limits the perception of objects ( only the fish towards the left is visible ). | a more realistic simulation would be to use computer vision algorithms to extract information from the scene rendered from the viewpoint of the fish. 4. behavioral modeling and simulation at each time step ( animation frame ) the intention generator issues an intention based on the fish ' s habits, mental state, and incoming sensory information. it then chooses and executes a behavior routine that runs the appropriate motor controllers. the animator can choose the innate character of a fish by choosing the set of preferences, i. e., whether it is male or female, likes brightness or darkness, cold, warmth, schooling, etc. 4. 2 mental state there are three mental state variables : h ( hunger ), l ( libido ), and f ( fear ). the range of each is between 0. 0 and 1. 0. the higher values correspond to a stronger urge to eat, mate, and avoid danger. the variables are computed as follows : where t = time 5 intention generator figure 5 illustrates the intention generator. the first check is to see if there is immediate danger of a collision. if an object comes into the collision sensitivity region ( a bounding volume around the fish ) then the intention i is to avoid a collision. a " timid " fish would have a large sensitivity region whereas a " brave " fish would have a small region. if there is no collision danger then the neighborhood is searched for predators.. the fear state variable, f, and the most dangerous predator m for which fm > = fi, is computed. if the total fear f > fo ( a threshold value 0. 1 < = fo < = 0. 5 ) then evasive action must be taken. if the most dangerous predator is not too dangerous ( fm < f1 with f1 > f0 ) and the fish schools then the school intention is generated, else the escape intention is generated. if fear is below the threshold then hunger and libido variables are computed. if the larger of the two is greater than some threshold r, ( 0. 0 < r < 0. 5 ) then either the eat or mate intentions are generated. if there is no action from the above tests then the ambient light and temperature are determined from the perception system. if the fish is content with these values then the intention to wander is generated, else to leave is generated. after an intention is generated then the fish invokes the perceptual focus mechanism. this focuses on just the external


perception system. if the fish is content with these values then the intention to wander is generated, else to leave is generated. after an intention is generated then the fish invokes the perceptual focus mechanism. this focuses on just the external information needed to carry out the generated intention. for example, if the intention is escape, then the positions of obstacles and the most dangerous predator are located and these determine the motion. for example, if the predator is to the left, the constraint don ' t turn left is generated. real fish have a persistence of action. to simulate persistence in action, a single item short term memory is used. for example, if the fish has the intention of eat, and a collision danger is generated, then the current intention is stored and retrieved after the obstacle has been avoided. the focuser can be parameterized by threshold values to vary the fish character. for example, assume the intention is to eat, and the current target prey distance is lc and the distance to another prey is ln ( example a new fish swims into view ). then if lc - ln > threshold the fish will go after the new prey. by varying the threshold from 0. 0 to a large number, the predator fish can be very persistent or easily distracted. 5. 1 behavior routines after an intention is generated it passes control, and the data from the perception focuser, to a behavior routine. the fish has eight behavior routines : avoiding - static - obstacle, avoiding - fish, eating - food, mating, leaving, wandering - about, escaping, and schooling. the behavior routines then choose the appropriate mc and pass it the right parameters. look at each of these routines. avoiding - static - obstacle, avoiding - fish : these operate similarly. given the relative obstacle position an appropriate mc, e. g. turn - left, is chosen, and the control parameters are computed, subject to other constraints. the avoiding - fish routine treats the other fish as a bounding box moving in a certain direction. adjusting the size of the bounding box can usually avoid collisions. eating - food : tests the distance, d, of the food from the fish ' s mouth. if d > = threshold then a subroutine chasing - target, is invoked. when d < threshold then the subroutine suck - in is invoked. this simulates a vacuum force that is exerted on the target and other nearby objects. this force is added to the other external forces on the nodes. this is how many fish actually eat


threshold then the subroutine suck - in is invoked. this simulates a vacuum force that is exerted on the target and other nearby objects. this force is added to the other external forces on the nodes. this is how many fish actually eat. mating : invokes four subroutines wandering - about : this routine invokes the swim - mc and sends random angles to the turn - mcs. leaving : this is similar to wandering - about except that the fish moves without turning. escaping : the fish choose the best mc depending upon the relative position and orientation of the predator 6 artificial fish types there are currently three types : predators, prey, and pacifists. predators do not prey on other predators so they do no predator detection. also they do not school, escape, or mate ( f = l = 0 ). all they do is avoid collisions and, if hungry, go after prey. a predator chases prey, k, if the cost ck = dk ( 1 + b1sk + b2ek / pi ) is less than some threshold. dk = distance between the mouth of the predator and the center of the prey ' s body. sk = 1 if the prey is in a school, else sk = 0. ek is the required turning angle. current values of the parameters are b1 = 0. 5 and b2 = 0. 2. prey fish do not mate. their main activities are eating and forming schools. the school routine uses rules similar to the reynolds paper as shown by the set of rules below ( collision avoidance is already handled so these look for velocity matching and flock - centering ) : test : > = 2 neighbors within one body length to the front? if the answer = no then find the closest schoolmate in front and speed up towards it else, if the answer = yes then test : > = 2 neighbors within one body length to the sides? if the answer = no then find the closest schoolmate to the sides and turn to it else, if the answer = yes then test : swim in generally same direction as the neighbors? if the answer = no then match velocity with neighbors else, if the answer = yes then just swim along. in pacifists, escape and school are deactivated and mate is activated. there is a diversity of fish mating habits but there are three main behaviors : nuzzling - the male approaches the female from underneath and nudges her abdomen until she is ready to spawn spawning ascent - the female swims rapidly towards the surface pursued by


there is a diversity of fish mating habits but there are three main behaviors : nuzzling - the male approaches the female from underneath and nudges her abdomen until she is ready to spawn spawning ascent - the female swims rapidly towards the surface pursued by the male and releases gametes at the peak of the ascent. courtship dancing - there are two common types : looping - the male swims up and down in a loop above and in front of the female circling - the male and female circle, as if chasing each other ' s tail the author ' s implemented a mating behavior that does the following sequence of behaviors : looping, circling, spawning ascent, and nuzzling. the male selects a female on the following criteria : a female of the same species is more attractive than a female of a different species ( from biology this would have to be so ) and closer females are more attractive than ones further away. once fish i has selected mate j, it sends a signal to j. there are then three possibilities : j ' s intention is not to mate - then i approaches j and follows it around using chasing - target with the center of j ' s body as the target j ' s intention is to mate, but not with i - if i is a male then it performs a looping behavior in front of j. if j is impressed then the courtship sequence continues, else i discontinues looping and looks for another partner. if i is female then it just looks for another partner. if j intends to mate with i then the courtship sequence begins. the courtship sequence is as follows : looping - the female hovers and bobs her head ( by motor control of the pectoral fins ) while the male invokes chasing - target at a point in front of the females head ( which bobs up and down ). the male counts the number of times his mouth reaches the vicinity of the moving point and when a threshold is reached begins the next stage. circling - both fish invoke chasing - target on each other ' s tail. the spawning ascending routine begins after the female has done a fixed number of turns. the male invokes chasing - target to follow the female. the female stops and the male does the nuzzling routine for a set number of steps. after the looping routine the female may be attracted to a larger male fish than the original. at the nuzzling stage, if the male comes in at a wrong angle, the avoiding - fish routine may be invoked, so it turns away and


information about silicon production this solarworld company covers our silicon production and conditioning : you can learn about the details of the individual steps in our value chain in our brochure about the freiberg site. informations about solarworld ’ s lithium activities here silicon is the starting point of our solar production cycle. it is extracted from sand which is made up primarily of silicon dioxide. as the second most common element of the earth ’ s crust, there is an almost endless supply. at the freiberg / saxony location, solarworld is working hard to step into the future. since 2002, solarworld ag has operated a joint venture together with the degussa chemical corporation called jssi gmbh ( original name : joint solar silicon gmbh & co. kg ). the company developed a new technological process for manufacturing solar silicon cost - effectively in rheinfelden : from silane. silane is a gas made of silicon and hydrogen which is provided by evonik degussa gmbh. jssi gmbh breaks down this gas into silicon in a new type of process. the deutsche solar gmbh analyzes methods for silicon supply deutsche solar gmbh has assumed responsibility for the long - term strategic supply of silicon needed by solarworld ag. they meet this goal by developing new production technologies such as, for example the sunsil process. starting in the summer of 2010, the group will pre - process the sunsil silicon powder for wafer production and refine it to granules at the freiberg site. joint venture with qatar foundation solarworld ag formed another joint venture at the beginning of this year : solarworld ag has a 29 % holding in the newly formed joint venture, qatar solar technologies ( qst ) headquartered in the emirate of qatar. the joint venture set up the first production site for polysilicon on the arabian peninsula. the partners are the qatar foundation ( 70 % ) and the qatar development bank ( 1 % ). starting in the 3rd quarter of 2012, 3, 600 metric tons of polysilicon are to be produced in the new plant per year. read more in the press release. during the melting process, monocrystalline silicon produced which can be easily recognized from its uniform external color caused by the homogenous internal crystal structure. polycrystalline silicon has a structure in which many crystals grow next to each other during solidification. polycrystalline cells can be recognized by a visible grain called a " metal flake effect ".


banks are like cathedrals, since casinos took their place. " really know what the above lyric means, but it sounds so good. did the casinos replace the banks, or did the casinos replace the cathedrals? it ' s not really clear. maybe casinos replaced cathedrals in that people are now worshiping money, gambling on fate rather than trusting god. if so, then why are the banks now like cathedrals? the banks house money, so there is some connection between casinos and banks. that ' s about as far as i can take that interpretation. or maybe the lyric is saying that casinos replaced banking, so gambling is now considered as conservative as investing, and investing is so conservative that it is considered medieval worship, and cathedrals are so conservative they don ' t even exist anymore. what we have here is a great pop lyric that makes a lousy meaningful sentence. hypertext literature is a wonderful subject for discourse, theory, and intellectual hobnobbing ; but in the final analysis, there ' s really not that much to it. insofar as hypertext binds the web together, it ' s wonderful. insofar as hypertext allows multimedia web art to function, it ' s great glue. insofar as hypertext comprises a new literary genre, it ' s about as riveting as those " write your own story " books that came out when i was a kid ( " if you choose to fight the dragon, turn to page 72. if you choose to elope with the maiden, turn to page 287 " ). dadaism, some things are better in theory than in execution. the iconoclastic idea of duchamp ' s urinal as art is much more impressive than the urinal itself. and of course, that was duchamp ' s point. likewise, the elaborate theories expounded on interactive novels and stream - of - consciousness - enabled poetry make much better reading than the hypertext poems and novels themselves. jorge louis borges foretold interactive literature in his 1941 short story, " examen de la obra de herbert quain " from the collection ficciones. the story itself is not interactive literature ; instead, it is faux criticism of a piece of non - existent interactive literature. even back then borges must have known what i ' ve recently come to suspect : critical theory of non - linear text is much more fun to write and read than non - linear text itself! many a progressive online literary magazine might not agree with me, but i


borges must have known what i ' ve recently come to suspect : critical theory of non - linear text is much more fun to write and read than non - linear text itself! many a progressive online literary magazine might not agree with me, but i have two good objections : 1 ) text yes, but why hyper? and 2 ) hyper yes, but why text? catchy, concise, and very, very linear. i ' ll present these two objections later down the line, but exactly is hypertext? web has inundated our culture with reams of new technologies and communication paradigms over the last five years. consequently we ' re so overwhelmed with buzzwords, we can ' t tell a neo - media environment from an interactive literary community. ( or was it net banking, or did online casinos take their place? ) so what exactly is hypertext? is just text that links. ok? that ' s it. has been written about the wondrous paradigm - shifting nature of " the linking event. " for example, isn ' t it interesting how the human mind interprets the web as a place? we feel we are hopping from site to site, when in reality, we are merely requesting different documents from different machines, and those documents are being sent to our machine while we don ' t move at all. see how tempting it is to expound on the depths of the interactive web experience? here i am writing an article trying to debunk our overblown fascination with hypertext, and even now i am succumbing to the temptation. theorize on, dear friends. i won ' t cast stones. without the web and its resources is really nothing much. tim berners - lee originally invented html to allow physics researchers to communicate with each other via the internet in a way beyond mere e - mail and file transfer protocol. tim ' s purpose for adding the hypertext element to his markup language was twofold : i have a table of contents at the beginning of my long physics paper, i no longer have to say " chapter 5 : non - linear experiments in fluid dynamics ( p. 45 ). " i can merely link all that text straight to page 45, and leave out the reference to page 45. so hypertext was originally meant to save its readers the trouble of having to " flip through " the digital pages of their digital documents. in my physics paper i want to refer to another physics paper, and i know the location on the internet of that other paper, i can


meant to save its readers the trouble of having to " flip through " the digital pages of their digital documents. in my physics paper i want to refer to another physics paper, and i know the location on the internet of that other paper, i can send my readers straight to that other paper via hypertext. let ' s liken this function to using the yellow pages, except instead of reading a number from the yellow pages and dialing it into a phone manually ( the old ftp method ), you simply press the number right there in the directory itself, and the phone number is dialed for you ( the new html method ). sure, a great time saving device, but an advancement know what berners - lee ' s hypertext markup language spawned, namely ye olde web. but note, berners - lee wrote his markup language for research papers and physics databases. is there a difference between reading an instructional manual and reading a novel? you bet. the former is non - linear, and the latter is linear. and necessarily # 1 : text yes, but why hyper? subscribed to a theory of organic poetry which i find instructive. it ' s been a while since college, and i ' m grossly oversimplifying, but basically wordsworth says that every piece of a poem should be essential, adding to the whole. a poem should be constructed so that if any bit were added or removed, it wouldn ' t work. furthermore, a poem should be organic like a flower is organic. a poem should begin as a seed and proceed into full blossom so that each part rightly relates to the parts which precede and follow it in sequence. a good poem should grow from beginning to end. in other words, linear cohesion is part and parcel of good poetry. back to middle school plot diagrams, you ' ve got your initial incident which builds to a climax and then falls to a resolution. it ' s left to right, in a sequence, in a line. it actually is a line, come to think of it. and why is it that good poems and good stories by their very nature tend to be linear? answer has to do with the nature of existence, space, and time. we exist in a sea of millions of possible future events that may or may not happen. every day we wake up and begin bringing into existence a series of those possible events, turning them from the possible into history, and stringing them together in a chronological line. we call this activity "


possible future events that may or may not happen. every day we wake up and begin bringing into existence a series of those possible events, turning them from the possible into history, and stringing them together in a chronological line. we call this activity " life. " we enjoy stories and poems about life that proceed from beginning to end, because we live life in time from beginning to end. tension and release are the essential elements of pleasure. " will such and such happen? i ' m waiting... i ' m waiting, yes! it did happen! " so great writing is writing that presents a meaningful mediated " life experience. " and since our life experience is linear, non - linear writing is less likely to be great writing. have the burning desire to describe several possible linear life experiences? write several novels. otherwise, your single hypertext novel will just wind up having the dramatic impact of the end of wayne ' s world. if there ' s more than one ending, then there ' s really no ending at all. like groundhog day are amusing because they ask, " what if life weren ' t linear? " but note, groundhog day is still a linear movie commenting on non - linear / cyclic possibilities. if every time you watched groundhog day the movie itself changed order, how would that increase the impact of the narrative? ( i dare say the same holds true for joyce ' s portrait of the artist, stream - of - consciousness as it may be. ) once again, a linear analysis of a non - linear event proves more compelling than the non - linear event itself. was bill murray ' s character enjoying his non - linear life in groundhog day? or was his life very disorienting and frustrating? most non - linear writing is just that : disorienting and frustrating to read. are you into near - broadway impromptu theater where actors throw fruit at you and verbally berate your grandmother? do you enjoy that kind of paradigm - shifting avant - garde experience? then curl up to a cozy hypertext novel and suck marrow, baby. # 2 : hyper yes, but why text? to teach a class on web site design at a two - year technical college. when we got to the " make a site with whatever you want on it " phase, everybody wanted to write about their cat. second only to the pet - glorification sites were the hypertext poem / essay sites. " look, i wrote a poem where one word in the poem links to a second page with an


" phase, everybody wanted to write about their cat. second only to the pet - glorification sites were the hypertext poem / essay sites. " look, i wrote a poem where one word in the poem links to a second page with an entirely new poem based on that first word. and look, in the second poem there is another word where if you click on it... " reason my students were drawn to these hypertext poems was that we hadn ' t yet gotten to graphics. once they knew how to create and incorporate images in their pages, the hypertext poems suddenly seemed old - school. that ' s the way i feel about hypertext literature. with so much media converging on the web, why not use the web ' s interactivity to do something other than merely write words? piece of interactive art ( apart from the universe ) is the cd - rom " game " " riven. " if you ' re going to ask me to forge the outcome of your art, then at least make me the main character and give me some moving objects and people to look at and listen to so i can have some virtual fun. in other words, make a fully mediated world and drop me in it ( vis - a - vis nell ' s primer in neil stephenson ' s the diamond age ). otherwise, i ' ll just continue to enjoy the media - rich interactive experience that is my life, while occasionally reading robyn miller, the primary creator of " riven, " has now gone into linear filmmaking. his reason? greater control over one ' s narrative leads to the construction of a greater narrative. there ' s no chance your viewer is going to wander into a corner, or go out of order, or never arrive at the main point. you can choose the one plot that most communicates your message, hone that plot for maximum impact, and then present it with the assurance that if your viewer doesn ' t get it, it wasn ' t for your lack of trying. " riven " rocks my world. i do get it. i also get and enjoy many interactive multimedia web installations. yes, interactivity does immerse and involve me in art by empowering me, but what exactly is it that i ' m empowered to do? am i empowered to blend various audio loops and in so doing create a correspondent video collage? ( see peppermint lounge ). am i empowered to modify a surrealistic landscape by tweaking various controls that are themselves part of the ever -


approximately 185 students from two high schools in maine participated in the pilot local fisheries knowledge ( lfk ) project during the 2003 - 2004 academic year, and another 159 during 2004 - 2005 academic each school created an overarching theme to guide students ' lfk interviews. students organized into teams to conduct interviews. ellsworth high school me. hancock county. what does the fishing industry have to do with ellsworth high school ' s communities? ellsworth hs. photo by grey at ellsworth high school, all 10th grade students in english, science, and social studies participated during the 2003 / 2004 and 2004 / 2005 academic years jonesport - beals high school jonesport, me. washington county. what is our place in the changing face of jonesport - beal ' s marine culture? jonesport - beals hs. photo by jennifer ise, high school, 12th grade students technology and enterpreneurship classes participated during the 2003 / 2004 and 2004 / 2005 academic years. the 2005 / 2006 students include 9 th graders and 12 the communities of ellsworth and jonesport are located in the downeast region of maine. this area has heritage, though fishing has influenced each community to different degrees. the community of ellsworth has developed around regional fisheries by providing support services such as fish processing many families in jonesport and on neighboring beals island have been fishing for a living for over 200 years. some students high school will carry on this tradition. during the first pilot year, 35 of the 125 students at the school had commercial fishing licenses. three of this year ’ s participants already have their lobster permits. other students may go on to work in fisheries related fields, such as fishing gear construction, boat building, fisheries science, or aquaculture. the commercial fishing profession and fishing communities, however, face an uncertain future in maine. more about regional fishing issues …


astronomy test 2 about this deck sign up ( free ) to study this. - rate of nuclear fusion is extremely sensitive to temperature - neutrinos? no interaction because they are gone - positrons? quickly find electrons in the core to annihilate with - no longer redirects photons, now absorbs them - cooled to visible energies - photons can be seen at earth 8 minutes later the sun suddenly stops fusing hydrogen and loses its energy source. which is true? - magnetic fields trap gas in huge bubbling loops - cooler areas at liftoff cause dark sunspots - energy and light released ( flares ) - charged particles are spewed out into space ( coronal mass ejections ) which is most likely the cause of the extreme heating in the chromosphere and corona? - can : damage satellites, harm astronauts, induce current on earth and destroy electric transformers on the ground, cause swelling in earth ’ s atmosphere how do we know when a coronal mass ejection is on its way? - the corona is constantly “ evaporating ” - but replenished from below - apparent movement is caused by earth ’ s actual movement around the sun - parsec : ( parallax - arcsecond ) - an object at a distance of one parsec has a parallax of 1 arcsecond - 1 parsec : 1 pc : 3. 26 light years - brightest stars were of first magnitude - dimmest stars were of sixth magnitude - everything else was sorted in between - fragile types are easily ionized or knocked apart by collisions in high temperature regions ( high temp : high energy of particles ) - hotter temperatures ( more gravitational pressure = higher temp ) - higher luminosity ( higher temperature = much higher fusion rates ) high luminosity, short - lived, large radius, hot, blue you discover a star and its spectrum reveals that it ’ s a g - type main sequence star. how old is it? - molecular clouds : cold enough to form molecules ( t : 10 to 30 k ) - often dusty ( infrared light goes through cloud ) - cloud collapses due to gravity ( must be triggered ) if angular momentum is conserved what happens if r goes down ( no change in m )? protostars start out relatively cool and dark ( compared to stars ). if the axes of the hr diagram were stretched to these temperatures a protostar would appear at the : - stable hydrogen turns into helium in the core - stellar thermostat keeps


##stars start out relatively cool and dark ( compared to stars ). if the axes of the hr diagram were stretched to these temperatures a protostar would appear at the : - stable hydrogen turns into helium in the core - stellar thermostat keeps luminosity and temperature stable for billions of years - most stars in the galaxy are loss mass, main sequence stars what happens if the cloud collapses but never quite gets to stardom? - if they are too massive they will blow themselves apart ( theoretical limit is 150 times the mass of the sun ) what will happen when the hydrogen in the core runs out? - not hot enough for hydrogen fusion - hydrogen shell burning pushes outer layers of the star out with fusion again supporting the core, our star rests on the horizontal branch : - outer layers blown off ( planetary nebula formed ) - small, hot carbon “ rock ” left over ( white dwarf ) a star moves upwards and to the right on the hr diagram. what is happening in its core? - main sequence lifetimes are shorter supernova 1987a was the most recent nearby supernova. where did it occur? - there is no way iron can produce any energy to push back against the crush of gravity in the star ’ s core - this takes less than 0. 01 seconds for the entire core - electron degeneracy pressure gone ( core collapses completely ) - last one “ observed ” in the milky way : 1604 - last one we know about the milky way : 1868 - 1 every 100 years for each galaxy means that monitoring 100 galaxies should get you one supernova per year - heats surface layers and fuses hydrogen for while ( only on surface, does not destroy star ) - dimmer than supernova but still impressive about this deck textbook : cosmic perspective, the ( 5th edition ) essential cosmic perspective, the ( 5th edition ) size : 102 flashcards


in 1972, she was elected to the united states house of representatives, becoming the first black woman from a southern state to serve in the house. she received extensive support from former president lyndon johnson, who helped her secure a position on the house judiciary committee. in 1974, she made an influential, televised speech before the house judiciary committee supporting the impeachment of president richard nixon. jordan was mentioned as a possible running mate to jimmy carter in 1976, and that year she became the first african - american woman to deliver the keynote address at the democratic national convention. her speech in new york that summer was ranked 5th in " top 100 american speeches of the 20th century " list and was considered by many historians to have been the best convention keynote speech in modern history. despite not being a candidate jordan received one delegate vote ( 0. 03 % ) for president at the convention. jordan retired from politics in 1979 and became an adjunct professor teaching ethics at the university of texas at austin lyndon b. johnson school of public affairs. she again was a keynote speaker at the democratic national convention in 1992. in 1995, jordan chaired a congressional commission that advocated increased restriction of immigration, called for all u. s. residents to carry a national identity card and increased penalties on employers that violated u. s. immigration regulations. then - president clinton endorsed the jordan commission ' s... [ continues ] cite this essay ( 2010, 11 ). barbara jordan : the first african - american woman state senator. studymode. com. retrieved 11, 2010, from http : / / www. studymode. com / essays / barbara - jordan - the - first - african - american - woman - 496242. html " barbara jordan : the first african - american woman state senator " studymode. com. 11 2010. 11 2010 < http : / / www. studymode. com / essays / barbara - jordan - the - first - african - american - woman - 496242. html >. " barbara jordan : the first african - american woman state senator. " studymode. com. 11, 2010. accessed 11, 2010. http : / / www. studymode. com / essays / barbara - jordan - the - first - african - american - woman - 496242. html.


modern tourism could be said to have emerged with modern industrial society in the nineteenth century. industrialisation spawned both the means to travel - initially the railways - and created a growing market amongst the new industrial and professional classes, and amongst the working class, the masses, too. thomas cook pioneered leisure travel amongst the middle and working classes in this century. he and his son, john mason cook ( whose initials jmc are now a brand of thomas cook tour operations ), took an increasingly broad spectrum of the population to ever more distant destinations. over the past 150 years, the achievement of the industry has been nothing less than the democratisation of leisure travel, from the few deemed worthy, and wealthy enough to partake, to an everyday activity for the majority in developed societies. the growth of the tourism industry has been driven by economic development. greater affluence has opened up the possibility to travel for leisure to greater numbers of people. technical progress - notably the car and air travel - has consistently enabled greater speed, comfort and scope for leisure travellers. whereas even as recently as forty years ago back - to - back charters were a new innovation, initially confusing to hoteliers and customers, today they are the staple of the big tour operators. the uk ' s ' big four ', thomas cook, airtours, first choice and thomsons ( now part of tui, the first european wide package holiday brand, owned by german conglomerate pressaug ) dominate a market that takes annually some thirty five million british tourists abroad for their holidays. by supplying en masse, such companies have lowered the real cost of holidays, and alongside growing incomes, this has contributed to what vladimir raitz, founder of horizon holidays ( the first post - war package holiday company to develop charter flight - based packages ) refers to as the package holiday revolution. this growth has been mirrored... [ continues ] cite this essay ( 2009, 03 ). mass tourism. studymode. com. retrieved 03, 2009, from http : / / www. studymode. com / essays / mass - tourism - 195286. html " mass tourism " studymode. com. 03 2009. 03 2009 < http : / / www. studymode. com / essays / mass - tourism - 195286. html >. " mass tourism. " studymode. com. 03, 2009. accessed 03, 2009. http : / / www. studymode. com / essays / mass - tourism - 195286. html.


it is fair to say that the struggle for power in the ussr between 1924 and 1929 was partially to do with the economic policy because the way in which different members of the communist party treated the economic policy depended how much support they got from fellow members of the communist party. however, there were other factors involved such as a lack of democratic elections, the nature of leadership and fear of a divided party. you could argue that the struggle for power was due to the differing economic policies, this is because different key players in the power struggle wanted different things. for example, the bukharinite model wanted gradualism – to allow market forces to drive the economy forward and so letting the peasants gain wealth individually. he believed this would lead to a prosperous consumer market and heavy industry that is centrally controlled, planned economy run by a proletariat dictatorship. this would please the peasantry and results in political and economic growth as well as increased trade. trotsky and his leftist model agreed that the party must recognise the role of the market forces during the gradual change to socialism. however, in 1926 he became increasingly critical of the gradualist approach and didn ’ t approve of peasants who had no obligation to sell if the market wasn ’ t right and therefore wanted a slightly more capitalist approach to the economic policy so that the government had greater control over produce. this created a power struggle because different people wanted different things and approached economic policy in certain ways and whilst bukharin was trying to ensure the happiness of the public, trotsky was trying to ensure the wealth and growth of the ussr as a trade nation. although these two models were important in why there was a power struggle in those years it is not the most important reason. secondly, you could say it... [ continues ] cite this essay ( 2012, 05 ). the struggle for power in the ussr. studymode. com. retrieved 05, 2012, from http : / / www. studymode. com / essays / the - struggle - for - power - in - the - 994323. html " the struggle for power in the ussr " studymode. com. 05 2012. 05 2012 < http : / / www. studymode. com / essays / the - struggle - for - power - in - the - 994323. html >. " the struggle for power in the ussr. " studymode. com. 05, 2012. accessed 05, 2012. http : / / www. studymode. com / essays / the


public toilet with biogas plant and water kiosk naivasha, kenya case study of sustainable sanitation projects this case study is about the first pilot and demonstration project of the water services trust fund ( wstf ) on public sanitation. the eu - sida - gtz ecosan promotion project ( epp ) spearheaded the implementation in conjunction with a local construction company. the naivasha bus park is a regional bus station that is located in the small town naivasha in rift valley province ( 2 hours from nairobi ). it had a neglected and unhygienic public toilet block managed by the town council. the new public toilet block consists of 2 toilet cubicles, 1 shower and urinal for men and 3 toilet cubicles and 1 shower from women. a biogas plant was constructed to pre - treat the wastewater for reduction of pollution loads released into the sewer system and generation of biogas for cooking purposes. a water kiosk was integrated into the facility to serve in parallel as the operator room for the public toilet. the facility serves about 300 visitors per day ( status 2009 ) and provides biogas for cooking for a nearby kiosk. the facility is managed by the local water service provider, called naivawass, who contracted a local cbo to operate the toilet on a pay - per - use concept. more information on the whole management setup can be found in the public sanitation tool kit from wstf which is also in this library ( put wstf into the search field ). onyango, p., rieck, c. sustainable sanitation alliance ( susana ) gtz, giz, epp onyango, p., rieck, c. ( 2010 ). public toilet with biogas plant and water kiosk naivasha, kenya - case study of sustainable sanitation projects. sustainable sanitation alliance ( susana ).


october 2011 marks the 39th anniversary of the clean water act, without which many of our nation ’ s rivers, streams, and beaches would be flooded with the type of toxic waste that caught fire in ohio ’ s cuyahoga river in 1969. that infamous fire marked the start of the modern environmental movement in the united states. it also inspired the federal government to step up efforts to ensure proper disposal of wastewater throughout the nation. these efforts included both regulation and federal funding for states to upgrade and maintain wastewater infrastructure. we are fortunate in the united states to have strict regulations that ensure proper wastewater disposal. even though we understand the water cycle of evaporation - condensation and precipitation that we learned in school, sometimes we forget that all water is recycled. that means that whatever toxins go into our wastewater will one day end up in our drinking water. like with so many things in life, prevention is the best medicine when it comes to keeping water clean. as we celebrate this 39th anniversary of the clean water act, let ’ s all remember to do what we can to keep our global shared resource of fresh water clean and free of toxins. it also means being willing to pay for upgraded wastewater treatment infrastructure. because whether or not the cuyahoga catches on fire again, some portion of the water flowing down that river will one day end up in your drinking glass.


nausea and vomiting, age 11 and younger vomiting occurs when a child ' s stomach contents are forced up the reference esophagus opens new window and out of the mouth. although nausea may accompany vomiting in adults and older children, children younger than age 3 are usually not able to tell you if they are having nausea. most of the time vomiting is not serious. home treatment will often ease your child ' s discomfort. vomiting in a baby should not be confused with reference spitting up. vomiting is forceful and repeated. spitting up may seem forceful but it usually occurs shortly after feeding, is effortless, and causes no discomfort. causes of vomiting a baby may spit up for no reason at all. reference overfeeding, not burping your baby after feeding, intolerance to milk or formula, and exposure to tobacco smoke are other reasons why your baby may spit up. most vomiting in children is caused by a viral stomach illness ( reference gastroenteritis opens new window ). a child with a stomach illness also may have other symptoms, such as diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps. with home treatment, the vomiting usually will stop within 12 hours. diarrhea may last for a few days or more. rotavirus is a virus that can cause severe vomiting and diarrhea. rotavirus vaccine ( what is a reference pdf opens new window document? ) helps protect against reference rotavirus disease opens new window. vomiting can also be caused by an infection in another part of the body, such as reference strep throat opens new window, reference pneumonia opens new window, and reference urinary tract infections opens new window. in rare cases, vomiting can be a symptom of a serious condition, such as a blockage of the digestive tract ( reference pyloric stenosis opens new window ), an infection ( reference meningitis opens new window ) of the fluid ( cerebrospinal fluid ) and tissues ( meninges ) that surround the brain and spinal cord, or reference reye syndrome opens new window. when a toddler vomits, it is important to make sure he or she has not swallowed medicines, household liquids, or other poisons. look around the house for empty containers and spills. there may be pills in your child ' s vomit, or the vomit may have an unusual appearance, color, or odor. for more information, see the topic reference poisoning. a child who falls down and forcefully hits his or her head or belly may vomit because of


pills in your child ' s vomit, or the vomit may have an unusual appearance, color, or odor. for more information, see the topic reference poisoning. a child who falls down and forcefully hits his or her head or belly may vomit because of an injury to those areas. check your child ' s body for bruises and other injuries. babies and children younger than 1 year old need special attention if they continue to vomit. they can quickly become reference dehydrated opens new window. it is important to replace lost fluids when your child is vomiting. watch your child carefully, and pay close attention to the amount of fluid he or she is able to drink. look for early symptoms of dehydration : - the mouth and eyes may be drier than usual. - the urine may be darker than usual. - he or she may feel cranky, tired, or dizzy. also, be sure to notice the color of the vomit, and count the number of times your child vomits. if your child vomits so frequently that you can ' t get him or her to drink or vomits every time he or she takes a drink, the risk of dehydration is greater. reference check your child ' s symptoms to decide if and when your child should see a doctor. | by : | | reference healthwise staff | | last revised : reference august 14, 2012 | | medical review : | | reference william h. blahd, jr., md, facep - emergency medicine reference h. michael o ' connor, md - emergency medicine


organic methods may help in producing more flavorful and nutritious food, but they are not the only secret to success. it is certainly possible to grow organic food that has only mediocre flavor. we spend a lot of time thinking about how our berries and vegetables are going to taste. take our strawberries, for example. many people confuse flavor and sweetness. ‘ flavor ' is our interpretation of the volatile oils in the fruit. sweetness is a pretty simple reaction to sugars in the fruit. most strawberries on the market have a simple sweetness, but fall short on the much more complex volatile oils. we are looking to have both sweetness and flavor. how do we do that? 1. we pick the fruit as ripe as possible, and get it to our customers as soon as we can. this is quite risky, because the riper a strawberry the softer it is, thus it is more susceptible to damage and spoiling. 2. we don ' t pump our plants with too much fertilizer, which would give us tons more fruit, but much less flavor in each berry. organic methods help in this regard because our organic fertilizers release nutrients to the plant slowly. 3. we choose varieties that taste good. unfortunately, those varieties invariably produce lower yields ( and hence higher per - unit cost ). 4. we build our soil. rich soil offers the plant a wide range of nutrients resulting in a more complex flavor. most strawberries are grown in sandy soils, which don ' t offer the plant much in terms of nutrients. they tend to have only slight, simple strawberry 5. we don ' t water too much. the extra water dilutes the flavor. 6. we don ' t give up. of course, as weather conditions change, we get some variability in flavor. but we do everything we can to get the best flavor possible at the time of we grow primarily two varieties of strawberry, the chandler and the seascape. we also try new varieties ( actually old varieties ) every year, always looking for the best flavor. our favorite, the chandler, is an old standby, but yields only about 2 / 3 as much as other varieties commonly available on the organic market. nonetheless, we remain committed to this variety even though it is far less profitable to grow. click here to see an illustrated history of strawberry breeding. swanton berry farm, p. o. box 308, davenport, ca 95017 | ( 831 ) 469 - 8804 | web design : dov bock


these messages are caused by common misunderstanding of the prolog interactive toplevel. both ( : - ) / 1 and (? - ) / 1 are used to specify queries. if some text reads? - is the prompt and should not be typed. repeating the prompt results in :? -? - prove ( x ). error : undefined procedure : (? - ) / 1 error :? - is the prolog prompt error : see faq at http : / / www. swi - prolog. org / faq / toplevelmode. txt terms that you enter at the toplevel are processes as queries, while terms that appear in a file that is loaded into prolog is processed as a set of rules and facts. if a text reads as below, this is a rule. carnivore ( x ) : - animal ( x ), eats _ meat ( x ). trying to enter this at the toplevel results in the error below. why? because a rule is a term : - ( head, body ), and because the toplevel interprets terms as queries. there is no predicate with the name : - and two arguments.? - carnivore ( x ) : - animal ( x ), eats _ meat ( x ). error : undefined procedure : ( : - ) / 2 error : rules must be loaded from a file error : see faq at http : / / www. swi - prolog. org / faq / toplevelmode. txt isn ' t this stupid? well, no. suppose we have a term if this appears in a file, it states the fact that rataplan eats meat. if it appears at the toplevel, it asks prolog to try proving whether rataplan if a text reads this is a directive. directives are similar to queries, but instead of asking the toplevel to do something, they ask the compiler to do something. like rules and facts, such terms belong in files. can i add rules and facts from the toplevel? yes. there are two ways. one is to consult user, as illustrated below. where is says < eof >, you must type the character for end - of - file, which is control - d on most systems.? - [ user ]. | : carnivore ( x ) : - animal ( x ), eats _ meat ( x ). |


must type the character for end - of - file, which is control - d on most systems.? - [ user ]. | : carnivore ( x ) : - animal ( x ), eats _ meat ( x ). | : < eof > % user : / / 1 compiled 0. 00 sec, 880 bytes true.? - assert ( ( carnivore ( x ) : - animal ( x ), eats _ meat ( x ) ) ). we advice to use an editor to make a file with rules and load this using the command below. prolog files use the extension. pl, which you do not have to specify for loading the file. you may use any other extension, but this requires you to add the extension and quotes to turn this into valid prolog syntax. for example : note that you can easily update your rules by editing the file and typing the command below. the make / 0 predicate reloads all files that have been modified, replacing old rules loaded from that file with the current content of the file. can i put queries in files? yes. as we have seen above, there are directives for the compiler that are written as : - term.. here, term must be recognized as a valid directive by the compiler ( swi - prolog doesn ' t enforce this, but some other prolog implementations do ). you can specify arbitrary prolog code that is executed after loading the file using e. g., : - initialization format ( ' hello world! ~ n ' ).


your doctor may order a blood test that looks for proteins called antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies ( anca ), which are often found in people with active wegener ' s granulomatosis. however, it is not foolproof - - the test may be negative in some patients. urinalysis is done to look for signs of kidney disease such as protein and blood in the urine. sometimes urine is collected over 24 hours to better check how the kidneys are working. a biopsy is sometimes needed to confirm the diagnosis. the exact type of biopsy depends on which area of the body the doctor wants to look at. your doctor may suggest one of the following : your doctor may suggest treatment with glucocorticoids ( such as prednisone ) which are given along with other medicines that slow down the immune response. medicines used to treat wegener ' s granulomatosis include : these medicines may cause serious side effects. you should carefully discuss your treatment plan with your doctor. other medicines may be prescribed, including : bisphosphonate ( fosamax ) to prevent bone loss caused by prednisone folic acid or folinic acid ( leucovorin ) - - if you are taking methotrexate trimethoprim / sulfamethoxazole to prevent lung infections support groups with others who suffer from similar diseases may help patients and their families learn about their diseases and adjust to the changes associated with the treatment. without treatment, people with this disease can die within a few months. with treatment, the outlook for most patients is good. studies have shown that most people who receive corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide get much better. however, the disease may return in about half of all patients. in these cases, the disease usually comes back within 2 years of stopping treatment. complications usually result from lack of treatment. patients with wegener ' s granulomatosis develop sores ( lesions ) in the respiratory tract and the kidneys. kidney lesions cause glomerulonephritis, which may result in blood in the urine and kidney failure. kidney disease can quickly get worse. kidney function may not improve even when the condition is controlled by medicines. if untreated, kidney failure and death occur in more than 90 % of patients. other complications may include : nasal septum perforation ( hole inside the nose ) side effects from medicines used to treat the disease calling your health care


this interactive activity from nova sciencenow reviews several potential means of storing carbon dioxide ( co2 ) captured from industrial sources. among the featured ideas are technologies that deliver compressed co2 to underground cavities, saline aquifers, and the deep seabed. the benefit of storing, or sequestering, captured co2 could be significant in the fight to slow or limit global warming. however, the list of drawbacks associated with carbon sequestration includes high cost, storage capacity limitations, a still - incomplete understanding of the relevant earth systems, and uncertainty as to whether the co2 can be safely and permanently contained. through the carbon cycle, earth captures about half of an estimated eight billion metric tons of carbon dioxide ( co2 ) produced annually through the combustion of fossil fuels. land plants absorb co2 for photosynthesis, and in the oceans, co2 readily dissolves in seawater. because co2 is a greenhouse gas and contributes to global warming, the overwhelming consensus among scientists is that something must be done to remove most of what otherwise accumulates in the atmosphere or to reduce our combustion of fossil fuels in the first place. many technological solutions are being explored to capture co2 either in the air or directly at an emissions source. once collected, the gas must be safely and permanently stored to prevent its release back into the atmosphere. before that can happen, the co2 must be compressed. by nature, gas is expansive and more difficult to contain than a solid or liquid. using compression, co2 gas can be converted into a " supercritical " fluid — somewhere between a gas and a liquid state. while this is both an energy - intensive and expensive process, once complete, the reformatted co2 can be transported to a storage facility. various storage solutions have been proposed, tested, and even put into limited use. they involve sites aboveground, belowground, and in the ocean. aboveground solutions mostly rely on agricultural means to " fix " carbon in soil, while belowground solutions generally involve filling existing cavities, including depleted coal beds, oil and gas fields, or aquifers, with the fluid co2. ocean storage can also take many forms, including injecting co2 deep into the seabed or stimulating growth at the surface of plankton populations, which use co2 in photosynthesis. while each of these options has merits, each has its drawbacks as well. although it may be appealing to plant trees and allow vegetation to absorb co2 for photosynthesis, when plants die


populations, which use co2 in photosynthesis. while each of these options has merits, each has its drawbacks as well. although it may be appealing to plant trees and allow vegetation to absorb co2 for photosynthesis, when plants die, they release much of their stored carbon back into the atmosphere. another approach, using alkaline minerals to react with the acidic co2 to form stable carbonates, appears effective, but the process of mining to obtain these minerals would make it prohibitively expensive. and as large a potential storage capacity as the oceans offer, the effects of increased levels of co2 on organisms, especially benthic bottom - dwellers, is largely unknown. existing research suggests that higher ocean acidity threatens calcium carbonate, the key structural constituent of coral skeletons and mollusk shells. among other concerns about these technological solutions cited by both scientists and potential investors is the potential for leakages that could spoil freshwater supplies, and the inadequate storage capacity that most terrestrial solutions offer. and then there ' s the price : using present sequestration technologies, cost estimates range from $ 100 to $ 300 per ton of carbon emissions kept out of the atmosphere. all of this suggests that geological and ocean sequestration may only realistically represent one part of the solution to the problem — a solution that likely must also include reducing our consumption of fossil fuels. academic standards correlations on teachers ' domain use the achievement standards network ( asn ) database of state and national standards, provided to nsdl projects courtesy of jes & co. we assign reference terms to each statement within a standards document and to each media resource, and correlations are based upon matches of these terms for a given grade band. if a particular standards document of interest to you is not displayed yet, it most likely has not yet been processed by asn or by teachers ' domain. we will be adding social studies and arts correlations over the coming year, and also will be increasing the specificity of alignment.


teachers as filters michael kaechele from michigan writes the blog concrete classroom and has an wonderful blog post called teachers as filters. as mitch wagner, for computer world ’ s tool talk writes in a post titled a simple fix for internet censorship in schools. mitch states : schools and libraries are hurting students by setting up heavy - handed web filtering software that block access to potentially educational sites. instead, educators should trust teachers and librarians to oversee schools internet access, says craig cunningham, a professor at national - louis university. i teach a class in the college of education called technology for teaching and learning to pre - service teachers. unfortunately, my students most often see extreme filtering in the schools they do internships. in my class, i expose to them all kinds of cool stuff they can be doing in their classrooms and curriculum to integrate the use of technology. but sadly, they rarely witness examples in the real classrooms. the filtering has really gone to extremes. what happened to trust! teachers are obviously trusted to teach the kids, and apparently not trusted to decided what is appropriate when it comes to using the internet in their classrooms. i know when my kids were old enough to drive, i did not just hand them the keys and say go, i sat beside them and taught them how to drive and navigate the highway safely. hmm ….. imagine that, teach them! i encourage you to read michael kaechele solution. - alfie kohn on what to look for in a classroom - if you don ’ t get creative educator magazine, you should! - when rethinking the school itself … by ira socol - old ways, new challenges from box of tricks - should schools test teachers for tech proficiency before hiring them? - two new school policies : cell phones, ipods okay in classroom - from free technology for teachers blog by richard bryne related posts brought to you by yet another related posts plugin.


grease gone : a five - micrometer drop of a solvent bounces off a surface coated with the new material. german researchers armed with smoking candles have come up with a cheap and easy way to coat surfaces so that oil droplets bounce or roll right off. the advance could eventually lead to eyeglass coatings and tablet computer screens that can evade the mark of even the greasiest fingerprints. making surfaces able to repel fluids — whether water - or oil - based — is also important for industrial and biomedical applications. but it ’ s harder to make a surface that repels oil or organic solvents as opposed to water because oil has a far lower surface tension than water. what ’ s required is a very specific type of surface roughness — akin to the branches of a budding tree — that achieves oil - repellency. this has been understood for some time, but it has been difficult to fabricate such a texture. earlier work at mit and elsewhere involved complex nanolithographic techniques. researchers at the max planck institute for polymer research in mainz, in a paper published today in the journal science, say they ’ ve come up with a simpler way, using a combination of candle soot and silica baked at just the right temperature. first they held the glass slide over a heart - shaped candle ( though any candle will do ). this led to the deposition of soot on the slide — spheres of soot that were 30 to 40 nanometers in diameter, stacked loosely and producing the right kind of surface texture : about 80 percent empty and 20 percent spheres. to protect the soot from washing away, they coated it with a silica shell 25 nanometers thick ; to get rid of the black color of the soot, they baked the slide at 600 ºc, making it transparent. afterward, they sprayed various oils — peanut oil and solvents — and took micrographs of these liquid droplets bouncing up and down like ping - pong balls. the coating sticks to aluminum, steel, and copper, too. and because it has both oil - and water - repelling qualities, the material is said to be “ superamphiphobic. ” neelesh patankar, a mechanical engineer at northwestern university, says the work is an important step toward finding a commercially viable way to make such materials. “ it has been known what surface chemistry as well as geometries would work ” to repel oils, he says. “ this work shows a good way to make such coatings with the


all about podcasting can you imagine holding your own ‘ radio show? ’ or you are a recording artist willing masses to hear your melancholic voice or your songs? if you would have been in the past, you would certainly have required loads of associations or luck to get yourself heard. but today, thanks to the mighty new media technology with its instant access to hundreds and thousands of people, where you can turn your dreams to reality. as blogging has enabled people to become great reporters, podcasting can virtually make you a host of talk show, good radio disc jockey or a recording artist. podcasting has become one of the most influential media in today ’ s era. if we go back to the era of 80s and 90s, there was no such concept. people were relying just on print and electronic media only, but new media with its revolutionary arrival has changed each and everything within a pretty less amount of time. podcasting is also dependent on new media, as it floats it all the way through internet. definition and purpose of podcasting what is podcasting? the course of development of an audio - show from an accessible format of mp3 through an rss feed 2. 0, which props up attachments is simply referred to as podcasting. purpose of podcasting the primary purpose of developing podcasts is to propagate tutorials, talk shows, music, and other acoustic content. history of podcasting podcasting was first started to apprehend publicly in late 2004. although, there were different podcasts finished by foremost businesses throughout the dot - com era of 1998 – 2001, for example, espn. com and real networks. the development of podcast involves efforts of loads of groups and people and groups who assisted each other on individual levels to make it look attractive. today, with the mighty arrival of new media tcp capabilities, in consonance with the lower program and hardware, audio podcasts are managing what actually was historically finished through the wireless announcing stations. uses of podcasting when it comes to the uses of podcasting, it may be utilized for a variety of different purposes. with the advancement of industry, it can be said with no doubt that the webmasters as well as the broadcasters will find more enhanced ways to employ podcasts for different purposes in the coming future. following are some of the most prominent areas, in which the podcasts are currently being used : * music shows * story telling * talk shows the reason of employment of the podcasts into the said areas is that it offers convenience and ease to the


. following are some of the most prominent areas, in which the podcasts are currently being used : * music shows * story telling * talk shows the reason of employment of the podcasts into the said areas is that it offers convenience and ease to the podcasters, broadcasters as well as to the webmasters. where to locate podcasts? there are a variety of websites including news and entertainment media, where you can locate podcasts of your desired interests. besides, some of the totally podcast - based sites include : 1. alphabetical podcasts this site keeps a categorical index of podcasts. 2. digital podcasts it deals with the digitalized directory of podcasts. 3. podcast central usually known as the podcast central, it is a pretty little podcasting directory. this websites deals with the podcasting of apps, news, people and technology. 5. spiritual podcasts like the podcasters. org, this site also deals with the podcasting of apps, news, people and technology, but what makes it different from others is its spirituality based. 6. podcasting news directory this site caters a categorical list of news - based podcasts. it is a new directory. it is primarily a podcasting director. 9. podcasting search this site acts as a categorical ‘ search engine ’ for podcasts. where does podcasting work? with the arrival of new media in the field, podcasting has started working in different fields and walks of life. today, you can find podcasting on different sites that include both the news and entertainment and infotainment media. besides, podcasting has also started working with blogging, messengers like yahoo and skype etc. it has undoubtedly become one of the fastest emerging forms of media, a report confirms listening of podcast by over 58 million people in 2010. finally, it is a superb instance of the ‘ democratic ’ new media ( internet ). it enables everyone to publicize anything with respect to finding their audience as per their own desires. who creates podcasts? when it comes to the creation of podcasts, different independent developers, webmasters and broadcasters are there to create them. according to the experts, adam curry is said to be the person who first approached up with the concept of automating the syncing and consignment of textual content into audio players ( portable ). besides, ipodderx is said to be the first submission to make this method possible, which was first evolved by ray slakinski and august trometer. report programs and wireless


not too long from now, most cars will be electric. why? two reasons : because electric cars are far more efficient than any other kind of car, and because they are the ultimate multi - fuel cars. sound bold, maybe crazy? read on. the may 2006 issue of popular mechanics magazine got it right in its typical easy - to - understand way. the article was about biofuel, but they compared many technologies in the centerfold sidebar : gasoline, ethanol, methanol, biodiesel, compressed natural gas, hydrogen fuel cells, and, of course, electric cars. they compared the cost of a cross - country drive for each of the cars, all of similar size. the benchmark drive cost is $ 212 in a honda civic. the vw diesel golf came close at $ 230. e85 ethanol ( 85 % ethanol, 15 % gasoline ) came in at $ 425 ; methanol cost $ 619 ; the hydrogen fuel cell drive cost a whopping $ 804! compressed natural gas looked pretty good at $ 110. and the electric car? $ 60. and the article wasn ’ t even about electric cars … cost per mile is a reasonable approximation of energy consumption. ( i set about doing a direct energy consumption comparison in our white paper, but money is a whole lot easier to understand. ) the neat thing about electricity is that pretty much any burnable fuel can be converted to electricity efficiently. sure, there are quite a few inefficient old power plants from the ‘ 50s still running, but modern, readily - available technology means that even coal can be gasified and burnt cleanly and very efficiently in a combined cycle plant. this is nice to know, considering that we are sitting on an enormous reserve of coal. if there ever was an ocec ( organization of coal exporting countries ), we ’ d be saudi arabia, so to speak. general electric makes an advanced, combined - cycle natural gas generator called the h - system generator that measures in at 60 % efficiency. this plant could easily burn “ biogas ” produced from biomass ( corn or switchgrass, take your pick ). if we powered our electric cars this way, the same acreage of fuel crop would transport an electric car four times as many miles than if we made ethanol out of the stuff and burnt it in a piston engine car. should we decide to allow our cars ’ fuel to compete for cropland with food, this difference matters! but the true beauty becomes apparent when you realize that we


than if we made ethanol out of the stuff and burnt it in a piston engine car. should we decide to allow our cars ’ fuel to compete for cropland with food, this difference matters! but the true beauty becomes apparent when you realize that we can make electricity in so many different ways. i ’ m putting solar panels on the roof of my house to power my car. many people have pointed out that nuclear power produces no greenhouse gasses. the shot of the tesla roadster in the movie, who killed the electric car, was taken at altamont pass, right in front of a huge windmill farm. we don ’ t need to decide now which is the “ right ” technology. indeed, the answer will likely be a mix of these, combined with some amount of fossil fuels, depending on where in the world we are generating power. note, by the way, that we can put a million solar panels on our roofs, we can cover the coastlines with windmills, we can invent amazing tide - powered generators, or clean nuclear power plants, and we will not reduce our dependence on oil by one drop unless we can use that electricity to power cars. why? because we don ’ t use oil to make electricity, so all those cool electric generating technologies do not offset our oil consumption. the fact is that the vast majority of our oil consumption is used for transportation. trains, planes, and automobiles, folks. so what ’ s wrong with electric cars? why not switch over today? quite a few of you have nailed it in your comments to this blog already : recharge time. even with a tesla roadster, you would need to stop for a couple of hours on a trip from la to sf. even the longest - range ev is not suitable for long road trips quite yet. you all have proposed several solutions : quick - charging, battery pack swapping, and a gasoline ( or whatever ) powered auxiliary generator. though appealing, each of these ideas has very significant technical problems that i will not attempt to lay out here. but there is another alternative suggested by some of you : simply increase the driving range enough. we can ’ t do it today : 250 miles range was hard enough! but the capacity of batteries – particularly lithium ion type batteries – has increased steadily by about 8 % per year for the last couple of decades. all indications are that this will continue into the future, doubling in capacity every ten years. ( and there are hints of breakthrough technologies that might speed things up for us. ) think about


by about 8 % per year for the last couple of decades. all indications are that this will continue into the future, doubling in capacity every ten years. ( and there are hints of breakthrough technologies that might speed things up for us. ) think about it. if your car can go – say – 500 miles on a charge, who cares about stopping for a charge? a 500 mile drive is about 10 hours ’ solid driving – more than enough for even a serious road trip. ( i know : some of you will talk about crazy trips like i used to take, making it from chicago to san luis obispo in 42 hours flat, but you ’ ve got to admit that this kind of drive is way down the pointy end of the bell curve! ) do you remember when your cellphone wouldn ’ t last through the day? i do. in those days, we were acutely aware of the charge time because we had to recharge while driving in our cars or at work. i remember plugging in to get a bit of charge for my phone in a vc ’ s conference room while i was pitching a startup idea! but today i bet most of you have no idea how long your phone takes to charge. is it 3 hours? 4 hours? who cares? you come home, plug it in, and forget about it. in the morning, you unplug it and go. we just don ’ t need to charge up during the day so charge time isn ’ t an issue. electric cars will be the same. once the driving range is enough to make it through the day, we will only ever charge while we sleep. the tesla roadster is like that already for most of us, except when we want to take a long road trip. with a 500 mile range, even road trips are covered. and that means charging stations, like gas stations, are soon to be as obsolete as cigarette lighter chargers for our phones. we will need a charger in our garages, at hotels, and at campgrounds. and that ’ s it. nice side business for hyatt hotels and koa, by the way … editor ' s suggestion : come and see a tesla roadster at pebble beach this weekend!


medial collateral ligament ( mcl ) injury of the kneedefinition : medial collateral ligament ( mcl ) injury is an injury to the ligament on the inner part of the knee. this ligament keeps your shin bone ( tibia ) in place. it can be a stretch, partial tear, or complete tear of the ligament. knee injury - medial collateral ligament ( mcl ) ; mcl injury the medial collateral ligament ( mcl ) goes from the inside surface of the upper shin bone to the inner surface of the bottom thigh bone. the ligament helps keep the inside portion of the knee joint stable. the mcl is usually injured by pressure or stress on the outside part of the knee. a block to the outside part of the knee during football is a common way for this ligament to be injured. it is often injured at the same time as an anterior cruciate ligament ( acl ) injury occurs. symptoms of a tear in the medial collateral ligament are : - locking or catching of the knee with movement - pain and tenderness along the inside of the joint - the knee gives way or feels like it is going to give way when it is active or stressed in a certain way the health care provider will examine your knee. an mcl test will be done to detect looseness of the ligament. this test involves bending the knee to 25 degrees and putting pressure on the outside surface of the knee. other tests may include : - applying ice to the area - nonsteroidal anti - inflammatory drugs ( nsaids ) - raising the knee above heart level you should limit physical activity until the pain and swelling go away. the health care provider may put you on crutches and in a brace to protect the ligament. you may also be told not to put any weight on your knee when you walk. after a period of keeping the knee still, you will be taught exercises to strengthen and stretch the knee. physical therapy may help you regain knee and leg strength. surgery is often not needed when only the mcl has been torn. if you need surgery, it will be done using arthroscopy, through a small surgical cut. call immediately for emergency medical assistance if : call your health care provider if : - you have symptoms of mcl injury - you are being treated for mcl injury and you notice increased instability in your knee, pain or swelling after they initially faded, or your injury does not get better with time - you re - injure your knee use proper techniques when playing sports or exercising. many cases are not preventable.


tonsillectomy - series tonsil glands are located in the back of the throat. they contain immune cells which fight infection. tonsillectomy is advisable when tonsillitis attacks are so frequent or severe that they affect a child ' s general health or interfere with school, hearing, or breathing. however, tonsillectomies are thought to be done more often than necessary, so a second opinion should be obtained when there is any doubt. specifically, the guidelines for surgery are : - 5 or more episodes of tonsillitis in one year, or - 3 or more episodes per year over a 2 - year period, or - upper airway obstruction due to tonsillar hypertrophy - recurrent tonsillar abscess tonsillectomy is advised if the tonsils are enlarged and obstructing access to the adenoid during an adenoidectomy operation, or the physician suspects the presence of a tonsil tumor. under general anesthesia, the ear - nose - throat ( ent ) surgeon holds the mouth open and pulls the tongue forward to reveal the tonsils. the tonsils are pulled away from the back of the throat and then removed by being cut away. bleeding is controlled, and often the cut heals naturally without stitches. patients are generally observed in the hospital for between 12 and 24 hours after surgery. removal of the tonsils is not known to cause any problems later in life. | review date : 3 / 3 / 2009 | reviewed by : neil k. kaneshiro, md, mha, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, university of washington school of medicine. also reviewed by david zieve, md, mha, medical director, a. d. a. m., inc. the information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. a licensed medical professional should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions. call 911 for all medical emergencies. links to other sites are provided for information only - - they do not constitute endorsements of those other sites. © 1997 - a. d. a. m., inc. any duplication or distribution of the information contained herein is strictly prohibited.


on another thread ( http : / / www. textkit. com / greek - latin - forum / viewtopic. php? t = 217 ), koala, has begun to put up answers for discussion. this is really helpful for a beginner like me. however, i have one or two questions.. for in the village were tents comparing one of koala ' s answers : koala wrote : paragraph 47 < br / > [ face = spionic ] < br / > e ) n tai ~ j kwmai ~ j h ] san skhnai /. < br / > [ / face ] [ face = spionic ] e ) n tai = j kw / maij skhnai / h ] san [ / face ] apart from my, probably, dodgy accents ( they ' re causing me some problems.. ) is there a concensus ( for a beginner ) on word order. i guess, a bit like may occur in german, i put the verb at the end... they have tents and slings i put : [ face = spionic ] skhna8j kai sfengo / va / j e ) / xousi [ / face ] [ face = spionic ] skhna \ j kai \ sfendo / naj e / ) xousin. [ / face ] the final [ face = spionic ] n [ / face ] being because it ends the sentence? is that right? finally, why does koala have [ face = spionic ] kai \ [ / face ] and i only have [ face = spionic ] kai [ / face ]? why the different [ face = spionic ] i \ [ / face ]? many thanks for any help.


the world health organization ( who ) released a worldwide health alert sunday ( september 23 ) after the united kingdom ’ s health protection agency ( hpa ) confirmed that a newly identified virus — genetically related to the sars virus — has infected a second patient, who was last reported in critical condition in london. the virus was first identified this summer in saudi arabia following the death of a 60 - year - old pneumonia patient. it is a type of coronavirus, a group that includes cold viruses as well as the sars virus, which caused a global outbreak of severe respiratory illness between 2002 and 2003, killing more than 700 people. so far, health experts are optimistic that the new virus will not have the same tragic spread. “ sars was very quick off the mark, infecting hospital staff etc., and this new virus does not to me appear to be in the same ' big bang ' group, ” john oxford, a virology expert at queen mary, university of london told bbc news. the london patient had recently traveled to saudi arabia where it is suspected he picked up the virus ; the two confirmed infections shared 99. 5 percent sequence identity. experts are investigating other suspected cases in the middle east and preparing outbreak responses if needed, but the who has yet to issue any travel restrictions or advice. “ for the moment, we ' re just assuming there were two individual infections, probably from some animal reservoir, ” ron fouchier, a virologist at erasmus mc in rotterdam in the netherlands and a lead researcher on one of the two recently publicized h5n1 papers, told scienceinsider. “ they occurred 3 months apart, which is too long for one to have infected the other, ” added fouchier, who sequenced the new virus ' s genomes from the two confirmed cases. “ so let ' s keep both feet on the ground and not blow this out of proportion. ”


physical activity correlated with less brain shrinkage in old age. intellectual exercise did not. problem : the brain is a muscle, says every teacher ever. their point is figurative, but the brain is like a muscle in the sense that it normally loses size with age - - in some parts by as much as 25 percent. - belly fat officially the worst - desire to be thin can be genetic - people who wait to have sex are ' less dissatisfied ' in marriage methodology : a long time ago, scotland surveyed the intelligence of every scottish child that had been born in 1936. more recently, 691 of those former children celebrated their 70th birthdays by filling out a survey about their social and intellectual pursuits and their levels of physical activity. three years after that, they celebrated their 73rd birthdays by undergoing brain mri scans at the university of edinburgh in scotland. the researchers assessed the brain images for physical signs of cognitive decline. results : physical activity was associated with larger gray and normal - appearing white matter volumes, less atrophy, and fewer white matter " lesions. " the relationship was linear : the men and women who exercised had less brain shrinkage and fewer structural signs of cognitive decline. this held true even when adjusting for health status and the influence of brain - related diseases, like strokes. mental and leisure activity, on the other hand, did not correlate significantly with reductions in the brains ' signs of aging. conclusion : exercise could be regarded as a " neuroprotective factor. " while doing crossword puzzles on the beach and maintaining an active social life ( tango? ) can ' t hurt, physical activity may be the most effective way to keep your brain massive and powerful. the full study, " neuroprotective lifestyle and the aging brain : activity, atrophy, and white matter integrity, " is published in the journal neurology. this article available online at :


[ an error occurred while processing this directive ] she wears only biblical names [ an error occurred while processing this directive ] by b. j. barr thebible. net introducing the church index next chapter as one looks about in the religious world, there are hundreds of names that supposedly represent the church for which christ died. but a quick glance into the word of god clearly shows most of these names are unbiblical and unfounded. since these names cannot be found within the context of our religious standard - the bible, it is unwise and disrespectful to adopt them as followers of christ. why are man - made names wrong? simply, they are condemned in the new testament. paul, in his letter to the corinthian church, wrote these words, "... that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment " ( 1 corinthians 1 : 10 ). in the next few verses, paul further discusses what he meant. " now this i mean, that each one of you saith, i am of paul ; and i of apollos ; and i of cephas ; and i of christ. is christ divided? was paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of paul? " ( 1 cor. 1 : 12 - 13 ). to give honor to a person such as " luther " over the name of christ is to divide honor belonging only to christ. to exalt an ordinance such as " baptism " is to lift it higher than the name which is above every name - christ. to designate a manner of church government as " episcopal " or presbyterian " is to add what god never intended. paul warned the early church against man - made titles ; we of the churches of christ today accept his plea. there is something in a name. we must live by it and uphold it. biblical names for the church in the bible, there are no exclusive names for the church. god refers to his church as : " the church of god " ( 1 cor. 1 : 2 ) " church of the firstborn " ( hebrews 12 : 23 ) " churches of christ " ( romans 16 : 16 ) " body of christ " ( colossians 1 : 24 ) " bride of christ " ( revelation 21 : 2 ) " house of god " ( 1 timothy 3 : 15 ) notice that these references are not


christ " ( romans 16 : 16 ) " body of christ " ( colossians 1 : 24 ) " bride of christ " ( revelation 21 : 2 ) " house of god " ( 1 timothy 3 : 15 ) notice that these references are not denominational names. they do not refer to different churches, only to god ' s one true church. in each name we can see god and his son ' s name being glorified. god has chosen these names for his church. does name make scriptural church? this question is a reasonable one because today there are many churches that wear the name, church of christ. however, when we check further, we will find many practices not found in our new testament pattern. the name is only a step in the right direction. just being called the church of christ, church of god, or church of the firstborn does not make it such. if the organization is not according to the scriptures, in work, worship and purpose then it is not christ ' s church. many churches have the right name but have corrupted the scriptural plan of worship by adding things god did not authorize. any activity which cannot prove its right to be by the scriptures, stands condemned ( 1 thessalonians 5 : 21 ). christ is the builder. he is the head over all things to the church, which is his body. ( see eph. 5 : 23 - 24 ; col. 1 : 18 ). the christian name the churches of christ carry christ ' s name on their buildings to show whom we represent. yet, on a daily basis when we live and work in our various communities, we are not known as or called " church of christ, " but simply christians. god refers to his people as christians, saints, children, disciples, priests, and brethren. the name marks us as being owned by christ ( acts 11 : 26 ). every christian is a saint because his sins are forgiven ( rom. 1 : 7 ). he is a child of god because he has been born again ( 1 pet. 1 : 22 - 23 ) ; a disciple because he is a learner of christ ( john 15 : 8 ). he is a priest because he is empowered to worship and serve god directly through christ ( 1 pet. 2 : 5 ). christians are all brethren, because they are all children of the same heavenly father ( gal. 6 : 1 ). those who love and respect god ' s will appreciate the names given by him. we must use these names rather


2 : 5 ). christians are all brethren, because they are all children of the same heavenly father ( gal. 6 : 1 ). those who love and respect god ' s will appreciate the names given by him. we must use these names rather than names that indicate division and that disrespect god ' s authority. if you refer to your denomination to express your faith or religious conviction, there is too much in your name. why not be a christian only? what is in a name? one may ask, what ' s in a name? there are many who feel that there is nothing in a name. i disagree, based on acts 4 : 12. there is a name that is above all others, and that name is christ. no other name has the power or authority of christ ' s. if god saw fit to use this name, who are we to change it? the story is told of a man arrested for making whiskey or home - brew. he came before the judge, who was a church going man. he decided to have some fun with the accused. the judge asked him, " what is your name? " the man replied, " my name is joshua. " " are you the joshua who made the sun stand still? ", the judge asked. " no sir, " the man replied. " i am the joshua that made the moonshine. " the story is simple. there is something in a name. in order to please god, we must do all in word and in deed. we know that this is true when it comes to everyday things like the naming of our children. have you ever heard of a mother naming her daughter, jezebel ; or her son, judas? no parent would permanently scar a child with a name that is noted for doing wicked or evil. there is something in a name. why only god - given name? god has given jesus as our means of salvation. his name is the only one by which man can be saved ( acts 4 : 11 - 12 ). to this name, " every knee must bow " ( philippians 2 : 9, 11 ). the common saying that one name is as good as another may be true in non - religious matters, but biblically, no name is as good as christ ' s ( eph. 1 : 20 - 21 ). the church is the bride of christ. a bride should wear the groom ' s name ( 2 cor. 11 : 2 ). we who have been obedient


good as christ ' s ( eph. 1 : 20 - 21 ). the church is the bride of christ. a bride should wear the groom ' s name ( 2 cor. 11 : 2 ). we who have been obedient to the will of christ, are in the family of god. should not the family wear his name? ( 1 tim. 3 : 15 ; eph. 3 : 14 - 15 ). marshall keeble, a well known black evangelist, commenting on the importance of a name, related this illustration that a check is no good without a name. he told of a preacher who was conducting a meeting in a certain city. there was one lady who attended every night and heard him assert that there was nothing in a name. he said that they were to work out their salvation, and the name had nothing to do with it. he made this point over and over. one night this lady told him that she would like to make a contribution to his ministry. the next day he went by her house to pick up the money. she gave him a check and he went directly to the bank to cash it. the cashier returned the check to him saying that there was no name signed to it. " she must have forgotten to sign it, " the preacher said, so he returned to the lady ' s house to get her to sign the check. to his surprise, she informed him that she had not forgotten to sign it but was only doing as he had preached and did not put her name on the check. the lady made her point, and taught him never to preach that again. from the scriptures and practical illustrations, we can see why the church must wear a bible name. our feelings may guide us contrary to god ' s word. but religiously, we are not governed by our feelings. what we believe must be based on facts ( rom. 10 : 17 ). just any way or name is not god ' s way ( prov. 14 : 12 ). let us do things that are according to god ' s plan. only in his word can we find the right path. ( psalm 119 ). the church of our lord should not wear names like lutheran, baptist, methodist, mormon, catholic, jehovah ' s witnesses, etc., unless they can be found in his book. we must practice the things christ and the apostles left for us to do. christ desires that we unite ( john 17 : 20 - 23 ), but we cannot unite with error


press release from cnw group poll : learning a musical instrument may boost life long success wednesday, april 06, 2011 study shows canadians who learned an instrument as a child reported higher levels of education ; more than 2 / 3 believe it ' s just as important as sports or learning a second language. toronto, april 6 / cnw / - if you learned to play a musical instrument as a child you are more likely to go further in school, according to a new xm canada / leger marketing survey. in fact, seven out of 10 canadians who learned a musical instrument as a child said it has had a positive effect on their lives and half agreed that learning an instrument helped them do better in school. interestingly, 66 per cent of canadians say learning an instrument is as important as learning a second language. the positive impact wasn ' t just academics. reported lifelong benefits of learning this skill which can be carried throughout a person ' s career included : increased mental focus ( 46 % ), heightened creativity ( 45 % ), building confidence ( 32 % ) and ability to self - teach ( 32 % ). the positive relationship between education and music struck a chord when the poll results showed that those who learned to play an instrument were more likely to be college or university educated versus those who didn ' t ( 69 % vs. 59 % respectively ) " learning to play an instrument is a huge part of many canadians ' lives and has significant impact years later, " said janet gillespie, marketing vice - president, xm canada. " ensuring that canadian children have access to music education is critical for keeping canadian music alive and growing people not only culturally but personally. it ' s a prime reason that xm canada proudly supports initiatives to develop musical talent through organizations such as s ' cool life fund and musicounts. " in november 2010, xm canada collaborated with s ' cool life fund to launch a new called the xm instrument fund. this program will dedicate $ 100, 000 to support the efforts of elementary schools across the country to refresh existing music programs and develop exciting new programming for students. the program is another example of xm canada ' s commitment to support rising canadian talent and encourage the artistic growth of the next generation of great performers and musicians. recipient schools selected to receive the grant are expected to be announced by june 2011. the first note canadians understand the importance of an education in music and almost unanimously believe that every child should be afforded the opportunity to learn an instrument ( 94 % ). those who did learn to play instruments customarily


to be announced by june 2011. the first note canadians understand the importance of an education in music and almost unanimously believe that every child should be afforded the opportunity to learn an instrument ( 94 % ). those who did learn to play instruments customarily begin at the elementary school age ( 61 % ) and more than three quarters of canadians who learned to play an instrument cited parents ( 49 % ) and teachers ( 35 % ) as their top motivators. additionally, 77 % of canadians agree that learning a musical instrument is just as important as playing sports. regret? you bet. the study also revealed that 72 % of those who did not learn an instrument as a child regret it and more than half ( 62 % ) of canadians who did learn an instrument regret giving it up and wish they could still play it today. additional fast facts across the country - sixty - six percent of canadians surveyed learned to play an instrument as a child. - residents of quebec ( 73 % ) and alberta ( 71 % ) were the most likely to indicate that they learned to play an instrument. - albertans are more likely than most to state that learning an instrument is as important as learning a second language ( 80 % ) - interestingly, the flute was immensely popular in quebec, where 45 % say that they learned to play this instrument as a child. music talent - it ' s personal - top three instruments canadians learned as children? piano ( 31 % ), flute ( 18 % ), guitar ( 15 % ) - parents and teachers were the most common motivators for children learning to play an instrument but some said celebrities were their inspiration [ men ( 9 % ) vs. women 4 % ) ] - one third of canadians said playing music was one of their favourite hobbies. - one in six respondents still play their instrument at least once a week. - most canadians admire accomplished musicians, and one third would give up their current jobs for a music career. for morn information about musicounts please visit : www. musicounts. ca for more information about s ' cool life fund please visit : www. scoollifefund. ca about the survey the survey was completed on - line from march 7, 2011 to march 10, 2011 using leger marketing ' s online panel, legerweb, with a sample of 1549 canadians. a probability sample of the same size would yield a margin of error of 2. 49 %. leger marketing ' s online panel has approximately 360, 000 members nationally - with between 10, 000 and 20,


, with a sample of 1549 canadians. a probability sample of the same size would yield a margin of error of 2. 49 %. leger marketing ' s online panel has approximately 360, 000 members nationally - with between 10, 000 and 20, 000 new members added each month, and has a retention rate of 90 percent. panel members are randomly selected to receive email invitations to the individual surveys. we ensure the protection of privacy via the usage of unique urls and respondent ids in combination with survey ids. about canadian satellite radio holdings, inc. canadian satellite radio holdings inc. ( tsx : xsr ) operates as xm canada and is canada ' s premium digital audio entertainment and information company with the best signal coverage across the country. with 130 digital channels of choice, xm canada offers canadian listeners the most unique and original canadian and international programming, including commercial - free music channels, exclusive live concerts and sports coverage, and the best in talk, comedy, children ' s and entertainment programming. xm canada is the satellite entertainment leader in the canadian automotive market with long - term factory installation agreements with manufacturers that own close to 50 per cent share of the domestic vehicle market. xm ' s industry - leading products are available at shop. xmradio. ca, and at retailers nationwide. xm programming is available by subscribing directly through xm canada and is also available as streams of commercial - free xm music channels on telus music radio and rogers wireless radio on demand. xm canada is the exclusive music channel provider on air canada ' s flights. to find out more about canadian satellite radio holdings inc. ( tsx : xsr ), visit : www. xmradio. ca / about /. note to editors : provincial / regional data available. for further information : jill yetman | environics communications, inc. | 416 - 969 - 2722 | email @ example. com