled to life, experiencing a swarm of earthquakes, and forming new vents. Through those new vents, the volcano sent plumes up to 9 kilometers (6 miles) high, and prompted authorities to evacuate more than 100 residents. Weeks later, dark volcanic ash sat atop the snow that normally covers the volcano.
The southernmost volcano of the Chilean Andes, Cerro Hudson is a stratovolcano composed of layers of hardened lava, solidified ash, and rocks produced by earlier eruptions. The volcano covers roughly 300 square kilometers (100 square miles) and its icy caldera spans about 10 kilometers (6 miles). Volcanologists estimate that Cerro Hudson experienced severe eruptions 6,700 and 3,600 years ago. A 1991 eruption at the volcano was Chile’s second-largest eruption in the twentieth century.
- Global Volcanism Program. Cerro Hudson. Smithsonian Institution. Accessed November 21, 2011.
- Klemetti, E. Hudson. Eruptions. Wired Science. Accessed November 21, 2011.
NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Michon Scott.
- EO-1 - ALI


Life on a British Cold War submarine
By Sarah-Jane Hughes
At the height of the Cold War, HMS Ocelot secretly served on the front line. In the clandestine battle against the Soviet navy, she would stay submerged for weeks at a time, silently watching and listening to the enemy. Five members of her crew during the 1960s recall their extraordinary life below the waves.
Brian Defurey, Ron Hitchin, Norman Hart, Richard Dixon and John Wakelin are now all pensioners, but still call each other by the Navy nicknames given to them 50 years ago - Billy, Ted, Nobby, Dixie and Wacker. They often reunite to reminisce about the cramped conditions and camaraderie of working, living and breathing with 65 other men.
"You were always bumping into each other," Billy says. Not that it overly concerned the crew. "Most men on the boat would have considered it just like being in a room inside their house. Besides, any signs of claustrophobia are weeded out very quickly in the Navy."
The daunting training for British submariners - historically denounced by other sailors as "pirates" - included escaping from a deep, underwater chamber without breathing apparatus, and being locked in a submerged, darkened "pressure pot".
Full story at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25019489


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Main Entry: 1tide
the alternate rising and falling of the surface of the ocean that occurs twice a day and is caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon occurring unequally on different parts of the earth2 :
the flow of the incoming or outgoing tide3 :
something that rises and falls like the tides of the sea
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1>find the area bounded by the graph of y=x and y=x^3.Providesketch of the region on axis
you have the graphs of 2 functions:
The enclosed area is calculated by the difference of these two functions:
Calculate the zeros of u. These zeros correspond with the intercepts of l and f. You'll get: x = -1 or x = 0 or x = 1
For symmetry reasons the area can be calculated as:
I've got A=0.5
I've attached a sketch of the enclosed area.


Student Council is the heart of student involvement. The student council can lead the way to positive changes. Its activities and projects are a testing ground for ideas, which become part of the school. Good leaders are made, not born! Leadership training is one of the purposes of Student Council.
The aim and objectives of Student Council at Spaulding Memorial School are as follows:
- To develop citizenship education and understand the overall democratic process.
- To identify problems and share solutions.
- To allow students to work together on a common problem.
- To help children develop leadership skills.
- To teach children respect for themselves and others.
- To promote a positive school climate and positive self-esteem.
- To encourage student involvement in their community.
This year Student Council will be offered to both third and fourth grade students. Meetings will be held about once a month, during the third and fourth grade lunch and recess. Student Council is a commitment like anything else such as scouts, sports, dance, etc. Students considering running for class representatives should take this commitment seriously.
There will be two representatives elected from each third and fourth grade class. As a classroom representative, students are responsible for representing their classmates at Student Council meetings. A representative should be responsible, organized, reliable, and a good communicator. Representatives should be able to take notes during meetings, and report back to their respective classrooms. They also need to be good listeners in order to hear the ideas of their classmates, and share them at council meetings.
Student Council is a wonderful way for your child to become involved in school activities and develop their leadership skills. If there are any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Ms. Comeau, Student Council Facilitator (4th grade teacher): by phone 978-597-0380 by email firstname.lastname@example.org.


I said in AI in Education provides smart knowledge modeling tools that AIEd systems build computational models of the process of teaching, the subject matter being studied and of the learner as they progress. The table below provides some examples of the sorts of information that can be stored in the Pedagogical model, the Domain model and the Learner model.
To delve deeper into just one of these examples, learner models are ways of representing the interactions that happen between the computer and the learner. The interactions represented in the model (such as the student’s current activities, previous achievements, emotional state, and whether or not they followed feedback) can then be used by the domain and pedagogy components of an AIEd programme to infer the success of the learner (and teacher). The domain and pedagogy models also use this information to determine the next most appropriate interaction (learning materials or learning activities). Importantly, the learner’s activities are continually fed back into the learner model, making the model richer and more complete, and the system ‘smarter’.
This post is an adapted extract from Intelligence Unleashed published by Pearson.


This is a game for low vision students to learn and practice vocabulary often used at intersections. The game is simple and additional pictures can be added as a student develops. The size of pictures can be adjusted for each student and the idea can be applied to teaching other concepts as well.
Step 1: Select pictures that best display features you’d like to teach.
Step 2: Print doubles of each picture.
Step 3: Introduce the pictures to your student. I walked to an intersection with my student and introduced each picture individually and asked if he could match the picture with the real thing. We then reviewed the vocabulary together and I let him know it was time to “Play a game!!” Sit with the student, review the pictures, place them down with the blank side showing and shuffle around.
Step 4: Take turns with the student to try and find two matching pictures. If two pictures do not match, turn them back over in same spot. Whenever the student turns a picture over ask them what it is. When it is your turn do the same so it seems fair.
Step 5: Continue until all the pictures are matched up and whoever has the most wins!


What are the key statistics about cervical cancer?
The American Cancer Society's estimates for cervical cancer in the United States are for 2013:
- About 12,340 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed.
- About 4,030 women will die from cervical cancer.
Some researchers estimate that non-invasive cervical cancer (carcinoma in situ) occurs about 4 times more often than invasive cervical cancer.
Cervical cancer was once one of the most common causes of cancer death for American women. Then, between 1955 and 1992, the cervical cancer death rate declined by almost 70%. The main reason for this change was the increased use of the Pap test. This screening procedure can find changes in the cervix before cancer develops. It can also find cervical cancer early − in its most curable stage. The death rate from cervical cancer has been stable in recent years.
Cervical cancer tends to occur in midlife. Most cases are found in women younger than 50. It rarely develops in women younger than 20. Many older women do not realize that the risk of developing cervical cancer is still present as they age. More than 20% of cases of cervical cancer are found in women over 65. However these cancers rarely occur in women who have been getting regular tests to screen for cervical cancer before they were 65. See the section, "Can cervical cancer be prevented?" for more specific information on current American Cancer Society screening recommendations.
In the United States, Hispanic women are most likely to get cervical cancer, followed by African-Americans, Asians and Pacific Islanders, and whites. American Indians and Alaskan natives have the lowest risk of cervical cancer in this country.
Last Medical Review: 04/11/2013
Last Revised: 04/11/2013


1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Backhuysen, Ludolf
BACKHUYSEN, or Bakhuisen, LUDOLF (1631-1708), Dutch painter, was born at Emden, in Hanover. He was brought up as a merchant at Amsterdam, but early discovered so strong a genius for painting that he relinquished business and devoted himself to art. He studied first under Allart van Everdingen and then under Hendrik Dubbels, two eminent masters of the time, and soon became celebrated for his sea-pieces. He was an ardent student of nature, and frequently exposed himself on the sea in an open boat in order to study the effects of tempests. His compositions, which are very numerous, are nearly all variations of one subject, and in a style peculiarly his own, marked by intense realism or faithful imitation of nature. In his later years Backhuysen employed his time in etching and calligraphy. He died in Amsterdam on the 17th of November 1708.


Among different financial decisions, the one relating to investment in fixed assets or capital budgeting is of special significance. While taking this decision financial manager has to take special precautions. These decisions are relatively more important because of the following reasons:
(1) Long-term Growth and Effect:
These decisions are concerned with long-term assets. These assets are helpful in production. Profit is earned by selling the goods so produced. It can, therefore, be said the more correct these decisions are, the greater will be the growth of business in the long run. In addition to that, these affect future possibilities of the business.
(2) Large Amount of Funds Involved:
Decisions regarding fixed assets are included in the preview of capital budgeting. Large amount of capital is invested in these assets. If these decisions turn out to be wrong, there occurs heavy loss of capital which is a scarce resource.
(3) Risk Involved:
Capital budgeting decisions are full of risk. There are two reasons for it. First, these decisions refer to a long period, and as such expected profits for several years are to be anticipated. These estimates may turn out to be wrong. Second, because of heavy investment involved, it is very difficult to change the decision once taken.
(4) Irreversible Decisions:
Nature of these decisions is such as cannot be changed so quickly. For instance, if soon after setting up a cotton mill, it is thought of changing it, then the old machinery and other fixed assets will have to be sold at throwaway price. In doing so, heavy loss will have to be incurred. Changing of these decisions, therefore, is very difficult.


- Why not keep the present system of checks and balances? The Senate's current role in legislation prevents many improvident laws from passing.
- The proposal to grant the Senate the power to approve or disapprove the commitment of military forces abroad wreaks havoc with the doctrine that the whole Congress ought to have the power to declare war, and therefore gives unprecedented power to the President.
- Why even have a suspensatory veto?
Second, the suspensatory veto could prevent improvident legislation from passing, especially if the period of suspension takes any legislation close to an election cycle. The members of the House would, in theory, have the opportunity to hear from their constituents before any bill would pass. While not perfect, this plan would work to avoid the (alleged) practice of Congress passing legislation in non-election years that would make them vulnerable during election years.
- Would the "veto" over executive orders be cumbersome?
- The provision about curbing the power of the Vice President doesn't make sense.
Update 10-27-09: I have clarified some of the language and added material.


Since my first day of teaching, I’ve felt that it was important to correctly pronounce students’ names or, in some cases, finding out what students wanted to be called and honoring that request (one time, a student asked me to call him “Prince,” which I did for the entire year).
With very diverse English Language Learner classes, it’s regularly a challenge for me, but I always tell students that they deserve to be called by their correct name and I ask them to immediately correct me if, for some reason, I mispronounce it.
I think that kind of effort really makes a difference — many of my students have come to this country with very little. I figure the least I can do is honor the name they brought with them.
Education Week reports on a national campaign to promote this practice called “My Name, My Identity.”
You can read about it in their story, Mispronouncing Students’ Names: A Slight That Can Cut Deep.
They also published a useful follow-up, Pronouncing Student Names Correctly: A Quick Guide.
And, if you doubt the importance of this practice, read The Toast’s The Names They Gave Me.
You might also be interested in The Best Places For Students To Learn About…Their Names.


Naust is a word of Old Norse origin, meaning a boat shelter, where ships stand in the wintertime. The nausts date back to the viking age or the early mediaeval times. They appear ½ metre high and 28 metres long bunds with the opening facing the fjord. Presumably, the ship was pulled ashore between the bunds by means of drawplate holes.
Here it was supported by poles and covered by boards, resting partly on the ship and partly on the bunds. The ship could stand here protected against wind and weather, during winter.


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Both works use the theme of death to emphasize the meaninglessness in human action. In the poem, the theme of death is seen in how nature moves on, almost outside of the realm of human action. The wars that have been waged for lofty principles and ideals have little in terms of relevance. “If mankind perished utterly” is reflective of the poem's theme of death. This same sense of meaninglessness is present in Bradbury's story, where human action has helped to construct the greatest in technological marvels. Yet, it has also played a role in its own extinction and destruction.
Both works develop themes in which human action has resulted in the vast reality of death, a condition in which individual action is reduced to a condition of absurd meaninglessness. The element of detachment in both works help to establish this. Bradbury and Teasdale feature conditions in which an existential reality of human destruction is a part of being in the world. The continuation of nature in Teasdale's work and the function of Bradbury's house are elements that will continue on long after human beings are gone, helping to enhance the theme of detachment in both works.
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1578 - Francesco de Sande, the third Spanish colonial governor of the Philippines, writes King Philip II a brief report about his March-May 1578 expedition from Manila to the southern island of Borneo in the bid to secure the submission of the natives to the Spanish crown; de Sande, who earlier established the southern Luzon city of Nueva Caceres, enabling the arrival of the first Franciscan priests in 1577 in the Southeast Asian archipelago, also requests the king for a reward and promotion for his victorious campaign
against the early native Muslims as a result of which the Bornean
sultan became submissive to Spain; earlier in 1521, Spain "discovered"
[translation: first learned about] the islands of what they would later call the Southeast Asian archipelago following Spain's
"discovery" [again, read: first learned about] what they will later name s the
Philippine islands (Islas de San
Lazaro) following the arrival of the ill-fated expedition of Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 who
was killed by chieftain Lapu-Lapu and some 22 years later, the fourth
Spanish colonial expedition, this time headed by Ruy Lopez de Villalobos, reached Baganga Bay, Davao Oriental in the island of Mindanao, Philippine archipelago; another expedition in 1559 marked the beginning of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines when King Philip II sent a mission to conquer said
islands that would later be named after him; earlier, the Spanish
monarchy was convinced that the Philippine islands formed part of the
Spanish zone under the so-called Treaty of Tordesillas demarcation, leading to the full decision to colonize the islands and the native people.


Symptoms of nausea followed by violent vomiting and diarrhoea.
Daffodil bulbs contain an alkaloid the action of which, according to authorities, varies as to whether the alkaloid is extracted from the flowering bulb or from the bulb after flowering. Thus in the former case the alkaloid produces dryness of the mouth, checks cutaneous secretions, dilates the pupil of the eye, quickens the pulse, and slows and weakens the heart contractions. On the other hand, the alkaloid from the bulbs after flowering produces copious salivation, increases cutaneous secretion, contracts the pupil of the eye, produces slight relaxation of the pulse, and slight faintness and nausea: The Lancet.
A remedy for cough and bronchitis. Continuous cough, Coryza; frontal headache. Convulsive stage of whooping-cough.
Skin: Erythema of a papular, vesicular and pustular type, aggravation in wet weather.
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Levkas (Lefkadha), located some 80 km south of Corfu, can be reached by ship while making your way in or out of Greece and In combination with other Ionian Islands. But Levkas enjoys a unique distinction: it can also be reached directly by vehicles over the causeway that links the island to the mainland opposite the northeast tip. This causeway, incidentally, highlights an argument that has long divided the experts: that is, has Lavkas always been a true island or was it once simply an extension of the mainland? This question then comes down to whether the isthmus now here has always been here; some insist that it has been and point to signs of a canal that the early colonists from Corinth dug here and a bridge that the Romans then built. Others believe that the isthmus has been built up in more recent centuries by the accumulation of sand and silt – so that Levkas has to be regarded as a true island.


Today in Legal History: Hughes Born, Holocaust Trials Begin & End
Posted Apr 11, 2007 8:30 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
On this day in 1910, Charles Evans Hughes was born. A renowned political figure, he twice was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and served as Chief Justice from 1930 to 1941.
On this day in 1961, the trial of Adolf Eichmann, for crimes against humanity in Nazi Germany during World War II, began in Israel. "He sat in a bullet-proof glass dock flanked by two guards specially chosen because their families had not suffered directly at the hands of the Nazis," the BBC says. Eichmann was found guilty in December and hanged the following year.
On this day in 2000, historian Deborah Lipstadt was vindicated when a judge dismissed a British libel suit brought by a Holocaust denier discussed in a book she had written. The judge found that plaintiff David Irving was "a right-wing, pro-Nazi polemicist" and "an active Holocaust denier ... anti-Semitic and racist," recounts the Jewish Women's Archive.


The Third Commandment
Adapted From: Ten to Grow On By Sandra Klaus
o How many commandments are there? 10
o The 10 Commandments are found in which part of the Bible? Old Testament and many are repeated in the New Testament.
o What is the First Commandment?
§ You shall have no other Gods before me.
o What is the Second Commandment?
§ You shall not make for Yourself an Idol
o Who can remember where the 10 Commandments are first found in the Bible? What book?
· Read Exodus 20:7
· The Third Commandment says, “You shall not misuse the Name of the Lord Your God.”
· It can also be said, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.” Vain means without value.
· What does this mean? It means that every time we say “God” or “Jesus Christ” we should remember how much we love God and how important He is to us.
· One way to avoid misusing God’s name is to only use it when there is a good reason to use it. We can use His name when talking to Him, when telling someone how wonderful He is, when thanking Him for something in your life or the world around you.
· What are some of the wrong ways people use God’s name? (Discuss with students)
· The most obvious way people misuse God’s name is to use it as a swear word.
· Keep in mind that there are many names for God. Using any name for God when we are angry or frustrated is a sin.
· Sometimes people use the name of God to shock others or draw attention to themselves. This is not honoring God. This is a sin.
· In some ways, we as Christians can misuse God’s name by the way we act. If we are Christians, then people associate us with Christ. We should act in ways that bring honor to Christ.
· How should we use God’s name? (Student Discussion)
o We should speak His name in love.
o We should honor and protect his name.
o We should defend it when we hear someone else using it in wrong ways.
Additional Bible Reading:
You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name


Before the Restoration, submergent and emergent vegetation on Rush Lake was in decline. The drawdown of the water level in 2006 and 2007 was intended to restore vegetation, including the native bulrush population. The drawdown was successful in restoring both submergent and emergent vegetation, however most of the new growth was cattail. Cattail provides no food value to waterfowl, and can completely overgrow areas of the lake. We aim to improve the mix of vegetation in and on Rush Lake.
Rush Lake Watershed Restoration, Inc. accomplishes this through the following projects:
Establish Populations of Native Species - We work to re-establish bulrush, duckweed and other native plant populations. This variety of plants provide an ideal food source for waterfowl and other wildlife that may live, nest, or migrate through the watershed. Cattail control - Controlling the cattail population is of utmost importance. This will allow native plant growth, and open areas of the lake that are now covered by stands of cattails. Opening up these areas will allow better opportunities for both wildlife and people to use the lake to its full potential. It may also prevent the establishment of "old bog", which has already occurred in areas of the lake. To control the population, we contract services to spray and mow areas of the lake. These projects cost a considerable amount, and require permits and specilized equipment. Spraying is done via helicopter and mowing is done with a "Swamp Devil".
RUSH LAKE WATERSHED RESTORATION, INC. A Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization


Polygons are of great interest because they often indicate the presence of shallow ice or of desiccation such as in a mud flat. However, nature sometimes seems too clever for us.
Polygons form by the intersecting ridges of sand dunes . If this deposit were to become indurated and eroded, we might not be able to tell that they originated as wind-blown dunes, and interpret the polygons as evidence for a dried-up lake, for example. Dunes often accumulate in the bottoms on craters, also a good setting for a (temporary) lake.
The illumination is coming from the upper left, so the bluish ridges are high-standing.
Written by: Alfred McEwen (audio by Tre Gibbs) (15 May 2013)
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Most of us strive to be as tolerant, open and inclusive as possible. Of course, this isn’t representative of all of Irish society. All the signs point to instances of racism and other forms of hatred being on the rise in Ireland, and indeed across the globe. But to what extent is the justice system on the side of victims in these cases? Do our current laws act as enough of a deterrent or encourage victims to come forward? We fear not.
This week, The Suss enlists the help of Aga Wiesek of the European Network Against Racism to tell us exactly what a hate crime is. Current laws are failing the marginalised and much needs to be done to address all of this. ENAR are part of the Coalition Against Hate Crime that are campaigning to bring Ireland in line with the rest of Europe.
We’ll also hear from Eoghan Ryder and Alex Laplas. Their experience of holding hands around Dublin City demonstrate that we didn’t simply abolish homophobia overnight by voting in favour of marriage equality in 2015. Eoghan and Alex’s story will leave you in no doubt as to the need to fill this glaring gap in our laws.
A hate crime is, typically, a violent crime motivated by prejudice, when a perpetrator targets a victim because of their perceived membership of a certain social group.
Hate crime has two important elements:
1. Criminal act: Hate crimes are acts which are treated as crimes in criminal law, such as assaults, theft, criminal damage, arson or murder.
2. Bias motive: Hate crimes are motivated, at least in part, by hatred of someone’s real or supposed identity or background.
People targeted by hate-motivated crime in Ireland are usually:
From an ethnic minority background (racist hate crimes)
From a religious minority (religious hate crimes)
Lesbian, gay or bisexual (homophobic hate crime)
Transgender (anti-transgender hate crimes)
People with disabilities (disablist hate crime)
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This year marks the 21st birthday of World Egg Day. On Oct. 14 there will be a wide range of festivals, activities, charitable events and regional campaigns taking place all over the world, promoting the power of eggs, as the highest quality source of protein you can buy.
Planned by the World Egg Organisation (WEO), this annual foodie date provides the perfect platform for communicating the numerous benefits of eggs to a worldwide audience. Julian Madeley, Director General of WEO, explains this year’s objectives: “Eggs can make a crucial contribution to our diet on an individual level, and can also help to fulfill the protein requirements of the global community. In both developed and developing populations, a high-quality source of protein is a fundamental requirement. The significant role of eggs in delivering this essential nutrient cannot be overstated, so we hope to encourage as many people as possible to be part of this year’s celebrations.”
It is all too easy to take eggs for granted but they really are nature’s ultimate source of high quality protein. With an estimated one billion undernourished people across the globe – eggs have the power to help feed the world.
A source of high quality protein is essential for:
- Foetal development
- Healthy brain development
- Improving concentration levels
- Supporting the body’s immune system
- Essential to support the effectiveness of vaccinations and antiretroviral drugs
In developed populations eggs are also effective for weight control. Packed in their own biodegradable packaging, eggs provide a complete food solution.
Also rich in amino acids, calcium, sodium, iodine, selenium, choline and vitamins A, B, D and E, the message is loud and clear: “eggs are the answer.” They are an affordable, sustainable building block for a healthy, nutritious diet that benefits from a low carbon footprint.
World Egg Day provides an opportunity to educate people about the true value of eggs.


The Channel Tunnel
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The Channel Tunnel is a 50.5 km-long rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover. It connects Dover, Kent in England with Calais, northern France. The undersea section of the tunnel is unsurpassed in length in the world. A proposal for a Channel tunnel was first put forward by a French engineer in 1802. In 1881, a first attempt was made at boring a tunnel from the English side; the work was halted after 800 m for political reasons. Again in 1922, English workers started boring a tunnel, and advanced 120 m before it too was halted for political reasons. The most recent attempt was begun in 1987, and the tunnel was officially opened in 1994. At completion it was estimated that the project cost around $18 billion. It has been operating at a significant loss since its opening, despite trips by over 7 million passengers per year on the Eurostar train, and over 3 million vehicles per year. The ASTER image covers an area of 59.4 x 63.1 km, was acquired on March 14, 2001, and is centered near 51 degrees north latitude, 1.5 degrees east longitude.
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The Darna River flows through an area of hydrographic soil. The Darna river co ordinates the latitude 19° 58' 0 N and the longitude 73° 57' 0 E. The Darna is one of the principal streams that join the Godavari in its course through the district are the Darna and the Kadva.
The Darna River rises from the peak of the Sahyadris that lies about a mile south of Igatpuri. It has a twisting course of more than fifty miles, though a straight line from its source to the Godavari that would not be more than thirty-five miles long. Its banks are like those of the Godavari below Nasik. This river however do not have great height, but are broken by several small streams, making the passage of the river very difficult to loaded carts.
A ferry at the junction of Chehedi is the navigation point to cross the river on the Nasik and Poona road, on the way to Sinnar. The riverbed of Darna is mostly wide and sandy. However, at times the water flows over rocks for miles together. The soil near the Darna River is hardly used for irrigation. At Belhu on the right bank, the river converges with the Kadva, which is a small deep stream that drains the whole of the south and southeast of Igatpuri. On the left bank the Darna river has only two tributaries of varied size, and they hold sparse water during the summer months. They are the Aundha and the Valdevi rivers. Both these rivers rise in the Anjaniri range, the former river atop a hill to the south of the fort, the latter from the summit of the fort itself. Both the rivers join the Darna near the ferry at Chehedi.
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Mars may look red from here on Earth, but up close, the surface of the "Red Planet" is actually a variety of colors. In fact, many of them aren't very red-looking at all.
Case in point: the dunes in Mars' northernmost latitudes, like the ones pictured here. But wait a minute, you may be thinking. Those dunes look pretty red to me, or at least a little pinkish. And you'd be right — if what you were describing was in fact the Martian surface. But it isn't. [Hi-res image available here]
What are these black splotches on the surface of Mars? Those black splotches are the surface of Mars. The dunes only appear pink because they are covered in frozen carbon dioxide. NASA HiRISE scientist Cindy Hansen explains:
In the winter, Martian dunes north of 70 degrees latitude are covered by a seasonal layer of carbon dioxide ice (dry ice). In the spring as the ice sublimates (goes directly from solid to gas) numerous seasonal phenomena are observed.
Mars' sand dunes are dark, but appear pinkish because they are still covered by ice. Where the ice has cracked, dark sand is visible. On the steep sides of the dunes sand slides down in thin rivulets.
According to Hansen — who uses images taken by NASA's HiRISE camera to study seasonal changes that take place on Mars' surface — scientists think the biggest, darkest patches (the ones lining the crests of the dunes) may be places where sublimating gas was released in pops; "similar to champagne," she says, "carrying sand out in multiple directions."


More than 2.3 million people are incarcerated in federal, state, and local facilities as well as immigration detention centers. That’s approximately 21% of the world’s incarcerated population. Ironically, that number is large because America has more crime. It’s because it has more prisons.
It’s long been documented that the “war on crime” disproportionately targets minorities, specifically black people, which disproportionately constitute 34% of the prison population, though only 12% of the overall population. And incarceration doesn’t just impact them while they’re locked up. Post-release, people with criminal records face systematic discrimination when applying for jobs, housing, education and in many states, they are stripped of their voting rights.
Because of all the misinformation out there, we rounded up some great books that we think could act as a primer to understand how and why America developed its prison industrial complex and what it will take to dismantle the school to prison pipeline.
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America by Elizabeth Hinton
Though many associate the rise of mass incarceration with the Nixon and Reagan administrations’ “tough on crime” policies, historian Elizabeth Hinton shows


I suppose this isn’t on-topic as it is sex science related to animals, not people. Also, it’s sad — if I am reading it correctly, the discovery process involved vivisection. But it’s worth reading, just to be able to quote a scientist every time a problem crops up in the future.
Super squid sex organ discovered
The mating habits of deep-sea squid have been revealed for the first time, after the discovery of a male squid with a huge elongated and erect penis.
The male squid’s sexual organ is almost as long as its whole body, including the squid’s mantle, head and arms.
That shows how male deep-sea squid inseminate females; they use their huge penis to shoot out packages of sperm, injecting them into the female’s body.
The discovery may also help explain how giant squid mate in the ocean depths.
“Obviously a strongly elongated penis is the solution,” says Dr [Alexander] Arkhipkin.
Isn’t it always?


You just found the perfect I2C sensor, and you want to wire up two or three or more of them to your Arduino when you realize "Uh oh, this chip has a fixed I2C address, and from what I know about I2C, you cannot have two devices with the same address on the same SDA/SCL pins!" Are you out of luck? You would be, if you didn't have this ultra-cool TCA9548A 1-to-8 I2C multiplexer!
Finally, a way to get up to 8 same-address I2C devices hooked up to one microcontroller - this multiplexer acts as a gatekeeper, shuttling the commands to the selected set of I2C pins with your command.
Using it is fairly straight-forward: the multiplexer itself is on I2C address 0x70 (but can be adjusted from 0x70 to 0x77) and you simply write a single byte with the desired multiplexed output number to that port, and bam - any future I2C packets will get sent to that port. In theory, you could have 8 of these multiplexers on each of 0x70-0x77 addresses in order to control 64 of the same-I2C-addressed-part.
Like all Adafruit breakouts, we put this nice chip on a breakout for you so you can use it on a breadboard with capacitors, and pullups and pulldowns to make usage a snap. Some header is required and once soldered in you can plug it into a solderless-breadboard. The chip itself is 3V and 5V compliant so you can use it with any logic level.


Medical Definition of Ovary cyst, follicular
Ovary cyst, follicular: A fluid-filled sac in the ovary, the most common type of ovarian cyst. It results from the growth of a follicle. A follicle is the fluid-filled cyst that contains an egg. In some cycles, this follicle grows larger than normal and does not rupture to release the egg. Normally it resolves with simple observation over the course of days to months.
Most ovarian cysts are never noticed by the woman and resolve without her ever knowing that it was there. When a cyst causes symptoms, pain is by far the most common presentation.
The pain from an ovarian cyst can be caused from rupture of the cyst, rapid growth of the cyst and stretching, bleeding into the cyst, or twisting of the cyst around its blood supply.
The diagnosis of an ovarian cyst is usually conformed (or made) by ultrasound, the best imaging technique for ovarian cysts.
The treatment of these tumors is dependent upon the woman's age, the size of the cyst, and its appearance on ultrasound. Treatment can consist of simple observation.
If the tumor is causing severe pain, or if it is not resolving or is suspicious in any way, then it can be removed through laparoscopy or, if needed, through an open laparotomy (bikini incision).
Once the cyst is removed, it is sent to the pathologist who looks at it under a microscope to make the final diagnosis as to the type of cyst it is.
With follicular cysts of the ovary, the outcome is usually excellent.Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionary
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1. Bring Your Own Bag: The EPA reports that between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags are used each year worldwide. Avoid this needless waste by always carrying a bag or two with you and be sure to bring grocery bags and produce bags with you when you go to the market. Ecobags offers a wide variety of cotton and string bags that a great for grocery shopping, and you can also probably find great canvas bags at your local thrift shop. See here for tips on how to remember your grocery bags when you go shopping.
2. Drink Tap Water: Americans consume at least 22 billion bottles of water each year (I've also seen statistics reporting much greater numbers), and nearly all of these plastic bottles end up in the landfill. Unless you have serious water quality or taste issues, this is an easy way to curb usage. Here's an additional list of reasons not to drink bottled water.
3. Buy from Bulk Bins: This is a great way to avoid buying food products in plastic packaging. Stores like Whole Foods offer granola, cereal, dried fruit, dried beans, nuts, candy, and grains that you can bring home with reusable cloth bags. Use the internet to find out if you have stores in your area with bulk bins.
4. Carry a Reusable Water Bottle: Sometimes you just need a drink, so be sure to carry a reusable water bottle with you. Don't forget that Nalgene bottles are made of polycarbonate, a type of plastic that is likely to have many adverse health effects.
5. Bring Your Own Mug: If you love hot beverages, be sure to carry along a mug. Stainless steel mugs are a great option.
6. Discover Fresh Foods: Almost all processed foods come in plastic in some form or another. Buy fresh fruits and veggies (be sure to use your produce bags!), get your meat wrapped in paper from the meat counter, and find a deli where you can get your cheese in paper.


Much of a monk’s life is spent in silence. Much of a poet’s life is spent in silence, too — a poet spends a fraction of his time actually writing poems. Merton was both a monk and a poet, and thus well-acquainted with silence. Like meditation, and like prayer, poetry is surrounded by silence. Poetry begins and ends in silence. Silence is also inherent within a poem, like the silences between notes in music. As the great Chinese poet Yang Wan-li said, a thousand years ago, “A poem is made of words, yes, but take away the words and the poem remains.”
This was taken from an article titled, The monk/poet’s journey toward silence, by Frederick Smock. It was written on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Thomas Merton’s death, and published in the The Courier-Journal a US newspaper.
This is day one of the winter monastic retreat. I’ll be publishing a photo/poem series for the next week or so. The poem(s) will be from a Chinese layman who lived, probably, in the late eighth and early ninth century. He was known as Han-shan, The Master of Cold Mountain, often depicted with Shih-te known as The Foundling. These two are depicted in paintings as two grotesque little men guffawing in the wilderness. The images, based on a first hand account may not in actual fact be true. Anyway I’ve always had a soft spot for Han-shan and this is an opportunity to air his insights and wisdom.
Please join in this time of silent illumination as you go about your day. A monk once said to me, Where ever you are there will be sound. I understand that to mean silence is not conditional on there being physical silence in order to know silence.
Thanks to Anna for pointing me to the article.


all men at one large camp and separating them unnecessarily from easy communication with their friends, the Government instructed the Engineers to prepare a number of smaller camps, and by February, 1916, there were no fewer than sixteen .in the Dominion. Valcartier and Three Rivers served for the recruits secured in Quebec. The Artillery Camp at Petawawa, Ontario, which is ideal for gunnery practice, though somewhat isolated, was re-opened. Barriefield Camp, Kingston; Carling's Heights, London; Rockcliffe Camp, Ottawa; Gresty Park Camp, Port Arthur; Windsor Camp, and the historic field at Niagara-on-the-Lake were soon well occupied by marching men. Aldershot and Digby Camps, Nova Scotia, and Sussex and St. Andrews Camps, New Brunswick, served the Maritime Provinces. Sarcee, near Calgary and a finely situated camp at Vernon, British Columbia, were for the men of the Mountain territory, while Sidney Camp accommodated the recruits from Vancouver Island. At all these the average population during the summer of 1915 did not exceed 4,500 men. But Camp Hughes near Brandon, Manitoba, had more than twice as many. This famous property originally acquired by the Militia Department in 1903 (then named Camp Sewell) was "revised and enlarged" for its new inhabitants. Probably there were good and sufficient reasons for its re-naming. Whether or not, the christening took place. The camp, on a sandy treeless plain, received the full sweep of the prairie blasts. A young typhoon roaming through the tents one evening scattered to the four quarters of the earth a thousand pay cheques just made out for distribution to an infantry battalion. At the same time the eyes of the soldiers were filled with sand. Fortunately none of the "paper" was negotiable. Everywhere, in all camps, the spirit of the men was high and eager; the routine of drill, Swedish exercises, route marches, and shooting was the same; the baseball, football, and boxing were the same; the "sing-songs" and the Y.M.C.A.


Saxon Kingship differs from the more familiar later Feudal set up which is most often seen in RPGs. Early Saxon kingships, wasn’t hereditary and wasn’t permanent. Kings were chosen by their peers, and ruled only as long as their kingship was deemed successful, which invariably meant successful in war. A king considered unskilled or even unlucky in war would be replaced.
Another noticeable difference is the concept of dual kingship. Kingdoms were often divided into two, with a king ruling each half of the kingdom, but nominally ruling the whole kingdom together. Very often these dual kings would be related, father and son, brothers, cousins, etc. This would cut down on rivalry (a little). Another common practice would be to pair a young king, with an older king; the older king guiding and advising the younger. This provided a certain amount of continuity when the younger king eventually became the senior king in a new partnership.
There is one other element of early Saxon kingship that is the most important in the context of Redwald, and that’s the fact that the assassination of kings seemed to be a national sport.
Seriously if you were in the kingly burial mound business you’d have plenty of work. A usurper would barely have the knife out of his predecessor's back, the crown on his head, and his arse on his throne before he’d be fending off the first attempt on his own life. Plenty of work for the player characters in other words.