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Question: Are Humans And Plants Related? Do plants and humans have a common ancestor? Originally Answered: Do plants and humans have a common ancestor. The last common ancestor would have been an early eukaryote protist, around 2 billion yeras ago.. How are humans and plants similar? The human genome is similar to that of other animals and also to plant genomes. Both the human genome and plant genomes contain around 25,000 genes. … The presence of mitochondria means that both plants and humans have cellular respiration. Both humans and plants have highly developed immune systems. Can a human sperm fertilize a chimpanzee egg? Even though no human-chimpanzee hybrid has been reported in history so far, I am more than confident that sperm and eggs of humans and chimpanzees can create a zygote (the technical name for a fertilized egg) but whether this can actually lead to the proper formation and development of an embryo is a whole other story. What animal did humans evolve from? Who was the first human on earth? Do trees have genders? Do humans share DNA with plants? How much DNA do plants share with humans? ALL animals and plants share the same DNA which is basically a code of only 4 ‘letters’ which code for the same amino acids from which all proteins are made. … How much DNA do humans share with a banana? Do trees cry? How much DNA do we share with a potato? Do trees feel pain? What’s the closest DNA to humans? Do we really share 50 of our DNA with a banana? So, if a scientist looked at the DNA sequence of a banana and compared it with the DNA of a human it wouldn’t align. “You share 50 percent of your DNA with each of your parents. But with bananas, we share about 50 percent of our genes, which turns out to be only about 1 percent of our DNA,” emails Mike Francis, a Ph. Do Tomatoes scream when you cut them? Does grass scream when you cut it? What was the first living thing on earth? Do plants have feelings? Did humans evolve from plants?
Question: How Do You Say Someone Is Healthy? What’s the point of being healthy? Your body’s health reflects what you put into it.. What are signs of poor health? Be mindful of some of the less than obvious signs that you may not be as healthy as you think you are.You snore. … Your skin isn’t clear. … The whites of your eyes aren’t white. … Your toenails and fingernails are an odd color or texture. … You’re gassy. … You’re always tired. … Your urine isn’t a “pale, straw color.” How do you describe a healthy person? A healthy individual is a person who is physically mentally and socially well balanced . Physical fitness is very important for a healthy life. Someone who is regular with his diet , exercise and follows a regular routine is a healthy individual. Emotional stability is very important for good health . When can you say a person is healthy? The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “complete physical, mental, and social well-being – and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” But research suggests that, despite this, Americans may still define health in a narrow way. How do you describe a fit person? What Are the Characteristics of a Physically Fit Person? Health Status describes being physically fit as having cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, a good body composition, flexibility and an appropriate body mass index. Physical fitness comes from leading an active lifestyle. What do you call a person who loves the environment? countable noun. An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with protecting and preserving the natural environment, for example by preventing pollution. Synonyms: conservationist, ecologist, green, friend of the earth More Synonyms of environmentalist. What do you call someone obsessed with health? What are the five warning signs of orthorexia? What Are Some Common Signs & Symptoms of Orthorexia?Spending an excessive amount of time planning meals.Following an increasingly restrictive diet.Eliminating entire categories of food from a diet.Linking self-esteem with adherence to a diet.Hiding or concealing food from others.More items… How many type of health is there? Who is the most healthy person in the world? World’s fittest 96-year-old, Charles Eugster, shares diet and exercise tips. What are the six qualities of good health? What are the six qualities of good health? Good nutrition,regular physical activity, adequate sleep, good posture, effective stress management, & avoiding harmful substances. What are the five indicators of a fit person? 5 Components of Physical FitnessCardiovascular Endurance.Muscular Strength.Muscular endurance.Flexibility.Body Composition. How do you describe a small person? Knowing more than one way of saying something is very helpful when describing people. To describe someone’s height, you can say they are tall or short. Tall people are higher than short people. Someone who is thin and tall can be called lanky. To say someone is short and also small, you can say they are petite. What are signs of good emotional health? Use them to guide your own journey towards improved emotional health.You are comfortable with who you are. … You are adaptable and resilient. … You have positive relationships with the people in your life. … You have a sense of purpose. … You take care of your physical health. … You are comfortable saying ‘no.More items… How do you say you are healthy? How will you identify a healthy person? Here are the signs of a healthy body as quoted from The List.Healthy and Thick Hair. Thin, branched, dry hair can be a marker of health problems, such as thyroid deficiency, stress, and malnutrition. … Strong Nails. … Healthy Teeth and Gums. … Body Mass Index is Balanced. … Enough sleep. … Social Interaction. … Healthy Diet. What is orthorexia? Orthorexia is an eating disorder characterized by having an unsafe obsession with healthy food. An obsession with healthy dieting and consuming only “pure foods” or “clean eating” becomes deeply rooted in the individual’s way of thinking to the point that it interferes with their daily life. What are the 5 indicators of a fit person?
Skip to main content 7. What is discrimination by way of victimization? Racial discrimination also occurs by way of victimization if a person treats another person less favourably than other people because that person or a third person has done an act protected under the RDO, such as making or planning to make a race discrimination complaint, taking legal action, acting as witness against race discrimination or helping somebody else to do so. Example: A manager of Nepalese origin is discriminated against by way of victimization if he complains that he was paid less annual bonus than another manager of Chinese origin on the ground of race, and the company decides to dismiss him by reason that he makes this complaint. Last revision date:
Why was LAND valued over love? (Numbers 36:8) Clarify Share Report Asked January 02 2019 My picture Jack Gutknecht Mini Tim Maas Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army I would say that the situation noted in the question was a necessary consequence of adapting a Law in which males were given preference with respect to inheritance of land to a situation where there was no male heir. If the daughters of Zelophehad had been granted full inheritance rights (as if they had been sons), and then had married someone outside their own tribe, the result would have been an unjustified diminishing of their own tribe's allotment of land, since the rights to their portion of their tribe's inheritance would have been transferred to the tribes of their respective husbands. With time and repetition, this would have resulted in a hopeless blurring not just of tribal boundaries, but also of ancestral lineages, which were of great importance in that culture. (Even the genealogy of Mary, as given in Luke 3:23-38, makes no mention of Mary herself, despite the fact that she was the mother of the Son of God.) (Also, as important as love relationships are, land in a sense is more fundamental, since it is permanent, while even the most devoted love relationships end at some point.) Zelophehad's daughters were not being denied the right to marry, but only being required to marry someone from their own tribe, so that the tribe's land allotment would not be diminished. By my understanding, if they had had a brother, there would not have been a controversy, since he would have inherited the whole of Zelophehad's land, and his sisters could have married anyone they chose (even outside of their tribe). While this system may have been patriarchal by our standards, it affected all the women of Israel equally. Any woman (with or without a brother) who married outside her tribe forfeited her right to land from her own tribe's allotment. January 03 2019 0 responses Vote Up Share Report Add your Answer All answers are REVIEWED and MODERATED. Please ensure your answer MEETS all our guidelines. What makes a good answer? ▼ 1. Adhere to the eBible Statement of Faith. 2. Your answer should be complete and stand-alone. 5. For more info see The Complete Guide to eBible 1. 4000 characters remaining
The Traveling Gum By Desmond M., 3rd Grade Hint: Click on each picture to see a close-up view! Traveling Gum, part 1 There was once a piece of gum in a mall. One day a boy came and got it and ate it. He spit it out on the sidewalk. Another person stepped on it, drove to the airport and flew to Italy. Traveling Gum, part 2 When he got to Italy, he saw the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Then he drove to the spaceship launch station and then got his space suit on. He launched to the moon with the gum still on his shoe. The gum falls off and an alien steps on the gum and flies off to Mars. Traveling Gum, part 3 The alien flies back to the moon and the gum falls off. He flies away and another alien steps on it. The alien flies to Pluto and the gum falls off his shoe. The alien leaves and another alien steps on it and takes the gum back to Earth. It falls off his shoe and sticks to the sidewalk. Traveling Gum, part 5 Then, it becomes the famous piece of gum that has been to space a lot! The end!
elearn site Vocabulary --> Management Issues --> Property and Departments --> Word to learn Study the following definitions and examples. 1.   adjacent adj., next to           a. My office is adjacent to the receptionist area on the third floor.           b. The office manager found it very efficient to have the copier adjacent to the mail room. 2.  collaboration n., the act of working with someone           a. The manager had never seen such effective collaboration between two groups.           b. We believe that it was our collaboration that enabled us to achieve such favorable results. 3.  concentrate v., to focus; to think about           a. In his quiet, corner office, the manager could finally concentrate and finish his work.           b. We should concentrate our efforts on the last quarter of the year.  4.  conducive adj., contributing to; leading to           a. The new office arrangement is much more conducive to work than the dark, depressing space the company had before.           b. Arranging chairs so that participants can see each other easily is conducive to open communication. 5.  disruption n., interruption; disturbance           a. If there are no disruptions, the office renovations will be finished this week.           b. The strike caused a disruption in production at the factory.  6.  hamper v., to impede or interfere           a. When the weight of the freezing rain broke the telephone lines, the telemarketers' jobs were seriously hampered.           b. The lack of supplies hampered our ability to finish on schedule.   7.  Inconsiderately adv., rudely; impolitely           a. The manager inconsiderately scheduled the meeting for late Friday afternoon.           b. Mr. Peterson inconsiderately disrupted the meeting by asking a lot of irrelevant questions. 8.  lobby n., an anteroom, foyer, or waiting room           a. The salesperson waited in the busy lobby for the buyer to see him.           b. The reception area was moved from the lobby of the building to the third floor. 9.  move up v., to advance, improve position          a. As the employee moved up the corporate ladder, she never forgot where she started.          b. In order to move up in the company, employees had to demonstrate their loyalty. 10.  open to adj., receptive to; vulnerable          a. What I valued most in my previous supervisor was that she was always open to ideas and suggestions.          b. Since the junior executive was still on probation, he was open to much scrutiny and criticism. 11.   opt v., to choose, to decide on          a. The operations manager opted for the less expensive office design.          b. If Mary opts to join that department, you will be working together. 12.  scrutiny n., close, careful examination          a. After a great deal of scrutiny, the manager decided that the employee's work had improved considerably.          b. Jim left his old job because he found it difficult to work under the close scrutiny of his boss.    Khai giảng lớp học tiếng anh miễn phí cho trẻ em nghèo Báo Doanh Nhân Sài Gòn viết về trang web elearn.edu.vn BEES Group Tel: 0932 727 818 Copyright 2010-2020 - All Rights Reserved
Copyright © 2016 Hail Science Hail Science Theoretical physicist rethinks how we differentiate organisms on the microbial scale Theoretical physicist rethinks how we differentiate organisms on the microbial scale The categorization of organisms into species, like Darwin’s finches (above), has generated contentious debates in the biology community. Now, a SEAS researcher asks if there’s a better way. Credit: CC Even Charles Darwin, the author of ”The Origin of Species”, had a problem with species. ”I was much struck how entirely vague and arbitrary is the distinction between species and varieties,” Darwin wrote in his seminal 1859 work. Categorizing species can get especially hazy at small, microbial scales. After all, the classical definition of species as interbreeding individuals with sexually viable offspring doesn’t apply to asexual organisms. Examining shared DNA doesn’t help either: collectively, E. coli bacteria have only 20 percent of genes in common. The classification process gets even trickier as many microbes work so closely that it is unclear what to call separate organisms, let alone separate species. The woes of classification generate contentious debates in the biology community. But, for postdoctoral fellow Mikhail Tikhonov, one field’s contentious debate is another’s theoretical playground. In new research, he asks: Could organism interactions be described without mentioning species at all? ”The species question is an exciting challenge for theoretical physics,” said Tikhonov, who recently left the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) for a position at Stanford University. ”Intuitively, introducing some classification seems unavoidable, and alternatives are difficult to imagine. But theoretical physics is really good at using math to go beyond what seems intuitive. In a paper published in Physics Review E, Tikhonov outlines a framework for rethinking the language of species classification. Classical models of biology start from the assumption that the differences between species are, for the most part, clearly defined, and that the cases where the differences aren’t as clear can be settled later. Clustering organisms into discrete species is often problematic (b). Rather than describing the natural world as a deviation from a perfectly clustered case (a), this work proposes a theoretical construct where structure can be gradually added to a fully disordered ecology without species (c). Credit: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Borrowing an idea from condensed matter physics, Tikhonov takes the opposite approach that starts with complete disorder and gradually adds small amounts of structure. ”Instead of thinking about species, what if we imagined a microbial community as a free-for-all organism soup and add structure bit by bit – like this gene tends to associate with that gene,” said Tikhonov. ”By doing that, we can ask questions about the dynamics of the system as a whole. We can ask, how does evolution act on the structure within a community, rather than on a species? This question is not only interesting on a theoretical level, but could have real-world implications in understanding and treating human disease. While some diseases (like pneumonia or meningitis) have specific culprits, many others (like obesity or type II diabetes) seem to be associated to a community-level dysfunction of our microbiome – the highly diverse bacterial communities that live on and inside our bodies. To understand these diseases, researchers must understand how the system works as a whole. ”In your gut, there are hundreds of different types of bacteria doing hundreds of different things and we can’t write a differential equation for all of them,” said Tikhonov. ”Even in cases where we know what everyone is doing individually, we see collective effects that you’d be hard pressed to predict from individual behaviors. Besides, every person has a different composition of microbes, so if we are ever going to understand or manipulate these systems, we need to think about the whole, rather than the parts. There is still a long way to go, but theoretical physics and applied math may play a role in settling this long-standing biological debate. In some ways, the microbial life is like the quantum world of particle physics: neither is directly accessible to our senses, and so neither has to conform to the intuition derived from our day-to-day experiences. When intuition fails, math shows the way. ”It’s hard to grasp how, in quantum mechanics, a particle can be both a singular entity and a spread-out wave. The bacterial world has no reasons to be any less surprising,” said Tikhonov. Explore further:Thousands of genes exchanged within microbial communities living on cheese More information: Mikhail Tikhonov. Theoretical microbial ecology without species, Physical Review E (2017). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.96.032410 Journal reference:Physical Review E Provided by:Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Continue Reading More in Physics To Top
isolate from isolate (someone or something) from (someone or something) To keep someone or something away from someone or something else. He's abusive, so of course he's trying to isolate Gail from the rest of her family. We need to isolate the healthy chickens from the ones that are sick. See also: isolate isolate someone or something from someone or something to keep people or things separated from one another, in any combination. They isolated everyone from Sam, who was ill with malaria. We isolated the children from the source of the disease. See also: isolate See also: References in periodicals archive ? It clustered phylogenetically with H5N1 viruses isolated in China in 2005 and was most closely related to a 2005 human isolate from Anhui, China (A/Anhui/1/2005) (11). DQ195277), which showed 82.8% and 96% identity at the nucleotide and amino acid level, respectively, with a TOSV isolate from Italy (GenBank accession no. Researchers failed to recover deer ticks from 7 sampling sites and recovered only a single Borrelia isolate from well-described B. With the exception of the 1920 Utah type strain (Utah 112) and 1 isolate from California, the other 4 F. Recently, a novel type V SCCmec type was characterized and found in a C-MRSA isolate from Australia (10). The MRSA isolate from sputum was susceptible to all the non-[beta]-lactam antimicrobial drugs tested, including erythromycin, clindamycin, ciprofloxacin, tetracycline, kanamycin, and fusidic acid. pneumophila serogroup 13 isolate from case 1; the Australian Legionella Reference Laboratory staff for typing the clinical and environmental isolates relating to case 2; Roslyn Podmore and her team from Canterbury Health Laboratories, who isolated Legionella species from the clinical specimens of patients with cases 3 and 4; and Paul Chadwick for reviewing the manuscript. ST398 was retrieved from 6 isolates from pig farmers; previously, it had only been reported in 1 isolate from the Netherlands. Only 1 isolate from Antofagasta (ATC 230) and 1 from Puerto Montt (PMC 59) differed from the pandemic group in more than 1 property. However, in school D, the isolate from the index patient had PFGE pattern 5, whereas the rest of the isolates from patients in school D had pattern 6. However, the Etest (AB Biodisk, Solna, Sweden) showed that the isolates of the dog and the baby had an oxacillin MIC of 6 mg/L and the isolate from the nurse had an oxacillin MIC of 4 mg/L and could therefore be classified as oxacillin resistant. With the exception of one 1983 isolate from Rondonia (BeH 413820) and one 1975 isolate from Aripuana in Mato Grosso (BeH 291597), all Brazilian YFV strains formed a single monophyletic clade.
Cloth $40.00 ISBN: 9780226650883 Published August 2019 E-book $10.00 to $40.00 About E-books ISBN: 9780226650913 Published August 2019 Also Available From Higher and Colder A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration Vanessa Heggie Higher and Colder Vanessa Heggie 264 pages | 13 halftones | 6 x 9 | © 2019 Cloth $40.00 ISBN: 9780226650883 Published August 2019 During the long twentieth century, explorers went in unprecedented numbers to the hottest, coldest, and highest points on the globe. Taking us from the Himalaya to Antarctica and beyond, Higher and Colder presents the first history of extreme physiology, the study of the human body at its physical limits. Each chapter explores a seminal question in the history of science, while also showing how the apparently exotic locations and experiments contributed to broader political and social shifts in twentieth-century scientific thinking. Unlike most books on modern biomedicine, Higher and Colder focuses on fieldwork, expeditions, and exploration, and in doing so provides a welcome alternative to laboratory-dominated accounts of the history of modern life sciences. Though centered on male-dominated practices—science and exploration—it recovers the stories of women’s contributions that were sometimes accidentally, and sometimes deliberately, erased. Engaging and provocative, this book is a history of the scientists and physiologists who face challenges that are physically demanding, frequently dangerous, and sometimes fatal, in the interest of advancing modern science and pushing the boundaries of human ability. List of Abbreviations One / Introduction: Higher and Colder Two / Gasping Lungs Three / Frozen Fields Four / Local Knowledge Five / Blood on the Mountain Six / Conclusion: Death and Other Frontiers Review Quotes "Extreme physiology remains an important aspect of study as we set our sights ever outward (to polar regions), upward (to the Moon and Mars), and downward (to the deep ocean). With Higher and Colder, Heggie reminds us that such work can offer extraordinary stories about how science is practiced while challenging the scientific community to consider adopting institutional changes that ensure that everyone can participate and is recognized for their contributions." "Heggie aims high and succeeds in mastering a huge topic and presenting a very dense but highly readable text. Furthermore, she stirs new research questions for bodies in the wilderness and exploration medicine, psychological fieldwork, the nexus between indigenous non-temperate bodies and evolutionary theory cum racial science, and lastly, the history of homeostasis. Looking at bodies in crisis or bodies under extreme conditions adds to a specific twentieth-century notion of homeostatic bodies. In Higher and Colder, the mostly utterly abstract history of homeostasis reaches ground level and takes the shape of everyday gadgets and truly felt limitations of human bodies." "An excellent historical backdrop to extreme physiology research, this well-documented text will be of considerable interest to wilderness travelers and a new generation of biomedical researchers. . . . Recommended." "Heggie has produced an innovative and stimulating contribution to the history of science with her investigations into extreme physiology and exploration. . . . She takes the reader out of the laboratory and into the real world to show how our understandings about the effects of extreme environments upon explorers were many times learned the hard way—on the mountain tops and across the Arctic ice, often with dire consequences. . . . Heggie’s close examination of the history of extreme physiology thus adds to a wealth of fascinating stories about how scientists have lived and died in the most challenging environments in order to advance their scientific knowledge and experience the thrill of adventure. . . . [She] admirably convinces us that the field as a location of science in action has been marginalized and does indeed deserve study as a site of scientific activity in its own right." Journal of the History of Biology "Through a series of thematic chapters, Heggie shows how biomedical scientists investigated the physical effects of exposure to extreme environments, while also developing (or appropriating) technologies and behavioral strategies that could mitigate them. . . . Heggie stays close to her sources, providing a fine-grained analysis of specific expeditions, experiments, or technologies. . . . Higher and Colder, then, not only speaks to broader themes in the history of biology, but also raises new questions and potential avenues of inquiry for historians of the life and environmental sciences." Michael Robinson, University of Hartford "I love this book. With its focus on biomedical research in extreme environments, Higher and Colder shows how twentieth-century expeditions—to the Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Himalayas—are stranger than we thought. This story of exploration plays out on ice caps and mountaintops, but also in places not often sketched on the expeditionary map: inside barometric chambers, scientific outposts, and medical laboratories. Heggie examines the tangible and visceral aspects of expeditionary work—blood, food, clothing, equipment—in order to challenge our basic assumptions about the history of expeditionary science: that we know what it is and how it gets done." Sarah W. Tracy, Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor, University of Oklahoma "A gripping and revelatory story of the physiologists who went to extremes in the twentieth century as they charted the parameters of human performance in some of the globe’s most inhospitable places. Heggie reveals how these researchers trekked to the tops of mountains and the earth’s icy poles, curious less about these extraordinary environments than the inner workings of human physiology. The world was their laboratory. Higher and Colder likewise explores the complex colonial, military, cultural, and political terrain that framed this style of expeditionary biomedical science. The book makes a significant contribution to the history of the field sciences, environmental history, and the history of twentieth-century medicine." Peter Hansen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute “Vanessa Heggie brings to vivid life the history of the sciences of human survival at its limits. Higher and Colder offers a bold and persuasive interpretation of exploration as a scientific practice in the twentieth century, when Mount Everest and the polar regions became natural laboratories for physiological experiments, racial ideologies, gender hierarchies, indigenous technologies, and everyday practices of exploration. Elegantly written, it provides a welcome historical perspective on the biomedical research that has saved the lives of thousands of hikers and mountaineers.” John West, University of California, San Diego “This book is a valuable resource. The topics have been thoroughly researched, and the documentation in notes at the end of the book is meticulous. Impressively, even with the depth of its detail, the book is a pleasure to read. Strongly recommended.” For more information, or to order this book, please visit Google preview here Chicago Manual of Style Chicago Blog: Cartography and Geography Events in Cartography and Geography Keep Informed
You are here Wilson Park and Rock Houses -A A +A c. 1925–1935, Noah F. Drake, builder. Bounded by N. Wilson, N. Park, and Forest aves., and W. Prospect and W. Louise sts. Fayetteville’s oldest city park traces to the beginnings of the twentieth century, initially as a few acres centered on what was then called Trent’s Pond, a swimming hole later filled and serving today as a softball field. Enlarged in area to its current size of nearly twenty-three acres, Wilson Park includes among its many features an assembly of structures collectively known as “The Castle,” a colorful collage of things to climb on, sit on, and walk over, generally sculpted of concrete or covered in tile (or both), in colorful Alice-in-Wonderland scale and shape. Immensely popular with local residents from this neighborhood and beyond, the city continues to add attractions to The Castle, including florally inspired benches, giant worm-like concrete flowerbed edgings, and faux bois footbridges. The whole is a fantasia of public space, more an active event than a tranquil place for reflection. Once at the periphery of the city, but now in its epicenter, Wilson Park has given its name to the greater surrounding neighborhood, an area as diverse in its architecture as it is in its residents. Some of its most notable architecture was the brainchild of early resident and University of Arkansas geologist Dr. Noah Fields Drake, who developed several nearby lots beginning in the mid-1920s. Known as the “Rock Houses,” the residences along W. Davidson Street and N. Park and Forest avenues built by Drake are readily identifiable by their use of locally quarried sandstone applied to their exteriors perpendicular to its natural state, occasioning the use of the pejorative “giraffe stone” (also called Ozark giraffe) owing to its resemblance to the hides of those creatures. Varying in color from ochre-yellows to deeper orange tones, the earthy stone gives the houses a warm, inviting character. Drake’s own house (c. 1920–1922; 501 Forest Avenue), the first built and the largest of the group, utilized stucco as well as stone for its exterior and was crowned by an exotic red clay tile roof, under which sleeping porches were included for the hottest times of the year. Similar in form and size to the bungalows then popular in Pasadena, California, and other locales around the country, the Rock Houses form an identifiable grouping of residences subtle in their distinctions, romantic in their image. Their hilly, leafy siting contributes to their desirability, as does their frequent inclusion of such features as front porches, deeply set windows, exposed rafter tails, and heavy overhanging roofs. Floral gardens complement the grounds of many of the houses, visually connecting them with the extensively planted beds of neighboring Wilson Park. Writing Credits What's Nearby Cyrus A. Sutherland with Gregory Herman, Claudia Shannon, Jean Sizemore Jeannie M. Whayne and Contributors, "Wilson Park and Rock Houses", [Fayetteville, Arkansas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, Print Source Cover: Buildings of Arkansas Buildings of Arkansas, Cyrus A. Sutherland and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, 53-54. , ,
Sustentabilidade de cadeias de reciclagem do óleo de fritura / Sustainability of the waste frying oil recycling chains IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia Wrongly perceived as having no impact on the environment due to its origin, the waste frying oil doesnt seem to have a structured recycling chain. People, industry, and different governmental levels operate on different ways that are not coordinated, therefore, providing a disposal path that could ship this waste to an environmentally correct destination. This study shows the way the recycling chains of cooking vegetable oil are functioning, thus identifying the components for assessing their capacity to stand the test of time and consolidate their sustainability. Departing from a review on sustainability indicators, this study proposes an assessment methodology that was applied to the existing residue recycling chains in the municipalities of Taubaté and São José dos Campos. The chain was described from its sources to the end users even if they were located far from the referred cities. Structured as a qualitative exploratory survey, all types of agents that operate these chains were interviewed and provided their perspectives on the current status and future prospective of this activity. The study shows that the existing waste frying oil recycling chains are few, weak, informal, and rely, frequently, on volunteerism. There is a need for a greater government presence on stimulating and regulating these chains or they will not become sustainable nor respect society rules and relationships, therefore, function as a more organized entity to improve its efficiency and add more value to the chain. An industry perspective was also provided, identifying few existing sustainable characteristics and opportunities for agents to contribute in making these chains stronger, what, in the end, will reduce the environmental impact of this residue. sustentabilidade resíduos urbanos óleo de cozinha sustainability indicators urban waste waste vegetable oil residuos solidos, domesticos e industriais Documentos Relacionados
Distinctive Voices Speech 1077 Words5 Pages Power. Significance. Meaning. This is what defines a distinctive voice. They’re inspirational, motivating and sometime shocking but all distinctive voices have the purpose of bringing across a message to an audience. The following texts portray these aspects and would therefore be suitable for the 2014 HSC. This is evident when looking at Martin Luther King’s I have a Dream, Severn Cullis-Suzuki’s Address to the Plenary Session, Earth Summit and the film Remember the Titans directed by Boaz Yakin. King’s speech was elevating for African-Americans, providing hope for a better future. This is amplified through techniques like historic and biblical allusions and imagery. Suzuki’s speech is much more eye-opening because of her youth, and therefore uses simpler, but still effective techniques like emotive language and contrasts. Remember the Titans evokes an emotional response from its audience by using techniques like camera angles, dialogue and music. King creates a distinctive voice via the use of allusions, and by executing them implicitly, helps give reference to both history and the bible. His opening line is “five score years ago,” which is very similar to that of Abraham Lincoln’s “four score and seven years ago” in his speech The Gettysburg Address. This is significant as Lincoln was the one to sign the Emancipation Proclamation Act that declared freedom to all those in slavery. This defines for the audience the fact that one hundred years later, African-Americans were still not free. King also uses biblical references, for example, “It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity,” is similar to that of Psalm’s “…weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” These allusions are important to King, as he himself is a preacher, and are important to the audience in identifying the moral basis for King’s arguments. These Open Document
What Happens if Dogs Eat Leftover Bones? Now is the time of barbecues with T-bone steaks, chops, chicken and perhaps even a little leftover turkey. Your dog also greatly enjoys the leftovers and will gladly devour any of the bones that it can find. Unfortunately, all of these produce sharp fragments when chewed which can cause sonic severe complications in the intestinal tract of the dog. At worst, sharp slivers of bone can penetrate the wall of the bowel causing sudden acute abdominal pain and peritonitis. Fortunately, such episodes are rare but they require immediate surgery if the life of the dog is to be saved. Chop bones swallowed whole can lodge in the esophagus. This is the part of the intestinal tract which connects the mouth and the stomach. The obstruction causes intense discomfort, the dog being unable to eat or drink. It constantly attempts to dislodge the bone by retching. Surgical correction can be difficult as it often involves opening the chest cavity. Fortunately, the more common results of eating sharp bones are less dramatic. Fragments of bone may irritate the lining of the stomach and small intestine and cause vomiting. By far the most common aftermath is constipation. The bone fragments have negotiated the small intestine and have come to rest in the large bowel. Strong contractions of the wall of the large bowel are necessary to pass the contents to the rectum. If there are large amounts of hard bone fragments these contractions cause pain and are largely unproductive. The wall of the large intestine is efficient in absorbing fluids so that the contents of the bowel become drier and harder. The dog attempts to pass feces by active straining but usually succeeds only in passing some mucus which is often blood-stained. Of course, the owner is by this time alerted to the problem and often attempts to treat the condition by administering oils and purgatives. Unfortunately, by the time the symptoms of straining appear the condition is well established and the contents of the large bowel are so hard that these medications have little chance of success. Veterinarians usually have to anesthetize the patient in order to administer enemas and gently break up and extract the concrete-like contents of the bowel. The feeding of bones is not the only cause of constipation. A whole meat diet can make the dog prone to constipation. Meat is almost completely digested leaving little residue. The contents of the large bowel thus become rather scanty and difficult for the muscular contractions of the bowel to move on. Some higher residue foods such as kibble-type dog food or wholemeal bread and bran can be mixed with the meat. Overweight, under exercise and high summer temperatures can all contribute to making constipation more likely. Leave a Reply Back to Top
How dense is Cambridge? Is Cambridge an urban area, or just a suburban wasteland to the north of London? Interesting questions, and questions that can be easily answered by a European body called Eurostat, and specifically the data called Geostat. These data are counts of the population of Europe divided into 1km squares. Or at least the 2,026,602 squares where people actually live. I got hold of this information, found Cambridge, and then drew a circle with a radius of 25 km around the centre of Cambridge. That allowed me to create a pretty map. This map is so pretty, that it is now the background image on my computer. The population density of an area varies widely. In some 1km squares, just a single person lives. I wonder if they are lonely? In some places 8,896 people live. I'm not going to use the word crammed together, because there are much more vibrant places in Europe, where over 40,000 people live within a single 1km square. It was hard to determine what urban means. In the UK, an urban area is defined as 1,500 people living in at least a 20 hectare area. But of course, each 1km square has 100 hectares within it That would imply a population density of just 7,500 people per square kilometre. By that definition, Cambridge has an urban population of 8,896 people, occupying just one little square. That still leaves 472,411 people living in rural tranquility, only interrupted by the other four-hundred thousand driving past their house on the way to work. So what if we reduce the density required from 7,500 to 1,500 people in each 1km square? This makes the urban population only 284,114 people, occupying only eight per cent of the land. This also means that 197,193 people live in rural villages that would have no hope of ever having good public transport. This barrier appears to be too high, although probably a realistic level when you consider how Stagecoach is cutting bus services to villages. My final answer was 800 people per square kilometre as the difference between urban and rural, between bus or tram services and forcing people to drive to the local park and ride site. At 800 people per square kilometre, 359,228 people lived in places that were more dense, or urban areas, while 122,079 people lived in places that were less dense, or rural areas. In other words, Greater Cambridge is about 75 per cent urban. These urbanites are living on just 14 per cent of the land. The pretty map shows where these people live. Mostly, they live in Cambridge and the satellite settlements of Ely, Soham, Newmarket, Haverhill, Saffron Walden, Royston, St Neots, Huntingdon and St Ives. Cambourne is clearly visible, as is Godmanchester, Bar Hill, Cottenham, Over, Stapleford, Sawston and Linton. What I want to know is where are all the cycleways and fixed public transport routes that connect all these places together so that those 75 per cent of people who live in dense urban areas can get the benefits of quick and efficient ways to move around?
What is Rhabdo? Rhabdo or rhabdomyolysis is a serious problem that is good to be knowledgeable of. This is when muscle fibers release their contents into the blood stream. Why is this important to me? It is good to be aware of Rhabdo because it can happen with long and/ or intense workouts. It is important to know the symptoms and also how to prevent it because it can lead to kidney issues. What increases your risk? People who have gotten rhabdo before are more likely to get it again. Make sure to always drink plenty of water and stay well hydrated. Extreme heat and drug and alcohol intoxication increases your risk of rhabdo. What should I do? Always scale workouts accordingly. If you start failing at reps and your body is giving up at things that it typically doesn't with, cut the workout short and drink more water. Be more mindful when the workouts consist of mostly body-weight movements and during the summer months. What are the symptoms? Darkened urine, confusion, nausea and/or vomiting are all symptoms. While less common, muscle weakness and pain and trouble moving limbs are symptoms. Am I going to get Rhabdo? Don't freak out! We scale for a reason... to keep you safe. Rhabdo is rare but it's important to know about it. As long as you drink plenty of water and continue to scale properly, you'll be okay. Follow the urine chart below to see if you're properly hydrated. What should I do if I think I have Rhabdo? Go to the emergency room IMMEDIATELY!!! If untreated, rhabdo can lead to kidney failure. You will need to be given an IV immediately to replenish your body to prevent kidney failure. 2 views0 comments Strength - Flexibility - Power - Speed - Coordination - Agility - Balance - Stamina - Cardiovascular and Respiratory Endurance - Accuracy Contact Us 1325- A O'Reilly Dr, Feasterville, PA 19053 • Facebook Social Icon • Instagram Social Icon • Twitter Social Icon • YouTube Social Icon AED onsite Since 2014. Proudly created with Wix.com
The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) has quite a lot of interesting information regarding executions in the United States so far this year, including how the Coronavirus Pandemic has impacted capital punishment in the first half of 2020.  Consider the following: 1. There have been ten (10) executions in 2020. 2. One execution has been by electrocution (Tennessee’s execution of Nicholas Todd Sutton in February 2020). 3. Pentobarbital still predominates in lethal injection protocols as a single-drug fatal dose execution method. 4. The State of Florida has not executed anyone in 2020. 5. The federal government resumed executions in 2020 after a 17 year hiatus. 6. Within one week’s time in July 2020, the federal government executed three men:  Daniel Lewis Lee (July 14, 2020); Wesley Ira Purkey (July 16, 2020); and Dustin Lee Honken (July 17, 2020). 7. The federal government’s chosen form of execution is lethal injection using single-drug pentobarbital. 8.  There has been extensive appellate challenge to the federal execution protocol, including this significant amici curiae brief filed by an impressive list of scholars and judges. 9.  The federal government has set August 26, 2020 as the execution date for the only Native American on its Death Row, Lezmond Mitchell, despite objections from the Navajo Nation (which include the fact that the killing itself occurred on tribal land); and 10.  The United States Military has five (5) Death Row inmates, with the last military execution occurring on April 13, 1961, when U.S. Army Private John A. Bennett was hanged (conviction: rape and attempted murder).  (That’s right: 1961.  Not a typo.)
h a l f b a k e r y Why not imagine it in a way that works? account: browse anonymously, or get an account and write. Space Hose a lightweight hose blown trough from the bottom using frictional force for balancing the structural weight (+12, -4)   [vote for, As promised I would like to discuss with you in this thread the idea of a new kind of low cost Space Tower: the Space Hose. It was designed as an alternative approach to solving the N-prize problem which is about putting a 9,99 gram satellite into space for 9 orbits and winning £ 9999,99 when staying within the £ 999,99 budget. Because of the geostationary orbit a space tower offers it would mean keeping the tower upright for a total of 9 days. You can find a brief presentation including most of the relative simple math in the Technical Advice section of the official N-prize forum. By using plain air at a reasonable blowing speed as the medium for continuously transfering the frictional force to the hose it overcomes most of the limitations of the existing inflatable space tower and the space fountain concept. A head diffusor is making the air blowing out sidewards on top with only a small downward momentum to support the payload and prevent tearing the hose. And it was fun to find such a new solution and do the math to support it, so I think it is worth sharing the concept! Have fun reading the slides and Input is welcome ! PS: Sorry, for the bad graphics - I had to compress heavily to get below the 256k limit of the forum for attachments gutemine, Sep 10 2010 Vent the atmosphere Vent_20the_20Atmosphere [marked-for-deletion] redundant: "the proposed device is essentially a large hose, it would be supported from the inside by the rushing air" [ldischler, Sep 11 2010] Flettner rotor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship Prior Art [8th of 7, Sep 12 2010] Magnus effect http://en.wikipedia.../wiki/Magnus_effect Take note ... [8th of 7, Sep 12 2010] Inflatable Space Tower study http://pi.library.y...vol62_pp342-353.pdf Inflatable Space tower study [gutemine, Sep 12 2010] Please log in.        [+] to offset crotchetyness. DrWorm, Sep 11 2010        Another [+] to set off crotchetiness. rcarty, Sep 11 2010        [-] to offset cheery blather. Grogster, Sep 11 2010        + if you actually add those graphics zeno, Sep 11 2010        <link> ? FlyingToaster, Sep 11 2010        [+] for no link. Grogster, Sep 11 2010        I see what you mean. nineteenthly, Sep 11 2010        The paragraphs starting "In a nutshell..." and "By using plain air" are the actual posting.           Much as I like the idea, I dislike jumping through the hoops necessary to actually get around to finding out what the idea is... and further hoops to find the math that's been done on it by the poster. [-] FlyingToaster, Sep 11 2010        Except... the air is coming out the top, which generates thrust, forcing the hose downward.           You could redirect the thrust by putting a bell over the top, in which case you've invented the air-powered version of the Water Wiggle (q.G.).           Except... the mass of the air in the hose is not negligible for this effort, since the mass of escaping air is what's being accelerated to provide the upward force. I'd be very surprised to see it go up 1km. lurch, Sep 11 2010        First thank you for your feedback!           Second I decided not to post a direct link because the N prize forum is easy to find and I asked there for technical advice because it was designed for the N-prize competition. And the owner didn't run away laughing when I first showed him the idea - so I owe him something.           Third if you would have a look at the slides (feel free to download and post them somewehere else for a public link) you would know that the current design includes a diffusor on top making the air blowing out sidewards with only a very small downward momentum to prevent the top from falling and supporting the payload while not tearing the foil with too much pulling. I now editied this part of information into the original post to prevent further confusion.           Finally the amount of air needing to be moved to generate sufficient friction is amazingly low - but yes, it will take some time to erect it. But the math is easy - the volume of the suggested 10" hose 100km long is about 5000m³ - and the needed blowing in the calculated example is 618,5m³/h This would mean if the hose is laying on the ground it would be blown up in about 8h (so I added an extra day to the energy bill for winning the competition).           But you are right a single hose probaly would not go beyond 1-2km - already taller then any current building on this planet. So probably the N-prize money is still safe.           But please continue to find the mistakes I did in my calculation - there MUST be plenty!           BTW I'm sorry for the math, but I had to find out if it is realistic.           If you prefere pratical experimental verification:    gutemine, Sep 11 2010        //the air is coming out the top, which generates thrust, forcing the hose downward.// //current design includes a diffusor on top making the air blowing out sidewards with only a very small downward momentum to prevent the top from falling//        air blowing out the top won't push the tower down. Why would you think it would ? [edit: 'cuz it's going to be moving around due to atmospheric conditions, nvm]           //the owner didn't run away laughing// he has practice. FlyingToaster, Sep 11 2010        OK so let's ruin the typical 'how works a rocket' experiment:           Take the usual garden hose, attach a 10cm diameter plate in front of the nozzle which is attached to the nozzle via wires so that the water will be reflected by the plate and will spill out radially.           Then turn on the water and don't be dissapointed that the hose doesn't move backwards as usual.           Eating up momentum is easy, every ball dancing in a fountain knows how to do this gutemine, Sep 11 2010        hmm, you're right, but only because your pipe will be flapping all over the place for various reasons anyways: if it was straight it wouldn't be pushed down at all: objection removed. FlyingToaster, Sep 11 2010        If you blow only slightly higher then the equilibrium of hose weight and lift due to friction you get a continuous force keeping the host upright. And the diffusor can easily also produce lift/pull by blowing slightly downwards. Make a light cone out of the plate of in front of your garden hose and see what happens.           But you are right - the force always goes in the same direction as the hose - so you need to tell it continuously where UP is (well the centrifugal force would know) - but this is easy doable if the diffusor on top is held horizontal with a pendular weight below it. If it then goes sidewords it will blow more on this side and would regain equilibrium. Upright pendualars are a pain, but this problem is also solveable, especially because you have an entire apmosphere providing the damping.           But yes, doing this for a hose 100km long is not that easy, even on a windless day. But the Inflatable space tower people already got this solved and their patent granted. If you use the straw pack approach you can get a sufficiently stiff structure.           But I think a single hose should be erectable at least with 1-2km height to proof the concept. The rest is beyond of what a halfbakery can do.           The really idea is not about the head or keeping it stable - it is that flowing air friction gives a lift even in vacuum (and especially in vaccuum because of the high speed due to the expanding air) - and THAT is the real interesting and new point of this approach. gutemine, Sep 11 2010        So, what are the numbers (mass of tubing, power of fan) needed for a 2km hose? It would be a truly awesome proof of concept... If you build it, they will bun... MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 11 2010        This is what I had in mind for a test flight - you can buy at the next grocery store the 10" PE foil with 12 µm up to 5000m in lenght as plain packaging material for less then 100 EUR.           Add the Fan at one end and blow it up when laying on the ground. Then add the diffusor to the open end blowing reasonable downwards with pendular stabilisation to produce lift and then point this end to the sky and see how far it goes on a windless day.           The fan power in this case is not that exciting either because the weight of a 5km hose is only 1/20 of the 100km Space Hose = 280/20 multiplied with 3 because we use 12 µm foil = 42kg. And a 1km hose (just to beat the tower at the gulf with a slightly higher construction budget) would be only 8kg - a normal model plane propeller and engine can probably do this. If you use only a 300m hose you don't even need any permissions for such a strange 'experimental kite'           If this works you are back to testing the slogan on the first page of the slides :-) gutemine, Sep 11 2010        //10" PE foil with 12ym up to 5000m//           Is this a sheet or a tube, though? But in any case I guess a heat-sealer could seal two layers into a tube. ym = µm? MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 11 2010        All PE foil is produced by blowing extrusion to a hose. It then is either simply falted and rolled and sold as hose for packaging purpose or it is cut to a foil and rolled. Stress the product search engines with PE foil and you find lots of vendors offering all dimensions and thickness.           The lenghts you can buy are simply dependent to the thickness so that you get easy shippable amounts. But it would be no problem to ask them not to stop the extrusion before 100km are done either.           All this is standard technology and I though it would be a nice message for the N-prize to say you can reach space with a (long) plastic bag, because cheap plastic bags are produced from such hoses by cutting the hose to pieces and welding one end.           PS: If somebody is willing to give it really a try I would bring the beer :-)           PPS: and I edited the µm - I was just layzy in typing. And the blank between Hi and ! is now gone too. gutemine, Sep 11 2010        Thanks - but I was first very tempted to add a second blank ;-) gutemine, Sep 11 2010        I like this idea . [+ ] MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 11 2010        I knew I shouldn't have written that about the safe N-prize money :-)           But I hope that somebody soon finds a real flaw in the friction lift concept. gutemine, Sep 11 2010        // recursive illiteracy. //           Sp. "repetetive illiteracy." 8th of 7, Sep 11 2010        what are you expecting from somebody who insists on ignoring that names always start with capital letters ? gutemine, Sep 11 2010        [-] for the link. Grogster, Sep 11 2010        OK, so I voted [-] myself for not beeing able to make an attachment here gutemine, Sep 11 2010        <gratuitous pedantry>           Amongst others:           // excpeting //           Sp. "expecting"           // insists to ignore //           Gr. "Insists on ignoring"           // names are always starting //           Gr. "names always start"           // capital letters //           It's the Teutonic bloodline that does that. 8th of 7, Sep 11 2010        By the way, [21Q], I like the idea of Space Hoes -- it seems fitting that "the oldest profession" should have the first crack [at/in] space... Grogster, Sep 11 2010        <throws ball of crumpled paper at [Grogs]> 8th of 7, Sep 11 2010        Oh come on, surely a little slack is allowed for people whose first language is neither American nor English? MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 11 2010        Actually I suppose not. Pednatry rules. MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 11 2010        [+] for pednatry. Grogster, Sep 11 2010        Careful there, [Grogs], pednatry is still an offence in some less liberal jurisdictions, and would probably be so in others if they knew what it meant.           // first language is neither American nor English? //           <placeholder for witty remark> 8th of 7, Sep 11 2010        [+] to offset pednatry Voice, Sep 11 2010        //what are you expecting from somebody who insists to ignore that names are always starting with capital letters ?//           Actually 8th, the proper grammer/spelling is:           "What are you expectorating from somebodily who's insistifitory on ignorifizing that names be in startification of capitalistic letterizatiousness?"           Anybody with half a brane learns that in skool. doctorremulac3, Sep 11 2010        Typos are free of charge :-)           And if I would post and discuss in my mother language it would be easier for both sides. Unfortunately this is not the case and we cann't change this even when going to space. I can only excuse and try to avoid difficult words. Having said this I changed my own vote to [+] again because I don't want to be resentful towards myself. PS: I needed a full minute and a dictionary to understand the pednatry joke - so be patient with me. gutemine, Sep 11 2010        All in good fun gute. Welcome to the Halfbakery. doctorremulac3, Sep 11 2010        [doc], you're channeling the spirit of George W. again. Snap out of it !           // half a brane learns that in skool. //           Any fule kno that. 8th of 7, Sep 11 2010        Don't worry, my understanding of humor is crispy with honey sauce           "supported from inside" sounds more like a politic thriller then an engineer's description - could somebody find a better one ?           Air traveling at this low speed would end up at the top with almost the same temperature and pressure as outside the hose, and as long as you don't blow out with more then 2nd cosmic speed this hose would not do anything harming to the atmosphere which doesn't happen already on a daily basis gutemine, Sep 11 2010        In that case could I get a croissant delivered to one of my ideas prepared with your understanding of humour? rcarty, Sep 11 2010        // it would be easier for both sides. //           Hah !           "I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides." (Havelock Vetinari, "Guards ! Guards !" by Terry Pratchett). 8th of 7, Sep 11 2010        // In that case could I get a croissant delivered to one of my ideas prepared with your understanding of humour? //           You got one for the perforated Newspaper - I like practical thinking (and Terry Pratchet & Douglas Adams too)! gutemine, Sep 11 2010        //pednatry// Thank you for filling a badly needed gap in my idiolect. Definition: pedantic criticism which leaves an opening for more of the same. mouseposture, Sep 11 2010        < still trying to think up witty remark> 8th of 7, Sep 11 2010        Well isn't the whole life about learning new words ?           The last one your learn is: death           And thanks for pointing me to the Venting idea. It is really pretty close, it just overestimated the needed effort by avoiding the math and forgot to point out that it works also nicely in vaccum. But I liked really the spectacular auroras part!           So in this case the N-prize budget limit at least added some value :-) gutemine, Sep 11 2010        // isn't the whole life about learning new words //           Only for the dull; for everyone else, it's about sex and drugs and rock and roll. 8th of 7, Sep 11 2010        don't you learn these words at adolescence ?           PS: I'm not willing to discuss bloodlines, I'm sorry - too many vampire stories already around for making a good idea out of them. BTW if I have to correct all my typos and miswordings I would spend all the time editing and beeing lost for the discussion gutemine, Sep 11 2010        Space hoes? Begin SNL transcript:           Announcer: "Astronuat Jones"! Tonight's episode: "Episode 6: The Ice Planet".           [ dissolve back to scene ]           Astronaut Jones: I can't talk right now, Earth! I'm making contact with a Krilgarian woman!           Krilgarian Woman: Earth creature...           Astronaut Jones: Right.           Krilgarian Woman: You have ventured into the Krilgarian Galaxy without permission.           Astronaut Jones: Say what?           Krilgarian Woman: I am Xerba the Beautiful...           Astronaut Jones: Dig it.           Krilgarian Woman: ...and I have been instructed by my leaders to take you my hostage and keep you as my prisoner.           Astronaut Jones: Drop it like it's hot.           Krilgarian Woman: Do not attempt to escape...           Astronaut Jones: Jump on you!           Krilgarian Woman: My powers are great, and I will not hesitate to use them against you.           Astronaut Jones: Make me hungry!           Krilgarian Woman: No Earth creaturee has escaped from Krilgar...           Astronaut Jones: Word, say word!           Krilgarian Woman: You will be placed in our testing laboratory...           Astronaut Jones: Where?           Krilgarian Woman: ...'til you are no longer of use.           Astronaut Jones: Right.           Krilgarian Woman: Then, you will be eaten.           Astronaut Jones: Right.           Krilgarian Woman: What say you to this, Earth Man?           Astronaut Jones: I say you drop down that skirt, and let me get that green dugout!           Krilgarian Woman: [ a beat ] This is not possible. Krilgarians do not have vaginas.           Astronaut Jones: What they got?           Krilgarian Woman: Instead, we possess something more like your Earth Man penis, only bigger.           Astronaut Jones: Hey! We're in space, baby -- penis, vagina, it's all good! daseva, Sep 11 2010        **************** this post has beend censored for content not suitable for people of the age below 100 gutemine, Sep 11 2010        Welcome to the 'bakery gutemine! ;-) daseva, Sep 11 2010        Thanks for the welcome, but I would like to have also some more (technical) critics and advice - croissants are not everything for a good breakfast. gutemine, Sep 11 2010        Except It isn't a technical forum for a single collaborative effort. FlyingToaster, Sep 11 2010        But surely it is? Half the reason I post ideas here (well, the less obviously ludicrous ones) is that I can count on informed feedback from expert 'bakers. Which, amazingly, often happens..... MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 11 2010        A device like this -- but only about 6 meters tall -- is used as an advertisement by a local business. A cloth cylinder, open at both ends, with an upward-pointing fan blowing air in at one end. It does stand upright, but it wriggles dramatically. So perhaps instability is a problem. mouseposture, Sep 11 2010        except the post is all bluster, no substance... like a marketing campaign looking for a product. FlyingToaster, Sep 11 2010        //So perhaps instability is a problem.//           I'd say so. Considering that pointing down would be more stable than pointing up. Most likely it would lie on the ground like a sausage as the pressure built up. Then it would explode. ldischler, Sep 11 2010        Yes [MP], a local garage uses them on its forecourt. They have smaller hoeses on the side for arms which finish with tiny hoesicles for fingers. And they have inane grinning faces painted on their main section. This might be a useful addition to the space hose. pocmloc, Sep 11 2010        [pocmloc] Yes! A scarecrow for alien invaders. mouseposture, Sep 11 2010        I might have missed it, but how do you keep the upper end of the hose cutting through the upper atmosphere at 10,000 mph+ from burning up? Zimmy, Sep 12 2010        I haven't actually looked at the numbers, but how big is the fan at the base of this. Simply pushing air through 100 feet of horizontal 10" round duct takes a fairly heavy duty fan. I'm not convinced you aren't going to stall out a fan due to back pressure trying to do this. MechE, Sep 12 2010        Regarding the fan power - 15kW is not what you would call heavy duty (only 10x what you household vacuum cleaner can do). If this would be a permanent installation I was even thinking about using two 10x10x10m steel chambers which would be filled alternating with water to blow out the air on the top at 618 m³/h. Water is much easier pumpable and you could store it for a pump/electricity failure in a simple water depot tower nearby. But the blown air should be very dry (to prevent rain and snow in the hose) so I stayed with a commercial fan running at a dry place (Death Valley for example, but Cerro Paranal would be better because of the 2635m height ?)           Regarding the wiggeling - the petrol station device is there for entertainment and catching your eye - meaning the wiggeling is intentionally. The hose there is reduced slightly continuously in diameter to produce this effect (faster flow = reduced pressure = instabillity). It is a kind of upright pendular, because if the hose is folding sidwards the pressure increase caused by the diameter reduction re-errects it. But this effect would not work for a km long structure.           The suggestet space hose uses a diffusor 'nozzle' on the top for creating an upwards pull and a continuous pressure surpluss in the entire hose. The classic space tether uses the centripedual force of the counterweight at the top for stabilisation - here the lift of the blowout diffusor can be used.           Regarding the speed on the top - there is a slide on this in the presentation. The speed difference for 100km is only 27km/h and the air pressure is very low there (1/1000 of surface pressure) - this is nothing the diffusor nozzle on top cann't produce with 618m³/h of air expanding into vacuum, because you only need to create this speed difference during errection and then you only need to compensate the loss and because as soon as the hose and the air move at the same speed the loss will be pretty low.           Regarding the sun - actually the slides suggest a black foil hose - all the heating from sun and turbulant flow losses will create additional flow upwards due to the chimmney effect (heating up is just another reason for the gas to expand ... upwards when you blow from the bottom). So the sun actually should add positively to your energy bill.           And yes, I'm aware that this is not a technical advice forum and not a marketing plattform either :-) gutemine, Sep 12 2010        10" dia. 100km long...           250,000 sq ft. sail. FlyingToaster, Sep 12 2010        //250,000 sq ft. sail.//           Of which only the first 20% is in a dense atmosphere (ie, below 60,000ft), so call it a 50,000sq ft. sail. Also, since this is a cylinder, I'd guess it has a lot less drag than the equivalent area of sail in a conventional ship - maybe half of what you'd expect, based on area alone (guess)?           I'd guess a big sailing ship has maybe 10,000sq. ft of sail, so this isn't really such a big deal. MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 12 2010        [MB] Sailing ship doesn't ordinarily encounter 100 kpm winds; this thing would encounter the jet stream, would it not? Really, [gutemine] has already acknowleged the instability problem, and asked to take that objection off the table. mouseposture, Sep 12 2010        Fair point. Might one suggest, therefore, not building this thing under one of the jet streams? MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 12 2010        //since this is a cylinder// oh, then 750,000'ish sq ft if you want to do entire area.           10" is roughly .25m x 100km = 25,000 sq meters, or roughly 250,000 sq ft.           //a big sailing ship has maybe 10,000 sq ft// and how much does the ship weigh and how fast does the wind push it ? FlyingToaster, Sep 12 2010        //750,000'ish sq ft if you want to do entire area. //           No, my point was that the frontal area is indeed 250,000 sqft, but I would bet that a long, thin cylinder has considerably less drag than a flat, square sail of the same [frontal] area. MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 12 2010        //considerably less drag//    hope so: I plugged "50,000 sq ft" and "10kph"[edit: sry, that should be 10 knots, not ten kph] into a sail wind-load calculator and got        21,500 lbs force. FlyingToaster, Sep 12 2010        // long, thin cylinder has considerably less drag //           If the cylinder is rotated about its primary axis, then a lateral force is exerted.    8th of 7, Sep 12 2010        So it's subject to, conservatively, 10,000 lbs lateral force, and this is resisted by putting it in tension. How much tension does it need to be under to be even approximately straight? Remember, it's made of polyethylene film. (It cannot be allowed to curve too much, otherwise it kinks.) mouseposture, Sep 12 2010        Thanks for all your feedback and input !           Jetstream only goes up to the stratosphere (approx 15km) and the air pressure is there down to almost 1/10th of the pressure at sea level for which your sail force calulator was built for.           A sail actually is built to generate force so the drag coefficient is up to 1 or even higher. A smooth sphere which is close to an infinite tube has 0.1           So you are making here a mistake of the order of almost 100 in calculating the windforce. And actually a flexible tower would simply bow until the wind produces also a lift (then you could even lower the fan).           I'm not understanding the point how on a cylinder any rotating force should be excerted. And the slide about Dyneema string strengthening is included intentionally, these fabric offer 4000N/mm² - which is about 400kg on a single mm² with approximately same weight then normal PE           But that doesn't mean I'm ignoring the problem (and pray for a windless day). As I already said, the Inflatable Space tower people already did the math for this problem and came up that if you use a pack of such cyclindrical structures you can survive but could end up with a bundled structure 150m in diameter.           Google with this text for finding their study: Design and Feasibility of a 20 km Free-Standing Pneumatically-Supported Space Tower - Raj Seth           BTW - Dyneema strings are now also used to hold sails and woven to sails           I just have read the comment about not building under a Jet stream - that is another reason why the studies are always suggesting the aequator for a space elevator. Jet stream originates there because of the tropical warming - meaning this wind doesn't blow there and also no hurricanes. And if you go for a mountain there as suggested you can save another few km of wind pressure. Mount Kenya for example would bypass 30-50% of the wind problem - but for good locations you need to check some scifi literature, I think Peru and Ecuador are also high on their lists. gutemine, Sep 12 2010        // how on a cylinder any rotating force should be excerted //           See "Magnus Effect" <link>           But you're right about the Jet Stream - it's a fairly localised phenomenon.           // Google with this text //           It's considered polite to provide a hyperlink in the "links" section, rather than a search string. Unless, that is, you actually like being stalked by a rampaging mob of angry HalfBakers wielding torches and pitchforks....    8th of 7, Sep 12 2010        Isn't the Magnus effect about an object already (!) rotating beeing able to create a sidewards force (Beckham was famous for such shots which drive the goalies crazy ?)           And sorry for the Search string, but there are so many potential links (and I still didn't figure out how your linking works - remember this costed me already some fisbones)           EDIT: Cool - I managed to add the link - thanks for pushing my nose into the sand - But I'll leave the full reference also - the author earns admiration. Their study and patent were a good inspiration for the Space hose! gutemine, Sep 12 2010        //so you are making a mistake on the order 100// "My" mistake ? You mean the specifically mentioned "sail windforce calculator" ? Are you under the impression that people wouldn't notice the word "sail". What they might not notice is that the calculation was for a 20km length, not a 100km length.        Seriously doubt it'd be off by even one order of magnitude: your "sphere is equal to a cylinder" doesn't even deserve to be called "bollocks".           So, you've got a tonne of sidewards loading in a 10 knot wind. FlyingToaster, Sep 12 2010        // able to create a sidewards force //           Yes, if you put it like that.           // remember this costed me already some fisbones //           It could cost you more than that. Look out of your window. See that flickering orange light in the distance ? Hear the growing "Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb" chant, and the stomp of heavy boots ? That's the HalfBakery Regional Serious Inquisition Squad, out to solve their latest baffling case, by their ususal fire-and-the-sword method.           (See also under "Shoot first and dodge questions later"). 8th of 7, Sep 12 2010        I didn't want to be impolite - 20km length should be OK (15 would be more realistic), but then still the drag coefficient of a cylinder should be up to a factor of 10 wrong, and the air pressure drops almost 50% every 5000m - so in 15km height your should be already down to almost 1/8 - which reduces the 'sail force' further.           But you are right something like a few tons of wind pressure could remain even under optimal circumstances. This is the reason why I said that the N-prize money is probably still safe. The needed dyneema strings would be very likely to blow the budget.           And regarding the armed forces - I was more scared to be wrapped in PE foil and dumped into the recycle bin when I posted the idea. gutemine, Sep 12 2010        //drag coefficient of a cylinder.... factor of 10// factor of 1.75 - 2. FlyingToaster, Sep 12 2010        [gutemine] I was the one who mentioned jet stream (to my present chagrin); [FlyingToaster]'s figure was based on a 10 kph wind. So how much tension?           I question your reliance on inflatable space tower calculations. That structure is to be built of Kevlar- polyethylene composite, not 10" PE foil from the grocery store. That's not fatal, though it might put you over the £ 999.99 limit.           But there's another difference. The inflatable space tower is composed of multiple closed cells: the more it's bent, the greater the restoring force. As for the space hose, if it's bent too much, it kinks, obstructing the flow of gas: beyond that angle, the more it bends, the *less* the restoring force (above the kink). mouseposture, Sep 12 2010        // wrapped in PE foil and dumped into the recycle bin //           You were SCARED ? There are people who pay good money for that sort of thing .... 8th of 7, Sep 12 2010        You are right, but the slides contain also some math on this.           Worst case is the hose is closed on the top, with Dyneema strengthed PE foils it could stand this pressure increase. They inflatable people don't have that much pressure reserve eigther, because they have to hold the structural weight too.           And PE is pretty elastic - which means even if you close the hose the flow will continue some time because of the suggested supressure partly stored in the elastic hose. BTW kinking a hose with a surpressure is quite difficult. That's the good thing about wind - it doesn't excercise punctual pressure. gutemine, Sep 12 2010        //10 kph// actually it was 10 knots, my typo.           //Magnus// one of the sites I went to for a sail windforce calculation used a variable that was valued at 2 for a flat surface (ie: a sail), 1.2 for a cylinder (spars) and 1 for untethered cylinder (rope). FlyingToaster, Sep 12 2010        A sail calculator is not such a good idea, the formular for calculating the wind force with the drag coefficient is much more accurate and there you could also enter the changing gas densitiy correctly. Unfortunately you would endup with an integral very similar to the wall effect.           Actually after some thinking this probably would be the worst case - the hose shaped like the velocity curve of the wall effect. Which would not be that bad, because then the problematic first few km would be 'almost' horizontal. And the bowing radius would be in the km range so there is no danger of folding. Then having a hose actually would be a benefit to what the inflatable space tower people had to withstand. Cool - I didn't event think about this possibility jet !           The only real problem is that the pressure in the hose would need to be able to withstand the stagnation pressure of the wind (the rest would be pulling forces) - which brings us back to a suitable surpressure for stability and the strings from Yuri's pravda picture.           But the cause of the trade winds is mainly an equatorial upwards flow of warm air - which would be to the hose's benefit and actually increase stability and improve the energy bill.           but tomorrow is a working day - 8n gutemine, Sep 12 2010        //first few kilometres would be almost horizontal// at which time all the vertical forces come into play and a few kilometres away some poor sod looking out his living-room window watches as a tube falls from the sky and blows his chicken-coop off into the distance.           //budget// condom manufacturers will be lined up to sponsor: just don't tell them about the hole in the top. FlyingToaster, Sep 12 2010        [FlyingToaster] This thing is an erection in both the civil engineering and the medical sense. mouseposture, Sep 12 2010        Civil engineering, or aerospace engineering ?    8th of 7, Sep 12 2010        //civil engineering, or aerospace engineering ?// Oh, civil, civil: that goes to the very heart of the idea. Think about how weight is transmitted through the structure to the foundation. mouseposture, Sep 12 2010        //Think about how the weight is transmitted to the foundation// through the column of air ? FlyingToaster, Sep 13 2010        Well, perhaps I'm missing something -- here's how I understood it: Friction of upward-flowing air against the (in- )sides of the tube is what counters its weight. The flow of air is generated by a fan on the ground. The weight of the structure is transmitted through the air, thence through the fan, to the foundation. mouseposture, Sep 13 2010        but it's not actually transmitted through the structure: the air column is what's holding everything up: if you had a horizontal fan blowing into a plenum, the weight would be on the bottom of the plenum... transmitted by the air, not by the sides of the plenum... and on the fan blades 'cuz that's what's pushing all the air in. FlyingToaster, Sep 13 2010        OK, I was counting the air as part of the structure, which is maybe not so legitimate. Point is, I figured if it rests on the ground, it's a tower, not a tethered- balloon, -kite, or -satellite still less a rocket or an airplane. Also, I wanted an excuse for the pun. mouseposture, Sep 13 2010        Regarding the weight of the air. Within a flexible open hose the pressure should be alwyays the same then outside. If you add a diffusor nozzle at the end you can have a pressure surplus which would add the needed stability. Then the only 'weight' that you need to hold ist the surplus air that generates the pressure. That's the funny thing about our athmosphere. You get 100000N/m² pressure at sea level. but nobody cares because our bodies contain the same pressure.           Regarding the wind forces I found the time to use the proper air resistance force formular:           A=0,25*15000=3750m² (the 15km we agreed multiplied with the 10" diameter) C=0,1 (drag coefficient) v=13,89m/s² (a 50km/h "breeze") F=airdensity*v²AC/2 = 1,293*13,89²*3750*0,1/2=46766N actually this still is too high because air density goes down to already 50% in 5km and 1/8 in 15km - but let us stay with this, because maybe the C value is too optimistic or the wind blows harder.           If I read the Dyneema Wiki entry right a single 8mm thick Dyneema string could hold this (58000N tearing strength, and 50kg/km) This string would have a weight of 750kg on these 15km. Probably your would use a bundle of smaller strings for better structural support (see the Pravda picture) but the weight strength ratio would be the same.           The Dyneema strengthening would make the structure approximately 4x heavier as planned, but because friction force goes with the square of velocity this would mean blowing approximately 2x harder to keep it upright.           Not so bad for withstanding a 50km/h wind. And don't forget that the 10" limit and the missing Dyneema Strings is more because of the budget limits of the N-prize - not because of good engineering. To get Paul's money we better wait for a windless day :-)           And regarding the shape of the hose under such strong winds. It would end up with a nice exponential line going to space and find it's optimal shape for standing the wind itself - I didn't even think about this, because I was carried away by the straw approach the inflatable space tower paper suggests.           So thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Maybe I will add a slide on this in the next version of the presentation! gutemine, Sep 13 2010        + I like your spunk. Zimmy, Sep 15 2010        well, I'm fully aware that the idea is a little bit ... strange, but I had fun making it up, and even when doing the math, so I thougt it would be worth sharing it with you (both the idea and the fun).           Let's see where the hose will blow us :-) gutemine, Sep 15 2010        The customary place is around front, near the middle.           And a location exciting yet discreet. baconbrain, Sep 15 2010        And in the back of a very uncomfortable automobile. daseva, Sep 15 2010        I think young couples find backseats of cars still pretty entertaining ... gutemine, Sep 16 2010        of course if you *started* at 30km up, you wouldn't have some of the problems... of course you also wouldn't have much atmosphere to pump.           alternatively as long as you have a hose you might as put something useful through it... hydrogen and oxygen for instance. FlyingToaster, Sep 16 2010        what is the problem with the first 30km ?           The typical ones (wind, stability,...) we already discussed - and it doens't look unhandable - especially for a small hose - because then the windforce and involved mass is not that high compared to the pull force it can hold with some strengthening and pull is also stability.           The trick of the hose is actually to get an usable airpressure BEYOND the normal reach of balloons.           So you can balloon or parachute inside nicely up to 100km or more. And due to the air expansion caused by the decreasing hydrostatic pressure you even get quite an acceleration on the journey upwards.           Theoretically it could be up to hypersonic speed - remember in a few hundred Pascal this is not such a big thing.           And air is the perfect (!) medium - always balanced from the static pressure outside (up to 100km, when it is so low that you don't have a problem anymore), not dangerous, poisonous, and not a problem to blow it out from the top (you will not loose it because of gravity) gutemine, Sep 17 2010 back: main index
Cats are one of the earliest domesticated wild animals to be human companions in everyday life. However, such domestication does not mean that they forget their ancient instincts. There are many behaviors that we can mention. Those are the cat’s instinct is to hide or bury food, dive, hunt for food and feed kittens, declare territory with urine as well as animals. males, mate at certain times. But it would be flawed if we don’t mention cats move kittens right after birth. It’s correct! You are not mistaken. It was not a mysterious ritual. They simply move the position of the kittens. And if you pay a little more attention, you will discover many interesting things. What are you waiting for without discovering more about “one of the strangest mothers on the planet”? Why Do Cats Move Their Kittens? There are many reasons to explain this. But in the end, this is both a natural instinctive act and a beautiful crystal that reflects the quality of a mother in kittens. Cats are domesticated to live with humans. The actions of closing, cuddling or caressing occur frequently inadvertently causing people to mistake all their behaviors to abide by human habits. But not. Just like when a baby has just given birth, the mother cat will know herself to break its amniotic sac with their teeth to prevent the kitten from suffocating and dying. The act of moving the kittens around by the mother cats comes from having to ensure the safety of the next generation against natural predators or adverse weather conditions. When born, both kittens’ eyes and ears are sticky and their limbs are not strong enough to walk on their own. Unable to defend themselves, they have no way but to rely on their mother’s protection to avoid being targeted by predators. The mother helps ensure the safety for the kitten, nursing them to be strong enough to face life. This is the instinct to help cats maintain their race and ensure their children survive for many years. Not only that but… If you dive deeper into this, the answer to the question “Why do cats move their kittens from one place to another?” also comes from the cat’s anxiety about the influence of surrounding factors. Any animal, when born, needs a quiet space to not only nourish itself but also to ensure its normal development. Have you ever wondered why you have prepared a “super nice, super soft, super cozy” nest but your cat still disappears with the cubs after only a few hours? As noted above, this is perfectly normal. This phenomenon will occur sooner or later in the first 1-2 weeks. For mother cats, a safe location for kittens must achieve a lot of factors. Does a room have too much reciprocating motion or too much eye contact? Not achieved. A garage corner with the light too bright? Fail. And if you have other animals like a cat, for example, don’t expect the mother to stay in the same position. The mother cat sometimes dislikes the flatbed that you have prepared in advance because the height (although not significant) can also cause serious injuries to the cubs. And if you try to interact to fulfill the role of a fosterer, that will only make them more stressful. Where can you find your beloved cat with newborn cubs? Many locations can be used as new nesting locations and here is the list I have listed: • Behind the refrigerator • Inside the closet • Under the washing machine • In a dirty clothes container • Inside the microwave • In unused empty boxes • In the dark places • Bathroom • Car roar So what can you do in a situation? The answer is probably beyond your expectation: Do nothing and do not try anything! Although many cases have been recorded with a catastrophic outcome, a kitten is lost or cold, starving and dying. But sometimes you just let things go naturally. With my own experience, the impact you create should only stop at the level of motivation and create more favorable conditions for the development of kittens. Provide quiet accommodation First of all, a quiet corner will probably be a great choice for small families that appear. That quiet corner should minimize interaction with the outside environment and the people who care for it. Specifically, you should limit the exposure of young children to kittens because they are not adequately educated about carrying a kitten. All parts of these babies are very weak and fragile. Time until the kitten can open its eyes (7-9 days) will be sufficient to ensure the safety of both sides. Warmth is key You also need to keep the kittens warm by making sure their ambient temperature stays around 26-28 degrees Celsius. Because cats have a low body temperature. If the weather is getting cold, the temperature is falling, a heater or a heater will be perfect. However, you should also note that these devices are not near the new location of cats. You also need to isolate the kittens from the mother cats with other pets such as dogs or the male cats that may be the father of the kittens. Because male cats have the instinct of a “lord of the jungle”, they often find their kittens to devour other males. As for food and water, you should still feed your cat where she is stillborn. If he is scared, leave the food and drinks ready. And he will come home to eat when he is hungry or around empty. Observe around you And finally, when new members appear, you need to be extremely careful in your daily activities. First of all, the most important thing to remember when the mother cat has hidden the kitten is that the kitten may be hiding anywhere as long as the place is private and quiet. nd because the mother cat can also hide the kitten in many places, so just inadvertently you are completely at risk of hurting kittens. Be careful when turning on the microwave, when pouring clothes in the washing machine. Pay attention when entering or placing heavy items in the corners, corners of the house or when moving heavy objects is an imperative center. You should look around the house. r you can watch from afar to see if your cat is likely to be out of sight (but you still have to look around the house to make sure she is not negligent). If the kitten is being placed in dangerous places like washing machines, car chassis, balcony corners, you need to be more cautious. ake a fully equipped cage first, put it in a private place few people over back, and cover the pen area so that the cat can take care of the baby. You see, love is also essential when caring for a mother to give birth. However, this needs to be combined with understanding so as not to cause unfortunate consequences. The mother cat moves or hides newborn babies for their safety and development. Please borrow a quote from a famous American TV show to end this article: “Mother Knows Best.” Please enter your comment! Please enter your name here
What are the characteristics of structural screws and self-tapping screws Structural screw Material: made of alloy steel Features […] Structural screw Material: made of alloy steel 1) The tensile and shear strengths are the same as the AN-type bolts of the same size and material. 2) This type of screw has the same length as the same size bolt 3) The nail body has a polished rod (unthreaded) section, the thread is NF, and the matching precision of the screw is also the same as that of the AN type hexagonal head bolt, so it can be used as a structural bolt. Head shape of the screw: It has a round head, a flat head, and a 100° countersunk head. Screw head slot for screw head: cross, pointed cross slot The common structural screw models are: (1)AN509 100° grub screw (2) AN525 washer head screw, which has a large head like a washer and has a large bearing area. (3) AN502 and AN503 round head screws  AN502 is a fine-toothed round head screw and AN503 is a coarse-toothed round head screw. The round heads of these two screws have a slot and have a small hole in the fuse. Self-tapping screw Self-tapping screws are often used for fastening characteristics of thin metal plates, plastic plates, etc. 1) Fastened by tapping itself in the assembly hole. 2) The head shape of the self-tapping screws are: flat round head, 100° countersunk head, large flat round head, etc. 3) The tail is: pointed (type A) blunt (type B) Common models are: (l) AN504 and AN506 They are commonly used to mount detachable parts such as signage. (2) AN530 and AN531 These are self-tapping screws for metal sheets. AN530 is a flat head, AN531 is a countersunk head tapping screw-B type
top button Flag Notify Connect to us Facebook Login Site Registration Facebook Login Site Registration What is the difference between kernel space and user space? +2 votes Can someone explain in layman language with example... posted Nov 11, 2014 by anonymous Share this question Facebook Share Button Twitter Share Button LinkedIn Share Button 1 Answer +1 vote In Layman language: The normal programs run in user space and kernel program runs in kernel space. Now what is the difference between these spaces? Kernel space contents makes the guy using it much more powerful than the guy who could use the user space. What are the contents is not the concern for now. There is whole bunch of theory and practicals behind it. (And also i don't remember the whole of it for now). When ever a guy(normal program ) using the user space does something he is does one of two types:- First a work which which is totally confined in his locality and is not affecting others Second the vice-versa. This it cannot do on it's own since it does not know how to do it (say it twice) since the space he is using (user space) does not have information( the instructions or the set of instructions) which tells it how to do it . This is obviously for security. Then how it should be done. Here comes the kernel space. Since only kernel is the guy who could use the kernel space the control is transferred it. Now kernel using the kernel space which contains sufficient information does it on behalf of normal program and returns the status of work performed. Hope this would help in layman terms. Apologies for the typos. answer Nov 16, 2014 by Prakash Contact Us +91 9880187415 #280, 3rd floor, 5th Main 6th Sector, HSR Layout Karnataka INDIA.
​Cybersecurity Fundamentals for People Working From Home ​Cybersecurity Fundamentals for People Working From Home In a time of remote work, cybersecurity has become more critical than ever. Indeed, at least 24% of organizations had to pay “unexpected costs” as a result of a malware or security breach since the start of the pandemic, and remote workers caused most of these. In fact, 5% of those surveyed added that the breaches happened because their staff was “oblivious” to good security practices. If you don’t want to be the backdoor to your business’s data, here are some of the fundamental cybersecurity practices to follow when working from home. Change your Wi-Fi network’s name Changing the name of your network does more than distinguish your home network from others in the vicinity; it also hides the type of router you use. Often, your default network name contains your internet service provider’s (ISP) name and the model of the modem you use—two critical pieces of information that will give hackers insight into how they should approach your network’s security. To change your connection’s name, enter your router’s IP address into your preferred browser, log in as the administrator, and look for an option titled “Wi-Fi Name or “SSID.” More importantly, you should also change your default password. The field to do so should be located below the Wi-Fi Name. Encrypt your network Breaches come from the most unexpected sources, such as a vulnerability in your network’s hardware and PCB. If you’re not familiar with what a PCB is, it’s a circuit board where all the main electronic components are housed, like your router’s microprocessor. They’re very thin and flexible, allowing manufacturers to create smaller devices over the years. However, they have vulnerabilities that can be exploited. For example, a remote attack on a PCB’s flash memory will enable malicious entities to alter the router’s hardware configurations, allowing them to sneak a virus into your network. To prevent this from happening, activate your router’s network encryption. You can do this by opening your security settings on your router’s configuration page. Use a VPN Imagine giving everyone access to not just your home address, but your internet history, and access to every device on your network. That’s what happens when you browse the web without a VPN. VPNs or virtual personal networks scramble data when it’s sent over Wi-Fi, making it unreadable. As such, it will be difficult to trace the activity to your computer when using a VPN. Even your ISP won’t be able to pinpoint your location. However, there’s one downside to using a VPN: it makes your internet slower. After all, encryption and decryption don’t happen in an instant. Fortunately, there are several known ways for you to increase your VPN speed, such as changing ports and using accelerators. You could also use VPNs like OpenVPN and Wireguard®, which pride themselves on faster encryption. Place your router near the middle of your home You may not have considered this, but where your router is placed heavily affects its security. The further into the middle of the house it’s placed, the weaker its signal range will be from the outside, making it difficult for hackers to intercept the connection. Plus, there’s the added perk of getting equal internet access across your home. If this is not possible, at least make sure that your router is far away from windows. Walls block signals better than glass. Look out for phishing emails Phishing emails are well-crafted messages that aim to trick users into entering personal details, sending sensitive information, or clicking malicious links that will install malware into their devices. The senders are usually “trusted” sources—or masked as trusted sources—like your coworker, Google, and other reputable entities. Researchers at Symantec inform that around 135 million phishing attacks are attempted every day, and the attacks have become more aggressive now that more people are working from home. The only way to protect yourself from a phishing attack is to spot the scam and ignore it. Check the sender’s domain to see if it’s legitimate, like if it’s your company address. You can also hover over a link to see the address without clicking on it. Keep your systems up-to-date Cyber attacks get more sophisticated every day. Regardless of whether it’s your computer’s BIOS, your router’s hardware, or your antivirus program, keeping all your systems up-to-date ensures that they’re fully equipped to take on most attacks. If you’re running on Windows or Mac, for example, then your computer should notify you if there’s a system update. However, devices such as your router and third-party software need manual updates, so it’s good practice to regularly check their respective configurations for any available patches. Invest in anti-malware software One of the most basic things you need to do is invest in some form of anti-malware software. Most Windows systems will come with one built-in in the form of the Microsoft Defender, but it's often better to have more than one system in place. When installing anti-malware software, it's important to note that they may impact how some of your software and tools function, particularly as they dictate what programs can send information through your network. It's a great way to ensure that you're not unknowingly sending information to unintended recipients, but you need to set the necessary exceptions and permissions so all the tools you need to do your job are able to function properly. Malicious entities like to target remote workers for their less secure networks and mountains of classified data. Therefore, take precautions in every action that you do. As long as you’re aware of the threats and are taking steps to neutralize them, breaches will never happen. Nov 20th 2020 Brenda Allen Recent Posts
main article image Rafflesia arnoldii (mazzzur/iStock) These Are The Worst Smells in The World, According to Science 5 AUGUST 2018 Rotten eggs, animal puke, or a bloated dead whale? Smells can be truly awful, but somehow that doesn't slow us down when we explore the big question - which stench is, objectively, the most disgusting. The science behind what actually makes a smell truly horrific is actually quite complicated. According to a study in The Journal of Neuroscience, the battle of the bad smells all boils down to their underlying molecular structure. The 2007 study looked at 1,500 properties of 150 different molecules in order to establish a relationship between the 'pleasantness' of a smell and its physicochemical properties - that is, the way its molecules are arranged. The team from University of California, Berkeley also found that molecular weight and electron density are in fact closely associated with how we perceive the qualities of a scent. Heavier, more spread-out molecules tend to be associated with bad smells, while lighter, more compact molecules are more pleasant. For example, Butanol, an electron-dense and spaced out molecule, smells like rotting wood, while limonene, a compact and light molecule, smells like citrus. The 'smell experts' involved in the study also believe that something even deeper could be at work - it's not just what a chemical smells like, but how our brain responds to it that makes it awful. Research suggests that evolution also comes into play here, making us grossed out by smells that we should traditionally fear if we want to survive. "Part of the olfactory percept is innate and hard wired. For example, laboratory rodents that have never encountered a cat through generations of breeding still react fearfully to cat odour, but not other novel and noxious odours"  the authors wrote in the paper. Yet, while each scent is uniquely offensive to each individual species, there are still a minefield of objectively bad smells out there that we can say should be categorically avoided. Here's a short history of some of the most god-awful smells in the world you should do your best to avoid - or hunt down and experience, if you're particularly eager to throw some of those heavy molecules up your nose. Rafflesia arnoldii Vieux Boulogne The Vieux Boulogne is the smelliest cheese in the world. One scientist even subjected it's smell to an electronic nose, a device that detects urinary infections and tuberculosis on which it tested positive! Ancient excrement The Lesser Anteater A lesser anteater and its young (GlobalP/iStock) The Lesser anteater uses its stench to ward off any unwanted visitors and predators. You've been warned.
5G Is Up To 90% More Energy Efficient Than 4G, Revealed Nokia And Telefónica The pace of the introduction of new 5G features accelerated in 2020, both in networks and devices, despite uncertainties caused by the covid-19 Around a billion people are expected to be covered by technology this year The deployment of 5G technology communication infrastructure aims to promote the development of innovative services, for both individuals and user companies, in various fields such as health, media, transport and even industries of the future. It can be inferred that the rollout of 5G networks is expected to result in a huge increase in traffic, hence some people are concerned about the risk of energy consumption increasing at the same rate. But a new study reassures that 5G networks are up to 90% more efficient in terms of energy consumption than 4G networks. Research by telecommunications companies Nokia and Telefónica has focused on the energy consumption of the Radio Access Network (RAN) of Telefónica, the part of the telecommunications network that connects mobile devices to the network wirelessly. Over a three-month period, the two telecommunications companies studied the energy consumed per megabyte per second when data was transmitted over the network under 11 different traffic scenarios. Using Nokia's AirScale range, including AirScale base stations and AirScale massive MIMO adaptive antenna solutions, on-site base station power consumption readings in various traffic load scenarios have been combined, ranging from 0 to 100%. Several hardware and software features that come with 5G have been found to be able to help save energy, so companies have concluded that 5G networks have energy efficiency per unit of traffic of up to 90% better than their 4G predecessors. The faster speeds promised by 5G mean that the overall volume of data traffic will increase dramatically as networks continue to be deployed and their usage increases among consumers. Energy consumption could therefore increase with 5G networks, when less energy is required to transfer a comparable amount of data using 4G. The current reality, according to the GSM association, is that the global energy use by the telecommunications industry must decrease, as the industry currently consumes between 2 and 3% of the world's energy. Many national governments are asking companies to adhere to energy reforms with the overall objective of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, since 2014, by 30% in absolute terms until 2020 and by 50% until 2030. If the study by Nokia and Telefónica highlights the ecological qualities of 5G in terms of data bits per kilowatt of energy, other challenges must be met, according to the study report. While 5G is greener than previous technologies, further measures are needed Although 5G is a technology natively greener than any previous generation of wireless technology, networks will still need to improve their efficiency and continue to reduce CO2 emissions. Contributing features found at radio base stations and networks, according to the study report, include 5G power saving features, small cell deployment and new architecture. and new 5G protocols. Along with this study, Nokia and Telefónica are developing intelligent energy network infrastructure and energy saving functions based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and collaborate to build 5G networks. ecological, according to a joint press release. In addition, both companies seek to limit global warming to 1.5 ° C, and Nokia aims to reduce emissions from its operations by 41% by 2030. Our greatest contribution to meeting global challenges in sustainability is to offer solutions and technologies that we develop and deliver. We attach great importance to this,said Tommi Uitto, president of mobile networks at Nokia. Around a billion people will be in 5G coverage areas until the end of 2020 While the reluctance to deploy 5G, based on the insufficiency of studies on the technology and the lack of real debates of the populations on the issue , the super-fast technology has reached more customers this year than expected and will cover around 60% of the world's population by 2026, according to a new report from Ericsson. This makes 5G the fastest mobile network ever deployed, the Swedish network giant said. The pace of the introduction of new 5G features accelerated in 2020, both in networks and devices, despite uncertainties caused by the covid-19 pandemic. According to Ericsson, 220 million 5G subscriptions are expected until the end of 2020, of which 175 million are for China, or nearly 80%. Ericsson cites three main factors that have contributed to the acceleration of the deployment of 5G: the arrival on the market of low-cost smartphones with 5G capabilities, some models costing no more than € 250; many countries have chosen the goal of installing 5G infrastructure with government support; and finally, competition between operators, eager to announce support for 5G to attract buyers of the latest smartphones. To date, more than 100 carriers have provided some degree of 5G coverage. 5G coverage will be extended to the point that one billion people will live in 5G coverage areas by the end of 2020 worldwide, This estimate represents about 15% of the world's population” said Patrick Cerwall, head of strategic marketing studies at Ericsso. The year 2020 was supposed to be the year of the generalization of 5G. But the spread of the coronavirus has raised doubts about the extent of the technology's use this year. Theories have also emerged that have linked the coronavirus to 5G. Some mobile operators in European countries like Great Britain and the Netherlands have had their telephone antennas sabotaged in April because of this conspiracy theory. But this backdrop, instead of slowing down 5G, has in a way allowed operators to expand their networks faster, Ericsson data shows. [Source 1]  [Source 2] 1. It is not by adding a network to the 4 other existing ones (GSM, 2G, 3G, 4G) that we will not consume less energy. As if these networks would suddenly disappear with the deployment of 5G. In addition, these networks use materials whose extraction has a significant environmental impact. Finally, extending a pipe has never lowered consumption. You just have to look at the roads. The more we enlarge them, the more cars there are to track them. The only way to limit our energy consumption on communications networks would be to stop their deployments in order to force the development of less energy-consuming software. In short, still good GreenWashing ... 2. How can he dare to come out of such studies when the very term "5G" is only commercial, absolutely not technical? To say that "5G" is more efficient than "4G" in terms of energy has absolutely no interest since the techno of "5G" will be added to other networks besides the standards / techniques attached to " 5G "are doomed to evolve in the more or less medium term by always adding more frequencies and therefore of antennas and consumption. In short, draw absolute conclusions on moving technos by grouping them under a trade name, it's not a big deal sometimes for a study " 5G is up to 90% more energy efficient than 4G. Is this statement not exaggerated, in your opinion? Absolutely, especially since deployments in other countries have already shown the opposite (see China, Korea, USA, ...). Approximately one billion people will be in 5G coverage areas until the end of 2020. How do you comment on this finding of the Ericsson study? That the major part of the population of the countries "develop" city life and already have access to fiber . Finally, great tests on the part of the TelCo lobbies who push the 5G card to the full, without ever providing concrete & useful use cases. Honestly, France could have stayed at 2G (GSM) while building a national (public) FO network, it would have been much more sustainable and useful for everyone. There still make sense although the arguments "for" 5G ring hollow. 3. as said in the previous posts: "It can be inferred that the deployment of 5G networks is expected to result in a huge increase in traffic, hence some people are concerned that the power consumption may increase at the same rate. But a new one study reassures that 5G networks are up to 90% more efficient in terms of energy consumption than 4G networks. " That is to say that there will indeed be an increase, but only 10%, according to the above summary. What about the non "RAN" part. "Nokia and Telefónica have focused on the energy consumption of the Radio Access Network (RAN) of Telefónica" We will remain optimistic, and assume that the study is not oriented, and that the 4G equipment studied is comparable in quality, range, and representativeness in terms of global deployment ... that we do not compare not the exception in short. "The two telecom companies studied the energy consumed per megabyte per second (MB / s) when data was transmitted over the network" And what about when there is no data to transmit? ... what does the term "data" include in this study? -> the timestamp sync? the positioning ? ping and presence signaling? An important point is overlooked by the study on energy efficiency, which is supposed to be "scientific". -> if the energy efficiency is up to 90% higher than 4G, this statement is true between a single antenna and a terminal. If we take into account the whole system, namely all the antennas required for the same number of terminals, this efficiency remains higher, but is much lower. A 5G antenna has a higher throughput at the cost of a shorter range, thus requiring a denser mesh. Low load antennas consume less than when they are saturated in bandwidth, but remain active and therefore consume permanently. This is not a question of antennas limited to 100 mW, but to hundreds of Watts. The evolution in energy efficiency may consist in the implementation of several "activity levels" / de_veille, like the frequency of a graphics card ... which they name generically " energy saving functions ”, AI and machine learning would then be used to define when this intelligence is really relevant, and to what degree to apply it. Passive consumption is a real problem in our society, which is only growing ... it is energy that only serves to keep the devices available and responsive ... a single device present in the neighborhood and the The antenna is awakened ... even without the need for "communication" (for humans), data is transmitted to signal its presence, provide information on the quality of reception (network bars), synchronize the time ... result, the antennas are never on standby. ... and that's without counting the passive consumption of TVs / monitors which are turned off, and not unplugged, PCs, chargers, microwaves, ovens, etc. 4. if 5G consumes less for the same amount of data yes. (I don't know if this is really the case or if it is stat hacking because 5G it seems to me requires more antennas and I do not trust a 5G manufacturer (Nokia) it's like a tobacco manufacturer who says that cigarettes are not carcinogenic) the whole network consumes as much as it is used or not and the addition of 5G adds consumption but in the long term 2G / 3G / 4G networks will disappear, in the long term we should therefore consume less but not in 2020 I agree, I imagine that 4g should be dismantled around 2040. this is without taking into account the new needs / services and the addition of new devices connected to 5G, well in the end in fact we risk consuming more even if 5g consumes less than 4G 100w charger,1,1080i vs 1080p,1,120 watt,1,365 dni,1,3GPP,1,4K drone,2,4K HDR,8,4K Ultra HD TVs,3,5G,6,64-bit,1,8 K Videos,1,8k definition,1,8K UltraHD,4,account privacy,5,acquesition,1,add an iptv m3u file to kodi,1,add contact to 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Where Does Ham Come From? A baked ham with sauce Dorling Kindersley/Getty Images The word ham derives from the Old English hamm and refers specifically to a cut of meat from the hog's hind legs. China takes credit for curing the first pork leg back in 4900 B.C. Enthusiasm for ham spread throughout ancient Europe with the Romans, who likely learned of the practice while trading with the Chinese. A surprisingly workable recipe for ham with figs survived from the second century when it commanded attention on ancient banquet tables. The Gauls produced precursors to the contemporary world's renowned Bayonne, Black Forest, and Westphalian hams. Christopher Columbus carried eight pigs on board with him when he left Spain for an unsuccessful search for the New World, but explorer Hernando de Soto's 13 pigs became the breeding stock for the United States' pork industry when he landed on the coast of Florida in 1539. Within just a few years, his passel of hogs grew to 700. By the 17th century, most colonial farmers raised pigs. The long shelf-life of salt pork and bacon made both staples in early American kitchens. The expression "high on the hog" seems to have developed from the literal position of the ham on the upper half of the pig (as opposed to the belly, shanks, and trotters) and came to connote a luxurious lifestyle of dining on the best cuts of meat.
Dogs are pack animals and are fine together. Dogs Apr 4, 2015 - Comparing the tracks or pawprints of a wolf, a coyote, a red fox, and a large dog. Although he rarelyspeaks, he just grunts, but spoke two lines "Meow" and "Come here." A They live in tight family groups and are uninterested in human connections. dogs, wolves are not as socially accepting of strangers. All breeds of dog have differences. Animal and bird trails. The Paws . Next article 10 Best Dog First Aid Kits for Hunting & Camping. While a wolf pup that is This gland is vestigial in dogs and functions only minimally in dogs. Dry Skin. The photo shows the actual paw of a 60 lb mixed breed dog next to a wolf print. The box changed back into a wolf. wolf’s run is smooth whereas most dogs have a bouncing, loping gait. But when it comes to sociability, dogs are generally more sociable with animals and sometimes with other pets as well. Dogs have relatively smaller skulls with varying muzzles, physically smaller brains, smaller teeth and varying leg lengths as compared to wolves. Wolves have larger, broader skulls with a longer muzzle, physically larger brains, larger teeth and legs. 35 Hughes St, Yarraville Vic 3013, Australia 16 Dowsett St, South Geelong Vic 3220, Australia, Mon to Fri, 7:30am - 7pm (Yarraville)Mon to Fri, 7:00am - 6:30pm (Geelong), Happy Hump Day! raised by humans can sometimes form an attachment to that human, it will never Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest #21 Real life Scoobie Doo. Dog paws. Don't shove your pet into anything extremely small. Mar 6, 2019 - Explore Kasi Mclemore's board "Dog paw prints" on Pinterest. Whether it’s on a packed trail, or through deep snow, a wolf wastes very little energy while traveling. According to National Geographic's award-winning show, Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, humans need to dominate their pet dogs to get them to behave. Dogs will love you if you treat them well. altered dogs as they were specifically bred as companion animals. in Animals. Nope. Dogs are descended from wolves and are the first animals we humans domesticated. source. in Uncategorized. Breeding has dramatically Why Dogs Bite Their Paws. Previous article Wolf vs German Shepherd Dog! Jack London lied. There are many reasons for dogs to bite their paws, we will mention a few of them below. Differences (and similarities) between Bigger feet? never be truly domesticated – it is impossible. genetically between about 40,000 BCE and 20,000BCE. They need fenced yards and constant monitoring. and domestics dogs will form hunting packs when they get lost or get dumped by their owners. Search for: Search. Testing new Hiro+Wolf dog collar prototype for large (strong) dogs. Dogs have a tendency to lick their paws even after a thorough cleaning. Dogs have been part of human history for at least 15,000 years, since the domestic dog split from its wolf ancestors and started living close to people, who provided some protection in exchange for help with hunting. Paws is the secondary antagonist in Cats and Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore. As the relationship between dogs and people became more intertwined, and the dogs became actual companions rather than just useful … Stronger? Their tracks are nearly always in a straight line, with the left and right paws only slightly offset (usually 6 inches or less). I love dogs alot, and I loves wolves too, but dogs are my favorites. People use phrases like “unleash your dog’s inner wolf” or “it’s like Paleo for puppies”. have straight tails, giant paws, and they have two large fore-toes that are Just like how our hands dry up, dogs get dry paws too. The strange chemical was showing in her fur and gave it a glow as the wolf walked outside as the wolf heard someone coming it changed from a wolf to a box out of no where. by Irina Naumenko. ... cat paw vs dog paw; image of paw print vector; cat paws drawing; Extras . The dog has lost some of its hunting ability because of domestication. forty-two teeth; a dog’s teeth are much smaller than those of a wolf. Wolves may have blue eyes but they Nope. A mountain lion’s canines are 2 to 2.5 inches apart; dogs are less than 2 inches; coyotes are 1.5 inches; and bobcats are about 1 inch apart. Cute French Bulldogs Luggage Cover. Something for everyone. Compared to wolves, dogs walk like they’re drunk. Smaller brains require less calories for dogs to survive. If you don't belive my info, look up wolves of Alberta on bing. than a St. Bernard? wolf’s jaws are bigger and stronger, however both wolves and dogs have wolf’s coat is always confined to shades of black, brown, grey, and white. During the showdown while Diggs, Butch, Catherine and Semus confronted Kitty, Paws attacked the … Most domestic dogs are sexually mature by the age of 6 to 12 months (some large breeds take slightly longer). Every dog does is moderately but have you ever wondered why dogs bite their paws? They will wait for you at the door all day. colour in dogs ranges from blue to brown. Previous article The 80+ Cutest Paw Print Tattoos Ever; Next article 40+ Funny Great Dane Dog Memes of All Time; You May Also Like. Next article Who Can Post The Cutest English Bull Terrier Pics? Modelled on the mission to give your pet ‘a home away from home’, Little Paws Inn is a daycare, grooming, and boarding facility for dogs, cats, and rabbits. Anything that may have been left on them will, therefore, find its way inside the body. Scientists have studied similarities between wolves and domestic Dogs and wolves are actually the same species. It is almost impossible to house train a wolf. The dog’s paw is just over 3″ long. Dog domestic dogs share little now, in the way of appearance and behaviour, with their aggressive, strong, and independent. domestication results from generations of breeding. very controversial breed. the first species of animal to have been domesticated, and the only large 40+ Funny Great Dane Dog Memes of All Time. Wolf Hybrids) do not make good animals to keep; they are part wild and really begin to demonstrate their … Blue and White Dog … Dogs have pointed, flopped, or pricked ears. Wolves have a very light build, so even though English Mastiffs can weigh 250 lbs doesn't mean they are bigger, just that they are very heavily built. In truth, the story behind BARF is much simpler: it’s basically a term to refer to raw meat, bones, fruit, and vegetables. Sign up below to stay up to date with our latest news and social activity. He was voiced by Phil LaMarr. House dogs should be walked 3 times a day. Huskies can have a white, black or brown coat while wolves generally have greyish white fur. The Paws . Wolves could prey on little children. Dogs have been altered almost entirely from their wolf cousins – no matter how much some domestic dogs like German Shepherds and Siberian Huskies may look like wolves, they really are very different animals. they also have very different body structures. Colored pattern with paw prints. Wild dogs live in packs just as wolves and they are arguably the most efficient cooperative hunters among all animals. by Irina Naumenko. Though it can be trained, However, many experts say Millan's philosophy is based on now-debunked animal studies and that some of his techniques - most famously the alpha roll, in which he pins a dog on its back and holds it by the throat - are downright cruel. Heart Paw print 3. All fields are required. By Neon-Wolf. Search. pups are only born in spring; domestic dogs breed year-round. Wolves are bigger....nope. 0 points . You May … They are fast, stealthy, Wolves and Dogs. wolf has a much larger head than a dog relative to body size. Can you Use Baby Wipes on Dog Paws? Dog teeth have less complicated cusp patterns and a much smaller tympanic bulla as compared to wolves. The wolf was walking along a road made of decomposed granite (“grit”) that’s common in parts of central Idaho — and grit gives an accurate depiction of paw size. Wolf paws are able to tread easily on a wide variety of terrains, especially snow. Set of watercolor animal footprints. The Emergence of Coywolf, a Coyote-Dog-Wolf Hybrid -, Scientists find key 'friendliness' genes that distinguish dogs from wolves -. Domestics dogs will also form packs. Dog pups develop more slowly than wolf … Wolves usually have a narrower frame, longer legs, bigger paws, larger heads, and a greater brain-to-body mass ratio than dogs. No. Dog paws can be fun to draw and can add detailing to your composition such as paws from a dog walking away or a paws left behind from a dog that was previously there. Their personalities and temperaments depend on the amount of socialization they received early in life, the breeds of dogs in the animal (usually German Shepherd, Siberian Husky and/or Malamute), and the percentage or content of wolf vs. dog in them. pups develop more slowly than wolf pups. They live in tight Dogs are a little different from wolves but they still have some wolfy abilities! They are HUGE. Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest. They usually chase their prey and attack wherever they can get a hold on the animal, most often the hindquarters, tails, ears and nose. DNA. Once the two humans were gone. Paws will always try to eat Scrumptious. A Wolves Wolves are digitigrades (an animal that stands or walks on its digits, or toes) and with the relative largeness of their feet, helps them to distribute their weight evenly on snowy surfaces. Most are furry, they vary in color. Cat dog drawing art wolf cats draw feline vs felines anatomy wolves dogs big cat big cats reference compare comparison tutorial canine tutorials versus canines references. The wolf print is obviously nearly twice the size. webbed. A wolf can Morgan Wolf, the owner of Little Paws Inn opens up about rethinking the conventional kennel daycare and the anxieties of building a business with no experience.
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Kadampa Buddhism in Tibet At that time, the Buddhism which had flourished in Tibet had degenerated. Atisha travelled to Tibet at the request of the Tibetan King, Yeshe Ö, and revitalised Buddhism in the country. His followers are known as 'Kadampas'. 'Ka' refers to Buddha's teachings, and 'dam' to Atisha's special Lamrim instructions known as 'the stages of the path to enlightenment'. Kadampas, then, are practitioners who regard Buddha's teachings as personal instructions and put them into practice by following the instructions of Lamrim. The Kadampa tradition was later promoted widely in Tibet by Je Tsongkhapa (1357 - 1419) and his followers, who were known as the 'New Kadampas'.  Je Tsongkhapa worked tirelessly to spread Buddhadharma throughout Tibet. Kadampa Buddhism in the West Kadampa Buddhism was first introduced into the West in 1977 by the renowned Buddhist Master, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Since that time he has worked to spread Kadampa Buddhism throughout the world by giving extensive teachings, writing many profound texts on Kadampa Buddhism, and founding the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union, a growing, global union of nearly 800 Buddhist Centres
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Breakthrough – Scientists Connect Live and Artificial Neurons into One System • The internet aided in the creation of the virtual brain from actual live nerve cells. • The artificial neurons came from Switzerland, electronic interneuron connection from the UK and the live nerve cells from Italy. • It is exciting breakthrough application for the prosthetics industry. For the first time ever, the internet aided in the creation of a virtual brain using actual live nerve cells. This breakthrough and novel project was created with the collaboration from Italian, Swiss and British scientists. The artificial neurons came from Switzerland, electronic interneuron connection from the UK and the live nerve cells from Italy. All these were amalgamated into one functioning system. It means that a live nervous system can be collaborated with the technology into one. The full spectrum of results have been published in the nature scientific report titled “Memristive synapses connect brain and silicon spiking neurons.” The live nerves were collected from a rat by the University of Padua. This is the 5th oldest university left in the world. Specifically designed equipment for this project was used to read and interpret electrical signals that the nerves were sending. This equipment is capable of sending them via the world wide web to the University of Southhampton in the UK. After UK scientists received the signals, they were transmitted to artificial contacts between neurons. The electronic synapse is the pairing of a memristor and a microelectrode made of a thin film of titanium oxide. A memristor is a non-linear two-terminal electrical component relating electric charge and magnetic flux linkage. It was described and named in 1971 by Leon Chua, completing a theoretical quartet of fundamental electrical components which comprises the resistor, capacitor and inductor. The creation successfully imitates the properties of real synapses. For example, it can also increase its conductivity (this property is based on our short-term memory). Finally, the information transformed by the artificial synapse was transmitted to Zurich, where it was processed by electronic neurons. The silicon chips used are based on CMOS technology (also referred to as a real-time clock). CMOS is an onboard, battery powered semiconductor chip inside computers that stores information. This information ranges from the system time and date to system hardware settings for your computer. A three countries amalgamated into one system   The chain works in the opposite direction: from Swiss artificial neurons through the English memristor synapses to the Italian rat brain cells.  The technology works in real time. One of the biggest advantages of this technology will be its future use in the prosthetics field: Cyber prosthetics The project is a trailblazer. In the future many scientists around the world can conduct experiments simultaneously and in real time. It is a big breakthrough for the bionic field. Nevertheless, it also brings up certain risks of being hacked and someone control your activities. The risk management of such novel technologies is very important. This is a much needed technology and will be a predecessor of the more evolved ones to come in the near future. Only $1/click Submit Your Ad Here Christina Kitova Leave a Reply
Singapore Convention on Mediation enters into force 1 min read News: Singapore Convention on Mediation has entered into force marking a significant development in international commercial dispute resolution. • Singapore Convention also known as the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation is an international agreement regarding the recognition of mediated settlements. • When was it adopted? The convention was adopted in December,2018 and opened for signature in August,2019. • Signatories: As of September 1, 2020, the Convention has 53 signatories, including India, China and the United States. Ecuador is the most recent country to ratify the Convention. • Significance: The convention helps businesses seeking enforcement of a mediated settlement agreement across borders to apply directly to the courts of countries that have signed and ratified the treaty instead of having to enforce the settlement agreement as a contract in accordance with each country’s domestic process.
One thing that many people do not like thinking about is what would happen to them if they became severely ill to the point they no longer had the ability to make decisions on their own. Unfortunately, this happens to many people every single day. One way to guard against this possibility is to create a living will. What Is a Living Will? A living will is a kind of legal document that is created to express a person’s wishes when that person no longer has the ability speak or reason consciously. A living will may express certain things such as what should happen to a person’s property and assets in this situation. It may also outline how a person wishes to be taken care of in this state. However, one of the main reasons people create living wills is to have a say on when and if those people should be allowed to die a natural death. In certain cases, a person may not be able to ever recover from an illness or injury. This illness or injury may leave that person in a permanent vegetative state. For many people, existing in a permanent vegetative state is worse than death. They would prefer to be taken off of life support and allowed to die. For these people, quality of life is what is really important. For others, however, they may wish to remain in a vegetative state for as long as possible because of religious reasons or the faint hope of a cure. What Happens if There Is No Living Will? If the wishes of a person in a vegetative state are not outlined in a living will, these decisions will be made by others. Spouses are often allowed to make the decision of whether or not to remove a person from life support. If a person is not married, close relatives such as parents and siblings may make the decision. However, even if you trust a family member or loved one to express your wishes on this matter, it may still not occur. There may be disagreements among different family members on what to do. This matter can become tied up in the legal system for years until a decision is finally made on whether or not to remove a person from life support. This is why it is always a good idea to draft a living will. It’s a good precaution to take to make sure your wishes are granted when you no longer have the ability to make those wishes known yourself.
Alternative Archaeology What exactly do you mean by “Giza Death Star”? February 18, 2008 By Joseph P. Farrell Briefly, I meant this term to operate on a multitude of levels. The first would be a convenient way to reference the findings of Robert Bauval, who noted that the placements of the Great Pyramid, the Second Pyramid and the Third Pyramid at Giza were aligned to the three stars of Orion's belt. Given the preoccupation of that constellation with death in Egyptian mythology, it was a shorthand way of signifying that relationship. But secondly, I wanted also to underscore the interpretation of Sitchin of the Sumerian epic, the Lugal-e, which indicated a weapons function. I thus intended the term to indicate a weapon of great power and sophistication.
Claiming Back 3.1 Million Lives Each Year 21.07.2017 | Episode #2 of the course Stroke prevention: Living longer and better by Marselina Arshakyan In today’s, lesson we’ll start with the leading risk factor for stroke, which is high blood pressure or hypertension. It alone accounts for almost half (47.9 %) of the total risk for stroke globally. It’s also the most significant controllable risk factor and, therefore, the key target for reducing the worldwide burden of stroke. According to the World Health Organization, stroke claims 6.2 million lives each year. The reason for half of them was high blood pressure. If I ask your height and weight, perhaps you know both. But what if I ask you about your blood pressure? Hmm, probably, you have no idea. High blood pressure is sometimes also called the “silent killer” because you can have it for years without warning signs or symptoms. But if you’re age 20 and older, you need to know and monitor your blood pressure numbers and keep them low. Talk to your doctor first. In terms of stroke prevention, every little decrease in blood pressure readings counts. What is normal and high blood pressure? A blood pressure reading is always given as two numbers. The first number indicates systolic pressure, i.e., the force of the blood when your heart pumps, and the second, diastolic pressure, i.e., the force of the blood when your heart rests. A blood pressure reading below 120/80 is considered normal. If yours is 140/90, you’re at a higher risk of having a stroke by 55% compared to adults with normal blood pressure. Consider a few lifestyle changes to reduce your blood pressure, such as a low-salt and low-fat diet, daily exercise, stress reduction, and no or moderate alcohol consumption. It is also very important you discuss with your doctor and consider your other risk factors linked with hypertension, such as diabetes. And if your blood pressure readings are consistently greater than 160/90, then you’re at the greatest risk, and healthy lifestyle choices won’t be enough to lower your blood pressure to a normal range. In addition, you’ll need to take medication. In this case, don’t forget to take your pills on time and as prescribed by a doctor. Although this caution sounds like an easy one, a lot of people have a hard time with it. Pay attention to your heartbeat! An irregular or “racing” heartbeat is a warning sign of a heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation, which makes you five times more likely to suffer a stroke. Besides, irregular-heartbeat-related strokes cause more deaths than strokes caused by other factors. It can happen at any age, mainly to people who have heart disease or thyroid disorders, but it is more common as people get older. Global age-adjusted prevalence rates of AF (per 100,000 persons). Chung et al., 2014 If you notice fluttering, racing, or pounding feelings in your chest, or dizziness, faintness, and lightheadedness, then ask your doctor to check your pulse and look for an underlying cause. A healthy heart beats 60 to 100 times per minute with an even and steady rhythm. During an irregular heartbeat, the pulse rises to 400-450 times per minute and feels random and uneven. If untreated, it can increase stroke risks, also in association with sleep-disordered breathing, a condition involving snoring and partial or complete blockage of the airway during sleep. Snoring as a risk factor for a wake-up stroke Recent research indicates that effective treatment of breathing difficulties occurring during sleep, including snoring, significantly improves not only quality of life but also outcomes in wake-up stroke (i.e., when a person goes to sleep normal and awakens with stroke symptoms). Snoring is noisy breathing during sleep that can affect anyone at all ages (20% of the adult population aged 30–70 years) and both genders, but it’s more frequent in men and overweight people. It’s a symptom of sleep-disordered breathing, which has been linked with and may even contribute to the development of stroke independently or through increasing the risks of both hypertension and irregular heartbeat. So, your goal is to get regular and good-quality sleep without snoring. As suggested by the National Sleep Foundation, the options to treat snoring will generally include: • lifestyle modification • surgery • use of appliances Your choice of strategy should be consulted with your doctor. Tomorrow we’ll discuss smoking as a modifiable risk factor and stroke genetics as a non-modifiable risk factor of stroke. Have a nice day, and go to bed before midnight! :) Marselina A. Recommended reading Snoring solutions, aids and remedies Recommended book Share with friends
Quick Answer: What Is Desensitization Theory? What does Desensitisation mean? verb (tr) to render insensitive or less sensitivethe patient was desensitized to the allergen; to desensitize photographic film. Is it bad to be desensitized? Desensitization to violence causes non-emotional reactions to violence and victims of violence. … I believe that is a conditioned response to repeated exposure to violence, which can cause that person to not acknowledge violence for what it is: Harmful. How do you use desensitize in a sentence? Desensitized in a Sentence 🔉Children can become desensitized to aggression when they play violent videogames. … Because Tom and Helen use a lot of profanity at home, their children have become desensitized to swearing. … Many diabetics have desensitized skin which makes them less likely to notice when they’re injured.More items… Is it possible to desensitize yourself? Performing Desensitization On Yourself It’s possible to desensitize yourself on your own, in the comfort of your own home. But generally it’s advised that you do it in the presence of experts. What’s another word for desensitized? Desensitized Synonyms – WordHippo Thesaurus….What is another word for desensitized?compassionlesscallousunsympathetichardhardenedinsensateinsensitiveironheartedobdurateruthless230 more rows Why is desensitization dangerous? Although the emotional numbing that characterizes emotional desensitization may be adaptive, allowing these youth to function and survive in dangerous environments, our results also suggest that, over time, emotional desensitization contributes to more violent behavior and thus may bring about maladaptive developmental … How do you desensitize anxiety? Slowly exposing yourself to fears Once you have relaxation techniques and a hierarchy of fears, you can start gradually exposing yourself to your fears. A typical first step is thinking about the thing you fear. Once you begin feeling afraid or anxious, use relaxation techniques to regain a sense of calm. What causes desensitization? What is the purpose of desensitization? In medicine, desensitization is a method to reduce or eliminate an organism’s negative reaction to a substance or stimulus. Is desensitization a word? noun. the act or process of desensitizing. Physiology, Medicine/Medical. the elimination or reduction of natural or acquired reactivity or sensitivity to an external stimulus, as an allergen. What are the effects of desensitization? What is an example of desensitization?
Saturn I Mimas (“MY mas”) is the seventh of Saturn’s known satellites: orbit: 185,520 km from Saturn diameter: 392 km mass: 3.80e19 kg The pronunciation “MEE mas” is also acceptable. Mimas was one of the Titans slain by Hercules. Discovered in 1789 by Herschel. The surface of Mimas is dominated by an impact crater 130 km across, known as Herschel; it’s almost 1/3 of the diameter of the entire moon. Herschel’s walls are approximately 5 km high, parts of its floor measure 10 km deep, and its central peak rises 6 km above the crater floor. The impact that made this crater must have nearly disrupted Mimas. Fractures can be seen on the opposite side of Mimas that may be due to the same impact. The surface is saturated with impact craters. But no others are nearly as large as Herschel. This suggests that early in its history, Mimas was probably impacted by even larger bodies than the one that created Herschel which completely disrupted the new moon (wiping out the evidence of earlier large impacts) but that the impact debris then coalesced again to form present-day Mimas. More about Mimas Open Issues • How big a hit can a planet or moon take before being completely disrupted?
React, etc. Tech Stack TypeScript over JavaScript and Babel? TypeScript is a language that builds ontop of standard JavaScript. It uses the familiar ECMAScript 6 syntax, but adds features to it. TypeScript is then transformed to plain JavaScript that is interpreted by browsers or other platforms capable of running JavaScript. The conversion from TypeScript to JavaScript is called transpiling. It's technically compiling from one source code to another. It's a common practise with modern JavaScript and the most common tool for this is currently Babel. Written source for Babel is currently ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) syntax and target language being ES5, the lowest common denominator for popular browsers at this point in in time. You can use TypeScript in a similar fashion as Babel, just as a JavaScript converter, but as a superset of JavaScript TypeScript has some unique features. In addition to the transpiling architecture in place it has additional tooling and features that are simply not does not have before (if ever) the ECMAScript standard will include these. In addition to commonly used ES6 features such as classes, modules, The "arrow" syntax for anonymous functions, optional parameters and default parameters TypeScript users get access to advanced features that allow manageability of large codebases. TypeScript originates from Microsoft, a company with decades of experience in creating developer tooling. TypeScript does not require "all in" strong typing Programming languages are classified as strongly typed or weakly typed. A strongly typed language requires you to define what type your variables in your code are where as a weakly typed (or loosely typed) language allows developers to omit these definitions completely. In general a strongly typed language is somewhat more laboursome to write, but with types the computer has more information on the intent of the developer. JavaScript is a weakly typed language, but through TypeScript it gets optional strong typing. With type annotations and compile-time type checking developers get access to advanced debugging features with a minimum overhead. In addition to client implementation projects written in TypeScript, a number of high profile JavaScript frameworks such as Angular 2Aurelia, DojoEmberIonicNativeScript have all embrace TypeScript. This is a testament that for large projects strong typing has holds an advantage. TypeScript is much advertised for large projects, but it does not over complicate simple projects either. As a weakly typed JavaScript language developers don't care too much about what type of primitives they are using. Unlike Java or other strong typed languages, with TypeScript you don't need to go all in on typing. When using TypeScript you don't have to define types for everything, but still enjoy the benefits through type inference which automatically sets types per how they were first defined. A variable initially set as an array will result in an error if you try to change it to a string later on. With the recent momentum behind TypeScript it's safe to say the project is here to stay. As an Open Source project building on ECMAScript standards and a well defined roadmap it is likely a better long term investment than learning a single high level JavaScript library like React. With TypeScript developers can enjoy the benefits of strong typing without going all in on them. Written by Jorgé on Saturday July 30, 2016 Permalink - « Aurelia 1.0 released - Popular WordPress plugin allows authenticated users to execute any PHP on page load »
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25 C Friday, January 22, 2021 How to Harden and Secure NGINX Web Server in Linux Must read Nginx is arguably one of the most widely used free and opensource web server used in hosting high-traffic websites. It is well known for its stability, stellar-performance, low resource consumption, and lean configuration. Some of the popular sites powered by Nginx include WordPress.com, GitHub, Netflix, Airbnb, Hulu, Eventbrite, Pinterest, and SoundCloud to mention a few. While powerful and stable, the default configurations are not secure and extra tweaks are required to fortify the web server and give it the much-needed security to prevent attacks and breaches. In this article, we touch base on some of the steps you can take to harden and secure your Nginx web server and get the most out of it. 1) Implement SSL Certificate One of the preliminary and crucial steps in hardening your Nginx web server is to secure it by using an SSL certificate. The SSL certificate is a cryptographic digital certificate that encrypts traffic between your web server and the web browsers of your site’s visitors. It also forces your site to use the secure HTTPS protocol and drop HTTP which sends traffic in plain text. By so doing, communication back and forth is secured and kept safe from hackers who might try to eavesdrop and steal confidential information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card information. You can take advantage of the Free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate that is easy to install and configure and is valid for 90 days. Once you have it installed, you can verify the strength of the SSL encryption by testing your domain on SSL Labs. The results are shown below. As you can see, the domain we are using scored a grade B, due to weak protocol support highlighted in Yellow. We still need to make a few tweaks to take it to Grade A. Let’s see how we can improve on the Protocol support in the next step. 2) Disable weak SSL / TLS protocols As you have seen from the results, implementing SSL does not necessarily imply that your site is fully secured. Deprecated versions such as TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and SSL 3 are considered weak and present vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit and eventually compromise your web server. These protocols are prone to vulnerabilities such as POODLE, BEAST and CRIME. In fact, most popular and widely used web browsers have announced the end of support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 within the deadlines shown. • Browser Name           Date • Google Chrome           January 2020 • Mozilla Firefox             March 2020 • Safari/Webkit               March 2020 • Microsoft Edge             June 2020 With this information at hand, it would be prudent to conform with the latest security protocols, and at the time of writing this article, the latest protocol is  TLS 1.2 with TLS 1.3 expected later in 2020. To implement TLS 1.2 and  TLS 1.3, we are going to edit 2 files: • /etc/nginx/nginx.conf  –  This is the main nginx configuration file • /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com (or /default) If you are running Let’s Encrypt SSL, be sure to edit the following files • /etc/nginx/nginx.conf •  /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf Use the following steps to disable weak SSL / TLS Protocols Step 1) Edit the nginx.conf file Firstly, ensure you take a backup of the /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file before making any changes. Then open the file using the text editor of your choice $ sudo vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf Locate the following line ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE To disable the weak protocols, simply delete  TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 protocols and append TLSv1.2 &  TLSv1.3 at the end. ssl_protocols TLSv1.2  TLSv1.3 ; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE This should appear as follows on line 36 Save and exit the configuration file. Step 2) Edit the Nginx server block file Obsolete protocols may still be sitting in your respective Nginx server block configuration files. The block configuration files are contained in the /etc/nginx/sites-available/ directory. Therefore, proceed and modify your block configuration file $ sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com As before, scroll and locate the following line ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; Again, delete the TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 protocol and add the TLSv1.3 at the end. NOTE: If you are using Let’s Encrypt SSL, modify the SSL file: $ sudo vi /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf For the changes to persist, restart Nginx web server $ sudo systemctl restart nginx Now head over to the SSL Labs test and test your domain once again. This time, you should get an A rating as shown. 3)  Prevent Information disclosure Part of hardening your server involves limiting information disclosure on your web server as much as possible. Information can be leaked through HTTP headers or error reporting. Some of this information includes the version of Nginx you are running, and you really wouldn’t want to disclose that to hackers. By default, Nginx displays HTTP header information when you run the command: $ curl -I http://localhost From the output on the second line, you can see that the version of Nginx and the Operating system it is running on has been disclosed Server: nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu) The version would also be displayed on a web browser if an error page such as a 404-error page is displayed as shown. To avoid this information leakage, edit the nginx.conf file and under the http { section, uncomment the following line server_tokens off; Save the changes and exit. Then restart the webserver for the changes to reflect. $ sudo systemctl restart nginx Now reload the error page and notice the difference. The version and the OS Nginx is running has been omitted. Another way you can check how much information is leaking from your web server is by visiting the Server Signature Site and check your domain. If all is good, you will get the following output. 4)  Get rid of unwanted HTTP methods Another sound practice is to disable unwanted protocols that are not going to be implemented by the webserver. The line below will permit the implementation of GET, POST, and HEAD methods and exclude all the other methods including TRACE and DELETE. Add the following line in your server block file. location / { limit_except GET HEAD POST { deny all; } 5) Disable weak cipher suites Besides the implementation of SSL, make it your goal to disable weak and insecure ciphers including the RC4 ciphers. These come bundled by default solely for the purpose of backward compatibility with previous Nginx releases and there’s no good reason to have them since they serve as potential vulnerabilities that can be exploited. Therefore, in your ssl.conf file, replace the ciphers with the following cipher suite. 6) Remove any unnecessary modules To further minimize the threat landscape, it’s advisable to remove any unnecessary modules from the default server settings. Best practice demands that you keep a lean profile and only enable the modules that are used in serving content from the webserver. Be cautious, though, not to uninstall or remove the modules that you may require. As a recommendation, perform tests in a QA or test environment before deciding which modules should be disabled and which ones are necessary for your web server. 7) Prevent Better Overflow In memory management, a buffer is a storage location that temporarily accommodates data as is it begin transferred from one memory location to another. When the data volume exceeds the capacity of the memory buffer, a buffer overflow occurs. In other words, buffer overflows happen when a program writes more data on a block of memory that it can hold or handle. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to send malicious code that can compromise a system. As standard practice, it is recommended to make a few tweaks to the Web server to mitigate such issues. Add the lines of code below to the nginx.conf file. ##buffer policy client_body_buffer_size 1K; client_header_buffer_size 1k; client_max_body_size 1k; large_client_header_buffers 2 1k; ##end buffer policy 8) Prevent XSS attacks An XSS ( cross-site scripting ) attack is an attack where a hacker uses a web application to inject malicious code or a browser-side script into a trusted site. When a visitor to the site visits the site, the script is downloaded and can access various browser resources such as cookies and session token. One of the prevention measures against such type of attack is to append the line below in the ssl.conf file. 9) Avoid Clickjacking attacks To steer clear of clickjacking attacks, append the X-Frame-Options in the HTTP header in the nginx.conf file as shown add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"; Once done, save and restart Nginx web server. 10) Deny automated user agents To keep your server safe from bots and other automated scripts that may be deployed by attackers to retrieve information from your site, it’s prudent to explicitly deny specific user agents which can ultimately lead to deny-of-service attacks DOS. Append the following line in the nginx.conf file. if ($http_user_agent ~* LWP::Simple|BBBike|wget) { return 403; 11) Prevent Image hotlinking Hotlinking is a practice where a user links an image to your website instead of directly uploading the image on their site. When this happens, your image appears on their site and the flip side to this is that you end up paying for extra bandwidth. To prevent this from happening, look for location directive inside Nginx configuration file and append the following snippet # Stop deep linking or hot linking location /images/ {   valid_referers none blocked www.example.com example.com;    if ($invalid_referer) {      return   403; You can also specify the image extensions as shown: valid_referers blocked www.example.com example.com; if ($invalid_referer) {     rewrite ^/images/uploads.*.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png)$ http://www.example.com/banned.jpg last 12)  Keep Nginx updated Easy right? Keeping your web server up to date is one of the ways you can secure your server. Updating your web server applies the required patches that address pre-existing vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers to compromise your server. That was a round-up of some of the key measures you can take to harden your Nginx web server and secure it from common exploitation techniques. This will go a long way in protecting your website files and the visitors on your site as well. Source link - Advertisement - More articles Please enter your comment! Please enter your name here Latest article
Welcome to Construction and Future Cities. In this theme, you will learn about the power of the built environment to create clean, renewable energy and design smart, safe, technologically-advanced cities. Extra Information about Construction and Future Cities – optional Construction and Smart Cities? Smart cities use technology to connect people, transport, services and buildings to create a safe and efficient environment for everyone. How can construction upgrade our existing cities to make them smart? Construction and Renewable Energy? Clean, safe, renewable energy is in more demand than ever as our world becomes more reliant on power for technology. How can construction develop a network of sustainable, reliable energy sources? Construction and Tall Buildings? The ambition to build taller and taller buildings around the world shows no sign of stopping. Maybe we could build to the moon! How can construction develop solutions to the problems involved with tall buildings? 1. Instructions from your Supervisor We are currently working on a project to introduce some “smart” components to make the city’s travel more sustainable. Smart cities can be more efficient, more cost-effective and safer. It is expected that by 2050, 66% of the world’s population will live in urban locations like cities or megacities. A smart city is a framework composed of Information and Communication Technologies. Citizens engage with smart city ecosystems in a variety of ways using smartphones and mobile devices, as well as connected cars and homes. Pairing devices and data with a city’s physical infrastructure and services can cut costs and improve sustainability. Communities can improve energy distribution, streamline rubbish collection, decrease traffic congestion, and even improve air quality Smart transport and smart transport infrastructure contribute to the building and designing of a smart city by making it more valuable (with a fluid and non-congested traffic), and more livable (less noisy, free of accidents) For instance, connected traffic lights receive data from sensors to respond to real-time traffic, thereby reducing road congestion. Connected cars can communicate with parking meters and electric vehicle (EV) charging docks direct drivers to the nearest available spot. Smart rubbish bins automatically send data to waste management companies and schedule pick-up as needed instead of relying on a pre-planned schedule.  We will be presenting our ideas to local citizens at a briefing, and I’d like you to create some presentation slides that we could show. Citizens will have lots of comments and concerns about smart travel and it’s sustainability credentials so we want to give them information in simple, clear ways. Stakeholders for smart cities can be split into one of four main categories – each is dependent on the other, and they are all interrelated.
Cyber Security Illustration Cyber Security Removing the risks in your business Cyber-attacks can be very disruptive, costly and alarming to any business especially when they happen to employees working remotely. It’s important to have the right protection in place and policies about minimising the risks, preventing attacks, as well as practical steps to take should a cyber-attack happen. What is Cyber Security? The core function of Cyber Security is to protect the devices we all use (smartphones, laptops, tablets and computers), and the services we access from cyber theft or damage. It’s also about preventing unauthorised access to the vast amounts of personal information we store on these devices, and online. Cyber security aims to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks and focus on protecting computer systems from unauthorised access and exploitation. Why do you need it? Cyber security is critical for every organisation as it keeps us safe from hackers and cyber criminals. In addition, the General Data Protection Regulations and Data Protection Act 2018 require organisations to implement appropriate security measures to protect personal data. Otherwise, there’s a risk of substantial fines. Over 50% of UK businesses reported an attack or breach during 2019 therefore it’s critical that businesses take cyber security seriously. How Agile can help Cyber threats are continually evolving with attacks becoming more and more frequent, sophisticated and targeted. Cyber security should address people, processes and technology and at Agile, our advanced cyber security services proactively protect your organisation and safeguard against the latest threats and vulnerabilities. We can identify, mitigate and proactively defend your organisation against security risks and attacks helping you to safeguard your data, systems and people.
Skip to content Information about handpans The Very Beginning The use of metallic percussion in Trinidad goes back at least to the middle of the 19th century. Instruments such as the Chac Chac, Salt Box and Tin Kettle were widely used and the Tamboo-Bamboo bands, that is bands with instruments comprising of pieces of bamboo of differing lengths and thickness either banged on the ground or beaten with sticks (Tambour Bamboo-Bamboo Drum) also often used a large biscuit tin as a bass. The fact, however, that bamboo would often split and so be rendered useless led to a preference for the use of metal in the 1930s. Players on the road whose instruments had 'popped' would look around for something else to play, rubbish bins, biscuit and paint tins, olive oil cans, motor car parts in fact anything which could produce a percussive sound. It isn't known who produced the first tuned steeldrum. Probably young men working separately, experimented with metal containers which could be found locally. Legend has it that Winston 'Spree' Simon lent a drum to Wilson 'Thick Lip' Bartholomew. When the drum was returned it was badly dented. Spree started to flatten it out again and in the process noticed changes in pitch. This inspired him to begin to tune different notes, at first onto caustic soda tins. The development of the 'Ping Pong' was the most important advancement in steel pan tuning. Up to the end of the second World War 'Spree' Simon had changed to small oil-cans and is said to have tuned up to 8 notes. At the same time in another yard, Ellie Manette working with 35 gallon sweet oil cans, claims to have achieved 9 notes. It is also generally accepted that Ellie Manette was responsible for the introduction of the 45 gallon oil-drum. The Trinidadian oil industry and the presence of the American naval base, meant that discarded oil-drums were easily obtainable. With their larger diameter and superior metal quality they allowed the use of more notes with a clearer sound and better sustain. He also changed the method of sinking. Up until then the pans had been beaten outwards into a convex shape. Ellie sank the drums inwards into the concave form we know today. By 1947 he had built a drum with two complete diatonic octaves. As the instrument developed more notes were put into the tenor to increase it's range. This meant the notes had to be smaller, making them higher in pitch, and so put the tenor into the soprano area. The name, however, remained the same. The first 'circle of fourths and fifths' tenor pan was the 'Spider Web' created by Antony Williams. Later the notes were separated to decrease acoustic coupling. This layout, which features each note surrounded by it's fifth, fourth and octave, has evolved into the standard lead model today. General Information about the Handpan The Handpan, also known as Pantam or Hangdrum is an instrument which has been directly developed from the west Indian Steel Drum or Steelpan. One special quality of these instruments are their warm, resonant, magical sound with perfectly balanced tuned harmonics. The Handpan is made up of two rounded metal hemispheres which are glued or welded together to form a shape reminiscent of an unidentified flying object. The upper face, which is the playing surface, usually incorporates a centre note, also the lowest note on the Handpan in the centre of which is a dome (also called the Ding). Surrounding the centre note forming a circular pattern are the corresponding higher notes. As with the 'Ding' they also have centre domes or dimples. These are there to reduce the vibration of the playing surfaces which can otherwise sound metallic. The low centre note is almost always the fundamental or the fifth of the chosen scale. On the lower side of the Handpan is a sound hole usually located in the middle, also occasionally placed off centre. Handpans are normally made of steel, nitrated steel or stainless steel. Generally Handpans have a diameter ranging from 45cm to 65cm, a height of 15cm to 30cm and weigh between 2.5 kilo and 4.5 kilo. The Production The Handpan is made by hand in a complex process based on the building of a Steel Drum which simplified is done like this. The upper surface of a 200 liter oil barrel is hammered inwards into a rounded concave shape. This is called 'sinking'. After that the surface is smoothed, the individual notes are sketched in, hammered and tuned. Handpans are constructed in a similar manner, the difference being that the raw shells are generally produced industrially through pressing, deep drawing or hydroforming. The shells are clamped into a tuning ring. This greatly improves the sound while tuning and also stops the shape of the shell from deforming during the tuning process. Using templates or stencils the individual notes are drawn onto the metal. In this way the layout, which will define the chosen scale is ready. Now, by hand or using a press, the dimples which stabilize each note are inserted into the middle of each note on the Handpan. In order to produce a tunable surface, the space surrounding the notes is hammered thus relaxing the material in the playing surfaces and also separating the notes to stop any crossover interference. The finished shell is ready to be heated. This can be done over an open fire, with a gas burner or in a nitrating oven. (Traditionally Steel Drums are heated upon a burning car tire, this can however cause some displeasure among your neighbours). During this process steel will become dark blue, stainless steel a gold/brown copper colour and nitrated material a blue/grey colour. Now the tuning can begin. Using special hammers the material is beaten back and forth, until it has the right characteristic to be tuned. All tuners have their own concept of how a handpan should sound. Also the methods used to tune vary from tuner to tuner. Standard is the fundamental surrounded by an octave and the fifth above the octave. It is however possible to use other harmonics for example fourths or even the fundamental and two octaves. When the Handpan has been tuned it is removed from the frame and attached to the bottom part. This can be done using screws, rivets or by welding whereby gluing has proved to be the most rational alternative. As the tension changes slightly after being removed from the tuning ring the Handpan must again be finely tuned after the glue has hardened. This is done from the inside and outside using special hammers. As you can imagine, building a Handpan is a complex, complicated and time consuming business. The History of the Handpan The first Handpans were built in Switzerland in the year 2000. Their name, which, like the villain in Harry Potter, it is forbidden to mention, is the word Hand in Swiss/German dialect. Their popularity grew slowly as they were at first more or less only known to the steel drum community, but as they became better known, they rapidly achieved cult status. The Caisa was the second similar instrument to appear, based on the Steel Drum and played not with sticks but with the fingers. After 20 years of building Steel Drums, in 2005 Bill Brown started experimenting with various metal forms endevouring to build an instrument that would bridge the gap between the Steel Drum and the Handpan. As the owner of the company Kaisos Steel Drums he developed the Caisa. The first Caisas went into production in 2007 and up to 2015 several thousand had been made. From the end of 2015 the production of the Caisa has been transferred and is being carried on by two fellow ex-collegues and our new company consisting of Bill Brown and Tim Baur is appropriately named BAUR&BROWN HANDPANS. BAUR&BROWN produce Handpans made from normal steel of varying thicknesses, stainless steel and hardened rustfree steel of excellent tonal and material quality. The Question of Quality There is a considerable variation in the quality of Handpans on the market today. Many new builders offer Handpans whos development, to say the least, is really not at all complete. On the other hand, there are also several makers producing excellent instruments. What to look out for when buying a Handpan Sound quality. Before buying, it is important to try out the Handpan personally or at least to have a guaranteed return and money back option. When buying a Handpan through the internet, the seller should provide a video of the instrument being sold. If there is no video or should the video be unconvincing it is extremely unwise to purchase it. Service. Every now and then the Handpan will need to be retuned. This is best done by the makers themselves who of course, have the greatest knowledge of their own instruments. It also therefore makes sense to buy a Handpan built as near as possible to where you live allowing you to either to bring the Handpan personally for the retune or at least send it with the minimum of time and shipping costs. For example, there are Handpans on offer made in the far east (Vietnam, Bali, etc.) and it is wise to consider before buying who will be prepared to retune them or take care of any problems which may arise. Most tuners will not touch unfamiliar or sub-standard instruments. Rust. A problem many makers have. If the paint on a Handpan is too thick it can have a negative effect on the sound. This means some instruments are not treated at all others only with a very thin protecting coat. Handpans made of normal steel must be carefully looked after. Recommended are Handpans made of stainless or nitrated steel as rust problems with these are much less likely to occur. A Handpan is played with the fingers or the hand therefore the name Handpan (the instrument which is known in europe as the Steel Drum is called the Steelpan in Trinidad, the country which invented it). A Handpan can be played on the lap or placed upon a suitable stand. A Handpan is played relatively softly with the fingers using a short sharp tapping technique so that the the notes can freely vibrate. It is also possible to play with the thumb or even the whole hand. There are also special dampening techniques for specifically playing the harmonics. There are DVDs available offering an excellent step by step playing guide from David Kuckhermann and Colin Foulke. There are several big names in the Handpan scene that are worthwhile checking out in Youtube, here are some Youtube stars: Daniel Waples, Sam Maher, Hang Massive, David Kuckhermann, Fabian Küpper, Rafael Sotomayor, Samirah al-amrie.
Mar 062016 Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly now simply called Michelangelo, was born on this date in 1475 in Caprese, now a commune (called Caprese Michelengelo) in Tuscany. Let me first dispense with the idea that Michelangelo was an Italian artist, as he is almost universally styled. This is a ridiculous anachronism. Italy as a nation did not exist until the 19th century, and, therefore, “Italian” is a purely modern term embraced by revolutionaries such as Garibaldi, but absolutely not pertinent to the 15th and 16th centuries. At best we might call him Florentine since in Michelangelo’s time Caprese was part of Florence. I don’t need to give you a big song and dance about Michelangelo. I’ve referred to him many times in posts here. I’ve been to Florence and Rome to see many of his most famous works, and I recommend doing likewise. Otherwise there are plenty of “experts” to read and images online to keep you busy. As demonstration of Michelangelo’s unique standing in his day, he was the first Western artist whose biography was published while he was alive. Two biographies were published of him during his lifetime; one of them, by Giorgio Vasari, proposed that he was the pinnacle of all artistic achievement since the beginning of the Renaissance. Perhaps a tad overblown, but fair enough. In his lifetime he was often called Il Divino (“the divine one”). Apart from his art he was also a prolific writer and poet. So, I’ll start there with a few quotes. He is famous for having said on several occasions, in different ways, that his job as a sculptor was to reveal the statue latent in the stone: Michelangelo was, likewise, rather humbly self deprecating: I’ll disagree. Yes, he worked exceptionally hard; but his genius is, nonetheless, evident. I could work for 100 years, a thousand times as hard, and never produce anything approaching what he did. Furthermore, there was a passionate fervor to his devotion to his work: There is no greater harm than that of time wasted. As tribute to the great man I’d like to focus on one piece, his final sculpture known variously as the Deposition, the Florence Pietà, the Bandini Pietà or The Lamentation over the Dead Christ. Its various names derive from the fact that art historians have argued for centuries about the scene depicted. Michelangelo worked on this piece between 1547 and 1553. There are four figures: the dead body of Jesus, newly taken down from the Cross, Mary Magdalene, the Virgin Mary, and a hooded man who could be Nicodemus or Joseph of Arimathea. It is generally agreed that whoever this man it is meant to be, it is actually a self portrait of the aging Michelangelo. I find the identification with Joseph of Arimethea plausible because the scene has the effect of a deposition from the cross to my eyes, and Jesus was being taken to Joseph’s tomb. However, Nicodemus is also recorded as being present at the deposition and was conventionally portrayed as hooded. The identification with Michelangelo himself is not insignificant, however. One can see this sculpture as an act of pure devotion, with Michelangelo himself caring for his savior. After all, Michelangelo meant it to be his own tomb decoration according to Vasari. Vasari noted that Michelangelo began to work on the sculpture around the age of 72. Without commission, he worked tirelessly into the night with just a single candle to illuminate his work. Vasari wrote that he began to work on this piece to amuse his mind and to keep his body healthy. After 8 years of work, Michelangelo attempted to destroy the piece in a fit of frustration. Vasari gives several reasons why Michelangelo tried to destroy the sculpture: Either because of defects in the marble, or because the stone was so hard that the chisel often struck sparks, or because he was too severe a judge of his own work and could never be content with anything he did. It is true that few of his mature works were ever completed and that those entirely finished were productions of his youth. Such were the Bacchus, the Pieta of the Madonna della Febbre [in Saint Peter’s], il Gigante [the David], at Florence, and the Christ Risen of the Minerva [Santa Maria sopra Minerva], which are finished to such perfection that a single grain could not be taken from them without injury. Michelangelo often said that, if he were compelled to satisfy himself, he should show little or nothing. The reason is obvious: he had attained such knowledge in art that the slightest error could not exist without his immediate discovery of it. But once it had been seen in public, he would never attempt to correct it, but would begin a new work, for he believed that a similar failure would not happen again. He often declared that this was the reason that the number of his finished works was so small. He gave the broken Pieta to Francesco Bandini. While it was still in Michelangelo’s house, the Florentine sculptor, Tiberio Calcagni, inquired after a long discussion why he had destroyed so admirable a performance. Our artist replied that he had been driven to it by Urbino, his servant, who urged him every day to finish it. Besides, a piece had broken off the arm of the Madonna. This and a vein which appeared in the marble had caused him infinite trouble and had driven him out of patience. ma3 ma6 Upon receiving the piece, Bandini asked a young apprentice, Tiberius Calcagni, to restore it. Calcagni used models provided by Michelangelo himself to base his repairs on. In his restoration, Calcagni reattached the limbs of Mary Magdalene, the Virgin’s fingers, Christ’s left nipple, Christ’s left arm and elbow, and Christ’s right arm and hand. The only thing that was not reattached was Christ’s left leg which Michelangelo specifically asked to be left off. This request has led to a number of speculations about the inadvertent sexuality of the pose which Michelangelo subsequently detested. Calcagni caused controversy with the changes he made to Mary Magdalene’s face. It has been noted that prior to the destruction, Mary Magdalene’s face reflected the pain shown on the Virgin’s. The change in her face altered the overall tone of this work. She was no longer in complete anguish but instead was now disassociated from and seemingly uninvolved in the scene. The sculpture stayed with the Bandini family in Rome until 1671 when it was sold to Cosimo III. Cosimo III brought the piece to Florence where it went around from museum to museum for a while. It currently resides in the Museo dell ‘Opera del Duomo, which I find to be something of a problem. Should it not be on Michelangelo’s tomb, as he originally desired? Or would this be seen as counter to his desire to destroy the work? Vasari noted that Michelangelo had no interest in food, so finding a celebratory recipe is a challenge. Michelangelo was known to have appalling table manners, eating rapidly because he saw eating as time wasted away from his work. As a compromise I’ve settled on pappardelle, very broad, flat noodles originating from the region where Michelangelo was born. The name derives from the verb “pappare”– “to gobble down,” which seems massively appropriate given the way he ate. Also, papparele on a plate remind me of the delicate folds in the draperies of Michelangelo’s work. Fresh papparele, which are the best, are 2 to 3 centimeters (3⁄4–1 in) wide and may have fluted edges. They can be sauced in all manner of ways. There are tons of local recipes for papparele in rich meat and wine sauces, but these seem inappropriate. I suggest the following: First, make your own pasta. I give a good recipe in the Hints section of this blog. You may be able to buy the pasta readymade, but it is not easy to find, even in Italy, and it is not usually made with egg. Second, decide on a sauce. For me the most delectable, and simple, is a butter sauce with fresh porcini. Chop the porcini coarsely and sauté them gently in ample butter over medium-low heat. Cook the papparele to al dente in a large pot of rapidly boiling salted water. Drain the pasta, but reserve a little of the water. Toss the pasta in the butter and porcini mix, adding a touch of the water as needed. Serve in a deep, warmed serving dish with a garnish of finely shaved Parmesan cheese. Then gobble it down. I do.  Leave a Reply
Page 1 of 14 - About 140 Essays • Redox Experiment An oxidation-reduction, otherwise known as redox, is a type of reaction that involves the transfer of electrons between two reactants. These reactions were identified as a redox reaction because of how they turned into a different color, signifying there was a transfer of electrons which changed the physical appearance of the solution. In order for the reaction to be redox, a chemical substance has to be used up in the process and it has to create a new chemical substance. It also had to have a transfer of electrons between each other, if there is no transfer, then the reaction is not a redox chemical reaction. In reaction one, the magnesium reactant was oxidized because it lost electrons, whereas the oxygen reactant was reduced because the reactant had a gain of electrons. Reaction two’s magnesium reactant was reduced because it had a gain of electrons, while the water reactant was reduced because it lost electrons. 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Selected Passages from Hungarian-Ottoman Wars between 1372-1699 Nagyszalonta or Szalonta (Salonta Mare, Großsalontha) used to belong to Transylvania, it can be found in Romania, next to the Hungarian border. The town is associated with the name of the legendary Hungarian soldier, Toldi Miklós. It is located on the eastern fringe of the Great Hungarian Plains, between the Fekete (Black) and Fehér (White) Kőrös rivers. It is 38 km to the south-west from Nagyvárad (Oradea). Now, roughly 2/3 of the population is still Hungarian. Please note, that I am using the Eastern name order for Hungarian names in my writings where family names come first. The settlement was born in the 12th century and the Mongols destroyed it in 1241. Soon, it was rebuilt, though. The village was first mentioned in 1332 as Zalanta. The Nadaby and the Toldy (or Toldi) families were its owners in 1433 but it went entirely to the Toldy family in 1515. As for the Toldy family, Toldy Miklós (about 1320- after 1390)  is remembered as a legendary strong hero, in Hungarian folklore. However, Toldi Miklós and György Toldi were real persons under kings King Lajos I (Louis the Great) and King Zsigmond. He is mentioned in 1354 as the Vice-Comes and Castelain of Pozsony County. He used to be the knight of the Archbishop of Esztergom, too. We know about his father who was Toldi Csóka, and one of his brothers was Mátyás. Miklós took part in the campaigns of Louis the Great in Italy as a mercenary leader. In 1359, on request of the king, he brought two lion cubs from Florence. He had to flee his home because he killed a soldier of his elder brother, György.  Toldi Miklós (by Somogyi Győző) In fact, Miklós often made a contract with liege-lords for a specific period, in exchange for money: it was a special Hungarian way of serving a higher-ranked nobleman. In 1363, he was leading a Hungarian army to Italy, sent by the king to serve the Papal State against its enemies. After the successful campaign, Toldi spent some time there as a leader of a mercenary unit that contained 1,600 Hungarians and English bowmen. They were the so-called “white knights”. Cardinal Egyed, the Hungarian envoy of King Louis in Rome hired them for six months in 1365 against the German mercenaries who were serving the town of Pisa. However, things turned out quite unexpectedly: the “white knights” (perhaps Hungarian archers and English bowmen?) were ravaging the land even worse than the Germans so the Cardinal had to hire the German mercenaries against his own men. Who, defeated the “white knights” on 22 July 1365 and captured Toldi Miklós. We have the document in which Toldi swears obedience to the Cardinal in exchange for his freedom.  Ilosvai Selymes Péter wrote about Toldi’s deeds first in the 16th century (print: 1620) Miklós came home in 1366 and he was at once appointed as the Comes of Gömör County by the king. He used to be the Comes of Gömör until 1371. Miklós became the Vice-Comes of Zala County between 1372 and 1373.  Also, he was the Vice-Comes of Bihar County between 1377 and 1382, it was the time when his family took hold of the village called Nagyfalu. Then, between 1383 and 1385, he was the Vice-Comes of Szabolcs County. King Zsigmond awarded him the settlement of Daróc in Szatmár County. We know he had two sons by this time, György and János. The last record about Toldi Miklós is that he exchanged Daróc for the settlement called Bátor in Bihar County in 1390. Was he or his sons with King Zsigmond in the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396? It remained to be seen. Arany János, the famous Hungarian poet of the 19th century wrote a trilogy about his deeds. According to tradition, the Stump Tower (Csonka-torony) near Arany’s home town of Nagyszalonta had been owned by the Toldi family. In folklore, Toldi has been remembered the longest in Nógrád and Bihar County and they emphasize his physical strength but place him a century later in the age of King Matthias Corvinus.  The Stump-tower of Szalonta in the 19th century Szalonta became a small town only in the 16th century. During the Dual Kingship, it belonged to King Ferdinand I but after 1556 it belonged to the Transylvanian princes. When the Ottomans had to withdraw from the siege of Várad in 1598, they set the place on fire and destroyed it.  It was Prince Bocskai István of Transylvania in 1606 who settled 300 Hajdú families (armed Hungarian herdsmen) from Kereki to Kölesér, a small town next to Szalonta. The reason behind this act was, that the Turks had destroyed Kölesér, so the survivors all moved to Szalonta in that year. A remark about Kölesér: it had its own ruined castle and it boasted with a school and it was in Kölesd also where Brother Martinuzzi György, the Governor of Transylvania held a Diet in 1548. This small town with its busy marketplace sank in the destruction as it happened to many towns and villages which disappeared from the surface of the Earth. A satelite-picture of Kölesér castle Szalonta had just a few houses and the Toldy residence at that time. The Hajdú soldiers were given collective nobility and other privileges, we have their official seal from 1618. However, Prince Báthory Gábor also supported them by gifting them the right to collect taxes in 1610. The Hajdús bought the area from the Toldy family in 1625. The bastions of the castle of Szalonta were built in the 1620s from the stones of the stately home of Mezőgyarak (which had been destroyed by them previously). Szalonta Castle got ready by 1636 but its Csonka-torony (Stump or Unfinished Tower) was built a bit later. The tower used to be part of the fortification. The Ottomans wanted to install Bethlen István on the throne of Transylvania but Prince Rákóczi György I defeated the Ottoman army near Szalonta on 6 October 1636, thus proving that the Principality was just a nominal vassal state of the sultan and it was independent enough to defend itself against the mighty Ottoman Empire. Prince Rákóczi György II gave an order to have the whole castle and its walls pulled down in 1658 because he would have hated to cede it to the Tatar and Turks forces who were pillaging Transylvania in that time. Here you can read more about some of the events happening in 1658: The emptied settlement was populated only at the end of the 17th century, we know 200 Hungarian petty nobles living there in the first years of the 18th century. This time it was owned by the Esterházy family. Now you can see only the Csonkatorony (Stump Tower) that remained from the castle. The town’s Reformed church was built in its place.  Here are a few pictures of Szalonta: Close Menu
Thesaurus / ridging The grower of green asparagus has about the same work, less the ridging and plowing down. There are occasional fields of sainfoin and of turnips; but these latter are small, and no ridging or hurdling is yet practised. Ridging the land tends to lessen the amount of moisture in the soil because it increases the evaporating surface. The First Book of FarmingCharles L. Goodrich After the varnish has set past a certain tack and the brush is then drawn through it, roughing and ridging occurs. In ridging out the plants, one thing must be attended to in the preparation of the bed, which has not been before mentioned. The same principle as the ridging of a shield to relieve the plain surface was also applied to the ordinaries upon it. Heraldry for Craftsmen &amp; DesignersWilliam Henry St. John Hope The latter plowings are toward the rows, the effort being by ridging to give a long blanched surface to the shoots. Deep planting is the first safeguard, and this is rendered still more effectual by ridging up the rows. The GladiolusMatthew Crawford He even endeavored to force a smile but it was hardly more than a ridging of his cheek muscles under his bristly beard. Agriculture for BeginnersCharles William Burkett opposites of ridging
Top 5 “Star Wars” Technologies Being Developed We’re here to look at the science behind Star Wars, and how much of it is realistic, and even being developed today.  1. Battle Droids Droids are a staple of the Star Wars saga. There are the cute ones like R2-D2 and BB-8, the smart-ass ones like Rogue One’s K2SO, and then there are the Terminator-like battle droids that are prominent in the prequel trilogy. As C3-P0’s character famously states, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” Maybe we should all have a bad feeling. Robots like, Boston Dynamics’ Atlas is showing incredible athleticism, and the field of robotics, in general, is progressing in leaps and bounds. It’s progressing so much in fact, that thousands of academics, scientists, and engineers have signed a petition as part of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. 2. Holographic Displays One of the most awe-inspiring technologies to appear in the original Star Wars film was the hologram, which played a crucial part in the plot. When Luke Skywalker finds R2-D2, an unprompted holographic message is relayed by the droid from Princess Leia to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Today, we might not have the capability to communicate via hologram images, though we might be getting closer. One example is the “tactile” hologram which was developed by researchers at the School of Engineering and Informatics of the University of Sussex. 3. Hoverbikes Much like with holograms, we are seeing early models being made that might one day be developed into something resembling the technology we see in the Star Wars universe. Models such as the Scorpion 3 and the Lazareth LMV 496 essentially use drone-like propellers to create a hovering effect. This is, of course, a far cry from the type of tech on display in the movies. 4. Bionic Arms Another big technology that has played a big part in the story of Luke Skywalker is the bionic arm. In the Empire Strikes Back, Skywalker has his arm cut off by Darth Vader. At the end of the movie, we see him being given a new bionic arm. Bionic prosthetics are a technology that is remarkably close to the movies in real life. Bristol-based prosthetics company Open Bionics creates futuristic-looking bionic arms, which are aimed at making their wearers feel like their heroes from the movies. 5. The Lightsaber The lightsaber ? will we ever see the likes of it in real life? Renowned physicist Brian Cox has also had his say, and he thinks it might one day be possible. Professor Cox believes that it is possible through a process called photon-photon scattering, in which photons bounce off of each other at very high energies. While the technology of Star Wars still mainly lies in people’s dreams ? shattered though they may be for some by the new movie ? we are living in a world where sci-fi and real-life increasingly converge.
The empire of liberty and the World Baseball Classic Robert Shenkkan’s new play, Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates, begins with Lewis and Clark’s travels through the Louisiana Purchase, a parcel of land acquired in 1803 under the presidency of Thomas Jefferson that doubled the size of the United States. Jefferson was fond of referring to his young country as an “empire of liberty,” a contradictory term mixing imperialism and democracy. When Lewis and Clark encountered tribes in the new land, they informed them that they now had a “Great White Father in the East.” In Shenkann’s version, the trip takes a few unexpected twists and turns. After their first wrong turn, Lewis and Clark end up at San Juan Hill in Cuba fighting with Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish American War somewhere around 1898. Another wrong turn places them in the Philippines. After the end of the Spanish American War, Spain sold the Philippines to the US for $20,000,000, at least the Louisiana Purchase was cheaper at $15,000,000. After a third time-warp wrong turn, Lewis and Clark are in Vietnam and, finally, they make it to the Euphrates River in Iraq where they unwittingly become the source of bad intelligence that provides evidence of weapons of mass destruction thereby giving the U.S. its excuse to invade Iraq. What starts out as a trip to announce the arrival of democracy to unsuspecting citizens in the Louisiana Purchase, ends with a role in the exportation of democracy to Iraq. The term “empire of liberty” could just as well have come straight from the mouth of George W. Bush. After the Spanish American War, the U.S. occupied Cuba until it managed to get its independence four years later. When Fidel Castro overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista forty-five years ago and established a Communist state, Cuba became a pariah in the U.S. Batista was a friend of the U.S government; a dictator is acceptable as long as he is not a Communist. The U.S. imposed an embargo on Cuba in 1962. And now you know why Cuba cannot play in the first edition of the World Baseball Classic to be held in March 2006. Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association are the organizers of the sixteen-team tournament that will be played in Japan and the U.S. While it might be nice to think that they organized the tournament to make up for the calling their championship the World Series despite the fact that the world is not invited, the real reason has more to do with expanding Major League Baseball’s global market. The U.S. Treasury Department has told the organizers that Cuba can’t play in the tournament because the embargo forbids Cuba from earning money in the U.S. This has parallels to the embargo of South Africa during apartheid with one important difference – the U.S. is the only country enforcing the embargo. The United Nations has repeatedly asked the U.S. to end it. The Cuban baseball team did play a home and away series against the Baltimore Orioles in 1999. The Orioles got around the embargo by donating all proceeds to sports programs in both countries. Last July, Cuba qualified for the Concacaf Gold Cup, a soccer tournament, and played games in Seattle and Foxborough, so it’s possible that a compromise can be reached. The World Baseball Classic is a good idea, it could grow into an event similar to the World Cup soccer tournament and heaven knows the U.S. could do with some positive P.R. at the moment. Instead, they are punishing a tiny neighboring country that is so crazy about baseball that it has won the last nine Baseball World Cups, an event organized by the International Baseball Federation, a group based in Switzerland under whose rules the World Baseball Classic will be played. Which brings up the question: why is the MLB organizing a new international baseball competition when one already exists? Last Friday, Jim Rome interviewed David Stern, the commissioner of the National Basketball Association, on his radio show. When Rome asked Stern if there was something he wanted to do beyond basketball, Stern replied: “to demonstrate that sports has the potential that has been little used in terms of being a force for good on a global basis, … if I had my druthers, we would improve our business then be able to improve what we do about using that business in a much more socially effective way.” Stern is being a bit shortsighted here. The Olympics have been an important force for good relations on a global level for a long time and traveling exhibitions of sports teams have been instrumental in improving relations between countries much as cultural exchanges have been helpful. He also doesn’t say exactly how he would carry this idea out but he might want to place a call to a high government official who is a former part owner of the Texas Rangers and spell it out.
strangers: mosaics 2 ft, 6 in 5 ft, 11 in 516 lbs size variance core temp. 45 days - 2,737 years no. appearing vision type language family physical appearance The parzelaro (/pɑrzəˈlɑroʊ/) is a ruddy, handlebar-shaped stranger with elongated eye markings and four tapered limbs ending in toeless feet. Its skin is coarse and cool to the touch, and it leaves a reddish-brown, dusty residue when rubbed. While its flesh is grey and supple, its body cavity is filled with brick-colored, tangled fibers reminiscent of wire sponge. It exudes a faint, but not unpleasant, ferrous odor. The metallic skin of the parzelaro makes it impervious to scratches and cuts, however it still is susceptible to being dented or even crushed via blunt force. It possesses no regenerative ability. It communicates through voiceless huffs and clicks of varying pitch. environment and generation The parzelaro generates in wooded areas. It rises from beneath the undergrowth, near the roots of very large trees, as a small pile of rust. As it coalesces it becomes larger, firmer, and more defined over the span of 45–72 seconds. The fully formed stranger then snorts, shakes the dirt off of its body, and steps away from its parent tree with ingratitude. The parzelaro will only generate in areas with average annual precipitation levels between 28 and 78 inches. Additionally, only one parzelaro per thousand square miles of woodland may appear every 26 days. The parzelaro possesses a steadfast disposition. It wastes very little time after its birth to set out towards the nearest human settlement. It moves in a straight line towards its target with fast, sure-footed steps, and it keeps its snout and tail pressed to the ground at all times, giving it its signature curvature. It has a preference for rainy weather but will travel regardless of precipitation. When faced with a stationary obstacle, such as a rock or a small tree, the parzelaro uses its weight to try to crush or otherwise destroy it. These voluntary blows do not cause any damage to the stranger. If the obstacle cannot be taken down, the parzelaro huffs in irritation, changes its otherwise straight course to move around the obstacle and resumes its journey. Once it reaches an urban area, the parzelaro hones in on outdoor areas with an abundance of metallic objects, such as parking lots, playgrounds, and construction sites, where it encounters others of its strain. Upon meeting for the first time, two parzelaro grind their snouts against one another in a "sniffing" motion. Acquainted parzelaro often spend time huddled together in linear formations, occasionally conversing in clicks and huffs. Groups of parzelaro are indifferent to the presence of other strains within their environment. The parzelaro has a catalytic effect on nearby plant life and certain metallic objects in that it increases the rate at which oxygen-based chemical reactions occur. Direct physical contact with the stranger further accelerates such processes. Underbrush plant growth noticeably accelerates in the presence of the parzelaro, while taller trees show signs of overwatering, such as yellowing of the leaves, mold formation, and root rot. Wherever the stranger passes, the canopy layer decays while shorter vegetation, grass, and wildflowers take over, creating a grotesque pathway of luxuriance and putrefaction. Upon noticing the ruin it brings to plant life, the stranger stops, becomes agitated and clicks frantically for up to three minutes before appearing to forget about what it has seen and continuing on its travels unbothered. Within human settlements, the parzelaro seeks out steel and iron tubes and girders. It grinds its snout, sides, and tail against them, ensuring that they oxidize and weaken at a much faster rate than normal. In stark contrast with its displays of fear towards its impact on flora, it seems to enjoy the sight and feel of rusted metal in its environment, and surrounds itself with as much of it as possible. interactions with sensitives The parzelaro can generate minuscule globules of rust in the blood vessels of any sensitive in a 33-foot radius. Groups of parzelaro generate multiple rust globules inside the same sensitive. This will result in rapid-onset blood clots and a reddening of the field of vision. Leaving the 33-foot radius will make the rust disappear without further effects, but the visual anomaly will persist for one hundred times the time spent in the area of effect of the parzelaro (5 minutes for 3 seconds, 1 hour for 36 seconds, and so on). Sensitives with preexisting cardiovascular conditions who linger too long are especially weak to the parzelaro's effect. Without adequate medical intervention, such sensitives will succumb to complications related to the foreign bodies in their bloodstream. aging and death As it ages, the parzelaro becomes less mobile, its effects less potent. It pays no mind to such changes. At the very end of its life, the parzelaro stops moving with a final, drawn-out huff. Its companions huddle around its body and grind their snouts against it until it is reduced to rusty residue on the ground. If a parzelaro has not yet reached an urban area, it dies alone in the forest, its corpse standing like a monument, before it is reclaimed by the dirt it came from.
What is an Acrocephalopolydactyly? May 16 23:15 2019 Print This Article It is defined as a condition in which there is a rare and genetic disorder which includes the head, hand and genital anomalies. It also leads to mental retardation. What are the signs and symptoms of the Acrocephalopolydactyly? It includes the mental retardation, syndactyly, peculiar features of the face, pointed head and short sections of the middle finger. What is the treatment of Acrocephalopolydactyly? There is no specific treatment for this disorder.
Baby Bear baby_bear challenge was classified as reversing challenge. The file was given and was 64-bit x86-64 statically linked file. In order to get the flag, it was needed to connect a remote session and challenge the remote session baby_bear process. Runnning readelf on the baby_bear file find two sections, one of them is UPX0 and the other is bss. After we’ve extracted the UPX section is was found that this is a wrong analyze of readelf and not a real UPX-packed executable. No libc is linked. All communication etc. is done via direct syscalls. First Look At the beginning, the process opened /dev/urandom and read 0x10 bytes. Afterward it takes those bytes and convert them to a bit stream. At the end of the initialization state the start procedure jumps to the next part of the program. The next part is a number of small assembly snippets, each of which implements a different obfuscated check for whether the next bit in the input stream is zero of one, and performs some operations as a result. Operations can include writing a bit to the output stream, and jumping to another snippet. There are a lot of different snippets, which jump to each other, and it is not clear what the overall algorithm is. running the baby_bear file result is $ ./baby_bear and wait for user input. Deeper inspection The only real function is the one at at 0x4000B0. This function write an input byte of 0 or 1 to the output stream, and if the number of bytes written to the output is 0x2E, it stops the ‘calculation’ process, and starts the input and checking process. It asks the user for some input bytes, then runs the same calculation process it ran on the random bytes on the input. If the output of the two algorithms are the same (0x2E bytes) the flag is retrieved. All the code snippets can read bits from the input stream, do some calculations and call another snippet or call the write to memory function. In the call/jump flow we assume no function is returned. So we reversed all the code snippet and translate them to python, where any jump or call converted to call the correlated snippet function. After we got a python script which emulate the same output as the algorithm as the baby_bear binary, we built a table of all the inputs bitstreams which are less than 8 bits and call to the start of the algorithm in the 2nd time. Because this algorithm is deterministic and consume each bit only once, we were able to concatenate multiple bitstreams from the input in order to get the requested output. Now we just had to split the bitstream baby_bear wrote and find in our table. and pack it back to a 19 bytes stream and write it to the remote baby_bear process stdin.
Page images unhappy persons, who, dangerously wounded, perished several months after for want of food and proper care. The night of Holy Thursday presented the most distressing scene of desolation and sorrow. That thick cloud of dust, which, rising above the ruins, darkened the sky like a fog, had settled on the ground. No shock was felt, and never was a night more calm or more serene. The moon, nearly full, illumined the rounded domes of the Silla, and the aspect of the sky formed a perfect contrast to that of the earth, covered with the dead and heaped with ruins. Mothers were seen bearing in their arms their children, whom they hoped to recall to life. Desolate families wandered through the city seeking a brother, a husband, a friend, of whose fate they were ignorant, and whom they believed to be lost in the crowd. The people pressed along the streets, which could no more be recognised but by long lines of ruins. “ All the calamities experienced in the great catastrophes of Lisbon, Messina, Lima, and Riobamba, were renewed on the fatal day of the 26th of March 1812. The wounded, buried under the ruins, implored by their cries the help of the passers-by, and nearly two thousand were dug out. Never was pity displayed in a more affecting manner ; never had it been seen more ingeniously active, than in the efforts employed to save the miserable victims, whose groans reached the ear. Implements for digging and clearing away the ruins were entirely wanting ; and the people were obliged to use their bare hands to disinter the living. The wounded, as well as the sick who had escaped from the hospitals, were laid on the banks of the small river Guayra. They found no shelter but the foliage of trees. Beds, linen to dress the wounds, instruments of surgery, medicines, and objects of the most urgent necessity, were buried under the ruins. Every thing, even food, was wanting during the first days. Water became alike scarce in the interior of the city. The commotion had rent the pipes of the fountains; the falling in of the earth had choak. ed up the springs that supplied them ; and it became necessary, in order to have water, to go down to the river Guayra, which was considerably swelled; and then vessels to convey the water were wanting. “ There remained a duty to be fulfilled toward the dead, enjoined at once by piety and the dread of infection. It being impossible to inter so many thousand corpses, half-buried under the ruins, commissaries were appointed to burn the bodies ; and for this purpose funeral piles were erected between the heaps of ruins. This ceremony lasted several days. Amid so many public calamities, the people devoted themselves to those religious duties, which they thought were the most fitted to appease the wrath of Heaven. Some, assembling in processions, sang funeral hymns; others, in a state of distraction, confessed themselves aloud in the streets. In this town was now repeated, what had been remarked in the province of Quito after the tre. mendous earthquake of 1797 ;-a number of marriages were contracted, between persons who had neglected for many years to sanction their union by the sacerdotal benediction; children found parents, by whom they had never till then been acknowledged; restitutions were promised by persons who had never been accused of fraud; and families, who had long been enemies, were drawn together by the tie of common calamity." “ Doubtless," said the Bachelor, “ in that description of De Humboldt many things give us pleasure which reasonably ought not to do so; but does it not arise from the satisfaction that we derive from the contemplation of the vast power exerted to produce such appalling effects ?” “ Yes,” replied Egeria, “ I think you are right. Man is naturally a power-worshipping creature, and he enjoys the very highest degree of delight from the contemplation of power in action, where neither danger nor suffering is visible. Dr Clarke's description of the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, in the year 1793, is an instance of this. The passage is vigorously and even sublimely written. In so far, from the power displayed by the author, it necessarily affords pleasure ; but the main source of enjoyment unquestionably arises from the vastness of the power of the element that causes the phenomenon described.” A VOLCANO. “ Upon proceeding up the cone of Vesuvius, the party found the crater at the summit, in a very active state, throwing out volleys of immense stones translucent with vitrification, and such heavy showers of ashes, involved in dense sulphureous clouds, as to render any approach to it extremely dangerous. The party' ascended, however, as near to the summit as possible ; then crossing over to the side whence the lava was issuing, they reached the bed of the torrent, and attempted to ascend by the side of it to its source. This they soon found to be impossible, owing to an unfortunate change of wind; in consequence of which, all the smoke of the lava came hot upon them, accompanied at the same time with so thick a mist of minute ashes from the crater, and such suffocating fumes of sulphur, that they knew not what course to steer. In this perplexity, the author called to mind an expedient recommended by Sir William Hamilton upon a former occasion, and proposed crossing immediately the current of the flowing lava, with a view to gain its windward side. All his companions were against this measure, owing to the very liquid appear ance the lava then had so near its source; but while they stood deliberating what was to be done, immense fragments of rocks that had been ejected from the crater, and huge volcanic bombs, which the smoke had prevented their observing, fell thick among them ; vast masses of slag and of other matter, rolling upon their edges like enormous wheels, passed by them with a force and velocity sufficient to crush every one of the party to atoms, if directed to the spot where they all stood huddled together. There was not a moment to be lost; the author, therefore, covering his face with his hat, descended the high bank beneath which the lava ran, and rushing upon the surface of the melted matter, reached the opposite side, having only his boots burned, and his hands somewhat scorched. Here he saw clearly the whole of the danger to which his friends were exposed : the noise was such as almost prevented his being heard ; but he endeavoured, by calling and by gestures, to persuade them to follow. Vast rocks of indurated lava from the crater were bounding by them, and others falling, that would have overwhelmed a citadel. Not one of the party would stir ; not even the guides accustomed for hire to conduct persons over the mountain. At last he had the satisfaction to see them descend, and endeavour to cross the torrent somewhat lower down, where the lava from its redness appeared to be less liquid, and where the stream was narrower. In fact, the narrowness of the stream deceived them : the current had divided into two branches; in the midst of which was an island, if such it might be called, sur. rounded by liquid fire. They crossed over the first stream in safety ; but being a good deal scorched upon the island, they attempted the passage of the second branch ; in doing which, one of the guides, laden with torches and other things, fell down and was terribly burned. “ Being now all on the windward side, they continued their ascent; the bellowings, belchings, and explosions, as of cannon, evidently not from the crater, (which sent forth one uniform roaring and deafening noise) convinced them they were now not far from the source. The lava appeared whiter and whiter as they advanced, owing to its intense heat; and in about half an hour they reached the chasm through which the melted matter had opened itself a passage. It was a narrow fissure in the solid lava of the cone. The sides, smooth, compact, and destitute of that porous appearance which the superficies of lava exhibits when it is cooled under exposure to atmospheric air, resembled the most solid trap or basalt. To describe the rest of the spectacle here displayed is utterly beyond all human ability; the author can only appeal to those who partici. pated the astonishment he felt upon that occasion, and to the sensations which they experienced in common with him, the remembrance of which can only be obliterated with their lives. All he had previously seen of volcanic phenomena, had not prepared him for what he then beheld. He had often witnessed the rivers of lava, after their descent into the valley between Somma and Vesuvius ; they resembled moving heaps of scoriæ falling over one another with a rattling noise, which, in their further progress, carried ruin and devastation into the plains. But from the centre of this arched chasm, and along a channel cut finer than art can imitate, beamed the most intense light, radiating with such ineffable lustre, that the eye could only contemplate it for one instant, and by successive glances.-While, issuing with the velocity of a flood, and accompanied with a rushing wind, this light itself, in milder splendour, seemed to melt away into a translucent and vivid stream, exhibiting matter in the most perfect fusion, running like liquid silver down the side of the mountain. In its « PreviousContinue »
lobe frontal développement The brain's largest lobe has expanded in size throughout human evolution. Abnormal functional connectivity in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The development in the frontal lobe continues throughout adolescence and into the early twenties, and is the last area of the brain to mature. However, in contrast with these theories and experiments, a series of clinical observations reports the facilitation of artistic abilities in some patients with neurodegenerative disease affecting the frontal lobes, raising the question of a possible increased creativity following frontal damage (Palmiero et al., 2012; Schott, 2012; Gretton and ffytche, 2014). Do You Spoc, la nouvelle chaîne Smart. A plot was made of the development of frontal lobe functioning using the mean effect size of change in performance across age groups. This aspect of frontal function, while only one component, is crucial to development and maintenance of approach and avoidance … However, the frontal cortex, the area of the brain that controls reasoning and helps us think before we act, develops later. The Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB), originally developed at the University of Cambridge in the 1980s but now provided in a commercial capacity by Cambridge Cognition, is a computer-based cognitive assessment system consisting of a battery of neuropsychological tests, administered to subjects using a touch screen computer. The part of the brain that controls impulses and engages in longer-term perspective, the frontal lobes, matures later. change in personality, fatuousness, untidiness, slowness of action and thought, perseveration, etc. - BabyCenter Canada Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.quotations ▼ 1.1. Send thanks to the doctor. The frontal lobe is the largest lobe accounting for 41% of the total neocortical volume 8. 2011 Jun 15;69(12):1160-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.01.022. Frontal lobe development may be an ongoing process, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t set your child up for success. National Center for Biotechnology Information, Unable to load your collection due to an error, Unable to load your delegates due to an error. Drug-use, premature birth, and brain injury can affect how this area develops. Find frontal lobe stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. La voici enfin: la vidéo dont je suis le plus fier à ce jour. The frontal lobe is also where executive functioning resides. Learn frontal cortex with free interactive flashcards. The frontal lobe is a part of the brain that controls key functions relating to consciousness and communication, memory, attention, and other roles. The frontal lobe of the brain handles all thought and voluntary behaviour such as walking, speech, and problem solving, and some aspects of emotion. Its most anterior part is known as the frontal pole, and extends posteriorly to the central (Rolandic) sulcus which separates it from the parietal lobe. Choose from 162 different sets of frontal cortex flashcards on Quizlet. Let’s face it: if you could remember exactly what you were like as a teenager, chances are, you were more like them than you care to admit! 349-370. These functions are influenced by contingency-based (e.g., reward and response-cost/punishment) feedback that is mediated through the adaptive integration of fronto-subcortical neural circuitry. (7) The most rapid change in the frontal lobe occurs before adolescence, when neuron growth surges. Development in this area really takes off between six and 12 months, when your baby becomes more mobile and verbal. tudies have shown that a teenager who smokes pot will show cognitive deficits days later. As a child enters puberty, the brain begins trimming away excess neurons as gray matter begins growing, until it reaches its adult weight in a person's early to mid 20s. Get the latest research from NIH: https://www.nih.gov/coronavirus. Teenagers want to make their own.  |  Keep in mind that no matter what changes your brain is going through, you still have the tools to make the best decisions. Have you ever thought about what really goes on in the teenage brain? 11 déc. Neuropsychological development of behavior attributed to frontal lobe functioning in children. Furthermore, disruptions in fronto-subcortical circuitry governing motivated behavior appear to contribute to a range of developmental disorders, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and confer vulnerability for psychopathology more broadly. Cingulate, frontal, and parietal cortical dysfunction in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! The frontal lobes have fascinated and perplexed scientists who study human behavior for decades, yet still remain largely understood (Filley, 2010). 1 thank. Capilla-González A, Fernández-González S, Campo P, Maestú F, Fernández-Lucas A, Mulas F, Ortiz T. Biol Psychiatry. So is this the new cut-off point for adulthood? Assessing similarities and differences between two objects. See more ideas about central nervous system, nervous system, anatomy and physiology. 4, pp. Nerves need myelin for quick nerve signals. Make sure you read Frontal Lobe - A Key Component of Emotional Intelligence to gain a full understanding of its importance. Letting the teen know this in advance, is in a sense, loaning the teen our frontal lobe functions. And the frontal cortex — the region critical to planning, judgment, decision-making and personality — is one of the last areas to fully develop, Gruber says. Le développement des lobes frontaux et du néocortex en général représente cependant un cas singulier parmi les espèces animales dans la mesure où il s'est NIH Development of the frontal lobe is critical to acquisition, execution, and control of a wide range of functions, from basic motor response to complex decision-making. The frontal lobes can be divided into five zones: the primary motor, premotor, prefrontal, paralimbic, and limbic zones. A lobeof lava was crawling down the side of the volcano. As you learn to walk and talk, the frontal lobe makes more connections and stronger synapses are made. All of these problems accompanying Broca’s aphasia mean that in addition to requiring language re-education, the patient may need physiotherapy and occupational therapy. 1, No. (27) This means that teens are going to access it at a slower rate. the frontal lobes development function and pathology series for the international neuropsychological society Oct 03, 2020 Posted By John Grisham Media Publishing TEXT ID f1080a912 Online PDF Ebook Epub Library in an accessible and readable style it covers the evolutionary significance of the frontal lobes typical and atypical development pathways the role played in normal Fonction. 1. Thus, the frontal lobes regulate the ability to recognize future consequences arising from current actions, choose between better and best actions (or between good and bad), and suppress unacceptable social responses. In other words, it's where we think a large portion of our imagination might reside, and where we process ideas and scenarios that we have not encountered yet. Donc, il a du mal à gérer tout ce beau monde-là, et ça donne certains comportements. Looking for abbreviations of FLD? lobe (plural lobes) 1. Parietal lobe (upper right and left sides of the head)—sensory awareness (including taste), language, abstract reasoning (math), body awareness. Frontal lobe disorder - How is Frontal lobe disorder abbreviated? Epileptic seizures, or ‘fits’, are most frequent in the first week after brain injury and tend to become less common The frontal lobe is home to the primary motor cortex. 2018 - Découvrez le tableau "lobe occipital" de Romain Butel sur Pinterest. Introduction. This include voluntary movement, speech, attention, reasoning, problem solving, and impulse control. Le lobe frontal est une partie de l’encéphale située à l’avant du cerveau. Real subfrontal access to the skull abolishes any need of brain retraction (10,18), especially because the frontal lobes fall toward the back because of gravity. The frontal lobe is the largest of the four major lobes of the brain in mammals, and is located at the front of each hemisphere (in front of the parietal lobe and the temporal lobe).It is separated from the parietal lobe by a groove between tissues called the central sulcus and from the temporal lobe by a deeper groove called the lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure). the frontal lobes development function and pathology series for the international neuropsychological society Oct 04, 2020 Posted By Irving Wallace Media TEXT ID f1080a912 Online PDF Ebook Epub Library covers the evolutionary significance of the frontal lobes typical and atypical development pathways the role played in normal cognition memory frontal lobe is one of them Fonction. COVID-19 is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation. The process of brain development in adolescence is very different than in children. 2012 Feb;48(2):194-215. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.04.007. FLD - Frontal lobe disorder. Menu Search. The frontal lobe of the brain (located behind the forehead) handles all thought and voluntary behavior such as walking, speech, and problem solving, and some aspects of emotion. The most rapid change in the frontal lobe occurs right before adolescence, when neuron growth surges. the frontal lobe operate in such a way to allow us to cut free from the past tense and its way of functioning. In clinical practice, a clinician should have a high index of suspicion of possible frontal lobe involvement in treatment-resistant disorders as many clues to frontal lobe involvement come from subtle signs and collateral history, e.g. The frontal lobes of the primates, especially humans (particularly the prefrontal cortex) develop later in an individual's life and are disproportionately bigger than the frontal cortices of other species (Fuster, 2002). Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. NLM Author information: (1)Laboratoire de Neurobiologie et Neuropharmacologie du Développement, Université Paris-XI, Orsay, France. The frontal lobe, an important part of the brain, is not fully connected. (28). This can affect concentration and decision-making skills. The frontal lobes are an area in the brain of mammals located at the front of each cerebral hemisphere, and are thought to be critical for advanced intelligence. Epub 2011 Apr 13. The bottom of the frontal sinus falls at the level of the base; it seems logical to use the most direct angle of attack according to the axis of the base. The Frontal lobe, responsible for most executive functions and attention, has shown to take years [at least 20] to fully develop.The Frontal lobe [located behind the forehead] is responsible for all thoughts and voluntary behaviour such as motor skills, emotions, problem-solving and speech.. FLD stands for Frontal Lobe Disorder (brain). Partial epilepsy syndromes are described in terms of the part of the brain they involve, for example frontal lobe epilepsy, parietal lobe epilepsy or occipital lobe epilepsy. As you learn to walk and talk, the frontal lobe makes more connections and stronger synapses are made. First, self-control develops as teens are better able to assess cause and effect. This part of the brain is still changing and maturing well into adulthood. Voir plus d'idées sur le thème Livre d'images, Conception couverture de livre, William eggleston. Developmental Neuropsychology: Vol. 1. FLD is defined as Frontal Lobe Disorder (brain) frequently.  |  This late growth is most likely the reason teens could engage in high-risk behaviors even though they understand the dangers.  |  Neurobiologic models of motivated behavior provide a valuable framework for characterizing developmental disorders from a transdiagnostic dimensional systems perspective. Ces changements sous-tendent une amélioration générale, sur les plans fonctionnel et structurel, de la connectivité et des processus d’intégration ainsi qu’une modification de l’équilibre entre les fonctions limbiques / sous-corticales et celles du lobe frontal, ces modifications se … Remember the frontal lobe controls(12): Limbic system structures also play a part, they mature before the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, this explains why teens engage in risky situations, and seem disorganized. The frontal lobe is located in the front portion of the head of a … New search features Acronym Blog Free tools "AcronymFinder.com. The Secret Life of the Brain is a co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York and David Grubin Productions. Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. [Magnetoencephalography in cognitive disorders involving frontal lobes]. Frontal lobes and behaviour Michael Petrides McGill University, Montreal, Canada A number of studies have appeared during the past year that contribute significantly to our understanding of the role of the frontal cortex in learning, memory, and response control. Development in this area really takes off between six and 12 months, when your baby becomes more mobile and verbal. Posteroinferiorly it is separated from the temporal lobe by the lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure), although not seen from the surface is the insular cortex which is hidden deep t… Keywords: It is Frontal lobe disorder. Find NCBI SARS-CoV-2 literature, sequence, and clinical content: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sars-cov-2/. 2012 Mar 1;71(5):443-50. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.11.003. the frontal lobes development function and pathology series for the international neuropsychological society Oct 03, 2020 Posted By Karl May Media Publishing TEXT ID f1080a912 Online PDF Ebook Epub Library development function and pathology series for the international neuropsychological society posted by debbie macomberpublishing sep 09 2020 the frontal lobes Sep 11, 2014 - Explore Candace Reynolds's board "The Central Nervous System" on Pinterest. The frontal lobe is almost one-third of the size of the brain; the other lobes combined make up two-thirds of the brain. Frontal Lobe Development By Jessica Zheng The three regions The Premotor Region Prefrontal Cortex The frontal lobe has three parts, the prefrontal cortex, the motor region and the pre-motor region. 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Windows From the Keyboard Tips, Applications Key for Context Menus, November 6, 2019 Windows Applications Key for Context Menus Mouse users frequently right click on items to bring up a context menu of things they can do with the item their mouse is pointing at. Keyboard users can also access the same context menus. While focused on an item, press the Applications key beside the right control key and the same right-click context menu will pop up. Arrow up and down the menu items and press Enter on the item you need. If you can’t find an Applications key on your keyboard, you may also press Shift+F10 to bring up the context menu. It is called a context menu because the menu items will vary depending on what item you are focused on.  Don’t hesitate to press the Applications key anywhere for these handy context menus. For example, you can press the Applications key when focused on a file or folder, an item on the desktop or task bar, an email message, a word in a document, a cell in an Excel spreadsheet, an email message, and many other places. It is extremely important to use the Applications key frequently if you want to be productive using Windows from the keyboard. Windows users often ask, “how do I do that?”. The answer is frequently, press the Applications key and what you need is in the context menu. Keyboard users may complain they can’t find what they need in the Office ribbons because they are difficult to navigate, but likely, what they need in the ribbon may be in the context menu. If you don’t find what you need in the context menu, just press Escape to close the menu. The Applications key will be used many times in upcoming Windows from the Keyboard Tips.
How to increase stamina or endurance? Do you feel tired early? Why have you started sleeping or you are not hungry? Somewhere the stamina of your body is not decreasing. Due to lack of stamina, you start feeling weak as a mental or physical condition. Stamina means the energy of your body. Stamina means the energy of your body and your internal force, which keeps you energetic for a long time. Although most people generally understand the ability of stamina to perform bodily functions, but in reality it keeps us energetic as well. After all, why does one have less stamina in the body? Know 3 reasons for this… What is signs of reduced stamina? Not feeling hungry and feeling sleepy – Feeling tired and dizzy – Feeling of pain In hands and feet: Lack of sleep for those who are unable to sleep for 7 to 8 hours daily Gradually, the strength starts decreasing, due to which they do not mind in any work. Drinking less water, 70 percent of our body is made up of water, so even if there is not enough water in the body, the stamina starts decreasing, so it is important to drink sufficient amount of water. Carbohydrate deficiency Do you know that carbohydrate intake gives the body the most energy. In such a situation, keep the amount of carbohydrates in your food. How to improve endurance? Written in front The word endurance written in the front actually reflects a person’s ability to maintain sustained physical and mental activities. For example, people with low mental stamina may find it difficult to focus on tasks for a long time and are easily distracted. For another example, when walking up a flight of stairs, people with low physical endurance may be exhausted. People with low endurance levels often feel deeply tired after little work, and they are often tired, listless, and distracted. By increasing their endurance, they can feel the vitality of life more easily, and at the same time they can complete daily tasks more easily. There are some ways to increase endurance naturally, and the following methods are all certified. If you often feel tired, caffeine may bring refreshing effects. Caffeine is a stimulant. This means it can increase a person’s heart rate and provide them with a temporary energy boost. Caffeine is found in many coffees, teas and soft drinks. In a small study, a group of nine top male swimmers took 3 milligrams (mg) of caffeine one hour before a freestyle sprint swim. They performed better than those taking placebo, and the researchers observed no difference in heart rate. This means that when feeling tired, caffeine will give people mental stimulation. To achieve the best refreshing effect, people should limit their caffeine intake. Otherwise the body can tolerate caffeine, leading to the need Meditation or Yoga People often practice yoga or meditation to help them relax or refocus. These activities can help reduce stress and improve overall endurance when continued. For example, the results of a small study involving 27 medical students showed that participating in some form of meditation or yoga can reduce stress levels and improve overall health. Anyone who wants to increase mental endurance can practice yoga or meditation regularly. Fitness Exercises Fitness exercises can help a person improve their physical and mental endurance. People who exercise often feel energetic during mental and physical tasks. A study has shown that following a regular exercise program will reduce work-related fatigue levels. The results also show that the program helps to reduce stress levels and increase the happiness of participants. Anyone who wants to reduce mental and physical fatigue should try regular exercise. This may include walking before or after work or doing moderate to high intensity exercise. Music There is evidence that music can change a person’s mood. It may also help improve cardiovascular efficiency. In a small study, participants who listened to their favorite music during exercise had lower heart rates than those who did not. Confirming the credibility of these studies will require more research. However, its current meaning is that if a person listens to their favorite music while exercising, their endurance may increase. Short Cycling sprints. Other people can improve their endurance by short cycling sprints. Athletes and other physically active people may still want to improve their endurance. You can try the following programs: A good balance between intense exercise and physical recovery. ②Increase the exercise intensity in a short time, such as short sprints when running, cycling or swimming. 1. Reduce the rest time between intermittent exercises. 2. Lift the weight during exercise. 3. Increase the duration and frequency of exercise. 4. Practice the way of representation and voluntary relaxation to help eliminate muscle fatigue. Two important words for me 1. Endurance includes both mental and physical aspects 2. Improved mental stamina and increased concentration 3. Improved physical endurance and unstoppable body 4. Multiple methods to comprehensively improve endurance Please enter your comment! Please enter your name here
In this article, Sue Middleton draws on interview data from the initial phase of"Monitoring Today's Schools," a research project to monitor the impact of New Zealand's educational restructuring. Unlike restructuring movements in other countries,the New Zealand movement specifically included goals of social equity and cultural inclusiveness, and Middleton focuses on the reactions of parents, teachers,and administrators to the restructuring efforts surrounding these issues. After presenting a brief historical overview of the development of and debate over equity and cultural inclusiveness in New Zealand education, Middleton presents excerpts from interviews with members of three different schools' boards of trustees, which were created as part of the restructuring effort to move more authority to the local school level. She includes their reactions to the impact of social equity and cultural inclusiveness policies on their schools and their children, and concludes by describing recent developments in New Zealand education regarding these issues. This content is only available as a PDF. You do not currently have access to this content.
Home » TEYL 101: Maintaining ESL Students’ Attention TEYL 101: Maintaining ESL Students’ Attention • 5 min read • TEYL Teaching young leaners using creative and authentic material The students I teach in my primary school do not show much interest in learning English nor are they motivated to engage in English speaking activities. They are rather shy and get bored easily. They even start communicating in Cantonese when they don’t feel like being part of the lesson. This is one of the biggest challenges I have faced in this school. At any extent, I wanted to solve this problem so that all my lessons achieved their aims successfully. In this article, I write about the lesson I taught about dinosaurs, why I came up with this topic and how it turned out to be a successful lesson. About the Author: Zarin Tasnim is currently teaching to primary learners in China and is a graduate of OnTESOL’s 250-hour TESOL diploma and Teaching English to Young Learners Specialist course.  The Topic at Hand: Dinosaurs I decided to teach one of my speaking lessons using the topic of dinosaurs to excite the students and increase their interest. Kids are usually are very interested in dinosaurs because of their size and mightiness, and especially because they are extinct animals. This helps to easily grab their attention. I have found in my studies that intense interest in a conceptual domain like dinosaurs, can help children to develop increased knowledge and persistence, a better attention span, and deeper information-processing skills. Introducing The Topic When I introduced dinosaurs at the start of the lesson, I found that only some students knew what dinosaurs were, and the rest had no idea. Those who knew what they were showed excitement. The rest who didn’t were surprised that such enormous animals had actually existed. The PowerPoint had attractive pictures of dinosaurs which also grabbed the students’ attention from the start. I presented and explained different kinds of dinosaurs, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, how they looked, and so on. Students found this part very fascinating and continued to give full attention and read along with me as I described each dinosaur. They also wrote down many words from the screen without me having to remind them. Everyone behaved and the whole class was in control. TEYL: Kinesthetic Activities For Teaching Writing To Young Learners Making the Tasks Creative The best part of the lesson was the in-class activity. In this activity,  students learned what dinosaurs were and their appearance. Students had to draw their own imaginary dinosaur on a given worksheet and describe it using the sample descriptions they read previously from the screen. The students were very excited about this part. It gave them the opportunity to be creative, draw, color, and to use their own imagination. I also put up an example of a funny hand-drawn dinosaur and its description on the board as they worked on this task. This helped the weaker students to follow and not to feel left out. The students came up with hilarious ideas. These included a six-legged dinosaur, a dinosaur with horns all over its body, a three-headed dinosaur, and many more. They had a lot of fun and became very involved in this activity. I set a limited time for drawing so that they didn’t spend too much time on it. Engaged in Presenting After they completed this task, I called some students to present and describe their dinosaur in front of the class. Many students wanted to volunteer as they wanted to show off their creative dinosaurs on the screen. Those who didn’t normally speak in front of the class wanted to as it meant they could show off their creativity. The students were also excited to see how their classmates’ dinosaurs looked. They showed respect as they paid attention to each of their classmates presenting. Task-Based Learning: 5 Activities For Teaching English To Young Learners Reflecting on the Task Using Engaging Video Material When time allowed, I showed them a funny short video about a little T-Rex exploring its land and meeting many different dinosaurs. As the video played, I asked questions related to what they just learned, and the students were able to answer. For example, when little T-Rex ran into the field, it saw many huge long-necked dinosaurs. Then, I asked the class what dinosaur it was, and they answered “Brachiosaurus”. This is what they learned earlier in class. They had a good laugh in the end and learned many new words. Finally, they made use of the words in the description and had a beautiful piece of artwork that they treasured. I displayed many of their creative works on billboards outside the classroom. The next lesson was an extension of this lesson where we focused on how and what caused the dinosaurs to go extinct. In this activity, students developed their own dinosaur story in a comic format in groups. They then presented it in front of the class. This further increased their confidence in speaking in English. In conclusion, using an interesting topic to teach young learners can further extend primary learner’s attention and interest. Try incorporating fun activities such as drawing, creative thinking, attractive visuals, and short educational videos.  This can motivate and help students to learn more effectively. It is also important for these activities to be educational while focusing on dividing tasks into small chunks.    The students were willing to speak in front of their class when they aren’t normally. They also completed their worksheet as they used many new words from the vocabulary taught.  They asked more questions about dinosaurs which encouraged them to speak and increased the interaction between teacher and student. Recommended Reading: Cultural Activities To Engage Young Learners In South Korea How To Use Performance-Based Activities And Projects With Young Learners Leave a Reply
boy at the home window poetry analysis essay Essay Topics: First stanza, Second stanza, Category: Art and entertainment, Words: 706 | Published: 12.20.19 | Views: 395 | Download now Books and literature Get essay In the poem “Boy at the Windowpane, ” Rich Wilbur uses imagery, strengthen, and motif to show what his goal in this poem is. Towards the end of the composition, the author wishes the reader to understand that we should not feel bad or perhaps sad about something that all of us don’t understand. Rich Wilbur’s make use of imagery inside the poem assists us to understand his reason for this composition. The stanzas in the composition paint two completely photographs in your head as you read all of them. The first stanza allows you to see the abominable snowman as a green object that may be always unhappy. The second stanza paints the style of the snowman’s view of the little child who is unfortunate about a thing that he will not understand. Inside the first stanza, the composition is exhibiting how the son sees the snowman “standing all alone” and “returns him these kinds of a Godforsaken stare”. The limited boy perceives the snowman as lonely and makes a depressing image of the abominable snowman in your head. In the second stanza, you hear the snowman’s view with the little kid in the window and how the small boy will not understand. The snowman can be shown because sad in the second stanza, but not as the little boy would not understand that the snowman is usually happy outside. It is because the little boy must not be sad if he is nice inside his home, between love, yet somehow so scared and transferred about the snowman staying alone (“such warmth, this sort of light, this kind of love, and thus much fear”). So the writer creates a really good sense of images throughout the poem because of how you see the abominable snowman at first, then a picture in your head changes when you hear the other side of the tale. The author as well had a wonderful tone during this poem as he reveals us his purpose fantastic theme that individuals should not be miserable or dread something if perhaps they do not appreciate it. The tones with the stanzas vary or vary when you go by to the second stanza. Inside the first stanza, the strengthen is unhappy or deeply upset because of the word decision that the poet person uses. When the boy “weeps”, you get the feeling of sadness and that the young man is unhappy. Also, the child’s sight is identified as “tearful” fantastic reach referred to as “hardly”; that happen to be words utilized to describe saddening events. The snowman is viewed as a “pale-faced” figure and it is compared to the “outcast Adam”. These words are not used to describe a happy or content scenario, and they are explaining a sad view of a snowman. In the second stanza, the tone is usually happier, but not completely wondrous or happy. The abominable snowman is inches non-etheless, content” so he is not unhappy being outdoors or staying all alone. The snowman’s attention is seen as “soft” and his tear is seen as “a trickle with the purest rain”. When you use the phrase “purest” keep in mind that relate to unfortunate or content events since the word identifies a neutral event. The poet provides an impressive great tone throughout the complete poem, which can be sad intended for the initial stanza and sort of neutral for the second stanza. Using imagery, strengthen, and idea throughout the poem “Boy in the Window”, Rich Wilbur implies that you shouldn’t feel below par or acquire upset about something that you understand. The author’s make use of imagery inside the poem is actually paints a wonderful picture in your mind as you read, and that helps you to understand the author’s goal. Tone takes on a big function in the poem also due to way you’re able to hear the several sides for the story and exactly how that influences the author’s purpose and how it’s pictured. This poem was well written and did a good job of using fictional elements to portray the author’s purpose and the theme. < Prev post Next post >
Pica in Dogs: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment Tue, 12/04/2018 - 00:31 Posted in: Black Chihuahua who has received help for pica disorder The ingestion of non-food items, such as rocks, dirt or fabric, is called pica disorder and it’s a fairly common occurrence in pets. Pica doesn’t include the ingestion of trash or feces, since the consumption of such things is often driven by different motivations. What causes dog pica? The causes of pica can be hard to determine, but can include gastrointestinal disease, anemia, liver disease, pancreatic disease, diseases causing excess appetite (such as diabetes), neurologic diseases, poor diet, being on medications such as prednisone, behavioral disorders such as anxiety, or a depraved home environment. Pica can even be a symptom of normal exploratory behavior. Examining an animal’s environment and lifestyle When attempting to assess why your dog (or cat) may be engaging in this habit, consider the animal’s environment and lifestyle. Does the animal get enough exercise? Does he or she get an appropriate amount of attention? Are appropriate chew or play toys made available? Is there competition for resources? That is, could the dog or cat be eating inappropriate things to prevent another pet from getting to it first? Does the animal have a fairly consistent routine? Are there other things that could be causing stress for the animal? Diagnosing pica by visiting a veterinarian If you think your pet has pica, a thorough medical work-up is recommended. Along with a complete physical exam, this should include a fecal examination to check for gastrointestinal (GI) parasites and blood work to look for conditions such as anemia, liver disease, diabetes or pancreatic disease. Depending on the signs your animal is showing, more specific blood work, to see if the GI tract is perhaps not absorbing nutrients, may be required. Typically, this involves checking folate and cobalamin levels and doing a TLI (trypsin-like immunoreactivity) test to check for pancreatic function. X-rays may also be warranted if there is concern about a GI obstruction and to rule out other potential causes of pica. Of course, if abnormalities are noted, further testing may be needed. Describing all the diagnostic options could fill a chapter in a textbook. If an abnormality is found, the best course is to treat for that abnormality and see if the pica improves. The cause of pica in a particular animal can be difficult to identify. It can be frustrating not having an answer that allows for specific treatment, but if a medical cause is identified, it usually either carries a poor prognosis or is expensive to fix. If the problem isn’t medical, but behavioral If medical reasons have been ruled out, then it’s worth consulting a veterinary behaviorist. If one isn’t available in your area or within your budget, consulting with your veterinarian or a trainer may be helpful. Your veterinarian should be able to direct you to other professionals with expertise in dog and cat behavior. There are some basic things that you can try without working with a behavior specialist, although working with one does allow for the greatest chance of stopping the pica behavior. First, make sure the animal is on a good-quality diet. Sometimes this change is all that’s needed. Along with diet, make sure the animal has plenty of exercise and mental stimulation. Give the pet appropriate toys to play with, make sure he gets plenty of human interaction and, of course, take him for walks. Next, if possible, limit the animal’s access to the items he constantly tries to eat. For instance, if your dog eats rocks, keep him out of rocky areas of the yard or parks. If this is too difficult or restrictive, have more attractive options available for the dog — such as treats or a Kong — when he’s in rocky areas. In extreme cases, a basket muzzle may also be helpful, but make sure the muzzle doesn’t restrict the dog’s ability to breathe. Remember, too, that the dog should not wear the muzzle for extended periods of time. Reducing anxiety in pets Another thing to do is to remove any obvious stressors. For example, if your pet gets nervous when you play loud music, turn down the volume or wear headphones. If your dog gets agitated when the neighbor mows her lawn, keep your dog inside or take him on an adventure away from the activity. Also, provide a regular schedule for your pet. Regular walks, feeding times and play times let an animal know that these things are coming and can decrease anxiety. Above all else, don’t punish your animal for eating inappropriate things. This is not an effective training method. When pica is believed to be associated with anxiety, there are some medications that can help. However, it is important to use medications only under the direction of a veterinarian, and to make sure you are working on the behavior as well. For instance, a dog who is anxious because he gets inadequate exercise will not be made better by putting him on a psychotropic drug. Rather, the dog needs regular exercise appropriate for his age and breed. Managing pica disorder In a lot of cases, pica can be managed. If it’s not managed, though, it can lead to destruction of belongings, dental problems for your pet or, worst of all, emergency medical problems if the consumed object causes an obstruction or is toxic to your pet.
October 12, 2020 Final Frontier? The Evolution of Planetary Science Missions Posted by Shane Hanlon The latest episode of Third Pod from the Sun features an interview with planetary scientist Fran Bagenal, who has had a fascinating career working on NASA missions from Voyager to Juno and New Horizons. Currently working at the University of Colorado Boulder, Bagenal provides an overarching view of the different planetary missions going back a few decades and describes how the research and findings have built upon the innovations and discoveries that came before. Now, she is looking ahead to what we may learn about Saturn’s moon Titan during the upcoming Dragonfly mission.     In this episode, Bagenal also discusses the importance of education that engages students and the need to support the different pathways people take to pursue science. Her message aims to inspire scientists and challenge them to think beyond current constraints. She encourages scientists to innovate to achieve something that is currently considered difficult to do, including the search for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa. She hopes that one day, scientists will be able to take on something they know is tough, such as exploring objects farther out in the solar system, or even something closer to home, like the surface and possible seismology of Earth’s sister planet Venus. Important missions like these will help continue driving the Earth and space sciences into the future.   This episode was produced by Katie Broendel and mixed by Kayla Surrey.  Shane Hanlon:00:00Hi, Nanci.   Nanci Bompey:00:01Hi, Shane. How’s it going?   Shane Hanlon:00:03Good. Good. We’re getting straight into it today. So, are you familiar with the Golden Record that was on Voyager? Do these words mean things to you?   Nanci Bompey:00:13I am. We actually have a book detailing that. Don’t ask. But, yes, quite familiar.   Shane Hanlon:00:19All right. So, we’re going to talk about this more, but the short of it is, for those who aren’t aware, there’s this record on the Voyager Spacecraft that, the Voyager is the farthest thing out in the universe right now that we’ve ever made, and people put things on this record, like images, and audio, and all sorts of stuff. So I was interested, if you could choose, Nanci, one thing to go on the Golden Record, what would that thing be?   Nanci Bompey:00:45Shane, is this not an obvious question? This podcast.   Shane Hanlon:00:56Welcome to the American Geophysical Union’s podcast about the scientists and the methods behind the science. These are the stories you won’t read in the manuscript or hear in a lecture. I’m Shane Hanlon.   Nanci Bompey:01:05And I’m Nanci Bompey.   Shane Hanlon:01:06This is Third Pod from the Sun.   Well, Nanci, I guess people are missing out, or not people, but extraterrestrials, if they come across Voyager, are missing out.  Nanci Bompey:01:23They’ll never hear this wonderful podcast-  Shane Hanlon:01:25They’ll never hear our lovely voices.   Nanci Bompey:01:26… because we’re not on the Golden Record. But we are talking about the Golden Record today because today’s all about planetary science, and the Golden Record was on Voyager, which is the farthest thing that we’ve, as humans, have put out into the universe. So, I’m going to bring in our producers for this episode, Katie Broendel and Liza Lester. Hi, guys.   Katie Broendel:01:49Hey.   Liza Lester:01:49Hey.  Nanci Bompey:01:51Liza, so Voyager, huh?   Liza Lester:01:54Yeah, Voyager, launched in the ’70s. There were two Voyager missions, and they showed us some of the first up-close, relatively up-close, views of these planets, Saturn, and Uranus, and Neptune, and Pluto, that are so far away. I think you may remember also the Pale Blue Dot, the image that it took of Earth from out beyond Pluto-  Nanci Bompey:02:13I love that, Carl Sagan. Yeah.  Liza Lester:02:14… looking so small. Yeah, so they’ve passed outside the solar system now, but they’re still phoning home occasionally.   Katie Broendel:02:22Yeah, it’s really interesting stuff, too, and actually, last year Liza and I were able to talk to a planetary scientist. She’s been working on missions from Voyager in the late 1970s to New Horizons and also Juno, which arrived at Jupiter in 2016, I believe. She has this really fascinating career and had a front row seat for some interesting findings.  Fran Bagenal:02:52So my name is Fran Bagenal. I’m at the University of Colorado in Boulder. I work in the laboratory for atmospheric and space physics, where I work on several space missions. Right now, it’s the New Horizons mission to Pluto, following on to other areas in the Kuiper Belt, as well as the Juno mission that is in orbit around Jupiter.   Katie Broendel:03:14What is it like to be among the first on the planet to see this new data, these new photos coming in from these distant places?  Fran Bagenal:03:22It’s one of the most extraordinary experiences in life to do that, to see the first pictures, to get a sense of a whole new world. Every time you make predictions, and your predictions are always totally wrong. What you find is completely different, and it’s really amazing. I could give you an analogy that might be fun.  I used to do some caving when I was a student at the University of Lancaster in Northern England. We’d go down these limestone caves, and sometimes we would explore new caves, maybe in Spain or Mexico. It’s a bit like going along a dark passage in a cave. You’re wearing a headlamp, and then you turn around a corner and you see an amazing crystal structure, or you find a whole new pathway. And it’s the same sort of thing. It’s like, “Wow, look at that. That’s cool.”   Katie Broendel:04:21How have results and findings from each of these missions helped inform subsequent missions? So we went from Voyager to the more recent ones, New Horizons, Juno, and then looking ahead to the Dragonfly mission that was recently announced. Can you please talk about the evolution of these missions?   Fran Bagenal:04:42So there’s a standard way of talking about it, which is to say, the first thing you do is a fly-by and get the basic ideas, and then you take a payload, which sort of does big view. It sort of casts a wide net in the science that it might do, because you really don’t know what science you’re going to see. So you do your fly-by, and then you say, “Okay, this is what we learned, these are the big questions, and now we need to go back with a more specific set of instruments. We’re going to go into orbit and we’re going to go look for whatever, systematic variations of space and time, or go and do a detailed survey of something.” So, for example, after Voyager, we had Galileo going to the Jovian system.   Speaker 6:05:22Houston now controlling.   Speaker 7:05:29Loud and clear. [inaudible 00:05:33].  Speaker 8:05:29Roger roll, Atlantis.   Fran Bagenal:05:32And the idea of the Galilean mission was to look at the moons, the four Galilean moons, and get multiple views of what they’re like, which it did indeed.   Speaker 9:05:40And the Sunnyvale flight director has just confirmed the successful deploy of the inertial upper stage in Galileo.   Fran Bagenal:05:47It mapped up the volcanoes on Io. It looked at the ice on Europa and got us thinking, maybe there’s, and we learned that there’s a ocean, liquid water underneath the ice at Europa, that Ganymede has a magnetic field, that Callisto’s a bit kind of boring. Poor Callisto, just [crosstalk 00:06:06] greatest, but you know these different worlds, poor little Callisto. Anyway, we learned a lot, and then that raises some very specific questions.   Speaker 8:06:15Roger, Atlantis. We copy. That’s great news. Thanks.  Katie Broendel:06:18What do you think was so notable about Voyager?   Fran Bagenal:06:21So the thing that’s special about Voyager is the opportunity it had at a particular time with the lining up of the planets, this thing that we call syzygy … which is where all the planets are in the same quadrant of the solar system, and it happens like every 130 odd years, something like that. It happened to be in the late seventies when this was happening, and so we have the opportunity to send a spacecraft out, get a kick at Jupiter, go on to Saturn, get a kick at Saturn, and go onto Uranus and do the same out to Uranus and Neptune. And to go to the four big giant planets one after the other, that’s one amazing thing that happened at the right time. But this also happened when we had the capability to take a fairly sophisticated, for the time, spacecraft that could have cameras that were very capable compared with previous ones, had recording systems, and had an ability to make multiple observations with a whole variety of different instruments and send them back.   And although the computer capability are pretty pathetic, your phones have many thousand times more computing capability than Voyager has, it was able to work and take these pictures, fly by and show us and reveal these amazing new worlds, the moons around Jupiter, the rings around Saturn, and then Titan, and then go on, for the first time, go to Uranus and Neptune and explore those environments, which was just incredible.  Katie Broendel:08:11Was there anything you would’ve wanted to add to the Golden Record?  Fran Bagenal:08:15The Golden Record is about us. It’s about us as a culture, as a world. What I think would be interesting would be to think about trying to tell a story of human evolution or of culture. I mean, it’s very hard to think how to do that, but we’re sort of avoiding those topics, right? We don’t really talk about cultural history and so on and so forth. Maybe I’m more aware of this being a Brit coming. I’ve lived here now more years in America than I lived in England, but it sort of makes you more aware of cultural background. That would’ve been kind of fun to put on. I don’t know how you’d do it. You probably would put it on a record, but modern technology, thumb-drive.  Liza Lester:09:14When Voyager was getting the first looks at some of these moons up close, closer than we’d seen before, I mean, was it a surprise that they were so interesting?   Fran Bagenal:09:24Indeed. I mean, we did have a clue that Io was a bit peculiar, because it triggered radio emission. We knew that since 1965, and we knew that it seemed to have sort of strange brightening features. And at some point we thought, “Oh, it looks like it has sulfur and oxygen coming off it, and it has an atmosphere.” We knew some of these things from spectroscopic studies from the Earth looking at telescopes, but they’re just sort of little hints, little clues. From the Earth, these objects are still fuzzy dots, really no more than a fuzzy dot. So to fly by and go from a fuzzy dot to upfront geology, upfront atmospheric structure, upfront detailed issues of scientific discussion of the interior of the surface, the atmospheres, the interactions with the surrounding plasma, you really move forward a huge amount when you actually get up close.   Liza Lester:10:19Do you think seeing, it’s just seeing those pictures really to catch the bug for planetary science then? Or was it already on, you were already on board?  Fran Bagenal:10:26Well, I was already on board. When I was a kid, of course, there were two big factors. One was, of course, the Apollo era, which affected a lot of people of my generation.   Neil Armstrong:10:40That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.  Fran Bagenal:10:44Watching people walking on the moon, and then there was science that they were doing. We did hear about that science, but the other thing that’s kind of exciting is that was a time when the Earth was being studied and plate tectonics was being discovered. There was a lot on the British TV about what people were finding looking at the oceans, looking at volcanoes, looking at trying to work out the magnetic fields signatures, and so on and so forth, and putting it all together and saying, “Wow, it looks like the Earth has plate tectonics.” And of course I began to think, “Well, what do other planets have? And what’s it like in other places.”   I heard Carl Sagan, and I actually was lucky to meet him when I was 16. He gave a talk at Cambridge, and I went to hear him talk as a high school kid. He was talking about the Mariner observations at, or maybe it was Viking. I’m sorry. I can’t remember. It’s way back then.  Speaker 11:11:39Voyager is passage by Jupiter accelerated it towards a close encounter with the planet Saturn. Saturn’s gravity will propel it onto Uranus. And in this game of cosmic billiards after Uranus, it will plunge on past Neptune, leaving the solar system and becoming an interstellar spacecraft.  Nanci Bompey:11:59Oh, I love Carl Sagan. That is definitely on our list to rewatch the original Cosmos [inaudible 00:12:04].   Katie Broendel:12:04Yeah. Same here.   Nanci Bompey:12:05Quarantine time. Yeah.   Katie Broendel:12:06So good. Such a good show. And it was really compelling to talk to somebody like Fran who has had this bird’s eye view of the different planetary missions going back 30 to 40 some odd years, and now she’s really looking forward to the upcoming Dragonfly mission and what new things we’re going to be able to learn from it.   I want to go back to Dragonfly for a second.   Speaker 12:12:32Announce that our next New Frontiers mission, Dragonfly, will explore Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Dragonfly will be the first drone lander with the capability to fly over a hundred miles through Titan’s thick atmosphere. Titan is unlike any other place in our solar system, and the most comparable to early Earth.  Katie Broendel:12:53What do you think that mission will help us understand, and what are you most excited to potentially learn about from it?   Fran Bagenal:13:01I’m not a Titan expert, and I’ve just been following. In fact, when the Huygens probe landed on Titan, it was ejected, carried out there by Cassini, and then put it into the atmosphere and onto the surface, we didn’t know it was going to survive on the surface. I don’t work in that area, but I took the day off. I went into the lab, and I went and spent the whole day watching NASA TV with the public and other people, and getting engaged in watching. It was so cool to watch this probe going in and taking pictures of a landscape that looks the most terrestrial that I think we’ve got elsewhere in the solar system, because you have sort of things that look like rivers, you have things that look like oceans, you have mountains, you have sand dunes. Well, they’re not actually. The sand is probably water or some hydrocarbons and so on. It’s not the typical stuff, but it looks almost terrestrial. And so when the probe came in and took these pictures getting closer and closer, and then it landed on the surface, and you saw this scape that sort of a bit like a really frozen Utah, it was fantastic.   So, I think what we’ll do with Dragonfly is, I think the plan is to fly over and get much better measurements across a range of places, and actually get a more detailed sense of key, knowing the people involved, I’m sure they’ll be picking very important key scientific targets, and then going there and really trying to understand the physical processes, because of course, we want to understand how this object, which is a lot smaller than Earth with a thick atmosphere, with very different temperatures, how does the geology and the relationship between the interior crust and atmosphere work in relation to a place like Earth, or Mars, or Venus. It’s like a terrestrial planet in that respect, but often a far part of parameter regime.   Katie Broendel:15:14If you could go to one place in the solar system, where would it be and why?   Fran Bagenal:15:21I work in planetary magnetic fields and with charged particles, and so for that, the sort of mission we’re doing with Juno where we fly over the poles, we’re going through the auroral region, we’re measuring the charge particles, and so on, is very important. And I’d like to do that again at other places. Of course, Uranus and Neptune would be fantastic. There’s a tilted magnetic fields with very bizarre changing magnetic orientation. It would be great to go, I think, the planet that is the most neglected is Venus, our sister planet. Right? Very similar in size to Earth, extremely different in its properties. Why is it that this planet that’s right next door has such a different atmosphere, such a different surface? What is it about planetary evolution that led to Venus being too hot, Earth just right, and Mars too cold for life? Liquid water on the surface, but also how do these planets work?   Liza Lester:16:23I’m going to ask a basic science question, because we were just talking about magnetic fields and charged particles, and that is why do some worlds have magnetic fields and others do not?  Fran Bagenal:16:33It’s a very good question as to why particularly our sister planet, Venus, does not have a magnetic field and the Earth does, and then why does this moon Ganymede have one, whereas none of the other moons that we’re aware of have them? And really dynamo theory is very, it’s difficult, difficult to model, difficult to generalize. The easiest way to say is you need three basic ingredients. You need a volume that is electrically conducting, and for the terrestrial planets, and for Ganymede, that is a liquid metal region in the outer core. You need a source of energy that will turn over and convect that region of liquid metal, and that is, for the case of the Earth, it’s thought to be the condensing out of heavier iron from a mixture of less heavy elements in the outer core. It’s gravitational settling out of the inner core.   Now, when you go to Jupiter, you don’t have a metal core, nor do Uranus and Neptune. You have gases, which are at sufficient pressure and temperature. So in the case of Jupiter, it’s metallic hydrogen, oxygen, sorry, is it’s settled out, but mostly you have hydrogen and that is broken up into protons and electrons that can move relative to each other, and so you have a dynamo in side.   Now the third ingredient, one is conductor, second is a liquid conductor, second is a source of energy. The third is a little bit of rotation. But I understand that every single planet, even Venus, has enough rotation, even though Venus rotates very slowly. So rotation is not the problem with Venus. It may be that the outer core has solidified, so there’s no longer a liquid metallic region, or it could be that there isn’t a source of energy to drive sufficient convection, or thirdly, it could be the lack of plate tectonics is not cooling the outer layer, because you needed a temperature gradient, cold on the outside, warm on the inside, and maybe that is suppressing the convection deep inside. So these are just ideas. We really don’t know.   Liza Lester:18:56What do you think is the plate tectonics level discovery that we’re looking at now? Or I guess the better question is-  Fran Bagenal:19:02You mean at the Earth or elsewhere?   Liza Lester:19:05Or elsewhere. What would be that level of question or theory?   Fran Bagenal:19:10So for Venus, we know that Venus, from looking at the radar maps of the surface, that the impact craters, distribution of impact craters, suggest there’s fairly uniformly resurfaced, something like 500 million, 600 million years ago, something like that. And so then comes the question, what was it like before that? Was it before that just like the Earth with plate tectonics and just a regular Earth-like object, which then sort of solidified and stopped and stagnated? Could be. Or there was something else that led to Venus not having convection and not having plate tectonics ever, or never having a crust that could move around, or maybe water was important. A lot of people argue water plays a big role in lubricating, for want of a better word, the Earth’s plate tectonics, and if you don’t have water on Venus, because it was just a little bit too warm, then maybe it never really had plate tectonics. So in some ways I think going back and looking at the Earth, sorry, going back and looking at Venus would be very useful in trying to find, maybe put a lander that you could do some seismic tests to find out what it’s like inside. It wouldn’t have to live for very long. I don’t know. There are lots of ideas of things that we could do. Yes, it’s tough, but let’s think of ways to do that.   Shane Hanlon:20:42I know that there are missions going to Mars and we’re going back to the moon, and so we seem to be going away from the sun. Right? But I think it’s really interesting talking about Venus. I feel like we don’t hear a lot about science on Venus and studying it, and I imagine that stuff like this is only possible when we have interest from the public. Like you get more non-science, or yeah, the non-science public interested in this type of thing and that might actually help drive people’s interest, scientist’s interests in kind of the larger solar system outside of some of the planets we might hear about more often.   Katie Broendel:21:19Yeah, Absolutely. And that’s something that Liza and I talked to Fran about.   How can members of the scientific community one, advocate for better funding for the sciences? Also, how can we encourage more students to think about, be excited by, and actually consider and pursue degrees in science?   Fran Bagenal:21:45The most important thing is we need to increase the number of teachers in schools, particularly high schools, who have a bachelor’s degree in physics or other sciences, Earth sciences. We need to do something about that, Earth sciences, chemistry, biology, math, physics, all of these areas. So the teachers need to be probably paid better. We need to be producing more bachelor’s degrees, maybe working with the community colleges to do combined education and science degrees. I think we should actually change the name of physics to P-H-U-N, fun, and excite people to study physics. I’m worried that whenever people say, mention the word physics or math, they go, “Oh, but I couldn’t do math.” I’m like, “No, never say that. Never say that.” We all struggle with it, and we need to just, as a nation, be putting a lot more energy and effort into schools, local schools, and then cranking up the science at the schools. You can do that locally.  Liza Lester:22:49What do you think it is that about physics that is discouraging women, or where is the problem in the pipeline?   Fran Bagenal:22:55We looked at this in the eighties, and the answer was that if you looked at, it used to be more in the high schools, but I think the problem now is that the colleges, because it’s sort of 50/50 at the high school women and guys. And if you look at the colleges, that’s where it drops to 20%. I think the problem is that the classes are large. I think that there’s an attitude coming from high school that you just need to study on your own, and you pass your homework. Once you get to college, you need to learn how to work together in a group, you need to do studying together. You need to make it social. The universities need to have study areas that are safe, and comfortable, and fun, and pay juniors and seniors to be study buddies to come in and help the freshmen and the sophomore get over that bump of how do I face up to this math and physics and having to do these homeworks, and learn how to work together as a group and learn how to teach each other this material, because it can be fun. It can be interesting. And yeah, the teachers need to learn to be a little less snooty. I’m a physicist, and a little bit more friendly, and encourage the students to work together and work with other student on this fun projects.  Liza Lester:24:14I guess that leads me to the question at the time you were going through your schooling, I’m sure you’ve been asked this many times, but what was it that encouraged you to continue?  Fran Bagenal:24:24I stuck with it for a couple of reasons. One is because yes, the British BBC, every Monday night, there was a Horizon showing a documentary on science and I just lapped it up and I loved it. But also I was feisty, and I was persistent, and I stuck with it. Right. But you shouldn’t have to be super feisty and super persistent in order to survive. You could just be an ordinary person. It should be much more available to everybody and you shouldn’t have to be this dogged persistent.   Katie Broendel:25:09How have you seen the representation of women in planetary sciences change over the past 30, 40 years?   Fran Bagenal:25:1840 years? Yeah. It’s improved. It’s actually quite interesting. I went out for dinner with a couple of women who are on the Voyager team. They were there as support for the science teams, and they did not at that time have degrees, but had some technical training and were employed by JPL to work on the operations side. And we were talking about how that was a way they could get in and work with the scientists in a friendly way. I think that the missions, because you have a variety of different ways of getting involved, tended to be more balanced.   Katie Broendel:25:56I was going to say, do you know of any stark differences in how maybe the subjects are approached?   Fran Bagenal:26:06Yeah. Well, I think it’s a cultural issue. I think the problem is this … if you google the word physicist, you will find that you’ll get like 160 pictures of guys and maybe five women? And also if you ask someone what a physicist was or an astrophysicist was, they would be talking about some much older white guy, probably with hair sticking up, pontificating about astrophysics on black holes, and the meeting of the cosmos, and all this sort of stuff. Right? If you ask somebody what a planetary scientist was like, you’d have someone who’s a lot more engaging, more involved, and that’s partly history. It’s a cultural thing. Planetary science is new. It’s a very young field. And I think that that, it’s just reflects a more modern cultural environment.   Liza Lester:27:15Yeah. Planetary science. It’s like the gateway science.  Nanci Bompey:27:18Well, it is really. I mean, think about it. Kids, what do they get interested in? Like dinosaurs, and then they get interested in like planets and stuff. So it is cool. And it really captures-  Shane Hanlon:27:28Who are these kids?   Nanci Bompey:27:29Who are these kids? These alleged kids.  Shane Hanlon:27:31I never liked space. I like it now.  Nanci Bompey:27:34Well, some people do.   Shane Hanlon:27:34I’ve come around.   Nanci Bompey:27:35Some people do.  Shane Hanlon:27:37That’s fair. That’s fair.  Nanci Bompey:27:40But it gets people, I think, excited who aren’t even that sciencey, when you’re like, “We’re going to send this rocket to this far off place.” I think it gets people excited.  Liza Lester:27:48You can drive robots on another planet. It’s exciting.  Katie Broendel:27:52What hasn’t been explored, in detail yet, that you would most like to see and learn about?   Fran Bagenal:28:01Well, apart from Venus, and Uranus, and Neptune, there is of course Europa.   Speaker 13:28:08Europa is the most likely place to find life in our solar system today, because we think there’s a liquid water ocean beneath it’s surface.  Fran Bagenal:28:18And I do think it’s a very important topic to try and understand how, if at all, the water from the deep ocean inside that may or may not have some form of life, we don’t know, primitive or otherwise, how does that, if at all, couple to the surface? If it doesn’t couple to the surface, then we’re out of luck. Drilling down is a heck of a long way down to go. But, if there is some way in which it couples to the surface, and we need to go and do these fly-by missions, the Europa Clipper, to find out where there may be connections between the deep [inaudible 00:28:55] and the surface, and get a sense of the better sense of the layout of the land. We have very crude sense of the geology of Europa. Even though the images look kind of cool, they’re very low resolution compared with what we need to understand and go land there.  Speaker 13:29:11Europa is so important, because we want to understand are we alone in the cosmos.   Fran Bagenal:29:17Ultimately, yes, it would be great to go and scratch and sniff the surface and find out what that brown gunky stuff is. Is it whale poop? Is it, I don’t know.  Katie Broendel:29:28Scientific term.  Fran Bagenal:29:29Yes. Well, if you’re going to go look for life, the place to go is Europa. Forget chasing life on Mars. It’s not going to be anything that wiggles, which is what people think when you say life. So if you want to find something that wiggles, go to Europa.   Liza Lester:29:43I just wanted to ask you what you think it is about Pluto that is so lovable to everyone from all ages?   Katie Broendel:29:49Yeah, what is lovable about Pluto?   Katie Broendel:29:52And then when we-  Fran Bagenal:29:52It’s small, it’s out there, it’s unknown, intriguing. And it was surprising when we got there, and it has these weird little moons that are going around. So, I think all of that makes it very interesting.   Katie Broendel:30:12Great. All right. And Pluto loves us back. It has the little heart.   Fran Bagenal:30:16It has left a little heart. Yeah.   Katie Broendel:30:16I know.  Fran Bagenal:30:18We’ll go back. We’ll go back. I think that’ll be cool.  Shane Hanlon:30:21Nanci, do you have strong feelings one way or the other about Pluto, positive, negative?  Nanci Bompey:30:29Well, I was kind of like, meh on Pluto.  Shane Hanlon:30:30Meh on … No one’s meh on Pluto.   Nanci Bompey:30:32Ah, I know. It’s not like, I guess I didn’t have, I was like … But then I went a couple of years ago on New Year’s Eve to the fly-by of that object and the in the Kuiper Belt by New Horizons, and that was super exciting. Everyone was so excited, and Brian May was there and did a song, so that was so neat.  Shane Hanlon:30:47All right.   Nanci Bompey:30:47So now I love it.   Shane Hanlon:30:47That would leave me with some strong associations. Yeah, no, I appreciate that.   All right, folks. Well, that’s all from Third Pod from the Sun.  Nanci Bompey:30:56Thanks so much to Katie and Liza for bringing us this story, and of course, to Fran for sharing her work with us.  Shane Hanlon:31:02This episode was produced by Katie Broendel and mixed by Kayla Surrey.  Nanci Bompey:31:07AGU would love to hear your thoughts. Please rate and review us on Apple podcasts. You can get this podcast wherever you get your podcasts, or always at thirdpodfromthesun.com.   Shane Hanlon:31:18Thanks all. And we’ll see you next time.
Frankenstein Beginnings 1557 Words7 Pages October 29, 2012 The Knights of Awesomeness (Elmo Martians) English 10H Ms. Boyderman 4B Friday Night Excerpt 1: The origins of “Frankenstein” 1.) During the rainy summer of 1816, the "Year Without a Summer", the world was locked in a long cold volcanic winter caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815. Mary Shelley, aged 18, and her lover (and later husband) Percy Bysshe Shelley, visited Lord Byron at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva in Switzerland. The weather was consistently too cold and dreary that summer to enjoy the outdoor holiday activities they had planned, so the group retired indoors until dawn. 2.) Among other subjects, …show more content… We have the ability to emote, to speak, and to think to the point where we can handle the outside world. “What drives us to do things that allow us to handle the outside world?”, you may ask. What is the reason for us to explore the unknown? The reason is simple, we as humans are always curious about things. From the time we are born, curiosity is always within us. We do the things because we want to know what would happen if we did do them. For example, when we are babies, we always mess around with everything. Sometimes negative outcomes arise but that does not mean that we should quit. We always find a way to solve the problem, and curiosity leads to it. This is why we as humans explore the unknown Question 2: How do you think Galvanism was viewed by Mary Shelley and her companions in the early 1800s? Galvanism is the process of producing electricity through chemical actions. This process was found during the time that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. The idea for writing Frankenstein was based on the idea of galvanism. For you see, it was a new idea that arose during that time, and everyone attached to the idea of it. Mary Shelley took this moment and used it to her advantage. She knew that the people would be fascinated with the idea that if she wrote a story based on the principles of galvanism, then the people would also enjoy her story. Question 3: What are the consequences of bringing corpses back to life (both good and bad)? Bringing Open Document
Skip to main content January was Australia's hottest month ever: govt 2 min Sydney (AFP) Australia suffered its hottest month ever in January, when widespread heatwaves exacerbated an already devastating drought, fuelled bushfires and contributed to mass fish deaths, officials reported Friday. The government's Bureau of Meteorology said the mean temperature across the vast continent in January exceeded 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time in recorded history. "We saw heatwave conditions affect large parts of the country through most of the month, with records broken for both duration and also individual daily extremes," said senior bureau climatologist Andrew Watkins. Watkins said the main immediate cause of the heat was a persistent high-pressure system in the Tasman Sea south of Australia which blocked cold fronts and cooler air from reaching country. But he added that broader global warming trends, which have seen Australian temperatures increase by more than one degree Celsius in the last 100 years, "also contributed to the unusually warm conditions". The bureau said rainfall was also below average for most of Australia during January, worsening an already severe drought for much of the country's east, until a late January monsoon brought flooding to the northeastern state of Queensland. The hottest temperatures during the month were experienced in South Australia, where the mercury hit 49.5 degrees C (120 degrees F) on January 24. Authorities said the January heatwave contributed to the deaths of more than a million fish in the Murray-Darling river system, the country's largest running through five states in the east of the country. Meanwhile, bushfires -- which are frequent summer occurrences in Australia's arid southeast -- spread far into the tropical northeast of the country in January. Page not found
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An independent TESOL certificate course can quickly put you on your way to a career in teaching English as a second language. The main difference between a degree course and a certificate course is that the certificate course is specialized and will only focus on teaching English, with creating lesson plans, examining grammar structures, teaching certain populations (adults or young learners), managing a classroom, and more. TESOL courses online can range between 50 to 250 or more hours of teacher training. However, the most common type of TESOL course that most job openings require is a 120-hour certification. These courses can be done through English schools, colleges or universities, and education provider companies like ITTT TEFL and International TEFL Academy. These companies can provide a lot of benefits for in-person and online TESOL students like access to their alumni network and job placements help after completion. Online TESOL Course Options A growing number of online TESOL programs allow you the flexibility to work on a TESOL course at your own pace and on your own time. This is ideal for anyone that works or studies full time and can't afford to press pause on their lives in order to get a TESOL degree or certificate. An online TESOL option would also be fitting for someone who already has a background in education and is looking to specialize in teaching English as a second language. Comparing TESOL Courses vs. TEFL Courses TESOL courses will be very similar in content to TEFL courses since they both involve the teaching of English as a second language. And both can generally be obtained online as a certificate or through an in-person program. Nearly all international private English schools will hire you with a TESOL certificate instead of the TEFL. In fact, many people don't really differentiate between the two certifications. The main advantage of doing an online TESOL course is that it may also give you the opportunity to teach English in your home country or some other English-speaking country as part of the public school system. In other words, having a TESOL certification will allow you to teach anywhere that a TEFL certification will. But having just a TEFL certification might not be sufficient for some jobs. Read More: What's the Difference Between TEFL & TESOL? The best place to do a TESOL course depends largely on where you plan to teach. Courses held in-person at a university or language school are most valuable if they teach you how to work with learners from that specific country. On the other hand, online TESOL courses are more general in nature and designed so that teaching methodologies can apply to any non-English speaker anywhere in the world. Popular Locations for TESOL Courses Many in-person and online TESOL programs include job placement, which is a great reason to consider this option. It can help to do your TESOL course where you intend to work, but it's not absolutely necessary. If you do want to travel abroad while you complete your on-site or online course, a good way to narrow down places where you should do your TESOL course is to identify which countries have the largest need for English teachers. • China: English teachers are in very high demand in China. Many TESOL courses in China include group orientations and lessons in Mandarin Chinese, so you'll meet a new group of friends and get settled in no time. • Japan: Another Asian country where English teachers are constantly in high demand is Japan. You'll have your choice of teaching English to either adults or children in this exciting country. TESOL courses are abundant and provide varying degrees of support in terms of housing and visa paperwork. • Czech Republic: The Czech Republic is one of the European countries with the largest need for English teachers. This is an attractive option because aside from good pay, the country is very affordable. TESOL courses taken in-person typically offer placement contracts. • England: There may not be a high demand for English teachers in an English-speaking country, but a TESOL certificate or degree from a prestigious institution can open a lot of doors for you at home and overseas. It's worth considering studying in England, even if you don't plan to stick around and work there long-term. • Online: Of course, online TESOL courses will be the cheapest because they go wherever you are. There is no need to relocate or even take time off work, you just need an internet connection. The flexibility is what makes online courses a desirable and popular option for aspiring TESOL professionals. Accommodation for TESOL courses varies depending on the length and the cost of programs around the world. Programs that do offer accommodation during the length of your training typically put you in shared housing. Some programs expect you to find your accommodation on your own, while others at least help point you in the right direction. The TESOL program you choose should reflect your needs and your budget. The best thing about online TESOL courses is that housing isn't a concern, because you can complete them from the comfort of wherever you live now. This also makes getting your TESOL certificate cheaper because you don't have to factor relocating or accommodation expenses into the cost of your course. Cost of Living The cost of living will vary depending on where you intend to take your course, but it's a very important consideration, particularly if your course is long. Paying for accommodation and food for four months is certainly not the same as doing so for a course that is just two weeks long. Other Considerations When teaching English overseas, it's easy to forget that you might need to do some language learning of your own to settle in and get by. Having a basic knowledge of the local language can be helpful, not only for you but for your students. If you already know Spanish, for example, it might be a good idea to take a TESOL course in South America or Spain in preparation to teach there. You can also choose to teach English online to speakers of Spanish or another language. Obtaining a TESOL certificate can be a big investment, but it's one that will pay off in the long run. TESOL courses are available at many price points, making it affordable for just about anybody. Average Cost of TESOL Courses The most expensive way to study TESOL is to do it as a degree course. College and university tuition and fees would apply in this case and can be several thousand dollars depending on where you study. Though the up-front costs are higher, this is the most robust way to study TESOL and will qualify you for the majority of English language teaching jobs around the world. For an in-person non-degree TESOL course, you can expect to pay anywhere from several hundred dollars to $2,000. If your course includes accommodation or language lessons, it can cost at least double that, depending on the length of the program. But budget-minded travelers, there's no reason to despair. If you're tight on funds, you can get a TESOL certification online for between $200 to $500. Taking a TESOL course online also saves you the cost of visas, accommodation, and transportation overseas. Scholarships & Funding Options There aren't many funding options for non-degree TESOL courses, though certain schools offer payment plans or loans to be able to finance your studies. Colleges and universities, on the other hand, have many scholarship opportunities and federal funding sources that can help you pay your way through a TESOL degree. Online TESOL Courses Displaying 1 - 15 of 53 programs Frequently Asked Questions • Can you get a TESOL certificate online? Yes! 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History of Highgate Cemetery unearthed in famous burial ground’s 175th year Highgate Cemetery’s origins, past and hopes for the future are unearthed by Dr Ian Dungavell, chief executive of the charitable trust that runs the famous burial ground Imagine trying to get planning permission to build a cemetery on the slopes of Highgate Hill, or perhaps in the Highgate Bowl. Even back in the 1830s when the area was relatively undeveloped, neighbours were concerned about the impact the new cemetery would have. For one thing, they didn’t want visitors overlooking their gardens. And the parishioners of St Michael’s wanted the cemetery chapel kept well away from their new church. And the people down the hill were concerned about the possible impact on their water supply. Their objections meant that the cemetery didn’t open until 1839, a year after it was ready, and so it celebrated 175 years last week. It’s difficult for us today, when cemeteries are old and crumbling, to realise how new-fangled they were in the early 19th century. They were a novel private solution to a very public problem: how to dispose of the dead of the burgeoning metropolis? You may also want to watch: Until the 1850s most burials took place in church graveyards, close to the homes of the bereaved, but insecure. There were regular scandals as the bodies of the dead were subjected to appalling indignities. They might be stolen by body snatchers to provide raw materials for the schools of anatomy, or be uncovered by rain if they were buried too close to the surface. Most Read Their coffins might be broken up and the lead, wood, and metal fittings sold. Or they may simply have been dismembered and rearranged to take up the least possible amount of room. Clearly something had to be done, and the idea of civic improvement combined with the opportunity to make a profit led to the establishment of private cemetery companies. They promised good returns to shareholders, and their advertisements appeared on the same newspaper pages as those seeking investment in the new railway companies. Indeed, the first intercity train line from London to Birmingham was being built at the same time as the cemetery. They were each as modern as the other in the public’s mind. The London Cemetery Company, which built the cemetery at Highgate, had to be sure that people would be attracted to its new speculation. So they laid it out as a landscape garden with sinuous paths winding up the hill and planted it with clumps of trees and shrubs, almost like a gentleman’s estate. To this they added striking architectural features such as the Egyptian gateway flanked by a pair of obelisks, and the terrace catacombs from which there were views all over London. To calm fears about body snatchers the site was encircled with a tall brick wall and there was an armed police of retired soldiers in the cemetery day and night. The pair of chapels at the entrance looks almost like a fortified gatehouse. Another problem was the name. Idyllic as the village was, to most people Highgate simply meant a jolly great big hill whereas Kentish Town had tea gardens and pleasure grounds and was a popular place of resort on Sundays. So it was advertised as Kentish Town and Highgate Cemetery with travel advice on omnibus routes and fares and how to avoid the hill. Attracting visitors was important, not just the bereaved, as a means of showing off the desirability of the site. Soon it was so popular that ways had to be devised to control the number of visitors on Sundays. People had even been spotted having a picnic on consecrated ground. The first guidebook was published in 1845, followed by another 20 years later. A visit to a cemetery would be educational and improving and the clear air of Highgate was healthy. The cemetery was a great success and the London Cemetery Company felt so encouraged as to double it in size by 1860. There were on average more than 2,000 burials a year for the rest of the 19th century. The numbers steadily dropped until the 1950s and ’60s when the decline was calamitous and it became uneconomic to run. The company was taken over by a London property group and parts of the cemetery were sold off for housing including 2.5 acres for Camden Council’s Highgate New Town estate. By the mid-1970s the cemetery was ramshackled and overgrown. It required a lot of labour to keep tidy and secure. Thanks to a hefty grant from Camden Council it remained open to the public but in the end the council wisely decided not to take ownership itself. Instead, it came to the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust, a charity which had long been involved in looking after it. Today the cemetery attracts more than 67,000 visitors a year whose entrance fees are spent on conservation and maintenance. Tours are led by volunteers, who also do much else. Memorials are being restored, trees tended and paths improved attempting to maintain the precarious state of romantic decay which many visitors find so attractive. Celebrating our 175th anniversary also gave us the opportunity to look to the future and think about how it might look for its 200th. Become a Supporter Become a Supporter Comments powered by Disqus
More on LP Gas LP gas is a widely accepted abbreviation of liquefied petroleum gas. It is also referred to as propane and butane. It is in fact a flammable mix of various hydrocarbon gasses which can be used in heating, refrigeration, cooking and in vehicles as a fuel. It is replacing chlorofluorocarbons in aerosols in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. There are a variety of LP gas mixtures sold. 1. High propane mixes 2. High butane mixes 3. Propane and butane combinations. This last variety differs depending on the season. The mix tends to contain more propane in winter and more butane in summer. In addition to the pure gasses there will be small amounts of propylene, butylene and other hydrocarbons in the mixture. In order to make leaks more noticeable, an odorant, most often ethanethiol, is added to the mix. LP gas is a derivative of refined petroleum and is classified as a natural gas. This means that there is a limited supply of LP gas in the world though this supply is more plentiful than the present crude oil supply. LP gas is seen as a cleaner fuel source when compared with electricity and conventional vehicle fuels. The average calorific value is 46.1 MJ/kg while conventional automotive fuel is in the lower ranges of 40 MJ/kg. it does have a lower energy density than conventional automotive fuel. It is possible for large amounts of LP gas to be stored in a metal cylinder. It is imperative that these cylinders are inspected on a regular basis for signs of pending failure. The pressure valves and safety valves should also be inspected regularly and replace immediately if any signs of wear and tear are detected. LP gas is a far more cost effective fuel than many others on the market, however, it does need to be treated with respect as it is highly flammable and is stored under high pressures. Sudden release of these pressures can be quite explosive and endanger those in the vicinity.
Ovi - we cover every issue Visit Ovi bookshop - Free eBooks   Ovi Bookshop - Free Ebook Ovi Greece Ovi Language The Breast Cancer Site Tony Zuvela - Cartoons, Illustrations Stop human trafficking BBC News :   -  iBite :   -  The difference between ethnicity and culture The difference between ethnicity and culture by Joseph Gatt 2019-05-12 07:36:40 DeliciousRedditFacebookDigg! StumbleUpon When you discuss diversity, do you discuss ethnic diversity or cultural diversity? What are the varying degrees of ethnicity and culture? When providing citizenship do you take ethnicity into account, culture into account or both? Let me try to define the terms first. Ethnicity around the world is understood as two distinct, almost separate features. The first feature is physical traits. If you have dark skin you are considered Black and if you have White skin you are considered Caucasian. The second, distinct feature, is that of being the direct descendent or a geographic, historical or religious group. If your parents, grand-parents, great-grand-parents were from Lithuania, you are Lithuanian. If your parents descend from the slave trade in the Western hemisphere and that you live in the United States, you are African-American. If your parents or grand-parents are Jewish, you are Jewish. ethn01_400Note ethnicity is very complicated to define. The United States mix skin color with cultural heritage to define ethnicity. Cultural heritage in the United States tends to be grouped in broad geographical and cultural zones that don't always fit the cultural diversities of the areas represented. That is because until the 1960s Europeans mixed and inter-married a great deal, leading to the emergence of an American “European ethnicity” while African-Americans mixed and inter-married a great deal leading to an “African-American ethnicity”. In some cases ethnicity deals with social status. In Latin America, a “Blanco” or “White” only refers to wealthy white Latin Americans, while disadvantaged white Latin Americans are not referred to as “Blancos” even when they're blond and with blue eyes. In Korea and Japan, a “Westerner” only refers to a wealthy European or North American, as a modest immigrants from Poland, the Ukraine or Albania won't be referred to as “Westerners.” In some countries ethnicity refers to the language spoken along with economic social status. In Korea and Japan, an “English-speaker” refers to a White, wealthy inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or the United Kingdom, while a “French-speaker” refers to the wealthy White inhabitants of France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg or Quebec. You can be an English-speaker or a French-speaker, but if you're not white and from those geographic zones, you are not considered as such. A Filipino can speak perfect English and not be defined as an English-speaker. For a very long time, “Middle Eastern” was not considered an ethnicity in most European countries. In the United States, North Africans and those from the Levant were considered White, while in France they were considered Arabs. Asian in the UK means Indian, Pakistani or from Bangladesh, while Asian in the US tends to refer to East Asia. So in the end the availability bias plays a big role in defining what ethnicity is. Most White people in Korea and Japan are Americans, thus for a long time Koreans and Japanese people assumed that all White people were American, or at least had a culture and a way of life similar to that of Americans. The low proportion of East Asians in the UK meant that for a long time the Chinese were considered “Chinese” and not “Asian” simply because there were not enough of them. So ethnicity is defined differently in different countries, and tends to mix physical features, heritage culture, wealth, social status and culture and mannerisms. But what is the difference between ethnicity and culture then? Ethnicity is the group you belong to based on your physical attribute, wealth, social status and heritage culture. Culture is the actual practice of the culture, including language, the name you have, your mannerisms, the feasts you celebrate and the way of life you follow. But then again cultures tend to be grouped in one big group when there are vast differences within the group. Take the Muslims for example. There are vast differences between Sunnis and Shias, Ibadis and the various Sufi groups, Alevis and Ismailis among many other Muslim groups. Some are secular, others conservative, others orthodox in their practices. Yet many Muslims themselves claim that there is only one Islam and that there are no vast differences in the way Islam is practiced. There are also vast ways Islamic culture is practiced. In some communities prayer is mandatory, in others it's optional. In some Islamic cultures fasting during Ramadan is mandatory, in others it's optional. Islamic feasts are not celebrated the same way in different Islamic traditions, although there is uniformity when it comes to the dates of festivals and the manner of praying and fasting. Arabs are not all Muslims. Out of 300 million or so Arabic speakers, 40 million or so are Christian. And Christian Arabs are not one big uniform group, you have Maronites, Copitic Christians, Catholics, Evangelicals, Greek Orthodox, Aremenian Orthodox, Chaldeans among many other groups. And that's just Arab culture. African-Americans tend to belong to three distinct groups: the descendents of American slaves, immigrants from the Caribbean, and recent immigrants from African countries. While the three groups tend to be grouped together, they tend to have vast cultural differences. Immigrants from the Caribbean tend to be wealthy and predominantly Christian, descendents of slaves tend to have economic difficulties, while African immigrants are a mixed group, some being the descendents of Africa's elite, while others are refugees or economic migrants from Africa, or just won the diversity lottery. Even European culture tends to have vast differences no one really considers. Sicilians have the kind of conservative cultures reminiscent of Islamic cultures, in terms of marriage, dating and family ties, while many Mid-Western American communities are also very conservative, and like the Muslims, abstain from drinking alcohol and dating before marriage. Germans have very inflexible laws and if you break the law, you get whatever penalty the law mandates. Portugal and Spain on the other hand, have many formal laws they never apply. So do you grant citizenship to someone because he's ethnically from your country, culturally from your country, or both? Most countries mandate that parents have to be citizens of the country, while others grant citizenship to children born in the country. Yet children born in the country can leave the country and have no cultural ties to the country, while those whose parents are citizens can be from one of the many cultures of the country. Some countries, especially in Europe, are considering only naturalizing those citizens who show a clear grasp of the local culture. But then what is meant by culture varies greatly. Some want naturalized citizens to grasp the language, others to grasp the history, geographic and cultural elements of the country, while some want an academic grasp of the language and culture of the country, the kind only those with graduate school education can grasp. I know I have done a poor job at defining ethnicity and  culture. But if you have the perfect definition for those terms, hit me up with an email!    Get it off your chest  (comments policy)
Published on February 7th, 2020 | by Guest Blogger In The Field – Polish-Mongolian Expeditions 1963 – 1971 (Part 2) Mongolia’s ancient underbelly had proved so productive that after suspending fieldwork for one year, the Polish returned in 1967 for another three year stint. This was a smaller scale operation, like in 1963, aimed not at excavating but prospecting. They were accompanied this time by only one member of the Mongolian team for each year, joined also by a car and driver. Returning to the Flaming Cliffs in search of Cretaceous mammals, this cluster of mini-expeditions turned out 20 mammal specimens, as many lizards and a crocodilian. In the months leading up to the historic 1969 landing of Apollo 11 on the dusty surface of the moon another agreement was signed, organising two more large-scale expeditions in 1970 and 1971. Now they were battle-hardened and prepared for the conditions that awaited them, knowing that enduring these hardships had the potential to reveal yet more amazing secrets from Mongolia’s distant past. Both expeditions were to be led by Kielan-Jaworowska on the Polish side, and Barsbold on the Mongolian side (although he would not join them in the field, only visit). Knowing full well the importance of adequate transport, this time several extra trucks were hired to work alongside the Polish and Romanian vehicles brought with them. Other than that, the expeditions were organised in the same way as before (one notable exception being that the Polish side covered all costs, rather than splitting them). The Nemegt Basin and Flaming Cliffs remained their objective. The Upper Nemegt beds produced a number of interesting specimens within the two months spent there by the assigned team. Yet more skeletons of Tarbosaurus were found, along with one skeleton of another familiar dinosaur: Saurolophus angustirostris.  This species was the second named of its genus, the first being S. osborni discovered by Barnum Brown in 1911 on the other side of the Pacific. S. angustirostris had been found in the Nemegt Basin by the Russian-Mongolian expeditions of the post-war period. After being named by Russian palaeontologist Anatoly Rozhdestvensky, it became the most commonly found hadrosaur in Asia. Other finds included a new dome-headed dinosaur (pachycephalosaurid) comprising a complete skull and some of its post-cranial skeleton. The Lower Nemegt beds were also investigated, as Yefremov’s Russian team had thought few if any fossils were to be found in them. Things couldn’t have been further from the case. Almost 100 lizards were found, more specimens of Protoceratops, mammals, eggs and an ankylosaur. The team at the Flaming Cliffs made very similar discoveries, and the expedition was wrapped up in October 1970. Once again, much of the equipment remained in Ulaanbaatar through the winter, being topped up and renewed in April 1971. The expedition’s return to the Nemegt Basin saw yet more specimens of lizards and mammals being recovered. Within the basin, at a site called Khulsan, an unknown ankylosaur was discovered about 4 metres up a cliff side. Such a prize was worth pursuing despite its inconvenient location, and so a difficult excavation using scaffolding to scale the cliff followed. The expedition then moved back to Altan Ula, where the sauropod skeleton had been found 1965. In 6 weeks they found yet more bones of TarbosaurusSaurolophus, various ornithomimids, turtles and another large ankylosaur. Things continued to proceed very well throughout July, and in early August the team wrapped things up in Altan Ula and continued to a site to the west of the Flaming Cliffs; Toogreeg. Although it would be the final location visited by the expedition, Toogreeg would go down in palaeontological history as the site of one of the most fascinating fossil discoveries ever made. The famous ‘fighting dinosaurs’ fossil Searching in a golden Cretaceous sandstone already abundant with dinosaur eggs and bones, the expedition unearthed two dinosaur skeletons which seemed to be almost interlocked with each other. The species involved were easily identifiable as familiar locals: Protoceratops andrewsi and Velociraptor mongoliensis. But the key difference here was the state of their preservation. The pair had died whilst in physical contact, with the Velociraptor grasping Protoceratops’ head. Although initial reporting of this find was split between theories of combat and drowning, the Polish account settled on the former explanation, and that has been the one to persist to this day. This snapshot of brutality in the pair’s final moments painted an increasingly vivid picture as the specimen was prepared and examined over the following years and decades. It became generally accepted that the fight ended with both animals being buried in a collapsing sand dune. Some theorise (using analysis of sclerotic rings of the eye) that Velociraptor may have been nocturnal, and Protoceratops only active some hours of the day, so the incident could have occurred at twilight. The Velociraptor had seemingly managed to use its sickle-shaped toe claw to stab its prey’s neck, but had also suffered itself a broken arm. Had Protoceratops’ hard beak caused the injury in retaliation before their demise? The “fighting dinosaurs” fossil was a suitably spectacular bookend to a saga of intrepid expeditions by the Polish and Mongolian Academies of Science. As the vast amount of specimens were picked through, described and catalogued, more and more information new to science followed. The sauropod skeleton found by the 1965 team was named in 1977 and is now thought to be related to the titanosaurs, being named Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii. It remains the only other sauropod than Nemegtosaurus to be found in its formation. The huge forelimbs found by Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska remained a mystery for some time, and it wasn’t until the 21st Century that enough remains were recovered (and repatriated from poachers) to say for certain what kind of theropod it was. Initially it was thought to be a carnosaur of some sort (along with such carnivorous giants as Giganotosaurus). But after re-examination and the emergence of almost all other elements of the skeleton, Deinocheirus (“horrible hand”), as it was named, turned out to be a sail-backed form of early omnivorous ornithomimid. Another new ornithomimid was named in the wake of the expedition in 1972; the giant skeleton also discovered by Kielan-Jaworowska in 1964. Her colleague Halszka Osmólska, together with Roniewicz and Barsbold, named the 6 metre long giant Gallimimus (“chicken mimic”). It went on to become one of the best known dinosaurs in popular culture, thanks to its brief appearance running alongside Sam Neil in Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster adaptation of Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. Two new genera of ankylosaur were named by team member Teresa Maryańska in 1977 as Saichania (Mongolian for “the beautiful one) and Tarchia (after the Mongolian word for “brain” – “tarkhi”). Osmólska and Maryańska would also name three new pachycephalosaurs (Homalocephale, Prenocephale and Tylocephale) from the expedition, and continue a long association with working on and naming dinosaurs found in the region. New species discovered by the expeditions (Clockwise from top left – PrenocephaleDeinocheirusGallimimusOpisthocoelicaudia, and Tarchia) This is one of the many profound legacies left by the Polish-Mongolian expeditions – it was one of the first instances of a palaeontological expedition with a strong female presence. Even in the following decades, palaeontology as a science struggled to shrug off the historical stereotype of bearded old men with shovels (important as the discoveries by that demographic may have been). As with any science, it was, as demonstrated by Mary Anning’s inability to join the Geological Society in the 19th Century, for a long time the province of men and men alone. Not only did the Polish expeditions include multiple female researchers, but in the case of Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska it came to be that some were actually led by them. Many of the most important discoveries were made, described and published by said women. Kielan-Jaworowska, Maryańska and Osmólska would go on to become renowned and respected researchers. Osmólska has even had multiple genera and species named after her, such as Halszkaraptor and Citipati osmolskae, and was included as editor of David Weishampel’s reference book Dinosauria, along with contributing work on a chapter about oviraptorosaurs. Mongolia has continued to be something of a Mecca for palaeontological expeditions, and that is unlikely to change, but as it became more well-known an increasing problem began to arise: fossil poaching. UNESCO has marked the Gobi Desert for its near-unparalleled fossil discovery rate and quality, but despite unauthorised fossil digging and sale being illegal in Mongolia it has still happened with alarming frequency. Deinocheirus, for example, may have remained a mystery were it not for other elements of its skeleton being intercepted on the private market. The only known skull had been from Mongolia to Japan to Germany, all in private hands, before a Belgian researcher was given a tip-off and it finally found its way to a museum. The rest of the specimen had been left behind in Mongolia un-excavated and partly vandalised, only for palaeontologists to find it after the fact (personal items left by the poachers revealed their involvement). Evidently after the famous sale of the T. rex specimen “SUE” in the 1990s for over $8 million, fossil poachers knew that the bigger the dinosaur, the bigger the pay-out. Subsequently a specimen of Mongolia’s own Tarbosaurus, aesthetically very similar to T. rex, was caught under auction in the U.S. in 2012 and an effort was made to return it. To the average buyer, Tarbosaurus and T. rex no doubt look very similar. But to anyone with a strong interest in the field the mere name of Tarbosaurus immediately tells you it is from Mongolia, and therefore it must have been collected and exported illegally. From then on many more fossils were repatriated back to Mongolia; that same year over 20 more fossils were caught, and as recently as 2016 tens of fossils have appeared and been reclaimed from U.S. auction houses. With each fossil returned, not only do the people of Mongolia get some of their prehistory back, but it sets an example for private collectors to avoid accepting more finds from the country. Blog by James Ormiston and cross-posted from the Bristol Dinosaur Project Blog. 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Regenerative Fashion: Sustainable Clothes Revolution? - Credit to Leah Traill Covid-19 has had a tremendous impact on the world, one which is likely to drive permanent change. The fashion industry is no exception: the demand for fashion is expected to decrease this year. This presents a unique opportunity to change the industry for the better. That’s where regenerative fashion comes in: a sustainable fashion revolution that is currently rising in popularity. But what exactly is it? Regenerative fashion is about sourcing sustainable natural fibres, such as cotton and wool, grown using a regenerative agriculture approach. This approach focuses on sustainable farming practices - by avoiding harmful fertilizer and pesticides, and instead composting and cultivating a variety of plants. In doing so, carbon dioxide is drawn out of the atmosphere and biodiversity is improved. Regenerative practices have also been found to benefit farmers, by decreasing water usage and increasing profits. Clothes made from crops or animals are also biodegradable, meaning at the end of their life they can be composted and hence contribute to the growth of new life. Regenerative fashion is clearly a game changer, however the fashion industry is still far from being sustainable. The focus of regenerative fashion is naturally grown materials, however 60% of textiles are made from fossil fuel-based synthetic fibres. As the world commits to net-zero emissions (more than 110 countries to date), we will need to move towards other sources. And while regenerative agriculture is one such source, it leaves the question - what do we do with all the synthetic clothes already in circulation? Another solution then, is to recycle clothes - i.e. extract their fibres to use once again in new textiles. But sadly, less than 1% of clothes are remade into new textiles. So, what makes recycling clothes so rare? One major barrier to recycling is that our clothes are complex. Clothes are often made from a combination of fibres, fabrics and other materials. For example, clothes are commonly made from a mixed blend of polyester and cotton (even a ‘100% cotton T-shirt’ can contain polyester stitching). Cotton has absorbent properties that make it comfortable and easier to dye, while polyester has the durability that allows clothes to last longer - thus clothes are made from both materials to optimise both function and comfort. This is where Phoenxt comes in - we are innovating new technology to concurrently recycle polyester and natural plant based fibres such as cotton, viscose, and hemp. This technology is solvent free and maintains the fibre quality, making it sustainable and environmentally friendly. Hence, we are also contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals, by reducing water pollution (goal 6) and waste via recycling (goal 12), while also committing to climate action by reducing CO2 emissions (goal 13). Together with movements like regenerative fashion, we can create a sustainable world. Recent Posts See All Fashion Revolution with PHOENXT - credit to Matthew McCarty A spectre is haunting the fashion industry - the spectre of sustainability. As the turmoil of the world has made 2020 one of the most unprecedented and abysmal years in thi
Follow Us: Penetration Testing Penetration testing is a form of security testing where SCA emulates real-world attacks to identify methods or pathways to evade the security features of a network, system or application. These real-word attacks use tools and techniques, both automated and manual, that are commonly used by attackers which is why penetration testing is sometimes referred to attack and penetration testing; attack the target(s) to see how far they can be penetrated. SCA Application Security Assessments will evaluate the security of critical applications, internal and externally facing applications, and web applications by identifying potential vulnerabilities through a series of automated and manual testing. SCA assessments of high-risk transaction platforms including online and mobile banking play a crucial role in 3rd party risk management and protecting customer data. SCA Risk Assessments are the foundation of a risk-based approach to information security. Following established methodologies from NIST, SCA Risk Assessments identify threats, vulnerabilities, their likelihood of occurrence and impact on your organization to arrive at a resulting risk rating for each. The resulting report helps management make informed, risk-based decisions, helps prioritize remediation efforts and populates your information security policy and procedures.
Pets and Pests by Sue Averill with Dawn Burke, DVM There are many tiny critters that would like to use your dog as a food source, home, mode of transportation, or all of these together. Some are mild irritants, and some can be life threatening. Flying insects are seasonal pests here in the Northeast. Fleas and ticks are also seasonal here, but their activity can be extended to almost the entire year due to mild winters or in the case of fleas, a breeding colony within the home. Fleas and ticks are very detrimental to your dog’s health. They are also zoonotic pests, which means that they will also feed on humans. Ticks can transmit other diseases to people and pets. Ingested fleas can transmit tapeworms, which can cause anemia and weight loss. Fleas must be controlled via a three pronged attack. All the household pets must be treated, the house itself must be treated and if possible, the yard should also be treated. Fleas feed on animal (or human) hosts but live in the environment. If you use flea control products on the pets only, it might be barely effective, depending on the environmental infestation. If the pets and the house are treated, but the yard is infested, the pets will simply pick up fleas and bring them into the house every time they make a trip into the yard. Some sure signs of flea infestation are scratching and chewing, on the tummy, along the back and near the base of the tail. This sometimes results in a thin coat on the back and hind quarters. The skin may be flaky, or red raw and inflamed. ‘Flea dirt’ is evidence of fleas actively feeding on the dog. Flea dirt is flea feces, which look like large, dark grains of sand. Dogs that are allergic to fleas may show no obvious signs of fleas except maddening itching. This is because a single bite can cause an allergic reaction. Other dogs can show little signs of discomfort with a high load of fleas. There are many types of flea products on the market today. It is important to discuss the best type of product for your pet and home, which products can be used in conjunction with each other, and what signs to look for in the case of allergic reaction or toxicity. Read label and follow directions. Severe reactions can occur if products are inappropriately used. Always discuss the used of any chemicals on older or sick dogs. There are products available as topical applications, such as Advantage, Frontline, Advantix, Revolution and Promeris. Oral treatments include Sentinal, Capstar and Program. Powders, dips, sprays and collars are all still available but have a much more limited effect on long coated breeds such as Goldens. Most wash off or cease being effective after swimming. Treating the house can be done with ‘flea ‘bombs’ or sprays available through your vet or over the counter. Premise sprays are available for the yards. It can not be stated strongly enough to read and follow label direction. We strongly recommend that you discuss all your flea eradication plans with your vet before you implement them. A heavy infestation may require a trained pesticide applicator to spray the home and yard. Ticks are most active in the spring and fall with a slight lull in the height of summer. They sit on the tips of shrubs and tall grasses and wait for an animal to brush by. They grab on and work their way down to the skin where they latch on and begin feeding. Unlike fleas, ticks don’t usually cause itching discomfort so the only way to know if your dog has ticks is to go searching for them. Ticks in the Northeast can transmit Lyme, Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis. All these diseases can be deadly to your dog. No tick preventative is fool proof. Keeping your dog healthy is part prevention and part proactive care. Once again powders, dips and collars are not very effective on long coated dogs that like to swim. Spot on treatments such as Frontline and Advantix work well to eventually kill ticks but there is an important factor to remember. Once a tick has attached to a dog which has a spot on treatment applied, it takes 24-48 hrs for a tick to be killed. This is about the same amount of time it take for the tick to transmit disease. They do not rule out the dog being infected during a tick bite. Owners still need to look for and remove any attached ticks. There are several tools on the market to aid in the removal of ticks. If you remove a tick with your bare hand, make sure to wash thoroughly. Yellow Jackets, Bees and Wasps are usually painful but temporary unpleasantries for pets. They can become life threatening however, if the pet is stung in the mouth and swelling closes off the air way. Multiple stings can also be deadly, especially if the pet is elderly, very young or has a current health issue. Bumble bees and Honey bees are active throughout the flowering season, but generally are relatively docile. Dogs usually encounter them by when they investigate the noise they produce. Honey bees sting once and then die. Bumble bees (furry striped butt) and Carpenter bees (shiny butts) can sting a number of times but the venom is relatively mild, and they are not usually defensive or territorial outside the hive. (Bees are needed for pollination, so if you or your pet is stung, no revenge killings, please!) Yellow Jackets (a type of ground dwelling wasp) are a social wasp and as such, tend to be very territorial. They are most aggressive in the late fall when their food sources (insects and nectar) begin to diminish. They are attracted to sugar and meat and are commonly seen around trash cans in the summer. This also means that they are attracted to sweet smelling hair products, perfumes and anything sweet that you may be holding! Surprise encounters by a person or pet accidentally stepping on the nest can be dangerous. Hives can average about 2000 workers and they can sting a number of times. As they sting they release an ‘alarm pheromone” that call others to defense. They will pursue an ‘attacker’ from the nest following the pheromones of the Yellow Jackets attached to the victim. Paper Wasps are also social wasps and are territorial and more aggressive in the fall. They can also sting a number of times, but the colony size is usually small, a few dozen to a hundred. Their nests are above ground, and usually more visible. They nest in areas that get the maximum amount of sun exposure. Ask your vet for an at home protocol for dealing with stings. This is especially important for owners of dogs (or cats) who like to snap at flies. Over the counter antihistamines are helpful, but if your dog has had a severe reaction to stings in the past, he may prescribe an emergency does of steroids. Multiple stings or facial stings should warrant a call, if not a trip to your vet. Mosquitoes, black flies and deer flies can be a constant source of irritation, but only mosquitoes are dangerous since they transmit heartworm. Dogs should be on a heartworm protocol as long as mosquitoes are active. Black flies are normally only a nuisance from mid May to July. They feed during the day and are strongly attracted to carbon dioxide and dark color. It’s not uncommon to see a swarm of black flies on a reddish coated Golden and very few on a blonde Golden standing right next to it. They seek bare skin on which to feed so their bites are usually concentrated around the face and tummy. While the bite marks can be very alarming, multiple dime sized, itchy dark red spots, they usually fade in a few days. Deer flies and Horse flies actively feed on people and animals throughout the summer. They are attracted to carbon dioxide, motion and dark colors. They are also attracted to shiny surfaces which may be why they’re attracted to water activity. They have serrated mouthparts and deliver a painful bite. Their saliva is also quite irritating and can cause an allergic reaction. Occasionally the deer fly bite can be mistaken for a bee or wasp sting if the pet has a severe reaction. The bites tend to fade in a couple of days. Always monitor any bite or sting your pet receives. There can be a risk of secondary bacterial infection if the dog is a persistent scratcher.
Sun Ra   From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Related e Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel Sun Ra (Born Herman Poole Blount; legal name Le Sony'r Ra; born May 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, died May 30, 1993 in Birmingham, Alabama) was an innovative jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher who came to be known as much for his "cosmic philosophy" as for his musical compositions and performances. He abandoned his birth name and took on the name and persona of Sun Ra (Ra being the ancient Egyptian god of the Sun). Claiming that he was of the "Angel Race" and not from Earth, but from Saturn, Ra developed a complicated persona of "cosmic" philosophies and lyrical poetry that made him a pioneer of Afrofuturism as he preached "awareness" and peace above all. Some regarded him as a crank because of these traits, but most recognized his immense musical talents. He led The Arkestra, an ensemble with an ever-changing lineup and name (it was also called "The Solar Myth Arkestra," the "Blue Universe Arkestra," "The Jet Set Omniverse Arkestra," and many other permutations; Ra asserted that the ever-changing name of his ensemble reflected the ever-changing nature of his music.) A prolific recording artist and frequent live performer, Sun Ra's music ranged from keyboard solos to big bands of 30-odd musicians; his music touched on virtually the entire history of jazz, from ragtime to swing music, from bebop to free jazz; he was also a pioneer of electronic music and free improvisation, and was one of the first musicians to use electronic keyboards. He eschewed racism, and insisted his musicians avoid drug abuse, but he rarely spoke directly about politics or any controversial subjects. Sun Ra's world view was often described as a philosophy, but he rejected this term, describing his own manner as an "equation"—he claimed that while philosophy was based on theories and abstract reasoning, his method was based on logic and pragmatism. Many of the Arkestra cite Sun Ra's teachings as pivotal and for inspiring such long-term devotion to the music that they knew would never make them much money. His equation was rarely (if ever) explained as a whole; instead, it was related in bits and pieces over many years, leading some to think his world view was naïve or composed of nonsensical new-age platitudes. However, Martinelli argues that, when considered as a whole, one can discern a unified world view that draws upon many sources, but is also unique to Sun Ra, writing: Sun Ra presents a unified conception, incorporating music, myth, and performance into his multi-leveled equations. Every aspect of the Sun Ra experience, from business practices like Saturn Records to published collections of poetry to his 35-year career in music, is a manifestation of his equations. Sun Ra seeks to elevate humanity beyond their current earthbound state, tied to outmoded conceptions of life and death when the potential future of immortality awaits them. As Hall has put it, 'In this era of 'practical' things men ridicule even the existence of God. They scoff at goodness while they ponder with befuddled minds the phantasmagoria of materiality. They have forgotten the path which leads beyond the stars.' He drew on sources as diverse as the Kabbalah, Rosicrucianism, channeling, numerology, Freemasonry, and black nationalism. Sun Ra's system had distinct Gnostic leanings arguing that the god of most monotheistic religions was not the creator god, not the ultimate god, but a lesser, evil being. Sun Ra was wary of the Bible, knowing that it had been used to justify slavery. He would often re-arrange and re-word Biblical passages (along with re-working many other words, names or phrases) in an attempt to uncover "hidden" meanings. The most obvious evidence of this system was Ra's practice of renaming many of the musicians who played with him. Bassoonist/multireedist James Jacson had studied Zen Buddhism before joining Sun Ra and identified strong similarities between Zen teachings and practices (particularly Zen koans) and Ra's use of non sequiturs and seemingly absurd replies to questions. Drummer Art Jenkins admitted that Sun Ra's "nonsense" sometimes troubled his thoughts for days until inspiring a sort of paradigm shift, or profound change in outlook. Drummer Andrew Cyrille said Sun Ra's comments were "very interesting stuff … whether you believed it or not. And a lot of times it was humorous, and a lot of times it was ridiculous, and a lot of times it was right on the money." Some of Sun Ra's songs with words featured lyrics that although simple, were inspirational and philosophical. The most famous example was "Space is the Place!". Another example was the song that went, "You made a mistake. You did something wrong. Make another mistake, and do something right!". Sometimes (typically at the end of a set) the entire Arkestra would snake out through the audience, playing and chanting something like this. Sun Ra even came up once, behind a frightened young audience member, grabbed him in a bear hug, and whispered this in his ear, while the whole band chanted and played along, in a circle around his table, with the rest of the audience watching on in amusement. (1978, in a performance in a small short-lived nightclub on City Line Avenue in Philadelphia). Sun Ra and black culture According to Szwed, Sun Ra's view of his relationship to black people and black cultures "changed drastically" over time. Initially, Sun Ra identified closely with broader struggles for black power, black political influence, and black identity, and saw his own music as a key element in educating and liberating blacks. But by the heyday of Black Power radicalism in the 1960s, Sun Ra was expressing disillusionment with these aims. He denied feeling closely connected to any race. In 1970 he said: I couldn't approach black people with the truth because they like lies. They live lies … At one time I felt that white people were to blame for everything, but then I found out that they were just puppets and pawns of some greater force, which has been using them … Some force is having a good time [manipulating black and white people] and looking, enjoying itself up in a reserved seat, wondering, "I wonder when they're going to wake up." Sun Ra was very involved with the Afrofuturist movement through his music and other works. Influence and legacy Many of Sun Ra's innovations remain important and groundbreaking. Ra was one of the first jazz leaders to use two basses, to employ the electric bass, to play electronic keyboards, to use extensive percussion and polyrhythms, to explore modal music and to pioneer solo and group freeform improvisations. In addition, he made his mark in the wider cultural context: he proclaimed the African origins of jazz, reaffirmed pride in black history and reasserted the spiritual and mystical dimensions of music, all important factors in the black cultural/political renaissance of the 1960s. George Clinton of P-funk fame drew inspiration from Sun Ra; see P-Funk mythology. He once declared in an interview, "Yeah, Sun Ra's out to lunch... same place I eat at!" Detroit's MC5 played a handful of shows with Sun Ra and were influenced by his works immensely. One of their songs from their premiere album Kick Out the Jams featured a track called "Starship" , which was based on a poem by Ra. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1979. His interment was located in Elmwood Cemetery. Filmmaker and visual artist Cauleen Smith has heavily researched the life and legacy of Sun Ra. Her 2013 exhibition "17" "arises out of [her] research into the legacy of Sun Ra, who was himself a student of numerology and achieved a kind of cultural immortality the number 17 might be said to refer to." Her project, "The Solar Flare Arkestral Marching Band," includes several components related to Sun Ra. "One component (2010) of the project is the production of five flash mob street performances involving a marching band inspired by Sun Ra’s Arkestra. The second component of the project (to premiere in Chicago in the Fall of 2011) is a full-length video that chronicles the urban legends of Sun Ra’s time in Chicago as well as the contemporary artists who live and work in this city." 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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Are you sure that the other person is deceiving you? But is it really? How liars give themselves and why not be 100% attributed fraud to those? Each person faces every day with lies. You probably had to feel cheated, Yes, indeed, and to lie quite often. It happens when you feel that the person telling you is not true. But how does one know? Below is ajar veil of secrecy according to the discernment of a liar. First of all, you need to define the word “lie.” What is it and what it eats? So, according to the dictionary Ozhegova: “a lie is a deliberate distortion of the truth, a lie, a deceit”. In another source, the interpretation of the lie are almost identical: “a lie — a statement certainly does not correspond to the truth and expressed in such a way deliberately.” In sum, it turns out that a lie implies deliberate misrepresentation by one person of another. Ie if you take someone who argues that he, for example, giraffe and he truly believes, he will not be a liar. It is worth noting that people tend not to call silence a lie. Almost everyone accepts the lie, just saying, being inconsistent with the truth. But the default is one type of lie. The approximate definition of the word we have given, now let's cut to the chase. How to spot a lie? 1.Panic. Excitement. Confusion. Often, this gives the person speaking the lie. On this principle, for example, built a lie detector. Especially panic man produces when he is not prepared to answer. However, people do not always panic or show their confusion: it may be that people will hide their lies behind the emotions (in most cases positive). 2.It. Before you tell a lie, a person is considering every word, every detail. And that's what people say all too much, puts everything on the shelves, although you could do with just a few words, may suggest that this person is lying. Also about the lies may show the most common reservations that people inadvertently give themselves away. It liars have usually confusing and wordy. 3.Pause. When a person makes too many breaks or they are too long, when he often repeats itself, and if you find this man's speech errors (especially if they did not have before), then most likely this person is lying. 4.Facial expressions. Most likely the eyes of a liar will run (with rare exceptions, when a person looks on the contrary gaze at you), albeit rarely, but you may notice a discrepancy between facial expression and speech. If you know the person well, the lie will be easier to determine, as if this person will speak the truth, to notice the uncharacteristic expression easier. 5.Hands. Gestures. To give the liar may not coincide with the speech gestures. If the person covers his mouth with his hand, or often just touches the face, then maybe he too is a liar. It is worth noting that there are people who tend to this manner of behavior in everyday life, what others will perceive the lie. So if you notice some signs of a cheating companion, do not rush immediately to record it in liars. First, make sure that this manner of behavior is not casual and it is quite natural for him. Remember, not all liars give themselves away, and some people who speak the truth, can behave like liars! Калькулятор расчета пеноблоков смотрите на этом ресурсе
1st century BC   From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Related e Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel The 1st century BC, also known as the last century BC or 1st century BCE started on the first day of 100 BC and ended on the last day of 1 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero; however, astronomical year numbering does use a minus sign, so "2 BC" is equal to "year -1". In the course of the century all the remaining independent lands surrounding the Mediterranean were steadily brought under Roman control, being ruled either directly under governors or through puppet kings appointed by Rome. The Roman state itself was plunged into civil war several times, finally resulting in the marginalization of its 500 year old republic, and the embodiment of total state power in a single man — the emperor. The internal turbulence that plagued Rome at this time can be seen as the last death throes of the Roman Republic, as it finally gave way to the autocratic ambitions of powerful men like Julius Caesar, Mark Antony and Octavian. Octavian's ascension to total power as the emperor Augustus is considered to mark the point in history where the Roman Republic ends and the Roman Empire begins. Some scholars refer to this event as the Roman Revolution. It is generally concluded that the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity took place at the close of this century. Significant people Inventions, discoveries, introductions Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "1st century BC" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on original research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice. Personal tools
After watching the video clip, answer the following questions:   The Cow Jumped Over the Moon [5:38] Drought in the Sahel tract-of-place of the Sahara Desert has placed divers farmers and herdsmen in a peril lie, competing for fewer and fewer areas of artelling place. This film explores how follower technology, which is used to warner geopolitical issues, can to-boot succor earth-keeping nation of North Africa discover pastureplace for their livestock when their transmitted techniques gravitate inadequate. After watching the video abridge, counter-argument the subjoined questions: What are some normal uses of follower imaging technology? From mapping applications to weather sites, how frequently do you interact after a while follower imaging? How do you imagine our access to that facts has progressive the way we see the globe? In the film, tnear is an spiral that the facts used by developing countries may one day conclude at a cost. How likely is it that the earth ranchers you see in the film procure be telling to yield the facts they possess conclude to be on? Do you see any issues of command complicated near? How are the cultural practices of one fellowship imposing another in this dynamic? Is it an remodel of counsel, or does the swing progress in simply one course? What are some of the coming spirals of that dynamic? Word Count Requirement:  First Post (400 suffrage)   Replies (250 suffrage)
Mondadori Store Trova Mondadori Store Accedi o registrati lista preferiti Per utilizzare la funzione prodotti desiderati devi accedere o registrarti Vai al carrello  prodotti nel carrello Totale  articoli 0,00 € IVA Inclusa Relativity: The Special and General Theory (Illustrated Edition) Albert Einstein pubblicato da Charles River Editors Prezzo online: Albert Einstein (1879-1955) needs no formal introduction, as he is known around the world as one of historys most brilliant geniuses and one of its most influential scientists. Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers along with over 150 non-scientific works. His great intelligence and originality have made the word "Einstein" synonymous with genius. Einsteins greatest and most famous theory is the theory of relativity, which fundamentally changed the understanding of physics and astronomy during the 20th century. When first published, relativity superseded a 200-year-old theory of mechanics put forth by Isaac Newton. The theory of relativity overturned the concept of motion from Newton's day, into all motion is relative. Time was no longer uniform and absolute. Therefore, no longer could physics be understood as space by itself, and time by itself. Instead, an added dimension had to be taken into account with curved spacetime. Time now depended on velocity, and contraction became a fundamental consequence at appropriate speeds. In the field of physics, relativity catalyzed and added an essential depth of knowledge to the science of elementary particles and their fundamental interactions, along with ushering in the nuclear age. With relativity, cosmology and astrophysics predicted extraordinary astronomical phenomena such as neutron stars, black holes, and gravitational waves. This edition of Einsteins Relativity: The Special and General Theory is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and is illustrated with pictures of the great thinker. Generi Scienza e Tecnica » Fisica » Astronomia, Spazio e Tempo » Argomenti d'interesse generale » Storia delle scienze Editore Charles River Editors Formato Ebook con Adobe DRM Pubblicato 18/02/2012 Lingua Inglese EAN-13 9781619824669 0 recensioni dei lettori  media voto 0  su  5 Scrivi una recensione per "Relativity: The Special and General Theory (Illustrated Edition)" Relativity: The Special and General Theory (Illustrated Edition) Accedi o Registrati  per aggiungere una recensione torna su Torna in cima
Your home or property was not built to withstand the forces of high-pressure water ranging from 1,500 ~ 4,000 psi being spayed towards it at point blank range. This is especially important when it comes to assaulting an irreplaceable historic home or building with typical pressure washing techniques. Most historic homes have painted clapboard siding that when washed with high pressure, can damage the paint, damage the siding itself, or water can be sprayed under the laps causing moisture damage inside the home’s walls. Also, a lot of historic homes are built with ornate, one of a kind moldings and trim that give them their character and charm. While their grace and architectural beauty cannot be overstated, the technology of the day fell a little short on window and door seals that would let the cold drafty air pass through. So if air can get past windows, another reason high pressure should never be used to clean a historic home or building. While most homes were built with clapboard siding, some special homes and a lot of historic buildings were constructed with materials such as marble or limestone. You may think these two stone materials are hard, but they were chosen as building materials even in ancient days because they were long lasting, yet soft enough to easily be cut into shapes and building blocks. Cleaning historic buildings with a pressure washing machine that can readily be purchased at Wal-Mart or any Big Box Store can do unthinkable damage to structures that were meant to last for centuries.
Help! First Whole Class Novel Study Discussion in 'Third Grade' started by time out, Feb 21, 2013. 1. time out time out Comrade Feb 6, 2011 Likes Received: Feb 21, 2013 So this is my first year teaching third grade. One of my colleagues told me that many teachers conduct novel studies after the FCAT. I thought this was a great idea and she even loaned me a class set of books - Frindle! - which I completely adore, by the way. I'm a bit unsure of how to approach this novel study. I know that most whole class novel studies consist of vocabulary, comprehension and journaling. I wonder if this is the right approach. How do I keep the students accountable for their reading without making it tedious? I need to find the right balance. I read an article that stated that students should genuinely be interested and excited about reading the book. I then read another article that presented an interesting point of view. For the majority of students, they will be reading the selected book for the very first time so they will be reading it with the mindset of What's going to happen next?, whereas, teachers will be looking for deeper interactions with the text because it will be a repeated reading for us. That same article stated that most of the questions that teachers ask during a novel study do not inspire a real discussion of the text. It's more of a contrived discussion. What innovative ways have you conducted novel studies in your classroom? Would love to hear about them! Thanks :) 3. cateste cateste Companion Oct 24, 2008 Likes Received: Mar 27, 2013 4. oFutureTeachero oFutureTeachero Rookie Mar 11, 2013 Likes Received: Mar 28, 2013 I'm not sure if this directly relates but you may consider using literature circles. I love using LC's because they are very flexible. You would divide the students up into small groups (4 or 5 works best) and each student is given a role. The roles change each time the LC meets (which doesn’t need to be every day). There is a TON of research on what kinds of roles to choose but many of them are designed to elicit higher order discussions. My personal favorite role for elementary level texts is the Travel Chaser (the names can be changed to be more relevant to your classroom). This role requires the reader to keep track of the setting and how it changes in that section of reading. By using LC you are giving the students a specific purpose for reading. Then, they get into their circles and each share their role with their group. Each students knows they are responsible for their role and thus they HAVE to read, they can’t get away with sitting behind another student like in a whole class instruction. I know you said you already had a class set of books but we use this strategy where each group gets to choose a book from a designated list so each group is reading something different! They really like that because it is far less repetitive. However, by using the same book you are able to split the study between whole class discussion and LC. Just thought I'd share that because it seemed relatable! 5. CFClassroom CFClassroom Connoisseur Aug 9, 2008 Likes Received: Mar 31, 2013 I would cluster them into smaller groups or do a read aloud. It's hard t find a text at the 3rd grade level that is right for all your readers. With that being said, Frindle is a great book for the age. I always do lots of word study extensions since the book gets them excited about vocabulary. Share This Page Members Online Now 1. AnnaEllison Total: 282 (members: 1, guests: 257, robots: 24)
Computational gene study suggests new pathway for COVID-19 inflammatory response A team led by Dan Jacobson of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used the Summit supercomputer at ORNL to analyze genes from cells in the lung fluid of nine COVID-19 patients compared with 40 control patients. The computational analyses suggest that genes related to one of the body’s systems responsible for lowering blood pressure—the bradykinin system—appear to be excessively “turned on” in the lung fluid cells of those with the virus. The results were published in eLife. Based on their analyses, the team posits that bradykinin—the compound that dilates blood vessels and makes them permeable—is overproduced in the body of COVID-19 patients; related systems either contribute to overproduction or cannot slow the process. Excessive bradykinin leads to leaky blood vessels, allowing fluid to build up in the body’s soft tissues. Much attention has focused on what’s known as the cytokine storm, a severe reaction in which the body releases an excess of cytokines, a variety of small proteins that help regulate the immune system. Jacobson’s team thinks a bradykinin storm may instead be to blame for much of the viral pathogenesis. If the team’s disease mechanism model is accurate and substantiated by experimental analysis, it may mean that existing medicines could be repurposed to slow the pathogenesis of COVID-19. This would require extensive clinical trials of drugs currently used to treat other bradykinin-related conditions. “If we can block this pathogenesis in severe patients, we can keep the human response from going overboard and give their immune system time to fight off the virus so they can recover,” Jacobson said. The bradykinin storm could explain the wide variety of symptoms experienced by COVID-19 patients, such as muscle pain, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, and decreased cognitive function. Similar symptoms are also experienced by patients with other bradykinin-related conditions such as hereditary angioedema, a genetic condition that is characterized by episodes of severe swelling throughout the body. “This is one of those rare times where you can really tie everything back to a eureka moment,” said Jacobson, staff scientist in ORNL’s Biosciences Division. “I was looking at data, and I suddenly saw some very distinct patterns happening in the pathways of the renin-angiotensin and bradykinin systems. That led us to do a deep dive of the gene families of the blood pressure regulatory system.” The renin-angiotensin system, or RAS, and bradykinin pathway regulate blood pressure and fluid balance in the body. Using the Summit and Rhea supercomputers at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, the team compared the genes of COVID-19 patients against a control group and analyzed population-scale gene expression data—17,000 samples from uninfected individuals—to see which genes were normally co-expressed, or turned on or off at the same time. Summit is currently the nation’s most powerful supercomputer, with a theoretical peak performance of 200 petaflops, or 200 quadrillion calculations per second. Jacobson and his colleagues required the power of Summit to run 2.5 billion correlation calculations that helped them understand the normal regulatory circuits and relationships for the genes of interest. With Summit, the team completed the calculations in one week rather than spending months doing them on a desktop computer. Researchers found an increased expression of enzymes that can trigger the production of bradykinin and a decreased expression of enzymes that would break down bradykinin—the perfect storm. The team also uncovered that an enzyme that forestalls the bradykinin cascade—the angiotensin-converting enzyme, known as ACE—was less expressed in COVID-19 patients. At least ten existing drugs are known to act on the specific pathways Jacobson’s team studied, but large-scale clinical trials are needed to determine whether they might be effective at treating COVID-19. “We believe that when you take the inhibition at the top of this pathway off, you end up with an out-of-control cascade that leads to an opening up of the blood vessels, causing them to leak,” Jacobson said. “If that happens in the lung, that’s not good. Immune cells that are normally contained in the blood vessels flood into the surrounding infected tissue, causing inflammation.” The lungs of COVID-19 patients are known to have an increased amount of hyaluronic acid, a gooey substance found in connective tissues that can trap around 1,000 times its own weight in water to form a hydrogel. The team also found that genes in the cells of COVID-19 patients increased the production of the substance and decreased its breakdown. The findings suggest that further experimental study of drug compounds known to slow the synthesis of hyaluronic acid and the mechanisms involved in the process is warranted. “When the lungs end up with an excess of hyaluronic acid in them, it’s like trying to breathe through Jell-O,” Jacobson said. “It reaches a point where regardless of how much oxygen you pump in, it doesn’t matter, because the alveoli in the lungs are filled with this hydrogel. With this excess of hyaluronic acid, any water leaking out of the blood vessels due to bradykinin will soak up this structure and the lungs become like a water balloon.” Source: Read Full Article
If you own or operate a farm, here's important information about electricity rates. You'll also find helpful advice on how to recognize stray voltage on your farm, together with guidance on what you can do if you suspect it's affecting your livestock. Regulated Price Plan (RPP) Residential customers, small businesses, farm customers and other low-volume users of electricity (designated consumers) can receive their electricity through the Regulated Price Plan, which offers rates set by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB). You are automatically part of this plan unless you choose to purchase your electricity from an electricity retailer. Ontario Electricity Rebate On November 1, 2019, the Government of Ontario introduced a  rebate on electricity costs for residential, farm, and many small business consumers. This  rebate – known as the Ontario Electricity Rebate (OER) –  replaced the bill reductions that eligible consumers were previously receiving. These were the 8% Provincial Rebate, which was equal to the provincial portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), as well as a bill reduction that was built into the price of electricity and wasn’t visible to consumers.    The  OER is intended to allow consumers to see the full value of the rebate they’re receiving. The OER reduces the pre-HST costs on customers’ bills by 21.2%. The rebate appears on bills that reflect services received after November 1, 2019. The rebate does not have an expiry date. Most farm customers are eligible to receive the Ontario Electricity Rebate on their electricity bill. Eligibility to receive the rebate is defined under the Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016.  Farm customers may be asked by Hydro Ottawa to complete a form confirming that they meet one or more of the criteria for rebate eligibility. Farm Stray Voltage What is Farm Stray Voltage? Electrical systems, both farm systems and the distribution systems of local utilities, are grounded to the earth to ensure safety and reliability. Inevitably, some current flows through the earth at each point where the electrical system is grounded and a small voltage develops. This voltage is called neutral-to-earth voltage (NEV). Stray or "tingle" voltage occurs when equipment that is not supposed to be energized picks up voltage from nearby wires or equipment. It can be found at low levels between two contact points where electricity is grounded. Most of the time, stray voltage is not a problem because the levels are generally not felt by humans. However, stray voltage may affect livestock animals on farms more frequently because of electrically grounded equipment, such as metal stabling, feeders, milk pipelines or wet concrete floors. If an animal touches two contact points with different voltage levels, a small electric current will pass through the animal. Some livestock animals, particularly cows, are so sensitive to these currents that they are bothered by small levels that people would not feel. The reported symptoms of stray voltage in dairy cows include lowered milk production, reduced water or feed intake and nervous or aggressive behaviour. These same symptoms can be also caused by disease, poor nutrition, unsanitary conditions or milking machine defects. What causes stray voltage? Stray voltage can originate from sources both on the farm and off the farm: • Off-farm sources include an electrical distribution system, where some voltage will always exist between the neutral ground system and the earth and the farm's electric system. The level of this neutral-to-earth voltage may change on a daily or seasonal basis, depending on amount of electricity loaded into the system, environmental conditions and other factors.  • On-farm sources include poor or faulty wiring, unbalanced farm system loading, improper grounding, and defective equipment. Voltages from telephone lines or gas pipelines are other possible sources. For safety reasons, Hydro Ottawa's neutral system is connected to a farm's grounding system. Grounding is provided to protect people and animals from shocks. How are utility contributions to farm stray voltage addressed? If stray voltage is suspected, the only way to determine the cause is to have your farm tested by a trained expert.  If a utility is found responsible for contributing to farm stray voltage, the utility must take steps to lower its contribution to acceptable levels. The particular solution will depend on the utility's equipment servicing the farm, the extent of the problem and other technical factors. Common ways of addressing utility contributions to farm stray voltage include installing filtering equipment at the service to the property and installing additional grounding equipment to the utility's neutral conductors. What to do if you suspect Stray Voltage problems on your farm? If you suspect stray voltage problems at your farm, you should first review Hydro Ottawa's Farm Stray Voltage Customer Response Procedure. If after reviewing this information, you would like Hydro Ottawa to investigate if we are contributing to stray voltage problems at your farm, please call us at 613-738-6400. In addition to your name, address, mailing address and day-time phone number, we will need information about why you suspect stray voltage from Hydro Ottawa’s system may be affecting your farm operations. This information includes the types of animals potentially affected by stray voltage, changes in animal behaviours and any other evidence. Within five business days of your call, you will be contacted by one of our technicians to discuss your concerns and if warranted, to schedule an investigation to see if our system is contributing to stray voltage on your farm. For further information on stray voltages at livestock farms, visit the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) website. Was this page useful container
IELTS Writing Task 2 essay with model answer According to a recent study, the more time people use the Internet, the less time they spend with real human beings. Some people say that instead of seeing the Internet as a way of opening up new communication possibilities worldwide, we should be concerned about the effect this is having on social interaction. How far do you agree with the opinion? Write at least 250 words. Model Answer: Over the last decade, people have deeply involved themselves with Internet technology. Experts believe that people who are preoccupied with the Internet, interact less with other individuals. However, I do not support this idea. This essay will emphasise on the three main reasons for my disagreement with this opinion. To begin with, in my personal opinion, Internet has provided us the opportunity to interact with each other at a very broad level. People in one country can communicate with residents of another nation. It promotes people with different cultural backgrounds to intermingle. For instance, social networking sites like Facebook, Instagram and so on have made it possible for people to share every emotion with our friends at any time possible. Secondly, using the Internet, distant families and relatives can reunite. The information about the well-being of family members is just a few clicks away. For example, I used to video chat with my parents all the time via Skype, even when we were thousands of miles apart from each other. Finally, Internet has also helped people professionally. The facilities like video conferencing have been a revolution for the globalisation of businesses. For instance, many entrepreneurs have been able to expand their businesses by promoting it on Internet websites like YouTube. In conclusion, I believe that Internet has been more of a blessing than a curse. With adoption of proper measures by people at a personal level, the adverse effects of the Internet can be mitigated. Total Words: 255 Task Achievement: 8 Coherence & Cohesion: 8 Lexical resources: 8 Grammar: 8 Overall Score: Band 8 IELTS Score Calculators and Estimators: Useful FREE resources for IELTS preparation: Tutorials on Essay Writing Say "Hi" on our social media channels... 1. me nona 7 months ago There are way too many mistakes in this model answer to get a score 8…… Leave a reply Your email address will not be published. ©2012-2021 All prices are in USD. IELTS Online Practice is provided by Wisekangaroo Pty Ltd (ABN: 86 159 373 770) Log in with your credentials Forgot your details?
Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer, Ida B. Wells, and Other Black Suffragettes White women gained the right to vote 100 years ago, but Tamara Winfrey-Harris reminds us it took women of color many more years of tenacity and activism. Editor’s note: Author Tamara Winfrey-Harris gave this speech in November 2019 during the Ain’t I A Woman? The Evolution of Women in Politics event at the Indianapolis Propylaeum.  In 1848, the first-ever women’s rights convention was held at Seneca Falls. The gathering, in the words of Frederick Douglass, put forward “the grand movement for attaining the civil, social, political, and religious rights of women.” Her words were exhilarating. At Seneca Falls, Stanton and her compatriots planted the seed for women’s suffrage. But I need you to remember something else, as you celebrate Stanton and her suffragette sisters—Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Lucy Stone. And as you mark how, 100 years ago in 1920, the United States government deemed it unconstitutional to deny a citizen the right to vote on the basis of sex. I need you to remember that on August 31, 1962, a 45-year-old woman—another suffragette of sorts—walked into a courthouse to register to vote. That woman was first told she had to explain to the registrar the meaning of the term “de facto” laws. “I knowed (sic) as much about a facto law as a horse knows about Christmas Day,” she later said. Her registration was rejected. She was also fired from her job and had to flee her home. On September 10, she was shot at 16 times in the driveway of the friend’s house where she was seeking sanctuary. On December 4, she went to the courthouse again and was given a literacy test. She did not pass but told the registrar he would see her every 30 days until she did. On January 10, she did pass! She was registered to vote. But she sadly learned that didn’t matter. She would need two poll tax receipts. So, she paid the required fees. Later that year, the woman, who had been working to help other men and women to exercise their constitutional rights, was arrested on a manufactured charge at a roadside cafe. In a holding room at the jail, police ordered other inmates to hold her down and beat her with a blackjack. Her dress was pulled above her shoulders and she was groped repeatedly. She nearly died and would never fully recover. Before you celebrate that women received the right to vote in 1920, I need you to remember that not all women are white. Some women are Black like me. Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate, at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, N.J. Photographer: Warren K. Leffler. Courtesy: Library of Congress I need you to remember Fannie Lou Hamer, an African-American woman who, more than 40 years after the 19th Amendment was passed, could not vote, but almost died trying. I need you to remember that she founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the National Women’s Political Caucus and advocated for the political power all women, regardless of race, can hold as a voting bloc. She said, “A white mother is no different from a Black mother. The only thing is (white mothers) haven’t had as many problems. But we cry the same tears.” I need you to remember Black women activists like Mary Church Terrell and Ida B. Wells who advocated for the rights of all women and men when many of their white suffragette contemporaries would not. I need you to remember that not every woman has a spotless record. Women of color, in particular, are treated unfairly by law enforcement and the judicial system. And in many places throughout the country, women returning to society after incarceration are denied the right to vote. (Returning citizens can exercise their right to vote in Indiana.) I need you to remember that not every woman is middle-class. And poor women of all races are too frequently disenfranchised from the voting process. I need you to remember that not every woman is cisgender. And trans women frequently find their right to vote impeded. Their IDs are challenged and their attempts to perform their civic duty are blocked by people who misunderstand the law or are downright bigoted. I need you to remember that not every American voter is valued. Indeed, even Elizabeth Cady Stanton, when faced with Black men receiving the vote before white women, penned a racist, epithet-laden tirade warning of “Black rapists” being given rights. White women’s suffrage activists used an 1851 speech by Sojourner Truth—a formerly enslaved woman—to make the case for women’s right to vote, then ratcheted up their racism when that right drew closer to reality. Still, today, thousands of Black and Brown women and their families are disempowered by gerrymandering and disenfranchised by ID laws and voter purging. And this deprivation of basic rights is on the rise. Fourteen states introduced new voting restrictions in advance of the 2016 Presidential Election, many of them, according to an MIT study, made possible by the “gutting” of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court in 2013. Now, I believe in honoring progress. One hundred years ago, with the passing of the 19th amendment, America made progress toward its goal of liberty and justice for all. Women, as a collective, made progress. But we cannot celebrate before the job is done—until ALL women can enjoy the unimpeded right to vote.  The best way to celebrate this year is to fight fearlessly for that achievement. Because, in the words of Fannie Lou Hamer, Freedom Fighter, activist, a suffragette decades after women’s suffrage was allegedly achieved, “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” Grace Michael Photography Tamara Winfrey-Harris is the Indianapolis-based author of the award-winning book, The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2015), and the forthcoming Dear Black Girl: Letters from your Sisters on Stepping into your Power (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2021), available now for pre-order from booksellers including Amazon. Related Posts
file.pdf (388.71 kB) Behavioral Response to Phishing Risk Download (388.71 kB) journal contribution posted on 01.01.2007, 00:00 by Julie S Downs, Mandy Holbrook, Lorrie F Cranor Tools that aim to combat phishing attacks must take into account how and why people fall for them in order to be effective. This study reports a pilot survey of 232 computer users to reveal predictors of falling for phishing emails, as well as trusting legitimate emails. Previous work suggests that people may be vulnerable to phishing schemes because their awareness of the risks is not linked to perceived vulnerability or to useful strategies in identifying phishing emails. In this survey, we explore what factors are associated with falling for phishing attacks in a roleplay exercise. Our data suggest that deeper understanding of the web environment, such as being able to correctly interpret URLs and understanding what a lock signifies, is associated with less vulnerability to phishing attacks. Perceived severity of the consequences does not predict behavior. These results suggest that educational efforts should aim to increase users’ intuitive understanding, rather than merely warning them about risks.
A unique brain cell that distinguishes people from other organisms Washington – Scientists found a new, unique "cell" of the human brain responsible for the "silence" of nerve cells called "rosyhaib" or "rose fruit". What makes this cell unique is that it exists only in people without other organisms, with the expectation that the cell can be used to gain a deeper understanding of some mental illnesses. This discovery is still in its initial phase, at a time when an international team of researchers who look more at the features of this cell, according to the same source. Researchers from the United States and Europe say what they achieved It has recently confirmed that this cell can play an important role in brain disorders. Source link
What Does a Limiter Do on a Bass Amp? Limiters are included in a number of amplifiers, or available as separate pedals to place in your audio signal chain. A lot of bassists don’t fully understand the role of a limiter. Why do we use them and how do they impact upon the sound of your playing? A limiter effectively lowers the sound when it hits a certain level. If the volume or the signal of the input reaches a certain level, the bass amp limiter will cut the signal to provide a more even sound. A limiter’s main purpose is to prevent ‘clipping’ which is unwanted distortion of the audio signal. In this guide, we explain in detail more about limiters, why they are important for bass amps, and what sort of impact they can have on the sound. Why is a Limiter Important for Bass? Limiters can be used for all sorts of instruments and amplifiers. So why is it specifically implemented for bass guitar? Certain types of playing can provide huge variation in the sound levels. This is known as the dynamics of the sound. Think of playing slap pass, or popped notes. They will sound much louder than ordinary picking. Also, if you use a guitar pick to play bass then this can have a similar impact, as the sound can have a loud attack, before dying down to a quieter level.  If you don’t have a limiter on your bass and have this kind of uneven signal, it can sound inconsistent, and generally pretty unpleasant. Compared to other instruments such as playing the piano or guitar chords, there are more instances of spikes in sound when playing bass, and these might require a limiter to prevent clipping or peaking. Why is a limiter important for bass? It can protect your audio from becoming distorted due to clipping, or having huge uneven peaks that make it sound inconsistent, like a volume knob is being constantly adjusted. Why Does Clipping Happen on a Bass Amp? Clipping occurs when you get close to running out of the usable power of the amp. It can happen when your gain and volume knobs are cranked. If your limiter is constantly having to kick in while you play your amp, it could be that the amp is simply not powerful enough. You may have to turn down the gain, and if this leads to a volume that is just too quiet then it could be time to consider a higher wattage amplifier. If the limiter is only having to kick in periodically, you don’t necessarily need more power. You probably just have problems with the attack, or with the style of playing, and levelling out the audio by using a limiter can be all you need to give a consistent tone. Can You Hear a Limiter? How much work a limiter is having to do depends on how loud the signal is, and whether the amplifier can handle it. If the limiter is having to kick in a lot, to prevent the clipping and peaking of an amp, then it is likely that you will hear the impact it is having to have on the sound. This itself can sound unnatural, so it doesn’t really solve the problem. It can sound like someone is suddenly having to turn down the volume every time a loud note is played. If it is implemented well, then you won’t need to worry too much about the limiter occasionally triggering. If it is just having to drop a fraction off of the sound level then you will not hear it doing its job. Remember, the goal is always a more even tone overall, so a drastic limiter having to kick in every few seconds will not improve the sound. Difference Between a Compressor and a Limiter If you know anything about compression then you might see some similarities between a compressor and a limiter. Both do some similar jobs on the audio, but they have some distinct differences, too. Both have a threshold, or an audio level at which they kick in and start to impact upon the sound. However, a limiter’s threshold is what we call a “brick wall”. It automatically cuts the level of audio to what the threshold is set to.  You may have control of a limiter. If you set it to 0dB, this means that no sound will get louder than 0dB. No exceptions. With a compressor, the threshold of where the effect kicks in doesn’t necessarily mean the audio has a hard cut. This depends on the “ratio” that is set. A ratio of 4:1 would mean that if the signal went 4dB above the threshold set, the output only increases by 1dB. With a limiter, that output won’t increase at all. Hence, the “brick wall” analogy.  To continue the brick wall analogy. A compressor makes the audio (or the gain increase) slow down. A brick wall limiter stops it completely, even if it is abrupt. Completely understanding the science of how the limiter works is not required, as long as you know how it impacts upon the sound you are creating. In Summary If you want to become an audio engineer then you might want to know specific detail of what a limiter does and how it works, but most bassists are satisfied with a simple and practical “explain like I’m five” description. In effect, a limiter is truncating the audio signal when it reaches a certain level, to provide a more even overall sound, without huge peaks that can sound unnatural and uneven. A limiter is often a failsafe, put in place to avoid “clipping” or “peaking”, a nasty distortion that can occur when the power of an amp is overloaded. Rob Wreglesworth Rob has come to terms with the fact he will probably never be a famous rock star....but that hasn't stopped him from writing and recording music in his home studio. Rob has over 15 years experience of recording music at home. Recent Posts
What is Behavioral Health? What is Behavioral Health? What is Behavioral Health? In simple terms, Behavioral health means the relationship between behavior and health. It’s also described as the well being of mind, soul, and body. It will be added that behaviors such as eating habits, drinking alcohol, or exercising and how they affect physical or mental health. However as per the MEHAF, during the 1970s and 1980s, behavioral health “refers almost exclusively to behaviors that promote health or prevent disease. Later, the term came to include behaviors that help people manage the disease. Earlier, behavioral health included mental health. Behavioral also refers to a treatment of addictions, marriage and family counseling, psychiatry, Management of chronic diseases, and mental health. And it also includes the services for Health which are provided by the social workers, psychiatrists, counselors, and therapists. As per the WHO(World Health Organization) Mental health is defined as a state of well-being from which all the person or individual realizes their potential, and they can face-off the normal stresses of life, they are able to work productively and fruitfully. Many factors are covered by Your mental health such as your psychological condition, your biology, and your habits. On the other hand, the impacts of your habits on your overall mental and physical well being are examined by your Behavioral Health. The pattern of disruptive behavior is involved in children when behavioral disorders cause, and it will last for at least six months and create problems in home, school, and social situations. Almost everyone exhibits some of these behaviors on time, but when we talk about behavior disorders this is more serious. • Hyperactivity • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) • Impulsivity • Defiant behavior • drug use • criminal activity • Inattention • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) • Conduct Disorder Written by Get the Medium app
Carol Schnaiter, Near the End, June 20, 2014 NOAA Teacher at Sea Carol Schnaiter Aboard NOAA Ship Oregon II June 7 – 21, 2014 Mission: Groundfish Survey A beautiful day A beautiful day! Geographical area of cruise: Gulf of Mexico Date: Friday, June 20, 2014 Weather: Partly cloudy. Winds 5-10 knots. Waves 1 meter Science and Technology: Collecting plankton is a very important activity for the scientists on the ship. Everyday and night they collect the very tiny plants and animals we refer to as plankton. Plankton is very important because it supplies the world with oxygen and it is the beginning of many food chains. This is what we collect using the bongo nets. The bongo nets are used to collect the plankton from the water. There are two bongo drums connected together and lowered into the water. Each one has a cylinder container connected to the end of the net with holes covered with mesh so that the water can flow out, but the mesh catches the plankton. Tiny plants and animals that drift in the ocean currents flow into the nets. When the nets are brought back onto the ship, they are rinsed so that nothing is lost. The material collected is then rinsed into sieves and into jars with preservatives. The scientists that use the plankton for research decide which preservatives will be added. Sometimes it is in ethanol and sometimes in formalin, it is up to the scientists at the lab. All of these jars are sent to the lab on land and sometimes the material may be sent to labs in Poland to be examined. To know how far the nets need to be lowered the scientists work with the deck crew and the bridge. Everyone makes sure the nets go very deep into the water, but that the nets do not touch the bottom. If they did touch the ocean floor there is a good chance that the nets would be damaged. They also need to monitor how much water flows through the nets while the nets are in the water. To do this there are small flow meters connected to the nets. Before the nets go into the water, the numbers on the flow meter are put into the computer. After the nets come back up the numbers are again entered into the computer. Looking at the difference between these two numbers let the scientist know how much water flowed through the nets. Flow meter on bongo net Here is the flow meter on the bongo net. The main reason plankton surveys are conducted is to collect samples for estimating the number and place where fish larvae can be found. When we are doing the CTD, we must give the weather conditions: cloud cover, height of waves, and the color of the water. Here I am checking the sky and water. Careers:  The people behind the scenes The Chief Steward Walter Coghlan is a delightful person to watch in the kitchen and a lifesaver for me while I was under the weather. Walter has been with NOAA since 2008 and with his 21 years in the Navy, this Saturday, June 21st, will mark the 30th year at sea for him. In the Navy, Walter was on various ships such as the USS Lexington and USS John F Kennedy. He even was a cook on a mine sweeper during the war. In the Navy he was a Culinary Specialist, he said that while on the USS John F Kennedy, President Ronald Reagan (everyone near Amboy and Dixon knows who that is) came aboard and asked for Walter to make fried chicken. Walter also completed Finishing School for Chefs and for three years he served as the chef at the White House. This was when President George Bush was in office. On the ship he has a budget of $10,000 per month to feed over thirty people three meals a day and provide snacks. His day starts around 4:30 AM and ends around 6:30 PM. He is certified as a Chief Cuisine and he is a superb chef. His future goal is to retire in one year and spend time with his family. Chief Steward and 2nd cook Chief Steward Walter and 2nd Cook Steve in the kitchen. 2nd Cook is Steve Daley. Steve is on his first trip on the NOAA Ship Oregon II. He is a augmenter, which means he is a sub and fills in where and when he is needed. Steve is a Army veteran where he was a cook for eleven years. After the Army, Steve worked at the Pennsylvania Dept. of Correction where he taught culinary classes for 20 years. Steve is also a wonderful chef and working in the small kitchen space must be difficult at times. You can believe me when I say that eating on this ship was as good as eating at a fancy restaurant at home! Sean Pfarrer is the Chief Marine Engineer on the NOAA Ship Oregon II. Due to my schedule the only time I saw Sean was when he was eating, so I was not able to interview him. Richard Brooks 1st Engineer Richard Brooks 1st Engineer is Richard Brooks. He just joined the NOAA team on this trip and will be with NOAA for two years. Before that he was an engineer on the big oil tankers. He talked about being on the big oil tankers and pointed out the differences between them. He explained how some of the tankers are so big they can not go close to land and smaller tankers will either take fuel to them or from them. It is amazing how much information he has about the different ships. Richard would sometimes make a trip through the wet lab after our catch to see  what we caught. Down in the engine room. Down in the engine room. David Carlise 2nd Engineer David Carlise 2nd Engineer is David Carlise. David was in the Coast Guard for four years. He has traveled all over the world on ships and had many stories of his adventures to share with us. After leaving the Coast Guard, David was a Commercial Fisherman for 17 years where he was the captain. He was a Merchant Marine and was the engineer for a cargo boat, tub boat, and a tanker. He will be getting off in Galveston and flying to the state of Oregon for his next assignment on another ship. Ship's electrical panel Ship’s electrical JUE Jerry Britt Junior Engineer Jerry Britt Junior Engineer (JUE) Jerry Britt joined NOAA in 2010, He was in the Navy for 20 years in charge of 40 guys as an engineer.On the NOAA Ship Oregon II, Jerry could be called the maintenance man, he fixes everything mechanic. He gave Robin and I a tour of the engine room, it is very noisy and very hot down there, but amazing to see what makes the ship sail! Jerry explained how everything works down below our feet. The electrical board is huge! And seeing the crank shaft of the engine was really cool! Wiper Otha Hill Wiper Otha Hill Wiper Otha Hill, also known as OC, has been with NOAA since 1984. He has worked on the ship Oregon II for 18 years and worked on four other NOAA ships. One of the ships was a weather ship in Chile! He has also worked on Union Ships in the engineering dept., built ships for four years, was a welder and a Junior Engineer and spent six years working on big ships. As the Wiper, Otha, cleans, paints, and assists with everything that needs something done to it in the engine room area. These are the people that have very important jobs on this ship. When the shower drain is plugged or the air conditioning goes out, everyone is looking for these men! Mike and Chuck Mike and Chuck bringing in the nets. There are signs that my sea adventure is winding down. The water is green, I am seeing more oil rigs, and Ensign Laura Dwyer opened the ship’s store! Ship's store Ensign Laura Dwyer opens the ship’s store! Even on the NOAA Ship Oregon II you can shop! Today the dolphins were back following the ship. They came right up to the stern of the ship, it was amazing watching them slap the water to let the other dolphins know where the fish were! Frigate bird The other night and again today we saw Frigate birds flying near the ship. Some say that seeing this bird will bring you good luck….hope so! The Frigate (Fregata) is a seabird that can have a wingspan of over 2 meters. They are a large bird, closely related to the pelicans. For more information check out this website: I cannot wait to share my photos and everything that I have learned. The various species of fish, that you can only tell apart by looking at that one little dot on the bottom of their body or because their eyes are closer together that the other fish (that is the same shape and color and looks just like them) or the shrimp and crabs that are so numerous it has taken me this entire trip to look over the books in the dry lab with their names and information. Chrissy and me My bunkmate, Chrissy and me. Even though my bunkmate, Chrissy Stepongzi and I did not spend a lot of time together (we worked opposite shifts), I can say she was there when I was sick and has a great sense of humor. She graduated with a Major in Biology and worked as a high school sub for two years. For Chrissy the best part of this job is being on the ship and when she is on land she likes to spend time with her cat and dog. Yes, I have picked up fish of all sizes and shapes. Yes, I can tell if they are a boy or girl. Yes, I have taken the heads off of shrimp. Yes, I have had wet feet for over ten hours everyday. AND yes, I have survived. I do miss my family, my dog (Ginger) and all the students at Central, but I would come back to this ship in a minute! The Night Shift The Night Shift-Taniya, Andre, me, and Robin (Photo by Kim Johnson) I feel so fortunate to have been selected for this and even more fortunate to have been able to sail on the NOAA Ship Oregon II with everyone. Kim Johnson went above and beyond to make sure I was involved and learning something new everyday….thanks! And Taniya, Andre, and Robin will forever make me laugh when I think back on how much time we spent together…the work, the songs, the stories, have all made lasting memories! Leave a Reply
Citruline is synthesized in the body from ornithine by the addition of carbon dioxide and ammonia, and is a precursor of arginine. It is found primarily in the liver and is a major component of the urea cycle. Therapeutically it is used for the detoxification of ammonia, a byproduct of protein breakdown, and in the treatment of fatigue. It is also thought to stimulate the immune system. Onions and garlic contain an abundance of citruline. Submit a comment or feedback about this article:
Przy każdym zamówieniu w prezencie  imienne naklejki na książki  Nasza oferta Romanesque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting Wydawnictwo: H.F. Ullmann Autor: Rolf Toman Nakład wyczerpany 59,00 zł Oprawa: paperback, Format: 22x25,8 cm, Stron: 504, 2004 r., tekst: angielski Every conceivable expression of this epoch, from Roman baroque to Dutch painting and naturally the unfolding splendour of Louis XIV is gathered in this volume. This work incles: chronological depiction of the fine arts from their origins in Rome through the late baroque and rococo; explanation of the socio-political background: the Counter-Reformation, the development of Protestantism, absolutism, and the French Revolution; and various ways the baroque left its mark, incling city planning, architecture, garden design, sculpture, painting and emblems. During the baroque period, architecture and the other fine arts were the instruments of a staging of "world theatre" on a grand scale. The baroque art of the popes in Rome, the displays of power and opulence in the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and Dutch painting - they all reflect different aspects of the underlying tension between pleasure in life and fear of death that was such a prominent feature of the baroque world view. This volume portrays the entire span of the fine arts of the baroque era, from rich splendour to religious asceticism.
Autotopagnosia: The Inability To Locate Parts Of The Body We explain the causes, symptoms, and effects of this perceptual disorder. Although we usually talk about the sensory channels that help us to know our environment by referring to the “five senses”, the truth is that, in reality, there are more. Touch, for example, is related to our ability to perceive pain and changes in temperature. But there is still another “meaning” that we tend to ignore, and whose importance is revealed in those cases in which a neurological disorder causes it to disappear. This biological alteration is known as autotopagnosia, and the capacity it suppresses is the ability to know at any moment which parts of the space are being occupied by the parts of the body. What is autotopagnosia? Etymologically, the term autotopagnosia already gives clues about its meaning: it is a type of agnosia, like  prosopagnosia or  visual agnosia, in which the disability has to do with the possibility of knowing in which positions the parts of the body of one are located yourself or another person or entity. Thus, this neurological disorder, which is sometimes also called somatotopagnosia, is expressed in serious problems when it comes to knowing the orientation and placement of parts of the body, this being the product of an organic lesion in  certain parts of the brain. Causes of autotopagnosia Normally, autotopagnosia appears associated with lesions in the  parietal lobe of the left cerebral hemisphere. However, it is not easy to know its causes in detail. As in almost all  neurological disorders, it is very difficult to locate an isolated cause that explains the appearance of the symptoms, because the nervous system (and especially the human nervous system) is tremendously complex, both structurally and in terms of its functioning. In addition, cases in which autotopagnosia appears are rare, which makes its study difficult. However, possible explanations have been proposed for how this alteration appears. There are three main hypotheses about what the causes of this disorder may be. The first of them conceives autotopagnosia as a product of a lesion in the areas of the posterior left hemisphere related to language (it could simply be a type of anomie, characterized by the impossibility of referring to elements by the name that serves to designate them); the second understands this failure as an alteration in certain parts of the parietal lobe that intervene when imagining a three-dimensional model of the body; and the third characterizes it as a visuospatial problem also related to the parietal lobe. The possibility of analyzing in depth the causes of autotopagnosia are hampered by the fact that it often occurs in conjunction with other neurological disorders such as apraxia. Symptoms of this neurological disorder People with autotopagosia have serious difficulties when it comes to locating parts of their own body, another person or a drawn character. In addition, they tend to show symptoms of two types: 1. Semantic errors These types of symptoms correspond to cases in which, when asked to point to one part of the body, they point to another that belongs to a similar semantic category. For example, when instead of pointing to an arm they point to a leg, or when instead of pointing to a knee they point to an elbow. 2. Contiguity errors This symptom has to do with the inability of the person to know exactly where a part of the body is. For example, when asked to point to the chest, he points to the belly, or when asked to point to the ear, he points in the direction of the neck. It is also necessary to point out that not all cases of autotopagnosia are the same, and that while some people are unable to know where the body parts of oneself or another entity are, others may have problems locating their own, or It may be that when you touch the area of ​​your own body you will realize where it is and what it is, for example. Treatment of somatotopagnosia As it is a neurological disorder caused by injuries, it is considered that the symptoms cannot disappear completely and that the marks left in the brain due to the injury are irreversible. However, it is possible to work by mitigating the symptoms of the disease, teaching the person to adopt habits that make everyday life easier. Unfortunately, to date there are no known pharmacological treatments that have shown efficacy in these cases, for which it is necessary to attend each case in a specially personalized way to know all the problems that patients face and the possible opportunities to which they are exposed to when making progress in your way of acting. Autotopagnosia is a neurological disorder that is difficult to understand because its nature is not yet understood: it could be a language failure (that is, problems when calling things by name) or visuospatial (that is, related to no know where that part of the body is that you already know its name).  More research is needed to develop more effective intervention programs. Add a Comment
(CNN)China has successfully landed a lunar probe on the surface of the moon, the country’s National Space Administration said Tuesday. The robotic spacecraft, named Chang’e 5 after the mythical Chinese goddess of the moon, will spend two days on the moon collecting soil and rock samples, guided by mission control on the ground, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported. It’s the first attempt to collect rocks from the moon by any country since the 1970s. The probe’s robotic arm will scoop up rocks from the surface, and a drill will bore into the ground to collect soil. The samples, expected to weigh about 2 kilograms (4.5 pounds), will be sealed into a container in the spacecraft. China's #ChangE5 spacecraft successfully lands on the near side of the moon. This is the world's first moon-sample mission for more than 40 years. #LunarProbe pic.twitter.com/pfySXUCAPG — China Xinhua News (@XHNews) December 1, 2020 If successful, the mission will make China only the third country to have retrieved lunar samples, following the United States and the former Soviet Union decades ago.Read MoreAstronauts from the United States brought back 382 kilograms (842 pounds) of rocks and soil between 1969 and 1972 during the Apollo program, while the Soviet Union collected 170.1 grams (6 ounces) of samples in 1976.When the samples are returned to Earth, scientists will be able to analyze the structure, physical properties and material composition of the moon’s soil, China’s space agency said. The mission may help answer questions such as how long the moon remained volcanically active in its interior, and when its magnetic field — key to protecting any form of life from the sun’s radiation — dissipated.China lunar rover touches down on far side of the moon, state media announceChina lunar rover touches down on far side of the moon, state media announceChina lunar rover touches down on far side of the moon, state media announceA Long March-5 rocket carrying Chang’e-5 spacecraft blasted off from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the island of Hainan off China’s southern coast on November 24.The spacecraft landed on a previously unvisited area of the moon — a massive lava plain known as Oceanus Procellarum, or “Ocean of Storms.” This large dark spot, stretching about 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) wide, could be a scar from a giant cosmic impact that created an ancient sea of magma, according to NASA.The landing marks the third time a Chinese lunar probe has successfully landed on the surface of the moon, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Source Link:
The Ship The phrase The Ship is a metaphoric representation of Gaia (or the planet Earth), with a special emphasis on its role in life support. The phrase first appears in The Parable of the Ships where a distinction is made between the "old ship" (i.e. a ship constructed on the foundation of old energy) and the new ship. The phrase is used in various places on The Lightning Path to draw attention to plight of the planet, and the consequences of treading water while the old ship slowly, and inexorably, sinks beneath the water of creation for ever and ever, amen. See Also The Parable of the Blindfold LP Curriculum
Why does C#.Net allow the declaration of the string object to be case-insensitive? String sHello = "Hello"; string sHello = "Hello"; Both the lower-case and upper-case S of the word String are acceptable and this seems to be the only object that allows this. Can anyone explain why? • See this question for more information. – Lasse V. Karlsen Aug 13 '08 at 12:54 • 3 Firstly, it is not case-insensitive. You can’t write STRING or strinG or anything else. Secondly, it is not the only type that has an alias: object is an alias for Object; bool is an alias for Boolean; double is an alias for Double, etc. Incidentally, void is also an alias for Void, but C# doesn’t let you use Void... – Timwi Aug 8 '10 at 14:51 string is a language keyword while System.String is the type it aliases. Both compile to exactly the same thing, similarly: • int is System.Int32 • long is System.Int64 • float is System.Single • double is System.Double • char is System.Char • byte is System.Byte • short is System.Int16 • ushort is System.UInt16 • uint is System.UInt32 • ulong is System.UInt64 I think in most cases this is about code legibility - all the basic system value types have aliases, I think the lower case string might just be for consistency. Further to the other answers, it's good practice to use keywords if they exist. E.g. you should use string rather than System.String. "String" is the name of the class. "string" is keyword that maps this class. it's the same like • Int32 => int • Decimal => decimal • Int64 => long ... and so on... "string" is a C# keyword. it's just an alias for "System.String" - one of the .NET BCL classes. "string" is just an C# alias for the class "String" in the System-namespace. string is an alias for System.String. They are the same thing. By convention, though, objects of type (System.String) are generally refered to as the alias - e.g. string myString = "Hello"; whereas operations on the class use the uppercase version e.g. • 2 I don't think the convention is particularly to use the upper case version for operations. I certainly haven't seen that written down. The important thing is to use the BCL version for public names, e.g. ReadSingle instead of ReadFloat. – Jon Skeet Nov 21 '08 at 13:38 • 2 says who? never heard of this convention! – BritishDeveloper Apr 12 '10 at 21:42 I use String and not string, Int32 instead of int, so that my syntax highlighting picks up on a string as a Type and not a keyword. I want keywords to jump out at me. Your Answer
Types of Mental Illnesses When people hear the word mental illness, they almost immediately think of psychopaths. Mental illness does not mean a person is crazy, but they have distress or impairment issues that can cause problems. Mental illness, often referred to as “mental disorder” affects nearly one-fourth of the US population. Unfortunately, there are many cases per year of mental illness patients that commit hideous acts such as school shooting, violence, murder and suicide. It is important to recognize the signs of a person with distress and try to get them mental attention.  Mental illness not only involves the mind but also the brain and/or body. People who suffer from different types of mental illnesses often have their daily activities interrupted because of their diminished ability to cope with daily life. Types of Mental Illnesses Types of Mental Illnesses There are different types of mental illnesses that can affect the state of a person. Some of the most common type of mental illnesses include: Personality Disorders These types of disorder are classified into three different categories A, B and C. In the A category disorders are eccentric such as paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder and schizotypal personality disorder. People with this category of personality disorder tend to be mistrusting, prefer to be alone and believe they can see the future. • The B category involves dramatic disorder such as antisocial, bipolar disorder, histrionic and narcissistic disorders. Antisocial disorder patients tend to show no mercy or remorse for others. Bipolar patients or borderline personality disorder patients view the world as good and bad. They have two types of personalities in which one instant they can be happy and the next minute they are upset and angry. For people who need to be the center of attention, they suffer from histrionic personality disorder. Narcissistic personality disorder patients feel the need to blame others for their misfortunes. • People in the C category tend to be fearful and have avoidant, dependent and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. OCPD is often confused with OCD, but they are two different disorders. Those who suffer from OCPD are stubborn and need to be perfect all the time. For people who seek the approval or acceptance of others suffer from dependent personality disorder. Like anti-social disorder, those who suffer from avoidant personality disorder prefer to be alone because the fear rejection. Eating Disorders Mental illness does not only affect the mind but also the body. People with eating disorders can suffer from anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating and night eating disorders. Anorexia patients feel it is necessary to lose excessive amounts of weight by starvation. Bulimia patients prefer to eat an extensive amount of food but then purge the food via: vomiting, laxative use, fasting and diet pills. Anxiety Disorders When panic sets in, know that anxiety disorders are often to blame. The fear and anxiety about daily activities, events and occasions can cause a person’s mental state to crumple. Some of the types of anxiety disorders include phobias, panic disorders, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress, separation anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, agoraphobia and generalized anxiety disorder. It is often heard said that infants, toddlers and children suffer the most from separation anxiety disorder. This is usually associated to the beginning of a new school camp or a mother’s need to go back to work. Types of Mental Illnesses People who suffer from mental illnesses should be treated with respect and kindness. Some of the other forms of mental illnesses that are not listed above include: Tic disorder, sexual and gender disorders, mood disorder, impulse control disorder, addiction disorder and stress response disorder. Sometimes their genetic makeup gets in the way of their mental state and they cannot control their illness.
Water Management in Latin America and the Caribbean June 1, 1998 During the 21st century, water and wastewater management is likely to be one of the most critical resource issues that the Latin American and the Caribbean countries will have to face. All the countries of the region are already facing serious problems in terms of how best to provide a reliable water supply for all uses, and then how to treat the resulting wastewaters adequately. With increasing population growth and accelerating human activities, the regions’ water problems are likely to get worse, unless the existing water management processes are significantly improved within a short period of time. There are, however, signs of hope since countries like Brazil are making major advances. Developing countries need to learn from such success stories, instead of relying exclusively on western experiences and technology to solve their water and wastewater management problems promptly and cost-effectively. Asit K. Biswas, 1998, “Water Management in Latin America and the Caribbean”, International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 14, Issue 3, pages 293-303. Article online
The Battle of Lauffeldt 1747 Following its role in supressing the Jacobite rising, the 36th Regiment of Foot (at that time known as Flemming’s Regiment) was posted to the continent, as part of the army of Duke of Cumberland, who was now campaigning in the Europe.   Here, Flemming’s were involved in numerous minor actions but its most notable engagement was the Battle of Lauffeldt. Lauffeld was one of the decisive battles of the War of the Austrian Succession. It took place on the 2nd July, 1747 at Larfelt, in Belgium (near Maastricht).  It was fought between the “Pragmatic Army”, consisting of 90,000 allied troops, from Great Britain, the Dutch Republic, Holy Roman Empire and Hanover, under Cumberland’s command, and the French Army of Louis XV.   The French army was 120,000 strong and led by Marshal Maurice de Saxe, probably the most able soldier of his generation.  The result was a significant defeat for the allies, resulting in Cumberland’s nickname changing from “the Butcher”, arising from his decisive victory at Culloden, to “the Blunderer”.  The preamble In February 1747, Cumberland decided to break his winter camp early in an attempt to seize the city of Antwerp. This plan was logistically flawed, the allied army spent two months in rough uncomfortable camps, enduring foul weather, around the town of Breda, whilst the French army never left their warm winter quarters. Before Cumberland could make a second attempt to take Antwerp, Marshall Saxe ordered General Contrades to take Liefkenhock and a fortress known as “The Pearl”, just to the north of Antwerp, making the city too well defended to be attacked. Meanwhile Count Löwendahl seized Sas-van-Ghent which threatened Cumberland’s supply lines. Hoping to draw de Saxe into a general engagement, Cumberland decided to move once again to threaten Antwerp. However, the French Marshal refused to take the bait and instead held his main army behind the River Dyle, close to the towns of Malines and Louvain, sending a strong detachment to bolster the garrison in Antwerp. Both commanders were well aware that the main prize was the city of Maastricht, the capture of which by the French would render the United Provinces untenable, and to this end de Saxe had already positioned a small army under Marshal Clermont on the Meuse River just to the south of Maastricht.   Cumberland now had no choice other than take the battle to De Saxe or allow the French to take Maastricht. The Battle The two armies met west of the River Meuse, south of Maastricht, on 1st July 1747.  Whilst de Saxe knew the whereabouts of the approaching Pragmatic Army, Cumberland was unaware that the French army had interposed itself and was forming up on the high ground between him and the River Meuse. As Cumberland’s army arrived on the battlefield, the Austrians took position on the right flank occupying the Commanderie and the twin villages of Grosse and Kleine Spauwe.  The Dutch occupied the right centre and the ground between Gross Spauwe and Vlytingen and the British (including Flemming’s Regiment), Hanoverians and Hessian infantry occupied the key villages of Vlytingen and Lauffeldt on the left of the Allied lines. On the eve of battle, Cumberland ordered the British and Hessian battalions to withdraw from their positions in the villages of Vlytingen and Lauffeldt. They were instructed to set fire to the houses and then form behind the villages and not attempt to defend them.  However later, accepting the advice of Sir John Ligonier who pointed out how fortified villages were very difficult places to storm; Cumberland then ordered the British and Hessian battalions back into Lauffeldt with the British Foot Guards remaining in line behind the villages. Unfortunately, these movements were observed by Marshal Saxe who immediately ordered his infantry to launch an attack, opening fire on the British, Hanoverian and Hessian battalions who were not fully back in position in Lauffeldt. Meanwhile the Duke of Cumberland, not expecting any immediate French move, had returned to the Commanderie to take breakfast with Marshal Batthyani. The Battle of Lauffeldt 1747 The main course of the action of the battle was the French assaults on the villages of Vlytingen and Lauffeldt.  When one of the French column’s arrived at Vlytingen they found it abandoned and so were able to act as a flanking force to support the assault on Lauffeldt. Over the next four hours the French attacked the village gaining a foothold thrice but were repelled on each occasion.   Marshal Saxe committed an estimated 50 French infantry battalions against the 10 British, Hanoverian, and Hessian battalions. During the course of the fighting over Vlytingen and Lauffeldt, 9 Austrian battalions were switched from the right flank and put into the second line, releasing more British and Hanoverian battalions to be hurried forward to join the garrison in Lauffeldt.  Eventually the French were pushed back, and the Duke of Cumberland ordered his infantry to advance. This order was also dispatched to the Austrian Commander, Marshal Batthyani, on the right of the allied line to attack the French on the flank but he refused to advance. The battle now seemed to be going in favour of the Allies, however, the appearance of the French King Louis on the field, inspired the French troops who returned to the fray with renewed vigour. By midday Lauffeldt was finally taken, Cumberland ordered the infantry to disengage and march towards Maastricht. Meanwhile, on the left flank, Sir John Ligonier launched a cavalry charge against the opposing French horse. This proved be a great success and led to the capture of the village of Wilre and five French cavalry standards taken.  Ligonier then received a message from the Duke of Cumberland saying that the French had taken Lauffeldt and that he was not to advance and that Cumberland was extricating his infantry and beginning the march to his left, in the direction of Maastricht.  Ligonier replied with a dispatch describing his successful cavalry action.  Cumberland responded with an order for Ligonier to repeat the charge. Obeying this, Ligonier, with only four British dragoon regiments, charged through the French cavalry only to encounter a large body of steady French infantry. Trapped between the French infantry and their cavalry, Ligonier and most of his force were taken prisoner, but these charges, had allowed the rest of the allied forces to retreat safely and reach Maastricht. In total the allies lost around 4,000 men with another 2,000 taken prisoner. However, the victorious French suffered significantly more casualties, with over 10,000 men killed and many more wounded. Cumberland withdrew his army to Maastricht whilst Marshal Saxe and the French army retreated to Tongres, his plan to take Maastricht thwarted by the retreat of the allied army. The loss of the 36th Regiment in this battle was Major Petrie, Lieutenant Brodie, two sergeants and 22 rank and file killed: with Lieutenant Colonel Jackson, Captains Morgan, Pechell, Dod and Gore, Lieutenant Ackland, Ensigns Vaughan, Duncan, Elrington, Strong and Porter, three sergeants, two drummers, and seventy-four rank and file wounded: and eighty-two men missing.
Home > Technology & Gadgets > What are the basics of LED lighting? What are the basics of LED lighting? There are many terms used in the electronic world that can be confusing especially when you have no or limited information. In this case, we want to talk about LEDs. In simple terms, LED stands for Light Emitting Diodes. Most people today have chosen to get LED lighting because it produces about 90% extra effectual light than incandescent light bulbs. In simple terms, LED is a semiconductor source of light that emits light when current flows through it continuously. LED bulbs contain semiconductors that recombine with electron holes to eventually release energy in forms of protons. LEDs are today being used in several ways but the most prominent applications are for lighting. LED lighting is also used to form numbers on Digital Clocks and also light up watches. You will find them used to transmit information from remote controls and as a signal to tell you when the devices are turned on. Additionally, LED lights are used to form images on advertising display board. Lastly, I can guess have probably came across them used to illuminate in traffic light. What is an LED? LED lighting is a diode that will work to turn electric energy into light. You may be wondering what a diode is? This is a component that can only work in one direction. To make it simple for your understanding, a LED is a component made specifically to emit light when electricity flows through them in one direction. This works from Anode (positive side) to the negative side which is the Cathode. Types of LED There are many types of LED but the most common are the surface amount LED chip and the 5mm Oval LED. • 5mm Oval LEDs-5mm Oval LEDs are diodes that are enclosed inside a 5mm lens. The application has two thin metal legs on the bottommost part. These types of LEDs have very many applications because they require lower amount of light. In most cases, they are used in architectural lighting, LCD TV/monitor, backlights and commercial lighting. The 5mm Oval LEDs runs at a smaller drive current which is 30mA and the surface of the mount LED chip runs at 350mA. One of the companies that specialize in producing all kinds of LEDs for your needs is Zhongshan GoodChip Lighting.  Their LEDs range in sizes from 3mm to 5mm and are available in different colors. 5mm Oval LEDs • Surface Mount LEDs-Surface Mount LEDs are also diodes but those that can be placed on a circuit board  to protect it. This is why it’s considered a high Power LED light. They have seamless applications and no wires. They actually have tiny metallic contacts that are soldered to the circuit. They are superior in terms of lighting and are also energy efficient. Surface Mount LEDs With the above information, it’s easy to detect that LEDs in small form produce a gigantic light and at the same time maintains the efficiency. LED advantages • Low current and voltage is needed to run them • Good consistency and low delay are additional advantages • They have fast response time which is actually 10 nanoseconds • They are lightweight and small in size • They have a rugged construction that can withstand vibrations and shock • They can last up to 500,000 hours. You now have the primary understanding of LEDs and their applications. This also helps you answer some of the questions you have had in your mind. We are here to help so you just contact Goodchip to chat with our Tech support team.
Infographic Template Galleries Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 DROWNING PREVENTION About one in five people who drown are children aged 14 and younger. Around 4,000 people nearly drown each year, around 400 of them die. If parents and their children follow the circle of drowning prevention, this could decrease the amount of people drowning yearly. Fence pools and spas with suitable barriers.This stops their access to the pool without parental supervision. Children who are inexperienced swimmers should always wear life jackets. This also applies to people on boat. Always provide close and consistent attentionto children you are supervising when they are near or in water. Always swim in a life guard area. Most inportantly encouraged all children and adults to learn to swim and be familiar with water survival skills. If you are in a position where a child or adult has drowned, be sure to follow this procedure .... Step 1: Call for help! ( notify a life guard or call 000)Step 2: Check for dangers and try and remove the person from the water.Step3: Check if the person is breathing and if they have a pulse.Step 4: If the person doesn't have a pulse, immediately give CPR. Give 2 breaths followed by 30 chest compressions. Repeat until ambulance has arrived. If you are faced in a situation when you are drowning, do not panic. Try and keep you head above the water and put yourhand in the air to alert life guards and others.Try and swim parallel to shore to get out of the current.Try your best to tread water and hold your breath. CALL 000 IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. Create Your Free Infographic!
CoastSnap beach monitoring Being a beach scientist is a snap. Use your smartphone to measure beach change and help us understand and manage our dynamic coast. The next time you visit a NSW beach, why not become a beach scientist by helping us measure how beaches erode and recover over time due to changing ocean conditions? Visit a CoastSnap station to measure the shoreline and amount of sand on the beach by taking a photo with your smartphone and sharing it through our app or on social media. Your snap will add to a community database that we use to map shoreline change and learn how different beaches respond to changing ocean conditions. Community beach monitoring can help to improve how we manage treasured coastal environments. Coastsnap community beach monitoring sign Download the CoastSnap app Black and white Apple app store icon with apple image on left Google play icon with coloured arrow Download the free app and visit CoastSnap stations in New South Wales and around the world to be part of it. You can learn more about how to use the app and add your snaps on the National Parks and Wildlife Service CoastSnap page. Find a CoastSnap station CoastSnap stations are popping up all along the NSW coast at iconic beaches and in pristine coastal national parks. Browse the gallery below to see stunning views at CoastSnap stations from north to south and discover where you can become a beach scientist. You can find the locations of CoastSnap stations using the Spotteron map and see how community beach scientists are recording coastline change at each site. How does it work? Our innovative photo-point cradles and image processing turn your smartphone into a precision beach monitoring tool. By fixing the position of your device we ensure that all community photo records are captured from the same location. We normalise images from different smartphone cameras and map the shoreline in each photo accounting for the tide level at the time of capture. Over time our community scientist's build accurate records of how beaches erode and recover with varying ocean conditions. The community shoreline mapping is similar in accuracy to professional surveys using expensive GPS equipment. Broulee Head shorelines What do we learn? The amount of sand on the beach and in the surf zone where waves break is constantly changing. Sand bars migrate in and out and change their shape in response to changing waves and tides. Sand is often removed from the beach by large waves and high tides and scattered offshore, leaving a narrow or eroded beach. The sand is usually returned by calmer waves and the beach builds out again. By mapping beach change over time using your CoastSnaps we can learn how different beaches respond to changing ocean conditions. Coastal researchers and managers use that information to investigate how much a beach might erode during storms, or in response to long-term environmental change such as sea level rise. Coastnap beach response About CoastSnap The UNSW Water Research Laboratory and the NSW Government partnered to develop CoastSnap in 2017. Beginning with 2 pilot sites at Manly and North Narrabeen beaches we developed the tools and techniques to make simple and accurate community beach monitoring a reality. We also discovered that communities and their visitors love learning about dynamic coasts by getting involved as community beach scientists. From its humble beginnings on Sydney's Northern Beaches, CoastSnap is now a global phenomenon. See how communities around the world are measuring and learning about their beaches on the CoastSnap Spotteron page.
On this World Fisheries Day, fishing communities all along the coastline of Senegal are paying tribute to colleagues and friends who are losing their lives at sea in attempts to reach the shores of Europe in their canoes. Every year, fishermen are forced to leave their country and put their lives at risk as a result of a deep despair caused by scarcity of the resources they depend on for jobs and food security. A situation fueled by the introduction of numerous and destructive foreign fishing boats as well as forever hungry fishmeal and fish oil factories competing for fish vital to food security in the whole West African region. The situation is greatly worrying with Illegal migration from Senegal towards Europe, commonly known as “Barça or Barsakh” (Barcelona or Death), having resurfaced. In October, at least 140 people drowned on their way to the Canary Islands from Mbour in Senegal. According to  the U.N. 14 boats carrying 663 migrants, among them 42 children, had left Senegal for the Canary Islands in September only with a quarter of the boats either sinking or encountering other serious problems. People who were simply trying to escape poverty but ended up paying with their lives. The rise of migration is taking place not long after the publication of the Greenpeace report Seasick: As COVID-19 locks down West Africa, its waters remain open to plunder” highlighting the plunder of West African fishery resources and the threat it poses to more than 40 million people across West Africa. Media as well as social media is now reporting on the increase of convoys of Senegalese canoes setting out towards the shores of Spain and the massive arrival of young Senegalese fishermen in Tenerife among other places. This new wave of illegal migration no longer consists of mainly young Senegalese. This time it’s different as it now includes professional fishermen who take the path of exile, while during the first waves these fishermen were only playing the part of conveyors of other migrants. But what is driving Senegalese fishermen to turn their back on their ocean? An ocean known to be among the richest in the world. Why do they venture into the unknown risking their lives in the process? The answers correspond with the findings in the before mentioned Greenpeace report and points towards devastating mismanagement of Senegalese fisheries and ocean areas. Indeed, the illegal and intransparent introduction of large industrial fishing vessels, the lack of appropriate management measures to regenerate fishery resources, the establishment of fish meal and fish oil factories competing unfairly with female fish processors and fishermen for access to small pelagics have added to an already precarious situation of fishmen and female fish processors in Senegal. The protection of the jobs of fishermen, fishmongers, and female fish processors should be the priority. This is the only way to ensure fishing can continue to play its role of sustaining jobs and food security for local fishing communities as well as food security for the populations of Senegal and the sub-region as well. Unfortunately, this is not what is happening in reality for the past weeks a human catastrophe has been occurring in Senegal’s maritime space. According to  various media and civil society organizations, no less than 480 individuals have since 24 October this year lost their lives trying to reach the Spanish coast via the Canary Islands aboard artisanal fishing canoes. If rigorous measures are not taken and implemented by West afircan governments, other parts of the population will risk having to turn their backs on their country and business in desperation. This must be and can be avoided if measures to ensure sustainable management of fishery resources are implemented and all relevant stakeholders are involved in the process going forward. In the process of negotiating fishing agreements or issuing fishing licenses,  major powers such as the EU and China as well as the Senegalese government do not involve fishing communities as stipulated in the legislation. the interests of Senegalese fishing communities are sacrificed for the benefit of fishing industries of European or Chinese origin. The wrong could be avoided if these populations of fishermen could also benefit from these privileges but the sad reality is that all the fishermen who took the canoes to reach Europe at the risk of their lives, are stranded in camps, waiting to” be repatriated to their country of origin where they will find these same foreign vessels plundering their resources and responsible for their sorrow: Yes, the EU wants West african fish but not it’s migrant. In solidarity with coastal communities Greenpeace bow to the memory of the people of Senegal who lost their lives and to their families.The Senegalese government and relevant authorities must carry out investigations to identify those responsible for the circumstances leading to the death of the people who lost their lives at sea and never reached Europe. All over Senegal and West Africa, people are standing up to fight the plunder of their waters. Let’s unite today in support by adding our names and voices to a growing community of people through Greenpeace’s petition. Together, we are fighting for more transparency and sustainability in fisheries management and for a full stop on the granting of additional industrial fishing licenses and plunder of West African waters.
Evolution of the Single Shot Rifle The history of firearms begins with single shot rifles. The 19th century was the heyday of these types of rifles, but they remain popular with many firearm aficionados today. Though there have been some developments that have brought this classic gun into the modern era, many of these rifles maintain the original style. The origins of the single shot rifle Though firearms can be traced back to China and the 10th-century fire lance, the first rifles were developed in the mid-19th century. At the time, the most common firearm was the musket, which was used both for hunting and in a military battle. Rifles were easier to load than muskets and far more accurate due to their spiraling grooved barrels that cause the projectile to spin in the air. Smaller bullets for the grooved barrels, known as mini balls, were developed in the 1840s by Claude-Étienne Minié, and by the time of the American Civil War in the 1860s, rifled muskets were a standard military weapon. The major gun manufacturers of the era all had single shot rifles in production by the last decades of the 19th century. The popular Springfield Model 1973 was a trapdoor, breech-loading rifle, though the most common type of single shot rifle was the break action. Perhaps the most famous single shot rifle is the Winchester Model 1885 which was designed by renowned firearm designer, John Moses Browning. This falling-block action rifle became the model that many manufacturers would base their own designs on. By the next century, though, bolt action rifles would be the standard. Single shot rifles throughout the 20th century The First World War was the high point for the use of bolt action rifles. These single shot rifles were lighter and cheaper than other rifles and required far fewer moving parts, which is why they became so popular for military use. By World War II, semi-automatic and automatic rifles were beginning to supplant single shot rifles on the battlefield. Sniper rifles still tended to be bolt action, single shot rifles because of their accuracy. In the 1960s, Ruger introduced the Ruger No. 1, a falling-block action rifle that has been available in dozens of different calibers in the years since its first release. Due to its relatively compact size, it quickly became a favorite for many shooters. As more advanced, rapid-fire weaponry became the norm, single shot rifles became largely relegated to hunting activities. Still, major manufacturers like Steyer, Cooper, and Remington continued to produce single shot rifles throughout the 20th century in part because of their relative simplicity and ease of use. The 21st-century single shot rifle These days, single shot rifles are often only owned by collectors or thought of as a gun for beginners. Their lightweight and simple firing capabilities make them ideal for young shooters just to learn to hunt. If you look for single shot rifles for sale online, you’ll see they do still have their fans. There remain those that swear by them because hunting with one requires a person to be a more accurate and conscientious hunter. Far from being a “beginner’s” gun, a single shot rifle demands a greater level of expertise and rewards dedication. Modern single shot rifles are not far removed in design from their 19th-century predecessors. The main differences are in the variety of the length of the barrels and the caliber of bullets that can be fired. In 2005, Winchester brought back the original, beloved Model 1885 as a limited series. This reintroduction of a classic simultaneously illuminates how much has changed in gun manufacturing and how timeless some of the classic models are. As long as there are gun owners who appreciate a finely crafted, elegant rifle, the single shot will never go out of style.