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<urn:uuid:931a73fa-5694-4b94-93fe-4dedcf039dcd>_0 | |Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System| Mussel Conservation Activities 2005 Highlights: Possible fish predation of subadult Higgins eye was observed in the Upper Mississippi River, Pools 2 and 4. Subadult Higgins eye pearlymussels (Lampsilis higginsii) from the Upper Mississippi River, Pools 2 and 4.... |
<urn:uuid:ede441d0-6d33-41d1-965c-15c9d72a5544>_0 | Overcoming perceived GIS resource limitations This module (Teaching with GIS) is designed to highlight GIS concepts that may be added to many geoscience topics and exercises. In particular, we focus on using GIS at the level of introductory geoscience; however, many of the exercises and concepts may be applied in upper... |
<urn:uuid:ede441d0-6d33-41d1-965c-15c9d72a5544>_1 | cartographic concepts can help them understand more complex GIS tasks at a later stage. The introduction of hands-on map creation/interpretation exercises and the associated terminology can greatly enhance the learning experience of the students. Aren't the hardware and software requirements of GIS prohibitive at the i... |
<urn:uuid:ede441d0-6d33-41d1-965c-15c9d72a5544>_2 | computers and the internet in public labs or have personal computers. Faculty usually have access to the internet on their computers and may have access to some GIS software. - Instructor generates maps for exercises/labs utilizing online resources - Utilize traditional paper maps (e.g. geologic maps) to introduce conc... |
<urn:uuid:ede441d0-6d33-41d1-965c-15c9d72a5544>_3 | software used to analyze and plot data in x-y coordinates (convert from lat/lon in GPS software) - Manual digitization of data locations - Paper maps or using graphics editing software No hardware/software limitations—easy access to computers/internet, GPS receivers, and GIS software in and out of the classroom. - All ... |
<urn:uuid:003baaf4-69c7-4ee7-b37f-468bf9b55842>_0 | Karuk Tribe: Learning from the First Californians for the Next California Editor's Note: This is part of series, Facing the Climate Gap, which looks at grassroots efforts in California low-income communities of color to address climate change and promote climate justice. This article was published in collaboration with... |
<urn:uuid:003baaf4-69c7-4ee7-b37f-468bf9b55842>_1 | Restoration specialist at the Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources. In 2010, the tribe drafted an Eco-Cultural Resources Management Plan, which aims to manage and restore “balanced ecological processes utilizing Traditional Ecological Knowledge supported by Western Science.” The plan addresses environmental issu... |
<urn:uuid:003baaf4-69c7-4ee7-b37f-468bf9b55842>_2 | people. The Karuk is the second largest Native American tribe in California and has over 3,200 members. Their tribal lands include over 1.48 million acres within and around the Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests in Northwest California. Tribes like the Karuk are among the hardest hit by the effects of climate chan... |
<urn:uuid:003baaf4-69c7-4ee7-b37f-468bf9b55842>_3 | human influences. According to the California Natural Resources Agency, fires in California are expected to increase 100 percent due to increased temperatures and longer dry seasons associated with climate change. Some of the other most damaging human influences to the Karuk include logging activities, which have deple... |
<urn:uuid:003baaf4-69c7-4ee7-b37f-468bf9b55842>_4 | company) has impeded access to salmon and other fish that are central to the Karuk diet. Fishing regulations have also had a negative impact. Though the Karuk’s dependence on the land has left them vulnerable to the projected effects of climate change, it has also given them and other indigenous groups incredible knowl... |
<urn:uuid:003baaf4-69c7-4ee7-b37f-468bf9b55842>_5 | passed down from previous generations will help strengthen Karuk culture and teach the broader community to live in a more ecologically sound way. “It is designed to be a living document…We are building a process of comparative learning, based on the principals and practices of traditional ecological knowledge to revit... |
<urn:uuid:003baaf4-69c7-4ee7-b37f-468bf9b55842>_6 | forests. “The practice of utilizing fire to manage resources in a traditional way not only improves the use quality of forest resources, it also builds and maintains resiliency in the ecological process of entire landscapes” explains Tripp. Another crucial aspect of the Plan is the life cycle of fish, like salmon, that... |
<urn:uuid:003baaf4-69c7-4ee7-b37f-468bf9b55842>_7 | season when the fish least likely to reach the very upper river reaches are passing through,” says Tripp. The Karuk tribe is now working closely with researchers from universities such as University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Davis as well as public agencies so that this traditional knowl... |
<urn:uuid:003baaf4-69c7-4ee7-b37f-468bf9b55842>_8 | Federal recognition. According to the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act and the National Environmental Protection Act, it must go through a formal review process. Besides that, the Karuk Tribe is still solidifying funding to pursue its goals. The work of California’s environmental stewards will always be ... |
<urn:uuid:003baaf4-69c7-4ee7-b37f-468bf9b55842>_9 | create a sustainable economy. In the end, Tripp hopes the Karuk Plan will not only inspire others and address the global environmental plight, but also help to maintain the very core of his people. In his words: “Being adaptable to climate change is part of that, but primarily it is about enabling us to maintain our id... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_0 | John Langley Howard was a revolutionary regionalist painter known for depicting labor and industry in California as well as his reverence for the natural world. Howard took a strong stance on social and environmental issues and used his art to communicate his strong emotional response toward each of his subjects. Table... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_1 | Students’ League in New York City. At the school, he met Kenneth Hayes Miller who supported Howard’s attitude because the “taught the bare rudiments of painting and composition, and stressed the cultivation of the ultra-sensitive, intuitive approach” (Hailey 56). After saving his money, Howard travelled to Paris for si... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_2 | meetings of the Monterey John Reed Club, discussing politics and social concerns. Soon, the artist became determined to communicate society’s needs for the betterment of the future. His landscapes began to include industry and its effects to the surrounding region. In 1934, Howard was hired through the New Deal Public ... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_3 | workers, and a man panning for gold while watching a wealthy couple outside of their limousine. In a nearby mural by Bernard Zakheim (1896-1985), Howard himself was used as a model. He is shown crumpling a newspaper and grabbing a Marxist book from a library shelf. This soon led to the artists being linked to a local g... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_4 | his family to Santa Fe, New Mexico citing his son’s health concerns for almost two years before returning to Monterey in 1940. Following the onset of World War II, he had a renewed interest in landscape and soon ceased to include social commentary within his work, thus removing the human figure from his paintings. The ... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_5 | images and forms “to suggest relationships that cannot always be directly described in words” (Aldrich 184). His aim was to communicate a poetic and spiritual connection with the landscape depicted. Overall, Howard lived in more than 20 different locations during his career. In 1997, Howard attended the dedication of P... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_6 | self-portrait in a peculiar kind of way.” – John Langley Howard John Langley Howard was widely considered a wanderer and a free spirit. While Howard did receive academic training from the California Guild of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and the Arts Students’ League in New York City, he chose to align himself with instru... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_7 | Cezanne-influenced landscape artist and portraitist. Tempera, oil, and etching became his primary media while his subject matter turned to poetic and often spiritually infused imagery which would resurface later in his career. Earth tones and very small brushstrokes were utilized, allowing Howard to refine his images. ... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_8 | describes ultimately became the primary focus of Howard’s career. Howard experienced a dramatic change in medium when he was commissioned to paint a mural for the Coit Tower WPA project in 1934. The project was Howard’s first and only mural and provided the artist with an outlet for his newly discovered Marxist social ... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_9 | painter. However, this did not prevent the artist from illustrating important issues because he then became one of the first “eco-artists.” Through his painting, Howard investigated the role of technology on the environment and used the San Francisco Bay Area as well as Monterey to demonstrate his point of view. He con... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_10 | Jersey 1920 Enrolls as an Engineering major at UC Berkeley 1922 Realizes he wants to be an artist 1923-24 Attends Art Students’ League in New York 1924 Leaves art school 1924 Marries first wife, Adeline Day 1927 First one-person exhibition held at The Modern Gallery, San Francisco 1928 First child, Samuel born 1930 Dau... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_11 | Hydra, Greece 1967 Moves to London 1970 Returns to California 1979 Blanche Phillips dies 1980 Marries Mary McMahon Williams 1999 Died in his sleep at home San Francisco, California California Palace of the Legion of Honor, CA City of San Francisco, CA IBM Building, New York, NY The Oakland Museum, CA The Phillips Colle... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_12 | Modern Art, San Francisco, CA 1941 Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 1943 Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C. 1943 M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA 1946-47 Whitney Museum, NY 1947 Rotunda Gallery, City of Paris, San Francisco, CA 1952 Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 1956 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, ... |
<urn:uuid:b1ad8cf1-1721-4d74-824a-229b6b70a91b>_13 | Painters’ and Writers’ and Artists’ Union Carmel Art Association Club Beaux Arts San Francisco Art Association Society of Mural Painters Marin Society of Artists Monterey John Reed Club Anne Bremer Memorial Award for Painting, San Francisco Art Association First Prize, Pepsi-Cola Annual “Portrait of America” First Priz... |
<urn:uuid:5ff0ec8a-893b-4fc8-b51a-53a907c3402b>_0 | June 22, 1976. North Atlantic. At 21:13 GMT a pale orange glow behind a bank of towering cumulus to the west was observed. Two minutes later a white disc was observed while the glow from behind the cloud persisted. High probability that this may have been caused by interferometry using 3-dimensional artificial scalar w... |
<urn:uuid:5ff0ec8a-893b-4fc8-b51a-53a907c3402b>_1 | Atlantic. At 23:15 GMT, a semicircle of bright, milky-white light became visible in the western sky and rapidly expanded upward and outward during the next 10 minutes, dimming as it expanded. High probability that this may be caused by interferometry using artificial scalar wave? Fourier expansions?. Marine Observer, 4... |
<urn:uuid:7ade9f68-7002-4229-b36a-aff82cc72145>_0 | Freighter (or barge) was the term given to any spacecraft that was used to transport freight or cargo (such as parts and supplies). Both legitimate businesspersons and smugglers could be found captaining such transports. Freighters were needed from the time space travel began because of the need for supplies to all rea... |
<urn:uuid:7ade9f68-7002-4229-b36a-aff82cc72145>_1 | a freighter generally of small size such as the Millennium Falcon, was required to transport the contraband past planetary security forces. Some examples of contraband include spice, blasters and medical supplies. Smugglers often added upgrades to their ships so that they could beat competitors and outwit planetary sec... |
<urn:uuid:7ade9f68-7002-4229-b36a-aff82cc72145>_2 | starship mechanics from working on them effectively. The smugglers themselves were therefore required to have a detailed knowledge of freighter mechanics and electronics to be able to keep their vessels in working order. Most smugglers preferred it this way as they didn't trust anyone tampering with their prized posses... |
<urn:uuid:7ade9f68-7002-4229-b36a-aff82cc72145>_3 | Choices of One - Star Wars: Empire at War - Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption - "Sandbound on Tatooine" — Star Wars Galaxy 10 - "Slaying Dragons"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 9 - Slave Ship - Hard Merchandise - The New Rebellion - Vision of the Future - Emissary of the Void - Force Heretic I: Remnant - X-Wi... |
<urn:uuid:cb21ac9a-71f0-4c47-9c59-b4e5c4063e47>_0 | Constantinople AgreementArticle Free Pass Constantinople Agreement, (March 18, 1915), secret World War I agreement between Russia, Britain, and France for the postwar partition of the Ottoman Empire. It promised to satisfy Russia’s long-standing designs on the Turkish Straits by giving Russia Constantinople (Istanbul),... |
<urn:uuid:293a002d-f152-4885-9293-13b158f7cec0>_0 | A new tool to identify the calls of bat species could help conservation efforts. Because bats are nocturnal and difficult to observe or catch, the most effective way to study them is to monitor their echolocation calls. These sounds are emitted in order to hear the echo bouncing back from surfaces around the bats, allo... |
<urn:uuid:293a002d-f152-4885-9293-13b158f7cec0>_1 | the same identification methods everywhere, we cannot form reliable conclusions about how bat populations are doing and whether their distribution is changing. "Because many bats migrate between different European countries, we need to monitor bats at a European - as well as country - scale.” The team selected 1,350 ca... |
<urn:uuid:36a75cf8-5ffa-426e-af7c-28604a6613d2>_0 | 8. Scurrula buddleioides (Desrousseaux) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 421. 1834. 滇藏梨果寄生 dian zang li guo ji sheng Shrubs 0.5-2 m tall, young branchlets, leaves, and inflorescences with dense short grayish yellow, rarely brown, verticillate and stellate hairs. Branches brownish, glabrous, scattered lenticellate. Leaves opposite... |
<urn:uuid:36a75cf8-5ffa-426e-af7c-28604a6613d2>_1 | slightly curved and inflated, tomentose, lobes lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, reflexed. Style red; stigma subcapitate. Berry pyriform, 8-10 × 3.5-4 mm, pilose, base tapering into stalk. Fl. and fr. Jan-Dec. Forests, thickets, mountain slopes, valleys; 1100-2200 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [India]. Recorded hosts include species ... |
<urn:uuid:957a39d1-d98f-461e-8b3f-b4e3363f7224>_0 | The length of amyloid fibrils found in diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkinson appears to play a role in the degree of their toxicity, according to researchers at the University of Leeds. Their findings are published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry in a paper titled “Fibril Fragmentation Enhances Amyloid Cytoto... |
<urn:uuid:957a39d1-d98f-461e-8b3f-b4e3363f7224>_1 | new insights for the development of therapeutics against amyloid deposit-related diseases, the next stage of research will involve looking at a greater numbers of the proteins that form amyloid fibrils. “We anticipate that when we look at amyloid fibers formed from other proteins, they may well follow the same rules.” ... |
<urn:uuid:5cb64ff8-385c-4479-af06-078629c35092>_0 | People vary in their reactions to mosquito bites. Most people develop itchy, raised bumps on the skin that last several days. No treatment is necessary, but calamine lotion or over-the-counter hydrocortisone cream can reduce itching. A few people have a significant allergy to mosquito bites. The bites can result in wha... |
<urn:uuid:5cb64ff8-385c-4479-af06-078629c35092>_1 | of breath. Anaphylaxis requires emergency medical attention. People who have had anaphylaxis-like symptoms previously should always have injectable epinephrine (an Epi-Pen) nearby. This answer should not be considered medical advice...This answer should not be considered medical advice and should not take the place of ... |
<urn:uuid:f51e4a20-9e4e-460d-8a25-cfaccf052f8e>_0 | These LEDs are connected to a thermistor that’s running just a little bit hotter than the ambient room temperature. So, by blowing on the thermistor, the birthday boy or girl is cooling it down, thus increasing the resistence. The microcontroller senses this and turns off a few of the LEDs as a result. Make one of thes... |
<urn:uuid:b1579d04-7a6b-420c-9fe2-a0b676d91ec3>_0 | This tutorial shows how to send modifications of code in the right way: by using patches. The word developer is used here for someone having a KDE SVN account. We suppose that you have modified some code in KDE and that you are ready to share it. First a few important points: Now you have the modification as a source f... |
<urn:uuid:b1579d04-7a6b-420c-9fe2-a0b676d91ec3>_1 | which KDE developers use. Unified diffs have not just the difference between the file but also the neighborhood around the differences. That allows to patch even if the line numbers are not the same anymore. The most simple patch is created between the modified file (here called source.cpp) and the non-modified version... |
<urn:uuid:b1579d04-7a6b-420c-9fe2-a0b676d91ec3>_2 | source is.) But normally, you do not just change one file and you do not keep the original version around to be able to make the difference later. But here too, there is a solution. The program svn, which is used on the command line interact with the SVN server, has a diff function too: svn diff. You can run it like th... |
<urn:uuid:b1579d04-7a6b-420c-9fe2-a0b676d91ec3>_3 | above, svn diff can be used offline, therefore without an active connection to the KDE SVN server. This is possible, as svn keeps a copy of the original files locally. (This feature is part of the design of SVN.) By default, svn diff does not have a feature like the -p parameter of diff. But svn allows that an external... |
<urn:uuid:b1579d04-7a6b-420c-9fe2-a0b676d91ec3>_4 | the patch, of course attached in the same email. First, you need to make svn aware of files you have added. svn add path/to/new/file /path/to/another/new/file Then run svn diff as before. Note that if you do svn revert, for example, the files you created will NOT be deleted by svn - but svn will no longer care about th... |
<urn:uuid:b1579d04-7a6b-420c-9fe2-a0b676d91ec3>_5 | report in KDE Bugs and to attach the patch there, after having created the bug report. Another possibility, however seldom used, is to post the patch on a public Web server (be it by HTTP or FTP) and to send an email to the mailing list, telling that the patch is waiting there. Another variant is to ask on the mailing ... |
<urn:uuid:b1579d04-7a6b-420c-9fe2-a0b676d91ec3>_6 | Even if this tutorial is more meant to send patches to a mailing list, most of it can be applied to adding a patch to KDE Bugs. You have two ways to do it: To send an email to a bug report, you can use an email address of the form firstname.lastname@example.org where 12345 is the bug number. Please be sure to attach yo... |
<urn:uuid:b1579d04-7a6b-420c-9fe2-a0b676d91ec3>_7 | sometimes your patch will be forgotten because the developers do not always closely monitor the bug database. In this case, try sending your patch by email as described below. If that also does not help, you can always talk to the developers on IRC Assuming that you have chosen to send the patch to a mailing list, you ... |
<urn:uuid:b1579d04-7a6b-420c-9fe2-a0b676d91ec3>_8 | the first question: where? Now that you have entered an email address, a good practice is to attach the patch to your file before writing anything else in the email. So you will not forget to attach it. A little note here: yes, in KDE (unlike for the Linux Kernel for example), we prefer to have the patches sent as atta... |
<urn:uuid:b1579d04-7a6b-420c-9fe2-a0b676d91ec3>_9 | developers to have an overview of which code has been modified. Also tell for which branch it is meant, for example for trunk. Then tell what your patch does. If it fixes a bug, then please give the bug number too. If the bug was not registered in KDE Bugs, then please describe instead the bug that is fixed. Similarly,... |
<urn:uuid:b1579d04-7a6b-420c-9fe2-a0b676d91ec3>_10 | bugtracker of KDE is that the patches are less likely to be forgotten here. Also, the reviewboard allows inline review of diffs and other gimmicks. First you need to check if the project you've created the patch for is actually using reviewboard. For this, go to the groups section and see if the project's group is list... |
<urn:uuid:b1579d04-7a6b-420c-9fe2-a0b676d91ec3>_11 | reaction is normally one of the following: The first case is when nobody has answered. That perhaps means that you have chosen the wrong mailing list. Perhaps you have not explained correctly what the patch fixes or you have given a title that is not precise enough. If this happens, the developer might have overlooked ... |
<urn:uuid:bd9be442-e49c-4b45-9c04-cf71efc77bf6>_0 | The authoritative source of information about all types of bottled waters, IBWA members include U.S. and International bottlers, distributors and suppliers. IBWA represents our industry’s uncompromising commitment to the safety and availability of bottled water worldwide. Bottled water companies work hard to protect th... |
<urn:uuid:bd9be442-e49c-4b45-9c04-cf71efc77bf6>_1 | and state level. Strictly regulated as a packaged food product by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), bottled water is a safe, refreshing, convenient, and consistently reliable beverage choice. Did you know that by mandate of federal law, the FDA regulations governing the safety and quality of bottled water mu... |
<urn:uuid:ecec54f2-86e4-4767-b811-568614e9a17a>_0 | Started conversation May 4, 2004 It's incorrect to say that "gyratory system" is just the name for a roundabout that has got too big for its boots. In fact it's the original term which was soon displaced when they became common. I'm not sure if the term "gyratory circus" was ever really used. There are a number of junc... |
<urn:uuid:ecec54f2-86e4-4767-b811-568614e9a17a>_1 | 1925 16 in Parl. Papers (Cmd. 2660) XV. 239 Gyratory systems for the circulation of traffic, after years of discussion, reached the point of practical demonstration this year. 1928 Observer 5 Feb. 13/7 Now that every week dedicates a new bunch of streets to the Gyratory System. 1966 Guardian 8 Sept. 5/4 A new gyratory ... |
<urn:uuid:ecec54f2-86e4-4767-b811-568614e9a17a>_2 | particularly evident in the proposed treatment at Hyde Park Corner which includes an extremely complicated roundabout. 1967 Listener 28 Sept. 398/1 People make only occasional use of their speedometer..on such critical occasions as the approach to roundabouts. 1977 Belfast Tel. 14 Feb. 5/9, 12 shots were fired at an ar... |
<urn:uuid:ecec54f2-86e4-4767-b811-568614e9a17a>_3 | 1794 Looker-on No. 89 The squares and circuses are no longer the only scenes of dignified dissipation. 1898 Tit-Bits 15 Jan. 300/3 Bridges, of light and tasty design, across all the main thoroughfares, and at the various ‘circuses’ and cross roads. Posted Sep 2, 2004 I'm a little confused. The definitions you gave seem... |
<urn:uuid:ecec54f2-86e4-4767-b811-568614e9a17a>_4 | as I suggested? I'm only actually aware of two road systems commonly referred to as gyratories - one is the subject of this article, and the other is in Reading. And both of them are distinctly on the large side. In particular, they both have multiple junctions. So the common usage of the word seems to be to describe o... |
<urn:uuid:792f0695-cc94-4f2f-a4fe-56cf6b911ddf>_0 | A notch or groove cut into a piece of material to allow two sections to be combined with a flush joint. A woodcutting tool used to cut an L-shaped groove into a piece of material. see also Rabbet A strong current in a stream or river. 1. An enclosed metal channel, usually fire-resistant, installed in a building to hold... |
<urn:uuid:792f0695-cc94-4f2f-a4fe-56cf6b911ddf>_1 | force that causes a structure to shift so that it is out of plumb. 2. Installation of bricks or other masonry units so that each course is stepped back from the previous one. Straight-line outward movement from a circle's center. A power saw with a circular blade that is mounted on a moveable arm. The arm is lowered or... |
<urn:uuid:792f0695-cc94-4f2f-a4fe-56cf6b911ddf>_2 | the bottom of the wall. The room is warmed by air circulating around the heating unit using convention. Heating unit that is exposed and which transfers heat generated by hot eater or steam through conduction. When the air circulates around the radiator using convention, the room is heated. The distance from the center... |
<urn:uuid:792f0695-cc94-4f2f-a4fe-56cf6b911ddf>_3 | the line of a building's walls. A guide used when cutting rafters. The top plate of a building's walls. The rafters rest on the rafter plate. The vertical cut made into a rafter so it will rest on the wall plate. see also Rafter Seat Cut The horizontal cut made into a rafter so it will rest on the wall plate. see also ... |
<urn:uuid:792f0695-cc94-4f2f-a4fe-56cf6b911ddf>_4 | and bottom sections of a window sash. Waterproof cap, also called weatherheads, mast heads or entrance caps, which is placed at the upper part of an electrical mast at the point where the wires are run to the inside electrical meter. Wires hang from the pole to the entrance cap so that the entrance cap is not the low p... |
<urn:uuid:792f0695-cc94-4f2f-a4fe-56cf6b911ddf>_5 | gable end. 3. An angle between objects. A masonry joint where a portion of mortar has been removed, creating a groove between masonry units. A raked joint if often used in brickwork. Mortgage, most commonly used by the elderly who have substantial equity in their homes. A periodic payment is made to the borrower from t... |
<urn:uuid:ea6c54fe-1f6e-4a4c-bcb5-4f4c9e0fb6de>_0 | What Is Air Pollution? in its great magnitude has existed in the 20th century from the coal burning industries of the early century to the fossil burning technology in the new century. The problems of air pollution are a major problem for highly developed nations whose large industrial bases and highly developed infras... |
<urn:uuid:ea6c54fe-1f6e-4a4c-bcb5-4f4c9e0fb6de>_1 | Eighty six percent of families own either one or two vehicles. Because of the high-density population of cities and towns, the number of people exposed to air pollutants is great. This had led to the increased number of people getting chronic diseases over these past years since the car ownership in the UK has nearly t... |
<urn:uuid:ea6c54fe-1f6e-4a4c-bcb5-4f4c9e0fb6de>_2 | taken more than four thousand lives and another seven hundred in 1962, in what was called the ‘Dark Years’ because of the dense dark polluted air. is also causing devastation for the environment; many of these causes are by man made gases like sulphur dioxide that results from electric plants burning fossil fuels. In t... |
<urn:uuid:ea6c54fe-1f6e-4a4c-bcb5-4f4c9e0fb6de>_3 | destruction of entire fish populations. In the UK, acid rain formed by subsequent sulphur dioxide atmospheric emissions has lead to acidic erosion in limestone in North Western Scotland and marble in Northern England. In 1998, the London Metropolitan Police launched the ‘Emissions Controlled Reduction’ scheme where by ... |
<urn:uuid:ea6c54fe-1f6e-4a4c-bcb5-4f4c9e0fb6de>_4 | little to help improve the city air quality. In Edinburgh, the main causes of bad air quality were from the vast number of vehicles going through the city centre from west to east. In 1990, the Edinburgh council developed the city by-pass at a cost of nearly seventy five million pounds. The by-pass was ringed around th... |
<urn:uuid:ea6c54fe-1f6e-4a4c-bcb5-4f4c9e0fb6de>_5 | the development of more bus lanes in the city of London, which increased the pace of bus services. Introduction of gas and electric powered buses took place in Birmingham in order to decrease air pollutants emissions around the centre of the city. Because children and the elderly are at most risk to chronic diseases, s... |
<urn:uuid:b9d46c6f-d3e0-4144-ab12-52f44d5a2d11>_0 | A crowd awaits a ship at Station Pier, Port Melbourne. Source: Italian Historical Society - Co.As.It. Find out why this landmark has become such an evocative symbol of Victoria's immigration history. Station Pier is one of Australia's longest operating passenger piers. It holds iconic significance in Victoria's heritag... |
<urn:uuid:7ae3a60b-341f-4a49-8f9d-b5b4588f2f8d>_0 | a combination of one or more elementary reaction steps which start with the appropriate reactants and end with the appropriate product(s) a description of the path, or sequence of steps, by which a reaction occurs a description of the path that a reaction takes a detailed description of how a chemical reaction occurs a... |
<urn:uuid:61e8d025-162a-4646-af75-1a56f8e565cc>_0 | It is fair to say that the struggle for power in the USSR between 1924 and 1929 was partially to do with the economic policy because the way in which different members of the Communist Party treated the economic policy depended how much support they got from fellow members of the Communist party. However, there were ot... |
<urn:uuid:61e8d025-162a-4646-af75-1a56f8e565cc>_1 | economy run by a proletariat dictatorship. This would please the peasantry and results in political and economic growth as well as increased trade. Trotsky and his leftist model agreed that the party must recognise the role of the market forces during the gradual change to socialism. However, in 1926 he became increasi... |
<urn:uuid:61e8d025-162a-4646-af75-1a56f8e565cc>_2 | models were important in why there was a power struggle in those years it is not the most important reason. Secondly, you could say it... [continues] Cite This Essay (2012, 05). The Struggle for Power in the Ussr. StudyMode.com. Retrieved 05, 2012, from http://www.studymode.com/essays/The-Struggle-For-Power-In-The-9943... |
<urn:uuid:75d285a6-c97b-4e25-92fc-e2e11fe8a399>_0 | Nausea and vomiting - adults Nausea is the feeling of having an urge to vomit. It is often called being sick to your stomach. Vomiting or throwing up is forcing the contents of the stomach up through the esophagus and out of the mouth. Emesis; Vomiting; Stomach upset; Upset stomach Many common problems may cause nausea... |
<urn:uuid:75d285a6-c97b-4e25-92fc-e2e11fe8a399>_1 | Lying down - Over-the-counter antihistamines (such as Dramamine) - Scopolamine prescription skin patches (such as Transderm Scop) are useful for extended trips, such as an ocean voyage. Place the patch 4 - 12 hours before setting sail. Scopolamine is effective but may produce dry mouth, blurred vision, and some drowsin... |
<urn:uuid:75d285a6-c97b-4e25-92fc-e2e11fe8a399>_2 | dehydration include: - Crying without tears - Dry mouth - Increased thirst - Eyes that appear sunken - Skin changes -- for example, if you touch or squeeze the skin, it doesn't bounce back the way it usually does - Urinating less often or having dark yellow urine What to expect at your health care provider's office You... |
<urn:uuid:75d285a6-c97b-4e25-92fc-e2e11fe8a399>_3 | questions you may be asked include: - Have you been losing weight? - Have you been traveling? Where? - What medications do you take? - Did other people who ate at the same place as you have the same symptoms? - Are you pregnant or could you be pregnant? The diagnostic tests may be performed: Depending on the cause and ... |
<urn:uuid:f10a38f2-0a57-4cdb-9af8-38889e1e30a2>_0 | Cardio and weight training are two important components of well-balanced fitness plans. Knowing which types of exercises fall into which category can help you construct your workouts more effectively, and can give you more options so you don’t get bored with your workouts. When designing your fitness plan, consider add... |
<urn:uuid:f10a38f2-0a57-4cdb-9af8-38889e1e30a2>_1 | regularly performing cardio exercise, you can improve your cardiovascular health, manage your weight more easily and enjoy a sense of well-being. Examples of Cardio Exercises Examples of cardio exercise include basketball, biking, brisk walking, dancing, jogging, jumping rope, rowing, running, swimming, tennis and wate... |
<urn:uuid:f10a38f2-0a57-4cdb-9af8-38889e1e30a2>_2 | enough repetitions of the exercise to tire the muscles. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that adults do weight-training exercises at least twice a week. Ideally, target all your major muscle groups: chest, shoulders, arms, abdomen, back, hips and legs. By performing weight-training exercises, y... |
<urn:uuid:5b18e500-d11b-4eb5-a6be-701a29cd8ec5>_0 | Download Full Text (640 KB) Decision-making problems in water resources are often associated with multiple objectives and multiple stakeholders. To enable more effective and acceptable decision outcome, it is required that more participation is ensured in the decision making process. This is particularly relevant for f... |
<urn:uuid:5b18e500-d11b-4eb5-a6be-701a29cd8ec5>_1 | present study has been performed to have an overview of existing solution methodologies for multi-objective decision making approaches in water resources. Decision making by single and multiple stakeholders has been considered under both deterministic and uncertain conditions. It has been found that the use of fuzzy se... |
<urn:uuid:59d1379a-70ad-4360-a62a-5e2f17f7c1b4>_0 | The formation of counties was one of the first matters attended to by the Lords Proprietors after they received their charter in 1663 from King Charles II for the vast tract of land in America he called the province of Carolina. In 1664 the Proprietors formed "all that parte of the province which lyeth on the north eas... |
<urn:uuid:59d1379a-70ad-4360-a62a-5e2f17f7c1b4>_1 | into a new county, named Bath, which in turn was divided into the precincts of Beaufort , Hyde , Craven and Carteret . The primary reason for establishing counties (or precincts) was to provide local seats of government where citizens could record documents, such as deeds or wills, and participate in court proceedings.... |
<urn:uuid:59d1379a-70ad-4360-a62a-5e2f17f7c1b4>_2 | risen to 59 counties covering all of the state. In many cases, the dividing of counties caused heated political controversy, as eastern counties were often divided to maintain that region's majority in the state legislature against expanding representation from the piedmont and mountain regions. Shifts in population co... |
<urn:uuid:59d1379a-70ad-4360-a62a-5e2f17f7c1b4>_3 | approval of the electorate. This could have resulted for the first time in a decrease from the 100 county figure, but as of the early 2000s there had been no such consolidations. Initially, county government and judicial matters were in the hands of justices of the peace , who formed a body known as the Court of Pleas ... |
<urn:uuid:59d1379a-70ad-4360-a62a-5e2f17f7c1b4>_4 | courthouse. Whether in the early precinct days, or after the name of the local government entity was changed from precinct to county, the justices had the support of a sheriff for law enforcement, as well as a clerk of court and a register of deeds. Of the three, both the clerk of court and the register of deeds needed... |
<urn:uuid:59d1379a-70ad-4360-a62a-5e2f17f7c1b4>_5 | known as the Township and County Commissioner Plan, gave control of county government to five commissioners, to be elected at large by the county's voters. In addition, each county was divided into townships whose residents elected two justices to serve as the township's governing body, as well as a three-member school... |
<urn:uuid:59d1379a-70ad-4360-a62a-5e2f17f7c1b4>_6 | geographic and administrative subdivisions of the counties. This seriously reduced the authority of county commissioners. The modern system of county government, in which an elected board of commissioners is responsible for managing a county's affairs, including setting the rate and collecting taxes and determining whe... |
<urn:uuid:59d1379a-70ad-4360-a62a-5e2f17f7c1b4>_7 | county business-in some instances, the largest business in the county-with the manager having certain independent authority, including that of hiring and firing employees. As with other matters, the state determines what sources the counties may tap for income. Traditionally, the real estate tax has been the primary re... |
<urn:uuid:d0c2650c-5237-4c11-985b-4a7f8802ba14>_0 | European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Triptych showing scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Barbara and scenes from the Life of Christ Master of the Laufen High Altarpiece, Austrian (active Salzburg), dated work 1467 Oil and gold on panels EW1993-127-2a--cPurchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, the George W. ... |
<urn:uuid:d0c2650c-5237-4c11-985b-4a7f8802ba14>_1 | These graphic depictions are intended to help the viewer equate Barbara’s physical torments with those of Christ, whose crucifixion is depicted in the top center composition. The figures at the top left and right, probably the apostles John and Luke, hold sayings taken from the last words of Christ on the cross, which ... |
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