SYMPTOMS OF HEAT INJURY DURING
SUMMER IN WARM CLIMATES
Meg Barton, MS ATC/L CSCS
Certified Athletic Trainer
St. Joseph’s/ Candler Sports Medicine
St. Vincent’s Academy
Heat Fatigue or Exhaustion occurs when a person is exposed to high temperatures and/or humidity and perspires excessively without salt or fluid replacement. Heat Stroke can occur when a nonacclimatized person is suddenly exposed to high temperature and/or humidity. The thermal regulatory mechanism fails, perspiration stops, and the body temperature increases. Above 42 degrees C oral body temperature, brain damage occurs, and death follows if emergency measures are not instituted. Note: Normal temperature is 37 degrees C (98.6 degrees F).
SIGNS OF HEAT INJURY
Muscle cramps Excessive fatigue and/or weakness Headache
Loss of Coordination Decreased comprehension Dizziness
Nausea & vomiting Decrease reaction time
Heat Exhaustion Heat Stroke
Appearance Pale Flushed & Red
Skin Sweaty Dry
Pulse Weak Strong
Body Temperature Normal to subnormal Very High
Eye Pupils Dilated Constricted
Muscle Cramps & Spasm “Jelly-like”
Breathing Shallow Deep & Rapid
THE BEST TREATMENT FOR HEAT INJURY IS PREVENTION!!!!!!!!!!!
Note: The average mouth holds 3-5 ounces of water. Therefore to make sure that you
Are getting enough water--- you should drink at least one mouthful every 15-20
Minutes during exercise. More is needed in higher temperatures.
Avoid exercising in the hottest part of the day!
Change sweaty/wet clothes as often as able, allowing the skin to cool off.
- Remove as much clothing as possible.
- Telephone emergency squad.
- Cool as fast as possible (move to shaded area, ice towels, hose, swimming pool, etc.).
- Monitor sighs and symptoms (this includes changes in vital signs.


Gifted Resource Council was founded in 1983, as a non-profit organization. From the beginning, GRC’s mission was to bring together the resources of the community, the schools and parents to help bright and talented children achieve their potential. GRC grew into an organization that serves the St. Louis community with three major programs: Academic Challenge Cup (friendly competitions in the areas of math, language skills and creative problem solving), Saturday Learning Labs and Summer Academies.
In addition, GRC offers parenting classes, workshops for teachers, and telephone advice to assist adults in meeting the needs of gifted children. GRC’s goal is to provide support for children and their families to enable young people to enhance their abilities – both academic and interpersonal – and fulfill their potential.
GRC’s programs engage 2,500 students each year with exciting, hands on learning experiences stressing collaboration more than individual learning. Gifted Resource Council programs help children learn HOW to think, rather than teaching WHAT to think.
All GRC programs offer bright children the opportunity, often for the first time, to work with other such talented children. Gifted Resource Council instructors emphasize cooperation, teamwork and the process of learning.


This is a basic basketball drill that will help players to increase their passing accuracy and increase the skill set, with different pass types.
What you need – Divide the team into groups of three players. There should be two basketballs per group. The players will stand in a makeshift triangle to begin this basketball drill. See the diagram below for more details.
How this basketball drill works – This basketball drill is going to work on the basic passing types that you have, in a basketball drill that will keep players on their toes, and emphasize good passing technique, and reception.
To start the basketball drill, the 1 player will make chest pass (red) to player 5. Player 5 will make a bounce pass (blue) across the key to player 4. Player 4 will make an overhead pass (black) back to player one.
When player 1 starts, by passing the ball to player 5, player 4 also has a ball and then passes the ball (overhead) to player 1. With two balls going, this basketball drill should be continuous. It is a great concentration basketball drill for all players, especially when you move them to different positions and they need to execute different passes.
You can increase the difficulty of this basketball drill by allowing one, or even two defenders to lightly defend the passes, so the players have to make quick decisions to keep the ball going in the passing triangle.
Result – Better passing skills and players will learn to pass the ball quickly and accurately.


|Self-ascription, philosophy: self-attribution is the identification of properties by a subject that refers to itself through this act. The important fact is that this type of statements can claim a higher degree of certainty than external attribution b y a different person. See also certainty, attribution, ascription, truth conditions, privileged access, introspection, I, self, person._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |
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Self-ascription / Ryle: is like foreign attribution - we observe ourselves as we observes others - WittgensteinVs - DavidsonVs - 1st I usually know what I think before I pronounce it - 2nd I may be wrong - but still there are the same criteria as for foreign attribution._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution.
Der Begriff des Geistes Stuttgart 1969
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Analytische Theorien des Selbstbewusstseins Frankfurt 1994


In the real world, there are many and varied ideas we can comprehend, or at least find conceivable. However, there are concepts beyond our comprehension. This does not automatically make them unreal. One such concept is the imaginary number. Physically, the imaginary number is real. To date, however, no one has satisfactorily explained the phenomenon.
Simplest CaseThe simplest imaginary number is the square root of –1. Does that sound like it should be no problem? Well, the square root of 1 has two values: –1 and 1. That can be proven. 1 x 1 = 1, right? And –1 x –1 = 1, right? Well, what number n is there, that multiplied times itself, equals –1? You don’t know, do you? Don’t feel bad. No one knows, at least not at this point. There is one thing that is known. Quantum mechanics expressions are not complete without the inclusion of imaginary numbers as a reality.
Imaginary Space?All imaginary numbers can be written as some “real” multiple of an imaginary number. The square root of –1 can be written as 1 times the square root of –1. Taking all of this into consideration, it should be obvious that it should be possible to create a coordinate system of imaginary space, with three components, one in the x-direction, one in the y-direction and one in the z-direction. These axes are assigned unit values of i, j and k.
Imaginary Time?As if imaginary space wasn’t bad enough, there is also the concept of imaginary time. The concept of imaginary time remains a bit more speculative. If may or may not prove to be a valid and demonstrable concept for the real world, rather than merely for hypothetical calculations. There is one thing to be said about it. One should not accept it merely on the basis of the name of the one who proposes it. Fact stands on its own merit.
References: ← Back to Math-Logic-Design


In Texas, discrimination by employers that is based on gender is prohibited by the Civil Rights Act of 1963 and the Equal Pay Act. Accordingly, gender may not be the basis for any employer decisions regarding pay, hiring policies, or promotion requirements. They must also ensure that the workplace environment is not hostile to a particular gender and that it is not overly sexual.
What Must be Proven in a Discrimination Claim?
Under the Equal Pay Act, discrimination is proven when both men and women do the same type of work in the same job and yet are given different wages. Also, discrimination can be proven if the employer in Brazoria County is only hiring or issuing promotions based on one gender. A claim will also succeed if the employer retaliates against workers who seek relief for discrimination.
When is Sexual Harassment Prohibited?
Any unwelcome sexual behavior directed at the victim, including physical or verbal acts, is considered to be sexual harassment. An employer in Brazoria County may also potentially be held liable for inappropriate behavior that was conducted by an employee's co-worker.
If the employer allows conduct to create an overly sexual work environment, they might be held liable for sexual harassment in Texas. Gender discrimination is usually difficult to prove without a lawyer because the specifics of proving intent can be complicated. There are also detailed procedures that must be followed when pursuing a claim.


Are you considering participating in EU Code Week but you don’t know where to start?
Here you can find free training materials & resources that will help you get started and plan your next innovative lesson.
No previous coding or programming experience is needed, and each module takes only around 15 minutes to complete. The modules introduce you to key concepts related to coding and computational thinking activities. In addition, the modules also give you practical tips and advice on how to integrate the concepts in your classroom.
Now that you have completed one or more Code Week Learning Bits, we hope that you feel comfortable enough to bring some digital creativity to your classroom and pin your activity on the Code Week Map!
You can easily organise a lesson in your classroom, an open day, or an event at your school. Just find a date and register your activity on the Code Week map. Each activity organiser will get a certificate of participation for their effort.
If you would like to connect with an international group of enthusiastic teachers, join the EU Code Week Facebook group for teachers! To take a step further and collaborate with other schools in your country or across borders – join the Code Week 4 All challenge.


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They are the centerpiece of America's naval force, capable of projecting military power across the globe. The aircraft carrier is one of the most complicated, expensive and dangerous pieces of military equipment in the modern world.
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Today's Random Fact:
The air wing of one Nimitz-class carrier is more powerful than the entire air force of more than half the world's nations. A Nimitz carrier can carry up to 90 combat aircraft.
During World War II two aircraft carriers were stationed on the Great Lakes as training ships. Originally built as commercial paddle steamers, both ships were purchased by the navy in 1942 and converted into carriers. They trained over 17,800 pilots. One of them was future president George H. W. Bush.
USS Theodore Roosevelt was the first aircraft carrier to be assembled using modular construction. Having the modules pre-built and welded together saved an amazing 16 months on the construction.
During World War II there were five pairs of U.S. carriers with the same name. All five ships had been sunk, and rebuilt to carry the same name. The Langley, The Lexington, The Yorktown, The Wasp, and The Hornet.
America's aircraft carriers are the largest in the world. The Nimitz class carriers have an overall length of 1,092 feet. The newest super carriers, the Gerald R. Ford class, have the same length, but carry about a 3,000 ton greater displacement than the Nimitz class.


“In 30 years … we won’t be able to have apples, avocados, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, melons, oranges, grapefruit, pumpkins, squash, sunflowers, tangerines, watermelon, clover, and alfalfa,” Jeffrey Hill writes in The Next American City.
There has been a buzz surrounding the dwindling honeybee population in the media for the past few years. But sadly, little has been done about it. A 2007 study by the American Beekeepers Association revealed that “since 1975, 80 percent of honeybee hives in the United States have been decimated by pesticides and a parasitic virus that is wiping out the species,” writes Hill.
Big corporations haven’t been feeling the effects of the shortage, but small farmers are suffering; and so are the wallets of the produce-consuming public.
What’s the solution? Hill says we should all be talking about it; don’t forget that the bee shortage has a major effect on one third of the human diet. Make the issue a real concern, and maybe a swarm of like-minded people will incite some change.


Hurricane season starts in June but peaks from August through November.
As we’re now in hurricane season, experts warn residents to pay more attention to storm surge and flooding, rather than wind strength. Most people lose their lives in hurricanes due to drowning, and flooding doesn’t just occur near the coast, but storms can reach hundreds of miles inland too from the torrential rainfall and flooding down rivers and streams.
Some tips to prepare if a Hurricane is headed your way:
1. Plan ahead of the storm.
2. Have an emergency preparedness kit ready. Include a gallon of water a day per person and per pet for at least three days or four days.
3. Keep your insurance policies and other important documents with your emergency kit or nearby.
4. Know where and how you will evacuate. Make sure you have a plan, and include your pets if you have them.
5. If you’re not in the storm surge or flood area, and are several miles inland in a secure structure and don’t plan to evacuate, then test your generator, have flashlights handy, and stock up on food and water. Over-evacuation is an issue, so if you’re in an area in which told it’s not necessary to evacuate, then don’t.
6. Fill medications, prescriptions before a storm approaches.
7. If elderly family members or friends rely on respirators, make sure they have a generator or an evacuation plan in case the power goes out.
8. Cover windows with shutters or plywood.
9. Store outdoor furniture, toys and other objects that could become projectiles.
10. Get cash in case power outages prevent using ATMs.
11. Pay close attention to forecasts and the National Hurricane Center for the latest information.
12. Download an app through your emergency management agency, TV station or other source that warns about severe weather.
If you and your family do these basic things to prepare, then you’re ahead of the issue and will help in not making matters worse for your family and free up emergency responders to assist with others in dire need.


Pain and sorrow
Asenath gave Joseph two sons, Joseph called the first-born, Manasseh meaning, “Causing to forget” and in verse 51, we can sense all the pain and sorrow Joseph went through, separated from his family and his country, and deprived of his freedom and his identity.
Because of Jesus
If Joseph would have reacted as a normal human being, he had longed for revenge with hate and bitterness, he knew this and thanked God for protecting his heart and mind, “God has made me forget all my trouble and hardship and all my father’s household.” Because of what Jesus was about to do many years later, Joseph could forgive Potiphar and his wife and all his brothers and enjoy life in Egypt in love and hard work. Do you need to forgive?
Always in Joseph’s heart
Joseph had a second son and called him, Ephraim meaning fruitfulness, “God has caused me to be fruitful and very successful in the land of my suffering” God was always in Joseph’s heart and he praised God by what he called his sons. All the suffering in Egypt thought him his dependence on YaHaWaH his awesome God. Do you depend on God?
All the people came
Now the seven years of plenty had gone and the seven barren years started, the famine ravished Egypt and the rest of the world, not any food anywhere and all the people came to Pharaoh for help; however, he sent them to Joseph.
Joseph saved the world
Pharaoh could have used the situation to gain more land and power; however, he had learned to fear the God of Joseph and kept him in charge. Joseph saved the world from starving to death by opening all the granaries in Egypt, selling grain. God by Joseph saved the world and made Egypt an extremely wealthy nation.
- Are you going through in your life “the same” as Joseph did?
- Are we able to forget?
- What does it take to fill your heart with the love of God?


If you are like most people you’ve noticed how sometimes nutrition advice comes from a nutritionist and sometimes it comes from a dietitian or a registered dietitian (RD). And if you are like most people you’ve wondered – What is the difference?
The difference is that the term dietitian, and more significantly the RD, has a clear definition that includes an education based on the science of food and how the body uses that food. The Commission on Accreditation of Dietetic Education clearly outlines the coursework required for someone to call themselves a dietitian. In addition, the Commission of Dietetic Registration outlines the experience needed to take the credentialing exam and the continuing education needed to maintain the RD credential.
On the flip side, the term nutritionist does not have a nationally defined definition so the background of a nutritionist in California could be very different from one in Florida. Some state licensure boards have regulated the use of the title but regulations vary from state to state. All Registered Dietitians are nutritionists but not all nutritionists are Registered Dietitians.
If you want to find a nutrition professional who will provide information based on the science of food and nutrition turn to the RD. When you contact the RD make sure you discuss your personal goals for healthier eating because just as physicians have areas of specialty so to do RD’s. You want to make sure you work with someone who can assess your needs and help you develop an eating plan that is enjoyable, maintainable and based on the science of food and nutrition. You can locate an RD in your area by visiting www.eatright.org and clicking on “Find a Nutrition Professional”


Real-LifeAn archive of questions and answers that may be of interest to puzzle enthusiasts.
Question 1 - icecubes:
You have an old-fashioned refrigerator with a small freezer compartment which could hold seven ice cube trays stacked vertically, but there are no shelves to separate the trays. You have an unlimited supply of trays, each of which can make a dozen cubes, but if you stand one on top of another before it's frozen, it will nest part way into it and you won't get full cubes from the bottom tray. So, what is the fastest way to make ice cubes? Show Answer
Question 2 - microwave:
Every morning when I warm my milk for breakfast, I put one cup of milk in the microwave (which is in working order) for exactly 84 seconds. Why? Show Answer


Analysis of the F5gene by PCR amplification and sequencing of the coding region and splice junctions is the gold standard approach.
Heritable factor V deficiency is an autosomal recessive rare bleeding disorder, caused by defects in the F5 gene. Clinical presentation can be severe or even life threatening. It often manifests from birth, with bleeding from the umbilical stalk. The majortiy of patients with factor V deficiency will have mucosal bleeding, and most females will also have menorrhagia. Some patients, with a null mutation and a FVLeiden polymorphism on the expressed allele may present with elevated thrombotic risk.
Synonyms or keywords:
Factor V deficiency


What Is Salivary Gland Cancer?
Your salivary glands consist of several different types of cells, and cancer can form in any of them. Salivary gland cancers are named according to cell type.
How quickly salivary gland cancers grow and spread varies considerably, with some types tending to grow faster than others. Doctors usually grade the cancers from low to high, based on how abnormal the cancers look under a microscope. The grade gives you a rough idea of how quickly the cancer is likely to grow and spread.
Salivary gland cancers are classified as:
- Low grade (well-differentiated). Low-grade tumors look very much like normal salivary gland cells. They tend to grow slowly and have a good outcome.
- Intermediate grade (moderately-differentiated).Intermediate-grade tumors have an appearance and outlook that is between low and high.
- High grade (poorly-differentiated). High grade tumors look quite different from normal cells and often grow and spread quickly. The outlook (prognosis) for these cancers is usually not as good as for lower-grade cancers


Author: A.J. Herrington
A recent study reveals that cannabis was a part of life for an ancient Chinese civilization, and that they used it for food, medicine and textiles.
Researchers studying an ancient tomb in China have found direct evidence that cannabis was a staple food crop during the Tang dynasty more than 1,000 years ago.
Previous research into the civilizations of ancient China has shown that cannabis was an important crop for thousands of years, with historical texts showing that the plant’s seeds were a staple food consumed in a type of porridge. And now archaeological evidence from central China is confirming the significance of cannabis during the Tang dynasty, which ruled the country from 618 to 907 A.D.


Rangiora High School – Authentic and collaborative learning
A new learning space at Rangiora High School has supported staff and students to teach and learn in different ways. These three videos describe Rangiora High School's journey in creating a connected curriculum that enables collaboration, greater learner agency, and authentic learning opportunities.
Designing an environment to support teaching and learning
"It offers an opportunity for diversity in what students are learning and how they're learning."
Creating authentic learning experiences
"What we did at the start was to get the students to really think about things they were interested in, things they were passionate about, skills that they have. Then we looked at how they could turn one or more of those elements into an area of investigation."
A collaborative approach to teaching and learning
"Students develop the learning plan. They develop the focus. My role is to oversee it and make sure that what they're doing is robust."
How does our school offer authentic learning opportunities to students?
How actively involved are our students in the learning process and in decision making about their learning?
How could we build a collaborative approach to teaching and learning at our school?
Are our spaces flexible enough to allow students choice about how and where they work?
Find out more


Monkey Puzzle Tree
Type: Tree Lives In: Peru and Argentina Conservation Status: Vulnerable
I'm sure I'm not alone in finding these eye-catching trees interesting. They hardly seem to fit in with the oak, birch, and plane trees so commonly found here in the UK, but where did they come from? Well, for starters, 'monkey puzzle tree' appears to be a mere nickname - its official name is 'araucaria araucana' and it is native to Chile and Argentina where it was discovered in the 1780's. It's one of the slowest-growing trees in the conifer family and also one of the longest-lived - in it natural habitat it can live for as long as 1,000 years. Its nickname comes from the fact that every inch of it (except the trunk) is covered in hard, scale-like leaves which would no doubt cause monkeys and other trees-dwellers some problems in moving around it! Amusingly, its French name translates as 'monkeys despair' so I guess we're not the only ones to have noticed that!
Why They Are Awesome: Because they puzzle monkeys, of course!


The Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twin-engined supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and is also the most produced. The T-38 remains in service as of 2015 in air forces throughout the world.
The United States Air Force (USAF) operates the most T-38s. In addition to training USAF pilots, the T-38 is used by NASA. The US Naval Test Pilot School is the principal US Navy operator (other T-38s were previously used as USN aggressor aircraft until replaced by the similar Northrop F-5 Tiger II). Pilots of other NATO nations fly the T-38 in joint training programs with USAF pilots.
As of 2015, the T-38 has been in service for over 50 years with its original operator, the United States Air Force.
FlightGear's T-38 uses a 2D cockpit, and demonstrates how instruments can be minimized and maximized in 2D panels. Although the real aircraft does not have a radar, it was chosen to be a demonstrator of radar in the simulator, and can therefore display AI aircraft on a radar screen.
- Flaps are extended by default
- Front cockpit seat is not solid, and can be seen through when looking from behind.
- No pilot or co-pilot visible in cockpit
- Aircraft has no shadow
- No aircraft lighting available
- No textures used
- No stick, rudder, throttle, gear and flap objects
- Engines have no sound
- Engine sound in cockpit does not differ from outside engine sound
- No HUD available
- No sound when toggling flaps


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Featuring over 2,000 common words, this is the ideal first Spanish dictionary for kids just starting out on their language learning journey.
Each Spanish word is supported by a photo, encouraging visual learning, and a pronunciation, so that children aged 6 and up can get to grips with Spanish. First Spanish Dictionary includes subjects relevant to children, such as school, pets, and sports. Learn how to say la cocina, los hobbys, and de compras and understand their meanings with a handy vocabulary section and plenty of pictures.
First Spanish Dictionary is essential for parents and teachers who are keen to teach kids Spanish as a second language.
Sections covered: All about Me, Clothes, Home and Garden, City Life, In the Park, Hobbies, Food, Shopping, Animals, Nature, Beach, School, Sports, Colours and Shapes, Opposites, and Weather.
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THE AKAITCHO TERRITORY DENE FIRST NATIONS
(" the AKAITCHO DFN" )
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
(Together known as the "Parties")
1. The Crown entered into Treaty #8 with the ancestors of the Akaitcho DFN at Deninu Kue in 1900;
2. The ancestors of the Akaitcho DFN entered into Treaty #8 with the understanding that it was for as long as the sun shines, the rivers flow and the grass grows;
3. The Parties have entered into a Framework Agreement on July 25, 2000 to guide the negotiation of the Akaitcho agreement;
4. The Parties recognize that certain lands within Akaitcho DFN asserted territory are of environmental, cultural, economic and spiritual importance to the Akaitcho DFN.
5. The Parties have recognized that appropriate interim measures are necessary in order to advance negotiations.


Michigan Girl Finds Skeleton of Extinct Elk
Eastern Elk, Michigan
10-year-old Sonja Moehle found the skeleton of a representative of the extinct Eastern subspecies of Elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis).
Eastern Elk were larger.
The Eastern elk subspecies existed in North America until 1877, when the last known specimen was shot in Pennsylvania. It was noted by scientists as being much larger than the elk species of today, boasting racks as long as six feet in length. Eastern bull elk could stand as tall as 60 inches at the shoulder and weigh more than a thousand pounds.
Not everyone believes they are totally extinct, however. It is suspected that some form of the elk subspecies still lives onâ€”in New Zealand. Former US President Theodore Roosevelt gifted a small herd of elk to New Zealand in 1905. Experts believe that the herd included several individuals of Eastern elk, which may have eventually begun breeding with local animals.
Sonja and her father have started a Kickstarter funding page to raise enough money for DNA-testing of her Elk.


Two of the most common signs of skin cancer are moles that change in size or appearance or an open skin wound that isn't healing. The exact symptoms of skin cancer vary according to the type, WebMD states.Continue Reading
There are three primary types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma, according to Mayo Clinic. The signs of basal cell carcinoma appear in areas where the skin is most exposed to the sun, Mayo Clinic states. Bumps that have a pearly appearance and flat brown scar-like lesions indicate that basal cell carcinoma is present. Other signs include spots with a dent in the center and reddish, brown, bluish patches on the skin, according to WebMD.
Squamous cell carcinoma is also likely to appear on sun-exposed areas, according to Mayo Clinic. Physical signs of the cancer include flat crusty lesions or firm red nodules on the skin. Flat bumps that begin to bleed without healing also indicate squamous cell carcinoma is present, WebMD states.
Melanoma is the most dangerous form of skin cancer. Changes in the size or shape of a mole may indicate it is present. Multicolored spots featuring irregular borders that may or may not bleed are also warning signs, WebMD states. Individuals at risk of melanoma should also look out for moles larger than the size of a pencil eraser.Learn more about Cancer


Triple negative breast cancer has lower survival rates and is defined more by what it is 'not.'
Dr. Priyanka Sharma, University of Kansas Cancer Center, says it is not a death sentence, though.
The University of Kansas Cancer Center is putting together a registry, the first of its kind in the world.
Dr. Sharma says they still don't understand the molecular drivers and biology of Triple Negative Cancer.
For more resources: KUCancerCenter.org
There are three main risk factors for breast cancer: Age, family history, and a pre-cancerous biopsy. Dr. Carol Fabian, Breast Cancer Prevention Center & Survivorship Center director, says women who are obese have an increased risk of breast cancer. Your risk of getting breast cancer increases as you age. Alcohol can also become a risk factor. Learn more about breast cancer prevention in the video player below.


Children recently attended “Georges birthday party” where they were introduced to various animal and together enjoyed his birthday party. Now they were engaged in making gifts for George .The main objective of the activity was to enable children develop their creative expression. Children were offered colorful crayons, glitter paper and other craft material to articulate their thoughts in their sketch files. Few drew teddy bears, ice creams, candy images for George while others made a gift box with glitter paper in their sketch file. The activity helped enhanced other developmental aspects of children like vocabulary, expression and fine motor skills.


Geometry was the first system of ideas in which a few simple statements were assumed and then used to derive more complex ones. A system such as this is referred to as a deductive system. Geometry introduces you to the ideas of deduction and logical consequences, ideas you will continue to use throughout your life.
Ready to get your logical, geometric brain warmed up? A postulate is a statement that is assumed true without proof. A theorem is a true statement that can be proven. Listed below are the first six postulates and the theorems that can be proven from these postulates.
Postulate 1: A line contains at least two points.
Postulate 2: A plane contains at least three non collinear points.
Postulate 3: Through any two points, there is exactly one line.
Postulate 4: Through any three noncollinear points, there is exactly one plane.
Postulate 5: If two points lie in a plane, then the line joining them lies in that plane.
Postulate 6: If two planes intersect, then their intersection is a line.
Theorem 1: If two lines intersect, then they intersect in exactly one point.
Theorem 2: If a point lies outside a line then exactly one plane contains both the line and the point.
Theorem 3: If two lines intersect, then exactly one plane contains both lines.


RARE DISEASE DAY – FEBRUARY 29th
About Rare Disease Day
Rare Disease Day is the international awareness-raising campaign for rare diseases. Since Rare Disease Day started in 2008, thousands of events have taken place throughout the world, reaching millions of people.
The theme for Rare Disease Day 2020 is ‘We Are The 300 Million’. There are over 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease. Together across borders, and across the 6000+ rare diseases we work towards more equitable access to diagnosis, treatment, care and social opportunity.
Our key message for Rare Disease Day 2020 is that:
- Rare is many worldwide.
- Rare is strong every day.
- Rare is proud everywhere.
Thank you for participating!


The objectives of emergency preparedness are to protect the impacted population and the basis for their livelihood, and to limit the effects of an event. The tasks and duties of bodies at federal, cantonal, regional and commune level, and of the operators of nuclear plants, are stipulated in the Emergency Preparedness Ordinance.
MADUK consists of four subsidiary networks located within a radius of 6 kilometres of each Swiss nuclear power plant and the Paul Scherrer Institute.
ENSI operates an automatic dose-rate monitoring network in the vicinity of nuclear facilities. Readings are transmitted round the clock to ENSI. You find the real time measurements here.
Dispersion calculations are carried out in the event of an incident in a nuclear power plant that represents a risk to humans.
The International Nuclear Event Scale (INES), which comprises seven levels, is applied throughout the world.


For this oil pastel drawing assignment, I invited students to use their imaginations to create their own building compositions on black or purple construction paper.
They could start the building drawing using the basic building shapes from the California Missions and think about stacking, side-by-side or one shape within another (see photo to left). They could also use the photos of missions or houses as reference. Or they could use imagination or memory to begin the drawing. I mostly left the content of the drawing up to the students--my only 'must do's' were that the students use oil pastel, draw one or more buildings, follow the drawing expectations (see photo to left) with the addition that if they wanted an area to be black on black paper to use black oil pastel to fill in the space (the same for purple paper--spaces to be left purple must be filled with purple oil pastel.)
I gave early finishers a challenge: draw a second scene with the building far away (in the distance) and think about if they could draw something else in the foreground (close up). See drawing # 6 below for an example of a student who took this challenge.
The examples below show the wide variety of ways the students approached this assignment. Some drawings are based on observations of the building photos--an example is #1 below. Other drawings, #2 for example, are drawn from prior knowledge of conventions for drawing a house. In other drawings (see #11), the students used combinations of the basic shapes to create their building compositions. In one class, students came up with the great idea of taping several sheets of construction paper together to create a larger drawing--see # 9 and #14.


Canterbury Museum's exhibition Exhibition: Canterbury and World War One: Lives Lost, Lives Changed opened on 30 November 2017. The displays follow the experiences of Cantabrians who served on the battlefields of Europe and the Middle East as well as those they left behind. The exhibition runs until 11 November 2018. Admission is free.
The Air Force Museum of New Zealand has a new exhibition.
The First World War was the most destructive conflict the world had ever seen. Over four years, the political map of Europe was redrawn and empires and governments were overthrown. 17 million people died and 20 million more were injured in mind or body.


Addis count Ad·dis count (ād’ĭs)
The number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and casts in a twelve-hour urine specimen, used to follow the progress of kidney disease.
- Addison’s disease
a disease characterized by asthenia, low blood pressure, and a brownish coloration of the skin, due to decreased secretion of cortisol from the adrenal cortex, resulting in hypoadrenalism. noun a disease characterized by deep bronzing of the skin, anaemia, and extreme weakness, caused by underactivity of the adrenal glands Also called adrenal insufficiency Addison’s disease […]
Joseph, 1672–1719, English essayist and poet. Thomas, 1793–1860, English physician. a town in NE Illinois. Contemporary Examples Clover, Mia, Addison, and Jane have developed that typical lasting friendship that comes from rooming together freshman year. Deborah Copaken Kogan’s Novel ‘The Red Book’ Examines the Cult of Achievement Katharine Herrup April 3, 2012 “Dr. Addison has […]
- Addison’s clinical plane
addison’s clinical plane Addison’s clinical plane n. Any of a series of planes used in thoracoabdominal topography. See under interspinal plane, intertubercular plane, lateral plane, median plane, transpyloric plane, and transthoracic plane.
- Addison’s anemia
addison’s anemia Addison’s anemia Ad·di·son’s anemia (ād’ĭ-sənz) or ad·di·so·ni·an anemia (ād’ĭ-sō’nē-ən) n. See pernicious anemia.


Dr. Lori Alvord: From Navajo Healing Ceremonies To 21st Century Medicine
This program will be broadcast on Sunday, August 24 at 9 p.m.
Traditional Navajo ceremonies contribute to healing the human body at multiple levels. Navajo healing, using chant, prayer, and guided imagery, has been shown to change how the brain functions (neuroplasticity). The Navajo approach to keeping the physical body strong is a blend of mind-body medicine. The Navajo healing ceremony, an archetype of the Native culture, demonstrates the blend of traditional foods, Native spirituality, and connection within the community and to the natural world.
Lori Arviso Alvord, MD, a Navajo, was raised on the reservation in Crownpoint, New Mexico. Dr. Alvord left to attend an Ivy League institution; she completed medical school and became a surgeon. Dr. Alvord returned to the reservation to provide surgical care, and develop a model of health care that was acceptable to Navajo people. Her award winning book, "The Scalpel and the Silver Bear," an autobiography, has sold over 50,000 copies.
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|The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: class.|
Class could mean:
- Social class refers to the differences between groups in societies or cultures, and is a basic idea in economics, sociology and other social sciences
- Class (education), a group of students in a course or lesson
- Class (biology), a rank used in taxonomy
- Class (philosophy), distinguishes between classes and types
- Class (set theory), in mathematics
- Travel class
Media, entertainment and sport[change | change source]
- Character class in role-playing games and other genres
- Class (film), a romantic comedy released in 1983
- Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, a book by Paul Fussell
- The Class, a CBS sitcom which began in fall 2006
- Class, known as one-design in sailing, where boats built the same way race against each other
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- Appliance classes, in making electric appliances
- Class (emission), a type of radio emission
- Ship class, in a navy, a set of vessels that are built the same way
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- Class (file format), a Java file format
- Class (warez), a warez group that stopped being used
- Class attribute, a part of many HTML and XHTML elements, such as span and div, often to help apply styles
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Coping with bullying is very difficult. Bullies are everywhere, with a reported 90% of children stating that they have been bullied at one time in their life, according to Bullying.org. More than simply making fun of someone, the daily taunting, and berating of a child can affect their performance in school and emotional well-being, and […]
What is Anxiety?
What is anxiety? Anxiety or generalized anxiety disorder is a debilitating mental disorder characterized by excessive fears or worries about everyday things in life. The constant worrying is unrealistic and is characterized by a state of unease or apprehension that is exaggerated or out of proportion to the situation. Individuals who experience this are in […]
What is Depression?
What is depression? Depression is a mental illness that is correlated with a chemical imbalance in the brain that affects the body and mind. This imbalance can cause changes in mood, behavior, thinking, and physical well-being. The symptoms vary from person to person but are generally signified by feelings of sadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, and loss […]


2004 INDEXCountry Ranks
Holy See (Vatican City) Index
Holy See (Vatican City) Introduction - 2004
SOURCE: 2004 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further circumscribed when Rome itself was annexed. Disputes between a series of "prisoner" popes and Italy were resolved in 1929 by three Lateran Treaties, which established the independent state of Vatican City and granted Roman Catholicism special status in Italy. In 1984, a concordat between the Holy See and Italy modified certain of the earlier treaty provisions, including the primacy of Roman Catholicism as the Italian state religion. Present concerns of the Holy See include religious freedom, international development, the Middle East, terrorism, the failing health of Pope John Paul II, interreligious dialogue and reconciliation, and the application of church doctrine in an era of rapid change and globalization. About 1 billion people worldwide profess the Catholic faith.
NOTE: The information regarding Holy See (Vatican City) on this page is re-published from the 2004 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Holy See (Vatican City) Introduction 2004 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Holy See (Vatican City) Introduction 2004 should be addressed to the CIA.


April 11, 2013
What is Fermi?
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is a NASA observatory designed to reveal the high-energy universe in never-before-seen detail. With Fermi, astronomers have a unique tool to explore high-energy processes associated with solar flares, spinning neutron stars, outbursts from black holes, exploding stars, supernova remnants and energetic particles to gain insight into how the universe works.
Fermi detects gamma rays, the most powerful form of light. How powerful? The energy of visible light falls between 2 and 3 electron volts, but the gamma rays detected by Fermi have energies several thousand to billions of times greater.


ability to feel
thing that is felt through the mind or the senses
strong emotion, especially of discontent, resentment, etc.
person's emotions rather than intellect
"she had a feeling of euphoria"
"he had terrible feelings of guilt"
"I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
"his impression of her was favorable"
"what are your feelings about the crisis?"
"it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"
"I had a feeling that she was lying"
"the feel of the city excited him"
"a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"
"it had the smell of treason"
"he had a queasy feeling"
"I had a strange feeling in my leg"
"he lost all feeling in his arm"
"she likes the touch of silk on her skin"
"the surface had a greasy feeling"
"he had a great feeling for music"
The Sense of Feeling can indeed give us a Notion of..Shape.


Find out more about autism and its characteristics.
Understand the diagnosis process and the benefits of early diagnosis.
Information about the intervention process.
Learn how to find, evaluate, and understand autism research studies.
A resource for family members of persons with an autism spectrum disorder.
Print useful forms and worksheets to aid in everyday life.


This course is designed to give students the skills required for primary laptop use. This text is published in collaboration with MIT News Publication doesn’t imply endorsement of views by the World Financial Forum. Due to assistive know-how students from preschool to varsity are in a position to participate in the classroom and reside as unbiased lives as possible.
There are 9 departments and over eighty laboratories, facilities, and programs under the jurisdiction of the College of Engineering. Nevertheless it ought to be remembered that such delusions are nourished by out-sized claims about the universal dominion of science.
When you’ve got the center, take a gander at the most promising new computer technologies. It is protected to say that most kids don’t use their tablets to remain updated on the most recent scientific discoveries or world news! However, still, most software program builders at the moment may probably not see what might presumably interest them to develop applications for the platform.
The Faculty has 19 years of expertise offering engineering online with 4 master’s degrees and 18 certificates accessible. Listed here are a couple extra stable suggestions which might be known to be dependable and specs-compliant for those in the engineering field.
When you extrapolate the event of about forty years of laptop expertise that lies behind us into the long run, as an example a couple of thousand years, you would possibly become convinced that in some distant future pc know-how is so superior that we couldn’t distinguish pc life from actual life.


Holbrook Primary School
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Maths - Friday
To use the language of rotation
In this lesson, we will explore rotation, including a quarter, half, three-quarter and full turn. (Lesson 10)
More turning practice...
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Cramming is a legitimate way to review learned material just before a big test. It gives students a chance to go back over notes, completed assignments, and supplemental materials which have all of the information needed to help them pass a test.
Students don't retain the information gleaned from cramming just before a test. As soon as the test is over, all of that crammed information is immediately brain-dumped, and is of no use for future applications which require said knowledge.
[P1] Cramming is the best way to study for a test.
Rejecting the premises
[Rejecting P1] Cramming only prepares students for the short term, not the long term.


There are two main tools used to perform scheduled tasks, at and cron. You may also like to try anacron if your computer does not run continuously, as cron will only work if your computer is left on (anacron can catch up with the scheduled tasks the next time the computer is on...).
at now + time
at -f shell_script now + 1 hour
Anacron: anacron is another tool designed for systems which are not always on, such as home computers
While cron will not run if the computer is off, anacron will simply run the command when the computer is next on (it catches up with things).
day of month
1-12 (or names, see below)
day of week
0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use three letter names)
There are also a number of shortcut methods for common tasks, including:
@yearly --- same as 0 0 1 1 *
@annually --- same as @yearly
@monthly --- same as 0 0 1 * *
@weekly --- same as 0 0 * * 0
@daily --- same as 0 0 * * *
@midnight --- same as @daily
@hourly --- same as 0 * * * *
Step values can be used in conjunction with ranges. Following a range with ``/<number>'' specifies skips of the number's value through the range. For example, ``0-23/2'' can be used in the hours field to specify command execution every other hour (the alternative in the V7 standard is ``0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22''). Steps are also permitted after an asterisk, so if you want to say ``every two hours'', just use ``*/2''.
When writing a crontab entry you simply type in six fields separated by spaces, the first five are those listed in the table (using numbers or letters and numbers as appropriate), the 6th field is the command to be executed and any options, cron will read everything up until the newline.
5 4 * * sun echo "run at 5 after 4 every sunday"
This information has come from (without editing) a post on the LinuxChix techtalk mailing list, please see  in the Bibliography for further information.
This information comes from the cron manual page with small additions (no changes to original content), refer to  in the Bibliography for further information.


Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao were the winners in British Columbia of the 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada. After a visit to a Vancouver waste station, Wang and Yao were blown away by the enormous amount of waste in plastic. Plastic is very hard to sort for recycling — all types have a similar density. Says Wang, “Plastics are useful, but the downside of this convenience is that plastics cause serious problems like the destruction of ecosystems.”
So Wang and Yao decided to see if there was a way to break them down … with bacteria! It’s a cool idea, but difficult. They made a proposal in grade 12: Find a bacteria from local river to metabolize phthalates. Phthalates are a component of plastic, but they’re not well bonded, so they easily pollute and are found in products like babies’ toys, cosmetics, food wraps. In fact, the EPA has classified them as a top-priority pollutant.
Wang and Yao figured that if there were places along the local river that were contaminated, then maybe bacteria have evolved to degrade them. So they met a professor who gave them lab space and set to work. They collected samples from three sites, and enriched cultures with phthalates as the only food source. And they discovered that “bacteria can do it” — several local species had indeed evolved to metabolize phthalates. They DNA-sequenced the bacteria, and found several that were not previously associated with phthalate degradation. That’s a real discovery.
Most interestingly, Wang says, “We found the most efficient degraders came from the local landfill.” Nature was indeed evolving ways of dealing with the problem, one that we could someday use. Yao finishes by noting, “We weren’t the first ones to break down phthalates, but we were the first ones to look into our local river and find a possible solution to a local problem.”
Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao’s talk is now available for viewing. Watch it on TED.com »


Roe v. Wade(redirected from 410 U.S. 113)
Also found in: Medical, Legal.
Roe v. Wade,case decided in 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Along with Doe v. Bolton, this decision legalized abortionabortion,
expulsion of the products of conception before the embryo or fetus is viable. Any interruption of human pregnancy prior to the 28th week is known as abortion. The term spontaneous abortion, or miscarriage, is used to signify delivery of a nonviable embryo or fetus due
..... Click the link for more information. in the first trimester of pregnancy. The decision, written by Justice Harry Blackmun and based on the residual right of privacy, struck down dozens of state antiabortion statutes. The decision was based on two cases, that of an unmarried woman from Texas, where abortion was illegal unless the mother's life was at risk, and that of a poor, married mother of three from Georgia, where state law required permission for an abortion from a panel of doctors and hospital officials. While establishing the right to an abortion, this decision gave states the right to intervene in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy to protect the woman and the "potential" life of the unborn child. Denounced by the National Council of Bishops, the decision gave rise to a vocal antiabortion movement that put pressure on the courts and created an anti-Roe litmus test for the judicial appointments of the Reagan and Bush administrations (1981–93). In a 1989 case, Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, the court, while not striking down Roe, limited its scope, permitting states greater latitude in regulating and restricting abortions. Then in 1992, in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the court reaffirmed the abortion rights granted in Roe v. Wade, while permitting further restrictions.
See N. McCorvey with A. Meisler, I Am Roe (1994); N. E. H. Hull and P. C. Hoffer, Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History (2001, rev. ed. 2010).


Badminton officials in Indonesia are concerned that the growing threat of another Bird Flu epidemic could have a devastating effect on availability of shuttlecocks in the country.
A ban has been placed on poultry imports including dried duck feathers -used to make shuttlecocks - into Indonesia from China in an attempt to stop the spread of the H7N9 strain of the disease, which has so far killed 33 people.
The strain is different from the one which killed more than 360 people in 2003 - and is a form not previously found in humans.
The ban has left officials worried there could be a shortage of shuttlecocks in the country, with 40% currenlty in use being shipped in from overseas, mainly from China.
Ricky Subagia, a spokesman for the Indonesian Badminton Association [PBSI] admits he is concerned over the effect the issue could have on one of the country's favourite sports.
"I hope the ban won’t last long as I’m afraid that it will have an impact," he said.
Indonesia have been a major force in world badminton in recent years and had won gold at every Olympic games since the sport was introduced in 1992 - although they enjoyed a less than successful London 2012.
The country failed to secure a medal in the sport having scooped gold in the men's doubles in Beijing in 2008.
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Because of the dry conditions in metro Atlanta, the Marietta Fire Department reminds citizens a ban on outdoor burning is in effect through September.
Where and when does the ban apply
The burn ban is in effect in Marietta and 45 Georgia counties from May 1 through September 30 each year
What types of open burning are banned
- Burning of leaves, tree limbs, or other yard wastes
- Burning of vegetative waste from land clearing
- Burning over of forest land by the owners of the land
Fires that are allowed
- Fires for carrying out recognized agricultural practices
- Fires for recreational purposes or for cooking food
- Fires for training fire-fighting personnel
Why the ban is needed
During the summer months in metro Atlanta, the ozone in the air we breathe can reach unhealthy levels. Ozone is formed when volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides coming from manmade and natural sources react in the presence of sunlight. A major source of these pollutants is the burning of fuels and other combustible materials.
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has identified open burning as a significant contributor of the pollutants that form ozone. Therefore, open burning in metro Atlanta and the surrounding areas must be restricted during the summer months.
For more information, call the Marietta Fire Department at 770-794-5466.


Twidale, M. B., & Nichols, D. M. (2006). Computational sense: the role of technology in the education of digital librarians. (Working paper series. University of Waikato, Department of Computer Science. No. 10/2006). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato.
Permanent Research Commons link: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/40
The rapid progress of digital library technology from research to implementation has created a force for change in the curricula of library schools. The education of future librarians has always had to adapt to new technologies but the pace, complexity and implications of digital libraries pose considerable challenges. In this article we explore how we might successfully blend elements of computer science and library science to produce effective educational experiences for the digital librarians of tomorrow. We first outline the background to current digital librarian education and then propose the concept of computational sense as an appropriate meeting point for these two disciplines.
Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato
- 2006 Working Papers


A bubble diagram is a diagram which represents information visually in the form of a series of bubbles. Bubble diagrams can be used to compare concepts, identify areas of similarity and difference, present a wide variety of information for the purpose of activities like presentations, planning out designs, and developing strategy. One case in which the bubble diagram is widely used is in the development of plans for landscaping and architecture.
The bubbles can be used to represent different kinds of spaces in a plan, varying in shape to represent features of greater or lesser importance and size. The bubble diagram can create a rough sense of flow which is used to develop a more refined plan. Moreover, bubble diagram is a diagram with a bubble presentation of data and the size of a bubble is a parameter of data, too. For example, it can display the importance of the data in diagram or its value. So you can operate three parameters on 2-dimensional diagram - X and Y coordinates of a bubble and its size.
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Edraw is rather a lightweight yet incredibly powerful diagramming tool, which helps you create Bubble Diagram in the easiest way. It contains a large collection of shapes and examples, as well as an intuitive interface and automated tools, which helps you design and customize the drawing with free templates. All the beautiful diagrams you have designed can be easily exported and printed in a strict correspondence with the screen picture.
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Edraw bubble diagram templates offer you plenty of bubble shapes including circle, ellipse, cloud, main idea, grey bubble, blue bubble, pink bubble, iridescence bubble, highlight circle, highlight ellipse, highlight cloud, highlight main idea, connector.


There are many causes of discolouration of one or a few teeth, including decay, old stained fillings and enamel defects. Some patients may have general or widespread discolouration of their teeth as a result of being given certain kinds of antibiotics, too much fluoride as a child, or simply as a result of the way the teeth have developed and aged.
It is possible to achieve a considerable lightening in many cases using simple tooth whitening techniques. In the past this kind of general discolouration might have been treated by crowning the teeth.
Treatments usually involve taking accurate impressions of the teeth and constructing a thin clear soft plastic splint, which precisely fits over them. At night the splints are filled with a slow release bleaching jelly, which over a period of time lightens the teeth. Occasionally mild sensitivity may arise so we like to oversee the treatment - follow up appointments are therefore required
In some cases a very rapid result can be achieved, and in others the process may be slower. However there is no great hurry and the process is harmless if properly supervised.
A more rapid result may be achieved using in-surgery techniques, where a stronger whitening agent is activated by a bright light under the careful control of the dental therapist or hygienist.
When the teeth have been bleached it may be necessary to replace fillings (if they are present) to a lighter shade. Where severe staining will not respond to bleaching, porcelain veneers may be a suitable alternative in some cases.


Below you can find the full step by step solution for you problem. We hope it will be very helpful for you and it will help you to understand the solving process.
If it's not what You are looking for type in the calculator fields your own values, and You will get the solution.
To get the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 382 and 864 we need to factor each value first and then we choose all the factors which appear in any column and multiply them:
|382: ||2|| || || || || || || ||191|
|864: ||2||2||2||2||2||3||3||3|| |
The Least Common Multiple (LCM) is: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 191 = 165024


Invasive species are perhaps the greatest stressor currently facing the Great Lakes aquatic ecosystem. Some of them, like the Asian carps, have been identified as potential invasive species. Asian carp are highly abundant in the Illinois River and have been captured 47 miles away from Lake Michigan. They threaten to invade the Great Lakes and disrupt aquatic food webs and fisheries through their voracious consumption of large volumes of plankton. CIGLR has produced models for Lake Erie that show if Asian carps were to invade, they would dominate the fish community and seriously devalue the vital recreational and commercial fisheries present there. Currently, Dr. Hongyan Zhang, Peter Alsip (University of Michigan graduate student) and colleagues are working to develop similar ecosystem models to assess the Asian carp threat in the other Great Lakes and their embayments.


Official preliminary data from the U.K.’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has revealed that the country added 900 MW of solar capacity in the first six months of the year.
Cumulative installed PV capacity stood at 11,872 MW at the end of 2016, the BEIS data shows, rising to 12,720 MW by June 30. This is preliminary data and is expected to rise, BEIS stressed.
The main surge of solar installations arrived prior to March 31, which was the cut-off date for the remaining renewable obligation certificates (ROCs) for large-scale solar farms not larger than 5 MW that qualified for a grace period. Between February and March, the data shows, the U.K.’s solar sector added 670 MW, of which 530 MW was added in March alone. Of that figure, two-thirds were built in the 50 kW to 5 MW range.
However, since March 31, solar installations have slowed significantly, with less than 100 MW installed in the second quarter.
Overall, the U.K. now has 922,509 installations of solar PV, of which 46% – or 5,890 MW – is derived from solar farms larger than 5 MW.
Residential rooftop solar PV (systems below 4 kW in size) represent 20%, or 2,502 MW, of the entire U.K. fleet.
These record levels of cumulative solar capacity are having an impact on the country’s energy mix. Data from Imperial College London found that coal supplied just 2% of the U.K.’s power in the first half of 2017, down from around 40% as recently as 2012. On a handful of days in June, solar, nuclear and wind power met 70% of the country’s energy needs, bringing the U.K.’s carbon intensity of power production below 100g of CO2 per kWh for the first time ever.
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by Morley Evans
Below, is a chart from an article on the United States public debt  that shows the estimated ownership of Federal Securities. To whom does the United States owe money?
The chart shows Other investors (4%), Insurance companies, State and local governments (Pensions), U.S. Savings bonds, Depository institutions, Mutual funds (6%), State and local governments (5%), Foreign and international (28%), Federal Reserve and Intragovernmental Holdings (47%).
Foreign investors (Japan and China own half of this) and the Federal Reserve own 75% of the debt and everybody else owns 25% of the debt. The Fed owns approximately half of all U.S. Debt.
Everyone but the Federal Reserve, including Foreign investors, buys U.S. Federal Securities with U.S. dollars they get when they build widgets and sell them for more than it cost to make them. The government pays interest to investors who have purchased U.S. Securities.
Where does the Federal Reserve get the dollars it uses to buy U.S. Securities which are used (along with taxes) to fund the United States government? Does the Federal Reserve make widgets? What does the Federal Reserve do?  Does the Fed create dollars out of thin air and then loan them to the United States government?
The Federal Reserve is an unbelievably complicated system so what it is doing is concealed in plain sight, but the answer to the last question is yes.
Selling more debt to pay the interest on what has already been sold — and to pay for even more spending — is a Ponzi scheme. Creating money out of thin air is counterfeiting. The world's financial system — not its economy — is based on this criminal operation which appears to be out of control and approaching collapse. Could we not have honest money?


In Delaware, scientists, state agencies and local partners are working together to understand how climate change is affecting our state.
Climate change is already affecting Delaware. Over the coming years, we can anticipate even worse effects–more days of dangerously high heat, heavier precipitation, and sea level rise that leads to significant flooding.
The Delaware Climate Change Impact Assessment breaks down past and projected future climate trends in Delaware, and what these mean for Delaware’s public health, water resources, agriculture, infrastructure, and ecosystems. Read the full report or a 12-page summary.
The Delaware Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment takes a deep dive into the impacts that sea level rise will have on the state. The assessment includes:
These tools provide a visual of the Delaware’s past, current and future conditions, and the effects of climate change across the state.
The Delaware Climate Projections Portal provides data on Delaware’s climate indicators like temperature, precipitation, and length of growing season, tracked back to 1950 and projected out to 2100. Users can compare past climate conditions in Delaware to conditions we can expect with climate change based on the level of our greenhouse gas emissions.
The portal is hosted by the University of Delaware as part of the Office of the State Climatologist.
The Delaware Sea Level Rise Inundation Map is an easy-to-use tool that allows you to see the areas in Delaware that are vulnerable to rising waters from sea level rise. Enter your address or use the zoom tool to explore the the map and see which areas are at risk from sea level rise. The slider bar in the middle of the map allows you to see a before-and-after version of an area based on projected sea level rise scenarios.
The map is part of the Delaware FirstMap geospatial data portal.


Antibody HM2426 clone HB10H recognizes human complement C7 in its native form. Complement component C7 is an important complement protein that acts as a driving or limiting factor for the assembly of the membrane attack complex on local surfaces. However, its precise regulatory role in complement is poorly understood.
The main function of C7 is stabilizing the C5b6 complex after initiation of the terminal pathway. It is primarily synthesized extrahepatically at the site of inflammation by granulocytes and endothelial cells, thereby modulating lytic or sublytic membrane attack. Mutations in the C7 gene are associated with a rare disorder called C7 deficiency and affected individuals predisposed to angioedema, collagen vascular disease, or infections.
Besides functioning as a single protein and its role in MAC formation, C7 might also form complexes with other proteins indicating potential regulatory functions.
Immuno assays, Western blot


Most plastic pollution at sea starts out on land as litter on beaches, streets and sidewalks. This pollution can often be prevented from entering our ocean. Here are some simple individual actions which you can take to solve this global issue.
Every year 5,6 trillion cigarettes are smoked, of which 4,5 trillion end up in the environment. Almost all filters are made out of cellulose acetate – a form of plastic which takes up to twelve years to degrade. These filters not only harm the environment but can also INCREASE the risk of lung cancer.
On Wednesday, October 24, the European Parliament decided to follow through with the ban of single use plastics with 571 to 53 votes. This new law should be implemented from 2021 on. Together we will try to have a look at the nature of the proposal and the way it needs to become a true victory for all of mother earth.
The amount of people taking care of our environment is strongly increasing. In this article, we would like to show you positive examples of sustainable behavior in the fashion world and how this helps our earth to change.
The Western Pacific nation of Palau is now the first country to ban multiple kinds of sunscreen to protect its coral reefs from chemicals that are ingredients in most of the best-selling sunscreens.
Every woman in average uses 13,000 pads and tampons during her fertile life. Being these products some of the most polluting wastes, alternatives that are more environmentally friendly should be looked. There are some, but the best option for the planet is definitely the menstrual cup. That not only is reusable and lasts for years which means women can save a lot of money, but offers a better experience to them. It's time that women don't see themselves limited by their period, but freer.
The scope of micro plastic pollution becomes increasingly clear through recent studies. But what is micro plastic, where does it come from and is it dangerous for humans?


Known as Padre Martini, a great Italian composer, scientist and teacher, Giovanni Battista Martini became a priest in 1722. Martini was one of the most prestigious teachers of his time. Martini's students were J.C. Bach, Gluck, Grétry and Mozart. In addition to writing music, Martini made important research dedicated to the historical, scientific and mathematical characteristics of music.
More Martini sheet music download on EveryNote.com


Great stuff on value of creativity, its neuroscience, and how it can be taught:
Kyung Hee Kim at the College of William & Mary discovered this in May, after analyzing almost 300,000 Torrance scores of children and adults. Kim found creativity scores had been steadily rising, just like IQ scores, until 1990. Since then, creativity scores have consistently inched downward. “It’s very clear, and the decrease is very significant,” Kim says. It is the scores of younger children in America—from kindergarten through sixth grade—for whom the decline is “most serious.” […]
Overwhelmed by curriculum standards, American teachers warn there’s no room in the day for a creativity class. Kids are fortunate if they get an art class once or twice a week. But to scientists, this is a non sequitur, borne out of what University of Georgia’s Mark Runco calls “art bias.” The age-old belief that the arts have a special claim to creativity is unfounded. When scholars gave creativity tasks to both engineering majors and music majors, their scores laid down on an identical spectrum, with the same high averages and standard deviations. Inside their brains, the same thing was happening—ideas were being generated and evaluated on the fly.


Creating Space That is Supportive and Therapeutic.
The use of space in a brain-based therapeutic intervention program is strategic because space solves problems and prevents many problems from developing if it is used properly. The room should have a flexible configuration so private work areas can be created as needed and desks can be separated to provide more personal space when needed. Students with therapeutic needs react in more extreme fashion to the space where they are required to learn, grow and develop. Space can trigger and challenge a student and space can alternatively soothe and support a student.


Understanding the autonomic nervous system
Originating in the brainstem, the autonomic nervous system:
- Controls our main organs: eyes, heart, lungs, kidneys, bowels, etc.
- Regulates our internal conditions in order to maintain the homeostasis (self-regulation system of our vital body functions) and physiological stability.
The autonomic nervous system is made of two main divisions:
- Sympathetic nervous system associated to the state of action: its role is to prepare the body, put it in a state of alertness and prepare it for an activity.
Example: to prepare the subject to the intense muscular activity required by the protection and defense in response to the stimulations of our environment,
pupils dilate, the heart rate increases, blood vessels contract and the blood pressure increases.
- The parasympathetic nervous system associated to the resting state: its role is to slow down the body’s functions and thus conserve energy.
Example: to protect the retina from excessive lighting, the pupil retracts; the heart rate slows down to give the heart muscle long periods of rest and recovery.
These two divisions act in an antagonist manner like a dynamic balance. The easiness with which we can switch from a state of excitement to a state of calm is related to the capacity of our autonomic nervous system to regulate our internal physiological response..
The adaptability of our autonomic nervous system faced with external (environment…) and internal (emotions, stress..) solicitations enables the body to maintain a proper homeostasis. Conversely, a lack of flexibility exposes the body to different somatic and physiological pathologies.
Several recent clinical studies reported that a rigid autonomic nervous system could be explained by a lower parasympathetic nervous system tone (also called vagal tone).


My children’s books are meant to teach lessons or deal with concerns that children and young people face today. If you have children or grandchildren, this will be a book to share with them.
Anna and the Attic is a story that will help young people between the ages of 8-12 in dealing with their fears. It is exciting and interesting in how Anna decides what her fears are about and what she should do about them. Questions are given at the end for parents, grandparents, teachers and care givers to discuss with the young person. Good mental health is important and should not be over-looked when teaching and caring for our children.


Video of the full event is available on the Nour Foundation website.
What is the origin and nature of consciousness? If consciousness is common to humans and animals alike, what are the defining traits of human consciousness? Nobel laureate psychologist Daniel Kahneman, philosopher David Chalmers, expert in primate cognition Laurie Santos, and physician-scientist Nicholas Schiff will discuss what it means to be "conscious" and examine the human capacities displayed in cognitive, aesthetic, and ethical behaviors, with a focus on the place and function of the mind within nature.
David Chalmers, PhD
Australian National University and New York University
Daniel Kahneman, PhD, Prof. Em.
Laurie Santos, PhD
Nicholas D. Schiff, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Executive Producer, Wisconsin Public Radio's nationally-syndicated program To the Best of Our Knowledge.
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Moderated by Steve Paulson, Executive Producer of Wisconsin Public Radio's To the Best of Our Knowledge, this four-part lecture series brings together leading experts from various fields to discuss how the latest research is challenging our understanding of the very nature and function of consciousness in our daily lives.
To learn more about each lecture and to purchase tickets, click on the links below.
• The Thinking Ape: The Enigma of Human Consciousness, October 10, 2012 — Sold Out
• The Mystery of Memory: In Search of the Past, November 14, 2012 — Sold Out
• Music & the Mind: The Magical Power of Sound, December 12, 2012 — Sold Out
• Becoming Conscious: The Science of Mindfulness, February 6, 2013 — Sold Out


Find more Hiten relatives and grow your tree by exploring billions of historical records. Taken every decade since 1790, the U.S. Federal Census can tell you a lot about your family. For example, from 1930 to 1940 there were 9 more people named Hiten in the United States — and some of them are likely related to you.
What if you had a window into the history of your family? With historical records, you do. From home life to career, records help bring your relatives' experiences into focus. There were 89 people named Hiten in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 10% more people named Hiten in the United States. What was life like for them?
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Fastest University Chip Ever
Science Daily reports that graduate students at the University of California Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have designed the world’s first 1,000 independent programmable processor chip. It is also teh most energy-efficient microchip in history.
One PhD team member is Emmanuel Adeagbo, whose parents are from Nigeria.
Applications already developed for the chip include wireless coding/decoding, video processing, encryption, and others involving large amounts of parallel data such as scientific data applications and datacenter record processing.
The ‘KiloCore’ chip has a maximum computation rate of 1.78 trillion instructions per second and contains 621 million transistors.The chip was presented at the 2016 Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits Conference in Honolulu on June 16.
The chip’s 1,000 processors can execute 115 billion instructions per second while dissipating only 0.7 Watts, low enough to be powered by a single AA battery. The KiloCore chip executes instructions more than 100 times more efficiently than a modern laptop processor.


Conjunction analysis is the study of possible collisions between objects in space. This analysis is typically aimed at reducing the number of collisions between man-made objects and debris currently orbiting the Earth. A standard approach requires the computation of all possible interactions in orbit. A new method is proposed utilizing a kd-tree along with the Hellinger distance to determine the probability of collision between space debris. It is assumed that all debris is of negligible size, with Gaussian errors in position. It is found that kd-tree based methods significantly reduce computational cost while obtaining comparable results.


As the night-time Luftwaffe raiders crossed the Yorkshire Coast they had their target in sight – the iron and steelworks of Middlesbrough, vital to the British war effort.
On 25 May 1940 Middlesbrough was the first important British town to be bombed during World War II, but it wasn’t until November that year, when Coventry was blitzed, that serious attempts were made to protect vulnerable cities, not just by installing anti-aircraft defences, but also by attempting to fool the enemy.
The North York Moors seems an unlikely location for psychological warfare, but this walk on the national park’s northern edge takes you to see the remains of one of the war’s most covert defense strategies.
This short historic walk takes you across Great Ayton Moor in the North York Moors National Park to an isolated World War II building, which masqueraded as an entire city in order to save Middlesbrough from burning.
1. Lonely obelisk
From the car park by woodland just north of the 15m high Captain Cook monument, cross the road and take the right hand track, past the ‘SSSI Moorland’ sign.
2. Up to the moors
Go uphill, bearing right at a fork and continue for more than a mile. Turn left uphill before a gate.
3. Starfish site
At the top of the slope is a brick structure with a thick concrete roof. This is the control bunker for the Gisborough Moor Starfish site. A peaceful place today, with fine views of the North Sea, in the early 1940s it played a major part in protecting Middlesbrough.
4. Up to the top
Turn left through a gate, following Cleveland Way signs. Roseberry Topping is seen straight ahead.
Before a gate, turn left, parallel to a wall, and follow the track that eventually reaches steps down to the car park.
Click on the map below for an interactive version of the route.


Copper is an essential trace element found in all body tissues. This mineral is a nutritional partner of iron in helping to metabolize food into hemoglobin. It performs critical functions in numerous enzymes, such as its catalytic role in the antioxidant superoxide dismutase. Copper in the body helps to produce red blood cells and connective tissue and also facilitates the utilization of oxygen in cells. It also has been found to assist in preventing the loss of pigmentation of hair and skin. Nonchelated copper is poorly absorbed from the intestines and must be properly chelated with amino acids. Trophic Copper Chelate is made under specific conditions that are almost identical to the chelates produced in tissue by Mother Nature. Therefore, the body obtains the best possible utilization and absorption of the copper. Trophic’s patented Albion Copper, chelated with natural amino acids, provides superior biological activity or bioavailability and absorption.
Medicinal Ingredients (per caplet):
- Copper (Bisglycinate)(Amino Acid Chelate) ... 2 mg
Non-Medicinal Ingredients: Microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, dicalcium phosphate.


Exalted for centuries as a hero and author of the Bible, Moses is inseparable from biblical tradition itself. Moses is also an inherently ambiguous figure and a perennial focus of controversy, from ancient disputes of priestly rivalry to modern issues of class, gender and race.
In Rewriting Moses, Brian Britt analyses elements of polemic and ideology in the Moses of the Bible, of film, novel, visual art and scholarship. He argues that the biblical Moses lives within writing, while the post-biblical Moses lives more often in biography. Yet later rewritings of Moses refract biblical traditions of writing in surprising ways. Rewriting Moses provides an original account of the Freudian insight that traditions preserve what they repress.
This is volume 14 in the Gender, Cutlure, Theory series and is volume 402 in the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplements series.


When did Jesus die? The Gospels do not provide a single, unambiguous, answer.
This issue may be most easily addressed by breaking it down into more specific questions:
what hour of the day?
what day of the week?
what date in the month?
Hour of the Day
The Synoptics write that Jesus was near death by the ninth hour (Mk 15:34; Mt 27:46; Lk 23:44). In the Fourth Gospel, Jesus is before Pilate at the sixth hour (Jn 19:14). The most common way of counting the hours was to begin at 6 AM. This means that in the Synoptics, Jesus is near death at 3 PM, while in John he has yet to be crucified by noon.
Folks who feel the need to harmonize suggest that John starts his numbering of the hours from midnight, while the Synoptics numbered the hours from 6 AM, as above. John then reports that Jesus is in front of Pilate at 6 AM. This fits more comfortably with Mark’s indication (Mk 15:25) that Jesus was crucified at the third hour, that is, 9 AM.
Since there is no need to harmonize, I am satisfied to say simply that Jesus died sometime in the late afternoon.


Lung Cancer and Other Lung Problems From Smoking
Most lung cancer is caused by smoking. After you quit, your risk for lung cancer drops gradually. By 10 years, your risk will be about half of what it would have been if you had continued to smoke. This risk continues to decline as the number of years of not smoking increases.1
Two other lung diseases related to smoking are chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Either disease or the combination of both diseases is often called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Smoking damages the breathing tubes and lung tissue. This damage does not repair itself. But quitting smoking stops the ongoing damage caused by tobacco smoke.
People who have asthma have more frequent or worse asthma attacks if they smoke. Those who quit smoking usually have fewer, shorter asthma attacks.
People who smoke have more colds, flu, and pneumonia than people who do not smoke. After you quit smoking, you will have fewer of these illnesses. You will probably lose your "smoker's cough" 1 or 2 weeks after you quit smoking.
After you quit smoking, the damage to the lung tissue slows down. In the first days after quitting, you may notice that you cough up more mucus than usual. This is the result of your body trying to clear your lungs. But you will also notice after several weeks that you can breathe more easily, have more stamina, and, eventually, cough less.
Last Revised: August 15, 2013
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I have always been keen about learning and curious about how our nation was doing, in terms of education. When I started researching the U.S. college dropout rate, I found it to be 56%. I was shocked by this statistic, and knew we had to do something about it. The repercussions of dropping out are harsh; unemployment rates are high and income is low for dropouts. Furthermore, dropouts affect us all because they affect the economy in a negative way by contributing lesser taxes. Join me, in signing this petition for college readiness classes that will ensure a better graduation rate.
We support the following policy of implementing these college readiness classes in high school. The policy begins in high school, before the problem of college dropouts actually begins. There will be mandatory classes where students can look at course and college options. This way, students will be doing something they enjoy and are prepared for, so they won't drop out. Also, students will learn the benefits of getting an education, and as a result they know the harsh repercussions of dropping out and will not do so. In addition to these aspects, students will be educated on how to manage their college resembling finances, resulting in a better economically capable undergraduate. In the class students learn the importance of college, how to deal with college finances, and explore college and course options.
The College Readiness Classes petition to FCPS School Board was written by Advika and is in the category Education at GoPetition.


(CNN) - A flaring furnace blasts another wave of searing heat on the faces of workers hauling bricks under a southern Indian sun.
They work up to 22 hours a day propping heavy stacks of bricks on their heads. None expects to be paid for this labor. None knows how long they'll be kept here. Some are as young as three years old.
Manoj Singh was one of 149 people rescued this year from a brick kiln outside Hyderabad, India. Like millions of other Indians, the toddler was born into extreme poverty.
When CNN correspondent Mallika Kapur visited Manoj's family, now back home, he and the some of the 34 other children freed, showed her how they would make the bricks from wet clay.
"They recall from their muscle memory," says Anu George Canjanathoppil, of International Justice Mission, a non-profit dedicated to eradicating slavery around the world. "So if you ask them to explain what they did, they cannot say."
Older laborers, however, had plenty to say. FULL POST


Free-ranging domestic cats are an environmental disaster. They may be the most destructive invasive species, the “single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality for U.S. birds and mammals” according to a study (pdf) co-authored by scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. These authors found that domestic cats annually kill from 1.4-3.7 billion birds and 6.9-20.7 billion mammals in the U.S. “Unowned” or feral cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause the majority of this damage.
The literature on the subject of feral cats is substantial, and ranges from the modest to the encompassing. A. Whilde details the toll taken by two rural cats over three years, measured by corpses bought to his home. William G. George, writing in the middle 1970s, when the estimated U.S. cat population was a third of what it is now, detailed how cats compete with raptors for small mammal prey in winter. Coleman and Temple surveyed rural residents of Wisconsin on their attitudes to free-ranging cats and numbers thereof; they estimated 44 cats per square kilometer in their subject county.
Another problem is cross-breeding between domestic cats and wild cats and the corresponding loss of genetic singularity in the wild cats. In Europe, Africa, and Asia, populations of wild cats are threatened by hybridization with, as the four authors of this study in the Iberian Peninsula put it, “anthropogenically mediated dispersion of free-ranging domestic cats.” What’s at stake is the genetic uniqueness of the wild cats. In Europe, Felis silvestris silvestris is larger, longer-legged, and bushier than the domestic cat.
One solution might be convincing people to keep their cats indoors (though most of the problem is created by feral cats, with no homes to be kept in). Another solution might be found in coyotes, the natural predator of outdoor cats.


The Highway Code applies to England and is essential reading for everyone.
Skidding is usually caused by the driver braking, accelerating or steering too harshly or driving too fast for the road conditions. If skidding occurs, remove the cause by releasing the brake pedal fully or easing off the accelerator. Turn the steering wheel in the direction of the skid. For example, if the rear of the vehicle skids to the right, steer immediately to the right to recover.


|Great Salt Lake, Utah|
During the last Ice Age, prehistoric Lake Bonneville’s banks were breached and a catastrophic flood ensued. Still lingering in the high desert of western Utah near Salt Lake City, the Great Salt Lake is an enduring remnant of that ancient ocean.
Today, the landlocked basin is endorheic, it's a terminal drainage where freshwater streams come to an end. Channeled by three major rivers, water flows in freely but with no release point available, it becomes trapped in the salty reservoir.
In a region influenced by the Mormon religion, the American Dead Sea remains defiant as it’s virtually uninhabitable. Even though the destination is distinguished by turquoise water and white sand beaches, this inhospitable place is not a tropical paradise.


The Kyushu J7W1 Shinden (Magnificent Lightning) was a World War II Japanese propeller-driven fighter. It had an unusual design, with wings attached to the tail section and stabilizers on the front. Its propeller was in the rear in a pusher configuration. The Shinden was developed for the Imperial Japanese Navy as a specific response to the B-29 Superfortress raids on the Japanese homeland. It was expected to be a highly maneuverable interceptor, but only two were finished before the end of war. It was the only World War II aircraft of canard configuration that any combatant ordered into production.
Captain Masaoki Tsuruno was the creator of the Shinden. A member of the Technical Staff of the Japanese Navy, he envisioned a radical design to counter new Allied aircraft with superior performance over existing Japanese types and believed a turbojet engine would propel the ultimate Shinden. In 1945, the first of two prototypes was finished. It had a very powerful armament for that time, and its engine was mounted backwards inside the rear half of the fuselage.
In an unusual move dictated by the urgent needs of the war, the Navy ordered production of the all-metal Shinden even before the first flight. They planned to produce 150 aircraft each month at two production plants. On August 3, 1945, the strange-looking Shinden took to the air for the first time with Captain Tsuruno as pilot, after many delays due to the lack of critical parts and engine cooling problems. He flew the aircraft two more times, on August 6 and 9. The war ended six days later. The total flying time of the Shinden was approximately 45 minutes. Kyushu also delivered a second prototype but it never flew. The company was troubleshooting the design and laying out the turbojet-propelled version when the war ended.


Every Welder needs to know These 2 Simple Truths
There are 2 things that every welder needs to know...
1. Heat Affects Metal
2. Heat Affects different metal in different ways
For example, if you have ever watched the TV show "Forged in Fire" you have seen knife makers heating a piece of high carbon steel to a red hot temperature and cooling it quickly. This is how high carbon steel hardens.
But heating a piece of 304 stainless to the same temperature and quick cooling it will not Harden the metal at all.
The heat from welding is just like what a knifemaker does to harden a blade.
Welding melts the base metal and the area next to the weld can Harden with certain metals.
Heat can also make some metals soft, or reduce corrosion resistance.
Heat from welding must be properly applied and controlled.
this is why procedures are established and applied.
Have you downloaded your Free No BS TIG mini course yet?


It is usually left off of world maps, but in this one Antarctica is the guest of honor. Most flat map projections, even if they do include Antarctica portray it as a wide band of white, with little visualization of how it actually appears. Above is a map viewing the spherical Earth from a southerly position, providing the least distortion to Antarctica, but giving a very different view of where South America, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia lie in relation. The map’s purpose is to show various expeditions to locate the South Pole; the map was reduced such that the labels are almost unreadable even in the original. From the multivolume The Book of History, 1890s.
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Looks like you could just sail right over to any of the three big continents really easily doesn't it? Thanks for posting this. I've never seen it from that perspective!
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Native Wildflowers & Grasses
Wildflowers Benefit Wildlife
Low-maintenance - Wildflowers grow without any attention. That's what makes them wild, of course, but that's also what makes them a great choice for our garden.
Easy to cultivate -Do you have soil that just won't sustain a vegetable garden? This is where wildflowers thrive!
Ecosystem benefits - By planting and cultivating wildflowers, you'll bring insects into your area that help to improve the soil. Bees and butterflies keep the plants pollinated and growing. The plant roots are deep and help to hold water, discouraging runoff and/or erosion.
Health & Beauty - Wildflowers are beautiful. They'll brighten your landscape, are disease resistant and promote an abundance of habitat and pollination needs for birds, birds, bats, and butterflies.


As much as we Brits may hate to admit it, the US can often provide us with a glimpse of things to come whether it be fashion, movies, music or even economic trends. Some economists even say that the United States' economic influence reaches so far that on October 29, 1929 (aka Black Tuesday) when the stock market prices dropped drastically and suddenly, it may have triggered what we know today as the Great Depression. Nowadays with the global recession on the tip of everybody's tongue, we thought that we'd point out some scary similarities between the Great Depression and what is now commonly referred to as the Great Recession. Between irresponsible lending by bankers, the US stock market crash, and a population that was scared to consume sufficiently to keep the economy afloat, what was thought to be just a recession became the Great Depression. Are we also headed down the path to another Great Depression? An intresting fact, if the UK bank bailouts were converted into £500 Payday Loans then the £850 billion the UK spent would equate to 170 million instant payday loans getting taken out.
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Don’t worry, I am not confused. I am just illustrating a few points for potential Hebrew students. When one begins to study the Hebrew language there are several things to get straight. Certain Hebrew words sound like English words, but the meaning is not the same. For instance, in Hebrew, מי (pronounced as ME) means “who,’ הוא (pronounced as WHO) means “he,” and היא (pronounced as HE) means “she.” From the first time I learned this, I was reminded of the famous Abbott & Costello routine, called Who’s on first. Learning Hebrew is challenging to be sure, but to be able to read the Bible in the original language is well worth the effort required. It takes dedication. Learning to sound out the characters is not so difficult. Once one acquires a knowledge of the English approximation for the Hebrew letters, sounds soon become syllables, and syllables become words. Before long, one is developing a vocabulary and learning grammar. I highly encourage students of the Bible to learn Hebrew, and this is why I have started to assist people in this worthwhile endeavor. Make the leap! Watch this blog for book recommendations and tips for learning Biblical Hebrew. In the meantime, check out Abbott & Costello in their hilarious skit, Who’s on first!
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The book presents results of a study for Mau Forest Complex in Kenya between the period 2008 and 2013. It applies a Change Detection technique using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems. The objectives of the study is to assess the Government of Kenya's efforts to rehabilitate the Forest Complex as a result of previous escalated excision due to human settlements and other human induced pressures. Landsat Images for the two years are obtained and ENVI as well as ArcMap software are used to detect the volume change of Forest Cover. Results are obtained and the difference in forest area for the two images computed.