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<urn:uuid:bafd458e-5038-40d8-ba3a-0f4ec4e3a901>_0 | Vocalisation has been recognised as one of the important modes of animal communication. In one anabantoid fish, the croaking gourami Trichopsis vittata, both sexes produce loud, croaking sounds during agonistic encounters and courtship. It is known that sound emission of this fish is mostly involved with the ritualised... |
<urn:uuid:bafd458e-5038-40d8-ba3a-0f4ec4e3a901>_1 | gouramis can repair damaged tendons and regain fully functional sound producing organs, as well as to evaluate the effect of muting and recovery on the outcomes of agonistic interactions. Fishes were muted by surgically cutting one or both the tendons that connect the "sonic'' muscle with the fin rays. The occurrence a... |
<urn:uuid:bafd458e-5038-40d8-ba3a-0f4ec4e3a901>_2 | days after operation. Behavioural performance after recovery was normal. Details of sounds produced and changes of behavioural repertoires are discussed (supported by National Organization for Hearing Research, NIMH-58198, Institute of Museum and Library Service-LL90187). Nicola Novarini, Tomonari Akamatsu & Hong Y. Ya... |
<urn:uuid:af7864c1-8a24-425f-8b7a-b3fc220bcc94>_0 | These are poly-aromatic compounds, insoluble in n-heptane, with a number of carbon atoms greater than 50. The asphalthene content of a crude may be the cause of deposits in inter-changers and/or lines. In fact, the mix of a crude having a high asphalthene content with a paraffinic crude can displace the balance of the ... |
<urn:uuid:af7864c1-8a24-425f-8b7a-b3fc220bcc94>_1 | percentage in volume over the crude. This is the weight of the residue remaining after the combustion of a fuel sample. It represents the facility of a heavy fuel to produce particles during combustion. This is the measurement of the mass of a volume. It is expressed in kilograms per liter, or grams per cubic centimete... |
<urn:uuid:af7864c1-8a24-425f-8b7a-b3fc220bcc94>_2 | flash or detonate momentarily when a flame is applied in controlled conditions. It represents the maximum temperature at which a product can be stored or transported in safe conditions. This is the temperature at which the crystals formed during the cooling of a product sample disappear completely when the temperature ... |
<urn:uuid:af7864c1-8a24-425f-8b7a-b3fc220bcc94>_3 | standardized engine and a reference fuel. The cetane rating is determined by making a comparison of the ignition time of a mix of cetane (C16)) and hepta-methyl-nonane (C 15), which has the same delay time in ignition as the fuel being examined. The cetane rating measured is the percentage of the cetane compound in the... |
<urn:uuid:af7864c1-8a24-425f-8b7a-b3fc220bcc94>_4 | fire the diesel. The lineal paraffins have a high cetane rating and therefore burn well; on the other hand, the aromatics are of a low cetane rating and burn badly, producing deposits of carbon and the production of black smoke. For that reason, high-quality diesel should have an aromatic content compatible with the sp... |
<urn:uuid:af7864c1-8a24-425f-8b7a-b3fc220bcc94>_5 | gasoline self-ignites, detonating before the cylinder compresses all the gasoline and air mixture, losing power. The detonation produces sound waves that are detected using special microphones. The octane rating is measured by comparing the noise of the detonation made by a reference fuel mixture in a standardized engi... |
<urn:uuid:af7864c1-8a24-425f-8b7a-b3fc220bcc94>_6 | compression ratio, which are more efficient. There are two types of engine for the determination of the octane rating of gasoline. One uses the Research method and the other the Motor method. The Research method represents the behavior of an engine in cities at low and moderate speeds. The Motor method represents situa... |
<urn:uuid:af7864c1-8a24-425f-8b7a-b3fc220bcc94>_7 | crude or of an oil product, in a closed container at a temperature of 100 °F (38 °C). A high vapor pressure of the crude tells us that light products are present in it and that they will burn in the torch in the processing if there is no suitable recovery system. In the case of an internal combustion engine, excessive ... |
<urn:uuid:af7864c1-8a24-425f-8b7a-b3fc220bcc94>_8 | spontaneously in contact with the air (without flame), probably due to the heat the show oxidation produces, which accumulates, raising the temperature to the inflammation point. Fortunately, the oil distillers have very high self-ignition temperatures and are therefore difficult to achieve; this is 450ºC in gasoline. ... |
<urn:uuid:af7864c1-8a24-425f-8b7a-b3fc220bcc94>_9 | crude or product is light or heavy and enables us to calculate the tons of this unloaded. A light crude has an API of 40-50 while a heavy one has 10-24. Sulfur and the API are the properties with the greatest influence on the price of crude. This is the resistance to degradation through heat or oxidation of an oil prod... |
<urn:uuid:af7864c1-8a24-425f-8b7a-b3fc220bcc94>_10 | people. The sulfhydric acid is very dangerous because it anesthetizes the olfactory nerve which prevents people from being aware of the situation and is mortal in small quantities. Personnel working in contact with the crude have therefore to wear protection equipment and personal sulfhydric acid sensors. This is the d... |
<urn:uuid:a425dd00-2dda-4f6a-a262-ac0cfe23a97e>_0 | Peter PanLiterary Hero Best known as: Fanciful boy hero of Peter Pan Peter Pan is the mischievous hero of J.M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan. Peter is "the boy who never grew up," a fantastical figure who visits the bedroom of the Darling children (Wendy, John and Michael) and flies them away to Neverland. There the chi... |
<urn:uuid:a425dd00-2dda-4f6a-a262-ac0cfe23a97e>_1 | (Peter Pan, 2003) and Robin Williams (Hook, 1991) among many others. Peter Pan is also the star of a series of adventure stories for children by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, starting with Peter and the Starcatcher (2004). Peter Pan is assisted by a tiny fairie named Tinkerbell, who carries a lighted wand; she has bec... |
<urn:uuid:906f7240-4b78-478d-9b89-4b845237d4f3>_0 | The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Ecological and Economic Foundations Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination and flood control, all of which are dependent on biodive... |
<urn:uuid:906f7240-4b78-478d-9b89-4b845237d4f3>_1 | these issues. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, written by a team of international experts, represents the scientific state of the art, providing a comprehensive assessment of the fundamental ecological and economic principles of measuring and valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity, and showing how the... |
<urn:uuid:906f7240-4b78-478d-9b89-4b845237d4f3>_2 | Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity 6. Discounting, Ethics, and Options for Maintaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Integrity 7. Lessons Learned and Linkages with National Policies Appendix 1: How the TEEB Framework Can be Applied: The Amazon Case Appendix 2: Matrix Tables for Wetland and Forest Ecosystems Appendix 3: E... |
<urn:uuid:906f7240-4b78-478d-9b89-4b845237d4f3>_3 | problem, but also of a set of practical solutions which deserve the attention of policy-makers around the world." - Nicholas Stern, I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment "The [TEEB] project... |
<urn:uuid:906f7240-4b78-478d-9b89-4b845237d4f3>_4 | the illusion that somehow we can get by without biodiversity, or that it is somehow peripheral to our contemporary world. The truth is we need it more than ever on a planet of six billion heading to over nine billion people by 2050. This volume of 'TEEB' explores the challenges involved in addressing the economic invis... |
<urn:uuid:906f7240-4b78-478d-9b89-4b845237d4f3>_5 | for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), recently joined by Norway's Ministry for Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands' Ministry of Housing (VROM), the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and also the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The study leader is Pavan Sukhdev, who ... |
<urn:uuid:4847de2d-8bad-482a-88bd-b2afc875fbbd>_0 | Scaevola taccada is a dense, spreading shrub that generally grows up to 3 meter in height. The light green leaves are somewhat succulent with a waxy covering and are alternately arranged along the stem. The blades are elongated and rounded at the tips, 5 to 20 cm long and 5 to 7 cm wide and the edges are often curled d... |
<urn:uuid:4847de2d-8bad-482a-88bd-b2afc875fbbd>_1 | ocean and still germinate after having been in salt water for up to a year. One study showed that the seeds germinated best after 250 days in salt water. (National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG). 1994. Naupaka. In Native Hawaiian plant information sheets. Lawai, Kauai: Hawaii Plant Conservation Center. National Tropi... |
<urn:uuid:adef713e-3e75-42d1-ace5-ab0518d6aa74>_0 | The common name for sedums is Stonecrop. There is a Stonecrop Nursery in eastern New York which was the first garden created by Frank Cabot. Frank created the Garden Conservancy, an organization which strives to preserve some of our exceptional gardens for posterity. Each year it also runs its Open Days Program which o... |
<urn:uuid:adef713e-3e75-42d1-ace5-ab0518d6aa74>_1 | I have several plants growing out of a south-facing wall. But there are tall oaks and maples to the south so that the only time it gets direct sun is in spring before the oaks leaf out. The rest of the year it is dappled light. Another plant is in the east-facing bed on top of my long stone wall where it gets only morn... |
<urn:uuid:538849d2-1abb-4a38-9afe-136950fa9f61>_0 | Recent acts of violence alongside pending legislation and international pressure have brought to light the pressing need for lawmaking in support of LGBT rights in Chile. Together with protests for reforms in the education system, the public seems to be increasingly impatient about what the government is doing to prote... |
<urn:uuid:538849d2-1abb-4a38-9afe-136950fa9f61>_1 | Chileans were increasingly outspoken in reporting abuse and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. However, this recently passed antidiscrimination law does not deal with hate crimes per se, but rather defines illegal discrimination. Furthermore, certain passages have yet to be finalized in a m... |
<urn:uuid:538849d2-1abb-4a38-9afe-136950fa9f61>_2 | argues that Chilean society is not opposed to legislating on issues of gay rights and antidiscrimination in its entirety, but there is a lack of bravery and willingness within Congress to approach these pending issues. The recent Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ overturning of a Chilean court ruling against lesbia... |
<urn:uuid:538849d2-1abb-4a38-9afe-136950fa9f61>_3 | appeasing demands by giving in to all of them, we will never get to our final goal [development].” However, most gay rights issues rely merely on political willingness rather than investment for social welfare. Furthermore, acting on gay rights is not the investment equivalent of reforming a public education system. On... |
<urn:uuid:538849d2-1abb-4a38-9afe-136950fa9f61>_4 | success might just be the lack of recognition given to the longstanding need for social inclusion of minorities in the country’s legal framework. In contrast, Chile’s neighbor Argentina has clearly reaped the benefits of gay tourism and investment since legislating on gay marriage, while Chile continues to turn a blind... |
<urn:uuid:538849d2-1abb-4a38-9afe-136950fa9f61>_5 | that allows gay couples to state whether they live with a same-sex partner may become an important, confidential and unbiased figure that current and future administrations could use to advocate for legislation on gay unions. This paradox persists despite the heightened quality of life of Chileans. Economic growth is c... |
<urn:uuid:1409dc76-7943-47eb-b75e-4a471fa7eef8>_0 | Language Instruction for Immigrant and Non-English Speaking Children Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 provides Federal financial support to state and local educational agencies to supplement English language instruction in order to ensure that all English Language Learners, including immigrant children... |
<urn:uuid:67f882b4-50c6-4585-a056-180572c3d8a1>_0 | Don't feel like exercise? Scientists find compound that may help you work out harderJune 12th, 2012 in Medical research / As science rushes to develop safe weight loss drugs, a new research report approaches this problem from an entirely new angle: What if there were a pill that would make you want to exercise harder? ... |
<urn:uuid:67f882b4-50c6-4585-a056-180572c3d8a1>_1 | activity is known to improve symptoms. "Here we show that Epo increases the motivation to exercise," said Max Gassmann, D.V.M., a researcher involved in the work from the Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse-Faculty and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. ... |
<urn:uuid:67f882b4-50c6-4585-a056-180572c3d8a1>_2 | can't put exercise in a pill, then maybe you can put the motivation to exercise in a pill instead," said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal. "As more and more people become overweight and obese, we must attack the problem from all angles. Maybe the day will come when gyms are as easily found a... |
<urn:uuid:3c94cfed-9902-49b3-b0c6-766238508e03>_0 | I do a lesson with tints and shades that requires no drawing skills. The kids make a large triangular banner using their first or last initial-usually 24x18 or 24x36 if you have that sized paper. They make the letter on a piece of 9x12 size paper. They can embellish a simple block or puffy letter with a few swirls or w... |
<urn:uuid:3c94cfed-9902-49b3-b0c6-766238508e03>_1 | using straight or curved lines (nothing too nervous, if you know what I mean. Just simple lines). I usually limit the number of extra shapes to about 10-12 and remind the kids that the letter is the star of this show, not the background Then they start with tints (color plus white) and paint in half the shapes. Do the ... |
<urn:uuid:b5ce094a-a436-4fa4-bd01-7493c969d37b>_0 | A nocturnal bird of prey. (AM2: dp. 1,009 (f.); l. 18710; 1 b. 356; dr. 104; s. 14 k.; cpl. 78; a. 2 3; cl. Lapwing) The first Owl (AM2) was laid down 25 October 1917 by the Todd Shipbuilding Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y.; launched 4 March 1918; sponsored by Miss Ruth R. Dodd; and commissioned 11 July 1918, Lt. (j.g.) Charles ... |
<urn:uuid:b5ce094a-a436-4fa4-bd01-7493c969d37b>_1 | tender, and target and mooring buoy planting services from New England to the Caribbean. Then, temporarily attached to Train, Patrol Force at Culebra, P.R., she steamed to Bermuda in May for towing and servicing duties with MinDiv 14. Redesignated AT137, 1 June 1942, she was based at Bermuda until June 1943. During tha... |
<urn:uuid:b5ce094a-a436-4fa4-bd01-7493c969d37b>_2 | 15 May 1944, she arrived off the Normandy coast two days after D-Day. As ground forces pushed inland, she towed port and road construction materials to the French coast, thus aiding the all important flow of men and equipment to the front. Availability at Falmouth early in the new year, 1945, preceded her return to the... |
<urn:uuid:75ff55fb-1d04-482b-9c4b-4e8cfec3acf0>_0 | When the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) was first founded in 1973 there were only 1.5 million wild turkeys across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Today, it is estimated there are more than 5.6 million wild turkeys. In Utah, wild turkey restoration efforts continue to be the most aggressive in the nation. Over 2,80... |
<urn:uuid:75ff55fb-1d04-482b-9c4b-4e8cfec3acf0>_1 | return in Utah, has been the Federation's volunteers, working side-by-side with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Now, with most restoration efforts completed in the East, all eyes have shifted to the West, where the wild turkey continues to redefine it's own idea of suitable habitat. While the release of a wild... |
<urn:uuid:75ff55fb-1d04-482b-9c4b-4e8cfec3acf0>_2 | acres by planting trees, crops, winter food sources and grasses that provide food and shelter for not only the wild turkey, but many others species of wildlife as well. Also improved in many areas, particularly in the west, has been water quality. Projects occurring right here in southeastern Utah include a San Rafael ... |
<urn:uuid:48086b1a-3238-4ab2-b4f2-1d8b3a1128c0>_0 | Learn something new every day More Info... by email Thermal epoxy is any adhesive epoxy that has one or more substances added to it to enhance thermal, or heat, transfer. These epoxies can be electrically conductive or not conductive, depending on the thermal additive used. Silver and other metal-based thermal additive... |
<urn:uuid:48086b1a-3238-4ab2-b4f2-1d8b3a1128c0>_1 | formulations for almost every application imaginable, including those that cure while under water, those that remain very flexible or get quite rigid when cured, those resistant to fire or high heat, and even those certified by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for low outgassing. Heat can d... |
<urn:uuid:48086b1a-3238-4ab2-b4f2-1d8b3a1128c0>_2 | applications, a thermal epoxy can help fill microscopic voids that occur in the surfaces of heat sinks and other devices. These voids occur in the manufacturing process. When two objects are mounted together, for instance a chip and a heat sink, the voids fill with air. Air is a very poor thermal conductor, so a substa... |
<urn:uuid:6b5ff0a8-5351-4289-bb86-d7195a7837dc>_0 | DENVER – Put on your poodle skirts and tune in Elvis on the transistor radio, because it’s starting to look a lot like the 1950s. Unfortunately, this won’t be the nostalgic ’50s of big cars and pop music. The 1950s that could be on the way to Colorado is the decade of drought. So says Brian Bledsoe, a Colorado Springs ... |
<urn:uuid:6b5ff0a8-5351-4289-bb86-d7195a7837dc>_1 | Colorado that was just as bad as the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. The ocean currents slipped back into their 1950s pattern in the last five years, Bledsoe said. The cycles can last a decade or more, meaning bad news for farmers, ranchers, skiers and forest residents. “Drought feeds on drought. The longer it goes, the harder... |
<urn:uuid:6b5ff0a8-5351-4289-bb86-d7195a7837dc>_2 | he said. Weather data showed the last year’s conditions were extreme. Nolan Doesken, Colorado’s state climatologist, said the summer of 2012 was the hottest on record in Colorado. And it was the fifth-driest winter since record-keeping began more than 100 years ago. Despite recent storms in the San Juan Mountains, this... |
<urn:uuid:4b6d67c9-bf43-419d-bd2a-90f5140e91f2>_0 | EPO is a nootropicWednesday, 10 September, 2008 Erythropoietin (EPO), a hormone that increases red blood cells and is used as a performance enhancer for athletic performance, has now been shown to enhance memory in normal, healthy mice. Mice that received EPO injections had enhanced memory for 3-4 weeks afterwards, whi... |
<urn:uuid:4b6d67c9-bf43-419d-bd2a-90f5140e91f2>_1 | have been focusing on this as a treatment, but anyone can see that this is a promising enhancement too. This mouse research showed that EPO enhanced memory and athletic function in healthy mice. It enhances both athletic and mental performance – how good is that? Then again, if EPO becomes a common cognitive enhancer, ... |
<urn:uuid:4b6d67c9-bf43-419d-bd2a-90f5140e91f2>_2 | cell production, this may be possible too. Make a drug that stimulates the brain like EPO does, but doesn’t effect an increase in red blood cells. And this study has gone a long way to unraveling the relevant effects of EPO on neuronal plasticity that underly the enhancement to memory circuitry in the brain, which mean... |
<urn:uuid:e52b9faa-46f7-4ce0-bef3-858f067d0752>_0 | Celebrate Princeton Invention: Craig Arnold Posted December 21, 2009; 01:08 p.m. Able to adjust its focus more than 100,000 times faster than the human eye, the TAG Lens invented by mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Craig Arnold and his colleagues has applications in materials processing and imaging. (Phot... |
<urn:uuid:e52b9faa-46f7-4ce0-bef3-858f067d0752>_1 | shape laser beam output into different patterns, Arnold and his colleagues focused their attention on understanding how the device worked and its potential applications. Finding that the lens had the unique ability to focus rapidly at a wide range of focal lengths, they realized its potential went far beyond the origin... |
<urn:uuid:917d251d-f393-43ee-afe9-4b708927c6bd>_0 | - 10 to 15 minutes - Take turns introducing each other while pretending you are on a stage. - Stand up, bow, and tell all the good things you can about the other person, his hobbies, good qualities, etc. Be sure to over-dramatize. - Take turns introducing other family members, present or not. - Challenge your child to ... |
<urn:uuid:4932f7a4-ad95-4a3c-aceb-f7b7ec9a24f6>_0 | 2012-2013 Service Learning Courses Hispanic Literature in Translation—"Defiant Acts: Spanish and Latin American Theatre" Isabel de Sena This course will explore the full spectrum of theatre from the early modern period in Spain and colonial Spanish America to contemporary theatre on both sides of the Atlantic, includin... |
<urn:uuid:4932f7a4-ad95-4a3c-aceb-f7b7ec9a24f6>_1 | investigate the work of FOMMA (Fortaleza de la Mujer Maya) and similar contemporary collectives. And we will read plays as plays, as literature and as texts intended for performance on a stage. At the same time students will have the opportunity to explore creative practices, through engagement with different community... |
<urn:uuid:4932f7a4-ad95-4a3c-aceb-f7b7ec9a24f6>_2 | welcome. Open to any interested student. Fall & Spring First Year Studies Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu [Isizulu: A person is only a person through other persons] How do the contexts in which we live influence our development? And how do these contexts influence the questions we ask about development, and the ways in which ... |
<urn:uuid:4932f7a4-ad95-4a3c-aceb-f7b7ec9a24f6>_3 | will discuss how physical and psychosocial environments differ for poor and non-poor children and their families in rural Upstate New York, urban Yonkers, and rural and urban Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania. We will also discuss individual and environmental protective factors that buffer some childre... |
<urn:uuid:4932f7a4-ad95-4a3c-aceb-f7b7ec9a24f6>_4 | anthropology, sociology, and public health; memoirs and other first-hand accounts; and classic and contemporary African literature and film. This course will also serve as an introduction to the methodologies of community based and participatory action research within the context of a service-learning course. As a clas... |
<urn:uuid:4932f7a4-ad95-4a3c-aceb-f7b7ec9a24f6>_5 | psychological spaces. We will use a constructivist, multidisciplinary, multilevel lens to examine the interrelationship between humans and the natural and built environment, to explore the impact of racial/ethnic group membership on person/environment interactions, and to provide for a critical analysis of social dynam... |
<urn:uuid:96cc40b8-7871-436d-9364-13d3cb186f33>_0 | BEMIDJI -The Governor's Task Force Prevention of School Bullying met with Bemidji students, parents and educators Wednesday evening kicking off a series of sessions to help redefine the state's anti-bullying statute. "The Governor has organized a task force of citizens from around the state to make recommendations to t... |
<urn:uuid:96cc40b8-7871-436d-9364-13d3cb186f33>_1 | the school and it is seen both physically and verbally. "Words hurt more than fists in a lot of situations because if the physical wound isn't there it could still leave a mark on the mind," Siddens said. The students said the most common targets of bullying in school are people of different race, sexual orientation or... |
<urn:uuid:96cc40b8-7871-436d-9364-13d3cb186f33>_2 | staff how to resolve and prevent bully situations. "We have some programs that address bullying and I am happy we have them but I don't think they are exactly effective because if the person is doing it they are not going to be listening to the reasons why they are not supposed to be doing it," Thomas Caddy said. Riest... |
<urn:uuid:96cc40b8-7871-436d-9364-13d3cb186f33>_3 | the issue of cyber bullying in addition to racial and sexual orientation bullying. The parents agreed that the school and the parents need to make sure students know their resources on who they can talk to when being bullied. "We need to be held accountable for our own actions and we not only need to listen to our kids... |
<urn:uuid:96cc40b8-7871-436d-9364-13d3cb186f33>_4 | classroom in the district you won't find any teachers teaching bullying. I think we need to be a part of the search for a solution to bullying but I don't think we are the stopping place, we are the starting place. We need to look at the greater community to find solutions that are going to be the lasting solutions." T... |
<urn:uuid:699d891f-bdb8-4b5c-be74-eb4bcd7029f8>_0 | A Soyuz rocket launched two Galileo satellites into orbit on Friday, marking a crucial step for Europe’s planned navigation system, operator Arianespace announced. The launch took place at the Kourou space base in French Guiana, at 3:15pm (6:15pm GMT). Three and three-quarter hours later, the 700kg satellites were plac... |
<urn:uuid:699d891f-bdb8-4b5c-be74-eb4bcd7029f8>_1 | public, followed by the rest in 2020, according to the European Space Agency. It is claimed that the system will be accurate to within one meter. The US Global Positioning System, which became operational in 1995 and is currently being upgraded, is currently accurate to between three and eight meters. In May, the Europ... |
<urn:uuid:093caeea-82d7-4228-9893-9bb346f428bd>_0 | Did You Know Did you know that there is a town in Germany by the name of Reher?? That there is also one by the name of Stoltenberg?? Do you know where our Reher and Stoltenberg ancestors came from in Germany?? Johann Reher came from the town of Bebensee. His father Casper came from Dreggers which was 6 miles east of th... |
<urn:uuid:093caeea-82d7-4228-9893-9bb346f428bd>_1 | are all located in close proximity. They are LaBoe, Stein, Fahren, Probsteierhagen and Wentdorf. The town of Stoltenberg is only seven miles to the southeast of Brodersdorf. The above map of northern Germany will show you where the towns Reher, Stoltenberg, Bebensee, Dreggers, and Brodersdorf are located. I've marked t... |
<urn:uuid:093caeea-82d7-4228-9893-9bb346f428bd>_2 | triangle, Bebensee in the bottom right and Brodersdorf in the top. Hamburg is the port that our Johann & Sophia Reher sailed out of with their two small children, Emma and Ernest when they came to America in 1872. The map above shows a closer view of the area where Bebensee & Dreggers are located... where Johann Reher ... |
<urn:uuid:873d034c-6ae5-4566-809b-a5ab3f91b6e4>_0 | Thrombolytic drugs for heart attack Small blood vessels called coronary arteries supply blood and oxygen to the heart. - A heart attack can occur if a blood clot completely blocks one of these arteries. - Unstable angina refers to chest pain and other warning signs that a heart attack may happen soon. It is most often ... |
<urn:uuid:873d034c-6ae5-4566-809b-a5ab3f91b6e4>_1 | - Bleeding inside the head or a stroke - Brain abnormalities, such as tumors or poorly formed blood vessels - Had a head injury within the past 3 months - A history of using blood thinners or a bleeding disorder - Had major surgery, a major injury, or internal bleeding within the past 3-4 weeks - Peptic ulcer disease -... |
<urn:uuid:873d034c-6ae5-4566-809b-a5ab3f91b6e4>_2 | myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) developed in collaboration with the American Col... |
<urn:uuid:873d034c-6ae5-4566-809b-a5ab3f91b6e4>_3 | Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: developed in collaboration with the Canadian Cardiovascular Society endorsed by the American Academy of Family Physicians: 2007 Writing Group to Review New Evidence and Update the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarctio... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_0 | The “presidi” translates as “garrisons” (from the French word, “to equip”), as protectors of traditional food production practices Monday, March 23, 2009 The “presidi” translates as “garrisons” (from the French word, “to equip”), as protectors of traditional food production practices This past year, I have had rewardin... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_1 | only, February-March, 2009). In Fort Yukon, Alaska, salmon is a mainstay of the diet. Yet, among the Athabascan Indians, threats to subsistence foods and stresses on household economics abound. In particular, high prices for external energy sources (as of July, 2008, almost $8 for a gallon of gasoline and $6.50 for a g... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_2 | -- or another example, Bethel in Southwest Alaska – even when offered additional subsidies, such as for home heating. But, in reality, “hubs” often offer neither much employment nor relief from high prices. In Munje village in Kenya, the Digo, a Bantu-speaking, mostly Islamic tribe in the southern coastal area of Kenya... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_3 | villagers today want very much to enter the market economy and will sell products from their shambas to buy staples and the flour needed to make mandazis, which they in turn sell. Sales of mandazis (and mango and coconut, to a lesser extent) bring in some cash for villagers. A treasured food is, in fact, the coconut. T... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_4 | food (and the main source of cash income), the mandazi, is still cooked in coconut oil Note: All photos were taken by G. Berardi Thursday, February 19, 2009 Despite maize in the fields, it is widely known that farmers are hoarding stocks in many districts. Farmers are refusing the NCPB/government price of Sh1,950 per 9... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_5 | system planning, disaster management planning, and protection and development of agricultural and rural economies. Click here for the full text. Photos taken by G. Berardi Cabbage, an imported food (originally), and susceptible to much pest damage. Camps still remain for Kenya’s Internally Displaced Persons resulting f... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_6 | designs that consider environmental impacts or critiques of the capitalist model of financing. As I thought about sustainable development, or sustainable community management if you are a bit queasy with the feasibility of continuous expansion, I considered its corollaries in the field of disaster risk reduction. It st... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_7 | international development and disaster reduction circles. It argues that disasters destroy development gains and cause communities to de-develop unless both disaster reduction and development occur in tandem. Building a cheaper, non-earthquake resistant school in an earthquake zone, may make short-term financial sense.... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_8 | ecological event from an almost exclusively human perspective. Its not a disaster if it doesn't destroy human lives and human infrastructure. But, the lunch-time discussion made me wonder if there wasn't something of an ecological bottom line to disasters in there somewhere. Perhaps it is in the difference between an e... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_9 | well in low as high flooding? My guess would be no. And of course, there is the big, looming disaster of climate change. This is a human-induced change that may prove quite disasterous to many an ecological system, everything from our pine forests here, to arctic wildlife, and tropical coral reefs. Perhaps, we disaster... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_10 | throughout the county, with fewer people knowing about their devastation and having greater vulnerability to flood hazards. Luckily, there are local agencies and non-profits who are ready at a moment’s call to help anyone in need. The primary organization that came to the aid of the flood victims was the American Red C... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_11 | several shelters opened to accommodate the needs of these flood victims. On Saturday I was asked to help staff one of these shelters overnight in Ferndale. While I talked with parents and children, I became more aware of the stark reality of how these people have to recover from having all their possessions covered in ... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_12 | coverage ever could. I posted this bit about my volunteer experience because it made me realize something about my education and degree track in disaster reduction and emergency planning. We look at ways to create a more sustainable community, and we need to remember that community service is an important part of creat... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_13 | been two days now that schools have been closed in Whatcom County, not for snow, but for rain and flooding. This unusual event coincides with record flooding throughout Western Washington, just a year after record flooding closed I5 for three days and Lewis County businesses experienced what they then called an unprece... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_14 | probability often hides an even larger societal misunderstanding . Flood risk changes when we change the environment in which it occurs. If a flood map tells you that you are not in the flood plain, better check the date of the map. Most maps are utterly out of date and many vastly underestimate present flood risk. The... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_15 | mammoth problem when compounded downstream. Deforesting can have the same effect, with the added potential for house-crushing and river-clogging mudslides. Timber harvesting is certainly an important industry in our neck of the woods. Not only is commercial logging an important source of jobs for many rural and small t... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_16 | treatment plants, and bridges went to the county and often was passed on to the nation’s tax payers through state and federal recovery grants. Thus, what should have been paid by Weyerhaeuser, 500 year probability or not, was paid by someone else. Finally, there is local government. Various folks within local governmen... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_17 | Insurance program, but that plan has significant leeway and little monitoring. Like the commercial logging, disaster-stricken local governments can often push the recovery costs off to individual homeowners through the FEMA homeowner’s assistance program, and off to state and federal agencies by receiving disaster reco... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_18 | http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008048848_logging13m.html An interesting article on the failure of best management practices in development catchment basins can be found here: Hur, J. et al (2008) Does current management of storm water runoff adequately protect water resources in developing catchments?... |
<urn:uuid:e139d24e-7144-4cf8-866c-6066d64a435f>_19 | Matt sell their freshly-roasted coffee (black), Katie her carrots (orange), a blue poem from Matthew, brown potatoes from Roslyn, yellow patty pan squash from Jed, red tomatoes (soft and ripe) from Diana, and golden honey from Bill (and his bees). This is a book perfect for children of any age who want to connect to an... |
<urn:uuid:a2a8e629-d460-463d-a849-ddef86c77c38>_0 | The Brazilian Supreme Court's recognition of same-sex unions in early May marks the latest victory for gay rights in Latin America. The Court's ruling grants equal legal rights to same-sex civil unions as those enjoyed by married heterosexuals, including retirement benefits, joint tax declarations, inheritance rights, ... |
<urn:uuid:a2a8e629-d460-463d-a849-ddef86c77c38>_1 | is losing its power in Brazil, which helped pave the way for the Supreme Court's recent decision in favor of homosexuals. Nevertheless, homophobia retains a tenacious grip on Brazilian society. Despite the fact that the nation boasts the world's largest gay pride parade, the LGBT movement has been unable to achieve fun... |
<urn:uuid:a2a8e629-d460-463d-a849-ddef86c77c38>_2 | disregarded proposals for gay rights legislation for nearly ten years. The Supreme Court’s recent ruling was therefore a major turning point after a history of protracted, unsuccessful struggles. The judicial decision was made in response to two lawsuits, one of which was filed by Rio de Janeiro Governor Sérgio Cabral ... |
<urn:uuid:a2a8e629-d460-463d-a849-ddef86c77c38>_3 | rights legislation in Latin America a "gay rights revolution."7 Brazil's ruling came on the heels of several other noteworthy gay rights victories in Latin America, such as Uruguay’s legalization of same-sex civil unions in 2007. Shortly thereafter, in 2010, Argentina became the first Latin American nation and eighth n... |
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