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Fresh water resources- their quantity, location and distribution- are briefly discussed in this two-page article. The article can be used as a "reading to be informed" activity in a stand-alone fashion or can be incorporated into a lesson plan.
This ChemMatters article provides a history of the study of ozone, a description of an experimental simulation called "The World Avoided," a brief introduction to the chemistry of ozone, an explanation of how ozone is measured, and the difference... (View More) between "good" ozone in the stratosphere vs "bad" ozone in the troposhere. ChemMatters is an educational magazine published by the American Chemical Society. (View Less)
This ChemMatters article provides a brief background on smog, then examines the causes of it, efforts to reduce it, and methods used to measure it. ChemMatters is an educational magazine for high school students.
This article provides students with an overview of the technologies used to study the health of the Chesapeake Bay, which is at risk for eutrophication from non-point source pollution. The article describes how data from research vessels, buoys, and... (View More) satellites allow scientists to monitor the growth of phytoplankton. Emerging technologies are discussed, and questions to guide student reading are included. This article is found in Rising Tides, a journal created for teachers and students reporting on current oceanography research conducted by NASA, NOAA, and university scientists, featuring articles, classroom activities, readings, teacher/student questions, and imagery for student investigation of marine science. (View Less)


We’re here to help you understand vascular disease
Living with vascular disease can be a struggle for you and your family – but it doesn’t have to be. With lifestyle changes, proper medication and a treatment plan, you can manage this disease and live a healthy, active life. Our team of heart and vascular specialists uses the latest diagnostic technology and treatments to provide you with the care you need beginning with an accurate diagnosis.
Vascular disease can range from diseases of your arteries and veins to blood disorders that affect your circulation. We have listed some of the common types of vascular disease below.
- Peripheral artery disease (PAD) refers to a build-up of fat and cholesterol, or plaque, inside the blood vessels outside of your heart. This causes a narrowing of the artery which can cause reduced or blocked blood flow to organs and the rest of the body.
- Aneurysms are abnormal bulges in the wall of an artery or blood vessel. They commonly occur in the main blood vessel that leaves the heart, the aorta. The wall of your artery is stretched in the area where this bulge exists leaving it more fragile and the risk of it rupturing, which can be deadly.
- Peripheral venous disease (PVD) refers to damaged veins or veins blocked by a clot. These veins carry blood to your heart from your hands and feet. PVD most commonly occurs in the arms and legs.
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when a blood clot develops in the deep veins of your legs. These blood clots are dangerous as they can break free and travel to your lungs and cause a blockage.


The Sustainable Land System Association – ZERO – wants to make all TVDE 100% electric by 2025
TVDE have to avoid contributing heavily to air pollution, a T&E study with ZERO shows that in Portugal it is already cheaper to operate electric vehicles than to use diesel.
A coalition of non-governmental environmental organizations from Germany, Belgium, Spain, the United States of America, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and now also involving ZERO in Portugal has been developing the campaign on the environmental costs of the many kilometers driven by TVDE vehicles (individual and remunerated passenger transport in vehicles not featured on an electronic platform), with particular emphasis on the largest company, Uber.
This campaign aims to inform citizens and authorities in big cities like Lisbon about the costs of pollution increased by this type of transport, calling for the need to use only zero-emission cars as TVDE vehicles. The goal is that in Europe this will be achieved by 2025.
Electric vehicles are becoming an attractive commercial proposition for high mileage vehicle operators like Uber, in the main European Union capitals like Lisbon, Paris, Berlin and Madrid, reveals a new study by the European Transport and Environment Federation ( T&E) that also involved ZERO in the approach to data related to Lisbon.
According to the European Environment Agency, air pollution is the biggest risk to environmental health in Europe. People living in polluted cities are at greater risk with Covid-19, as the European Alliance for Public Health has warned.
The transport sector is Europe’s biggest climate problem. Cars in the EU27 emit 45% of all transport carbon emissions. In Portugal, and excluding international aviation and maritime traffic, 96% of emissions are associated with road transport.
Read the full article here.


“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle
I am struck by some common themes when reading stories about people who have set and achieved their goals.
- Many people have accomplished their goals. It is possible!
- Everyone started. They began. They took action. And then they watched what happened.
- They say they’ve achieve the goals by taking things one step at a time, one day at a time.
- Each one takes required action, consistently acting every day,
- These people take the long view, recognizing and reminding themselves that desired results usually are not achieved in a day or week or month.
- Each one demonstrates the qualities of patience, hard work, and willingness to stay committed to reaching the goal.
- When people reach their goals, they keep up the same habits they developed along the way including sharing their progress and lessons learned with others
Patience, perseverance and perspective are keys to progress and success!


Your music listening habits can tell about your mental health, according to a new research.
Brain imaging reveals how neural responses to different types of music really affect the emotion regulation of persons. The study proves that especially men who process negative feelings with music react negatively to aggressive and sad music.
Emotion regulation is an essential component to mental health. Poor emotion regulation is associated with psychiatric mood disorders such as depression. Clinical music therapists know the power music can have over emotions, and are able to use music to help their clients to better mood states and even to help relieve symptoms of psychiatric mood disorders like depression.
But many people also listen to music on their own as a means of emotion regulation, and not much is known about how this kind of music listening affects mental health.
Researchers at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research at the University of Jyvaskyla, Aalto University in Finland and Aarhus University in Denmark decided to investigate the relationship between mental health, music listening habits and neural responses to music emotions by looking at a combination of behavioural and neuroimaging data.
“Some ways of coping with negative emotion, such as rumination, which means continually thinking over negative things, are linked to poor mental health. We wanted to learn whether there could be similar negative effects of some styles of music listening,” explains Emily Carlson, a music therapist and the main author of the study.
Senior author Elvira Brattico said that they hope the research encourages music therapists to talk with their clients about their music use outside the session and encourages everyone to think about the how the different ways they use music might help or harm their own well-being.
The study is published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.


New Coating Prevents More Than 99 Percent of Harmful Bacterial Slime From Forming on Surfaces, Harvard University Study
7/31/2012 7:59:26 AM
Biofilms may no longer have any solid ground upon which to stand. A team of Harvard scientists has developed a slick way to prevent the troublesome bacterial communities from ever forming on a surface. Biofilms stick to just about everything, from copper pipes to steel ship hulls to glass catheters. The slimy coatings are more than just a nuisance, resulting in decreased energy efficiency, contamination of water and food supplies, and—especially in medical settings—persistent infections. Even cavities in teeth are the unwelcome result of bacterial colonies.
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Celebration of Chinese New Year in Deadwood helps keep culture, history alive
DEADWOOD, S.D. — The Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center hosted an afternoon of new year fun for kids in grades kindergarten through six.
It was a celebration of the Chinese new year, and the year of the ox.
“We decided we were going to celebrate that sort of tradition and culture and history. It has a lot of roots here in Deadwood. We had some Chinese immigrants that came during the gold rush, and so their ancestors, their relatives are still sponsoring our programs like this one,” said Amanda Brown, Education Director for Deadwood history.
This celebration was sponsored by Beatrice and Edith Wong, descendants of Fee Lee Wong, one of the first Chinese immigrants to make Deadwood his home.
Like many other Chinese immigrants, the Wongs brought their culture and helped to shape life in the northern Black Hills.
“A lot of businesses; They had laundry businesses, grocery stores, restaurants. They were a very significant part of downtown Main Street. And so, while they were here, they were introducing their culture to the other people that were living here in Deadwood, and so we continue that today,” Brown said.
There were only a handful of participants, but they had an opportunity to create lanterns, Chinese
zodiac calendars, and participate in a red envelope ceremony.
“They loved it, they loved learning about it. I had the Executive Director, Caroline Weber, here and she was asking them what they learned. And they were able to tell her everything that we had talked about earlier. About why it’s celebrated here in Deadwood, when Chinese new year started this year, what the year is, it’s the year of the ox. So, I think that they really enjoyed it,” Brown added.
While the Deadwood celebration is over, Chinese new year festivities usually last sixteen days, and will end on February 26.


Japanese Naval Wreck – after more than fifty years past the Pacific War, the Japanese Navy Wreck remains limited. Americans during the World War II brought over 800 vessels and losses above 500 tons.
Around the Imperial Navy’s legacy, the Japanese Naval Wreck is very interesting and catches the attention of all tourists. This area was composed of household names such as Hood, Fuso, Yamashiro, Haguro, KAGA and Bismarck.
Hood and Bismarck were always exposed for filming, Fuso remained unchronicled during Japanese Capital ship. In Surigao, there was a battleship between Yamashiro and Fuso which caused more interest in the area and brought more expeditions. There is also several battleships, such as Musashi, Mutsu, Yamato, Nagato, Yamashiro, and Kirishima.
There are also heavy cruisers that can be seen underwater, named Haguro, Kumano, Ashigara, Sakawa, Nachi and Kinu the light cruiser.
The interesting destroyers are Ayanami, Kikuzuki, Fumizuki, Amagiria, Hayashimo, Minazuki, Kuroshio, Kuwa, Shimotsuki, Yuzuki, Oite, Nagatsuki and Yudachi.
For divers who like wreck diving, there is a special place called the Coron Bay in Sangat Island, Busuanga.
Japanese Naval Wreck in the Philippines is the ideal diving paradise for Wrecks divers from around the world.
During your diving session, the people in charge can help you reach a very deep area. They know many hidden underwater beautiful gems. You can also find a nice little beach in the area, where you can relax and be comfortable. Local bungalows serve amazing food.
If you are a diver, you can buy an ebook to learn more about the Shipwrecks – The World War II Wrecks of the Philippines and the Shipwrecks of the Philippines. The first one is the perfect-bound book includes postage within the Philippines.


Virginia Bastable is a leader in Developing Mathematical Ideas, a national program specializing in teacher training.
Bastable and her collaborators, including Jill Lester, SummerMath for Teachers assistant director, are the authors and creators of five books and three videos in the Developing Mathematical Ideas series (Dale Seymour Publishers). This series grows out of "Teaching to the Big Ideas," a joint National Science Foundation Teacher Enhancement Project with SummerMath for Teachers, Educational Development Corporation, and TERC, a not-for-profit education research and development organization.
"The books are fascinating," says MHC dean of faculty and mathematics professor Donal O’Shea. "My favorite is Examining Features of Shape; it has topics that you don’t see in texts but that bother first-time learners.... Even if you hate math, these books are for you; you come away with the sense of it as a profoundly human activity."
In 1998, Bastable received $24,000 from the Massachusetts Department of Education for a collaborative project with the town of South Hadley, Massachusetts, which was aimed at redesigning the teacher preparation experience. In 1996, she and Lester received a grant for $19,000 from the Exxon Foundation for their project "Inquiry into Mathematics Education: A Seminar for Undergraduates." The grant funded the development of a case-based mathematics education seminar for undergraduate students who are preparing to become elementary school teachers.


Black History Month
“ A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.”
- Marcus Garvey
February is the month to honor and learn about the Black individuals whose achievements have changed the course of history. It’s a time to learn about the struggles of these individuals and the history of Black Americans’ origins. Take the time and read more about these different tributes and biographies with our book list provided below.
Resources to learn about different Black individuals, their struggles, and Black americans' origins.
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If you get a chance, perhaps check out the following websites to see Black American online exhibits:


May 22, 2014
Food insecurity is when you experience uncertain and insufficient access to food. Food insecurity and income are closely linked.
In Guelph and Wellington County, one in five households with incomes below $40,000 is food insecure. Food banks across our region have all experienced significant increases in the number of clients over the last few years. According to data from the Canadian Community Health Survey, 7.4 per cent of households in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph experience some form of food insecurity.
There are many negative health outcomes associated with being food insecure. For example, it can lead to an increased risk for nutrient inadequacies, adverse pregnancy outcomes, chronic diseases, depression and distress, poor academic performance, or impaired development of social skills.
In 2013, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health estimated it would cost a family of four $195 per week to eat healthy. Since 2009, there has been a 16.7 per cent increase in the cost of food.
Although the increasing food costs appear to be a concerning factor, if we compare income case scenario, we quickly see that inadequate income is a major root issue. After paying for housing and other basic living expenses, many individuals and families with a limited income do not have enough money left over to purchase nutritious food on a consistent basis.


Dps proteins (DNA-binding protein from starved cells) are hollow-sphere-shaped, dodecameric enzymes found in bacteria and archaeal species. They can oxidize ferrous iron in a controlled manner using hydrogen peroxide or molecular oxygen as co-substrate, and most of them confer physical protection through DNA binding. Oxidized iron is stored, as a mineral core, in a central cavity. Direct evidence is now provided that, furthermore, Dps proteins containing small mineral cores can oxidize and mineralize toxic ferrous ions in anaerobic conditions and in the absence of any additional aqueous oxidant co-substrate. Dps proteins containing cores of 24 irons per dodecamer can oxidize about 5 ferrous irons per dodecamer, with that number approximately doubling for protein particles containing in average 96 irons per protein. This additional activity carries importance as it can be a detoxification mechanism present during anaerobic or oxygen-limited growth conditions.
- Mössbauer spectroscopy


Like a lot of things we think are obvious today, financial options were first invented by a philosopher:
There is the anecdote of Thales the Milesian and his financial device, which involves a principle of universal application, but is attributed to him on account of his reputation for wisdom. He was reproached for his poverty, which was supposed to show that philosophy was of no use. According to the story, he knew by his skill in the stars while it was yet winter that there would be a great harvest of olives in the coming year; so, having a little money, he gave deposits for the use of all the olive-presses in Chios and Miletus, which he hired at a low price because no one bid against him. When the harvest-time came, and many were wanted all at once and of a sudden, he let them out at any rate which he pleased, and made a quantity of money. Thus he showed the world that philosophers can easily be rich if they like, but that their ambition is of another sort.
– Aristotle, Politics, Book 1, Part XI


Human milk is the best nutrition for the new born child, giving the child all the needs for its body to develop. An important constituent of mother's milk are oligosaccharides. Concentrations of oligosaccharides in human milk vary from 0.7 – 1.2 g per 100 ml.12 These oligosaccharides are not digested by the human digestive tract and are therefore available in the lower intestine as a prebiotic. They especially attribute to the development of the infants micro flora, playing a major role in the infants health. Vivinal GOS contains galacto-oligosaccharides with great similarities to the composition of human milk. Because regular cow's milk (the base for infant formula) does not contain oligosaccharides, adding Vivinal GOS to infant formula brings it one step closer to the anticipatedeffects of human milk.12,13
Scientific studies have shown that Vivinal GOS not only has the opportunity to mimic the composition of human milk, it also has shown to create a micro flora closer to that of breastfed infants. This results in a broad range of health benefits, essential for the healthy development of the new born child.


Web 2.0 (pronounced /Web 2 Point Oh/) is what people call new ways of showing or using things on the Internet.
Web 2.0 is considered beneficial because it is easy for people to publish their work, connect with other people, and share and exchange information.
Before Web 2.0, Internet users could just read information on web pages. With Web 2.0, users can interact with the site and add information. In Web 1.0, the previous version, information was only written by the website author.


TCA Chemical Peels
TCA peels can effectively improve many conditions, including:
- Dull, weathered skin
- Blotchy pigmentation (including the mask of pregnancy)
- Sun damage (including precancerous lesions)
- Fine wrinkles
- Shallow acne scars
Skin is a living organ made up of millions of cells. Every day thousands of cells die, fall off and are replaced by new cells from below.
Unfortunately, as we age, this becomes a slower and more haphazard process, making your skin unable to shed dark blotches, sun damage or a dull, lifeless complexion.
The function of a skin peel is to create an even controlled shedding of several layers of damaged cells. This exposes a new fresh layer of skin with a more even color and a smoother texture. In addition, the peel stimulates new cells to grow, thereby tightening the skin, which decreases wrinkling.
There are several types of peels, each using a different chemical to create this peeling effect. Light and medium depth peels use the chemical TCA (Trichloroacetic Acid) to create their peel.
TCA is a non-toxic chemical which has been used to perform skin peels for over 40 years. Unlike some other types of peels, TCA has the additional advantage of creating a fresh natural appearing complexion while preserving the normal skin color. For this reason, they are often referred to as “freshening peels”.


Michigan Sees Spike in COVID-19 Cases Among Children + Teens [VIDEO]
As Michigan braces for what appears to be a fourth surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the state, new data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services shows that the surge is in large part due to a rising number of cases among children and teens.
According to the MDHHS, the average daily number of cases of COVID-19 among children under 10 years old has jumped 230 percent which is more than any other age group. Close behind, the number of cases among persons from 10 to 19 years of age has risen 227 percent.
Infectious disease experts in our state attribute the spike in cases to the reopening of schools and the reengagement in sports activities for young people. The data shows that 40% of new outbreaks can be traced to K-12 schools or youth programs, according to CBS News.
Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says another reason for the spike is social gatherings that follow youth sporting events.
"If everyone is removing their mask and going out to dinner to celebrate a big win then all of those precautions go out the door," Bagdasarian said. "So really, this seems to have driven this surge."
In the video below, CBS News takes a look at the long-term effects COVID-19 can have on children, kids now referred to as 'COVID Longhaulers.'
On Friday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer asked for school districts to voluntarily suspend in-person learning for high school students and suspend youth sports activities for two weeks. The governor also suggested that Michiganders suspend indoor dining in the two weeks following most school districts' spring break period.


After the arrival of French colonists in Mi’kma’ki in 1604, the French Acadians became the first non-Indigenous Settlers of Nova Scotia, which was known to the French as Acadie. In 1697, the first Acadian families began to settle in the Cobequid region. During the 1700s, Cobequid was primarily populated by Mi’kmaq and Acadians, and many intercultural interactions occurred throughout the region.
By 1748, there were approximately 150 Acadian families living in the Cobequid area; their settlements are indicated on this map. Acadian community growth continued until the Expulsion of the Acadians began in 1755.
For further historical details, consult this page: https://colchesterhistoreum.ca/the-history-of-truro/
Today, blue signs can be found at each location identifying the historic Acadian community name.


Some baby games for kids include the online games "Laugh and Learn Shapes," "Little People Online Coloring" and "Healthy Food Hunt," available from the Fisher-Price website. Games to play at home with a baby include peek-a-boo, patty cake and playing with fabrics to develop sensory skills.Continue Reading
Parents can hand their babies different fabrics to let them feel different textures and develop their sensory skills. Fabrics to try include satin, velvet, burlap and corduroy. The fabric game provides a developmental step in infant learning and allows a child to explore sensory and motor skills.
Parents can access many online, developmental games for their children at the Fisher-Price website, including levels for infant, toddler and preschool ages. Available infant games include the "Learn and Laugh Animal Game" where infants learn to identify animals by sight and sound. This game receives four out of five stars by Fisher-Price users. Other infant games include the "ABC Zoo Animals Game," which teaches infants to associate a letter with an animal name that begins with the same letter, such as "A" for alligator. This game also receives four out of five stars, as of 2015.
Toddler games available on the Fisher-Price website include matching games, coloring charts, puzzles and animal explorer games. Preschool games include interactive games that teach healthy food choices, ocean adventures and "Let's Play Piano," which teaches children elemental rules of music.Learn more about Parenting


Danielle Boadu, a 9-year-old student, has been named the winner of the “Sum It Up” mathematics competition in the United Kingdom and Ireland, beating out 450 other competitors. The competition was launched to commemorate World Maths Day.
It was open to all primary school students in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The competition’s goal was to instill critical thinking and a big picture perspective in children. It was also intended to help the student see and experience Math as a part of everyday life.
Danielle Boadu, a student at Peterborough’s Heritage Park Primary School, won the competition with her visual presentation of how math can be pictured and captured in her school playground. She used arithmetic, shapes, and parallel lines to express and interpret math.
“I had fun with my entry because I enjoyed finding all the shapes and patterns in the playground,” she said. The competition’s silver winner, teacher of the year in primary school, and the head judge said she was impressed and pleased with all of the entries they received from students from various schools.


Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) is located on the outskirts of Palapye, Botswana, along the Serowe-Palapye road. MCM started production in 1973 as an Anglo American Corporation subsidiary with the main objective of to supplying coal to the then Bamangwato Concessions Limited mine (now BCL) and BPC power plant situated in Selebi Phikwe.
The history of coal discovery in Botswana dates back to the early 1930’s when a major coal seam was discovered through sinking of boreholes. In the course of dig ging boreholes, coal seams were found in the common coal bearing rocks in Africa through the Ecca series of the Karoo system. The Morupule area is underlain by Karoo sedimentary rocks which form the Eastern margin of the major Karoo basin developed to the West of Morupule. These sedimentary rocks consist of shales, coals, and sandstones of the middle and lower Ecca . According to the 2007 Survey of Energy Resources, Botswana has massive coal reserves in the eastern part of the country with 40 million tons of proven recoverable reserves. The untapped reserves are in the greater Morupule fields of eastern Botswana. The Anglo American Corporation (AAC) was given a mining lease in 1966, and developed a colliery at the Morupule coalfield, which opened in 1973 .
The corporation then began investigations on the quality and the availability of local and international markets. The AAC later pleaded with Botswana government to assist in finding markets for coal and also support generati on of electricity from coal. The Corporation advised the government to consider the cost of setting up a new colliery or importing coal from South Africa for electricity generation, or importing electricity from South Africa. Since the government of newly independent Botswana wanted to reduce its depen dence on South Africa and to establish its economic development it ended up setting up the Morupule Colliery mine.


Have you heard of Kahoot? I just learned about it, and I was so excited to try it in my classroom. You can use this tool with any personal tech device with internet access. My students all have iPads, but you could also use cell phones or laptops if students have these.
I’ve got to say, my students REALLY enjoyed it. I haven’t seen them this excited in a long time. And I didn’t even offer prizes! They wanted to know when we could play again. As soon as I can make a new game!
Kahoot is like Trivia. The teacher creates a game, and the students play with their personal technology devices. I created a review game for some tricky grammatical concepts we have been studying. This would be an excellent review tool for vocabulary or content area classes as well.
I put the game up on my SMARTBoard, which displays a 5-digit game code. The students go to https://kahoot.it and enter the game code, and suddenly they are logged in to the game (no account or set-up required).
For each question, choices appear on their device. They log their answer on their iPad, and they are awarded points based on speed and accuracy.
After each question is complete, the SMARTBoard screen shows the correct answer, and their iPad tells them how many points they were awarded as well as which place they are in. On my SMARTBoard, the game then displays the top 5 participants (struggling students are not identified to the class).
I pause after each question for discussion. I usually create several questions in a row on the same concept, and this gives students a chance to learn and improve.
The possibilities for this game are endless! I did a 17-question game (each question has a 30-second timer), and this took about 25 minutes once you include the discussion and all of their enthusiasm. What a fun day in Language Arts class!
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PROGRAM: BACHELOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAMME (B.ED.)
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO)
PLO 1: Understand basic concepts and ideas of educational theory.
PLO 2: Build understanding and perspective on the nature of the learner, diversity and learning.
PLO 3: Comprehend the role of the systems of governance and structural – functional provisions that support school education.
PLO 4: Develop understanding about teaching, pedagogy, school management and community involvement.
PLO5: Build skills and abilities of communication, reflection, art, aesthetics, self-expression and ICT.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)


By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon region increased by sixteen percent in the twelve months ending in July of 2015 in comparison to the previous twelve months, according to data from the Ministry of Environment. The results surprised government officials.
“What is a surprise is that deforestation is once again seen in great extensions (of the region), which contradicts everything we have been working for,” said Environment Minister, Izabella Teixeira. According to the government’s data more than 5,831 square km of forest were destroyed during the twelve-month period.
Teixeira said the federal government invested more than R$220 million and monitoring of the area increased by thirty percent in the past year. “This increase is not in line with the resources we made available for these (Amazon) states,” Teixeira said during a press conference to announce the results.
The state of Amazonas led the increase of deforestation, with an increase of 54 percent from the previous year, followed by Rondonia and Mato Grosso. Deforestation in the states of Para and Tocantins remained stable while declines were registered in Acre, Amapa, Maranhão and Roraima.
A preliminary analysis by government officials shows that the growth of deforestation is linked to the expansion of livestock herding and agriculture in these areas. Satellite data shows deforestation especially aggressive in areas surrounding demarked indigenous territory, which has been protected by law.
Despite the increase the deforestation rate for the twelve-month period is the third lowest in the historic series conducted by Prodes, the government system which monitors the Amazon biome via satellite since 1998.
Known as the lungs of the planet, these new deforestation results in the Amazon, come on the eve of the United Nation’s Climate Conference in Paris (COP 21) where the country will take part in negotiations for the global reduction of gases which cause the greenhouse effect.


"…the attainment of health by people in any one country directly concerns and benefits every other country."— Article IX, Declaration of Alma-Ata, 1978
Courtesy BRAC Bangladesh
The well-being of every community depends upon the basic necessities of daily life and affordable health care. These are rights shared by everyone. Yet clean water, nutritious food, medicines, and health information remain out of reach for many.
Empowered communities can begin to redress this imbalance by participating in decisions that shape daily life. Some of the world's most successful initiatives began with this idea-that families and neighborhoods have a role in planning for their future.


The antioxidants help soak up damaging chemicals in the body.
A healthy diet filled with fruit and vegetables makes people look more attractive.
The diet changes the skin to a golden colour, which looks more attractive to others.
Dr Ian Stephen, who led the research, said:
“Most people think the best way to improve skin colour is to get a suntan, but our research shows that eating lots of fruit and vegetables is actually more effective.”
People in the study who ate more fruit and vegetables developed a more golden coloured skin due to a substance called carotenoids.
Carotenoids are an antioxidant that help soak up damaging chemicals in the body.
They are also the substance that give tomatoes and carrots their colour (among other fruits and vegetables).
Dr Stephen said:
“We found that, given the choice between skin colour caused by suntan and skin colour caused by carotenoids, people preferred the carotenoid skin colour, so if you want a healthier and more attractive skin colour, you are better off eating a healthy diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables than lying in the sun.”
While the study was carried out on Caucasian people, other research suggests the same result might be seen in darker skins colours.
This is because there is preference for yellowness in the skin of African populations.
Professor David Perrett, who heads the Perception Lab, said:
“This is something we share with many other species.
For example, the bright yellow beaks and feathers of many birds can be thought of as adverts showing how healthy a male bird is.
What’s more, females of these species prefer to mate with brighter, more coloured males.
But this is the first study in which this has been demonstrated in humans.”
The study was published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior (Stephen et al., 2011).


Faradize is drawn from the same root
. While it does relate to a "hyper-addictive
, it truly lends to the induction
, or in the case of Faradize, energy
Faradize can be defined as the creation or amplification of energy or excitement. You can ignite a group of protestors with a faradizing act of dissention.
Faradize and faradic are both derived from the last name of famous scientist Michael Faraday. Faraday is credited with laying the foundation for all electronic technology we have today.
The generation of the word faradize may have been derived from Faraday's greatest discovery. In 1832, using his "induction ring", Faraday discovered the method for electromagnetic induction: the "induction" or generation of electricity in a wire by means of the electromagnetic effect of a current in another wire. The induction ring was the first electric transformer.
In a subsequent experiment later that same year, he discovered magneto-electric induction: the production of a steady electric current.
These two "induction" phenomena are where the meaning of Faradize (and Faradic) are drawn. Anyone that creates or starts an energy, excitement, or extreme trend has commited a faradizing act.


The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the necessity of a longstanding and sustainable One Health collaboration across sectors to tackle shared sanitary challenges.To support countries in building multisectoral mechanisms to jointly assess the risks at the human–animal–environment interface, a new operational tool is available to complement the existing Tripartite Guide to Addressing Zoonotic Diseases in Countries.
The new Joint Risk Assessment Operational Tool (JRA) OT was designed to support countries in applying a consistent and harmonized approach to assessing risks posed by zoonotic disease hazards.The JRA OT offers decision-makers and technical experts a 10-step approach to create a system for conducting joint qualitative risk assessments. Results of the JRA OT are used to support policy communication, risk mitigation, and improved planning and preparedness for zoonotic diseases, contributing to health security at the national, regional, and global levels. The document also provides model templates to support its implementation by staff from national ministries responsible for the management of zoonotic diseases.
For more infromation download the operational tool: https://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/Media_Center/docs/pdf/onehealthportal/EN_JointRiskAssessmentOperationalTool_webversion.pdf


'89 Milk Output Forecast
Published: January 25, 1989
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24— Last year's drought is still having a lingering effect on the nation's dairy farmers, but an Agriculture Department report said on Monday that 1989 milk output could still set another record. Production rose to a record 145.3 billion pounds in 1988 because of an increase of almost 3 percent in milk output per cow. The number of cows declined by 1 percent, to an average of 10.2 million head.


Cyber Security should always be taken seriously. These pages have a lot of useful information on how to keep your devices and your information secure from people who would wish take it.
Tips to help you secure your computer and protect yourself from hackers, scammers, and identity thieves.
Tips for avoiding, detecting, and getting rid of viruses and spyware.
What to do about messages that ask for your personal information.
Computer security risks to consider before sharing files through a P2P network.
Tips for protecting your personal information when using public Wi-Fi hotspots.
Tips to help you be secure when sharing information on social networks.
Dare you take on the Great and Powerful P2P Master? A game of tic-tac-toe awaits anyone willing to test their peer-to-peer file-sharing smarts.


Astronomers have found the faintest galaxy yet seen in the deep, distant reaches of space, an object whose light has taken 13 billion years to reach us.
The tiny galaxy, which existed about 800 million years after the Big Bang created the universe, is among the top 10 most distant objects known.
"This image is like a baby picture of this galaxy, taken when the universe was only 5 percent of its current age," Arizona State University astronomer James Rhoads said in a statement. "Studying these very early galaxies is important because it helps us understand how galaxies form and grow."
Rhoads and his colleagues used the IMACS instrument on the Magellan Telescopes at the Carnegie Institution's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile to image the galaxy. They applied a special filter that restricted the light coming in to the telescope to a narrow range of infrared wavelengths, allowing them to block out all but the most distant, faint objects.
"We have been using this technique since 1998 and pushing it to ever-greater distances and sensitivities in our search for the first galaxies at the edge of the universe," said Arizona State University's Sangeeta Malhotra.
The faint galaxy is designated LAEJ095950.99+021219.1, and has a redshift of 7. Astronomers use redshift to denote distance, because the farther away something is, the more its light has been shifted toward the red range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Scientists have seen only a handful of galaxies with redshifts of 7, and none of those have been as dim the newfound galaxy.
"With this search, we've not only found one of the furthest galaxies known, but also the faintest confirmed at that distance," Malhotra said. "Up to now, the redshift 7 galaxies we know about are literally the top one percent of galaxies. What we're doing here is to start examining some of the fainter ones – thing that may better represent the other 99 percent."
The researchers report their discovery in the June 1 issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters.


This is a reconstruction of an instrument type that was intoduced and patented by
Francois Sudre of Paris in 1892. In order to create an instrument with a differend
sound, he added a membrane to the bell that would buzz while the instrument was
played (Mirlton principle). The membrane is mounted in a valve, allowing to disable
the mirlton. Sudre created such instruments from soprane to contrabass tunings, all
in the same long shape ("ophicleide shape"), with the valve engine mounted on the side.
The instruments did never reach any popularity, and not many sudrophones were built,
most likely because they did not match the musical trends at that time. The sudrophones
also had problems with long term playing, or moist ambients; the membrane collects
moist, and gradually stops working.


A fun activity book for 5-8 year olds, this exciting sticker book is full of awesome images of the planets and galaxies. With over 150 reusable stickers the book is a perfect introduction to the ever popular topic of the planets and intergalactic space.
An introduction to the ever-popular topic of space and the amazing worlds that make up our solar system.
Written in clear and easy-to-follow language and packed with colourful illustrations, photographs and peel-able stickers. Young children can find out facts about the Sun, the planets, asteroids and comets.
Educational and entertaining, and full of colourful photographs. A perfect combination of learning and fun.
This is Book 2 in the Collins Sticker Books Series. See all Collins Sticker Books books here.
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AFRICA - KENYA
15 imagesThe Kibera Slums, an area 5 Kilometers Southwest of the city centre of Nairobi, is the most populated informal settlement in East Africa, housing more than one quarter of Nairobi's population. The name 'Kibera' is a Nubian word for 'forest'. Kibera is roughly 2 Kilometres squared with an estimated population of 1 million people. There are no residential buildings over a single storey. The average home size in Kibera is 3 meters by 3 meters, with an average of five persons per dwelling. Urban services such as water or sanitation are minimal. There is an average of one pit latrine for every 50 to 500 people.
23 imagesThe VII World Social Forum was beginning at Nairobi city in 2007. Kenya had just left behind several years of its dictatorial regime, and was starting to experience some democracy. More than 50 000 people from everywhere around the world were joined together for 6 days to assist conferences. It was the first time the World Social Forum took place in Africa. The Forum is usually held at the same time than its opponent, the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland. Thousands of activists from all over the world attended the WSF meeting at Kasarani Stadium to discuss and debate social issues. Based on the slogan "Another world is possible" ("Dunia Mbadala Yawezekana"), the WSF is an annual meeting organized by members of the alter-globalization movement. This is a showcase of what I've seen those days, in 2007, a few sides of Kenya. A home of hope, but also of fear.


May 4, 2010
May 4 - Anelasma squalicola
While many barnacles can be found using large marine vertebrates such as whales and turtles as substrate for attachment, surprisingly few are actually true parasites of marine vertebrates. However, there's always a species to buck the trend. Anelasma squalicola is a rather strange parasite. This barnacle is a parasite of deepwater squaliforme (dogfish-type) sharks such as the velvet belly lantern shark, Etmopterus spinax. It seems to be rather specific about where it embeds itself in the host, and most Anelasma are found attached near the front or alongside the shark's first dorsal fin, in numbers ranging from one all the way up to four in a cluster.
Unlike the heavily derived order of parasitic barnacles, the rhizocephalan (such as the Sacculina carcini), Anelasma looks superficially like most barnacle, especially the part that protrude from the body of the host, with the exception of the soft body and the lack of calcerous plates. However, the similarity to the usual barnacle ends there. Anelasma has no feeding limbs and the rest of this peculiar barnacle is an onion-shaped bulb inserted into the host tissue. This bulbous structure is equipped with numerous root-like tendrils that infiltrate the host tissue enabling the parasite to absorb nutrienst from its host.
Anelasma severely imparis the development of the shark's reproductive organs. While many parasites are known to castrate their host, and indeed all trematodes castrate their first intermediate host during the asexual stage of their life cycle (see Maritrema novaezealandensis for example and details), this is one of the few known parasitic castrators of a vertebrate host.
For more details see:
Yano, K. and Musick, J.A. 2000. The effect of the mesoparasitic barnacle Anelasma on the development of reproductive organs of deep-sea squaloid sharks, Centroscyllium and Etmopterus. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 59:329-339.
Contributed by Tommy Leung.


Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2002 May 27
Explanation: It's all gone but the mountains. Most of the sprawling landscape of ice that lies between the mountains visible above has now disintegrated. The above picture was taken in Antarctica from the top of Grey Nunatak, one of three Seal Nunatak mountains that border the Larsen B Ice-Shelf. The other two Nunataks are visible in the picture taken in 1994. Over the past several years large chunks of the 200-meter thick Larsen B Ice-Shelf have been breaking off and disintegrating. The cause is thought to be related to the local high temperatures of recent years and, possibly, global warming. Over the past few years, the area that has disintegrated is roughly the size of Luxembourg. As ice-shelves break up, they unblock other ice sheets that fall onto the ocean, raising sea levels everywhere. Scientists are watching the much-larger Ross Ice Shelf, which, if it collapses, could cause global sea levels to rise five meters.
Authors & editors:
Jerry Bonnell (USRA)
NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.


Fluoride is an economically safe and effective way of preventing tooth decay. At Modern Care Dental Hygiene an in-office fluoride varnish treatment will be offered to you if you have a history of decay, sensitive teeth, or recessions.
How Does Fluoride Work?
Fluoride works by strengthening the outer layer of the teeth, also known as tooth enamel. Fluoride helps in the prevention of decay, as well as sensitivity by strengthening the enamel of the teeth and aiding in the re-mineralization process.


This assignment is due Sunday of Week 8
1. An epic is meant to celebrate the birth of a strong nation. In the style of Spenser or Milton, write the start of your own epic about America. Include these epic conventions: in medias res, invocation of the muse, thrice repetition, and elevated style. In your explanatory paragraph, explain how your inspiration piece used these elements.
You are encouraged to be creative, but you must also demonstrate your close knowledge of the original text. Ideally, you will use direct quotes from your inspiration text(s).
Note that creative assignments should include an explanatory paragraph at the beginning to explain your choices. Also, all MLA rules should be followed to include quoting when appropriate with in-text citations and a works cited section.


A TINY moth with the potential to devastate banana crops is one of the pests biosecurity inspectors will be looking out for during a survey in far north Queensland. The banana skipper has a wingspan of just 3.5cm but its larvae can significantly lessen banana yields, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry says.
The caterpillars munch on the fruit’s leaves, causing delayed ripening and lighter bunches. The team of inspectors will also be on the lookout for plant diseases such as black sigatoka and panama during their survey of Cape York next week. The fungal diseases attack the leaves of fruit trees and cause inferior crops.
Inspectors will travel between Coen and Weipa and focus on banana, mango and citrus pests. They will also inspect backyard plants. Senior operations officer Kevin Leutton said they would be asking for access to private properties. They would also inspect south-bound vehicles to ensure no fruit or vegetables were carried out of the Cape York peninsula quarantine area.


“A great teacher,” Jeremy Paxman, BBC’s Newsnight.
“Clearly Francis Gilbert is a gifted and charismatic teacher,” Philip Pullman, author of ‘Northern Lights’.
“Gilbert writes so well that you half-suspect he could give up the day job,” The Independent.
Are you a student struggling to understand Emily Brontë’s classic novel ‘Wuthering Heights’?
Or are you an educator wanting ready-made exercises and guidance to help you teach this difficult text? Do your students need support to understand the language properly and work independently on the book? This edition of Emily Brontë ‘s classic novel contains a comprehensive study guide as well as activities that stimulate and engage. Aimed specifically at pupils reading the book as an exam text, there are detailed instructions about how to understand the challenging language, to appreciate the novel’s contexts and to write effective essays. The complete text is punctuated by analysis and questions on every chapter with answers provided at the back. Essential reading for all students and teachers!


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Recent data have shown that Dome C, on the Antarctic plateau, is an exceptional site for astronomy, with atmospheric conditions superior to those at any existing mid-latitude site. Dome C, however, may not be the best site on the Antarctic plateau for every kind of astronomy. The highest point of the plateau is Dome A, some 800 m higher than Dome C. It should experience colder atmospheric temperatures, lower wind speeds, and a turbulent boundary layer that is confined closer to the ground. The Dome A site was first visited in January 2005 via an overland traverse, conducted by the Polar Research Institute of China. The PRIC plans to return to the site to establish a permanently manned station within the next decade. The University of New South Wales, in collaboration with a number of international institutions, is currently developing a remote automated site testing observatory for deployment to Dome A in the 2007/8 austral summer as part of the International Polar Year. This self-powered observatory will be equipped with a suite of site testing instruments measuring turbulence, optical and infrared sky background, and sub-millimetre transparency. We present here a discussion of the objectives of the site testing campaign and the planned configuration of the observatory.


Work Step by Step
A theory has the support indicated in B. A. can be eliminated because a theory is much more than a mere guess, and C. doesn't mention support. Just because, say, 100% of scientists decided that the sky is purple wouldn't make that supported in any way, much less true. D. is wrong since A. and C. are wrong.


|Ware made by combining differently coloured clays or by combing together different colours of slip. In the former method the clays were usually laid in slabs, one on the other, and beaten out to form a homogeneous mass in which the colours were inextricably mingled.|
Agatewares were made in Stoke-on-Trent between 1725 and 1750, the earlier specimens being salt glazed, while the later ones were covered with a colourless lead glaze.
Whieldon is most famous for his use of coloured glazes that were mingled to give a clouded or tortoiseshell effect and were used on an earthenware body, sometimes over molded decoration.
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This project will develop a database - held by the project authors and the Society - of seal sites for any species. The entry for each site will include:
species, country and name of location, GPS location, description of habitat at that site, number of seals, use of site at different season, occurrence of pupping, mating, moulting, haul-out or other, any information collected on foraging areas used by seals at that site, problems identified of disturbance, harassment, nearby fishing operations, killing, etc., legal status of site (eg within a local, national or internatonal protected area), also legal protection status of the seals at that site. The entry will include photographs of seals at the site.
The data collected may be used in various ways. It may be useful as baseline data when a coastal or offshore development is planned, to inform biologists of the distribution and habitat of the species, to inform eco-tourists where they may see the animals (under supervision where necessary to avoid disturbance). A particular site may be selected for detailed monitoring in the index site programme.
Seal site data will only be released to third parties or published on the website at the discretion of the Society and with the permission of the authors describing the site. The priority at all times will the conservation, protection and welfare of seals at any site.
Progress of the project, participants, country and species will be summarised and updated on this page.


We investigated the effects of both asymmetries and differing food levels on contest outcomes of wintering Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) feeding on chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) carcasses. Large eagles, regardless of age, were more successful in pirating than smaller eagles. Small pirating eagles were usually unsuccessful unless they were adults attempting to supplant other small eagles. Feeding eagles were more successful in defeating pirating eagles according to (1) whether their heads were up to prior to a pirating attempt, (2) how long their heads had been up, and (3) whether they displayed. During periods of food scarcity pirating eagles were less successful, a fact attributed in a proximate sense to the increase incidence of retaliation by feeding birds. When food was scarce and eagles had a choice between scavenging the pirating, they chose to scavenge more often. Body size appears to be an important factor in determining social dominance and influencing differences in foraging modes of wintering Bald Eagles.


||Atmospheric Emissions from Lead Typesetting Operations: Screening Study.
Gerstle, Richard W. ;
Ponder, Tom C. ;
Hall, Fred D. ;
||PEDCo-Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
Air pollution control equipment ;
Letterpress printing ;
Air filters ;
Electrostatic precipitators ;
Industrial wastes ;
Hot pressing ;
||Most EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. Check with individual libraries about paper copy.
Atmospheric emissions from hot-metal typesetting operations are investigated in this screening study. Three letterpress printing processes entail the use of hot metal: linotype, monotype, and stereotype. These processes are described and potential emission sources identified. Techniques for control of emissions include use of Rotoclones, wet scrubbers, filters, and electrostatic precipitators. Estimated capital costs and annualized operating and maintenance costs of these devices are presented. Three hot-metal printing operations in which emissions are well-controlled are described in detail. Annual estimates of total nationwide emissions from hot metal printing amount to approximately 1370 tons of particulate including 480 tons of lead. It is projected that no new hot metal type printing facilities will start operation and that emissions of lead from the printing industry will steadily decrease by about 8 percent per year until 1986.


High speed milling
The conventional CNC controlled machines for creating 3D parts are milling machines and lathes. Today High Speed Milling centers are 10 times faster than conventional milling machines in terms of cutting speed (up to 40.000 rpm).
The 3D machining program generates the required cutter paths to the CNC (Computer Numerical Controlled) machine, which then runs an automated process to produce parts by cutting away unwanted material from solid blocks. Multiple axes can work multi-dimensionally to produce highly accurate parts which may be used for functional testing.
By using HSC milling technique and CAM computer system it is possible to obtain the final product with greater accuracy and better polished surface finish.
Finishing processes like coating and painting may be applied to modify the surface even further. Available materials for HSC are aluminium, steel and plastic.
- Producing prototypes of final material
- Creating concept models
- Testing a pilot production line especially in metal
- Producing work equipment
Another great advantage of this technique is repeatability; multiple parts can be replicated over extended periods from the same CAD file to the same specifications. Therefore it is ideal for testing pilot production batches.


noun, plural Nar·ra·gan·sets, (especially collectively) Nar·ra·gan·set.
Example sentences from the Web for narraganset
South-west of them was the fertile Narraganset country, with fair Aquidneck within their patent.
He entered New Amsterdam as a conqueror, mounted on a Narraganset pacer.Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete|Washington Irving
The chevalier advanced his squadron in two divisions, one ascending the Narraganset, the other the Seconnet passage.
The Pequot's gun was still loaded, and he discharged it to effect upon the poor Narraganset.Stories About Indians|Anonymous
Receiving these and some other instructions, he proceeded into the Narraganset country.Great Events in the History of North and South America|Charles A. Goodrich


THE NUMBER of births in England and Wales during the first half of 2012 rose dramatically, with more babies born in the period than in any year since 1972.
There were 729,400 births in the six months up to the end of June last year. The number of births subtracted by the number of deaths in England and Wales has been steadily rising for the past decade.
In 2003, in the middle of the year there were only 77,000 more births than deaths. This year, there have been 239,000. In the past, most of the annual increase in population has been attributed to immigrants arriving in the country, a process which is now being reversed.
As recently as 2008, net migration made for a 244,000 increase in population, while births made up for only 204,000. This year, the government’s restrictions on immigration are easily seen in the changing data. Net migration only made up for an increase of 156,000.
New births made up 60 per cent of the increase in population, while immigration only accounted for 39 per cent.
London posted the fastest growth in population between the middle of 2011 and the middle of 2012, with an increase of 1.27 per cent. By contrast, the north east and north west of England grew by only 0.23 per cent and 0.4 per cent respectively.
Within London, many local authorities saw the largest population rises of any part of England and Wales. The population of Tower Hamlets, the City of London, Camden, Kingston and Hackney all rose by two per cent or more, far above the average.
Kensington and Hammersmith actually saw their populations decline over the period.


Lake Okeechobee 101 - Webinar
Time & Location
About The Event
Lake Okeechobee is the heart of the Central Everglades - the historical gatekeeper between the watershed from the north and the Southern Everglades and Florida Bay to its south. You are invited to a special webinar presentation by Audubon Florida's Dr. Paul Gray that will dive into the past, present, and future of this critical system and its connection to the greater Everglades ecosystem on Friday, April 17 from 4-5 p.m. REGISTER HERE -- Hosted by Audubon Florida
Famous for its abundance of bird life, the Everglades has faced many challenges. From the murder of Audubon Warden Guy Bradley by plume hunters as he fought to protect some of the Everglades’ iconic species, to the nearly devastating changes from the 20th Century efforts to ditch, dike, and drain the watershed for development and agriculture, Audubon has led an unprecedented ecological intervention. We hope you can join the presentation! P.S. You will have the opportunity to submit questions during the webinar, but if you already have some questions in mind, send them to email@example.com and we’ll do our best to address them in the recap!
Photo: Paul Gray on Lake Okeechobee


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ACTIVITY 32: You are to read the following
newspaper article carefully. When
answering the questions 1-7 below, you are allowed to refer back to the
article. The questions are based on what is stated or implied in the
Finally check the correct answers.
Tick the thing that went wrong at the dinner
dinner guests didn't get on with each other. B.The
starter was stone cold. C.The
main course was overcooked. D.The
dessert was inedible.
The writer describes the meal as 'the dinner party
from hell' because...
had underestimated the number of guests. B.he
hadn't made a dessert. C.he
had invited people who were cooking experts. D.he
hadn't prepared enough food.
The peaches were inedible because...
didn't taste right. B.they
were unripe, so didn't cook. C.they
were raw. D.they'd
The writer organized the dinner party...
prove to his friends he could cook. B.to
try out some new dishes he'd discovered. C.to
celebrate his 100th restaurant review. D.to
find out how it felt to be criticized.
Which of these does he not mention as a reason for
choosing to cook a French onion tart?
was a dish he knew how to cook. B.It
provided an element of challenge. C.It
was relatively easy to prepare. D.It's
a famous and popular dish.
The key to the success of the lamb dish was...
get the cooking time right. B.to
obtain the right ingredients. C.to
mix the stuffing correctly. D.to
season the lamb sufficiently.
The guest chef's main criticism of the writer was...
had served the food on hot plates. B.he
had missed out an important stage in the meal. C.he
had purchased fruit out of season. D.he
hadn't presented the meal properly.


Equality and Diversity
The Equality Act 2010 requires us to publish specific and measurable equality objectives. Our equality objectives are based on our analysis of data and other information. Our equality objectives focus on those areas where we have agreed to take action to improve equality and tackle disadvantages. We will regularly review the progress we are making to meet our equality objectives. Our Equality Objectives are:
- To ensure that all learners including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities make better than expected progress, narrowing gaps in achievement where they exist.
- To promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural development through all appropriate curricular opportunities with increased references to issues of equality and diversity.
- To narrow the gap in attendance between SEN and non-SEN pupils by fostering good relationships with parents and carers and seeking to understand the barriers to good attendance.
- To increase the membership of potentially vulnerable pupils and those with protected characteristics, in clubs, activities and roles of responsibility.
- To reduce prejudice and increase understanding of equality through direct teaching across the curriculum.
- You can download our Equality Action Plan


Entire sea lamprey genome decodedgenome assemblyJeramiah Smithsea lampreySea lampreysthe University of Kentucky
The sea lamprey is one of the few ancient, jawless species that has survived through the modern era. Now researchers have decoded its entire genome.
“Sea lampreys are amazing survivors,” says Li, whose teammate, Jeramiah Smith of the University of Kentucky, led the analysis of the genome assembly. “Even though they diverged from our lineage 500 million years ago, they give us a template of how vertebrates, including humans, evolved into the modern species that we have today.”
Full story at Futurity.
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Photo credit: Michigan State UniversityPosted by Futurity


Get a Reaction in Glass! Further Exploration
Explore the multitude of chemical reactions in glass and the effects of these reactions, which range from subtle to striking. Students will learn which glasses will create these reactions and how to incorporate the planned reactions into their designs. The inclusion of metals with reactive glasses will illustrate the wide range of potential available. Students will make multiple sample tiles, a dish incorporating several techniques, and a larger plate as we delve further into the reactive glass world. While prior glass cutting and fusing experience would be beneficial, it is not required. You can begin your journey into reactive glass in this course, or continue in more extensive exploration.
(3) – 3 Hour Sessions
Date: Wednesday & Thursday, October 16th & 17th | 6pm – 9pm & Friday, October 18th | 12pm – 3pm


When talking about computers, the term "multimedia controller" can be used to describe a few different bits of hardware depending on the make and model of your PC. Basically, it's a piece of your motherboard that communicates with different hardware, but there's a bit more to multimedia controllers than that.
Most computer users will never have to worry about their multimedia controller, as it's a device that is automatically configured by the system's management program and by the operating system. In short, a controller or controller card is the go-between for the motherboard (or system board) and the expansion cards for a system. In a desktop computer, this applies to video and sound cards; for a laptop, the controller communicates with the onboard multimedia devices.
Occasionally, after reinstalling your operating system, your system may identify an "unknown device" in its device manager and list it as a multimedia controller. Specific drivers vary from system to system, and most newer computers and operating systems automatically detect the multimedia controller. Computer manufacturers will list a chipset driver or multimedia driver on their websites if it's necessary to install.
If you have a desktop computer and plan to upgrade your sound or video card, it's a good idea to first upgrade your multimedia controller (or chipset) driver to the newest version, then install the newest drivers for the new device as soon as you have inserted it.


The PSAT 8/9 is a test that will help you and your teachers figure out what you need to work on most so that you're ready for college when you graduate from high school. It tests the same skills and knowledge as the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and PSAT 10 - in a way that makes sense for your grade level. The PSAT 8/9 establishes a baseline measurement of your college and career readiness as you enter high school. It also give you a chance to preview the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and PSAT 10 and connect to AP courses. For more information, click here.
Khan Academy is the official SAT practice resource. Get personalized study recommendations based on your test scores. Click here to get started.
For more information on testing and college planning visit CollegeBoard.


Many, many species of creature have come under hardship in the last 7,000 years. Some died off because they were ill-equipped, some because they were hunted — by man or beast — to extinction, and some because they were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. For a colony of penguins near the Antarctic Peninsula, it’s most definitely the latter. During the past seven millennia, the flightless birds have had to endure not one, not two, but three separate volcanic eruptions that nearly wiped them out completely.
Scientists researching the gentoo penguins who call the frigid Ardley Island home say that the birds have had to repeatedly bounce back from the volcanic eruptions of nearby Deception Island. Using sediment analysis to determine when volcanic events took place, the researchers were able to analyze the chemistry and note when the population of the penguins dipped.
Deception Island’s many smaller eruptions were punctuated over time by huge volcanic events that repeatedly threatened to completely destroy the penguin population on Ardley Island. Over periods ranging from 400 to 800 years, the penguins gradually bounced back, bringing their numbers back to the present day level of around 5,000 pairs.
“An eruption can bury penguin chicks in abrasive and toxic ash, and whilst the adults can swim away, the chicks may be too young to survive in the freezing waters,” says Dr. Clair Waluda, a penguin ecologist with the British Antarctic Survey, and part of the research team.”Suitable nesting sites can also be buried, and may remain uninhabitable for hundreds of years.” The study of the penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula was published this week in Nature.


Chapter 3. Animating and Viewing Your Presentation
Lessons > Lesson 03 > 03Presentation1_Stage1.key
This lesson takes approximately 1 hour to complete.
Create builds to reveal text animation on a slide
Create builds to reveal objects on a slide
Create interleaved builds to reveal slide elements concurrently
Create transitions between slides
Add Spotlight comments and keywords for indexing
Configure preferences for smooth playback of a presentation
Run a presentation
Adding animation to your slides is an important step in finalizing a presentation. You can create several types of animation in Keynote. Two of the most common are builds and transitions.
In Keynote, a build allows you to animate the appearance of text or slide elements. ...


As some of you may have noticed, particularly those of you who were West of Countisbury last Tuesday, we have started our annual regime of gorse and heather burning on West Exmoor
We pick patches of gorse and heather based on their age mainly, and we aim to burn approximately 60% of our total heathland in rotation of 15 years. We leave approx 40% of the heath to naturally ‘over mature’, that is to say we never burn it. It may get burnt by wild fires and if this occurs we will take this into account when planning future burns.
The 15 year rotation breaks up the age structure of the heathland, providing numerous different age habitats in a patchwork, which in turn benefits different species. It also allows species to migrate to different areas as and when new areas become beneficial.
Uncontrolled wild fires burn large areas and destroy the valuable age structure needed for biodiversity. Because of this the area and size of the burn is strictly controlled and authorised by Natural England, and carried out in accordance with guidelines. Before burning commences the emergency services are informed and also Exmoor National Park Authority.
We have more burns to do this winter if the weather allows, so keep your eyes peeled if you’re in the area. If you do see burning taking place please take care and seek advice from those who are managing the fire if you wish to pass by.


Doug Wilder Addresses the Senate
Doug Wilder ran for the Senate of Virginia in 1969 and won a plurality of the vote in a three-way race against two white candidates. His victory made him the twentieth century's first African American state senator. Over the course of the decade, he became heavily influential in Richmond, especially on white legislators seeking black support. Journalist Michael Isikoff described Wilder as "the undisputed kingpin of black politics in Virginia," in a May 1, 1982, profile in the Washington Post. In this photo, Wilder is addressing the Senate Rules Committee; clerk J. T. Shropshire listens at right.


In South Africa, many children grow up in dysfunctional family environments. Many experience this as a crisis and develop problem behaviours such as depression, anger, learning problems and even physical conditions from emotional reactions to their crisis. Their coping skills appear to be ineffective and they have not acquired the necessary life skills from parents or caregivers to handle a life crisis successfully.
The role of a child counsellor is to help the client to understand his or her past and current experiences and integrate the two meaningfully into a new life story with hope and motivation for a positive future. The article is based on literature research, discussions with teachers, parents and psychologists, hours of trauma counselling sessions, and workshops on child trauma counselling. It includes one case study and a proposed model for trauma counselling in South Africa.
|Keywords:||Child Trauma Counselling, Cross-cultural, Life Story, Trauma Counselling Model|
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Both men's and women's traditional Scottish dress features plaid or tartan wool, but patterns and styles vary depending on region and status. Women's traditional clothing typically resembles English or European styles but with plaid. Traditional men's clothing features a plaid kilt.Continue Reading
The traditional Scottish kilt came into use in the 16th century and consists of a single piece of wool folded into loose pleats, wrapped around the waist and fastened with a thick leather belt. The remaining fabric drapes over the shoulder and serves as a hood in inclement weather. Because kilts do not have pockets, men traditionally carry a purse called a spooran. They also wear ghillies, thick-soled sandals that wrap around the leg.
Women's dress is usually a long tartan skirt with an arisaid, which is a long tartan garment worn over a dress that can be wrapped around the shoulders and worn over the head. Women also wear a type of ghillie but with a thinner sole for indoor use.Learn more about Cultures & Traditions


The population of salt workers had been living on the marshlands around Fiers d’Ars for a long time. But the annual production of 30,000 tonnes of salt in the 19th century has fell to 2,000 tonnes approximately today. About sixty salt workers produce salt today. Young people who have a passion for salt and want to save the future of these salt marches.
Fiers d’Ars, a small inland sea, which is gradually silting up, is a great ecological richness and the favourite place for migratory birds.
You will be surprised by the church of Saint-Etienne-d’Ars to be found in this Marshland Route. Its belltower, slightly inclined because of the lightning in 1840, with its famous curved spire painted black and white, is used as a landmark.
After passing the 80m wide isthmus of Martray, the cycle path seems to be balancing itself on the ocean.


June 19 — Juneteenth — marks the day in 1865 that the Union Army announced in Texas that the African American slaves were free. Black Americans since then have honored the day, even as it has gone unnoticed by many others. But in 2020, with protesters filling the streets over the death of George Floyd, what is there to celebrate? Jessica Millward, an associate professor of history at UCI, tells the UCI Podcast about the history behind Juneteenth, the decades upon decades of continued struggle, and the hope she feels in this moment.
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Part 1: North Carolina's First Radio Stations, Part 2: Radio Enters Its "Golden Age" in North Carolina, Part 3: National Networks and Popular Local Shows and Personalities, Part 4: Radio Broadcasting and the Civil Rights Movement, Part 5: Growth of FM Stations and Increasing Corporate Ownership
Radio Broadcasting and the Civil Rights Movement
While many working in radio were content to entertain in their designated time slots, Crutchfield and others became part of a bigger change largely made possible by the support of the airwaves. By the late 1950s a new ethnic diversity had arisen to complement the programming diversity made possible in the previous decade. Charlotte stations WBT and WGIV were starting to aim a majority of their programming at a black audience. In Winston-Salem, the first black-oriented AM station, WAAA, hooked listeners with its popular features like Oscar "Daddy-Oh" Alexander's hit program Daddy-Oh on the Patio. By this point, the opinionated Nathaniel Tross, under Crutchfield's guidance, was delivering blistering editorials calling for radical action against segregation. At WGIV disc jockeys such as Eugene "Genial Gene" Potts used a more family-oriented tack to advocate patience and tolerance, while drawing on their connections with the minority community to defuse tensions rather than to accentuate them.
But tensions did flare. Following the 1957 desegregation of the schools, North Carolina's Lumbee Indian and black populations launched a huge campaign against the Ku Klux Klan. Crutchfield, along with the powerful minority voice in the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, staged a number of events focusing on empowerment and education. Of these, the landmark race relations-themed "Project '60," broadcast on WBT in November 1959-an event attended by thousands that far exceeded its allotted time slot-arguably was the most crucial in establishing radio as a medium for a new and growing voice in southern social discourse.
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Related terms include cisgender, heteronormativity, gender essentialism, and cissexism.
"The speaker said, 'All women need annual pap smears,' and while I appreciated the message, I could have done without the cisnormativity."
Cisnormativity is the assumption that all, or almost all, individuals are cisgender. Although transgender-identified people comprise a fairly small percentage of the human population, many trans* people and allies consider it to be offensive to presume that everyone is cisgender unless otherwise specified.
Examples of cisnormativity are closely linked to gender essentialism and may include statements like, "Men can not get pregnant." Although cisnormativity is rarely deliberate, it is almost always perceived as hurtful and offensive to the trans* community. At best, cisnormativity contributes to the erasure of trans* and nonbinary experiences. At worst, it is part of a deliberate and calculated system of oppression that includes institutionalized cissexism and transphobia.
The word cisnormativity was first used in the 2000s, but its first recorded academic use was in The Journal of the International AIDS Society in 2012. It is a combination of the prefix cis-, as in cisgender, and the suffix -normativity, as a complement to heteronormativity.


Elizabeth and Essex (A Tragic History)
by Lytton Strachey (1928)
Giles Lytton Strachey (1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was a British writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit.
One of the most famous and baffling romances in history—between Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex—began in May of 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was just shy of twenty. Their relationship continued until 1601, when the Earl of Essex was beheaded for treason. In a succession of brilliant scenes, Strachey portrays the Queen's and the Earl's compelling attraction for one another, their impassioned disagreements, and their mutual contest for power, which led to a final, tragic confrontation.
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NGC 2360 is an open cluster visible with binoculars in the constellation of Canis Major. It was the first deep sky discovery made by Caroline Herschel - the younger sister of William Herschel - on February 26, 1783. She described it as "a beautiful cluster of pretty compressed stars near 1/2 degree in diameter." It's also known as Caroline's Cluster, Caldwell 58 and Melotte 64.
William included the cluster in his 1786 catalogue of 1000 clusters, crediting his sister as the discoverer. At magnitude +7.2, NGC 2360 is not visible to the naked eye but it's an easy binocular object and a fine sight through small telescopes. The cluster is positioned 8 degrees east-northeast of the brightest star in the night sky Sirius (α CMa - mag. -1.47) and lies 3.5 degrees directly east of gamma CMa (γ CMa - mag. +4.1). At the western edge of NGC 2360 is an unrelated star, HD 56405 (mag. +5.5).
NGC 2360 appears as a smudge of light through 7x50 or 10x50 binoculars with the brightest components just about resolvable. A small 80mm (3.1-inch) scope reveals tens of stars packed in a rich round grouping that spans about 14 arc minutes in diameter. This is one cluster that handles high magnifications well, so don't be afraid to push the power up as the seeing conditions allow. Medium sized 150mm (6-inch) or 200mm (8-inch) scopes reveals at least 45 stars with many of the stars being of the same colour and roughly the same brightness. They trace nice arcs and winding paths throughout the cluster. Although not as bright as the nearby Messier open clusters (M41, M46, M47 and M93), NGC 2360 is a fine cluster for all telescope sizes.
NGC 2360 is 3,700 light-years distant and is estimated to be 2.2 billion years old. It's best seen during months of November, December, January and February.
C58 Data Table
|Object Type||Open Cluster|
|RA (J2000)||07h 17m 43s|
|DEC (J2000)||-15h 38m 29s|
|Apparent Size (arc mins)||14 x 14|
|Age (years)||2.2 Billion|
|Number of Stars||>50|
|Other Name||Melotte 64|


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The article you're using was wrote and updated in 2011.
The article the OP, ATODASO is using was, is another update in 2014.
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By studying osteological signs of gender within the bones themselves, researchers discovered that approximately half of the remains were actually female warriors, given a proper burial with their weapons.
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It is believed the first people to bare the Title Viking came from a small inlet on a Fjord in Norway, that Village and bay like Inlet are called Vikin (A name which may predate the Viking's), Now in old norse the Word Vik meant man as well so there is some dispute about the real meaning of viking with related norse word's such as Vikingr and Viking actually having two meaning's to do with adventure and travel.
The Norse people' are actually a more mixed bunch than you would think, though the scandinavian's through harsh terrain and weather are less mixed there origin's can probably be traced back to western russia and eurasia before there ancestors were displaced through tribal migration's of the Slavic Tribe's (the truth is they probably mixed and there was no definite displacement so they may simple be a vestige of the pre mixed racial grouping).
and a stiff wind to fill there Goat Hair Sail's, Viking ship's used Goat Hair from a breed of Goat that is found today only in scandinavia in norway, it's hair does not retain water and is also great for making warm clothing that allows your body to breath and even when wet keeps the warmth in.
I could go on but where the hell do you get your opinion's from.


Corydoras reynoldsi is a pretty cory catfish that has been described in 1960. It was collected in the Caquetà province, eastern Colombia. It remained unknown in the hobby quite long, as this area is far away from the usual collecting areas. In 1997 the cory enthusiasts became aware of another, quite similar species of Corydoras that was exported from Brazil. Although the species looked very much like Corydoras reynoldsi, there were also many differences. So the new fish was called Corydoras sp. aff. reynoldsi (= similar species to reynoldsi). Another usual trade name was Corydoras „Asher“ after the exporter. Only 2004 the real Corydoras reynoldsi appeared in the hobby. Now it was clear that we were dealing with two different species. The “Asher“ in the meantime (2003) had been scientifically described as Corydoras tukano. Its natural distribution is the Rio Tique in Brazil, which is a tributary of the Rio Negro basin.
Both Corydoras species are really nice and stay relative small. They hardly reach 5 cm. However, they should be kept by experienced aquarists only, as they are rather delicate and easily get bacterial infections. It is necessary to keep them at high temperatures (26-28°C), and soft and acidic water.


Learning to fear, fearing to learn: Measuring the extent of school violence
Violence in South African schools impacts on children, their families, and society more generally. Much of what occurs in schools is learnt through exposure to violence at home and outside the school, necessitating an integrated approach to addressing school violence that moves beyond a limited focus on the school itself. The Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention National Schools Violence Study provides an indication of how bad school violence is in South Africa, and through the wide range of data collected, provides a framework for interventions that cuts across sectors and conventional school-based stakeholders.
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The Thinker’s Guide to Clinical Reasoning introduces healthcare students and professionals to the foundations of critical thinking and offers examples of applications within clinical fields. It is not enough for healthcare workers to have access to data and research, they must also know how to analyze and process information to guide patients in making the best decisions about their health. This process requires critical thinking skills often ignored in healthcare curricula.
This book is an essential companion for all healthcare courses as it advances critical thinking within all specialties with the clinical professions.
As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues across every field of study across the world.
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Dobos torte or Dobosh (Hungarian: dobostorta) is a famous Hungarian cake named after its inventor, a well-known Hungarian confectioner, József C. Dobos (1847–1924) in 1884. It is a five-layer sponge cake, layered with chocolate buttercream and topped with thin caramel slices. The sides of the cake are sometimes coated with ground hazelnuts, chestnuts, walnuts or almonds but the original cake is without coat, since it was a slice of a big cake. Dobos' aim was to make a cake that would last longer than other pastries, in an age when cooling techniques were limited. The caramel topping helps keep the cake from drying out. The cake is also often called 'Dobos-torta' or 'Dobostorta'.
Dobosh or Dobos Torte (type of cake) was first introduced at the National General Exhibition of Budapest in 1885; Franz Joseph I and his Empress Elisabeth were among the first to taste it. The cake soon became popular throughout Europe as it was different from all others. It was simple but elegant, as opposed to the multi-layer, flaming cakes of the age. Its other secret was its use of fine buttercream, which was very little known at the time; cake fillings and frostings were usually made with cooked pastry cream or whipped cream. The chocolate buttercream and the batter of the cake were both invented by Jozsef C. Dobos.
Dobos Torte is known everywhere in the world and there are more than one hundred recipe variations. It is a commonly made torte in the upscale hotels, restaurants and pastry shops of the world. Another famous Hungarian dessert created in the same era is Rigó Jancsi.
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A Boundary is a stereotyped Object that models some system boundary, typically a user interface screen. You can also create a Boundary as a stereotyped Class. Boundary elements are used in analysis to capture user interactions, screen flows and element interactions (or 'collaborations').
A Boundary is used in the conceptual phase to capture users interacting with the system at a screen level (or some other boundary interface type). It is often used in Sequence and Robustness (Analysis) diagrams. It is the View in the Model-View-Controller pattern.


Auditory Processing Disorders
An auditory processing disorder is defined as a breakdown in the auditory nervous system that interferes with rapid and efficient awareness, recognition, decoding and integration of auditory signals especially those occurring in speech. In other words, “the inability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way in the absence of what is commonly considered a hearing loss is referred to as an auditory processing problem” (ASHA, 1999).
Behaviors of children considered “at risk” include:
If you believe your student or child is struggling in any of the above areas, contact the office for a free telephone consultation. A multi-symptom approach to the screening, referral and/or the therapeutic process is used addressing a wide range of auditory issues. Individual cases are seen by appointment only and the sessions meet weekly for 45-60 minutes.
“Let’s Work Together to Improve Auditory Processing Skills!”


Effect of Thermal Motion on the X‐Ray Reflectivity of Quartz
1.P. Debye, Ann. Physik 43, 49 (1914)
1.[English translation in The Collected Papers of Peter J. W. Debye (Interscience Publishers, Inc., New York, 1954)].
2.I. Waller, Z. Physik 23, 169 (1928).
3.R. W. James, The Optical Principles of the Diffraction of X‐Rays (G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., London, 1950).
4.E. J. Post, Can. J. Phys. 31, 112 (1953).
5.The unit cell dimensions of quartz were derived from Bragg spacings measured by Adell, Brogren, and Haeggblom, Arkiv Physik 7, 197 (1953).
6.W. P. Mason, Bell System Tech. J. 22, 212 (1943).
7.See W. L. Bond, Bell System Tech. J. 22, 27 (1943), for an explanation of notation.
8.See reference 3, p. 219.
9.C. Zener, Phys. Rev. 49, 112 (1936).
10.See A. Compton and S. Allison, X‐Rays in Theory and Experiment (D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, 1935), p. 6.
11.The quartz plate was made to our specifications by the Monitor Products Company of South Pasadena, California.
12.Y. Sakisaka, Proc. Phys.‐Math. Soc. Japan 12, 189 (1930).
13.Derivation of the integrated reflection coefficient formula is given in reference 3, Chap. 2.
14.Brill, Hermann, and Peters, Ann. Phys. 41, 233 (1942).
15.R. W. James and G. W. Brindley, Phil. Mag. 12, 104 (1931).
16.Values of reflectivity assuming a characteristic temperature of 460 °K were computed to make Table I. Since 460 °K is within the limits of experimental error, the reflectivities were not computed again using 452 °K.
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Species Detail - Thaumalea testacea - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Anisopodidae and Thaumaleidae (Diptera: Nematocera) of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10kmDistribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Marine Map - 50kmDistribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Orphnephila devia, Orphnephila devia nomen nudum, Thaumalea devia, Thaumalea devia nomen nudum
insect - true fly (Diptera)
27 March (recorded in 1983)
11 September (recorded in 1986)
Irish Biogeographical Society, Anisopodidae and Thaumaleidae (Diptera: Nematocera) of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Thaumalea testacea, accessed 24 May 2018, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/2/Species/89486>


St Theresa of Jesus, Virgin, Mystic
March 28, 1515
October 4, 1582
March 12, 1622
Headaches, catholic writers, Spain
St. Teresa was the daughter of a Toledo merchant and his second wife, who died when Teresa was 15, one of ten children. Shortly after this event, Teresa was entrusted to the care of the Augustinian nuns. After reading the letters of St. Jerome, Teresa resolved to enter a religious life. In 1535, she joined the Carmelite Order. She spent a number of relatively average years in the convent, punctuated by a severe illness that left her legs paralyzed for three years, but then experienced a vision of “the sorely wounded Christ” that changed her life forever. From this point forward, Teresa moved into a period of increasingly ecstatic experiences in which she came to focus more and more sharply on Christ’s passion. With these visions as her impetus, she set herself to the reformation of her order, beginning with her attempt to master herself and her adherence to the rule. Gathering a group of supporters, Teresa endeavoured to create a more primitive type of Carmelite. From 1560 until her death, Teresa struggled to establish and broaden the movement of Discalced or shoeless Carmelites. During the mid-1560s, she wrote the Way of Perfection and the Meditations on the Canticle. In 1567, she met St. John of the Cross, who she enlisted to extend her reform into the male side of the Carmelite Order.


Biochar offers several benefits as a soil amendment, including increased soil fertility, carbon sequestration, and water-holding capacity in nutrient-poor soils. In this study, soil samples with and without biochar additives were collected for two consecutive years from an experimental field plot to examine its effect on the microbial community structure and functions in sandy soils under peach-trees (Prunus persica).
The four treatments evaluated consisted of two different rates of biochar incorporated into the soil, one “dynamic” surface application of biochar, and a 0% biochar control. Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) analysis was used to assess the microbial community structure, and enzyme activities involved in C, N, P, and S nutrient cycling were used as a means of assessing soil functionality. Total FAME and bacterial indicators increased by 18% and 12%, respectively, in the 10% incorporated and 5% surface applied treatments. Biochar applications increased glucosaminidase and arylsulfatase activities, 5–30% and 12–46%, respectively.
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dramatic irony: a situation that involves a discrepancy between a characters perception and what the reader or audience know to be true is dramatic irony.
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"...every woman, nearly, went up to the girls, without saying a word, and kissed them, solemn, on the forehead, and then put their hand on their head, and looked up towards the sky, with the tears running down, and then busted out and went off sobbing and swabbing, and give the next woman a show. I never see anything so disgusting." -Pg. 163
Huck seriously dislikes fake and contrived people, and the act these women are putting on frustrates him to no end. Although they are weeping, Huck is actually a more sensitive and honest person.