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Large glacially-fed rivers that don't flow directly to the ocean generally have similar appearances to this. i.e. wide valleys that are mostly silt with some water. During periods of heavy water runoff, the water changes directions and builds up different silt deposits. With 10 or more water courses (as here) the depth of the water is usually shallow. But NEVER walk in river or ocean silt; it can be almost like quicksand. And if you're in a tidal zone and get stuck in silt, a rising tide can drown you. If it happens to moose- it can happen to you.
No- it's not autumn in Alaska . I took this slide image years ago- probably in late September.


St Joseph (1811 – 1860) was born into a peasant family at Castelnuovo d’Asti, Italy. Having decided, at an early age, to become a Priest, he entered the seminary of Turin. After his ordination, he continued to teach at the seminary as well as at Turin University and the Institute of St Francis. He is one of the so-called “social saints” which includes Don Bosco (1815 – 1888) and Maria Mazzarello.
He met St John Bosco when St John was around 22, the two became close friends and he greatly influenced St John’s decision to care for young disaffected youth in Turin and establish the Salesian Order.
In contrast to St John Bosco, St Joseph devoted his life to the dispossessed, marginalised and prisoners. He became known as “The Priest of the Gallows” through his work as confessor and comforter of those condemned to death. St Joseph is fondly remembered as a pious and holy man, who devoted his entire life to honouring the Blessed Sacrament, preaching, teaching and reaching out to the unwanted.
St Joseph is Patron Saint of Italian prisons, prison chaplains, prisoners and those condemned to death. His Feast Day is June 23rd.
St Joseph Cafasso:
Pray for us that we will see the repentant sinner and help them to find the merciful Jesus.
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Last year New Horizons made its historic flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto and delighted the world with incredible pictures delivered from the edge of our Solar System. Amazingly, even though it is still floating ever further away from Earth it is still transmitting pictures back home, and now the team behind the mission has stitched together all of these photos into one mega image of a flattened out Pluto.
The picture itself has a resolution of 30km per pixel at the edges to a dazzling 235m per pixel at the centre, when New Horizons made its closest approach on 14 July 2015 and took this photo.
The most recent image added was from 25 April 2016, but the probe is expected to continue sending pictures back until early Autumn. Until that point we’re happy to enjoy this map of Pluto get ever more detailed.
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The archaeologists have put away the equipment. During this winter, plans will be made for further exploration of the Jellestad ship from the Viking era, which has just been found in Østfold.
-“What we wish, is to continue with an intervention-free method of exploration with geo-radar and magnetometers in the spring when the frozen ground layer has defrosted. Nevertheless, there will be areas where we will have to use an excavator, especially in places where we can not see. We need to know if the wood is preserved,” says conservator and archaeologist Sigrid Mannsåker Gundersen in the cultural heritage section of Østfold County Municipality.
Once all the information has been collected, the Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren) determines the way forward.
Found in April
The first tracks created by a geo-radar of the Jellestad ship was made in April. The findings were made at the burial mound Jellhaugen at the Gjellestad farm in Berg in Halden municipality in Østfold.
However, the ground was so wet that the geo-machine had to be pulled out off the ground with the help of the farmer’s tractor.
In August, the archaeologists resumed after the scorching summer, and this time they found clear traces of the 20-metre-long Viking ship. The find can be compared to the Oseberg ship, the Gokstad ship and the Tune ship.
Much could be destroyed
The archaeologists are not surprised if a lot of the ship is destroyed. The hope is that the bottom may be located in clay and is preserved.
Jellhaugen (the Jellestad mound), which is the grave of the ship, was levelled and ploughed in the 19th and early 20th century. Today it has been reconstructed.
It is the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) that performed the research that led to the findings.
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Researchers created the first silicon chip compact 3D LiDAR imaging system capable of matching and exceeding the performance and accuracy of the most advanced mechanical systems currently in use.
3D LiDAR can provide accurate imaging and mapping for various applications; it serves as the “eyes” for self-driving cars and is used in facial recognition software as well as autonomous robots and drones. Accurate imaging is required for machines to map and interact with the physical world, but the size and cost of the technology currently required have limited the use of LIDAR in commercial applications.
A group of researchers has now created a new integrated system that combines silicon photonic components and CMOS electronic circuits on the same microchip (silicon chip). Their prototype would be a low-cost solution that could pave the way for large-scale production of low-cost, compact, and high-performance 3D imaging cameras for use in robotics, autonomous navigation systems, and building site mapping to improve safety and healthcare.
Previous integrated systems have struggled to provide a dense array of easily addressable pixels, limiting them to fewer than 20 pixels. In contrast, this new system is the first large-scale 2D coherent detector array of 512 pixels. The research teams are now expanding the pixel arrays and beam steering technology to make the system more suitable for real-world applications and improve performance even further.
Related Content: Hybrid Interferometer Broadens Applications


A computational fluid dynamics simulation is performed on the drain tank of the ThorCon Molten Salt Reactor design. In this analysis the OpenFOAM toolkit is used to simulate the heat transfer phenomena involved.
The aim of these simulations is to calculate the evolution of temperature levels in different areas in the domain, which are critical for stress and safety analysis of the various components of the system.
The heat transfer simulation must take into account a broad variety of phenomena:
1. Heat conduction in solids;
2. Heat conduction, convection and thermal radiation in gas regions, with the gases considered completely transparent;
3. Natural convection in the salt with power generation driving the natural circulation.
The temperature transient of drain tanks and walls are depicted in the following video.


The big cultural manifestations were developed
in two huge areas of the American continent : the Meso-America and
the Andes. Nowadays, the world Meso-America designates the main
part of the Mexican territory and the northern part of Central America.
The true birthplace of the civilizations of Meso-America brought
miscegenation between these people and the newcomers, Europeans
and Africans and designed the coming Mexico.
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Mice and rats are really gentle, interesting animals. But sadly, millions of them are killed in painful experiments every year in the U.S. In these tests, rats and mice are poisoned, burned, shocked, and terrified on purpose. Many laboratories that use these animals aren’t even required to give them medicine for pain or any kind of vet care, and lots of them end up dying after suffering for a very long time.
Rats and mice aren’t lab equipment, and they don’t belong in laboratories. They belong in their natural habitats with their families. Check out these fascinating facts about rodents that prove they’re actually a lot like us!
4. They also have awesome memories. Even though rats have poor eyesight, once they figure out a path, they never forget it.
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You can help save these wonderful little animals! Make sure you buy only “cruelty-free” products—it will say that right on the label—that weren’t tested on mice, rats, or other animals. And if your family is ready for the commitment of rescuing a rat or mouse, be sure to adopt him or her from a shelter and never buy one (or any animal!) from a breeder or pet store.


Cubic Formula Derivation
The cubic equation is of the form:
x^3 + ax^2 + bx + c = 0
Cardano solved the cubic equation by doing these steps:
x = y - a/3
via the Tchirnhaus transformation, and this simplifies the equation to:
y^3 +py + q = 0
p = b - (a^2)/3
and q = c - ab/3 + (2a^3)/27
then substitute y = u - v to get:
(u-v)^3 + p(u-v) + q = 0
and this can be written as:
(q - (u^3 - v^3)) + (u+v)(p - 3uv) = 0
With the two separate terms, we see that q = u^3 - v^3 and q = 3uv, and this solves the equation.
As for the remaining terms in the equations for q, we can solve for u or v and use substitution to finish the equation.
These roots are solved using methods such as Newton’s Method. The numbers a, b, c, d, u, v, q, and p are real numbers.


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When should baby start to crawl?by Dr. Christine Wood, M.D |
Q I am aware that each child is different, but approximately when can you expect a baby to crawl?
A Some babies can crawl as early as 7 months and as late as 10 or 11 months. If you have concerns about your baby's development, you need to look at other milestones, too. Usually they are picking up small objects with the finger and thumb by 8 to 10 months, babbling "dada" by 8 to 11 months. There are good books on basic baby development, like the series by Penelope Leach or What to Expect the First Year.Dr. Christine Wood is a practicing pediatrician in Southern California. She attended the University of Detroit for her undergraduate degree in chemistry and received her medical degree from the University of Michigan. She completed her pediatric resid
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Dr. Viguera Ruiz is the Director of History in The Institute of Local Studies of La Roja. She obtained her Ph.D. in Contemporary History at the University of La Roja.2012 0-7734-2612-4
This book is an important contribution to the history of Spanish liberalism, as well as a study of the exile communities of 19th century Europe, detailing the political encounters and exchanges that were generated. Many exiles left their countries in the aftermath of failed uprisings, when attempts to establish forms of constitutional and representative government for national independence resulted in reactionary backlash and foreign invasion. Their preferred destination was the United Kingdom, often settling in London. London was a cosmopolitan metropolis, famous for its toleration and openness to new ideas.
In recent years, we have achieved a better grasp of the internal dynamic and political vision of these political refugees. This publication contributes a detailed dimension to this story, by reconstructing the experience of one distinguished Spanish liberal of this period, Ramón Alesón.
Alesón was an Anglophile, and keen student of the British system of representative government. At the time of his arrival in 1823, Britain was an oasis of ‘liberalism’. The United Kingdom had a representative government and the Parliamentary tradition has survived unscathed through the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary upheavals which had devastated parts of Europe, including Spain.


Waltham Holy Cross
Waltham Holy Cross, town (1981 pop. 19,432), Essex, SE England. The abbey there, the Norman nave of which is used as a parish church, was built in 1030 to contain a cross found in Somerset; it was believed to have miraculous powers. The abbey was enlarged in 1060 under King Harold.
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment
The rise of atheism and unbelief is a key feature in the development of the modern world, yet it is a topic which has been little explored by historians. This book presents a series of studies of irreligious ideas in various parts of Europe during the two centuries following the Reformation. Atheism was everywhere illegal in this period. The word itself first entered the vernacular languages soon after the Reformation, but it was not until the eighteenth century that the first systematic defences of unbelief began to appear in print. Its history in the intervening years is significant but problematic and hitherto obscure. The leading scholars who have contributed to this volume offer a range of approaches and draw on a wide variety of sources to produce a scholarly, original, and fascinating book. Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment will be essential reading for all concerned with the religious, intellectual, and social history of early modern Europe.
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As many schools are in their final weeks of preparation for the school year, we wanted to make sure you were aware of a valuable resource for all of the schools utilizing Apple devices. Apple maintains a great educational learning series designed to help teachers, IT, and administrators with setup and integration of Apple devices in the classroom. For example, the following is a video aimed at IT staff for preparing Apple devices for deployment:
For teachers, “Promote Active Learning through Creativity”:
For Administrators and Teachers, “Create and Share Presentations and Demos”:
Apple Education Learning Series
This series is presented by the Apple Education Leadership and Learning teams. Each video is designed to help educators use Apple products and their built-in features to enable remote learning for all students.
As a follow-up to the series, educators can also participate in virtual conferences led by Apple Professional Learning Specialists. Visit the virtual conferences schedule to find events in your time zone. Each virtual conference will run for approximately 45 minutes and will provide an opportunity for educators to engage in dialogue with our teams about the content provided in each video. *(The main virtual conference site is available in English only. For French, visit *Conférences virtuelles interactives.)
Access the whole video library at: https://video.ibm.com/apple-edu-learning-series


Is there a better, more efficient alternative to electronic processes? Usually, electronics work by moving electrons through circuits and logic gates to perform calculations, but in doing so must overcome resistance, which wastes energy and generates heat. So instead of forcing electrons to push each other along, researchers are looking into ways to make them do the wave: meet "magnonics."
Electrons have a property called spin, and this spin can be oriented either up or down. Atoms can generate magnetic fields if the spins of their electrons align. When energy is applied to that magnetic field, the direction of the field is reversed and the strength of the field weakens. The energy that dampened the magnetic field is passed along and this wave of energy can be thought of as a particle called a magnon. Magnons can be used to carry information.
However, while the silicon circuits that conduct electrons are relatively easy to make, the magnets that transport magnons are not. Most researchers use a material called yttrium iron garnet, or YIG, but it is notoriously difficult to make, and to combine with other materials. Researchers have tested a few materials, and the most promising seems to be a material called vanadium tetracyanoethylene. This material was the first carbon based magnet that was stable at room temperature, but once exposed to oxygen, it would burst into flames.
While it's difficult to work with magnons, and even harder to develop new transistors for them, researchers have found it possible to convert a magnon into an electrical signal. This means researchers could simply combine magnonics and electronics which would bring them one step closer to smaller, faster, and more efficient computers.


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Using light-harvesting nanoparticles to convert laser energy into "plasmonic nanobubbles," researchers at Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed methods for delivering chemotherapy drugs directly into cancer cells. In tests on drug-resistant cancer, the researchers found the methods were up to 30 times more deadly to cancer cells than traditional chemotherapy and required less than one-tenth the clinical dose. See: http://lapotko.rice.edu


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The devastating and negative human nature of King Lear
In many of Shakespeare's plays, human nature and emotion, specifically of the negative type, are the major contributing factors to the lead character's downfall. In many cases, those qualities cause the downfall of many other character's as well, whether due to their own behavior, or the behavior of other characters. In the play King Lear, negative human behaviors, such as vanity, dishonesty, and a severe lack of loyalty all lead to the demise or downfall of nearly every character in the play.
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Cordelia finds that she is unable to show her love with mere words: " What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent." (Shakespeare, I.i.63-64) Cordelia clearly loves her father, and yet realizes that her honesty will not please him, which only further shows Lear's great arrogance and vanity. Lear instantly cast his youngest daughter away, referring to her as: "Unfriended, new adopted to our hate, dow'red with our curse, and strangered with out oath." (I.i.205-206) Lear was too quick to judge Cordelia, and as a result his formerly most enjoyed daughter became his enemy. The only other character who follows Lear is the Earl of Kent. Lear also allows his ego to come between his previously trusted advisor, which ironically concerned the same incident. Kent, realizing Lear's fatal mistake protests the foolish decision: "When majesty falls to folly...whose low sounds Reverb no hollowness." (I.i.151-156) Lear's ego takes over, answering Kent's advice with banishment. It is King Lear's vanity, narrow-mindedness, and blindness to the truth, which eventually leads to his...


Truck is written and illustrated by the celebrated creator of Freight Train, Bigmama's, School Bus, and many other classic and award-winning picture books for young children. Truck was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association and was also named an ALA Notable Book for Children. It is an ideal book to share with preschoolers, both at home and in the classroom--especially those who love books about transportation!
In this wordless picture book, a large, bright red trailer truck packed with tricycles moves through pages of fog, truck stops, and crowded highways. "Beautifully executed and appealing."--School Library Journal
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Asperger's Syndrome in Adults
In my therapy practice while my experience is with the general public, for many years, as part of that practice, I've been seeing adults and couples where the main complaint involves the characteristics of Asperger's Syndrome even when the formal diagnosis is not present.
Therapy can help you understand yourself as "different", rather than "rejecting, indifferent or unempathic." This distinction helps to raise self esteem, and changes expectations in individuals, in couples and in family members.
WHAT DOES ASPERGER'S MEAN?
Some characteristics in the Asperger range are degrees of: "having social difficulties", "being a loner", "not good at describing/feeling certain emotions, such as love", "tendencies to being pre-occupied with tasks and particular areas of learning", "having been told in one way or another that you lack the ability to be empathic," "lack the abiity to think in the 'grey' areas" and for some it is not uncommon to "feel frustrated that you are not understood" and often are "not understanding what other people mean". Angery outbursts which are really expressions of frustration can be prevalent and cause difficulty relating to others. People who can identify themselfves in any of these areas might also recognize one or more of the following characteristics: too insistant, too logical, literal, argumentative and obsessive. This is only a broad overview of characteristics. We are all different and need to address obstacles on an individual basis rather than in categories.
Though recently subsumed into the category of "Autistic Continuum," the term Asperger's Syndrome* has become very popular, sometimes causing us to overuse it. I take a step back from the "diagnosis" to address what is standing in the way of getting more out of life and relationships.
*See my blog for a brief article on Asperger's and couples.


To describe the rate and distribution of injuries during basic training in male and female cadets and to assess the contribution of pretraining conditioning and height to the male-female differential in injuries.
The US Military Academy, West Point, NY.
A total of 558 cadets from the class of 1995 at the US Military Academy.
Main Outcome Measures:
The rate of injuries resulting in 1 or more days excused from physical activities per 100 cadets and the rate of injuries resulting in hospitalization of 1 night or longer per 100 cadets.
Women had 2.5 times the rate of injuries as men and 3.9 times the rate of injuries resulting in hospitalization. Women had significantly more stress fractures and stress reactions than men. The median number of days excused from physical activities for women's injuries was significantly higher than that from men's injuries. Pretraining conditioning, measured by performance on a 2-mile (3.2-km) run, accounted for approximately half the difference in rates of injuries between men and women; differences in height among men and women did not account for differences in injury rates.
The women had a higher risk for injury during military training than men. Increased pretraining conditioning may substantially decrease the risk for injury.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997;151:456-461


[*] 378. The Dative is used of the person from whose point of view an opinion is stated or a situation or a direction is defined. This is often called the Dative of the Person Judging,1 but is merely a weakened variety of the Dative of Reference. It is used—
- Of the mental point of view (in my
opinion, according to me. etc.):—
- “Platō mihiūnus īnstar est centum mīlium ” (Brut. 191) , in my opinion (to me) Plato alone is worth a hundred thousand.
- “erit ille mihi semper deus ” (Ecl. 1.7) , he will always be a god to me (in my regard).
- “quae est ista servitūs tam clārō hominī” (Par. 41) , what is that slavery according to the view of this distinguished man?
- Of the local point of view (as you go in
etc.). In this use the person is commonly denoted indefinitely
by a participle in the dative plural:—
- oppidum prīmum Thessaliae venientibus ab Ēpīrō; (B. C. 3.80), the first town of Thessaly as you come from Epirus (to those coming, etc.).
- “laevā parte sinum intrantī” (Liv. 26.26) , on the left as you sail up the gulf (to one entering).
- “est urbeēgressīstumulus ” (Aen. 2.713) , there is, as you come out of the city, a mound (to those having come out).


A new study has highlighted the problem of brine discharged from desalination plants.
More than half the brine comes from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar, with Saudi Arabia alone accounting for 22%. 3 countries - the Maldives, Malta and the Bahamas - meet all their water needs with desalination.
Not surprising when you see the islands from the air:
The number of desalination plants is growing rapidly as countries seek solutions to increasing demand, constrained supply, and ageing infrastructure.
In addition to the environmental issues, desalination is of course a relatively expensive source of supply so, whether it is deployed or not, it is always economically sensible to reduce network losses. Using i2O smart network solutions of course. Like the Bahamas does.


Chamber pot, England, 1501-1700
Chamber pots were used in the home or hospitals in an age when most toilets were outside – or non-existent. Around this time, chamber pots were often emptied out of windows straight into the street. Such simply designed earthenware chamber pots with single colour glazes were common in the 1600s, possibly because a lack of decoration meant they were inexpensive to produce.
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The science of health and how to maintain it. A condition or practice which promotes good health. The definition varies widely and differs across cultures.
Glossary: chamber pot
Bowl-shaped container with a handle, used as a urinal at night. Chamber pots remained in common use until the 1900s when inside water closets replaced them. They are still used in countries where indoor plumbing is rare.


After a lifetime of wear and tear, ill-fitting shoes and overall neglect, it's no wonder your feet are hurting.
The Institute for Preventive Foot Health estimates that by age 50, the average person has walked 75,000 miles. And very few of those miles were strolls in soft, grassy meadows. For the most part, your feet have been pounding the pavement and hard floors, and these unnatural surfaces have taken their toll by breaking down the protective fat pads on the toes, heel and ball of the foot.
On the institute's website, ipfh.org, there are several resources to get your feet back on track. Using the foot pain self-assessment tool, you can narrow the possible causes of your problems. And the foot-care essentials page teaches you how to avoid future problems by practicing preventive maintenance today.


In the past, good public health communication meant informing community members about issues and publicizing information about programs (e.g., one-way communication). Now, the model for good public health communication is two-way communication or multi-directional.
The chart below contrasts old ways of thinking about communication with new ways of thinking about engagement.
|Communication (Old Way)||Engagement (New Way)|
|Communicate To...||Deliberate With...|
|Public Hearing||Community Conversation|
|Talk to / Tell||Talk with / Share|
|Seeking to Establish / Protect Turf||Seeking / Finding Common Ground|
|Influencing the Like-Minded||Understanding Those Not Like-Minded|
|Building a Decision-Making Hierarchy||Establishing a Stakeholder Network|
|Goals / Strategic Plan||Values / Vision|
|Public Relations||Public / Community Engagement|


Why being a perfectionist could be bad for your health
Worrying about performance and feeling stressed when anything is less than perfect could indicate a perfectionist-type personality. While in the past this trait was considered something to celebrate, more and more research is pointing to its damaging effects on mental health. The most recent research links this pattern of behaviour with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders and even chronic fatigue syndrome.
Research by Brook University in Ontario also looked into the relationship between physical health and perfectionism in 492 men and women aged 24-32. The results found that perfectionists were more likely to complain of poor sleep, upset stomachs, fatigue, shortness of breath and more likely to take sick days.
Being a perfectionist is considered a stable personality trait and thus can be difficult to change. Interestingly however, it appears that there is more than one type of perfectionism. The type considered to be the un-healthiest is socially prescribed perfectionism, a behaviour pattern driven by the fear that others will ridicule you if you are not perfect. This particular type of perfectionism is often accompanied by demands of perfection from friends, colleagues and family, leading to feelings of depression.
If your journey to perfection is internally motivated and you are able to bounce back from setbacks, a certain level of perfectionism is perfectly healthy. The problems start when you become self-criticising and feel that your best will never be good enough.
If you find it difficult to cope with the pressures you put on yourself, or find that you are becoming obsessive – speaking to someone you trust could help you steer away from further issues. You can find out how a counsellor may be able to help by visiting our stress page.
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Colonel Sartoris invented an involved tale to the effect that Miss Emily's father had loaned money to the town, which the town, as a matter of business, preferred this way of repaying. (1.3)
This seems like a compassionate moment. The old ways have their charm. The newer generation might revoke this deal because it represents the kind of privileging that lead to Emily's eventual decline. Maybe not remitting her taxes would have pushed her towards being an ordinary member in the community.
We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that which had robbed her, as people will. (2.14)
This contributes to the reader's compassion for Emily, and perhaps represents a genuine moment of compassion on the part of the town. How would Emily feel about all this compassion?
At last they could pity Miss Emily. Being left alone, and a pauper, she had become humanized. (2.13)
This is a bare and brutal humanization. Emily was still an object to the townspeople, a symbol onto which they could pour their frustrations. Is this a moment of true compassion?
So the next day we all said, "She will kill herself"; and we said it would be the best thing. (4.1)
Where's the compassion, town? This moment is really jarring. When it's clear that the town is complicit in her demise, our compassion, and indignation, is sparked.


Russia and the USA have signed an agreement that gives the USA access to two "closed" cities. The cities, formerly known as Tomsk-7 and Krasnoyarsk-26, are the site of Russia's last three operating plutonium production reactors.
Under a series of US-Russian arms control treaties, the USA halted its own weapons production of plutonium in the late 1980s. The Russians shut down 10 plutonium-producing plants, but continued operating the Tomsk and Krasnoyarsk units because they were essential for heat and power supplies to the cities. Reprocessing of the spent uranium fuel continues due to the prohibitive cost of spent fuel storage. A 1997 agreement called for the closure of the three reactors by 2000, but replacement capacity is now not expected to come online until 2008-2011.
Under the terms of the new agreement, the USA will spend around $500 million on two new fossil-fuelled plants. In May, the US Department of Energy announced that Washington Group International and Raytheon Technical Services would be the main contractors for the project.


Population ecology of the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Degree GrantorUniversity of Canterbury
Degree NameDoctor of Philosophy
Since the establishment of Scott Base in 1956, seals have been killed annually to feed dog teams at Scott Base (Stonehouse and Thomson, 1967). No attempt was made to determine the effect of killing on the stock. In 1961, the Canterbury University Antarctic Biology Unit under Dr Bernard Stonehouse began assessing population parameters of the Weddell seal in eastern McMurdo Sound. To this end the unit became responsible the annual kills and weighed, measured, and collected skeletal and anatomical material. For example, over 260 skulls were collected for the development of ageing techniques. A series of papers and theses have been completed by the Canterbury Unit. A general study of the parasites of the Weddell seal with special consideration of the bile duct cestode Glandiocephalus perfoliatus was done by Featherston (1965). M.S.R. Smith studied the Weddell seal in McMurdo Sound from 1961 to 1965. He described in detail; the physiology of the male and female reproductive cycles (Smith, 1966a); made population counts and recorded daily and seasonal movements (Smith, 1965); studied the louse Antarotophthirius ogmorhini on the Weddell seal (Murray, et. al., 1965); and accumulated data on injuries to the Weddell seal (Smith, 1966b).


Definitions for radiation sickness
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word radiation sickness
radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiation(noun)
syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours
"he was suffering from radiation"
Any illness produced by ionizing radiation with symptoms ranging from nausea through to death.
Radiation Sickness is a VHS by the thrash metal band Nuclear Assault. The video is a recording of a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, London in 1988. It was released in 1991. Re-released on DVD in 2007.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
An illness resulting from excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. The earliest symptoms are nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, which may be followed by loss of hair, hemorrhage, inflammation of the mouth and throat, and general loss of energy.
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Razorbill: Large seabird with black head, neck, upperparts, white line from bill to eye, and white underparts. Large, wedge-shaped bill is black with a central, thin white band. Black legs and feet. Feeds on fish, marine worms, squid and crustaceans. Swift low direct flight.
Range and Habitat
Razorbill: Breeds in coastal sites from Spitsbergen, through Scandinavia to Iceland, Britain, and northwest France. Spends winters as far south as Spain and Morocco; also found in Greenland and the east coast of North America south to Maine. Frequents coastal and oceanic waters; breeds on coastal cliffs and rock stacks in the summer.
Razorbills, guillemots and puffins do not compete directly for food because guillemots catch large fish, which they carry singly; puffins catch small fish and razorbills catch medium-sized fish.
Their chicks cannot fly when they leave the colony, so the breeding site must give immediate access to the sea.
A group of razorbills are collectively known as an "edge" and a "strop" of razorbills.
Razorbills are exclusively an Atlantic species, with no counterpart in the Pacific.
The Razorbill has a large range, estimated globally at 1,000,000 to 10,000,000 square kilometers. Native to Europe and North America, this bird prefers neritic, oceanic, coastal, or tidal ecosystems. The global population of this bird is estimated at 1,500,000 individuals and does not show signs of decline that would necessitate inclusion on the IUCN Red List. For this reason, the current evaluation status of the Razorbill is Least Concern.


polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)Article Free Pass
polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a colourless, water-soluble synthetic resin employed principally in the treating of textiles and paper.
PVA is unique among polymers (chemical compounds made up of large, multiple-unit molecules) in that it is not built up in polymerization reactions from single-unit precursor molecules known as monomers. Instead, PVA is made by dissolving another polymer, polyvinyl acetate (PVAc), in an alcohol such as methanol and treating it with an alkaline catalyst such as sodium hydroxide. The resulting hydrolysis, or “alcoholysis,” reaction removes the acetate groups from the PVAc molecules without disrupting their long-chain structure. The chemical structure of the resulting vinyl alcohol repeating units is:.
When the reaction is allowed to proceed to completion, the product is highly soluble in water and insoluble in practically all organic solvents. Incomplete removal of the acetate groups yields resins less soluble in water and more soluble in certain organic liquids.
PVA is used in sizing agents that give greater strength to textile yarns and make paper more resistant to oils and greases. It is also employed as a component of adhesives and emulsifiers, as a water-soluble protective film, and as a starting material for the preparation of other resins. By reaction with butyraldehyde (CH3CH2CH2CHO) and formaldehyde (CH2O), PVA can be made into the resins polyvinyl butyral (PVB) and polyvinyl formal (PVF). PVB, a tough, clear, adhesive, and water-resistant plastic film, is widely used in laminated safety glass, primarily for automobiles. PVF is used in wire insulation.
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Listed below are the ALT codes for letter V with accents (or letter V ALT codes). These accents on the letter V are also called accent marks, diacritics, or diacritical marks.
There is a specific ALT code for each accented V capital letter (uppercase, majuscule) and each accented V small letter (lowercase, minuscule), as shown in the table below.
Also included in the table are the corresponding HTML entity numeric character references and, when available, the corresponding HTML entity named character reference.
If you are new to ALT codes and need detailed instructions on how to use them, please read How to Use ALT Codes to Enter Special Characters.
For the the complete list of the first 256 ASCII-based Windows ALT Codes, visit Windows ALT Codes for Special Characters & Symbols.
For the ALT codes of other letters with accents, grouped according to letters and languages, see ALT Codes for Latin Letters with Accents or Diacritical Marks used in Foreign Languages.


Heating and Hot Water
Heating accounts for 59 % of energy consumption in buildings. Natural gas is the main source of these buildings energy. Heating and hot water together account for 74 % of home energy consumption. Therefore, most energy saving potential is associated with increased use of thermal insulation to avoid heat loss. Buildings in this district, and also most part of Turkey, were built before authorities began (as represented with building 2 to enforce regulations on thermal insulation in 2000; therefore, insulating buildings is the major contributing measure in realizing their savings potential. Our simulation shows that the building 1 in our district, (even though constructed after 2000 has very poor insulation condition) has 40 % saving potential if thermal insulation is installed.
Consumption by electricity is 26 %. Electricity is used for lighting, household equipment, building services, and air conditioners.
Lighting accounts for 12 percent for homes. Most lighting fixtures used in these buildings are incandescent, which are 80 percent less efficient than CFLs.
Household Durables (including coolers and air conditioners)
The most efficient refrigerators now consume about 75 percent less energy, and washing machines and dishwashers are now about 40 percent more energy efficient than the 1990 models. Efficiency improvements are attributed to labeling and efficiency regulations, a program that included national government subsidies to manufacturers and consumers of energy efficient appliances.
Expected energy savings based on BEST tables calculation
Area of retrofitting:
Total energy consumption befoe the renovation:
Total estimated energy consumption after renovation:
Total estimated energy saving:
Total avoided CO2 emissions (taking into account reduction on consumtion):
991.8 tons of CO2/yr


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The researchers have evidence of the whales staying together over several months in the Gulf of Mexico. And their behavior varied with each deep dive, indicating that they alternate roles to spread out the physiological demand of the 1,000-meter dives.
One researcher said that the some whales appeared to guard the bottom of a squid bait ball, while others took advantage of the center of the ball.
Other research has suggested dolphins may exhibit herding behavior, but this is the first evidence in sperm whales; some scientists remain skeptical.
Just remember, whales: there is no "I" in "team."
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The effort over the past two decades to increase the adoption of renewable energy sources is paying off. The wind industry now employs more than 100,000 Americans. And that number is growing - fast. In fact, wind energy is expected to supply 20% of our electricity by 2030, which could increase the number of jobs in the wind industry to 380,000.
Renewable Energy Employment Exceeds That of Fossil Fuel-Based Industries
Increased investment in the wind and solar industries has meant more jobs. The Department of Energy’s 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report shows that solar electricity generation now employs more people than the electricity generation of coal,
In recent years, solar and wind jobs have grown by 20% annually, creating jobs at a rate 12 times faster than the rest of the U.S. economy. Meanwhile, jobs in fossil fuel extraction and services have declined by 4.25% annually since 2012. With renewable energy now accounting for more than 64% of new electricity generation capacity installed each year, we can expect the fast-paced growth of jobs in the renewable industry to continue.
Job Growth Close to Home
Many of these wind and solar occupations are local, involving the sales,
As more wind and solar facilities are built, more jobs are added. The fastest growing occupation over the next ten years is a Wind Turbine Service Technician, with an expected growth rate of 108 percent. Other related forms of employment include the manufacturing of parts and systems, project development and operations, especially for utility-sized renewable power plants.
A Bright Future
In total, jobs in renewable energy and energy efficiency are believed to have surpassed 4 million. This signifies a broad interest in and general support for the clean energy movement.
An easy way to support the clean energy movement is to choose clean energy sources for your home or business’ electricity supply. Switch to clean energy in minutes with CleanChoice Energy.


*pg 59 "How do you like to learn" survey for your class to be able to tailor your teaching to your students needs. Having an understanding of the classroom dynamics. Understanding your students and they way they learn on a more personal level.
Fourth Grade Goals Sheet (4th Grade Common Core Goals)
Your students have awoken on an deserted island. How are they going to survive? Food, shelter, water, who knows? This project based learning activity asks students to problem solve and world-build, unlike anything they've done before. It brings together
DIY your photo charms, compatible with Pandora bracelets. Make your gifts special. Make your life special! "Trick" your students into learning test-taking skills by having them create the next unit test!
You should SEE EVIDENCE of your students' learning EVERYDAY. Exit Slips are an excellent way to ensure that your students are reflecting on their learning as well as a way to keep tabs on their progress. I would get them to pick 2 to answer.
Inquiry Projects in the Classroom: How to Start One
This practical guide to differentiated instruction will help you to take a more proactive approach in catering for individual student learning styles and needs. (page curriculum and instruction as the vehicle)
Classroom routines and procedures are essential for a successful classroom. They help your classroom run efficiently so you can maximize student learning. Check out these 10 procedures that you may have overlooked! // Adventures of a Schoolmarm
I always need assessment ideas! There are so many opportunities to assess learning. When do you assess learning? How do you assess learning. Here are a few of my favorites. Here are more places to find out about assessments.


Print version ISSN 0213-9111
PEREZ-CASTELLANOS, María S.. Food safety warnings in public health. Gac Sanit [online]. 2004, vol.18, suppl.1, pp. 234-238. ISSN 0213-9111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0213-91112004000700037.
One of the mechanisms for food alerts management is the rapid interchange of information so that the response takes place the sooner and the impact of the risk can be diminished. The structure of information transmitted, the priority and categorization of the risk, the differentiated treatment of the information, the decision on who must be informed, the confidentiality of information transmitted, and evaluations of it, the reduction of the abuse or the use of precautionary principle are questions that can serve as guidelines for an analysis of the different systems and provide a comparison perspective that can help to improve the exchange of information on risks in the present day «global market» of foods. The main goal of this article is to provide a proposal for improvement in the food alerts management system in our country through an analysis and comparison of the essential elements of different systems in our context.
Keywords : Alert; Exchange of information; Food risk.


Sept 15, 1799. A Sunday School was established by Samuel Slater, the first one in the United States. It was started for the benefit of children employed in Slater’s cotton factory in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, teaching them to read from the Bible. The first class was composed of seven boys. It began as a secular enterprise, but soon was placed under the care of the First Baptist Church, and began religious instruction. ABHS has minutes from many Sunday School (or Sabbath School) societies from all over the country.


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Either burnt or poisoned in prison for his Protestant beliefs. Son of Elizabeth.
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Stressful early-life experiences can have profound effects on lifelong physical and mental health and well-being. Emotional abuse during childhood increases the risk of developing substance abuse and obesity and may predispose a person to depression and anxiety more than physical maltreatment alone. But little is known about the neurobiology of these affects, particularly in adolescents. This study explored how exposure to physical or emotional stress impacts gene expression and synaptic plasticity in the nucleus acumens (NAc) of both adolescent and adult mice.
The NAc plays a central role in the brain’s reward system. It receives dopaminergic input from the ventral tegmental area (VTA), and together these brain areas form part of the mesolimbic dopamine system, responsible for mediating the effects of both natural and drug-related rewards. In this study, investigators found that exposure to emotional stress or physical stress disrupts social interaction and induces unique, age-dependent adaptations in gene transcription, protein phosphorylation, and synaptic plasticity in the NAc. Specifically, stress differentially influenced the expression of genes involved in mood regulation and stress resilience, including ERK2, FosB and CREB in the NAc of adolescent and adult mice. In addition, exposure to physical stress led to increased spine density in the NAc of both adolescent and adult mice, while emotional stress only induced increased spine density in adolescent mice. These findings suggest that the adolescent NAc undergoes substantial restructuring, even after more subtle stressors, and highlight the increased vulnerability of the brain’s reward system during adolescence.
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The Australian Labor Party is Australia’s oldest political party, dating back to before Federation.
The ALP was first formed in Queensland in 1891 and, during the ten years that followed, separate Labor parties emerged in other colonies. All were sponsored by the trade union movement, which participated actively in the foundation of the infant political movement.
The ALP became a federal party when the former Australian colonies federated in 1901. As a federal party, it is 20 years older than the Country Party (now known as the National Party) and 45 years older than the Liberal Party.
The Victorian Branch of the ALP was formed at Federation, and was built on a history of labour movement involvement in the Victorian Parliament.
To join the ALP online, please visit: www.viclabor.com.au/membership/join/


3 US BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT LESSON PLAN
I. Executive Branch - enforces the laws. It is headed by the President of the United States. The Executive Branch makes sure that people in the U.S. obey the laws and policies of our country.
A. President - is elected by the people of the United State and serves a 4 year term. The president can only serve 8 years total.
1. Vice President - helps the president and is the second in command.
2. Cabinet - 15 people who advise the President about different government departments.
II. Legislative Branch - makes the laws.
1. Senate - every state has 2 senators, who are elected by the people of that state. There are 100 senators who each serve 6 years, then can be re-elected. There are no term limits.
2. House of Representatives - representation is based on the number of people living in each state. More populated states have more representatives. They are also elected by the people in each state. There are around 435 representatives currently. They serve 2 years,
and then can be re-elected. There are no term limits.
III. Judicial Branch - translates the laws. It is made up of the court systems. Courts help settle many kinds of problems and arguments by helping us understand the laws and how to apply the law, and whether or not they are "constitutional", or agree with the constitution.
A. Supreme Court - the highest court in the U.S.
1. Federal Court
a. Court of Appeals
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Traffic Tickets Save Lives
Car-driving whiners often complain that traffic tickets only function as a cash cow to line city coffers and have no real safety function. A new study in the June 28, 2003 issue of the prestigious British medical journal, "The Lancet," proves this claim to be simply not true. It shows that, in fact, traffic tickets save lives. The study, which analyzed 8,975 licensed drivers who had been involved in fatal crashes in Ontario in the previous 11 years, found that getting a traffic ticket lowered by 35% the driver's chance of a fatal crash in the month following the ticket. The study also found that a conviction for a serious traffic violation and points on the offender's license reduced the driver's fatal crash risk by 50% in the month following the ticket. The researchers concluded that, "more frequent enforcement … could immediately prevent a large amount of death, disability and health-care demands." In other words, this study proves that speed cameras (see facing page)--which would allow the New York City police department to increase greatly its traffic ticket output and speeding enforcement--would also save lives and make streets safer in the process.


Yield responsiveness and response curvature as essential criteria for the evaluation and calibration of soil phosphate tests for wheat
In a study using data from 57 wheat field experiments on the central-western slopes of New South Wales, eight soil phosphate tests (Bray,, Bray,, alkaline fluoride, Mehlich, Truog, lactate, Olsen and Colwell) were evaluated and calibrated in terms of responsiveness (â) and response curvature (C) parameters derived from the Mitscherlich equation. The results showed that, regardless of how well correlated a soil test is with yield responsiveness, it cannot give a satisfactory estimate of fertilizer requirement unless yield response curvature is also taken into account. The tendency of soil test values, especially of the Colwell test, to be negatively related to response curvature, and hence inversely related to fertilizer effectiveness, compounded the problem of directly relating soil test values to fertilizer requirement. The best test (lactate) accounted for only 28% of the variance in fertilizer requirement, compared with 50% of the variance in responsiveness, and the worst test (Colwell) was completely unrelated to fertilizer requirements. When fertilizer requirement was estimated from the lactate test value and the actual response curvature for each experiment, 68% of the variance (from the actual fertilizer requirement) was accounted for. Thirteen experiments were subject to drier conditions than the others, and these were less responsive and had lower fertilizer requirements relative to soil test values. In relation to yield responsiveness, the Colwell test was most sensitive (P < 0.001) to dry conditions, while the two best tests (lactate and Bray,) were the least sensitive (P > 0.05). The results demonstrated the superiority of acidic anionic extractants over alkaline bicarbonate extractants on moderately acid to alkaline wheat-growing soils.


This Flash-based viewer allows you to view real-time NASA satellite images of the Sun and the Earth. Near real-time images from a variety of NASA satellites and ground-based observatories are presented. Enjoy zooming and panning the images! A scale tool with the size of the Earth is also presented with the solar images.
Voyage with the Exploratorium staff in a canoe and climb atop a 14,000-ft volcao in Hawaii to gaze at the stars
Play the Great Escape, Magneto Bowling, Magneto Mini Golf, and Solar Vision produced by the Space Science Institute with NASA funding
This new experiential Web site lets you explore Chaco Canyon and the Yucatan to learn about NASA research on the Sun and solar practices within a larger historical and cultural context.
Can you match all the tiles? Try your hand at Concentration!
The fastest coronal mass ejection was recorded on August 4, 1972 and traveled from the sun to earth in 14.6 hours - a speed of nearly 10 million kilometers per hour!


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A Compilation of States' Guidelines for Accommodations in Assessments for Students with Disabilities. Synthesis Report 18.
Thurlow, Martha L.; And Others
In response to findings of excessive exclusion of students with disabilities from national and state educational assessments, this document was developed to provide a listing of states' guidelines for assessment accommodations for such students. Guidelines in current use were provided by 38 states. Of the remaining states, seven did not have state assessments and five did not have written guidelines on accommodations. An overview summarizes trends and commonalities in the following seven categories: (1) individualized education program function; (2) requirements for documentation of the use of accommodations; (3) use of the same accommodations for assessment as for instruction; (4) acceptability of specific accommodations; (5) allowing accommodations for students without disabilities; (6) out-of-level testing; and (7) reporting of results. The report notes that the use of accommodations in statewide assessments is quite prevalent but not very consistent and that nearly every state has revised its accommodations guidelines within the past 2 years. (DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Individualized Education Programs, National Surveys, State Standards, Student Evaluation, Student Participation, Testing Accommodations
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Sponsor: Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Saint Cloud State Univ., MN.; National Center on Educational Outcomes, Minneapolis, MN.; National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA.; Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Coll. of Education.


Remember the blue book? Starting as early as junior high school, teachers handed out that pale blue 8” x 8” booklet when each student had 50 minutes to handwrite as fast as possible everything they knew about a particular subject. Urban legend suggested teachers issued grade based upon the number of pages filled rather than the content inherent in the illegible scribble.
Before healthcare information technology (HIT) and electronic medical records (EMR), clinicians wrote their notes similarly. Limited by the strength and stamina of their dominant hand, and their knowledge of the patient’s condition, clinical documentation represented a singular clinician’s assessment of the patient.
The introduction of EMRs over the past decade completely changed the way we write clinical notes. No longer limited by our hand driven writing speed, our notes reflect typing speed, and more importantly the functionality of the EMR used for documenting care.
Although a more detailed note provides better clarity of the medical condition of a patient, patients do not have just one clinical note in their medical record. Every clinician – physician, specialist, nurse, therapist, resident – write notes. Inevitably, note writers record similar patient findings and lab values, copy text from documentation already contained in the medical record, and detail assessments and plans already recorded.


the world’s population. Demographic change will create incentives for a new network of alliances and foreign policy priorities for many of the world’s most inﬂ uential governments. The population of the region that served as the locus for most 20th-century history—Europe and . UNESCO – EOLSS SAMPLE CHAPTERS. WORLD SYSTEM HISTORY – World Population History - Carl Haub ©Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) Provence, in , killing 40, out of 90, in Marseilles alone. The life expectancy of European nobility, which was estimated to be about 34 years in the 16th Century, rose to 47 in the 19th. History. Early estimates for the population of the world date to the 17th century: William Petty in estimated world population at million (modern estimates ranging close to twice this number); by the late 18th century, estimates ranged close to one billion (consistent with modern estimates).
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verb (used without object), be·haved, be·hav·ing.
verb (used with object), be·haved, be·hav·ing.
Origin of behave
Synonyms for behave
Related Words for be-havenotice, do, move, run, complete, engage, transport, work, serve, keep, produce, take, act, promote, conduct, achieve, function, execute, finish, behave
Examples from the Web for be-have
Historical Examples of be-have
Again it may be the first part of a verb like "be-come" or "be-have."Ancient Man
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Again, it may be the first part of a verb like be-come or be-have.The Story of Mankind
Hendrik Van Loon
Again, it may be the first part of a verb like "be-come" or "be-have."The Story of Mankind
Hendrik van Loon
Atter de war was over Niggers got so rowdy dem Ku Kluxers come 'long to make 'em be-have deirselfs.'
What dey done den was 'most beat de life out of de Niggers to make 'em be-have.
Word Origin for behave
early 15c., from be- intensive prefix + have in sense of "to have or bear (oneself) in a particular way, comport" (cf. German sich behaben, French se porter). Cognate Old English compound behabban meant "to contain," and alternatively the modern sense of behave might have evolved from behabban via a notion of "self-restraint." Related: Behaved; behaving.


Throughout the school year the Clinton Community School District assesses student progress on the mastery and completion of the curriculum. The link below contains a complete listing of the types of assessments utilized in the district, dates for standardized assessments, dates for end of trimesters, dates for parent-teacher conferences, and a listing of websites. These websites explain to viewers information and interpretations of the standardized tests used in the district.
The CCSD believes that technology is best assessed as it is used within the context of learning in the content area. Listed in the file below is the district’s definition of Technology Literacy and the standards from which it is derived.


There are two versions of the days of the week that you will find used in Māori –
|Days of the Week||Ngā Rā o te Wiki||Kupu Arotau (Loan word)|
Either version is acceptable to use. Traditional text and native speakers tended to use the kupu arotau or loan words. Modern Māori learning environments tend to favour Ngā Rā o te Wiki.


Most of the country is preparing for the return of the polar vortex a few weeks removed from the last one which covered most of the country in sub-freezing temperatures.
There has been a great deal of talk regarding the polar vortex, but few seem to have a solid grasp on what causes it or what it is other than artic cold.
By definition the polar vortex is a "large-scale cyclonic circulation in the middle and upper troposphere centered generally in the Polar Regions."
The polar vortex, as its name indicates, is comprised of circular winds located at both poles. Normally during the winter months the winds maintain a tightly circulating air mass. However, when those winds weaken and begin to move south away from the polar region they are picked up by the jet stream, which takes it farther south than normal.
There are no know causes for the polar vortex but some scientists have stated that warming temperatures in the artic may play a role in disrupting the arctic air mass.
Forecasters have issued a warning about the polar vortex which is expected to last until the end of January.
"The high amplitude pattern is forecast to get more extreme. The polar vortex will move farther south and get stronger. The pattern will gradually change the current mixture of Pacific and Arctic air in the Canada Prairies and the North Central U.S. to all Arctic air. The air will get significantly colder over the Canada Prairies and the much of the eastern half of the nation as a result," according to a warning issued by Accuweather.com.
The blast of cold air comes at the same time that a weather system in moving east and will bring up to a foot of snow across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions on Tuesday.


Red squirrels can be found throughout Canada, Alaska and on both coasts of North America. They prefer to live in shady northern forests and spend most of their time high up in the trees.Continue Reading
Red squirrels are named for the distinctive reddish-brown color of their backs. Their white underbellies are separated from the red on their backs by a lateral black stripe. Their tails are outlined by broad, black bands and have a white edging. An adult red squirrel can reach up to 15 inches long, with the tail almost half of this length.
Red squirrels create nests in trees, either among the branches or in a tree hole. The nests are about 12 inches in diameter and are located 60 feet or more above the ground. Made of twigs, bark, leaves, grass, feathers, fur and other material, the nests are created with plenty of escape routes. Abandoned woodpecker nests are the squirrels' favorite home. Red squirrels use the nests for shelter, rest and brood chambers. They do not hibernate.
Red squirrels eat the seeds of coniferous and deciduous trees. They also eat fruits, fungi, bark, tree sap and bird eggs. If available, they will eat young birds, mice, rabbits, gray squirrels and snakes. They actively gather food and store it in stashes called middens.Learn more about Rodents


|Part of the reason that the Cassedys founded
National Park Seminary was to give themselves a chance to put into practice a
particular educational philosophy that they had come to from their experiences at the
Lasell and Norfolk schools. They wanted a secluded suburban environment where
their students could be surrounded by natural and man-made beauty without
distractions. They felt it important to develop young ladies for a role in
society in which they would be support players only. They said that a woman's
role in society was "to throw herself heartily into the pursuits of others rather
than to have pursuits of her own." Therefore, NPS was intended to be a
substitute for college in which social development was at least as important as
intellectual training. In fact, the latter was so deemphasized that "examinations have no
role in the school's programs." The sorority system and the school's crowded
schedule of balls, parties, pageants, and festivals were all evidence of the
philosophy that stressed "character development" at least as much as
thinking and learning. Another aspect of the school, its wealth of artwork and statues, is related -- it was thought that
simply surrounding a young woman with as much culture as possible was a vital
part of her social training.
The type of social training that NPS offered and the role that it groom its students to play in society made it attractive to the powerful and corporate elite of the day. The students were drawn from some of the wealthiest of families, with last names like Boyardee, Chrysler, Heinz, Swift, Wrigley, Kraft, and Hershey.
Dr. Ament saw no reason to radically change the direction of NPS. However, by the time of the Great Depression, the time for this role for NPS had passed. Roy Tasco Davis changed the orientation of the school to provide training in employable skills, and he changed the name of the school to National Park College to reflect a new emphasis on academic training.
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“Teaching Respect for All” – the UNESCO-USA-Brazil joint initiative
Launched on 18 January 2012, the UNESCO-USA-Brazil project Teaching Respect for All aims to design a curricular framework to fight racism and promote tolerance, which countries can adapt to their respective contexts and needs. The project will also elaborate educational materials for addressing racism and tolerance in education. These tools will build on lessons learned and current good practices in the field. The materials will be disseminated worldwide by UNESCO through education ministries as well as the Organization’s extensive networks, including the UNESCO Associated Schools.
UNESCO is concerned by the rise of racism, xenophobia and intolerance, and considers that education is essential to strengthening the foundations of tolerance, reducing discrimination and violence, and learning to live together. Education is vital to achieve these aims and cultivate respect for all people regardless of colour, gender, or national, ethnic or religious identity. It is especially important to reach out to children and young people during their formative years, notably through educational materials and curricula.
Download by section:
- Part 1 - Set of 'Key principles' for policy makers (PDF)
- Part 2 - Set of 'Key principles' for headteachers and NGO managers (PDF)
- Part 3 - Support materials for teaching & learning guide for educators (PDF)
- Part 4 - Support materials for engaging with children and youth (PDF)


Direct Bullying Versus Indirect Bullying
Bullying can also be labeled as direct or indirect. Direct bullying is when the bully confronts the victim face to face. Examples of direct bullying would include relatively open attacks on the victim. A child who is punched, kicked, slapped, called nasty names in the lunch line, refused a seat on the bus, or threatened in the bathroom is the victim of direct bullying.
In the case of indirect bullying, the bully systematically undermines the victim's reputation by spreading rumors and malicious gossip with the intent of ruining the victim's social standing. This type of bullying can be difficult to stop because the identity of the person responsible for the bullying may never be discovered. Girls are more apt to utilize these more subtle indirect strategies, whereas boys are more likely to engage in direct bullying.
Never blame your child for being bullied. Don't tell her she's too sensitive or too emotional or that she's overreacting. To say those things is to place the blame for the bullying on her. No one deserves to be bullied, no matter how sensitive or emotional she may be.
There is some evidence that suggests that as kids move their way through the school system, there is a gradual shift from direct to indirect bullying. Boys are still more likely than girls to engage in physical bullying, but overall, the level and frequency of indirect bullying generally increases as the level of direct bullying decreases. And because indirect bullying (i.e., social isolation and hurtful gossip) is harder to detect, schools may seriously underestimate the extent of this ongoing problem.
It's important for adults to remember that regardless of whether the bullying is direct or indirect, if it meets the three criteria of bullying (imbalance of power, intent to cause harm, threat of future harm), it's bullying — plain and simple.


JEWS CAME WEST
At best, it was a wide-open wonderland.
At worst, better than where they came from.
Slightly more than fifty years ago, the ethnic history movement awakened interest in the unrecorded histories of the nation's minorities, including the Jews in the American West. Once begun, the search inspired the organization of Western Jewish historical societies, museums, and archives. Some astonishing pioneer memoirs and novels were put back in print, and present-day historians and biographers have published dozens of new works. Drawing on these new and varied resources, authors and screenwriters have written a few novels and films, and more are in progress. With some 400 years to draw on, starting with the crypto Jews who settled in Spanish Texas and New Mexico, Western Jewish history abounds with male and female personalities and trailblazing deeds and misdeeds. It also offers fresh insights into how Jews retained their identity while pioneering under hostile and hospitable conditions. Who we were, who we are, and who we are becoming is gradually emerging from these vital and richly variegated roots.
- Harriet Rochlin. RochlinRootsWest@gmail.com


X-ray contrast fluid 'Lipiodol', France, 1981
Lipiodol is an oily liquid. It can be introduced into body cavities. It is radio-opaque because it contains iodine. This means it shows up on X-rays. Soft body tissues are normally barely visible because X-rays define denser structures such as bone. Lipiodol was introduced in 1922. It has been widely used to demonstrate the nervous system, uterus, urinary tract and other organs on X-rays. Similar water-based preparations recently replaced Lipiodol in many types of X-ray work. This is because the images are easier to interpret. These two glass ampoules of the chemical were made by French manufacturer Guerbet.
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A wave of electromagnetic radiation that has high energy and short wavelength. It is able to pass through many materials, except those of high density such as metals or bones. Discovered in 1895 by William Roentgen.


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Transcript of ACTION VERBS
An action verb that describes an action that is happening now is called a present tense verb.
WHAT IS A VERB ?
A verb is one of the most important parts of the sentence.
It tells the subjects actions, events or state being.
SANDEEP , SUNIL
THROUGH THE SKY
Flies is a present tense verb because it is happening right now .
Many present tense verbs end with
but some end
Verbs which tell about actions which happened some time ago are past tense verbs.
is a past tense verb because the action has already happened.
Many past tense
verbs end with
some end with
Verbs which tell about actions which are going to happen are future tense verbs .
SIX A.M .
is a future tense verb because the action has not yet happened .
Future tense verbs use special words to talk about things that will happen:
A helping verb works with a main verb to help you understand what action is taking place .
A sentence may contain up to three helping
verbs to the main verb.
THE ACTION VERBS ARE
WHAT IS A ACTION VERB ?
An action verb is a verb that expresses either physical or mental activity.
MY DOG IS
An example would be :
The dog must have been chasing the cat
. The helping verbs are:
must, have, and been
; the main verb is
A FEW EXAMPLES OF ACTION VERBS.


Discover the Benefits of Wild Bluberries
Learn more about what wild blueberries can do for you.
Health Information on the Wild Blueberry (Excerpt taken from nswildblueberries.com)
Wild blueberries are a nutritious treat that is a good source of Vitamin C and dietary fiber. There is no fat, sodium or cholesterol and only 80 calories per cup of berries. As well, recent studies have shown that the pigments that give the wild blueberries their unique color provide many health benefits. – LEARN MORE
Wild Blueberries are a potent ally in the battle to stay healthy and age well. Packed with phytochemicals such as anthocyanin, Wild Blueberries are being studied for their powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that may help protect against diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s. – LEARN MORE
Thanks to market demand, there’s been a dramatic increase in blueberry growing area and production during the past decade—for both wild and cultivated varieties. This demand is fuelled by a rising awareness of the health benefits associated with dietary antioxidants, which occur naturally in a number of berries. Blueberries are extremely rich in these antioxidants, which makes them especially appealing to health-conscious consumers. They are also low in calories, high in fibre and nutrients, and may contribute to heart health since they appear to act as an anti-inflammatory and may reduce blood cholesterol levels. – LEARN MORE


Foreword by Robert K. Liu • Introduction: Why a Book on Beads? • The Beginnings • Antiquity: From Neolithic Times to the Roman Empire • Europe: The Late Roman Empire to the Renaissance • Prayer Beads • The World of Islam • The Age of European Expansion • Africa • The Far East: China, Korea and Japan • India • Central Asia • Southeast Asia and the South Pacific • Middle and South America • North America • The Special Beads: Amber and Pearls • The Magical Eye Bead • Contemporary: Europe and North America • Bead Shape Table • A Timeline of Bead History • Timeline: Key • Timeline: Glossary
About the Author
Lois Sherr Dubin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in landscape architecture and a strong background in ecology. Her international practice in this field enabled her to travel widely and to obtain beads from many countries. The History of Beads was her first book, the result of more than 30 years of research, collecting and lecturing on beads.
Kiyoshi Togashi is an award winning New York based photographer, who specializes in graphic and elegant photographs for top food, botanicals & still life clients.


Two-Tone Stamping for Christmas
One of the prettiest stamping techniques involves using a background and a foreground stamp to create layers of colors and patterns. In the Good Old Days of wood-mounted rubber stamps, this was super tricky because you couldn't see exactly where you were stamping. Since the creation of clear stamps and blocks, though, this technique is easier.
This stamp set from Close To My Heart, Make It A Simple Christmas, is a great example of stamps designed to layer. Each one has a foreground and a background stamp.
For this bookmark, random stamp pine tree branches around the edges. Make sure to stamp some over the edge to look more finished.
Always stamp a lighter color for your background stamp so the darker color will show on top of it. The background stamps will be solid shapes and the foreground stamps will have the detail.
In coordinating colors, stamp lights and bulbs hanging from the branches. With the clear blocks you'll be able to see exactly where your darker foreground stamp will go.
When you're done decorating your tree, add some texture with 3D leaves and holly. Repeat the stamping process on another piece of paper, cut them out and attach to the bookmark with a glue dot. Then stamp your greeting. Finish the bookmark by matting it with one or two coordinating colors and a ribbon at the top.


The first case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus has been confirmed in a Kentuckian from Anderson County who recently traveled to Haiti.
The Kentucky Department of Public Health said results for nine possible cases in other people who recently traveled to the same region are pending, but expected to return positive.
The CHIKV illness has been found in mosquitos in the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. It does not spread from human-to-human.
State epidemiologist Dr. Kraig Humbaugh said the disease isn't a concern for most Kentuckians because the risk is only for people who travel to foreign countries where the disease is present.
Symptoms of the disease usually appear 3-7 days after a mosquito bites a person. Symptoms of CHIKV include high fever, chills and joint pain. Some people develop a rash on their bodies for three or four days. According to the DPH, muscle and joint pain lasts about a week. The joint pain is often severe and can last several months.
While the disease has not appeared in Kentucky mosquitoes, both species that can become infected are found in the state, so it's possible the illness will become more common in the state.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more information available on disease prevention for travelers.


For the Greeks, courage wasn’t simply an emotional experience—it also had a cognitive component. “It wasn’t just something you did without thinking,” Kouzes and Posner write. “Courage required making a choice in the face of adversity.” In other words, it is state of mind. “While there is certainly a physiological component when we encounter adversity,” the authors continue, “we can make choices about how we handle it.” Kouzes and Posner asked a number of people to describe times in their lives when they “believed they demonstrated courage, whatever they understood that word to mean.” The stories that were elicited underscored the degree to which people’s lives “were never the same after they had chosen to act. The moment of courage was liberating; it was transformative. Courage was the X Factor in change.
“Courage is the virtue that’s needed if we’re going to enact anything that is significantly important to us,” the authors continue. “Leadership is courage in action.”


How to deflect an asteroid
A close examination of Russian meteorite allows scientists better to understand the importance of the collision compaction processes that affects asteroids as they near Earth. Jessica Snir reports.
International research headed by Spain’s National Research Council (CSIS) aims to answer the weighty question of how best to deflect an asteroid whose orbit is plummeting dangerously towards Earth.
The study published in the The Astrophysical Journal focuses on the examination of the 18-metre diameter asteroid, Chelyabinsk, named after the Russian town over which it exploded back in 2013.
Despite its meagre size, the shock wave that formed as it hurtled through Earth’s atmosphere at hypersonic speed was far from inconsequential. The impact of its explosion culminated in the production of thousands of meteorites striking Russian soil.
The fragmentation of this asteroid exhibited the sheer force of the Earth’s atmosphere and its ability to embody an effective shield against an even more calamitous collision.
The CSIS team of researchers examined the chemical and mineralogical composition of the Chelyabinsk meteorites in order to gain an understanding of the collision compaction process experienced by the asteroid as it approached Earth.
The results of this study determined that it is in fact the physical properties of the asteroid, namely its hardness, elasticity and fracture resistance, which are “fundamental in determining the success of a mission in which a kinetic projectile would be launched to deflect the orbit of a dangerous asteroid”.


Given that computers can be easily compromised, there is a need for a hand cipher that can withstand computer attack. Clearly the traditional hand ciphers fail. One time pads work. They also have ...
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So for the play fair case, the number of possible keys is : 26x26 = 676 possible keys But if we consider the repeated letters, how many unique keys will the play fair have? I mean how will ...
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1. the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.
« their mindfulness of the wider cinematic tradition »
2. a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
« Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t). » ~James Baraz (from Living Life Fully)
« Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now. » ~Jon Kabat-Zinn (from Living Life Fully)
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The European marmot (Marmota marmota) is a species of marmot found only in Europe. It is also known as the alpine marmot.
The European marmot has a stocky body. They weigh about 3 to 4 kilograms. These animals measure about 20 inches (52 cm) excluding their tail. Their tail measures about 8 inches (20 cm). The European marmot generally has short and muscular legs. Their fur is golden-brown in color. This species of marmot has a short tail. The European marmot is the largest squirrel species.
The European marmot belongs to the squirrel family of Sciuridae. They belong to the order of Rodentia.
European marmots are diurnal. They rest at night but are active in the day. European marmots hibernate for approximately 7 months a year. They produce a shrill whistle when they are alarmed. They even growl and screech when they are angry.
Distribution and Habitat
The European marmot is found in the alpine regions of Switzerland, France and Italy. They have been re-introduced to the Carpathian Mountains which is located on the border of Slovakia and Poland. They are also found in parts of Germany. They live in alpine meadows and in rocky slopes with an elevation of about 1,970 feet (600 meters). They build burrows which are very complex, digging with their forepaws, while their hind legs also help in digging. Their forepaws will scrape away the soil and the hind legs will keep the soil aside. Each burrow will have only one family which has a dominant breeding pair. The same burrow may be used by the next generation. While digging the tunnel, the European marmot will sometimes use its teeth to remove some small stones.
|A European marmot in summer.|
European marmots are not threatened at the moment. They are abundant in their current range. Their population had declined in the 20th century, but now they have successfully been re-introduced to the respective range.
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'only spoke" and did not scold him, which, perhaps, he might have felt his duty called upon him to do. "His father spoke only to him" means that, of all the persons present, his father chose to speak to him alone, but this sentence may perhaps be more lucidly expressed "His father spoke to him only."
on the level. See under level.
on the street. Compare in the street; on.
onto: A word meaning "upon the top of," avoided by purists as colloquial or vulgar. Condemned by Phelps as a vulgarism but now gradually growing in popularity. Inasmuch as its form is analogous to into, unto, upon, all of which are sanctioned by best usage, Phelps's condemnation is perhaps a little premature. The word has been objected to by some critics as redundant or needless. "Considered as a new word (it is in reality a revival of an old form), it conforms to the two main neoteristic canons by which the admissibility of new words is to be decided. (See Hall, Modern English, pp. 171, 173.) It obeys the analogy of in to = into. It may also be held to supply an antecedent blank, as may be shown by examples. It never should be employed where on is sufficient; but simple on after verbs of motion may be wholly ambiguous, so that on to, meaning 'to or toward and on,' may become necessary to clear up the ambiguity. 'The boy fell on the roof' may mean that he fell while on the roof, or that he fell, as from the chimney-top


Film & Theme
The Power of the Individual: The Loving Story
Mildred and Richard Loving began their struggle for justice for the most personal of reasons.
Mildred, who was part black and part Cherokee, and Richard, who was white, grew up in rural Caroline County, Virginia, where blacks and whites worked and socialized in the same community with relatively little racial tension. In 1958, although interracial marriage was illegal in twenty-one states, including Virginia, Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter married in Washington, D.C., and returned home. Soon after, they were arrested, tried, and convicted of violating the law. To avoid a one-year prison sentence, they agreed to move to Washington, D.C., far from family and friends.
In this clip, you will learn how Mildred felt about her situation and how she reached out for help. In June 1963, at the suggestion of a cousin, she decided to write to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy explaining her problem. Her request occurred just as the civil rights movement was becoming national news. Kennedy wrote back suggesting she contact the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Within a few months, two young lawyers were assigned to the Lovings’ case, which would make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Loving Story. 23:38-34:46
Questions for class discussion
- Why did Mildred write to Robert Kennedy?
- How does the Lovings’ story differ from the others in this series?
- What was Mildred’s relationship to the larger civil rights movement?
- What do you think made these two individuals capable of playing a pivotal role in the pursuit of justice?
Background Essays for the Teacher
- Loving v. Virginia article from Encyclopedia Virginia
- The Right to Love
- Civil Rights Movement Major Events and Legacies


Weekend project: Create a backyard habitat
Here's how to get started on creating a healthier yard.
Set aside one weekend this month to start transforming your yard to create a healthier, more inviting place for people and wildlife. This includes removing invasive plants, planting native plants, welcoming wildlife, managing storm water and avoiding pesticides.
Creating a natural backyard habitat aids wildlife — including bees, butterflies and other pollinators that are in decline. A natural habitat also helps manage storm water to protect our rivers and streams. Removing invasive plants allows native plants to thrive.
How to get started
If you live in Portland, Gresham, Fairview or Lake Oswego, contact the Backyard Habitat Certification Program, from Columbia Land Trust and the Audubon Society of Portland. After receiving a site assessment ($35) and plant recommendations, you can dig in and start restoring habitat. Once your restoration is complete, you’ll earn a “Certified Backyard Habitat” sign. PGE is a sponsor of this program.
Learn more about the Backyard Habitat Certification Program.
If you live outside the cities listed above, see the National Wildlife Federation website for step-by-step instructions on how to create a certified wildlife habitat.


Complex regional pain syndrome
Other Names for this Disease
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
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There is no known cure for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Treatment mainly aims to control painful symptoms. If treatment is started within a few months of when symptoms begin, improvement or remission may be possible. A combination of therapies is usually necessary. Medications used to treat CRPS may include oral and topical pain relievers; antidepressants or anticonvulsants (which are sometimes used to treat pain); corticosteroids; bone-loss medications; sympathetic nerve-blocking medications; and/or intravenous anesthetics. Other therapies used may include applying heat or cold; physical therapy; electrical nerve stimulation; biofeedback; and/or spinal cord stimulation. Unfortunately, no single drug or therapy (or combination) has shown consistent, long-lasting improvement among affected people.
Last updated: 11/11/2014
- Complex regional pain syndrome. Mayo Clinic. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/complex-regional-pain-syndrome/basics/definition/con-20022844. Accessed 11/11/2014.
- NINDS Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Information Page. NINDS. September 26, 2014; http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/reflex_sympathetic_dystrophy/reflex_sympathetic_dystrophy.htm. Accessed 11/10/2014.
- ClinicalTrials.gov lists trials that are studying or have studied Complex regional pain syndrome. Click on the link to go to ClinicalTrials.gov to read descriptions of these studies.


Press operators and other workers in printing establishments are exposed to airborne solvent vapors generated when the press is cleaned. Press-cleaning solutions are generally a mixture of chemicals that iclude various solvents, some of which are carcinogens. Adverse health effects from inhalation or skin contact include dermatitis, headaches, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, respiratory failure, central nervous system depression, coughing, difficult breathing, chest pains, unconsciousness, and death. Chronic effects may include kidney and liver damage. Many press operators in small print shops have excessive exposures because such shops frequently have inadequate ventilaton or other controls for the vapors.
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Show transcribed image text do by hand to practice for Exam I. For each of the circuits below, find (i) the zero-input response (due only to the initial condition(s))· (ii) the zero-state response (due only to the input when the ICs are zero), and (iii) the complete response. (a) In the circuit below, vin(t) = 10e-2(t)u(t) V, vc(0-) = -15 V, with + to - from left to right across the capacitor. C = 25 mF, R1 = 4 Ohm, and R2 = 16 Ohm.. vout(t) is the desired response. In the circuit below Vin(s) = 24/s(s + 4), vC1(0-) = 15 V, vC2(0-) = 0 V. R1 = 0.5 Ohm, R2 = 1 Oh,. C1 = 1 F, C2 = 0.25 F, and vC1(t) is the desired response.


April 19, 2018
By Liz Clift
Last month, we posted Part 2 of this blog with 10 words from our field that might improve your Scrabble game (or at the very least, help you out when you’re staring at your rack wondering what you do with those letters. And in February, we posted Part 1.
Now, we offer Part 3. As with Parts 1 and 2, points are based on the Hasbro website’s Scrabble dictionary, which assumes only the face value of tiles.
Adit (5 points) – an entrance, as to a mine
Arkosic (13 points) – sand that is rich in feldspar
Ctenidia (11 points) – a comb-like anatomical structure, such as a gill
Eelier (6 points) – resembling an eel
Related: eely, eeliest
Feldspar (14 points) – the single most abundant mineral group on earth
Meristem (12 points) – formative plant tissue containing undifferentiated cells
Notochord (15 points) – a flexible rod that exists at some point during the life cycle of all vertebrates
Parr (6 points) – a young salmon
Peat (6 points) – a soil composed of partially decayed vegetative material
Related: peaty, peatier, peatiest
Sculpin (11 points) – a type of fish that may appear in both freshwater and marine environments
Fun fact: Eelier is one of my favorite words, and although I don’t get to use it in an ecological context all that often (okay, so once, exactly, while talking with a volunteer at a marine life center about eels and wolffish), it is handy for getting rid of a surplus of “e” tiles and almost guaranteeing that someone will challenge you.
Study up on these words—I’m sure we’ll have more coming at you in the future.
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