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<urn:uuid:0d8a309d-25c5-405d-a08a-c11239f0d717>_0 | The Independent Jane For all the love, romance and scandal in Jane Austen’s books, what they are really about is freedom and independence. Independence of thought and the freedom to choose. Elizabeth’s refusal of Mr. Collins offer of marriage showed an independence seldom seen in heroines of the day. Her refusal of Mr.... |
<urn:uuid:0d8a309d-25c5-405d-a08a-c11239f0d717>_1 | says, “Excuse me, ma’am, but this is by no means my intention; I make no inquiry myself, and should be sorry to have any made by my friends. When I am quite determined as to the time, I am not at all afraid of being long unemployed. There are places in town, offices, where inquiry would soon produce something — offices... |
<urn:uuid:0d8a309d-25c5-405d-a08a-c11239f0d717>_2 | tells her of Frank Churchill’s secret engagement to Jane. “Good God!” cried Emma, “Jane actually on the point of going as governess! What could he mean by such horrible indelicacy? To suffer her to engage herself — to suffer her even to think of such a measure!” I find it interesting that at the moment of Austen’s birt... |
<urn:uuid:0d8a309d-25c5-405d-a08a-c11239f0d717>_3 | but the years to come would see her pen create works unlike any the world had ever seen. Comparing Austen’s words with Thomas Jefferson’s may seem a trivialization but I believe that Austen’s impact on the world is no less important than Jefferson’s. The effect of Jane’s writing maybe more subtle than that of the Virgi... |
<urn:uuid:316c7af5-14e1-4d0b-9576-753e17ef2cc5>_0 | Taking Play Seriously By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG Published: February 17, 2008 On a drizzly Tuesday night in late January, 200 people came out to hear a psychiatrist talk rhapsodically about play -- not just the intense, joyous play of children, but play for all people, at all ages, at all times. (All species too; the lectu... |
<urn:uuid:316c7af5-14e1-4d0b-9576-753e17ef2cc5>_1 | spiritual underpinnings of play. Brown called play part of the ''developmental sequencing of becoming a human primate. If you look at what produces learning and memory and well-being, play is as fundamental as any other aspect of life, including sleep and dreams.'' The message seemed to resonate with audience members, ... |
<urn:uuid:316c7af5-14e1-4d0b-9576-753e17ef2cc5>_2 | they themselves did -- or think they did. And everyone seems to worry that without the chance to play stickball or hopscotch out on the street, to play with dolls on the kitchen floor or climb trees in the woods, today's children are missing out on something essential. The success of ''The Dangerous Book for Boys'' -- ... |
<urn:uuid:316c7af5-14e1-4d0b-9576-753e17ef2cc5>_3 | playing in the three-dimensional world. This is part of a larger conversation Americans are having about play. Parents bobble between a nostalgia-infused yearning for their children to play and fear that time spent playing is time lost to more practical pursuits. Alarming headlines about U.S. students falling behind ot... |
<urn:uuid:316c7af5-14e1-4d0b-9576-753e17ef2cc5>_4 | populated with characters from Hollywood's imagination and not their own? Most of these issues are too vast to be addressed by a single field of study (let alone a magazine article). But the growing science of play does have much to add to the conversation. Armed with research grounded in evolutionary biology and exper... |
<urn:uuid:316c7af5-14e1-4d0b-9576-753e17ef2cc5>_5 | first place. Scientists who study play, in animals and humans alike, are developing a consensus view that play is something more than a way for restless kids to work off steam; more than a way for chubby kids to burn off calories; more than a frivolous luxury. Play, in their view, is a central part of neurological grow... |
<urn:uuid:a3e140cd-7f25-48c9-a2f0-a7d0b1954e0d>_0 | How do you get HIV? HIV can be passed on when infected bodily fluid, such as blood or semen, is passed into an uninfected person. Semen is the liquid which is released from a man's penis during sex which carries sperm. It can be infected with HIV or AIDS when someone is HIV positive or is carrying the AIDS virus. This ... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_0 | CTComms sends on average 2 million emails monthly on behalf of over 125 different charities and not for profits. Take the complexity of technology and stir in the complexity of the legal system and what do you get? Software licenses! If you've ever attempted to read one you know how true this is, but you have to know a... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_1 | head, check out Categories of Free and Non-Free Software which includes a helpful diagram. Free vs Proprietary: When you hear the phrase "free software" or "free software license," "free" is referring to your rights and permissions ("free as in freedom" or "free as in free speech"). In other words, a free software lice... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_2 | there's not much difference between "free software," "open source software," and "FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software)." In other words, you'll hear these terms used interchangeably, and the proponents of free software and the supporters of open-source software agree with one another on most issues. However, the offici... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_3 | freedoms of a free software license, but adds one restriction. Under a copyleft license, you have to release any modifications under the same terms as the original software. In effect, this blocks companies and developers who want to alter free software and then make their altered version proprietary. In practice, almo... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_4 | (usually small utilities at sites such as Tucows.com) that you can download and install without paying. However, you don't have the right to view the source code, and you may not have the right to copy and redistribute the software. In other words, freeware is proprietary software. Shareware is even more restrictive. I... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_5 | seal the agreement, that contract usually replaces or supersedes the EULA. Most major vendors of proprietary software offer some type of bulk purchasing and volume licensing mechanism. The terms vary widely, but if you order enough software to qualify, the benefits in terms of cost and convenience are significant. Also... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_6 | Easier tracking of licenses. Keeping track of how many licenses you own, and how many copies you've actually installed, is a tedious, difficult task. Many volume licensing programs provide an online account which is automatically updated when you obtain or activate a copy of that company's software. These accounts can ... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_7 | software from TechSoup or other software distributors who work with not-for-profits, you may need to go to the eOpen Web site to locate your Volume license keys. For more information, check out the TechSoup Donation Recipient's Guide to the Microsoft eOpen Web Site. Always check TechSoup Stock first to see if there's a... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_8 | program and also Adobe Solutions for Nonprofits for other discounts available to not-for-profits. For more software-hunting tips, see A Quick Guide to Discounted Software Programs. Pay close attention to the options and licensing requirements when you acquire server-based software. You might need two different types of... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_9 | server-based applications, and the licensing terms are slightly different for each one. Fortunately, there are common license types and licensing structures across different products. In other words, while a User CAL (Client Access License) for Windows Server is distinct from a User CAL for SharePoint Server, the under... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_10 | licenses on a per-user basis (for example, User CALs) or per-device basis (for example, Device CALs). The license required to install and run most server applications usually comes bundled with the software itself. So you can install and run most applications "out of the box," as long as you have the right number of cl... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_11 | products, including Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, require client access licenses for all authenticated internal users (for example, employees, contractors, volunteers, etc.). On the other hand, SQL Server 2008 and other products don't require any client licenses. Read the product description at CTXchange... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_12 | single CAL assigned to them can access the server software from as many devices as they want (for example, desktop computers, laptops, smartphones, etc.). User CALs are a popular licensing option. Device CALs: Device CALs allow access to all instances of a particular server application from a single device (for example... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_13 | products, not when you acquire the CALs. The CALs themselves don't have any mode designation, so you can use either a User CAL or a Device CAL in either mode. Per seat mode is the default mode, and the one used most frequently. The description of User CALs and Device CALs above describes the typical per seat mode. In "... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_14 | software. There are ways to automate the tracking of software licenses indirectly, but the server software can't refuse access to a user or device on licensing grounds. The licenses don't leave any "digital footprint" that the server software can read. An exception to this occurs when you license Windows Server in per ... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_15 | Internet Information Server (IIS), Microsoft's Web serving software, you don't need a client license for any of those anonymous users. If you have any authenticated external users who access services on your Windows-based servers, you can obtain CALs to cover their licensing requirements. However, the External Connecto... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_16 | devices. In other words, if you have an ECL, you still have to get a CAL for all employees and contractors. Even though Terminal Services (TS) is built into Windows Server 2003 and 2008, you need to get a separate TS CAL for each client (i.e. each user or each device) that will access Terminal Services in your organisa... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_17 | types of server management licenses – standard and enterprise. You need one or the other but not both. There are also special licensing requirements if you're managing virtual instances of Windows operating systems. For more information, see TechSoup's Guide to System Center Products and Licensing and Microsoft's white... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_18 | run simultaneously on a single physical server. Every time you install a Microsoft application, whether on a physical hardware system or a virtual hardware system, you create an "instance" of that application. The number of "instances" of particular application that you can run using a single license varies from produc... |
<urn:uuid:c337bcd8-6aa1-4f2d-8c48-b916442ebbee>_19 | working at Washington State Library as a technology consultant and technology trainer, and at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as a technology trainer and tech support analyst. He received his M.L.S. from the University of Michigan in 1997. Originally posted here. Copyright © 2009 CompuMentor. This work is publish... |
<urn:uuid:c0b175bb-65fb-420e-a881-a80b91d00ecd>_0 | Hold the salt: UCLA engineers develop revolutionary new desalination membrane Process uses atmospheric pressure plasma to create filtering 'brush layer' Desalination can become more economical and used as a viable alternate water resource. By Wileen Wong Kromhout Originally published in UCLA Newsroom Researchers from t... |
<urn:uuid:c0b175bb-65fb-420e-a881-a80b91d00ecd>_1 | desalination uses high pressure to force polluted water through the pores of a membrane. While water molecules pass through the pores, mineral salt ions, bacteria and other impurities cannot. Over time, these particles build up on the membrane's surface, leading to clogging and membrane damage. This scaling and fouling... |
<urn:uuid:c0b175bb-65fb-420e-a881-a80b91d00ecd>_2 | anti-scaling property, which can increase membrane life and decrease operational costs, is superior to existing commercial membranes." The new membrane was synthesized through a three-step process. First, researchers synthesized a polyamide thin-film composite membrane using conventional interfacial polymerization. Nex... |
<urn:uuid:c0b175bb-65fb-420e-a881-a80b91d00ecd>_3 | chemical and biomolecular engineering and a corresponding author of the study. "It wasn't practical for large-scale commercialization because thousands of meters of membranes could not be synthesized in a vacuum chamber. It's too costly. But now, with the advent of atmospheric pressure plasma, we don't even need to ini... |
<urn:uuid:c0b175bb-65fb-420e-a881-a80b91d00ecd>_4 | move back and forth with the current or water flow," Cohen said. "So imagine that you have this varied structure with continuous movement. Protein or bacteria need to be able to anchor to multiple spots on the membrane to attach themselves to the surface — a task which is extremely difficult to attain due to the consta... |
<urn:uuid:c0b175bb-65fb-420e-a881-a80b91d00ecd>_5 | membrane selection system for different water sources that have different fouling tendencies," Lin said. "With such knowledge, one can optimize the membrane surface properties with different polymer brush layers to delay or prevent the onset of membrane fouling and scaling. "The cost of desalination will therefore decr... |
<urn:uuid:c0b175bb-65fb-420e-a881-a80b91d00ecd>_6 | for this is simple: If we are to accelerate the transfer of knowledge technology from the university to the real world, where those solutions are needed, we have to make sure we address the real issues. This also provides our students with a tremendous opportunity to work with industry, government and local agencies." ... |
<urn:uuid:373cc951-d17e-4d57-b0f5-122effe3a054>_0 | Not Just for Kids The Hunt for Falling Leaves... Nature's Color on the Ground by Mary Catherine Ball Being a reporter, I am always looking for an adventure. Last week, I found one. I left work to go on a simple journey, but it turned out to be much more. First, I crossed a mud-ridden stream. Then, I came face to face w... |
<urn:uuid:373cc951-d17e-4d57-b0f5-122effe3a054>_1 | had five of the leaves analyzed. I had found the leaves from an oak, a beech, a sweet gum tree and more. Now, I invite you to make this journey. Narrow body with pointy edges Narrow body with pointy edges May grow berries Good for sap & color 3 distinct leafs May grow nuts This is your task... Travel to the deep, dark ... |
<urn:uuid:373cc951-d17e-4d57-b0f5-122effe3a054>_2 | Brainy, Annap. Harb. Ctr.: 410/266-1447. Tiny Tots Fall for Nature Tues. Oct 12 (10:30am-noon) Three- to five-year-olds (and their adult) hike into the woods to hear autumn stories, gather leaves and make a craft. Bring a bag lunch to enjoy w/apple cider @ King's Landing Park, Huntingtown. $3 rsvp: 800/735-2258. Spooky... |
<urn:uuid:373cc951-d17e-4d57-b0f5-122effe3a054>_3 | categories are 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 years. Place winners win nature books or statues. All art forms accepted. Take your masterpiece to Wild Bird Center, Annapolis Harbour Center: 410/573-0345. Tiny Tots get in Touch with Mother Nature Sat. Oct 16 (10-10:30am) Tiny tots (2-3 w/adult) learn nature by touch, feeling the many... |
<urn:uuid:78cbe1bd-1849-4138-b59a-5521e93122a3>_0 | The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft is expected to discover its 1,000TH comet this summer. The SOHO spacecraft is a joint effort between NASA and the European Space Agency. It has accounted for approximately one-half of all comet discoveries with computed orbits in the history of astronomy. "Before... |
<urn:uuid:78cbe1bd-1849-4138-b59a-5521e93122a3>_1 | Earth's star. The Kreutz sun grazers pass within 500,000 miles of the star's visible surface. Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, is about 36 million miles from the solar surface. SOHO has also been used to discover three other well-populated comet groups: the Meyer, with at least 55 members; Marsden, with at least... |
<urn:uuid:78cbe1bd-1849-4138-b59a-5521e93122a3>_2 | Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument. LASCO is used to observe the faint, multimillion-degree outer atmosphere of the sun, called the corona. A disk in the instrument is used to make an artificial eclipse, blocking direct light from the sun, so the much fainter corona can be seen. Sun grazing comets are discovered when they ... |
<urn:uuid:a63f6870-f496-4355-adfd-f3296c1577e5>_0 | Bolivia: Coca-chewing protest outside US embassy Indigenous activists in Bolivia have been holding a mass coca-chewing protest as part of campaign to end an international ban on the practice. Hundreds of people chewed the leaf outside the US embassy in La Paz and in other cities across the country. Bolivia wants to ame... |
<urn:uuid:a63f6870-f496-4355-adfd-f3296c1577e5>_1 | of the convention coming into effect in 1964. Bolivia says that is discriminatory, given that coca use is so deeply rooted in the indigenous culture of the Andes.Eradication The US is opposed to changing the UN convention because it says it would weaken the fight against cocaine production. In a statement, the US embas... |
<urn:uuid:a63f6870-f496-4355-adfd-f3296c1577e5>_2 | Colombia, and much of its coca crop is used to make the illegal drug. Bolivian President Evo Morales has long advocated the recognition of coca as a plant of great medicinal, cultural and religious importance that is distinct from cocaine. As well as being Bolivia's first indigenous head of state, Mr Morales is also a ... |
<urn:uuid:0428aaca-1b84-4407-9b6f-93b230a692b3>_0 | Breaking the COX code Using the team approach Editor’s Note: This story, first published in 2004, has been updated. Prostaglandins, which were first isolated from the prostate gland in 1936, are very rapidly metabolized, or broken down, making measurement in the blood difficult. Researchers at Vanderbilt led by John Oa... |
<urn:uuid:0428aaca-1b84-4407-9b6f-93b230a692b3>_1 | prostaglandin made by platelets that causes blood clotting and constriction of blood vessels. Their findings supported the use of low dose aspirin to prevent heart attacks. In the early 1990s, Vanderbilt researchers led by Ray DuBois, M.D., Ph.D., discovered a link between the COX-2 enzyme and colon cancer. That work h... |
<urn:uuid:0428aaca-1b84-4407-9b6f-93b230a692b3>_2 | enzymes also may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. In addition to prostaglandins, the COX pathway can lead to the production of highly reactive molecular compounds called levuglandins, which, in turn, can form “adducts,” or irreversible attachments to proteins that may be toxic to nerve cells. Also in 2004, Oates and... |
<urn:uuid:6665d40b-fee1-4353-8a03-3268af4a76bb>_0 | Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2012 June 23 Explanation: As seen from Frösön island in northern Sweden the Sun did set a day after the summer solstice. From that location below th... |
<urn:uuid:d55ba202-34fa-4fe6-b6ae-698c282eb244>_0 | Network With Us Join us on Facebook to get the latest news and updates. Lauren Boulden's Story Using Think-Alouds to Get Inside Langston Hughes' Head Over my past few years of teaching, there have been multiple occasions where I have been stumped on how to present a particular concept to my students. I've always been a... |
<urn:uuid:d55ba202-34fa-4fe6-b6ae-698c282eb244>_1 | of the details, I realized I could develop some additional skills, which would fit perfectly into the scope and sequence of my class. After completing the think-aloud to "Dream Variation," I broke students into selected groups. Each group was given a different Langston Hughes poem and asked to complete a think-aloud. T... |
<urn:uuid:d55ba202-34fa-4fe6-b6ae-698c282eb244>_2 | simple lesson of working with poems and think-alouds turned into a few days of group communication, text deciphering, inferences, and even an author study! Without great lessons available on ReadWriteThink.org, such as "Building Reading Comprehension Through Think-Alouds," my students would never have been able to tack... |
<urn:uuid:be22c535-4fcb-4d7e-9507-2ace71b51909>_0 | King James II of England (who was also James VII of Scotland) inherited the throne in 1685 upon the death of his brother, Charles II. James II was unpopular because of his attempts to increase the power of the monarchy and restore the Catholic faith. Deposed in the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688-89, he fled to France. H... |
<urn:uuid:be22c535-4fcb-4d7e-9507-2ace71b51909>_1 | his conversion to Catholicism, and his correspondence with William of Orange. A Court in Exile: The Stuarts in France, 1689-1718 by Edward Corp. After James II was deposed, he established his court in France. The book describes his court and the close relationships between the British and French royal families. King in... |
<urn:uuid:be22c535-4fcb-4d7e-9507-2ace71b51909>_2 | sometimes available from Alibris. The Countess and the King: A Novel of the Countess of Dorchester and King James II by Susan Holloway Scott. Novel about Katherine Sedley, a royal mistress forced to make the most perilous of choices: to remain loyal to the king, or to England. The Crown for a Lie by Jane Lane. Novel ab... |
<urn:uuid:3cd46b83-2936-49a0-9b1f-a7fc2baa9e50>_0 | RWJF Priority: Use pricing strategies—both incentives and disincentives—to promote the purchase of healthier foods Prices can significantly affect family food choices and are emerging as an important strategy in the movement to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. For example, when healthy foods like fruits and vege... |
<urn:uuid:672e69ee-fd10-42dc-8e01-f4fde95914a0>_0 | This section provides primary sources that document how Indian and European men and one English and one Indian woman have described the practice of sati, or the self-immolation of Hindu widows. Although they are all critical of self-immolation, Francois Bernier, Fanny Parks, Lord William Bentinck, and Rev. England pres... |
<urn:uuid:672e69ee-fd10-42dc-8e01-f4fde95914a0>_1 | of colonial officials. Finally, a comparison between the Fanny Parks and the three men should raise discussion on whether or not the gender and social status of the writer made any difference in his or her appraisal of the practice of self-immolation. The three sources by Indian men and one by an Indian woman illustrat... |
<urn:uuid:672e69ee-fd10-42dc-8e01-f4fde95914a0>_2 | reform Hindu customs with the assistance of British legislation. Roy illustrates one of the many ways in which Indians collaborate with British political power in order to secure change within Indian society. He also enabled the British to counter the arguments of orthodox Hindus about the scriptural basis for the legi... |
<urn:uuid:672e69ee-fd10-42dc-8e01-f4fde95914a0>_3 | influenced her discussion of sati. Two key issues should be emphasized. First, both Indian supporters and European and Indian opponents of the practice of self-immolation argue their positions on the bodies of Hindu women, and all the men involved appeal to Hindu scriptures to legitimate their support or opposition. Se... |
<urn:uuid:672e69ee-fd10-42dc-8e01-f4fde95914a0>_4 | gender or nationality of the observer or time period in which they were observed? - How are the brahman priests who preside at the self-immolation portrayed in Indian and European sources? What might account for any similarities and differences? - What reasons are used to deter Hindu widows from committing sati? What d... |
<urn:uuid:672e69ee-fd10-42dc-8e01-f4fde95914a0>_5 | they claim to represent? What is their justification for the ritual of self-immolation? What is their attitude toward the Mughal empire whose Muslim rulers had preceded the British? What is their characterization of the petitioners toward those Hindus who support the prohibition on sati? How do the petitioners envision... |
<urn:uuid:672e69ee-fd10-42dc-8e01-f4fde95914a0>_6 | opponents give for widows who tried to escape from their husbands’ pyres? - What are the reasons that Lord Bentinck and his Executive Council cite for their decision to declare the practice of sati illegal? Are the arguments similar to or different from his arguments in his minute a month earlier? What do these reasons... |
<urn:uuid:c63d3de8-6d63-4687-b45d-41b137a97594>_0 | March 30, 2012 CDC Releases New Report on Autism Prevalence in U.S. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health contributed to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that estimates the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) as affecting 1 in 88 U.S. children overall,... |
<urn:uuid:c63d3de8-6d63-4687-b45d-41b137a97594>_1 | autistic disorder, Asperger disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). ASDs encompass a wide spectrum of conditions, all of which affect communication, social and behavioral skills. The causes of these developmental disorders are not completely understood, although studies show th... |
<urn:uuid:c63d3de8-6d63-4687-b45d-41b137a97594>_2 | extent and distribution of ASDs in the U.S. population, to promote better planning for health and educational services, and to inform the further development of research on the causes, progression, and treatments. “We continue observing increases in prevalence since the inception of the project in 2000,” said Li-Ching ... |
<urn:uuid:c63d3de8-6d63-4687-b45d-41b137a97594>_3 | 14 participating states, with Utah having the the highest overall rate (1 in 47) and Alabama the lowest (1 in 210). Across all sites, nearly five times as many boys as girls are affected. Additionally, growing numbers of minority children are being diagnosed, with a 91 percent increase among black non-Hispanic children... |
<urn:uuid:c63d3de8-6d63-4687-b45d-41b137a97594>_4 | Harford and Howard counties, as well as clinical sources such as Kennedy Krieger Institute, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, and University of Maryland Medical System. While the report focuses on the numbers, its authors acknowledge that the reasons for the increase are not completely understood and that more researc... |
<urn:uuid:c63d3de8-6d63-4687-b45d-41b137a97594>_5 | data tell us with certainty – there are more children and families that need help,” said CDC Director Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH. Researchers also identified the median age of ASD diagnosis, documented in records. In Maryland, that age was 5 years and 6 months, compared with 4 years, 6 months nationally. Across all sites,... |
<urn:uuid:c183066d-32a9-42eb-91b6-191fdb0980c2>_0 | - Yes, this is a good time to plant native grass seed in the ground. You may have to supplement with irrigation if the rains stop before the seeds have germinated and made good root growth. - Which grasses should I plant? The wonderful thing about California is that we have so many different ecosystems; the challenging... |
<urn:uuid:c183066d-32a9-42eb-91b6-191fdb0980c2>_1 | our pamphlet Distribution of Native Grasses of California, by Alan Beetle, $7.50. - Also reference local floras of your area, available through the California Native Plant Society. Container growing: We grow seedlings in pots throughout the season, but ideal planning for growing your own plants in pots is to sow six mo... |
<urn:uuid:c183066d-32a9-42eb-91b6-191fdb0980c2>_2 | will be reporting on the experiences and opinions of Marin ranchers Peggy Rathmann and John Wick, who are working with UC Berkeley researcher Wendy Silver on a study of carbon sequestration and bunchgrasses. So far, it’s very promising. But more on that later. For now, I’ll end with a quote from Peggy, who grows, eats,... |
<urn:uuid:c2dcc337-4538-4bf9-8838-d2005b03e76d>_0 | I’m struggling a bit to teach my children to pack for themselves. I want them to learn how to be self-reliant, but I also want to make sure they have everything they need for the day. If I don’t triple check every detail, they’re likely to be fully prepared for snack time but missing important papers or sports equipmen... |
<urn:uuid:c2dcc337-4538-4bf9-8838-d2005b03e76d>_1 | crucial, and most importantly, when things aren’t crucial (e.g. do they have the right uniform packed), letting them fail. Nothing teaches quite like experience. As you let go of the reigns a bit, here are some more ideas to guide you. • Planning Starts the Night Before. Mornings are not the right time to teach your ch... |
<urn:uuid:c2dcc337-4538-4bf9-8838-d2005b03e76d>_2 | and then go through the items. Don’t criticize or watch over the task being done. Accept that the task will not be done exactly the way you would do it but recognize that as long as it is accomplished and done on time, that it is okay. In the beginning, be prepared to patiently ask and answer a lot of questions! Why do... |
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<urn:uuid:cc2f6ff5-32a8-4803-8794-bd3c0c07dc53>_1 | second respectively. These figures are measures of the amount of information recorded by the mouse's sensor. The greater the amount of information that is gathered, the more accurately and precisely the surface can be tracked. To detect movement, optical and laser mice use sensors to read beams of light as they are ref... |
<urn:uuid:cc2f6ff5-32a8-4803-8794-bd3c0c07dc53>_2 | an increasing number of keyboards and mice are using USB ports. Radio Frequency (RF) is a wireless communication technology. Using RF technology allows keyboards and mice to computers without annoying cables. The USB (Universal Serial Bus) port is a popular I/O interface used for connecting computers and peripherals or... |
<urn:uuid:c9bd6a3e-3426-45f4-8eec-ef2af2ae747f>_0 | exactly located (exactlyLocated) The actual, minimal location of an Object. This is a subrelation of the more general Predicate SUMO / BASE-ONTOLOGY Related WordNet synsets - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" Agar obj is part... |
<urn:uuid:566c0f69-f932-4d46-abcd-00f058076cf6>_0 | Reishiki - the external expression of respect In Iaido dojo you will practice with a wooden sword (Bokken), or a training sword (Iaito), or even a real Japanese sword with a cutting blade (Katana). There will be numerous people practicing, all in one room. Following the rules of etiquette ensures that no one gets injur... |
<urn:uuid:566c0f69-f932-4d46-abcd-00f058076cf6>_1 | gestures. - Be on time. - Do not make class wait. - Finger and toe nails must be cut short and all jewelry removed. - Remove shoes before entering. - A sword should be untied and held in the right hand. - Step directly in to the dojo. - Do not block doorway. - Stop and bow to Shinzen. - Avoid drawing or pointing a swor... |
<urn:uuid:8026eb8e-2045-4425-bfb5-1eb355f7472a>_0 | - Enter a word for the dictionary definition. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48: Nectarine \Nec`tar*ine"\ (n[e^]k`t[~e]r*[=e]n"), n. [Cf. F. nectarine. See Nectar.] (Bot.) A smooth-skinned variety of peach. [1913 Webster] Spanish nectarine, the plumlike fruit of the West Indian tree Chry... |
<urn:uuid:4fafe4c1-2dd0-49fd-8b1b-41d1829f7cdf>_0 | Throughout life there are many times when outside influences change or influence decision-making. The young child has inner motivation to learn and explore, but as he matures, finds outside sources to be a motivating force for development, as well. Along with being a beneficial influence, there are moments when peer pr... |
<urn:uuid:4fafe4c1-2dd0-49fd-8b1b-41d1829f7cdf>_1 | child sees something that catches his attention, he retains the information, attempts to reproduce it, and then feels motivated to continue the behavior if it is met with success. Observational learning and peer pressure are two different things – one being the observing of behaviors and then the child attempting to re... |
<urn:uuid:4fafe4c1-2dd0-49fd-8b1b-41d1829f7cdf>_2 | when the teen’s friends are around. Compared to adults in the study, teenagers were much more likely to take risks they would not normally take on their own when with friends. Brain signals were more activated in the reward center of the brain, firing greatest during at risk behaviors. Peer pressure can be difficult fo... |
<urn:uuid:4fafe4c1-2dd0-49fd-8b1b-41d1829f7cdf>_3 | communicate with other brain regions. This helps the young adult to develop judgment and self-control needed to resist peer pressure. Along with the frontal lobes contributing to the brain and peer pressure, other studies find that the prefrontal cortex plays a role in how teens respond to peer pressure. Just as with t... |
<urn:uuid:4fafe4c1-2dd0-49fd-8b1b-41d1829f7cdf>_4 | time for the child to separate and learn how to be his own individual is important. It is hard to let go and allow the child to make mistakes for himself, especially when you want to offer input or change plans and actions, but allowing the child to go down his own path is important. As an adult, offering a helping han... |
<urn:uuid:4fafe4c1-2dd0-49fd-8b1b-41d1829f7cdf>_5 | reassure him that it can be accomplished without feeling guilty or losing self-confidence. Stay Involved: Keep family dinner as a priority, make time each week for a family meeting or game time, and plan family outings and vacations regularly. Spending quality time with kids models positive behavior and offers lots of ... |
<urn:uuid:5bf543a8-f7b4-40fe-ba47-2b49b4e5396f>_0 | Ptosis Correction Surgery: Ptosis Correction Surgery India offers information on Ptosis Correction Surgery in India, Ptosis Correction Surgery cost India, Ptosis Correction Surgery hospital in India, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad & Bangalore, Ptosis Correction Surgeon in India. Ptosis is the medical term for droopi... |
<urn:uuid:5bf543a8-f7b4-40fe-ba47-2b49b4e5396f>_1 | elevating the upper eyelid. In adults ptosis is generally due to weakening / dehiscence of the levator muscle. It may also occur following injury to the muscle as after lid injuries and eye surgeries. Rarely it may be due to myasthenia gravis ( a condition where there is progressive weakness of muscles). Why should Pto... |
<urn:uuid:5bf543a8-f7b4-40fe-ba47-2b49b4e5396f>_2 | field of vision by the drooping upper lid. How is Ptosis treated? The eye condition Ptosis is trated by a specified sugery called ptosis surgery. Ptosis is treated surgically, with the specific operation based on the severity of the ptosis and the strength of the levator muscle. If the ptosis is not severe, surgery is ... |
<urn:uuid:5bf543a8-f7b4-40fe-ba47-2b49b4e5396f>_3 | Antibiotic ointments applied to the incision are sometimes recommended. The elevation of the eyelid will often be immediately noticeable, though in some cases bruising and swelling will obscure this finding. Most patients will have sutures that need removing about a week following surgery. In children, absorbable sutur... |
<urn:uuid:f8131c7f-1b2a-41bd-9eaa-951dad06e313>_0 | Vol. 17 Issue 6 One-Legged (Single Limb) Stance Test The One-Legged Stance Test (OLST)1,2 is a simple, easy and effective method to screen for balance impairments in the older adult population. You may be asking yourself, "how can standing on one leg provide you with any information about balance, after all, we do not ... |
<urn:uuid:f8131c7f-1b2a-41bd-9eaa-951dad06e313>_1 | and dress. As we know, the gait cycle requires a certain amount of single limb support in order to be able to progress ourselves along in a normal pattern. When the dynamics of the cycle are disrupted, loss of balance leading to falls may occur. This is especially true in older individuals whose gait cycle is altered d... |
<urn:uuid:f8131c7f-1b2a-41bd-9eaa-951dad06e313>_2 | instructed to stand on one leg without support of the upper extremities or bracing of the unweighted leg against the stance leg. The patient begins the test with the eyes open, practicing once or twice on each side with his gaze fixed straight ahead. The patient is then instructed to close his eyes and maintain balance... |
<urn:uuid:f8131c7f-1b2a-41bd-9eaa-951dad06e313>_3 | and nondominant legs. Given the results of this data, there appears to be some difference in whether individuals use their dominant versus their nondominant leg in the youngest and oldest age groups. When using this test, having patients choose what leg they would like to stand on would be appropriate as you want to re... |
<urn:uuid:f8131c7f-1b2a-41bd-9eaa-951dad06e313>_4 | Balance Scale9 utilize unsupported single limb stance times of 10 seconds and 5 seconds respectively, for older individuals to be considered to have "normal" balance. Thirty percent to 60 percent of community-dwelling elderly individuals fall each year, with many experiencing multiple falls.10 Because falls are the lea... |
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