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<urn:uuid:a244d012-82a0-4c3c-8ce5-37d705085e34>_2 | state legislature several times. By night, he was a computer-programming instructor; by day, he was Arizona’s "Mr. Initiative." Kromko’s first petition was a referendum drive to stop a Tucson city council ordinance banning topless dancing, arguing for free speech. In 1976 Kromko was among the handful of Arizonans who, ... |
<urn:uuid:a244d012-82a0-4c3c-8ce5-37d705085e34>_3 | The legislature, faced with the initiative, acted to repeal the tax. After the food tax victory, Kromko turned to voter registration reform. Again the legislature was unresponsive, so he launched an initiative petition. He narrowly missed getting enough signatures in 1980, and he failed to win re-election that year. Un... |
<urn:uuid:a244d012-82a0-4c3c-8ce5-37d705085e34>_4 | now under the leadership of Les Miller, a Phoenix attorney, and the state Democratic Party, gained ballot placement and voter approval. In the ensuing four years, this "Motor Voter" initiative increased by over 10 percent the proportion of Arizona’s eligible population who were registered to vote. Late legislative care... |
<urn:uuid:a244d012-82a0-4c3c-8ce5-37d705085e34>_5 | qualified their measure for the ballot, and won voter approval for it in November 1985. Arizona’s moneyed interests poured funds into a campaign to unseat Kromko in 1986. Kromko not only survived but also fought back by supporting a statewide initiative to limit campaign contributions, sponsored by his colleague in the... |
<urn:uuid:a244d012-82a0-4c3c-8ce5-37d705085e34>_6 | negotiated with the legislature for passage of a similar bill. When initiative backers had enough signatures to put their measure on the ballot, the legislature bowed to the pressure and passed Babbitt's bill. Even today, Kromko is still active in politics, writing letters to the editor about immigration policies. Peti... |
<urn:uuid:a244d012-82a0-4c3c-8ce5-37d705085e34>_7 | were worried about "ballot fatigue" or overuse of the initiative system. This led to legislators considering steps to limit or otherwise exert more control over the initiative process. Ironically, any attempt to alter the initiative and referendum process would require an amendment to the state constitution, and thus i... |
<urn:uuid:a244d012-82a0-4c3c-8ce5-37d705085e34>_8 | Phoenix New Times, "Citizen initiatives have been kicked off the ballot this year in record numbers, and the problems could go much deeper than invalid signatures", August 21, 2008 - ↑ Legislators seeking more control over initiatives, Arizona Republic, Feb. 13, 2007 - ↑ History of Arizona's initiative - ↑ Citizen Lawm... |
<urn:uuid:7ab562e2-c61b-4988-9c51-24c5b3cb1d20>_0 | General Chemistry/Periodicity and Electron Configurations Blocks of the Periodic Table The Periodic Table does more than just list the elements. The word periodic means that in each row, or period, there is a pattern of characteristics in the elements. This is because the elements are listed in part by their electron c... |
<urn:uuid:7ab562e2-c61b-4988-9c51-24c5b3cb1d20>_1 | and react with metals. The s and p blocks make up the main-group elements, also known as representative elements. The d-block, which is the largest, consists of transition metals such as copper, iron, and gold. The f-block, on the bottom, contains rarer metals including uranium. Elements in the same Group or Family hav... |
<urn:uuid:7ab562e2-c61b-4988-9c51-24c5b3cb1d20>_2 | (opposites attract, likes repel). Shielding Effect The shielding (or screening) effect is similar to effective nuclear charge. The core electrons repel the valence electrons to some degree. The more electron shells there are (a new shell for each row in the periodic table), the greater the shielding effect is. Essentia... |
<urn:uuid:7ab562e2-c61b-4988-9c51-24c5b3cb1d20>_3 | particles attract or repel each other. It is , where is the amount of charge (+1e for protons, -1e for electrons), is the distance between them, and is a constant. You can see that doubling the distance would quarter the force. Also, a large number of protons would attract an electron with much more force than just a f... |
<urn:uuid:7ab562e2-c61b-4988-9c51-24c5b3cb1d20>_4 | stable elements. Some elements before bismuth are radioactive, however. Atomic Radius Leaving out the noble gases, atomic radii are larger on the left side of the periodic chart and are progressively smaller as you move to the right across the period. Conversely, as you move down the group, radii increase. Atomic radii... |
<urn:uuid:7ab562e2-c61b-4988-9c51-24c5b3cb1d20>_5 | energy is the energy required to strip an electron from the atom (when in the gas state). Ionization energy is also a periodic trend within the periodic table organization. Moving left to right within a period or upward within a group, the first ionization energy generally increases. As the atomic radius decreases, it ... |
<urn:uuid:7ab562e2-c61b-4988-9c51-24c5b3cb1d20>_6 | strength of the electron binding; the greater the ionization energy, the more difficult it is to remove an electron. The ionization energy may be an indicator of the reactivity of an element. Elements with a low ionization energy tend to be reducing agents and form cations, which in turn combine with anions to form sal... |
<urn:uuid:7ab562e2-c61b-4988-9c51-24c5b3cb1d20>_7 | they are already in a stable configuration, and adding an electron would decrease stability. Electron affinity occurs due to the same reasons as ionization energy. Electronegativity is how much an atom attracts electrons within a bond. It is measured on a scale with fluorine at 4.0 and francium at 0.7. Electronegativit... |
<urn:uuid:7ab562e2-c61b-4988-9c51-24c5b3cb1d20>_8 | colorless, and poor conductors. They are brittle when solid, and many are gases at STP. Metals give away their valence electrons when bonding, whereas non-metals take electrons. The metals are towards the left and center of the periodic table—in the s-block, d-block, and f-block . Poor metals and metalloids (somewhat m... |
<urn:uuid:0f78d82f-b865-4b55-ace2-dd4fb2425460>_0 | Cori spezzati (kor' ee spetz ah' tee), Italian for "separated choirs," is the term used to describe a musical composition that uses spatial effects to emphasize the interplay between its various voices. Typically, this means placing two or more choirs or groups of instruments in various places around a performance spac... |
<urn:uuid:0f78d82f-b865-4b55-ace2-dd4fb2425460>_1 | is too echoey, the interplay among the groups just becomes muddled. If it's just moderately echoey, though, it sounds great.) And even in concert halls which meet these specifications, there's a certain awkwardness to the idea of putting half the ensemble onstage and sending the rest up to the balcony or (as I have see... |
<urn:uuid:0f78d82f-b865-4b55-ace2-dd4fb2425460>_2 | Mark's Basilica in Venice, began experimenting with the idea of separating his choirs and putting them in different places around the church. Gabrieli is considered to be the father of cori spezzati, and probably the only composer to write a serious volume of work in this style. He wrote both choral and instrumental pi... |
<urn:uuid:6d0fc7ed-1e2e-42ce-97d8-cae14228fa3a>_0 | Most people still think of Web sites such as Google as places to go. Wrong. That's the old media model. In reality, every click is a command for some computer somewhere in the world. (...) Indeed, CEO Eric Schmidt says that Google essentially is a huge, distributed supercomputer "doing all sorts of things over a fiber-... |
<urn:uuid:904fe78e-1aa3-4ae2-82a8-987d562d6f4a>_0 | One of the greatest composers of all time, Franz JosephHaydn made an enormous contribution in the creation and development of virtually all musical forms and genres. 1760, Haydn was appointed the official musician for the Esterhazy Princes. Only in 1790, Haydn was released and allowed to travel. Haydn went to London wh... |
<urn:uuid:995ec683-d967-4f36-82d9-547c9ea3d646>_0 | Since 1993, RAN’s Protect-an-Acre program (PAA) has distributed more than one million dollars in grants to more than 150 frontline communities, Indigenous-led organizations, and allies, helping their efforts to secure protection for millions of acres of traditional territory in forests around the world. Rainforest Acti... |
<urn:uuid:995ec683-d967-4f36-82d9-547c9ea3d646>_1 | extractive industry mega-projects and the effects of global climate change. That’s why Protect-an-Acre provides small grants to community-based organizations, Indigenous federations and small NGOs that are fighting to protect millions of acres of forest and keep millions of tons of CO2 in the ground. Our grants support... |
<urn:uuid:995ec683-d967-4f36-82d9-547c9ea3d646>_2 | buy-an-acre program. It is not uncommon for loggers, oil and gas companies, cattle ranchers, and miners to illegally extract resources from so-called “protected” areas. Traditional forest communities are often the best stewards of the land because their way of life depends upon the health of their environment. A number... |
<urn:uuid:c76adb43-fdc6-442d-882e-b7781f7e7d83>_0 | Per Square Meter Warm-up: Relationships in Ecosystems (10 minutes) 1. Begin this lesson by presenting the powerpoint, “Per Square Meter”. 2. After the presentation, ask students to think of animal relationships that correspond to each of the following types; Competition, Predation, Parasitism, and Mutualism a. For exam... |
<urn:uuid:c76adb43-fdc6-442d-882e-b7781f7e7d83>_1 | are allowed to collect a few specimens from this area to show to the class. If students do not have jars, they can draw their observations. *See Reproducible #1 Activity Two: Who lives in our playground? (10 minutes) 1. After listing, collecting, and drawing specimens, students should return to the classroom and presen... |
<urn:uuid:c76adb43-fdc6-442d-882e-b7781f7e7d83>_2 | one of each type of relationship. For example, a bee on a flower is an example of mutualism because the nectar from the flower nourishes the bee and in return, the bee pollinates the flower. Activity Three: Humans and the Environment: Human Effect on one Square Meter (15 minutes) 1. Now that students have focused on th... |
<urn:uuid:c76adb43-fdc6-442d-882e-b7781f7e7d83>_3 | Trash is an invasive man-made product. Most trash is non-bio degradable and is harmful to the environment and to eco-system relations.Therefore, it is a harmful addition to the square meter. b. Who left the bottle there? Do you think they are still thinking about it? Did they leave it there on purpose? Why did they lea... |
<urn:uuid:c76adb43-fdc6-442d-882e-b7781f7e7d83>_4 | shelter or a perch for the eco-systems living organisms. d. Is there a difference between positive human-made products and negative ones? What are some examples of each? Answer: Yes, there is a difference between positive and negative human-made products. Positive products have minimal effect on the functioning of eco ... |
<urn:uuid:c76adb43-fdc6-442d-882e-b7781f7e7d83>_5 | arrows between illustrated components with written indications of the type of relationship exemplified. 4. Post the finished product in the classroom so that students can see the interconnectedness of the earth’s eco-systems. Extension: Exploring Aquatic Eco-Systems (On-going Activity) Students can explore another type... |
<urn:uuid:43ce7457-915e-4a8a-b78f-fca95b28656c>_0 | From the time of Aristotle (384-322 BC) until the late 1500’s, gravity was believed to act differently on different objects. - Drop a metal bar and a feather at the same time… which one hits the ground first? - Obviously, common sense will tell you that the bar will hit first, while the feather slowly flutters to the g... |
<urn:uuid:43ce7457-915e-4a8a-b78f-fca95b28656c>_1 | time, even though Aristotle would say that the heavier metal ball should hit first. - Galileo had shown that the different rates at which some objects fall is due to air resistance, a type of friction. - Get rid of friction (air resistance) and all objects will fall at the same rate. - Galileo said that the acceleratio... |
<urn:uuid:43ce7457-915e-4a8a-b78f-fca95b28656c>_2 | question the velocity upwards is positive, and I’ll keep it that way. That just means that I have to make sure that I use gravity as a negative number, since gravity always acts down. vf = vi + at = 56.3m/s + (-9.81m/s2)(4.52s) vf = 12.0 m/s This value is still positive, but smaller. The ball is slowing down as it rise... |
<urn:uuid:43ce7457-915e-4a8a-b78f-fca95b28656c>_3 | ball at 56.3 m/s again. Determine how fast is it going after 8.0s. We’re defining up as positive again. vf = vi + at = 56.3m/s + (-9.81m/s2)(8.0s) vf = -22 m/s Why did I get a negative answer? - The ball reached its maximum height, where it stopped, and then started to fall down. - Falling down means a negative velocit... |
<urn:uuid:43ce7457-915e-4a8a-b78f-fca95b28656c>_4 | as long to go up as it takes to come down. Example 4: I throw my ball up into the (again) at a velocity of 56.3 m/s. a) Determine how much time does it take to reach its maximum height. - It reaches its maximum height when its velocity is zero. We’ll use that as the final velocity. - Also, if we define up as positive, ... |
<urn:uuid:43ce7457-915e-4a8a-b78f-fca95b28656c>_5 | was going up. You might have heard people in movies say how many "gee’s" they were feeling. - All this means is that they are comparing the acceleration they are feeling to regular gravity. - So, right now, you are experiencing 1g… regular gravity. - During lift-off the astronauts in the space shuttle experience about ... |
<urn:uuid:6af83eea-e9c9-4bc3-83b0-3d1f7e904cd8>_0 | March 30, 2011 by Valerie Elkins The short answer is keizu. The longer answer is not so easy. There several reasons why it is difficult for those of Japanese ancestry living outside of Japan to trace their lineage. One of the main reasons is a lack of understanding of the language. I am not going to sugar coat it, lear... |
<urn:uuid:6af83eea-e9c9-4bc3-83b0-3d1f7e904cd8>_1 | male) - koseki tohon ~ certified copy which recorded everything from the original record. - koseki shohon ~ certified copy which recorded only parts from the original. - joseki ~ expired register in which all persons originally entered have been removed because of death, change of residence, etc. A joseki file is ordin... |
<urn:uuid:6af83eea-e9c9-4bc3-83b0-3d1f7e904cd8>_2 | do ~ urban prefecture (Hokkaido). Similar to ken. - fu ~ urban prefecture (Kyoto-fu, Osaka-fu) similar to ken. - ku ~ ward in some large cities (Sapparo, Sendai, Tokyo) divided in to town (cho). - cho ~ town - aza ~unorganized district - machi ~ town within a city (cho) or ward (ku), town within a county (gun). - chome... |
<urn:uuid:6af83eea-e9c9-4bc3-83b0-3d1f7e904cd8>_3 | grandchild - himago or souson ~ great-grandchild - oi ~ nephew - mei ~ niece - youshi ~ adopted child or son - youjo ~ adopted daughter - muko youshi ~ a man without sons may adopt his eldest daughter’s husband as his own son and the young man will take his wife’s surname and be listed on her family’s koseki - seimei o... |
<urn:uuid:e8e300fb-e9ef-4cfe-9773-9fb092292ed5>_0 | Writing An Acceptable Use Policy For Your School A helpful guide to creating an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for a school's use of services provided by the Internet. The author notes that an AUP is the most important document a school will create since it states the terms, conditions, and rules of Internet use determine... |
<urn:uuid:39e0755c-4a5a-471c-a088-b2ce1d366dc4>_0 | A Brief Description of Islam as the Shi'ites Believe 5- MONOTHEISM IS THE VERY SOUL OF ALL THE ISLAMIC COMMANDMENTS WE BELIEVE that one of the most important subjects of the knowledge of God, is the MONOTHEISM, i.e. the belief that there is but one God. As a matter of fact Monotheism (TOWHID) is not only a principle of... |
<urn:uuid:39e0755c-4a5a-471c-a088-b2ce1d366dc4>_1 | resurrection day. From this point of view the HOLY QURØ·N declares POLYTHEISM as an unforgiveable SIN:- "Allah does not forgive those who set up partners with Him, but He may forgive any sin inferior to that, of whom he wills. He that sets up CO-SHARERS with Allah is guilty of a SIN which is most heinous indeed." THE H... |
<urn:uuid:473a31c4-d44e-4ff8-bad9-6fb0119b23d4>_0 | What we ship things in makes a difference. Take the banana, for example. In 1876, at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, the banana was a delicacy (and very black). Millions of bunches could only be sent to U.S. shores if they were refrigerated. By 1901, as I describe in Econ 101 1/2, United Fruit was distributing ... |
<urn:uuid:473a31c4-d44e-4ff8-bad9-6fb0119b23d4>_1 | Journalist Marc Levinson says the result is more variety for consumers, lower freight bills, less shipping time, lower inventory costs and longer supply chains. This takes us back to yesterday’s supership post and the expansion of the Panama Canal. Larger ships mean more containers on board. The NY Times said that the ... |
<urn:uuid:b344255a-07df-484e-98b4-d3de751e2e8e>_0 | ASL Literature and Art This section is a collection of ASL storytelling, poetry, works of art, and other creative works. It also consists of posts on literary aspects of ASL. Speech language can convey sound effects in storytelling, whereas sign language can convey cinematic effects in storytelling. Poetry in sign lang... |
<urn:uuid:4a34ff65-989d-4bfb-bcf0-5455e0502e15>_0 | May 19, 2008 A vaccine created by University of Rochester Medical Center scientists prevents the development of Alzheimer's disease-like pathology in mice without causing inflammation or significant side effects. Vaccinated mice generated an immune response to the protein known as amyloid-beta peptide, which accumulate... |
<urn:uuid:4a34ff65-989d-4bfb-bcf0-5455e0502e15>_1 | pathologies and memory deficits," said William Bowers, associate professor of neurology and of microbiology and immunology at the Medical Center and lead author of the article. "The vaccinated mice not only performed better, we found no evidence of signature amyloid plaque in their brains." Alzheimer's is a progressive... |
<urn:uuid:4a34ff65-989d-4bfb-bcf0-5455e0502e15>_2 | centers in the brain. The mice that received the vaccines were genetically engineered to express large amounts of amyloid beta protein. They also harbored a mutation that causes the tau-related tangle pathology. Prior to the start of the vaccine study, the mice were trained to navigate a maze using spatial clues. They ... |
<urn:uuid:4a34ff65-989d-4bfb-bcf0-5455e0502e15>_3 | stripped of the viral genes that can cause disease or harm. They then load the virus container with the genetic code for amyloid beta and interleukin-4, a protein that stimulates immune responses involving type 2 T helper cells, which are lymphocytes that play an important role in the immune system. The research group ... |
<urn:uuid:4a34ff65-989d-4bfb-bcf0-5455e0502e15>_4 | on strategies we believe can make the vaccine even safer." Bowers expects the vaccine eventually to be tested in people, but due to the number of studies required to satisfy regulatory requirements, it could be three or more years before human trials testing this type of Alzheimer's vaccine occur. Grants from the Natio... |
<urn:uuid:ad845442-0f1d-4c4c-aa56-96d5ae240e38>_0 | Saint ZachariasArticle Free Pass Saint Zacharias, English Zachary (born , San Severino, duchy of Benevento [Italy]—died March 14/22, 752, Rome; feast day March 15), pope from 741 to 752. The last of the Greek popes, Zacharias was supposedly a Roman deacon when he succeeded Pope St. Gregory III in November/December 741.... |
<urn:uuid:ad845442-0f1d-4c4c-aa56-96d5ae240e38>_1 | correspondence with St. Boniface, the apostle of Germany, shows how great his influence was on contemporary events in the Frankish kingdom. In 741 he made Boniface legate and charged him with the reformation of the whole Frankish church. He supported the deposition (751–752) of Childeric III, the last Merovingian king,... |
<urn:uuid:ebf1e23a-64f0-4797-ad9b-c0061d55824d>_0 | Nephila jurassica: The biggest spider fossil ever found Spiders are small arthropods, famous for their elasticity, strength and web-making abilities. For some people, spiders are not welcome in the home; as soon as they see one crawling on the ceiling, the first thought that comes to mind is to swat it at once. But spi... |
<urn:uuid:ebf1e23a-64f0-4797-ad9b-c0061d55824d>_1 | web-weaving spiders alive today. According to research published online in the 20th April, 2011 issue of Biology Letters, this prehistoric spider was female and shows characteristics of the golden orb weaver. Widespread in warmer regions, the golden silk orb weavers are well-known for the fabulous webs they weave. Fema... |
<urn:uuid:299ef7cb-3829-4f4b-87d9-ff022fe5d13d>_0 | Cleopatra, queen of Egypt and lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, takes her life following the defeat of her forces against Octavian, the future first emperor of Rome. Cleopatra, born in 69 B.C., was made Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt, upon the death of her father, Ptolemy XII, in 51 B.C. Her brother was made King ... |
<urn:uuid:299ef7cb-3829-4f4b-87d9-ff022fe5d13d>_1 | world, was also beset by civil war at the time. Just as Cleopatra was preparing to attack her brother with a large Arab army, the Roman civil war spilled into Egypt. Pompey the Great, defeated by Julius Caesar in Greece, fled to Egypt seeking solace but was immediately murdered by agents of Ptolemy XIII. Caesar arrived... |
<urn:uuid:299ef7cb-3829-4f4b-87d9-ff022fe5d13d>_2 | was killed after a defeat against Caesar's forces, and Cleopatra was made dual ruler with another brother, Ptolemy XIV. Julius and Cleopatra spent several amorous weeks together, and then Caesar departed for Asia Minor, where he declared "Veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered), after putting down a rebellion. I... |
<urn:uuid:299ef7cb-3829-4f4b-87d9-ff022fe5d13d>_3 | fell into civil war, which was temporarily resolved in 43 B.C. with the formation of the second triumvirate, made up of Octavian, Caesar's great-nephew and chosen heir; Mark Antony, a powerful general; and Lepidus, a Roman statesman. Antony took up the administration of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, and he... |
<urn:uuid:299ef7cb-3829-4f4b-87d9-ff022fe5d13d>_4 | B.C., Antony separated from Octavia and traveled east, arranging for Cleopatra to join him in Syria. In their time apart, Cleopatra had borne him twins, a son and a daughter. According to Octavian's propagandists, the lovers were then married, which violated the Roman law restricting Romans from marrying foreigners. An... |
<urn:uuid:299ef7cb-3829-4f4b-87d9-ff022fe5d13d>_5 | declared war against Cleopatra, and therefore Antony, in 31 B.C. Enemies of Octavian rallied to Antony's side, but Octavian's brilliant military commanders gained early successes against his forces. On September 2, 31 B.C., their fleets clashed at Actium in Greece. After heavy fighting, Cleopatra broke from the engagem... |
<urn:uuid:299ef7cb-3829-4f4b-87d9-ff022fe5d13d>_6 | arrived, saying Cleopatra still lived. Antony had himself carried to Cleopatra's retreat, where he died after bidding her to make her peace with Octavian. When the triumphant Roman arrived, she attempted to seduce him, but he resisted her charms. Rather than fall under Octavian's domination, Cleopatra committed suicide... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_0 | From Abracadabra to Zombies | View All N'kisi & the N'kisi Project N'kisi (pronounced ‘‘in-key-see’’) is a captive bred eight or nine-year-old hand raised African Grey Parrot whose owner, Aimée Morgana, thinks uses language. She doesn't think he just sounds out words. She thinks he communicates with her in language, wh... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_1 | And when some nasty skeptic makes fun of you, the two of you can joke about it. I'm afraid that this story stretches the boundaries of reasonable credibility, though stories of rational parrots go back at least to the 17th century. John Locke, for example, relates a tale of a Portuguese-speaking parrot of some note in ... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_2 | what to listen for. When you listen while reading the transcript something amazing happens: you can hear just what you're reading. Why is that? The same thing happens when you listen to audio tapes played backward. When you just listen without anyone telling you what to listen for, you usually don't understand anything... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_3 | Media Lab [at MIT] for our corporate sponsors; we had a very small amount of time scheduled and the visitors wanted to see Alex work. So we put a number of differently colored letters on the tray that we use, put the tray in front of Alex, and asked, "Alex, what sound is blue?" He answers, "Ssss." It was an "s", so we ... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_4 | thinking, "Hey, stupid, do I have to spell it for you?" but the point was that he had leaped over where we were and had begun sounding out the letters of the words for us. This was in a sense his way of saying to us, "I know where you're headed! Let's get on with it," which gave us the feeling that we were on the right... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_5 | sounds have to be less direct and more complex, so that they have to be interpreted for us by Pepperberg. In her view, Alex is "clearly getting more frustrated" and his frustration culminates with a "very slitty-eyed" expression. But this is Pepperberg's interpretation, as is her hearing the bird sound out the letters ... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_6 | the article by Alex Kirby of the parrot having conversations with people other than Aimée Morgana. (The story was originally told in USA Today in the February 12, 2001, edition.) Despite the headline "Parrot's oratory stuns scientists," there was no evidence given that the parrot had stunned anyone during a conversatio... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_7 | one of many stimuli, consciously or unconsciously provided by Aimée or items in the immediate environment. Nevertheless, Dr. Jane Goodall, who studies chimpanzees, met N'kisi and said that he provides an "outstanding example of interspecies communication." There is some evidence, however, that much of the work with lan... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_8 | about the experiment, so a reader might misinterpret this claim as implying that this parrot did about twice as well as people did in the ganzfeld telepathy experiments. In those experiments, subjects in separate rooms were monitored as one tried to telepathically send information from a picture or video to the other. ... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_9 | of the N'kisi project, a joint effort by Morgana and Rupert Sheldrake to test not only the parrot's language-using abilities but his telepathic talents as well. Sheldrake has already validated the telepathic abilities of a dog and thinks the "findings [of this experiment] are consistent with the hypothesis that N'kisi ... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_10 | Rhine's. Even so, as the editor at the Journal of Scientific Exploration commented: "once again, we have suggestive results, a level of statistical significance that is less than compelling, and the devout wish that further work with refined protocols will ensue."* So, we'll just have to wait and see whether further st... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_11 | tests, N’kisi remained in his cage in Aimée’s apartment in Manhattan, New York. There was no one in the room with him. Meanwhile, Aimée went to a separate enclosed room on a different floor. N’kisi could not see or hear her, and in any case, Aimée said nothing, as confirmed by the audio track recorded on the camera tha... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_12 | According to Sheldrake: We conducted a total of 147 two-minute trials. The recordings of N’kisi during these trials were transcribed blind by three independent transcribers....He scored 23 hits: the key words he said corresponded to the target pictures....If N’kisi said a key word that did not correspond to the photogr... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_13 | because the parrot didn't utter a word on the key word list during those trials. Some might argue that those sessions should be counted as misses and that by ignoring so much data where the parrot clearly did not indicate any sign of telepathy is strong evidence that Sheldrake was more interested in confirming his bias... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_14 | and picture played so heavy a role in the outcome that the paper's results were distorted and that the paper should not be published. The other reviewer accepted Sheldrake's observation that even if you throw out the flower data, you still get some sort of statistical significance. This may be true. However, since the ... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_15 | belief that the telepathy doesn't work as well when she makes an effort to send a telepathic message to her parrot. In any case, I wonder why Sheldrake didn't do a baseline study, where the parrot was videotaped for two-minutes at a time while Morgana was taking an aromatherapy bath or meditating or doing something unr... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_16 | telepathy test. In some trials, N’kisi repeated a given key word. For example, in one trial N’kisi said ‘‘phone’’ three times, and in another he said ‘‘flower’’ ten times, and in the tabulation of data the numbers of times he said these words are shown in parentheses as: phone (3); flower (10). For most of the statisti... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_17 | not going to bother with any more detail because by now the overall picture should be clear. Once the statisticians went to work on the data, they were able to provide support for the claim that the data were consistent with the telepathic hypothesis. But nowhere in Sheldrake's paper can I find a claim that the parrot ... |
<urn:uuid:3c04e227-6238-4f75-ba68-f256ea5b9b66>_18 | article. His comments and my responses are posted here. books and articles new Grey parrots use reasoning where monkeys and dogs can’t "Christian Schloegl and his team at the University of Vienna, let six parrots choose between two containers, one containing a nut. Both containers were shaken, one eliciting a rattling ... |
<urn:uuid:49cf180e-b094-466e-8bec-389e659861da>_0 | Five new names have been approved for Mars: Angustus Labyrinthus, Chronius Mons, Promethei Mons, Sisyphi Tholus, and Thyles Montes. The names Australis Patera, Angusta Patera, and Cavi Frigores have been marked as dropped in the database. New imagery has shown that the two paterae were named using the wrong descriptor ... |
<urn:uuid:3a9f6d3f-436b-449d-865e-ed292dd45fc0>_0 | This is the second book wrote by Lee Lehman and presents in a very detailed manner the astrological dignities. It was published in 1989 by Whitford Press. In Chapter 1 - Two Unsung Revolutions in Astrology the author explains how the Copernican Revolution changed the way astrologers understand dignities. At page 18 one... |
<urn:uuid:3a9f6d3f-436b-449d-865e-ed292dd45fc0>_1 | expecting from these examples to emphasize the different results which appears when analyzing the charts with traditional and modern dignities. Unfortunately, this is not happening, the charts are analyzed using only traditional dignities. In Chapter 3 - The Origin of Rulerships: A Botanical Interlude you can find out ... |
<urn:uuid:3a9f6d3f-436b-449d-865e-ed292dd45fc0>_2 | question?” So, modern rulerships are assigned counting if a planet qualities are similar with the sign qualities and not looking at the planet strength in a sign. See another quotation: “We haven't any evidence that the ancients thought that Pisces and Jupiter were synonymous. It was a question of the strength of Jupit... |
<urn:uuid:3a9f6d3f-436b-449d-865e-ed292dd45fc0>_3 | charts of people who are, so to speak, energy sucks”, “Scorpio Sun (life of the vampire)”, etc. Hei, I am from Romania and I tell you there is no vampire. Dracula is just a myth assigned to a Romanian prince, Vlad III of Wallachia. It is true that he was cruel and liked to kill people by impaling them on a sharp pole, ... |
<urn:uuid:3a9f6d3f-436b-449d-865e-ed292dd45fc0>_4 | trying to determine the influence of terms (both Chaldean and Egyptian) making a few tests. She selected a number of charts from different categories (suicide, scientist, sport champions) and counted the terms for each planet. In the final, we can see that the planet that rules the category (for example, Mars for sport... |
<urn:uuid:3a9f6d3f-436b-449d-865e-ed292dd45fc0>_5 | 7 – Detriment, Falls and Peregrines means several pages where you can find short descriptions for every planet detriment and fall. In Chapter 8 – Conclusions there are the final words. MY EVALUATION: 6 Conclusion. If I would have to say quickly, at my first impression, some words about this book I think would be: “too ... |
<urn:uuid:3a9f6d3f-436b-449d-865e-ed292dd45fc0>_6 | connected with dignities, but the book doesn't seem to touch the essential points. It is a surface play. It doesn't have those clear, rational statements that gives you a better understanding of the subject. If a medium astrologer reads this book I don't think will have much to learn and to integrate in his astrologica... |
<urn:uuid:e1a169c6-9906-46a6-bb7d-724095f8ebef>_0 | Mali has been engrossed in civil war since January 2012, when separatists in Mali’s northern Azawad region began demanding independence from the southern, Bamako-based government. After forcing the Malian military from the north, however, the separatist forces soon became embroiled in a conflict of their own, between t... |
<urn:uuid:e1a169c6-9906-46a6-bb7d-724095f8ebef>_1 | Africa held over from the end of formal empire. In fits and spurts, France has sought to extract itself from la Francafrique and to seek a new relationship with the continent. But in the complex world of post-colonial relationships, such a move is difficult. France retains strong economic, political, and social links w... |
<urn:uuid:e1a169c6-9906-46a6-bb7d-724095f8ebef>_2 | geography is dangerous, vast, and difficult to subordinate. On the eve of much of West Africa’s independence from France in 1961, R J Harrison Church spoke of the so-called Dry Zone, the area running horizontally from southern Mauritania across central Mali and Niger, as the great “pioneer fringe” of the region’s civil... |
<urn:uuid:e1a169c6-9906-46a6-bb7d-724095f8ebef>_3 | geography was difficult at best; political boundaries were similar to those of the Arabian Peninsula and the Rub ‘al-Khali in particular: fluid, ill-defined, and not always recognised by local peoples. European-set political boundaries only exacerbated tensions between indigenous constituencies who had little or no say... |
<urn:uuid:e1a169c6-9906-46a6-bb7d-724095f8ebef>_4 | Somalian, and Sudanese deserts, have become havens for individuals who wish to operate outside international and national law. R J Harrison Church, 1961, ‘Problems and Development of the Dry Zone of West Africa‘, The Geographical Journal 127 187-99. David Hilling, 1969, ‘The Evolution of the Major Ports of West Africa‘... |
<urn:uuid:94a71e57-efdc-4808-a7a6-e2284d9806dd>_0 | - Join The Movement - Media & More - About Us Types of Builds Millard Fuller used to say that a home is the foundation on which human development occurs. It is also an important, positive step in working on a safer, healthier and more responsible future. Many people struggling to put food on the table, pay bills, purch... |
<urn:uuid:38ad9dd2-d03c-47fc-a526-aa6f85c9ab79>_0 | A fossilised little finger discovered in a cave in the mountains of southern Siberia belonged to a young girl from an unknown group of archaic humans, scientists say. The missing human relatives are thought to have inhabited much of Asia as recently as 30,000 years ago, and so shared the land with early modern humans a... |
<urn:uuid:3cc8567f-f9b5-467a-83ca-12dffe3e6d1f>_0 | Tips to Facilitate Workshops Effectively Facilitators play a very important role in the creation of a respectful, positive learning environment during a workshop. Here you will find some tips to facilitate workshops effectively. - Make sure everybody has a chance to participate. For example, through small group activit... |
<urn:uuid:3cc8567f-f9b5-467a-83ca-12dffe3e6d1f>_1 | the group’s energy and motivation – Plan activities where everyone is able to participate and to stay active and engaged. - Provide space for the participants to be able to share their own experiences and knowledge. Remember that each one of us has a lot to learn and a lot to teach. - Relax and have fun! Be a part of t... |
<urn:uuid:070933fb-a8a3-406a-8b89-95e2d798f517>_0 | This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows some of the undulating terrain in Vesta’s southern hemisphere. This undulating terrain consists of linear, curving hills and depressions, which are most distinct in the right of the image. Many narrow, linear grooves run in various directions across this undulating terrain. The... |
<urn:uuid:070933fb-a8a3-406a-8b89-95e2d798f517>_1 | on Oct. 25, 2011. This image was taken through the camera’s clear filter. The distance to the surface of Vesta is 700 kilometers (435 miles) and the image has a resolution of about 70 meters (230 feet) per pixel. This image was acquired during the HAMO (high-altitude mapping orbit) phase of the mission. The Dawn missio... |
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