Protocol : A URL's protocol also known as transfer protocol or scheme regulates how data is sent between the host and a web browser.
//example http , https , tcp ,smtp
Subdomain : Subdomains that are a little more subtle, exhibiting a relative dependence and being a component of a higher level domain. eg.
//example www.example.com , mail.example-smtp.com
Domain name : The Domain Name System uses a domain name as a registered identifying string to create a distinct region of authority and autonomy. eg.
//example google.com , dev.to
Second-level domain : A second-level domain is a domain that is immediately behind a top-level domain.
//example www.example.**second-level**.in , www.example.**blogging**.io
Top-Level Domain : A top-level domain is a domain which is at the top of the Domain Name System hierarchy.
//example .com ,.in ,.net , .io
Path : The path specifies the precise location of a page, post, file, or other item. It is frequently comparable to the website's underlying file structure.
//example /home , /dashboard , /settings
Query String (Params) : Depending on the implementation, parameters are found at the very end of the URL or within the path. URL parameters are expressed as key/value pairs that begin with a '?' and are separated by an ampersand '&.'
//example https://www.example.com/settings?username=name , https://firstname.lastname@example.org&id=09
Fragement identifier : A precise location within an HTML page.
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Wow ! This appears to be rather interesting. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I'm hoping that this will be useful to a large number of people, including myself.
Great breakdown. Certainly feels like a lot of modern frameworks don't take into account the subtle intricacies of page URLs. (thats a different point)
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Can A Ruptured Cyst Cause Vaginal Bleeding
Ruptured cyst: Absolutely a ruptured cyst can cause internal bleeeding. ...Read more
A cyst is a structure or mass that consists of a cellular lined sac. It is typically filled with fluid but may be filled with solid material. It can be congenital, traumatic, or acquired. They may develop nearly anywhere in the body and usually require complete excision for eradication or they are likely to recur. Fluid filled sacs that are not cellular lined ...Read more
No: The ovary is not connected to your vagina. There is no relationship between an ovarian cyst and vaginal odor. Vaginal discharge requires an examination to determine the cause and treatment. Bacterial vaginosis is the most common cause and often has a vaginal odor. Vaginal itching can be a sign of a yeast infection. Sometimes vaginal discharge can be a sign of a sexual transmitted infection. ...Read more
Usually not: An ovarian cyst usually does not cause a lot of bleeding and discharge on a tampon. Vaginal bleeding usually comes from the inside of the uterus or the cervix or the vagina. Bleeding from an ovarian cyst causes bleeding in the abdomen - this almost never comes out the uterus. ...Read more
Unlikely: Probably not. Go back to your doctor and seek cause of problems. ...Read more
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Get ready for Earth Day! Make a smiling planet Earth with arms and legs that move. Color the Earth. Then cut out the arms and legs and attach them to the Earth with brass paper fasteners.
Earth Day Handprint Crafts Round Up. Earth Day is celebrated around the world on April It’s a great time to talk with children about the importance of taking care of the Earth, recycling, natural resources, and ways to preserve our planet.
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A 1.50 kg snowball is fired from a cliff 13.5 m high with an initial velocity of 14.0 m/s, directed 41.0° above the horizontal. (a) Using energy techniques, rather than techniques of Chapter 4, find the speed of the snowball as it reaches the ground below the cliff. ok so I used the equation k1+u1=k2=u2 plugging in numbers i did 1/2(1.50kg)(14m/s)^2+(1.50kg)(9.8m/s^2)(13.5m)=1/2(1.50kg)(vf)^2+(1.50kg)(9.8m/s)(0). Then I solve for Vf and I get a wrong answer. Now i realize this is probably wrong since I haven't incorporated the angle, but I'm not sure. Any ideas?


Rivers Contribute to Increased Floodplain Plant Diversity
The environmental preservation group, Oxbow Incorporated, has used purchase and easements to protect considerable area of native habitat. The land is now known as the Oxbow. This natural area is located at the site where the Whitewater River empties into the Great Miami River. The 5,400 square-mile Great Miami River Watershed drains land in Ohio and a small area of Indiana and empties into the Ohio River at the Oxbow. Over the years, Dr. Denis Conover of the University of Cincinnati and I have spent considerable time searching out and identifying plants in the floodplains of the Oxbow. We have found an amazing variety of native plants, some of them rare state-listed species, on these floodplains. Our observations demonstrate that seeds from populations of plants in the watershed provide an important source for the great diversity of plant populations in downstream habitats.
The Ice Book Project helps demonstrates the importance of rivers in enriching plant populations in a watershed. The floating books are a visual prompt to increase our awareness of how rivers enable plants to distribute seeds over much larger areas that wind and animals can spread them. Mobility of seeds has become much more important by the shifting environments caused by global climate change. Land based transport is realistically limited to less than a mile per year. The river route has the potential of much longer transport that can enable a species to arrive at a more suitable habitat as the climate shits.
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This month is Brain Aneurysm Month and the CDC says an estimated six million of us have an aneurysm in our head that could rupture without warning, resulting in disability or death unless treated early.
Twenty-two year old Melissa Hurley was a Certified Nurse Assistant, at work, in a hospital. She was answering a Code Blue when she was struck by a severe headache in the back of her head, that got worse quickly until her pain was unbearable.
She was taken to the emergency room, where a CT scan revealed nothing, but a subsequent spinal tap revealed blood in liquid that should have been clear.
Rushed to VCU, she was operated on by a team of specialists led by Dr. Dennis Rivet, who stopped the bleeding, saved her life and enabled her to resume her job and go on with her life.
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation says six million Americans, about one in 50, have unruptured, undetected brain aneurysms, and that 30,000 rupture annually. Immediate treatment is crucial to saving lives and reducing the chances of disability.
Brain Aneurysm Month is to make people aware of the danger:
- The annual rate of rupture is approximately 8-10 per 100,000 or about 30 thousand people per year. There is a brain aneurysm every 18 minutes. Ruptured brain aneurysms are fatal in about 40% of cases. Of those who survive,about 66% suffer some permanent neurological deficit.
- Brain aneurysms are most prevalent in people ages 35-60,but can occur in children as well. There are typically no warning signs.
- Women more than men, suffer from brain aneurysms at a ratio of 3:2.
- Early diagnosis is critical, but despite widespread neuroimaging availability, misdiagnosis or delays in diagnosis occurs in up to 25% of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage when initially presented for treatment.


On July 2, 1839, illegally captured Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad bound for Cuba escaped their bonds. They killed Captain Ferrer and one of the crew members. Two other crew members either escaped or were thrown overboard. The two remaining crew members were forced by the Africans to sail back to Africa.
Except they didn’t. They sailed east during the day but turned the ship back to the west at night. After two months of this see-sawing across the Atlantic, the ship was spotted by U.S. Navy Brig USS Washington. Escorted to New London, Connecticut, the two crew members were freed, and the Africans were imprisoned pending a hearing.
The importation of slaves had been illegal in the States since 1807. Northern Abolitionists came to the defense of these displaced Africans, demanding that they be given free transport back to their homeland. President Martin Van Buren was against this and favored sending the Africans on to Cuba, who was demanding their return. He appealed two lower court rulings on the matter.
The case when all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Former president John Quincy Adams joined the Africans’ defense team. On March 9, 1841, the court ruled that the Africans had been illegally taken from their homeland and exercised their natural right to fight for their freedom. They were returned to West Africa where some founded a Christian mission at Sierra Leone.
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A keyword outline is a device used by public speakers to condense major points. This is basically a map of the subject matter, using keywords to identify salient points and to ensure correct flow of the speech. This is called 'extemporaneous speaking', which isn't a memorized or rote speech, but a more flexible dynamic, used to improve fluency. The keyword outline also provides continuity of subject matter flow, and reduces the dependency on formal speeches, which can be inflexible and verbose. In most cases it's advisable to add a little to the subject keywords as prompts for content and to ensure coverage of subjects.
Examples of Keyword Outline:


Today, we use the word thug to mean a brutal hoodlum. It might seem that this word is modern slang, but it’s not.
It has been in use for centuries as the name of an organization of murderers in India! The modern word Thug is derived from the word Thuggee, which is Indian in origin.
Thug, or thug, comes from a word that means “cheater” in India. The people who were called thugs worshiped Kali, the Indian goddess of death and destruction. They believed that they should kill and destroy in her service.
Since they also believed that these murders should be carried out without the spilling of blood, they used a noose or a handkerchief to strangle their victims.
The thugs first appeared during the sixteenth century. They traveled through India in gangs, robbing, strangling, and then burying their victims. They had a slang all their own, and they used secret signs so that they would recognize one another. During the next few centuries, they were probably responsible for killing more than 2 million people!
The British began to fight the thugs in the 1830s. They captured more than 3,000 of them and had wiped them out completely by the end of the nineteenth century. One thug who was placed on trial supposedly killed more than 900 persons over 50 years!


A simple saliva test could identify thousands of children who are taking an asthma treatment that will never work for them.
The test identifies the one in seven people who have a variation in their genes that means they fail to respond to salmeterol.
The drug is prescribed in a purple or green inhaler to patients with severe asthma.
If children were found to carry the mutation they could be prescribed an alternative drug to reduce the risk of an asthma attack.
Professor Somnath Mukhopadhyay, who led the study, told Sky News: "This is very important. We can't have a situation where we have a medicine for children that may not be effective."
Researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Dundee University monitored 62 children with the mutation.
Results, published in the journal Clinical Science, show that those given a pill called montelukast, instead of salmeterol, improved significantly and needed less time off school.
"The results are pretty exciting," said Prof Mukhopadhyay.
"In the past we have been prescribing one medication after another, finding some are not effective and not knowing why.
"This is the first time we have been able to target treatment according to a patient's genes."
The mutation alters the shape of a receptor in cells lining the airways that salmeterol would normally act on.
Prof Mukhopadhyay said a larger study is now urgently needed to confirm the findings. He hopes to develop a £15 saliva test for the mutation that could be used by GPs.
"In the meantime, parents of children who are taking salmeterol and not improving should see their GP," he said.
The Department of Health said genes are likely to increasingly be used in future to tailor treatment to individuals, but more research is needed before changes are made to asthma treatment.


The Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment (BEMA) is a 30-item multiple-choice test, designed to evaluate student understanding of basic electricity and magnetism (E&M) concepts at the introductory physics level. While previous studies have demonstrated its face and content validity, no efforts were made to evaluate the construct validity of this assessment. In the present study, we use Rasch modeling to explore whether or not the BEMA items can collectively measure the same ability (trait)-student basic understanding and application of E&M concepts. Results from item reliability, person reliability, person-item map, and item fit of Rasch modeling show that in general BEMA items, albeit covering a broad range of topics, form a unidimensional construct.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Earthquakes can "pump" the ground like a giant subwoofer to create infrasound below the level of human hearing, U.S. seismologists say.
That infrasound can reveal important details about an earthquake and could be used to measure the amount of ground shaking in the immediate region above the source, which would normally require an array of many seismometers, they said.
"It's basically like a loudspeaker," said Stephen Arrowsmith, a researcher with the Geophysics Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Santa Fe, N.M.
"In much the same way that a subwoofer vibrates air to create deep and thunderous bass notes, earthquakes pump and vibrate the atmosphere, producing sounds below the threshold of human hearing," he said in presenting the findings at the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Kansas City.
The researchers tested their "loudspeaker" model by comparing its predictions to actual data collected from a magnitude 4.6-earthquake that occurred on Jan. 3, 2011, in Circleville, Utah.
Their predictions were in close agreement with the actual data, they said.
"This was very exciting because it is the first such clear agreement in infrasound predictions from an earthquake," Arrowsmith said. "Predicting infrasound is complex because winds can distort the signal and our results also suggest we are getting better at correcting for wind effects."


rescripts मीनिंग इन हिंदी
rescripts उदाहरण वाक्य
- Rescripts of Gothic wars; its walls were dismantled by Totila.
- At the same time, his rescript ( Denifle, " Chartul.
- The rescript also contains several enactments relating to academic discipline.
- Yasuoka is known to have edited the Imperial Surrender Rescript in some points.
- The imperial rescript is preserved on an inscription.
- "Let all who see this rescript immediately return allegiance to the throne.
- Normally, the same rescript grants both laicization and dispensation from the obligation of celibacy.
- He challenged the Imperial Rescript on Education and spoke against the Russo-Japanese war.
- Papal rescripts concern the granting of favours or the administration of justice under canon law.
- The Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors became compulsory reading for students during this period.


Definition of poliomyelitis
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A lottery is a form of gambling in which a prize is awarded to people who buy tickets. It is usually used to raise money for some state or charitable purpose. Prizes may be cash or goods. Lottery is an ancient practice and its use is widespread in many countries.
In the early days, prizes were often given away during feasts. In ancient Rome, for example, emperors gave away property and slaves by lot as part of Saturnalian festivities. Later, European states began to organize public lotteries to raise money for various purposes. Privately organized lotteries also grew in popularity, and by the late 1800s many Americans were playing them.
Today, lotteries are a popular source of government revenue. But lottery proceeds aren’t as transparent as a direct tax, and consumers are often unaware of the implicit tax rate on the tickets they purchase. The average ticket has about 24 percent in federal taxes on it. State and local taxes can bring that number even higher.
God warns us not to covet money and the things that money can buy (see Ecclesiastes 5:10). Instead, he wants us to work honestly and wisely for the wealth we need. That way, we can “eat well and have plenty” (Proverbs 30:9). Lottery, on the other hand, offers the false hope that we can get rich quick if only we can pick the winning numbers. Such a strategy is statistically futile and keeps our focus on the short-lived riches of this world rather than on the eternal wealth that God promises to those who diligently seek him (Proverbs 24:4).


By Mary Benbow, MS, OTR\L A wonderfully easy and imaginative program for teaching students from 2nd grade through high school, cursive handwriting. Especially effective for students with learning disabilities and perceptual delays.
Letters are taught in groups that share common movement patterns. This taps into the kinesthetic system, helping students “feel” and visualize the letter formations. Easy to remember motor and auditory cues aide students in learning the letters.
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Baby walkers were once a standard item of equipment in baby care. This has changed in recent years.
The use of walkers is responsible for numerous significant injuries to babies, especially due to tipping, falling down stairs, as well as suffocation caused when a baby slipped down through the leg holes in the walker seat.
More recently designed walkers have large, opaque plastic trays to help prevent tipping accidents (the child cannot see any interesting objects on the floor to reach down for them), as well as smaller leg holes which prevent slipping through and entrapment. However, even these new walkers have problems.
According to recently published research1, use of the tip-resistant opaque tray walkers causes significant developmental delays in babies. It is thought that the developing brain needs literally to see the feet - that is, get visual feedback about the position of the feet to successfully learn to walk. Not only are motor milestones delayed, but scores of mental development are delayed long after walker use is terminated. Walkers just are not a good idea any more.
1 Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 1999:20:355-361.


The power of a river cannot be understated. Rivers can, after all, carry people, boats and ducks!
As the river runs into the sea, the water swirls and churns in its channel; it continues to erode the banks and
the channel becomes wider.
This is the mouth of the river, but the gradual widening that leads to the sea is called an estuary.
Estuaries are not only often wide, but are usually deeper than other parts of the channel as well. This
makes them ideal for larger ships and boats to travel along, so you might see large factories and warehouses near
the mouth of a river.
By the time the water reaches the sea, it is carrying a lot of things; this is called the load. The load
could consist of very small items (sand, small stones) called silt, or larger items, such as rocks that roll along
the riverbed, or pieces of wood.
However, when the water meets the sea, its journey is over and the speed of the current slows down.
Of course, with a drop in speed, the water no longer has the power to carry all its load, so this is dropped too -
this is called deposition.
All the things that are carried by the river over time gradually build up and the course of the river spreads out as the
water becomes shallower.
However, there is now the same amount of water travelling through a shallower entrance to the sea, so more transportation
takes place - the river channels its way through the deposited material, but might find several ways to the sea.
The result of this, rather complicated procedure, is that the mouth of the river could be split into a collection of
smaller rivers - this is called a Delta


III nitride templates, including GaN epitaxial growth on SiC/Si/sapphire substrate, AlGaN on sapphire/silicon, AlN on sapphire/silicon and InGaN on sapphire, can be supplied for researchers to grow two-dimensional transition metal disulfides and measure electrical properties.
Group III nitride (including GaN, InGaN, AIN and its multi-element alloys) semiconductors are known as the third generation of semiconductor materials with wide band gap, high thermal conductivity, corrosion resistance and other excellent physical and chemical properties. So there are wide applications of GaN epi template in microelectronics and optoelectronics. However, due to the lack of homogeneous substrate materials, group III nitrides are generally grown on sapphire, SiC and Si substrates.
PAM-XIAMEN, a GaN epi wafer manufacturer, has adopted many methods to grow GaN epitaxy template. Generally, the GaN epi layer is prepared by epitaxial growth on the substrate material. Common GaN epitaxial growth methods include metal organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOCVD) and hydride vapor phase epitaxy method (HVPE), molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and etc. The substrate material and the epitaxial layer constitute the GaN epiwafer template material. When Al and N elements are present in the epitaxial layer in the GaN epi process, the growth temperature of the epitaxial layer is very high, generally above 1200℃. This is due to the strong bond energy between Al atoms and N atoms. For the defect density of GaN epi growth, in order to meet the requirements of device preparation, the defect density in III nitrides is generally required to be less than 109cm-2.


Objective: The Country Stories BARN BURNING - In this story, the reader learns about the strained relationship between Abner and his son Sarty. The objective of this lesson is for students to explore the relationship between Abner and his son, and to discuss whether or not Abner was guilty of the crimes he allegedly committed.
1) 1.) Class activity: As a class, create a list of members in Abner's family. To which members was Abner closest with? Does this surprise you? Why or why not?
2.) Class activity: As a class, compare/contrast Abner's reaction to the barn burning with Sarty's reaction. What is the same about their reactions? What is different? Is there anything unexpected or surprising in this comparison?
3.) Group activity: Do you think Sarty betrayed his father by telling de Spain his plan? Divide the class into two groups for a cross-classroom debate. After 15 minutes, add another...
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SCIENTISTS have discovered a new breed of dinosaur in the north of Spain.
The claims emerged after two Spanish paleontologists found a new type of dinosaur egg in Lleida.
The remarkable egg from the upper Cretaceous period, around 75 million years ago, is said to suggest the existence of an animal that linked dinosaurs and birds.
The eggs have a peculiar asymmetrical shape which look more like chicken eggs than dinosaur eggs.
The so-called ‘missing link’ between the two species has been named Sankofa pyrenaica.


The range of graphics tutorials on the www is overwhelming & baffling for someone (me) who knows virtually nothing about graphics programming.
To start, my immediate goal is to be able to write a c++ program that can read in a color .bmp image, display it, and manipulate the data in the file mathematically to display the color components separately, change the color balance of the picture by writing functions to change the entries for one color (or all of them) and be able to display the image with my modifications.
I'd like to learn to do this (I assume it's do-able, right?) using C++ in Windows using Dev-C++ or MSVC 6.0, and also using g++ in a linux/gnome terminal.
Can you suggest any specific websites where I can learn how to do this, or at least suggestions on what to look for to narrow down the search?


Discussion 8A – Evaluating Sources
- Watch the video: Video – Earth. Parts – Scientific approach to problems, skepticism, critical thinking
- Choose a topic from the pseudo-science list below or another controversial science topic that interests you.
Note: These links are jumping off points. You will likely need to do some more research to familiarize yourself with these topics before moving on to step 3.
- Find two sources on that subject and answer the questions on the Source Evaluation Checklist for each. One source should be a source you consider persuasive and the other should be one you consider inadequate or not credible. Post your responses to evaluate the source on this discussion board.


Sunday 3:15 pm - Dr. Kay Mouradian – USA – 25 min.
Armenians lost an incredibly vibrant, successful, and valuable gene pool of 1.5 million people as a result of the 1915 Genocide. This short film is one young girl’s poignant story, that of fourteen-year-old Flora Munushian, an epic chapter in Armenian history. An Armenian Anne Frank in an earlier generation, Flora‘s incredible story honors her people with dignity and teaches about the spirit of hope, love, and justice. Flora’s voice is that of all the victims and survivors of the Armenian Genocide, a story that must not be forgotten.


"Romeo and Juliet" and "West Side Story" are both timeless dramas that will
live forever, but "Romeo and Juliet" is a classic that has a much more powerful
and tragic impact on the reader than "West Side Story". Although both of these
stories have many similarities, there are also many differences. These
differences include the differences in soliloquy, the fact that Maria doesn't die, the
fact that we never see Tony or Maria's parents, the issues of marriage, and the
importance of gangs and families to each story. To understand these
differences, one must read both Romeo and Juliet, and the similar tragedy, West
Above are named a few of the differences between William
Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and Arthur Laurent's "West Side Story".
One main difference is that in Romeo and Juliet the soliloquy is spoken while in
West Side Story there is soliloquy, but it is in song.
While both equally
express the character's feelings at the moment, the soliloquy in Romeo and Juliet
uses words and poetry that have a much more powerful and effective impact on
the reader than the simple song in West Side Story. An example of this is
when in Act II, Scene II of Romeo and Juliet, otherwise known as the balcony
scene, Romeo expresses his thoughts in a soliloquy until Juliet shows up. While
in Romeo and Juliet all of this is spoken, in West Side Story this is written as
music shared between Maria and Tony.
Another major difference between these two stories is that in Romeo
and Juliet, Juliet sees Romeo dead and decides to kill herself. In West
Side Story, Tony (the Romeo of the play) does die, but Maria is not so stricken
and overwhelmed that she decides to kill herself. This is very important...


Microsoft technology is supports text, shapes, graphics, pictures and multimedia along with integration.A Microsoft Technology proves your skills on a particular Microsoft technology, such as the Windows operating system, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Visual Studio.
ASP.NET is an open-source server-side web application framework designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages.
Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented programming language, implemented on the .NET Framework.
C#.net is designed for Common Language Infrastructure, which consists of the executable code and runtime environment that allows use of various high-level languages on different computer platforms and architectures.
sql is a software product with the primary function of storing and retrieving data as requested by other software applications which may run either on the same computer or on another computer across a network.


NEPTUNE Ocean Observatory. Illustration of the NEPTUNE (North-East Pacific Time-series Undersea Networked Experiments) ocean sensor network. In the Pacific Northwest off Vancouver Island, Canada, 800 kilometres of fibre optic cables (yellow) connect six different underwater research stations. Varying from 20 metres deep on the continental shelf to over 2200 metres deep in the ocean abyss, each station, or node has numerous instruments to track water chemistry and geological and ecological data in real time. It has been in operation since 2009. For insets showing details of research, see image C022/9837.


- Shane W. Evans.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2011.
- Physical description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Education Library (Cubberley)
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- Evans, Shane.
- "A family silently crawls along the ground. They run barefoot through unlit woods, sleep beneath bushes, take shelter in a kind stranger's home. Where are they heading? They are heading for Freedom by way of the Underground Railroad."--from publisher description
- Underground Railroad > Juvenile literature.
- Fugitive slaves > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
- Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
- Abolitionists > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
- Underground railroad.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Antislavery movements.
- Publication date
- "A Neal Porter book."
- Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 2012.
- 9781596435384 (hc)
- 1596435380 (hc)
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This topic has information for parents regarding epilepsy.
American Epilepsy Society
The American Epilepsy Society seeks to promote interdisciplinary communications, scientific investigation and exchange of clinical information about epilepsy.
Epilepsy Therapy Project
Epilepsy.com is an online resource providing in-depth information and community for people living with epilepsy, and is the home of the Epilepsy Therapy Project. The mission of epilepsy.com is to inform and empower patients and families facing newly diagnosed epilepsy or those struggling with epilepsy that has resisted treatment.
The Epilepsy Foundation is a national, charitable organization, founded in 1968 as the Epilepsy Foundation of America. The only such organization wholly dedicated to the welfare of people with epilepsy, our mission is simple: to work for children and adults affected by seizures through research, education, advocacy and service.
NINDS Epilepsy Information
The mission of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world.


If you have multiple versions of Python installed on a system, such as both Python 2.7 and Python 3.6+. Then
pip will often refer to the Python2 bin, while
pip3 will point to the Python3 bin.
You can easily tell what your own setup is by running the following commands in a terminal window / command-line.
$ which pip
$ which pip3 /usr/local/bin/pip3
It is also useful to know what version of Python you have on your system and where it is, as Pip is always coupled with it.
$ python --version Python 2.7.16
This tells us that the
python version on our system is for Python 2.7.16, we can issue a
which command on it to see where it is on our system.
$ which python /usr/bin/python
As it is possible to have multiple versions of Python installed on a system, let’s see if we have Python3 installed.
$ python3 --version Python 3.7.5
We can see we do have Python3 installed, now let’s find out where it is.
$ which python3 /usr/local/bin/python3
Unless you have a specific reason to run Python2 and it’s accompanying Pip dependency installer, it is always recommended to run Python3 along with it’s local Pip.
This is yet another reason to always run Python Virtual Environments, as you can guarantee and install dependencies to the local Python3 and Pip. Also, with a virtual environment, you only ever need to care about calling your scripts with the single
python executor, and install dependencies with the single
pip tool. As
pip3 will just point back to the
pip tool itself.


CCIU - Speech
Instructor: Tina Borst Tuesday/Friday or Thursday/Friday
Phone: (610) 518-0365
Speech van located outside of 8th grade classroom
Non-Public Speech and Language Services are available to assess students' speech and language skills and to provide options for services. Kindergarteners and new students are screened routinely for appropriate speech and language development. Teachers, parents and other school personnel may refer a child who is suspected of having need(s) in the following areas: Articulation, Language, Fluency, Voice.
Students identified as having a possible need are evaluated when it is developmentally appropriate for the child. A Speech and Language Individual Plan (SLIP) is written for every child who qualifies for services. Parental consent is necessary for both an evaluation and for participation in the program.
Students are scheduled for weekly group or individual speech/language therapy. Home assignments may be given to supplement the in-school program.
- Practice your speech homework everyday for 3-4 minutes.
- Listen to yourself.
- Be your best judge.
- Think about your speech.
- Feel your speech. Make your mouth and tongue work.
- Break words into smaller parts.
- Read aloud on a daily basis.
- Praise your child when he/she talks about their feelings, thoughts, hopes, and fears.
- Comment on what you did or how you think your child feels.
- Sing songs and recite rhymes with your child.
- Continue to read longer stories.
- Look at family photos and talk to him/her about family history.
- Listen to him/her when they talk to you.


What is a Patent Agent?
In the United States, a patent practitioner may either be a patent attorney or a patent agent. “Patent agents” are individuals who are not an attorney but are registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). A patent agent may represent the inventors named in a patent application before the USPTO. A patent agent must pass the USPTO registration examination often times referred to as the “patent bar.” To become a patent agent, an individual must be an engineer, scientist or have another science based major.
Patent Agent Qualifications
To become a patent agent, an individual must have the following qualifications:
1. Engineering or Science Degree; and
2. Passed the USPTO Patent Bar Exam.
A patent agent is not required to be an attorney or licensed in any state.
What a Patent Agent Can Do
Both patent agents and patent attorneys can perform the following patent services:
- Patent searches;
- Provide patentability opinions;
- Prepare and record a patent assignment;
- Prepare, file and prosecute patent applications with the USPTO.
What a Patent Agent Cannot Do
A patent agent is unable to perform some legal services that a patent attorney can provide. For example, a patent agent cannot provide the following legal services:
- Advise a client regarding patent infringement;
- Represent a client in patent litigation;
- Provide an opinion of validity of another party’s patent;
- Appeal to the Federal Circuit;
- Prepare a patent license;
- Trademark searches;
- Trademark applications.


The Warminster Historical Society presents
From Caves and Canals to Tunnels and Transit
With authors: Harry Kyraikodis & Joel Spivak
Monday, February 24th, 2020 at 6:30 PM
at the Warminster Free Library, 1076 Emma Ln, Warminster, PA 18974
Free and open to all
Online Registration Required at: https://forms.gle/mvtwFBdsAU3aXzyG6
Philadelphia’s relationship with the underground is as old as the city itself, dating back to when Quaker settlers resided in caves alongside the Delaware River more than three hundred years ago. The City of Brotherly Love later became a national and world leader in the delivery of water, gas, steam, and electricity during the industrial age. The construction of multiple subway lines within Center City took place during the early twentieth century. An intricate subsurface pedestrian concourse was also developed throughout the downtown area for the city’s inhabitants. From Thirtieth Street Station and Reading Terminal to the Commuter Rail Tunnel and transit lines that were never built, Philadelphia’s infrastructure history is buried under the earth as much as above. Join authors Harry Kyriakodis and Joel Spivak as they reveal the curious aspects of the Quaker City’s underground experience.
Books will be available for $20.
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Originally spanning portions of 14 states and covering over 142 million acres, the tallgrass prairie was one of North America's major ecosystems. It was a complex landscape, harboring a rich diversity of plants and animals, that was shaped by nature.
Today, less than 10% of the original tallgrass prairie remains. Most of it has been converted to farmland. Large, unbroken tracts of tallgrass prairie only exist now in the Flint Hills of Oklahoma and Kansas. In 1989, the Nature Conservancy purchased the 29,000 acre Barnard Ranch as the cornerstone of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. The Preserve now consists of 38,600 acres of land owned or leased by The Nature Conservancy. The Conservancy's goal is to recreate a functioning tallgrass prairie ecosystem using controlled burns and bison. The 300 bison reintroduced in 1993 will eventually grow to a herd of 3,200 animals freely roaming on 32,000 acres of preserve.
Images are copyright of The Oklahoma State Senate Historical Preservation Fund, Inc. and the artist. Please contact Matt Duehning at 405-524-0126 or Matt.Duehning@oksenate.gov for further copyright information.


Literacy Workshop helps parents with reading strategies
South St. Marys Street Elementary School teachers recently hosted a Literacy Night Workshop where they provided parents with new ideas to help them utilize early reading strategies with their children.A total of 13 teachers, including those from kindergarten and first grades, along with a reading specialist, learning support teacher and speech pathologist, gathered with parents inside the school cafeteria where six stations were set up, each focusing on a different topic."The stations focused on writing, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension," said Heather Hanes, kindergarten teacher. "We taught parents how we teach our reading and writing curriculum and gave materials for the parents to take home."This is the fifth year for the event, which was sponsored by the SSMSE Parents and Teacher Organization (PTO).


If you suffer from Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD), simple tasks can start to feel larger than life. While there is no cure, there are steps you can take to improve your health and quality of life.
- Avoid cigarette smoke. If you smoke, quitting is the most important step in treating your COPD. It is also important to avoid second-hand smoke and other air pollutants.
- Practice proper hygiene – especially during cold and flu season. Cold and flu are common COPD triggers. It is important to avoid those with respiratory infections, get your flu shot and wash your hands often and correctly.
- Adopt a healthy lifestyle. Talk to your doctor about how you can adjust your diet and exercise routine to improve your overall health.
- Take your medication properly. Make sure you are adhering to your medicine regime and talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions or concerns. Using a chamber with your inhaler may help you get the most out of your medication.
- Try using a drug-free device, like the Aerobika* OPEP device, to help clear excess mucus. See how it has helped Patty in the video below:
If you have any questions or concerns about how to best manage your COPD, check out the links below or talk to your doctor or pharmacist.


Years of research by the University of Basque Country Planetary Sciences Group have revealed intriguing clues about the planet's seasonal weather patterns and rotational period, according to a release from the school.
Right under the astronomers’ nose. A new star system has been discovered by astronomers at a surprisingly close distance from us.
An astronomer from Pennsylvania State University has discovered the closest star system to the sun since 1916.The stars are "brown dwarfs," stars too small in mass to become hot enough to ignite hydrogen fusion.
European astronomers have found a planet, with mass similar to Earth, orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system.
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has left the asteroid Vesta and began its long journey to the dwarf planet Ceres.


Cardiovascular disease kills more people than any other disease worldwide. Heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases account for 17.3 million deaths globally and 787,000 deaths in the United States on an annual basis.1 One American dies every 40 seconds from one of these diseases, and, with rare exception, these deaths never need occur.
Heart disease and stroke are largely preventable through diet and lifestyle changes.2 In fact, what you put on your dinner plate is far more important than what you line your medicine cabinet with when it comes to preventing, halting, and reversing cardiovascular disease.
The answer to cardiovascular disease is a whole foods, plant-based lifestyle. This includes a diet full of fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains. The elimination of animal-based (meat, dairy, and eggs) and processed foods are vitally important if your goal is to avoid disability and death from heart attack and stroke. These changes may sound overwhelming at first, but rest assured, they will become second nature in no time as you put together a winning diet to achieve cardiovascular excellence.
Below you will find additional articles and resources to help you understand more about cardiovascular disease. Refer back to them often whenever you need a reminder of the importance of diet and lifestyle in the prevention and reversal of these deadly diseases.
Coconut Oil Increases Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Possible Death Due to Heart Attacks and Stroke
1 Mozaffarian D, Benjamin EJ, Go AS, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics--2015 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2015 Jan 27;131(4):e29-322.
2 Esselstyn CB. We Can Prevent and Even Reverse Coronary Artery Heart Disease. Medscape General Medicine. 2007;9(3):46.


Last week, the federal government permanently reversed its decision to exterminate sea lions caught hunting endangered salmon on the Columbia River.
As Care2′s Lauren W. reported last month, the original proposal would have granted the states of Washington and Oregon permission to kill up to 255 sea lions at the Bonneville Dam over the next three years in order to rebuild the salmon population. However, this plan was suspended after extensive campaigning from our non-profit partner The Humane Society of the United States and over 30,000 signatures from concerned members of the Care2 community.
“We’re delighted the agency has changed its mind and revoked the states’ authorization to kill hundreds of native sea lions for having the audacity to eat fish for dinner,” Humane Society lawyer Jonathan Lovvorn said in a statement.
While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reversal will protect the sea lions for the time being, it leaves the recovery of salmon and steelhead trout populations at risk.
According to Reuters, the states contend that California sea lions swim 140 miles upstream from the Pacific Ocean to gorge on the endangered fish at the Bonneville Dam. The NOAA contends that the estimated number of salmon and steelhead eaten by California sea lions has risen steadily, peaking at 5,000 last year. Both fish species have been listed as endangered since the 1990′s.
However, the Humane Society maintains that human factors, such as commercial and recreational fishing and barriers posed by hydroelectric projects, are more harmful to the fish than hungry sea lions.
The NOAA said that it will consider future requests from the states to renew permission for euthanizing sea lions, and both states said they intended to file such applications.
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|Parakeet auklets (Aethia psittacula)|
The auk is a type of bird. It is the English word for any bird in the family Alcidae. There are many species of auk. They live in the northern half of Planet Earth.
Some auks are small birds and some are medium-sized birds. All auks live on or near the ocean. They have long, thick bodies. They have small wings and tails. They have short legs and webbed feet. Auks do not walk well. They flap their wings very fast to fly. When they fly, they cannot change direction as fast as other birds can. But auks swim and dive well. Auks look like penguins because they are usually black and white in color, with black on the back and white on the belly. But auks and penguins are not closely related. They do not live in the same places. Auks can fly and penguins cannot.
Most auks live on the ocean. They stay far from land for months. They come to land to build nests, lay eggs, and raise young auk chicks.
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There are 11 genuses and 23 species in the auk family. There are razorbills, murres, guillemots, puffins, and the little auk. One species of auk, the great auk, is extinct. All great auks are dead.
- Pinguinus (dead)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Auks". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Alcidae - Auks, Murres, Puffins". Wildlife Junior. New Hampshire Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Alcidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Alcidae - Auks". British Trust for Ornithology. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
- ↑ "The Auk Family". The Puffin Project. Audobon Society. Retrieved June 21, 2022.


By. Anglya Brooks and Maria Pickering
Common name: Sourwood or Sorrel Tree
Species name: Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.
- TREES: decidious, 50 to 60 feet high with a trunk ~17 feet in diameter, with spreading branches forming an oblong, round topped head, sour tasting sap, hard wood.
- BARK: smooth and reddish when young becomes gray and deeply furrowed.
- LEAVES: red in autumn, alternate and simple, 5 to 7 in. long, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 in. wide, oblong and painted, margins finely toothed, dark green, shiny and smooth on the upper surface, paler and smooth on the surface below, hairy on mid-vein and stalk, sour tasting.
- FLOWERS and FRUIT: flowers open Aug. - Sept. about 1/4 in. long in drooping clusters ~ 10 in. long, fruits are hard woody, bell-shaped capsules ~1/2 in. long.
Sourwood is generally found on fertile well drained soil throughout the southeastern reigon. It is particularly abundant in the mountains and upper Piedmont.
Native Trees of Georgia
Georgia Forestry Commission
By. G. Norman Bishop and George Peabody
Copyright April 1990
Trees of Georgia and Adjacent States
By. Claud L. Brown and L. Katherine Kirkman


Living with a chronic illness can be overwhelming. The information in this section is designed to offer resources to help individuals and caregivers better cope with life with an eosinophil associated disease. We will be adding additional resources to this page as they become available.
In this article, pediatric psychologist Mary Kinnert, Ph.D. discusses signs of depression in children and adolescents and how a specialist can help. Learn more.
Wise Advice from Others on Coping with a Chronic Illness
The mother of a young child with EoE shares helpful advice she learned along her journey that helped her cope with the challenges of having a child who has an EGID. Learn more.
Adults Living with EGIDs
This page is designed to provide information and strategies to help adults cope and manage life with their disease, and to answer frequently asked questions.
Supporting Your Child (Webinars)
Psychologist Nicole Zahka, Ph.D. offers a series of recorded segments that will help families support children who have an eosinophil associated disease. Learn more.
- American Psychological Association (offers a number of articles focused on managing chronic illness)
- Coping with Chronic Illness (children) from the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Depression symptoms, causes, and treatments, getting help and coping from the National Institute of Mental Health
- Living with Chronic Illness – dealing with feelings and reaching out to others (articles from Medline Plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Siblings of Children with Chronic Illness from the American Academy of Pediatrics


Specification includes provision of overall information such as description of all workmanship, materials and methods of working to complete.
Therefore it can be defined as furnishing detailed information about qualities of material, their property and proportion in which they are to be mixed.
- Specification helps to decide the cost of the overall quantity of work.
- Firstly one requires it to describe the quality and quantity of different materials required for different construction work.
- Therefore it is an essential contract document and one requires it for arbitration.
- Lastly as the cost of work is directly related to work.
- Brief specification
- Detailed specification
- Brief specification:
Firstly these are specifications that briefly describe the items of construction. It is also useful to quantity surveyors in preparing estimates of work.
- Detailed specification:
Therefore detailed specifications are part of the contract document and detailed specifications for different items are prepared separately.
However these general provisions which are known as conditions of contract are applicable to the work as a whole. And also the conditions governing the contract are mentioned in such documents and have been already explained.
Firstly in technical provision the details as regards desired quality of finished product and items of construction are clearly specified.
Lastly this saves valuable time, labour, stationary expenditure and complete work with less time.
Therefore government department like PWD publishes these specifications and are available in the form of a booklet.
Good requirements of Specification:
- Dual meaning
- Practical information
- Use of abbreviation
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Do all languages in the world originate from a single "mother tongue"?
By studying phonemes - the consonants, vowels and tonal elements of languages, biologist Quentin D. Atkinson has claimed to discover that human languages originated in Africa:
Dr. Atkinson, an expert at applying mathematical methods to linguistics, has found a simple but striking pattern in some 500 languages spoken throughout the world: A language area uses fewer phonemes the farther that early humans had to travel from Africa to reach it.
Some of the click-using languages of Africa have more than 100 phonemes, whereas Hawaiian, toward the far end of the human migration route out of Africa, has only 13. English has about 45 phonemes.
This pattern of decreasing diversity with distance, similar to the well-established decrease in genetic diversity with distance from Africa, implies that the origin of modern human language is in the region of southwestern Africa, Dr. Atkinson says in an article published on Thursday in the journal Science.


August 13, 2009
Same-sex, opposite-sex human fungus found
U.S. scientists say they've discovered Candida albicans, a fungus that can make people sick, pursues both same-sex and opposite-sex mating activities.
Brown University researchers said their discovery marks the first time the same-sex mode of reproduction has been identified in Candida albicans, the most common of human fungal pathogens that produces thrush and other diseases.
This discovery really surprised us,said Assistant Professor Richard Bennett.
Candida albicans has two mating types "¦ and it was assumed that mating could only occur between these two cell types. We now know that a mechanism exists for same-sex mating, and thus sex could be more prevalent in this species than previously recognized.
Bennett, who led the research with Kevin Alby and Dana Schaefer, said the finding means unisexual reproduction might be important for microbial pathogenesis.
The study is reported in the journal Nature.


Skill trees are a common aspect of many modern games. Via a graph, they represent the skills you can earn over time by gaining experience and sometimes items or areas. Many games have it laid out in a visual graph that you can access. Sometimes a developer just makes a tree to keep track of the abilities earned over time.
A recent example of a skill tree is found in Spiderman:
Like this Spiderman example, skill trees are often organized in categories. Spiderman has 3- Innovator, Defender, and Webslinger. More classic RPGs have rows like Swords, Archery, Magic, etc.
Skill trees depend on what kind of game you are designing. Each new step improves the skills you have to eventually having a “max level.” For an example, let’s say we are making a battle robot game. You fight on levels similar to Super Smash Bros. You have Armor, Gun, Melee, and Agility. You have parts that you can switch out and upgrade.
To make your skill tree, go to:
Once you have completed it, click this button and dowload as a JPG


Newborn whales, dolphins and porpoises may be the first casualties of the Vancouver park board’s ban on new cetaceans at the Vancouver Aquarium.
The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, also known as DFO, said the ban may mean its Marine Mammal Response Program will no longer be able to rescue cetaceans in distress, especially infant cetaceans, which are the most likely to need lifelong care when they are rescued from the wild.
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“The biggest concern is neonates,” said DFO spokeswoman Lara Sloan. “A lot of animals can be released into the wild, but if they are neonates that are stranded, they haven’t had the opportunity to learn how to feed in the wild, to learn how to survive.”
The DFO will review the ban and study its implications for its rescue programs.
“Without the expertise of staff and facilities at the Vancouver Aquarium, we would not be able to rescue stranded or injured cetaceans,” she said. “They are the only facility in Canada capable of responding to such incidents.”


Marigold Valley is located on the townsites of Marigold and West Marigold. Originally established in the late 1800’s as a stage stop between Canon City and Cripple Creek, it eventually became an encampment for the construction workers building the Carlton Tunnel between 1930 and 1941. It had a post office on the pony express route between 1895 and 1902.
Charles Chapman bought his first piece of the valley in 1921 and he and his wife lived there with their four sons. Charles continued to purchase land from tax sales and foreclosures, growing the ranch and raising cattle. His son, Jim, continued with the ranching industry and land acquisitions, eventually expanding the ranch toward Cripple Creek. Jim and his wife, Marlene, raised their four children in the valley. The original Marigold townsite was eventually plowed under for hayfields.
Today, ranching is still a part of Marigold Valley. Jim, Jr. continues to raise beef in the valley but has started to transition the valley into growing hops. Throughout the valley, numerous wild hops can be found. These hops were thought to be brought in with the original French settlers in the early 1800’s. The fertile soils and temperate climate is the perfect conditions for vines and bines.
Located along the Gold Belt Byway, Marigold Valley Hops can be found nine miles south of Cripple Creek and seventeen miles north of Canon City at the Chapman Ranch.


- In various electrical applications, a dynamometer is a measuring instrument in which a pointer is deflected
as a result of the force exerted between fixed and moving coils, the
pointer being attached to the latter. It has applications in ammeters,
wattmeters, and voltmeters.
- Various types of mechanical dynamometer are used to measure the power output of a machine or of the force
of muscular contraction. A small hand-held dynamometer may be used to
record the strength of a patient's grip. A special optical dynamometer
measures the actions of the muscles controlling the shape of the lens
of the eye. The term torque meter is used to describe
a device for measuring the power of rotating engines.


Whenever species are planted with a “companion planting” mentality, the design is no longer merely about the productivity of, say, one apple tree. It’s about at least seven layers of productivity in one guild where the whole becomes larger than the sum of its parts, as each species assists its neighbors.
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Companion planting can bring a great many functional advantages to your landscape—it's so much more than just attractive garden features.
- Living mulches (strawberries, rhubarb) combat weeds as they insulate the tree’s root zones, and increase mycelium.
- Nitrogen fixers (beans, peas) increase available nitrogen in the soil.
- A wide variety of flowering plants attract pollinators (bees).
- Umbelliferae (fennel, dill) bring beneficial insects such as ladybugs.
- Deep-rooted plants (horseradish) pump water and minerals from deep below the soil’s surface.
- Daffodils are said to deter gophers (no guarantees!).
- In the center is the fruit tree itself.
Might there be a place for a guild on your property?


Symptoms, causes, and treatments for Earwax Buildup
When cerumen, otherwise known as earwax, excessively accumulates in your ear canal, it can cause discomfort and even temporary hearing loss.
Still, ear wax is natural, secreted by a gland in your inner ear, and it helps protect your ears from organisms, water, particulates, and generally icky germs.
Just having a minor buildup of earwax isn’t a condition, but if wax creates a blockage, or your attempts to clean your ears pushes the wax deeper, it can lead to a possibly serious complication and permanently affect your hearing.
The following symptoms may indicate an ear infection or other illness:
Be careful about removing earwax unnecessarily. Doctors recommend leaving your naturally occurring earwax alone, even if you’re prone to the occasional buildup of excess wax. Some individuals do experience greater wax buildup because of:
If you notice an excessive wax buildup a simple procedure can remove extra wax. Otherwise, you might be causing bigger problems for yourself by inserting a cotton swab or other object too deep into your ear canal. You could even possibly damage your eardrum.
It’s best to leave your earwax alone. However, you should seek immediate medical attention if you’re experiencing any of the following symptoms:
Sore Throat; STI; Sinus Infection; UTI; Cough; Ear Infection; Cold; Bladder Infection; Flu; Rash; Stomach Pain; Bronchitis; Yeast Infection; Foot Pain; Strep Throat; Eye Infection; Fever; Back Pain; Asthma; Neck Pain; Allergies; Insect Bites and Stings; Headache; Diarrhea; Anxiety
Earwax Buildup Prevention Tips
Consider these tips to help prevent earwax accumulation:


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Which of the following was NOT a reason that slavery became more broadly used in Virginia after Bacon's Rebellion?
a. the economic incentives made by the British government
b. the increasing survival rate of all people in the region
c. the declining price of slaves
d. the reduced number of indentured servants in the region


The book of Psalms is a most amazing and wonderful portion of Scripture.
It is a devotional book, providing comfort, hope, compassion, encouragement, conviction, and spiritual zeal. It is a prayer book which teaches us how to pray. It’s a song book, a divinely-inspired hymnal for the child of God who walks through this present dark and pain-filled world. It’s a praise book, teaching us the acceptable way to worship a thrice holy God. It is a poetry book that far surpasses anything that the pens of the most acclaimed men have produced apart from divine inspiration. (And the King James Bible captures the exquisite poetry of the Psalms in peerless English, as we show in this course.)
This course contains an extensive introduction to the Psalms that deals with its title, splendor, authorship, inspiration, inscriptions, division, interpretation, and New Testament quotations thereof. It then looks at ten major themes of the Psalms (the blessing of the righteous, the importance of the Word of God, the judgment of the ungodly, the afflictions of the saints, prophecy, God as protector and help, praise and worship, righteousness, God as great and holy, and imprecations).
Finally there are expository studies on many of the individual psalms, including Psalm 1, 2, 12, 19, 22, 23, 37, 51, 72, 73, 90, 103, 119, 127, and 139. 250 pages
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100% Cure Rate Pancreatic Cancer Experimental Study Animal Model
A research team reports that combining a type of radiation therapy with immunotherapy not only cures pancreatic cancer in mice, but appears to reprogram the immune system to create an ‘immune memory’ in the same way that a vaccine keeps the flu away. The result is that the combination treatment also destroyed pancreatic cells that had spread to the liver, a common site for metastatic disease.
#il-12 #sbrt #pancraticcancercure
Bradley N. Mills, Kelli A. Connolly, Jian Ye, Joseph D. Murphy, Taylor P. Uccello, Booyeon J. Han, Tony Zhao, Michael G. Drage, Aditi Murthy, Haoming Qiu, Ankit Patel, Nathania M. Figueroa, Carl J. Johnston, Peter A. Prieto, Nejat K. Egilmez, Brian A. Belt, Edith M. Lord, David C. Linehan, Scott A. Gerber. Stereotactic Body Radiation and Interleukin-12 Combination Therapy Eradicates Pancreatic Tumors by Repolarizing the Immune Microenvironment. Cell Reports, 2019; 29 (2): 406 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.08.095
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Fact: It is believed that the saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" originated in Wales during the 19th century.
Daily intake of grapefruits lowers your fat percentage. It does this by decreasing the insulin level that burns extra fats. Each Grapefruit contains around 32 calories.
Mandarin is delicoius
It is said that in the 1700s the pear was nicknamed ‘butter fruit’ because of its soft buttery texture. In ancient Greece, pears were used as a remedy against nausea.
Passionfruit is great at protecting you from high blood pressure. It is also botanically classified as a berry.
In some languages the fruit is known as the ‘golden apple’ and it was considered as magical. A reason for this might be because their seeds bear flowers and fruit.
When shopping for this mandarin/orange/grapefruit hybrid, look for heavy and deeply-coloured fruit with no wrinkles or discolouration.
Give zing to your pork stir fry by adding finely chopped rhubarb and slow cooking!
This is also called the ‘Chinese Grapefruit’ and is helpful in reducing pancreatic, intestinal and breast cancer.
The name of this fruit is derived from Cantonese and means ‘Golden Orange’.
Did you know that the average strawberry contains 200 seeds?
This Asian pear variety is delicious thinly sliced and thrown into a salad with rocket, snow peas, blue cheese and walnuts.
If you get a sore throat this winter, the lemon can be your cure. Start your day with natural lemon juice added to hot water for an anti-bacterial gargle.


Whether we are talking about mobile phones, laptops or the world of digital cameras, where would design and function be without the internal workings of energy storage systems?
Given the fact that there is only a limited supply of fossil energy sources, it is becoming increasingly important to use new techniques such as hybrid vehicles for mobility on the road.
Latest developments showcase hybrids as a combination of an internal combustion engine as the main energy source and an electrical machine with a storage medium in the form of a battery, fuel cell or SuperCups.
Cars driven solely with electricity will most likely be the next step in automobile development.
Existing systems mostly use nickel-metal hydride batteries, although lithium-ion batteries have long since become the standard for mobile phones and notebooks.
The lithium-ion battery is also a source of energy on track for the future for hybrid drive due to its high cell voltage, power and energy density.
They have the advantage of thermal stability, a constant level of voltage over the discharge period and the fact that it knows no memory effect.
But safety for customers and the environment is also at the top of the agenda for this future generation of cars. This is the reason why there have been mandatory safety standards for lithium-ion batteries since 2003.
We believe these new techniques should offer the highest level of safety and all design efforts should be aimed at ruling out any and all hazards.
Engineers and designers from Weiss Umwelttechnik have put their heads together with the key developers in the automobile industry to develop test systems. The idea is to test these new technologies under conditions as close to reality as possible to meet the challenges for a safe future.
The safety equipment on these test systems keep risks to a minimum when testing intentionally passes the limits of normal use.
- Chemical reactions thermal charges reactions to overcharge
- Reactions to fast charge
- Reactions to damage
- Mechanical/dynamic charges


February 25th in NYC History
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 | 3:03 PM
1643: Dutch colonist attacked Native Americans in Lower Manhattan and in Maspeth, Queens.
In Manhattan, the Native Americans in Manhattan were slaughtered.
Some Dutch attacks involved torching the Natives' Longhouses that were home to clans of sixty men, women and children in the middle of the night.
In Maspeth, the Natives drove the Dutch back to Manhattan.
Some of the Dutch attacks were over tax disputes. They wanted the natives to provide discounted beaver pelts in exchange for living in Nieuw Amsterdam and Nieuw Nederlands, ancestral Native lands. The Natives didn't have a concept of real estate ownership and real property taxes.
We go over these attacks and the related cultural misunderstandings/scams in my Financial District tour, Colonial New York City tour, and Nieuw Amsterdam tour (New Amsterdam Tour).
1644: The Dutch Nieuw Amsterdam (New Amsterdam) colony granted conditional freedom to a group of African slaves.
1873: Great opera tenor Enrico Caruso born. He died in 1921.
We go by his home, the Ansonia, on my Upper West Side tour.
1949: Actor, author, and longtime former SNL writer Jack Handey born.
1950: Your Show of Shows premiered on NBC. This innovative program evolved the variety show vaudeville format with the introduction of sitcom. It starred Sid Ceasar and Imogene Coca. The writers included Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, and Neil Simon. Simon wrote the play Laughter on the 23rd Floor and Brooks produced My Favorite Year about working on it. Reiner stated that the show inspired The Dick Van Dyke Show.


Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
written by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt
part of Freakonomics
Date: April 12, 2005
This Book refers to A History of the American People written by Woodrow Wilson
This book is mentioned and quoted in Chapter 2.
The book is a collection of economic articles written by Levitt, an expert who has already gained a reputation for applying economic theory to diverse subjects not usually covered by "traditional" economists; he does, however, accept the standard neoclassical microeconomic model of rational utility-maximization. In Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner argue that economics is, at root, the study of incentives. The book's topics include: * Chapter 1: Discovering cheating as applied to teachers and sumo wrestlers (See below) * Chapter 2: Information control as applied to the Ku Klux Klan and real-estate agents * Chapter 3: The economics of drug dealing, including the surprisingly low earnings and abject working conditions of crack cocaine dealers * Chapter 4: The controversial role legalized abortion may have played in reducing crime. (Levitt explored this topic in an earlier paper entitled "The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime.") * Chapter 5: The negligible effects of good parenting on education * Chapter 6: The socioeconomic patterns of naming children


—To evaluate the workup and treatment of children with lymphoma and superior vena cava syndrome.
—A retrospective survey.
—State hospital serving as a secondary and tertiary referral center for pediatric oncology and pediatric cardiac surgery.
—Eleven children aged 11 months to 12 years diagnosed as having lymphoma or T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who presented with superior vena cava syndrome during an 11-year period.
—Lymph node biopsy (two patients), thoracenthesis (five patients), bone marrow aspiration (two patients), and thoracenthesis in addition to bone marrow aspiration (two patients). All aspirates were evaluated with immunohistochemical studies. Chemotherapy was the only management intervention.
—T-cell lymphoma or leukemia accounted for nine cases and Hodgkin's disease for two cases. Respiratory symptoms occurred in 10 patients, including tracheal compression in six patients (compression was life-threatening in one patient). Diagnosis of superior vena cava syndrome was achieved in eight patients using surface-marker analysis of aspirates. The syndrome disappeared within 2 to 10 days. Seven of nine children whose conditions were diagnosed more than 1 year before this writing were alive and free of disease after mean follow-up of 37 months.
—(1) A specific diagnosis can be achieved in most children with superior vena cava syndrome and lymphoma; (2) Thoracic computed tomographic scans are essential, identifying minute pleural effusions that can aid diagnosis; (3) Anesthetic hazard is related only to severe tracheal compression; (4) Chemotherapy achieves excellent symptomatic relief; and (5) Long-term survival, without disease, is achievable.(AJDC. 1992;146:1060-1063)


1) Some have said that the focus of Othello is not the title character, as is the case with Shakespeare's other great tragedies, Macbeth, King Lear, and Hamlet. Is Othello simply too one-dimensional to be considered a great tragic hero? Does his seemingly unrealistic gullibility lessen our interest in him and his suffering?
2) Why does Othello not investigate Iago's accusations? Why does Othello not seek his own proof of Desdemona's betrayal?
3) Samuel Taylor Coleridge once wrote that Iago's soliloquies are the "motive-hunting of motiveless malignity." Is this an accurate observation? Does Iago have a motive or motives for his hatred of Othello?
4) Explore the character of Desdemona. What does she represent in the play?
5) If you read the play closely you will see that not enough time could have elapsed on Cyprus for Desdemona to have committed adultery. Examine the problem of time in Othello and the possible dramatic reasons behind this unrealistic passage of time.
6) Discuss Othello's relationship with Desdemona. Does he truly love her?
7) Examine the female characters in the play. Do they share a common role in Othello?
8) Explore the issue of racism in Othello and relate it to the problems of racial hatred in Elizabethan England.


National Science Club Month 2017 theme – “EARTHBEAT”
September is just a few weeks away, and that means education institutions all over the country levels will very soon be celebrating the annual National Science Club Month (NSCM). The theme for NSCM 2017 is “EarthBeat: Excavating the Abyss, Pulsing the Current, Steering the Youth as Stewards of Sustainable Development.”
In its official Facebook page, the Philippine Society of Youth Science Clubs (PSYSC) explained that the theme aims to promote further understanding and appreciation of the planet Earth and the field of geoscience. PSYSC is one of the organizations that plans the activities related to the annual celebration of science month.
“The Earth is advancing in different aspects. As we continue to progress, we realize the interconnectedness of all things that exist here within our home. One by one (and) action by action, we continue to surpass the milestones we have previously achieved. Earth is our only home, and we must nurture it and begin to understand its very heart of the Earth through geoscience,” the group elaborated.
In recent years, deadly natural calamities like powerful typhoons, earthquakes, landslides, and storm surges have forced Filipinos to pay more attention to issues and concepts related to geosciences. This is because it can help save countless of lives.
September as “Science Month” was institutionalized by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Proclamation 264, which she signed in 2002. Read the full text of Proclamation 264 (2002) in this link.
In the proclamation, Arroyo emphasized that the science clubbing movement and network is “a significant educational tool to encourage and inspire the youth and students to pursue careers in science and technology.”
Interested parties are encouraged to get in touch with PSYSC at 332-8151 or at email@example.com for questions regarding NSCM activities.


It is very, very rarely that I get a group of articulation students who are all working on the same sound. However, many materials out there are made for exactly that! One activity. One sound.
What is an efficient and goal-minded SLP to do?
Here are 5 ways to help get ALL students working on their sounds regardless of how many sounds are in the group!
Yep! Use the tried and true articulation cards. Give each student a pile of cards focusing on their target sound and play a board game!
Some places to find good articulation cards are:
Any picture book that you pick up will be filled with all the sounds that your students need to practice. Check out this free list for a myriad of book titles and sounds that they target!
In addition, many sellers on TpT have articulation cards that go with their book companions! (Look at the contents before you buy):
There are a million fun crafts that you can do while incorporating a variety of articulation sounds! You can customize any fun craft by gluing or drawing your speech sounds onto the activity!
The following blogs have some really fun ideas for articulation crafts:
Make up your own or use a pre-created “curriculum” in which students are all working on the same activity, but with their own sounds! The great part about programs like these is that they are very easy to prepare and predictable for the students. Plus, they come with built in home practice!
Articulation curriculum on TpT include:
For older students, acting and role playing is a fabulous way to work on a variety of sounds with group. Students can work on any sound and in sentences/conversation.
Some fun role-play products to work on articulation include:
I hope you find these ideas helpful! How do you work with articulation groups working on a variety of sounds?


Images of the APORVELA sail training Tall Ship Caravela Vera Cruz
Caravela Vera Cruz
of APORVELA, Portugal’s National Sail Training Operator and Creoula
of the Portuguese Navy are both sailing towards Madeira and the Selvagens Islands to participate in a major scientific expedition called ‘M@rbis Selvagens 2010’.
The objectives of this mission are to carry out a thorough survey of the fauna, marine flora and habitats from 70m of altitude until 2000m of depth near these islands which are located about 160 miles south from Madeira.
will transport the majority of the 70 scientists involved in this project and will return to Lisbon on the 6th of July. Vera Cruz
will also provide sail training for several students and teachers from all over Portugal who have won prizes for school activities regarding the sea.
is a replica of the 15th century Portuguese ships that sailed the Atlantic Ocean and APORVELA uses the vessel for sail training and school visits. Creoula
is four masted schooner, formerly a fishing ship.
More information can be found at www.aporvela.pt


In the early morning hours of June 7, 1944, reporter George Hicks stood on the deck of a destroyer stationed off the shore of Omaha Beach as the Allied invasion of Europe, that had commenced the previous day, unfolded before him.
Preparations for the invasion began almost the day the British Army evacuated Dunkirk in 1940. When America joined the war, a date for the invasion was optimistically set for 1942. When reality set in, the date was moved to 1943 then to 1944. The final timetable called for a landing on the Normandy coast on June 5 when tide, weather and moonlight would be most favorable
American soldiers disembark
June 6, 1944
The Germans knew the invasion was coming; they just didn't know where or when. An elaborate deception kept them guessing. This effort was so successful that even after troops stormed ashore at Normandy, Hitler believed it only a feint with the real invasion to take place at Pas de Calais. On June 4, the largest amphibious force ever assembled left its English ports for the French coast. The weather did not cooperate, however, and storms forced General Eisenhower to delay the effort for one day.
Airborne troops went in first, landing behind the beaches in the early hours of June 6. At dawn the invasion force waded ashore at five beaches - the British and Canadians at Gold, Sword and Juno; and the Americans at Utah and Omaha. Troops landing at Utah met relatively light resistance. The story was different at Omaha. The Americans faced a battle-hardened German division that pinned them down with a withering cross fire. Gradually they moved forward and off the beach. The price was high - 2,000 casualties at Omaha compared to 210 at Utah. By the end of the day the beaches were secured and a toehold established in Hitler's Europe.
References: Hastings, Max Overlord (1985); Ryan, Cornelius, The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 (1975).


The Secret Life of the Mind: How Our Brain Thinks, Feels and Decides
A vast yet compact view of cognitive neuroscience, a groundbreaking, personal and comprehensive guide into understanding our thoughts. In the last twenty years, Mariano Sigman has journeyed to the core of the brain, an organ formed by nearly an infinity of neurons that manufacture how we perceive, reason, feel, dream, and communicate.After more than two decades of research, he has zoomed out from a thorough excursion to the neurons to seeing the brain from afar, where thoughts begin to take shape. And at this point where psychology meets neuroscience, 'The Secret Life of the Mind' combines the astonishing work of biologists, physicists, mathematicians, psychologists, anthropologists, linguists, engineers, philosophers and medical doctors - not to forget cooks, magicians, musicians, chess players, writers, and artists. It is an astonishing synthesis of a life's expertise on the edge of science, for readers of 'Thinking, Fast and Slow'.Looking into how we forge ideas in our first days of life; how we shape the decisions that define us; why we dream; how years and years of formal and informal education change our brains, this book explores how we begin to understand even the smallest things that make up who and what we are.
Publication Date: 01-Jul-2017
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited


Joint Pain Topic Guide
Joint Pain: Joint pain can be caused by injury or disease affecting any of the ligaments, bursae, or tendons surrounding the joint. Pain also occurs with joint inflammation (arthritis) and infection. Joint pain symptoms can be associated with local warmth, swelling, and tenderness. Treatment depends on the cause and can include rest, cold applications, medications, physical therapy, or surgery.
Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis is not a single disease but rather the end result of a variety of disorders leading to the structural or functional failure of 1 or more of your joints.
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South Dakota Description
South Dakota is an expansive, sparsely populated midwestern U.S. state where rolling prairies give way to the dramatic Black Hills National Forest. Black Hills is home to 2 historical monuments carved right into towering granite peaks: Mt. Rushmore, the iconic depiction of 4 revered U.S. presidents, and Crazy Horse Memorial, a tribute to the storied Native American tribal leader.
South Dakota Has 237 Cities


You will need
- Prototyping Board (breadboard), connecting wires, led, button, resistors with a resistance in the range of 200...500 Ohm, battery.
Typical view of breadboard shown in the figure. There are more difficult samples, are simpler. But the principle remains the same. Breadboard consists of a plastic base with lots of holes, usually with a step of 2.54 mm. Hole is needed in order to insert their findings of electronic components or connecting wires.
The figure shows a different breadboard. Left - General view, right side color is used to mark the conductors. The blue color is the "minus" scheme, "red" - plus, green is the guides that you can use at their discretion. Please note that the holes are not connected along the breadboard and across.
To acquire skills of work with the development Board need to collect the simple circuit as shown in the figure. "Plus" connect to the positive pole of the battery, negative to negative. Red and green conductors, pale red and pale green- track breadboard. If the circuit is assembled correctly, when you press the button the led should light up. You see, we didn't get to take in hands a soldering iron to assemble an electrical circuit. It is quick and easy.
Try to collect a few simple schemes to consolidate the skills of using breadboard.


This crossgovernment action plan strengthens the voice of children and young people in their local communities, in formal and informal education settings, in health and social services and in the national context of government decision-making.
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) promotes the rights and welfare of children and young people under 18 years of age living in Ireland.
2010 Participation of youth in decision‐making procedures during residential care: A narrative review: This narrative literature review, covering the period 2000–2016, focuses on the opportunities of young people to participate, the challenges and facilitators to participation, and the outcomes of care related to participation. Recorded 21st July 2016 Contributors Author: Mijntje D.C. ten Brummelaar, Annemiek T. [...]
This paper draws upon research undertaken in Scotland but the findings of the study are relevant across the UK and beyond.
This is an executive summary of a regional technical workshop for Save the Children and partners in Bangkok on 5-6 March 2009 on involving children and young people in violence prevention and protection.


• Minor excurses:
1) Given the material and production technique, the bell has a clear ring but limited resonance (among small recent antique bells, the one that to my mind has the most sonorous ring and intriguing story is the famous Saignelegier bell of 1878 and its imitators [1, 2, 3] ; but I digress).
2) It would be intriguing to study the fate of memorabilia and other items made of recycled World War II aircraft. My parents had suitcases made from the metal of destroyed Luftwaffe planes.
3) Given the lack of historical knowledge today, I am always both amused and exasperated when I come across news reports that describe Palestinian protesters or "fighters" making the "V" sign with their fingers but explain the gesture as a "peace sign." Sorry, folks, no 1960s hippies here. It is of course the "V" of victory (as these pieces [1, 2 ] correctly state). Wishful thinking or just plain ignorance?
• Historical-philosophical reflections:
To see and hear this bell is to mourn a necessary war but one made unavoidable by past miscalculations and cowardice. When England and France betrayed their ally Czechoslovakia at Munich in 1938, they arguably deprived the world of the last best chance to stop fascist aggression in its tracks. The Czechoslovaks were ready and able to fight, but England told them that if they did not give in to Hitler's demands, it would hold them responsible for the outbreak of a war and offer no assistance.
František Halas expressed the national tragedy in a once-famous poem:
The bell of treason is tollingNot only is it false that war is sometimes not the answer. Sometimes, there are worse things than war.
Whose hand made it swing?
And we loved them


This sandy promontory provided a landing stop for many travelers on Lake George.
Sabbath Day Point, an outcrop extending from the western shore of Lake George, has been the scene of many historical events. In 1757, a bloody battle was fought on an island off the coast between Canadian militia, with their Indian allies, and the New Jersey militia in a conflict known as the Battle of Sabbath Day Point. Less than a generation later, Benjamin Franklin stopped here on a diplomatic mission to recruit Canadian support for the cause of independence. Travelers and tourists continued to stop here during the course of the next century as they went between Caldwell and Ticonderoga


Women drivers outnumber men, but still drive lessDecember 14th, 2012 in Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Although women drivers now outnumber male motorists, men still account for the majority of the driving on America's roads—albeit at a declining rate, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Using data from the Federal Highway Administration, Michael Sivak, a research professor at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, examined changes in the gender demographics of U.S. drivers from 1963 to 2010.
In 1963, males represented 60 percent of all drivers. Today, that number is just under 50 percent. But when accounting for average annual miles driven, men make up 59 percent of drivers on the road—down considerably from 76 percent nearly 50 years ago.
"Currently, females with a driver's license slightly outnumber males," Sivak said. "However, because females drive less than males, the overall likelihood that a given driver on the road today is a female is still less than 50 percent."
Since the 1960s, the average distance driven has increased 33 percent for men, but 89 percent for women. Back then, the average male drove twice as many miles as the average female. Today, the ratio is down to one-and-a-half times.
"The observed gender trends in driver licensing will likely have major implications on the extent and nature of vehicle demand, energy consumption and road safety," Sivak said. "This is the case because females are more likely than males to purchase smaller, safer and more fuel-efficient vehicles than males. They also drive less and tend to have a lower fatality rate per distance driven."
Provided by University of Michigan
"Women drivers outnumber men, but still drive less." December 14th, 2012. http://phys.org/news/2012-12-women-drivers-outnumber-men.html


Also Names Anpu, Inpu, Ienpw, Imeut (Lord-of-the-Place-of-Embalming).
He’s god of mummification, and the dead on their path through the underworld. Have the appearance of a man with the head of a jackal-like animal. Unlike a real jackal, Anubis’ head is black, representing his position as a god of the dead. He is rarely shown fully-human, but he is depicted so in the Temple of Abydos of Rameses II. There is a beautiful statue of him as a full jackal in the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Anubis is an incredibly ancient god, and was the original god of the dead before Osiris “took over” the position. After that point, Anubis was changed to be one of the many sons of Osiris and the psychopomp (conductor of souls) of the underworld. His totem of the jackal is probably due to the fact that jackals would hunt at the edges of the desert, near the necropolis and cemeteries throughout Egypt. Prayers to Anubis are found carved on the most ancient tombs in Egypt, and his duties apparently are many. He watches over the mummification process to ensure that all is done properly. He conducts the souls through the underworld, testing their knowledge of the gods and their faith. He places their heart on the Scales of Justice during the Judging of the Heart, and he feeds the souls of wicked people to Ammit.
In some stories, Anubis is the son of Ra and Nephthys, or Set and Nephthys (probably due to Set and Anubis having the same totem animal). Some have Heset as his mother, and still others say Bast. This apparent confusion is still another sign of Anubis’ origins in the most ancient of times. He also has a daughter, Kabechet, who helps him in the mummification. Worshipped widely throughout all of Egypt, his cult center was Cynopolis. A combination of the Greek god Hermes and Anubis. As their functions as psychopomps were similar, they were combined by the Greeks into a single form. Hermanubis also appears in alchemical and hermetical literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.


Wake for the Wild
Wind farms are an emotive and divisive issue, especially amongst birders. A badly sited wind farm can lead to devastating consequences as we know only too well for many large birds, particularly raptors.
In the UK the visual intrusion caused by the huge turbines is a hot topic with many believing they are ruining the beauty of our wild landscapes and natural heritage. The irony that wind allegedly produces ‘green’ or renewable energy isn’t lost on those that protest against the hundreds of planning applications that are lodged annually for new wind farms.
On 17 May a small group of protesters are planning a peaceful protest march in Scotland at the site for one such new wind farm, Dunmaglass in the Monadhliath Mountains. This ‘Wake for the Wild’ will involve carrying a coffin; a symbol of the death of Scotland’s Wild Places up to the point of the highest turbine, about 2,500 feet up in the beautiful, wild Monadhliath Mountains.
The group plans to say a few words over the coffin in memory of the once wild and beautiful landscape they believe is about to be destroyed following the granting of planning approval . Dunmaglass is an area close to locations known to be frequented by Golden Eagles.


In physics, the momentum, or force, that a moving object can deliver to something it strikes depends on the size of the moving object, its mass, and the speed at which it is moving (its velocity).
When we drop a penny from a very high building, its velocity keeps increasing until the penny reaches terminal velocity. An object as light as a penny, if dropped from a high enough place, can strike the ground with greater force than a heavier object falling a short distance.
However, a penny, dropped from a building or skyscraper, does not have enough force to kill someone because it does not have a high enough terminal velocity.
Terminal Velocity is when the downward force of gravity equals the upward force of drag by air friction of a free falling object. This causes the net force on the object to be zero, resulting in an acceleration of zero.


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Kumbatuash Indians. The native name of the inhabitants of Kumbat, a rocky tract of land southwest of Tule or Rhett Lake, California, extending from the lake shore to the Lava beds. These people are a mixture of Klamath Lake and Modoc Indians, and are said to have separated from these after 1830.
- Cum-ba-twas – Meacham, Wigwam and Warpath, 577, 1875.
- Gumbatkni – Gatschet in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., II, pt. II, 160 1890.
- Kumbatkni – Ibid.
- Kumbatuash – Ibid.
- Kumbatuashkni – Ibid.
- Kum-batwash – Ibid., pt. I, XXXIV, 1890.
- Hock Indians – Meacham, op. cit., 010.


Definitions for watchmen
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word watchmen
Watchmen is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins. It was serialized as a limited series by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987, and collected in 1987. Watchmen originated from a story proposal Moore submitted to DC featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from Charlton Comics. As Moore's proposed story would have left many of the characters unusable for future stories, managing editor Dick Giordano convinced Moore to create original characters instead. Moore used the story as a means to reflect contemporary anxieties and to critique the superhero concept. Watchmen depicts an alternate history where superheroes emerged in the 1940s and 1960s, helping the United States to win the Vietnam War. The country is edging towards a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, freelance costumed vigilantes have been outlawed and most former superheroes are in retirement or working for the government. The story focuses on the personal development and struggles of the protagonists as an investigation into the murder of a government sponsored superhero pulls them out of retirement, and eventually leads them to confront a plot that would stave off nuclear war by killing millions of people.
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Context first: this is a mixed age Y5/Y6 class.
Why whole class?
An analysis of test results – as well as the use of standardised tests across the school revealed some common themes.
phrasing of some of the questions – e.g. the ’find and copy one word’ or ‘find and copy a phrase which shows..’
struggling to scan – running out of time
Vocabulary (an oldie, but common theme)
The first hurdle was the choice of text – as it was a whole new concept for the class I thought long and hard as I wanted something that was challenging and interesting. I wanted them to feel like we were trying something new, and potentially very challenging. We went for Treasure Island – and then built around this our literacy planning and activites. This ensured it was a key part of the classroom environment. Other texts that have worked well have been Journey to the River Sea, The Railway Children and we are currently leading Secrets of the Sun King.
Some Practical Points
- I still ‘just’ read the book to them, so sometimes they are just listening and enjoying!
- It is really important that they get their copy of the book to take home if they wish, to reread and refer to as we answer tasks, or work on linked work. Even to read on if they want.
- Share copies of books with local schools. Create a shared document keeping a list of the class books you buy so you can share them.
- Be inclusive – all children can be included in this. If struggling to read, encourage them to follow and listen. Rulers help.


For every American, the Statue of Liberty is just that – a symbol of the freedom offered on the shores of America. But where did this statue come from? Whose idea was it? And how was it financed?
Our Statue of Liberty answers all these questions and more. It tells how a discussion arose between several French artists in the 1860s about the connections of freedom France and America hold together. One of those men, sculptor Frederic Bartholdi, decided to visit America and try to find a fitting location for the huge statue he had in mind. What he found was Bedloe’s Island, and he returned inflamed with ideas. Bartholdi and his men designed and built the statue which was paid for by donations from the French people. The Americans paid for and established the foundation. Finally, on October 28, 1886, the statue was revealed for the world to see!
Conclusion. A fine, elementary read with lots of illustrations.
Review © 2014 Laura Verret