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Hux had been emperor for about a year, and the novelty has worn off. He is instructed by the Supreme Leader to marry a far off princess in order to acquire resources for the Empire. If only he could stop Kylo Ren from pouting for onceSequel to Misfire.
Jim Moriarty has survived the suicide attempt. Recovered, he had been in a mental institution under extreme secrecy and guard. His entire network is broken, and Sebastian Moran is in prison. Sherlock and John disagree violently as to his future, and all John wants is Sherlock back. But now he's not certain he ever really had him at all.
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Guren is an assassin so obviously you would think that he isn't afraid of a lot of things, but Guren would be the first to admit that he was afraid of disappointing his grandparents who raised him. That would explain why he had been lying to them about a marriage and kids that didn't exist.
Shinya didn't think that him saving Guren from bleeding to death in some alley way would result in him being proposed to, he didn't want to do it but there is a lot one could do with 1.2 million dollars. Shinya just had to pretend to be married to Guren for a year... How hard could that beAlternate timeline. Blackwatch failed to take down the Deadlock Rebels. Sojiro Shimada remains alive. The Shimada Clan, Deadlock Rebels, and Los Muertos aim to make the most powerful criminal alliance the world has ever seen. At least until they start competing against Talon. Hanzo, Jesse and Sombra find themselves in a precarious position when Overwatch attempts to gain unlikely support to combat Talon. ___ He was rewarded with a new look. One of exasperation mixed with amusement. If that look outnumbered the one calling him an idiot, Jesse would keep it. "One of these days I'm going to kiss you and you're gonna wonder why you waited."
Hanzo shook his head, the indulgent smile never left the archer's face. "No. One of these days I will kiss you and you will understand why I waited."
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EXERCISE 1, 2 – LANGUAGE AND ORGAN SYSTEMS OBJECTIVES 1. To describe the anatomical position, and explain its importance. 2. To use anatomical terminology to describe body directions, planes, and surfaces. 3. To name the body cavities and identify the major organs within. 4. To name the human organ systems and indicate the major functions of each. 5. To list and identify the major organs of each system. ACTIVITY 1: BODY REGIONS Describe location of organs/body parts in reference to others using appropriate medical terminology. Name major landmarks of the body as listed in lab. ACTIVITY 2: BODY ORIENTATION AND DIRECTION Describe body orientation and direction in reference to the anatomical position.
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Unformatted text preview: ACTIVITY 3: BODY PLANES AND SECTIONS Identify planes of dissection and the cut (sectioned) specimens. ACTIVITY 4-5: CAVITIES AND ABDOMINAL REGIONS Identify cavities and organs within. Name the 9 abdominal regions and MAJOR organs within. The 2 layers of serous membranes, where these membranes are found within the body, and the specific names of them. ACTIVITY 5 (EXERCISE 2): ORGAN SYSTEMS Identification of the 11 organ systems, summary of major functions of each system, and identification of the MAJOR organs on models 1 Richland College Biol. 2401 Marieb A&P Lab Manual - 9 th Edition...
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1.Aries: Saturn, Mercury and Venus are ill disposed. Jupiter and the Sun are auspicious. The simple aggregate of Jupiter and Saturn produces no benign effects. Planet like Saturn will accompany about afterlife to the person.
2.Taurus: Saturn is the alotof advantageous and able planet. Jupiter, Venus and the Moon are angry planets. Saturn abandoned produces Raja Yoga.
5.Leo: Mars is the alotof advantageous and favorable planet. The aggregate of Jupiter and Venus does not couldcause Raja Yoga. Saturn, Venus and Mercury are evil. Saturn does not annihilate the built-in but Mercury and additional angry planets administer afterlife if they get maraca powers.
6.Virgo: Venus abandoned is the alotof powerful. Mercury and Venus if accumulated calm aftermath the Raja Yoga. Mars and Moon are evil. The sun does not annihilate the native, but Venus, the Moon and Jupiter administer death.
7.Libra: Saturn abandoned causes the Raja Yoga. Jupiter, the Sun and Mars are inauspicious. Mercury and Saturn aftermath acceptable effects. The affiliation of the Moon and the Mercury produces the Raja Yoga. Mars does not annihilate the person.
8.Scorpio: Jupiter is beneficial. The Sun and the Moon produces the Raja Yoga. Mercury and Venus are evil. Jupiter does not administer death.
9.Sagittarius: Mars is the best planet and in affiliation with the Jupiter produces accomplished effects. Venus is evil. The sun and the Mars aswell aftermath acceptable effects. Saturn does not accompany afterlife to the native.
10.Capricorn: Venus is the alotof able and in affiliation with Mercury produces Raja Yoga. Mars, Jupiter and the Moon are evil.
11.Aquarius: Venus abandoned is auspicious. The aggregate of Venus and Mars causes Raja Yoga. Jupiter and Moon are evil.
12.Pisces: The Moon and the Mars are auspicious. Mars is alotof powerful. Mars with the Moon and Jupiter causes Raja Yoga. Saturn, Venus, the Sun and the Mercury are evil.
Now let us altercate the advantageous canicule and the advantageous gems of the assorted zodiacs.
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A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy
A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy by George F. Chambers
Publisher: Oxford At The Clarendon Press1889 ISBN/ASIN: 1108014755 Number of pages: 756
Description: The work is divided into ten parts covering the following topics: the planets of our solar system; eclipses; gravity and tides; phenomena including aberration and refraction; comets; chronological astronomy; stars; astronomical instruments; the history of astronomy; and meteoric astronomy. It is richly illustrated with photographs and woodcuts depicting a wide variety of astronomical phenomena.
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It's based on a totally romanticized vision of female submission inspired from the infamous bad book/movie "Fifty Shades of Grey".
Want a classic instead? Try "9 ½ Weeks" cast with Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. Though it didn't get rave reviews, its cinematography was outstanding (really, watch it) and I always found it an erotic film. The director did a fabulous job of creating discomfort for the audience to feel as close to the main character's discomfort as possible and it's spot on. Plus, there were a few very hot scenes not to be missed. The movie was a controversial even back in its day because it depicted eroticism in a way feminism didn't accept. It really went against everything that feminism stood for, and it still does: male power over females is a no go. Yet, in the realm of the erotic, so much changes. This is a good, deep topic for another post in the future.
For further reading, this is a good article about the history of how 9 ½ Weeks was written and inspired. That's really the "original" 50 Shades you want to see.
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NTIRING GENIE, mercury works its
magic in many electrical devices,
including industrial switches,
here aglow in an assembly-line test
(left). Each glass tube imprisons two
or more electrodes and a glob of
mercury. The brief blue flash occurs
when the tubes are tilted and the
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electrodes, breaking the circuit.
Rainbow of special light-producing
compounds called phosphors gleams
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lamp (below). General Electric
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white material at center, a blend
of colored phosphors, to coat the
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At one point, Imran asked Sele if it's true that millennials prefer experiences over luxury items. Selena seemed surprised, mentioned that she's mostly buying stuff for her new house right now. Then, she brought up the recent gift from Abel:
My boyfriend just got me a beautiful Chanel bag, and [I love it.] It wasn't because it was a Chanel bag, it's because of where it came from and what it meant. So I wear it so proudly, and I feel cute when I have it on. I feel like, "I love this!" it makes me so happy. It literally just happened so all my friends are laughing because every time I have it on, I feel a certain way. And that to me is an experience. I see both sides, because I get to work and do different things. My job requires me to travel but I've been to a lot of places and I've seen nothing, so there's that too.
Okay, this is so freaking cute. It's like when your bestie has a new BF or GF, and she can't stop bringing them up in conversations that have nothing to do with them
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Also, by combining well with concrete, wood and glass, steel offers countless possibilities in different forms and complex assemblies. It is therefore highly valued as a material by architects for the aesthetic design of a building, regardless of the architectural style of the project.
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This is bad advice from her parents right?
It sounds like bad advice. The parties to the loan are her and the lender, not the husband and the lender. If he defaults, the lender will come after whoever's name is on the loan. The notarized letter represents an agreement between him and her, the lender hasn't agreed to transfer the loan to him. As far as they're concerned, she owes the money.
If he wants the vehicle, he'll have to pay her half the value of the car (what the car is worth minus what's left owing on it). He is responsible for coming up with the financing to buy out her share of the car. She can use this money to pay down her debt on the car.
I don't know how transfer of registration for the vehicle would be affected by this - anyone else know?
If he can't afford to take over a $20k loan, he can't afford to maintain both a car and a car loan in her name.
She needs to financially separate herself from him asap. It is her car, she needs to take control of it and park it somewhere until the separation is finalized. She should also be notifying her insurance company asap that the ex is to be removed from all of her policies (provide written notice the ex of the insurance, AFTER she has possession of the vehicle).
His indemnity is only worth what he is - and, apparently, no one else will accept his credit rating, why would she? She will remain liable for the loan that she signed until it is paid out in full.
Something else for your friend to consider is her having to re-qualify for existing financing of the vehicle. Her STBX may have lousy credit but his income might have been considered at time of financing. Dealership financing or bank financing? Is the vehicle the collateral for the loan or was the loan a line of credit/2nd mortgage? Often when one person buys the other person out, the financial institution insists on a new loan (they can charge fees, insist on appraisals, and take another look at the creditworthiness of the borrower).
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Arre JYoti, even in the fake snow scene, he was actually hugging her really tight and it was a tight cheek to cheek and that was cut out too! Maybe I look at things too much, that's why I made that comment! I'll just keep it zipped for now!
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This Week's Mtg: Lessons of the New Deal
The New Deal has passed from history into myth, which is too bad, because the response to our worst economic catastrophe has some big lessons for how to deal with our current one. But,
what was the New Deal, really? Do either liberals or conservatives invoke its name on the right way?
On Thursday I'll open with 15 minutes on what the New Deal was – and was not. This will end with the usual: I'll try to frame our discussion analytically, in this case by listing a few of the lessons usually mentioned by historians and political New Deal invokers. Below are some discussion questions we can use to guide us after that, and links to information about the new Deal.
I think this is a great topic, especially if we can keep the focus on lessons for today and the future, not on historical minutiae.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What exactly was the New Deal? What problems was it trying to solve and what did it consist of?
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What ideology and interests guided the New Dealers – and their critics?
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Did the New Deal "work?" What parts succeeded and which ones did not work? (tricky, because the goals were broader – and the effects were way broader – than just curing the
Depression. Also, government policies were only part of the story.)
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How do Americans remember the New Deal? Do the Left or Right get it right?
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What are the lessons for todays' crisis and tomorrow's America? (Economic lessons. Political lessons.)
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Is a "New New Deal" possible today or even possible? How would it resemble the original
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Le Tour! Le Tour!
The Tour de France began again on the Fourth of July, and Lance Armstrong is back in the mix (in case you hadn't heard).
So, if you get sick of the three-ring circus of speculation surrounding Sarah Palin, you should check it out on Versus. They play the live broadcast from 8:30 AM Eastern and then replay it in condensed form at 2:00, 5:00 and extended at 8:00.
Why do I love le Tour? Is it the snappy British commentators?
Yes.
Is it the fantastic camera work that makes you feel like you've visited France and several surrounding countries?
Yep.
The excitement of competition?
Yep.
The fact that, now after several years of watching, I feel like I know what I'm talking about, recognize the competitors, know a bit of their history, and am able to understand the significant ins and outs of the competition as it's happening?
Why, yes.
But the whole thing is just way more fun when you have someone to root for. For years my mother and I rooted for Lance Armstrong. Every year we told ourselves that it didn't matter how far back he was in the flat stages - once he got into the mountains he would climb to the top, leave the rest of them in the dust. But no matter how sternly we told ourselves that, we were always on the edge of our seats until he had earned a substantial lead.
And even though it's pretty easy to see that the guy's a bit of a jerk, at least he's a jerk who can put his money where his mouth is. Commentator Bob Roll crowed this year that he was so happy Lance was back to give some personality back to this thing. He's exciting, he's wily, and he's really damned good at this.
It was hard to be a fan in the past few years. Floyd Landis was more than exciting, with breakaway after breakaway taking him into the yellow jersey. My whole family got into the excitement and then -- he's disqualified for doping. And then over the next few years everyone and their mother is disqualified for doping. Distressing, to say the least.
But now, after a few tours in which only a few big names remained, le Tour is back! It feels alive again, it feels exciting again. I'm back to explaining to friends and co-workers why it matters that so-and-so didn't have his team with him, what they're doing pulling little cans of coke from the back of their jerseys, why the peloton all gets the same time, why breakaways hardly ever work, but are worth the shot, and (most often) how there can be a team sport with an individual winner.
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Beluga Whales Tracked During Hunt Reveal Patterns Of Foraging
Beluga whales dive deep under water in order to maximize the amount of food available to them during hunts. A new study reveals previously-unknown hunting patterns of the marine mammals.
During winter months, two populations of the marine mammals live in the Bering Sea. As weather warms, and ice begins to break, the animals move north into the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. These migrations can cover thousands of miles from start to finish. When the marine mammals arrive in their summer habitat, they dive as far as half a mile under water in search of their staple foods. However, during most dives, the distinctive whales cruise to just one-third of that distance. The animals searched for food both deep along the seafloor, and along sloping grounds, investigators found.
Cetacean biologists know relatively little about the species of animal, which lives in some of the most remote, frigid waters in the world.
Beluga whales often travel close to shore, making it easy to tag the creatures, allowing themselves to be tracked by satellite. These devices collect data while the whales are underwater, and data is transmitted to researchers when the creature surfaces.
"It's a really fantastic system for getting relatively high-resolution information for these animals that spend most of their time underwater and offshore. In addition to their inaccessibility, these populations use remote areas of the Arctic, so they are generally hard animals to research," Donna Hauser from the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, said.
In all, biologists examined the diving patterns of 30 whales over the course of 15 years to arrive at their conclusions. Future research will examine how beluga whales may be affected by environmental changes in the Arctic. The creatures are also a source of sustenance for some of the human populations in the region, so this study will directly impact the lives of people there.
Beluga whales caught the attention of the general public after the release of the children's song "Baby Beluga" by singer-songwriter Raffi.
Study of the foraging patterns of Beluga whales in the region was profiled in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series.
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We're probably in a wave (X) not a wave (5)... So maybe it will form a double zig zag on a higher time frame, or perhaps wave A of an expanded flat... will post more wave counts that will clarify this.
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Nokia goes on the offensive with effective new 'app reality' ad, targeting new buyers
If there's one thing we can all agree on is that Windows Phone has a perception problem, especially in the US and Canada. The phone hardware is often reviewed favorably, but critics tend to ding the OS for lack of apps. This so-called 'app-gap' has become less of problem as of late 2013, but the perception is still there. Also, MIA apps like Sonos don't help either.
Nokia's new ad, showcased on their Canadian YouTube channel, does a really good job of breaking it all down for the consumer. In fact, it's one of the best we've seen. With bold bright graphics, the narrator talks about how impressive the Windows Phone store has become, highlighting things like UI design, Live Tiles, Windows Phone exclusive apps, and how major titles like Vine, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are all here already.
The ad is just under two minutes, so there's no way it could be shown on TV as-is. However, with some clever edits, this could make a compelling commercial on TV for the Windows Phone OS as a whole. It'd also play well at movie theaters, with the 20 minute pre-roll programming.
Currently, Microsoft does run plenty of ads showcasing Windows 8 PCs, tablets and Windows Phones, but they don't have many that are this direct on the benefits of their mobile OS. They need more of that and if they were smart, they would start promoting this particular video throughout their media channels.
What do you think? Does this video make a persuasive argument for Windows Phone?
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What techniques can I use to manage my time?
Time-boxing, Pareto Analysis, the Domino Reaction and Eisenhower Methods – there's no shortage of grand-sounding, slightly intimidating names for different time-management techniques and programmes. They may sound daunting, but the important thing is to understand the basic ideas that underpin most of them.
The first step of time management, they say, is to use a little of your time, untroubled by your usual work pressures, to focus on how you are going to use the rest of it. While you are swamped by demands from your employer, colleagues, clients or contacts, harassed by deadlines, schedules, phone calls and emails, it is simply impossible to get the clarity and perspective needed to organise your own time according to your own goals. In that situation, your plans for yourself and your time tend to be limited to getting through one pressing task and on to the next.
Once you've found that time, you can get stuck into the next key activity that nearly all time-management gurus insist upon: goal-setting. Without defining and laying out your own goals, you have no basis on which to organise your time, and that means other people's goals will probably have an undue influence on the job you do.
You need to step back and define what your long-term goals are, both at work and beyond, in all the different aspects of your life. If you don't know what they are, you have precious little chance of taking the necessary steps to achieve them. You'll also find that setting your own goals is extremely motivating.
Now, make a to-do list. Start with a list of all the things you'd like to achieve this year, then break them down into a monthly, then weekly, then daily task list. Add to that daily list all the other tasks you need to do today, whether or not they are part of longer projects. A to-do list might not seem very exciting, but it's a prerequisite for the next crucial time-management technique...
The next step is to prioritise it. Looking at each item on the list in turn, try to work out how important it is in terms of achieving your goals. If it helps take you a step towards one of your goals, give it a high priority. If it doesn't, but it's still urgent, give it a lower priority. And if it doesn't take you towards any of your goals and isn't even particularly urgent, stick it at the bottom. What you end up with is a prioritised to-do list, which is a very simple but hugely important tool and can make a huge difference to the way you work and live. It shapes your time entirely towards achieving your life and work goals as efficiently as possible. It also helps reduce stress, by turning what can seem like a mountain of tasks into individual pieces, sorted by priority and ready to be dealt with one by one.
Finally, schedule your tasks. It's important to be realistic about this, allowing for the many unavoidable demands that are placed upon you, but also making time for your high-priority tasks. Try doing it at the start of every week. Using a diary, notebook or computer, first identify the time you need to do the parts of your job that you absolutely must do to fulfil the basic requirements. Block those times out on your schedule. Then put in time for the work you must do to do a really good job. Then put in some blocks of unplanned contingency time. Every job has patches of unscheduled interruptions or downtime, and for your time management to be realistic you need to make allowances for them. Even though you can't predict when such interruptions will occur, allowing time for them makes them part of your day without knocking everything else out of shape and scuppering your plans entirely.
Approaching your schedule in this way should then leave you with time in which to enter items from your prioritised to-do list. If there's no time left, or not enough, then go back through the earlier entries and see if you can't shave a little time from some or all of them to make way for the things that are most important to you. Above all, once you've made this schedule, do everything you can to stick to it. If you're realistic and don't try to schedule everything at once, you can easily come up with a plan that fits into your life and lets you make the best possible use of your time. Your efforts will be directed at what you want to achieve, you will minimise activities that waste your time, and the odds are that you will be able to do your work within your contracted hours
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This game doesn't have a name but heres how it works:
You describe a character from a tv show or movie by giving clues about their sex, interests, past relationships, occupations etc. State if from a movie or t.v show.
For example:
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female
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power of telekinesis
the answer is obviously Prue
Get it? I'll start.
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I am a reporter at my high school
I have a crush a a boy named Clark
I have a bulletin board covered in clippings called the wall of weird
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Your partner will never steal the blankets ever again with the Cover Clamp
If your partner tends to steal all the blankets during the night, there's finally something that might make them stop: it's called the Cover Clamp. Yes, someone has designed a product to help keep the blanket in place. hahaha.
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Duke Ellington is considered by many people
to be the most important composer in the history of jazz. This composer,
band leader and pianist got his musical start in New York City at the famed
Cotton Club in Harlem. His big band performed many
of his compositions. They toured throughout Europe and the United
States and played frequently at Carnagie Hall. They made dozens of
recordings. Ellington's brilliance as a composer, performer and band
leader gave jazz a new respectability.
"If I hear a sigh of pleasure
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Taxonomists an endangered species
Despite all the talk of biodiversity and its protection, taxonomy - the scientific classification and differentiation of species - is in crisis at universities. However, it forms an important basis for biology and especially ecology, not to mention the protection of diversity.
Peter Rüegg
If it wasn't for taxonomy, these insects would be nameless creatures: this Triorla interrupta (robber fly) has bagged himself a Plathemis lydia (dragonfly). (Photo: Thomas Shahan, flickr)
(large view)
Andreas Müller is a specialist; he practically
knows Switzerland's 600 species of wild bee off by heart. Reinhard Berndt also
has a research specialty: rust fungi – parasitic fungi that live in plants. And
Matthias Baltisberger is a professor of botany who knows the majority of
Switzerland's 3000 plants inside out. Even though they deal with extremely
different organisms, the three researchers from ETH Zurich have one thing in
common: they all work in a branch of science that is barely supported
nationally or internationally any more: taxonomy.
Taxonomists: researchers who classify and
differentiate species, and name the systematic units – the so-called taxa. Taxonomy
is a sub-domain of systematics. "And unfortunately the term has negative associations",
says Müller. Too old-fashioned and destitute, say other biologists; not
scientific enough for the publishers of major journals and many universities,
and therefore also those who dish out the research funds. The upshot of it all
is that the art of taxonomy is going the way of the dodo.
Shortage of funds
After all, taxonomy is not exactly a "quick"
science. It takes time – maybe even years – to clarify whether or not a species
has already been classified; it might be in a collection under a different
name, for instance, just waiting to be compared with the "new" species. Müller
has over 100 unclassified bees from Southern Europe, North Africa and the
Middle East alone in his collection, waiting for when he can finally find the
time to classify them and give them a scientific name. Taxonomic expertise is
slow in coming; the research time-consuming and unspectacular. Monographs of single
genera and families are published – books that are often the authors'
lifework.
That stands out like a blot on the scientific
landscape. "These days, DNA has to be involved in scientific projects or else
you don't get into the high-impact journals", says Matthias Baltisberger, an
adjunct professor of botany at the Institute of Integrative Biology. The
outcome: research has abandoned taxonomy, which is still highly morphological,
in favor of molecular and biotechnology fields.
Another branch of systematics has thrived from
this: phylogeny (the evolutionary history of genera, families, categories etc.)
"This particular branch of research is booming", says Müller. Since molecular
genetics began to play an increasingly big role in evolutionary issues, the
results from phylogeny have also been published in Science. The
classification and differentiation of species on the other hand is not deemed
sexy enough and the major publishers just aren't interested.
Berndt refuses to accept this. It takes years to
appropriate taxonomical and species knowledge, whatever the division. Only
someone who has acquired these skills can discover new species. "This involves major
intellectual input and is many years in the making."
Situation at ETH Zurich still comfortable
Compared to other Swiss universities, the situation
still looks rosy for taxonomy at ETH Zurich.
Apart from the insect collection, the university
also has a mycological collection and a herbarium, which serve as an archive
and tools for taxonomists. "The collections are also archives for biodiversity
– priceless, irreplaceable treasures", says Berndt. Müller adds, "Today, ETH
Zurich is the only university in Switzerland to fund a noteworthy entomological
collection, and it is used intensively by researchers from all over the country
and abroad."
Nevertheless, for the most part taxonomical
research has shifted to the museums. Berndt has also noticed a move in
scientific research on fungi away from universities towards the layman. After
all, it was amateur mycologists who brought out the five-volume work Die
Pilze der Schweiz.
Whilst amateurs often make terrific and very active
taxonomists, they often only really know about edible macrofungi. And they are
less familiar with scientific methods. For instance, their findings are often
poorly documented and therefore of no scientific use. "You can't understand the
immigration or spread of a new species of fungus like that", says Berndt.
The demise of classical mycology in Switzerland
(and abroad) is unprecedented. Chairs and professorships that used to conduct
research on classical mycology weren't re-staffed after the professors retired
or other specialties approved. Today, systematic mycology at universities is
almost extinct. "And last year the Swiss Mycological Society finally hung up
its magnifying glass once and for all; there just wasn't the new talent coming
through", regrets Berndt.
For Matthias Baltisberger, the fact that taxonomy is
in crisis is nothing new, however. The last large-scale university botany
project was initiated and carried out almost 60 years ago, back when ETH-Zurich
professor Hans Ernst Hess was working on Flora der Schweiz und angrenzender
Gebiete – a monograph of Switzerland's ferns and flowering plants. The
project took 16 years, during which time Hess published nothing. The
three-volume book was supposed to be his life's work, but he never managed the
leap into the "normal" publication competition.
Taxonomists a rare breed
Education is also suffering from the dwindling
appreciation of taxonomy. "In this discipline, education receives even less support
than research", says Baltisberger. There is neither the staff to teach species
identification nor the space on the timetables to fit it in. "In order to
supervise the students on field trips you need a lot of teaching assistants, and
we keep having to fight to get them; and with student numbers rocketing in
biology and pharmaceutics, whether there'll be enough money this year is still
up in the air."
ETH Zurich still has a good excursion tradition. On
botanical field trips, for example, biology, pharmaceutics, and environmental
and agricultural science students learn hundreds of plant species. In the long
run, however, these excursions don't remedy the lack of taxonomists.
It's a vicious circle: without species
identification it's impossible to conduct taxonomical studies. The taxonomical
crisis is also having a knock-on effect in ecology and ultimately biology. If
someone wants to study the evolutively important interdependency of bees and
flowering plants, for example, you need to know all the species like the back
of your hand first. "If we don't name the organisms, you can forget further
research", says insect specialist Müller.
In the meantime, there are various initiatives designed
to alter the course of the taxonomical crisis. For instance, publications on
taxonomy are to be accredited a higher impact factor than before. Furthermore,
the FOEN, which doesn't have enough specialists to conduct Switzerland's
biodiversity monitoring, is also looking to promote species identification. The
Federal Office has also commissioned the SANU in Biel to draft measures to encourage
and train taxonomists.
Andreas Müller knows that this is easier said than
done, but not impossible. In his crash course, students are instructed how to
deal with dragonflies and get to know species. After some initial hesitation and
even indifference, many develop a curiosity – and species expertise. "An
ecological and evolutive issue, the differentiation of the numerous habitat
specialists sparks an ambition in many students to learn the dragonfly species'
full names", says Müller.
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Brachytherapy facility an important development in Africa's fight against cancer
A newly launched brachytherapy facility with advanced technology at a Johannesburg hospital provides patients from around Africa with significantly more options for the treatment of various kinds of cancers, and is "an important new tool in the fight against the disease".
This is according to Dr Niveditha Singh, an oncologist who practises at Netcare Rand Hospital in Berea, Johannesburg, where the brachytherapy facility was officially opened today. "Netcare Rand Hospital Oncology Centre has introduced sophisticated high dose rate [HDR] brachytherapy technology that is currently not widely available in South Africa or, indeed on the continent," adds Dr Singh.
"This new technology enables doctors to use this form of therapy to treat a range of different types of cancer including cervical, uterus, breast, oesophageal, lung, rectal, skin and others."
Dr Singh explains that HDR brachytherapy is an effective form of cancer treatment, which involves placing a sealed radioactive source very close to, or in contact with, cancerous tissue, in order to destroy or reduce the size of tumours.
"The brachytherapy unit at the hospital incorporates a state-of-the-art SagiNova HDR Afterloader, Co- 60 Source, which offers a number of advantages over earlier technologies. It enables clinicians, for example, to better spare tissue around diseased sites, improve local control of disease and ultimately to deliver improved medical outcomes for cancer patients.
"In addition, HDR brachytherapy enables doctors to use a higher total dose of radiation to treat a smaller area in a shorter time than is possible with external beam radiation treatment. The highly radioactive source is placed inside a slender tube called an applicator, and is directed to the diseased site that is to be treated."
Dr Singh explains that, as these radioactive sources have a high radioactive strength, they are able to deliver a strong dose of radiation safely to a localised area. "HDR brachytherapy is, in other words, a form of internal radiation therapy, which uses ionising radiation to destroy cancer cells in a highly targeted manner," she adds.
"The oncology centre at Netcare Rand Hospital, which has been providing care to patients since 1991, will initially be using this HDR technology to mainly treat gynaecological cancers such as cervical and uterine cancers, but will later be expanding its applications to treat other types of cancers," adds Dr Singh.
"HDR brachytherapy can be used as a stand-alone treatment or we can use it in conjunction with other treatments such as external beam radiotherapy, surgery and chemotherapy, depending on the requirements of each particular case, which is always unique. This means we are able to carefully tailor our treatment approach.
"HDR may also be recommended post-operatively to reduce the risk of reappearance of cancer in high-risk patients."
According to Dr Singh, a CT (computerised tomography) scanner has also been installed at the facility. "This enables us to visualise diseased areas more precisely and clearly, improve our diagnosis, and accurately plan the radiation to optimise treatment."
Lindiwe Fokazi, unit manager at the oncology centre at Netcare Rand Hospital, says that a set of international HDR brachytherapy treatment guidelines have been implemented by the medical physics team at the centre to ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care.
According to Fokazi, HDR brachytherapy can be used in the following types of oncology cases, among others:
Cervical cancer – This type of cancer may be treated by a combination of pelvic external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy. HDR brachytherapy is a necessary component in the curative treatment of cervical cancer. It can also be administered as additional treatment of the vaginal cuff after hysterectomy in patients with an intermediate or high risk of recurrence.
Endometrial cancer – Brachytherapy may be used on its own or in conjunction with external beam radiotherapy.
Endo-bronchial radiation – The use of brachytherapy is well established for palliation or easing of cough, dyspnoea (shortness of breath), pain and haemoptysis (coughing up blood in the sputum) in patients with advanced or metastatic lung cancer.
Oesophageal radiation – HDR brachytherapy is often used to stop the bleeding that may occur in oesophageal cancer cases, and also help palliative dysphagia, which is difficulty or discomfort in swallowing.
"Over the last 25 years the oncology centre at Netcare Rand Hospital has become a trusted cancer treatment centre for patients. It has for long been our aim to establish the facility as a treatment centre of choice for patients from around the African continent, and our new brachytherapy unit takes us a step further in this regard," concludes Fokazi.
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Abstract
The molecular examination of pathologically altered cells and tissues at the DNA, RNA, and protein level has revolutionised research and diagnostics in pathology. However, the inherent heterogeneity of primary tissues with an admixture of various reactive cell populations can affect the outcome and interpretation of molecular studies. Recently, microdissection of tissue sections and cytological preparations has been used increasingly for the isolation of homogeneous, morphologically identified cell populations, thus overcoming the obstacle of tissue complexity. In conjunction with sensitive analytical techniques, such as the polymerase chain reaction, microdissection allows precise in vivo examination of cell populations, such as carcinoma in situ or the malignant cells of Hodgkin's disease, which are otherwise inaccessible for conventional molecular studies. However, most microdissection techniques are very time consuming and require a high degree of manual dexterity, which limits their practical use. Laser capture microdissection (LCM), a novel technique developed at the National Cancer Institute, is an important advance in terms of speed, ease of use, and versatility of microdissection. LCM is based on the adherence of visually selected cells to a thermoplastic membrane, which overlies the dehydrated tissue section and is focally melted by triggering of a low energy infrared laser pulse. The melted membrane forms a composite with the selected tissue area, which can be removed by simple lifting of the membrane. LCM can be applied to a wide range of cell and tissue preparations including paraffin wax embedded material. The use of immunohistochemical stains allows the selection of cells according to phenotypic and functional characteristics. Depending on the starting material, DNA, good quality mRNA, and proteins can be extracted successfully from captured tissue fragments, down to the single cell level. In combination with techniques like expression library construction, cDNA array hybridisation and differential display, LCM will allow the establishment of "genetic fingerprints"of specific pathological lesions, especially malignant neoplasms. In addition to the identification of new diagnostic and prognostic markers, this approach could help in establishing individualised treatments tailored to the molecular profile of a tumour. This review provides an overview of the technique of LCM, summarises current applications and new methodical approaches, and tries to give a perspective on future developments. In addition, LCM is compared with other recently developed laser microdissection techniques.
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The molecular analysis of DNA, RNA, and protein derived from diagnostic tissue specimens has revolutionised pathology and led to the identification of a broad range of diagnostic and prognostic markers influencing our day to day decision making. Techniques such as Southern blot analysis and especially the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are an integral part of the diagnostic repertoire of pathology. However, the reliability of tests based on tissue or cell extracts often depends crucially on the relative abundance of the cell population in question, and sampling errors or a large number of "contaminating" cells as a result of the inherent complexity of primary tissues can lead to false negative results. This is especially true for the examination of early or precursor lesions such as carcinoma in situ and epithelial dysplasias, which are of special interest, because they could shed light on the first, seminal steps of carcinogenesis. Whereas some genetic alterations, such as tumour specific chromosomal translocations, can be detected by PCR even if they are present only in a small minority of examined cells others, such as clonal immunoglobulin or T cell receptor gene rearrangements or loss of heterozygosity at tumour suppressor gene loci, require that the proportion of altered cells exceeds a certain threshold. In situ hybridisation is a valuable alternative to in vitro studies for the analysis of certain alterations, such as numerical and major structural chromosomal aberrations, viral infection, or aberrant gene expression, but in situ techniques are not universally applicable, and are time consuming and sometimes technically difficult. Furthermore, their relatively low sensitivity precludes the examination of single copy genes or low abundance transcripts. In situ PCR might help to improve the sensitivity for certain targets, but does not allow quantification and still poses significant technical problems—for example, in terms of specificity. Cell cultures and cell lines provide pure populations, which can be studied under controlled conditions. However, because of the different microenvironment—with the lack of contact and interaction with stromal elements—gene expression patterns of cultured cells can be very different to primary tissues. Furthermore, most permanent tumour cell lines are derived from late stage cancers already showing a far advanced genotype with multiple aberrations that might not be representative of earlier clinical stages.
In combination with sensitive analytical procedures such as PCR, microdissection of histological sections or cytological preparations has recently gained importance as a tool to obtain purified cell populations from complex primary tissues. From relatively crude, manual microdissection to micromanipulator based approaches, a wide range of techniques has been described and has been useful in medical research—for example, the identification of clonal genetic abnormalities in preneoplastic lesions or the unveiling of the cell lineage and clonality of Hodgkin's cells.1–10 More recently, the precision of lasers has been exploited for microdissection.11–17 One of these techniques is laser microbeam microdissection (LMM), which uses a pulsed UV laser with a small beam focus to cut out areas or cells of interest by photoablation of adjacent tissue.11,13,15 The second technique is laser capture microdissection (LCM), which was developed at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and has rapidly found widespread interest as an attractive addition to the repertoire of microdissection techniques.16,18–21 The development of LCM was propelled by its integration into the "cancer genome anatomy project" (CGAP) sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, which intends to compile a catalogue of genes expressed by normal, preneoplastic, and neoplastic human tissues.22 To develop high quality expression libraries from human cancers and their precursor lesions, microdissection was seen as an important tool to provide pure cell samples. LCM fulfills the requirements in speed, precision, and versatility necessary for such an ambitious project. The first description of LCM was soon followed by the development of a commercially available LCM microscope.18 Currently, the second generation of this instrument (PixCell II; Arcturus Engineering, Mountain View, California, USA) is on the market.J Clin Pathol 2000;53:667–673
Principles and technical basis of LCM
LCM is based on the selective adherence of visually targeted cells and tissue fragments to a thermoplastic membrane activated by a low energy infrared laser pulse (fig 1). The system consists of an inverted microscope, a solid state near infrared laser diode, a laser control unit, a joy stick controlled microscope stage with a vacuum chuck for slide immobilisation, a CCD camera, and a colour monitor. The LCM microscope is usually connected to a personal computer for additional laser control and image archiving. The thermoplastic membrane used for the transfer of selected cells has a diameter of approximately 6 mm and is mounted on an optically clear cap, which fits on standard 0.5 ml microcentrifuge tubes for further tissue processing.
Schematic representation of laser capture microdissection. (A) Activation of the laser leads to focal melting of the polymer membrane. (B) Lifting of the cap selectively detaches the cells adherent to the activated membrane.
The cap is suspended on a mechanical transport arm and placed on the desired area of the dehydrated tissue section under standard pressure. After visual selection of the desired cells guided by a positioning beam, laser activation leads to focal melting of the ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) membrane, which has its absorption maximum near the wavelength of the laser. The melted polymer expands into the section and fills the extremely small hollow spaces present in the tissue. The polymer resolidifies within milliseconds and forms a composite with the tissue. The adherence of the tissue to the activated membrane exceeds the adhesion to the glass slide and allows selective removal of the desired cells. Laser impulses usually between 0.5 and 5 ms in duration can be repeated multiple times across the whole cap surface, which allows the rapid isolation of large numbers of cells. The selected tissue fragments are harvested by simple lifting of the cap, which is then transferred to a microcentrifuge tube containing the buffer solutions required for the isolation of the molecules of interest.
The minimum diameter of the laser beam of the LCM microscope is currently 7.5 μm, the maximum diameter 30 μm. Under standard working conditions, the area of polymer melting corresponds quite exactly to the laser spot size. Because most of the energy is absorbed by the membrane, the maximum temperatures reached by the tissue upon laser activation are in the range of 90°C for several milliseconds, thus leaving biological macromolecules of interest intact.23 The low energy of the infrared laser also avoids potentially damaging photochemical effects.
Advantages and disadvantages of LCM compared with other laser microdissection techniques
The most important advantage of LCM is its speed, combined with its precision and versatility. Depending on the chosen laser spot size, the architectural features of the tissue and the desired precision of the microdissection, thousands of cells can be collected within a few minutes. LCM is in orders of magnitude faster than micromanipulator based microdissection techniques and does not require manual dexterity because it is a "no touch" technique. The morphology of both the captured cells as well as the residual tissue is well preserved, allowing control and documentation of tissue representativity at all stages of the procedure. The isolated cells are attached firmly to the cap, minimising the danger of tissue loss. In contrast, most other microdissection techniques, with the exception of LMM with laser pressure catapulting,15 require the removal of the isolated cells with the help of a needle tip or a microcapillary—a precarious step requiring skill and practice. Because LCM is very fast and does not destroy adjacent tissues, several tissue components can be sampled sequentially from the same slide, such as normal and neoplastic cells. Owing to the easy handling of the LCM microscope and the virtual absence of time consuming calibration and adjustment, the learning curve is short and LCM can be integrated easily into procedures for molecular genetic tissue diagnostics.
LCM can be applied to a wide range of cell and tissue preparations. Even stained, archival sections can be microdissected successfully after removal of the coverslip.
The few limitations of LCM mostly reflect the difficulties of microdissection in general. Although sufficient for most purposes, the optical resolution of routinely stained, dehydrated tissue sections without coverslip is limited, and may make precise dissection of cells from certain complex tissues with lack of architectural features, such as lymphoid tissues or diffusely infiltrating carcinomas, almost impossible. This problem can be circumvented by special stains, in particular immunohistochemistry, which help to highlight the cell population to be isolated or avoided.24,25
The minimum laser spot size of 7.5 μm poses a limit to the precision of single cell or subcellular microdissection. Small cells may be difficult to isolate without contaminating fragments of adjacent cells. In addition, as a result of the large tissue contact area of the cap, the risk of contamination through rare, non-specifically adherent cells may be more important when LCM is performed at the single cell level. Although LCM was not primarily designed for single cell analysis, several studies showed the feasibility of analysing single or few cells procured by LCM from both tissue sections and cytological preparations.26–29 The latter allow faster and more precise collection of pure cell populations by LCM because the cells are already physically separated. Maitra et al developed a technique for the separation and isolation of epithelial cell aggregates (EASI) by spreading out scrapings of fresh tissues on glass slides. This procedure separates epithelial cell complexes from accompanying stroma and allows the rapid and precise procurement of cells by LCM without the necessity for tissue sectioning.28
A problem occasionally encountered in LCM is failure to remove the selected cells from the slide. This can result from a lack of adherence of the cells to the membrane, usually because of incomplete tissue dehydration or a laser setting that is too low for complete permeation of the melted polymer into the section. On the other hand, increased adherence of the section to the slide can prevent the removal of the targeted cells. This is mainly encountered in frozen sections, if they are subjected to prolonged drying, whereas paraffin wax sections normally do not require special handling. Several groups have reported detailed protocols to ensure optimal transfer conditions for a broad range of specimens, including immunohistochemically stained ones.16,24,26–28
The other commercially available, advanced laser microdissection technology is laser microbeam microdissection (PALM; Mikrolaser Technologie, Bernried, Germany). In contrast to LCM, the tissue is cut out from the surrounding structures by a highly focused UV laser beam with the help of a motorised stage. The tissue is either removed by a needle tip or by laser pressure catapulting, which allows contact free collection of tissue fragments in the cap of a microcentrifuge tube.15 For many applications, tissue sections are mounted on a thin supporting membrane, which is also cut by the laser beam, and allows the recovery of larger, intact fragments of tissue with retained morphology.13
Both LCM and LMM with laser pressure catapulting are important technical advances in microdissection, and future technical developments will improve the performance of both systems. Which of these two systems is more suited for a certain application depends largely on the requirements for tissue collection. High speed, easy handling, and good control and documentation of dissected tissue make LCM an ideal tool for the rapid collection of larger amounts of tissue and the pooling of larger numbers of single cells. LMM can be more time consuming and requires greater skills, but the smaller laser beam diameter, the motorised stage, and the absence of a large surface area with tissue contact (like the LCM cap) is probably better suited for very precise microdissection at the single cell and subcellular level.
Applications of laser microdissection
Although the first descriptions of the use of laser light for microdissection of tissue were published in 1976,30,31 it was not until the introduction of efficient analytical methods for small amounts of biological material that these techniques found widespread use.
DNA ANALYSIS
Microdissection is an established method to obtain purified cell populations for the analysis of genetic alterations at the DNA level from both fresh and fixed tissues and cell preparations. Many different microdissection techniques have been used for the detection of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in invasive neoplasms, epithelial precursor lesions in various organs including breast, oesophagus, and prostate, and in normal tissue adjacent to neoplastic lesions.1,2,6,32–34 In combination with whole genome amplification,17,35 comparative genomic hybridisation has been applied successfully to microdissected neoplastic and preneoplastic lesions of breast, cervix, and oral epithelium.36–38
LOH studies and other DNA based analyses can be performed with ease on cell and tissue fragments captured by LCM.16 Captured cells are detached from the membrane by proteinase digestion, and standard single step PCR protocols can be applied if enough cells have been collected. Because of the small amounts of tissue used, time consuming purification steps such as phenol/chloroform extraction are usually unnecessary.
The analysis of microdissected endocrine tumours played an instrumental role in identifying the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) gene by positional cloning.39 With newly identified polymorphic markers, haplotyping of affected families and LOH analysis of 200 microdissected endocrine tumours narrowed down the interval to 300 kb, and further analysis of transcripts located in this region in MEN1 kindreds allowed the identification of this new tumour suppressor gene. LCM has also been used to identify LOH in ovarian neoplasms. The authors found allelic loss at chromosome 8p21 in a higher proportion (50%) of cases than previous studies, probably because of the homogeneous cell populations obtained by microdissection.40 Darling et al used LCM to analyse the partial re-expression of type XVII collagen in a patient with generalised atrophic benign epidermolysis bullosa, who was germ line homozygous for a 2 bp deletion in the COL17A1 gene. They showed that microdissected keratinocytes overlying areas with type XVII collagen re-expression had an additional frame restoring mutation, correcting nonsense mediated mRNA decay and therefore creating mosaicism for this gene product.41 Recently, LCM has also been used to demonstrate intratumoral hetrogeneity of p53 mutations in aflatoxin induced murine lung tumours.42
Fend et al analysed cases of malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with two phenotypically and morphologically distinct cell populations in the same tumour site. Sequencing of rearranged immunoglobulin genes amplified from the two different populations obtained by LCM of immunostained slides demonstrated the presence of two unrelated clones in all cases, although PCR analysis of DNA obtained from whole sections had not detected biclonality in any of the tumours.25 LCM has also been used successfully to microdissect Reed-Sternberg (RS) like cells from peripheral T cell lymphomas. Amplification of immunoglobulin heavy chain genes from pooled groups of microdissected RS like cells, which expressed CD20 and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) antigens, showed patterns suggestive of a polyclonal or oligoclonal EBV transformed B cell population, unrelated to the neoplastic T cell clone.29 The two latter studies demonstrate that routinely immunostained paraffin wax embedded sections mounted on charged slides can be used for LCM without interfering with the transfer of captured cells or subsequent PCR analysis.
Because it can rapidly sample large numbers of purified cells from heterogeneous tissues, LCM is also a promising tool for other DNA based analyses, such as comparative genomic hybridisation.
GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS
The analysis of tissue or cell specific gene expression is important in many fields of biological and biomedical research. The identification of gene expression patterns related to neoplastic transformation, inflammation, or tissue repair could have far reaching consequences not only for diagnostic and prognostic purposes, but also for preventive medicine by identifying subclinical stages of disease, and for novel treatments tailored to specific genetic alterations.43
However, tissue heterogeneity can make it very difficult to assign expressed genes to specific cell populations if gross tissue extracts are used as an mRNA source. Confirmation by in situ techniques, such as mRNA in situ hybridisation or immunohistochemistry, might not always be possible and is laborious and time consuming when large numbers of messages need to be examined. Furthermore, mRNA in situ hybridisation lacks sensitivity for the detection of low abundance transcripts. Therefore, many groups have tried to develop microdissection protocols that yield mRNA of sufficient quality for the subsequent analysis of gene expression. In contrast to DNA, mRNA is more sensitive to fixation, is quickly degraded by ubiquitous RNases, and requires stringent RNase free conditions during specimen handling and preparation. Despite these limitations, several groups have recovered good quality mRNA from microdissected samples by reverse transcription PCR (RT–PCR), down to the single cell level.3,12,14,44 Although most authors used fresh tissue, successful mRNA amplification by nested RT–PCR has also been reported for single cells isolated from paraffin wax embedded archival tissue by LMM and for methacarn fixed, paraffin wax embedded tissue by LCM.15,45 Nevertheless, frozen tissue yields higher quality mRNA and should be used whenever possible to ensure optimal recovery of low abundance messages.
LCM offers several advantages for mRNA analysis. Its superior speed allows sampling of large numbers of cells without appreciable RNA degradation. This should help to reduce artifacts caused by a high number of amplification cycles or a lack of reproducibility as a result of variations of gene expression in small cell samples. In addition, the dehydration of the tissue section during LCM probably inhibits the activity of tissue RNases, in contrast to some techniques where microdissection is performed on buffer covered sections. Several groups have tried to assess the optimal conditions for RNA recovery from tissue subjected to LCM.16,24,28,46 Although the reported protocols differ in some aspects, the type of fixation, time in aqueous media, RNase free conditions during staining and tissue preparation, and probably also the tissue type are relevant factors. In general, precipitating fixatives such as acetone or ethanol give better results than crosslinking agents such as formaldehyde. Conventional stains like haematoxylin/eosin can be performed in a very short time and do not greatly influence RNA recovery. For many applications, these stains are sufficient for the morphological identification and isolation of distinct cell populations for mRNA analysis.47–49 To perform precise LCM of tissues showing a lack of architectural features identifiable by morphology alone, immunohistochemical staining protocols designed to minimise RNA loss during the procedure have been developed. Immunohistochemistry of frozen sections can be performed in less than 15 minutes, preserving sufficient amounts of mRNA to allow detection of cell specific mRNAs from as little as 200 microdissected cells with 40 cycles of amplification.24 Using cytospins of rat pituitary cells and a sensitive nested PCR technique, Jin et al amplified pituitary hormone mRNA from single immunostained captured cells.27 However, when compared with conventional stains, immunostaining always results in a measurable decrease in RNA recovery, probably because of the longer exposure to aqueous media.24,27
Because LCM helps to collect exactly determinable numbers of purified cells under controlled conditions, its combination with methods such as real time quantitative RT–PCR will allow a more precise determination of cell specific gene expression on a microscopic scale.14,46,50
To understand better the complexity of genetic changes in pathologically altered tissues, the simultaneous detection of multiple different messages is preferable over the examination of single or few expressed genes. Techniques such as cDNA array hybridisation or serial analysis of gene expression can help to establish characteristic expression profiles of normal and neoplastic cells.51–53 Changes in gene expression related to the different steps of tumorigenesis could be revealed with techniques such as subtractive hybridisation or differential display, by comparing related lesions such as epithelial dyplasia, carcinoma in situ, and invasive carcinoma microdissected from a single tissue block.54,55
The feasibility of combining LCM and cDNA microarray hybridisation has been demonstrated by Luo et al, who showed reproducible differences in gene expression between large and small neurones isolated from rat dorsal root ganglia. For each experiment, 1000 cells of one population were captured, and the RNA was amplified with T7 RNA polymerase to obtain sufficient material to generate the fluorescent probe for microarray hybridisation.26 A similar approach, combining LCM, cDNA arrays, and real time quantitative PCR, was used to show altered gene expression patterns at various stages of breast cancer progression.50
As mentioned above, LCM can also be used to obtain expression libraries from purified cell populations for CGAP.56 Several libraries derived from microdissected normal, preneoplastic, and neoplastic breast, prostate, ovary, lung, and liver tissues with large numbers of partially sequenced clones are already available at the CGAP web site ( The power of LCM for creating tissue specific expression libraries has recently been demonstrated by studies aimed at the identification of prostate specific genes by the analysis of expressed sequence tags (ESTs). A highly expressed T cell receptor γ transcript found in prostate libraries generated from microdissected tissue was initially believed to stem from contaminating T cells in the prostatic interstitium. However, subsequent studies showed that the transcript did originate from prostate epithelial cells.57,58 Similar surprising results running contrary to known tissue expression patterns can be expected in the future from this cell specific approach to genetic analysis. To produce useful information, the quality of primary tissues used for large scale expression studies is of utmost importance, and tissue procurement, time to freezing, precision of microdissection, and other parameters need to be controlled rigorously.
SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS
Although single cell analysis was introduced to pathology and other fields of biomedical research before the advent of laser based microdissection techniques and has allowed some spectacular progress, such as the identification of the lineage and clonality of Hodgkin's disease or the identification of genetic disorders in in vitro fertilised oocytes before implantation, the dedication and manual dexterity required for micromanipulation based microdissection precluded the wide use of this technique.4,5,59,60 Both LCM and LMM have been applied successfully to the isolation of single cells. Point mutations in oncogenes such as RAS, viral DNA sequences, or rearranged immunoglobulin gene sequences have been identified from microdissected single cells, and the amplification of expressed gene sequences by RT–PCR has been performed successfully from both fresh and paraffin wax embedded tissues.11,12,14,15,27,29 A modification of LCM specifically designed for single cell capturing was developed by Suarez-Quian et al, who replaced the large cap surface with a cylinder covered with EVA polymer membrane.21 This reduces the contact area with the tissue to a 40 μm wide strip, allowing more precise dissection and greatly reducing the risk of the non-specific adherence of cells. By lifting and stepwise rotation of the cylinder through a motorised arm to provide a new strip of membrane, a large number of cells can be collected on the surface, similarly to conventional LCM.
In addition to specific targets, single cells obtained by laser microdissection can be used as a template for whole genome amplification, the generation of expression libraries, or probes for expression profiling with cDNA arrays.17,26
Single cell analysis poses special problems for microdissection and for subsequent molecular studies. The isolation of single cells from cytological preparations is relatively straightforward with both LCM and LMM because the cells are already physically separated and usually complete. In contrast, single cell isolation from tissue sections is influenced both by the properties of sectioned tissues and the technical limits of microdissection. Because of suboptimal optical resolution on uncovered sections, the cell borders are indistinct in routine stains, although cell nuclei are usually identifiable. This is crucially important if the cytoplasmic compartment (for example, mRNA) is analysed. Attached fragments of other cells may alter expression profiles greatly. Immunohistochemical membrane stains can help to circumvent this problem, but the precise recovery of cytoplasmic compartments without contamination from adjacent cells may be impossible if the cellular outlines are irregular. Furthermore, sectioning generates a large number of fragmented cells that lack parts of the cytoplasm or even the nucleus. Consequently, the analysis of sectioned cells result in considerable loss of genetic information so that multiple experiments should be performed. In addition, the high number of cycles of amplification necessary for single cell analysis increases the risk of artifacts through preferential amplification of certain templates as well as contamination.
Apart from these technical problems, single cell results might not be representative of the cell population as a whole because of events specific for the analysed cell, such as the position in the cell cycle or other random events. Therefore, for many applications the pooling of microdissected single cells is advocated to increase the representativity of the sample and the detection sensitivity.
Future developments
Because LCM is a relatively new technique, refinements and modifications of the general principle of "aim and shoot" can be expected. More precise single cell techniques will reduce the possibility of contamination when small numbers of cells are examined.21 Combining the LCM microscope with a computer controlled, programmable stage will make automated LCM of preselected areas possible, thus reducing the time needed for extensive tissue sampling even further.
Novel approaches to fixation and tissue embedding with avoidance of crosslinking fixatives, optimisation of rapid immunostaining protocols, and improvements in DNA and RNA extraction techniques will increase the yield of high quality nucleic acids from small cell samples and make "molecular histology" a reality. The wealth of information generated by the high throughput genetic analysis of microdissected samples using cDNA microarrays and the large scale sequencing of ESTs will require rigorous validation by other techniques, and the extraction of diagostically and prognostically useful information will pose a challenge to pathologists and researchers in other fields.
A further dimension of tissue analysis on a microscopic scale is the examination of proteins. Preliminary studies already demonstrated the feasibility of "proteomics" with two dimensional gel electrophoresis, immunoblotting, and zymography on cell samples obtained by LCM.16,61–65
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to M Emmert-Buck for critical reading
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Dumb Ox
ON THE MEANING OF SUFFERING AND SUFFERING WITH MEANING Why suffering can be purposeful as well as painful.
The existence of suffering has turned many hearts away from God. It is a question as old as man; "Why would a loving God allow us to suffer - especially children and innocents?" To begin to answer this question we must think of evil as the lack or absence of good.
When Adam sinned his communion with God, the very source of life, was diminished. Everything in creation was thrown out of balance. The Genesis account makes one thing clear. Evil entered the heart of man, not blotting out love of God but diminishing it.
Following Adam's rejection of God's love, God didn't abandon us. Barely did man sin when God promised to send a Redeemer to defeat evil once and for all. God addresses the serpent who successfully tempted Adam and Eve. In so doing, God divulges the plan of salvation: "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." (Genesis 3:15)
The "woman" is Mary. This is why Catholics call Mary the new Eve. In her all things are made new. The woman's seed is of course Jesus Christ.
Jesus was the son of God and without sin. Everything He did was holy. When He healed it was holy. When He taught it was holy. All Christ did as God incarnate was holy. When Christ suffered it was holy. Even now, as members of the Body of Christ, our suffering is holy. More on this in my next post.
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Antonín Dvořák: " Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor Op. 72″ and "Largo"
Antonin Leopold Dvořák, according to Virginia Tech, was born in the village of Nelahozeves in Bohemian, which now is in the Czech Republic. Here is the beginning of the bio at ClassicalNet:
Contrary to legend, Antonín Dvořák (September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904) was not born in poverty. His father was an innkeeper and butcher, as well as an amateur musician. The father not only put no obstacles in the way of his son's pursuit of a musical career, he and his wife positively encouraged the boy. He learned the violin and finally was sent to the Prague Organ School, from which he emerged at age 18 as a trained organist and immediately plunged into the life of a working musician. He played in various dance bands, usually as a violist. One of his groups became the core of the Provisional Theater orchestra, the first Czech-language theater in Prague, and Dvořák was appointed principal violist. Around this time, he also began giving private piano lessons, eventually marrying one of his students. (Continue Reading…)
Above is the Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor Op. 72 performed by an all star lineup: Violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo-Yo Ma are conducted by Seiji Ozawa. The only information on the Largo video that I can understand is that it is being played by the New York Philharmonic.
[Editor's note: I cross-post The Daily Music Break at Daily Kos. A commentor there was kind enough to provide more information. He wrote that this presentation of the Largo movement–from Dvorak's New World Symphony–is from the New York Philharmonic's visit to Pyongyang, North Korea, 26 February 2008. The conductor is Lorin Maazel.]
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Hi. Is there an emergency mental health unit in perth that I can contact to make a plan of attack should it be needed for my mil? Bit of background: My mil moved to perth not long ago to be closer to her son (my dp). She has a few mental issues but has it pretty under control with medication.
When she lived in Melbourne she had a mental health emergency plan with the CATT team in case she went off her medication which has happened a few times since she started taking it. Since living here she hasn't had any medical records transferred or made an emergency plan so dp and I are getting onto it but I have no idea where to start
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MWP Warmer than today - ANOTHER new paper
CO2 Science reports on a new peer reviewed paper (Link) published in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Link) that examined the shells of the common European limpet from an archaeological site on the Isle of Mull in the Hebrides. They learned that the Sea Surface temperatures were equal to, or greater than the mean summer SST of the period AD 1961-1990.
See CO2 Science: What was learned
Based on graphical representations of their reconstructed SSTs
pertaining to five intervals of the Roman Warm Period (RWP) - which the
three researchers identify as occurring between 2500 and 1600 years
Before Present - it is evident that fully one-third of the peak summer
SSTs were either equal to, or greater than, the mean summer SST
of the period AD 1961-1990, leading them to conclude that the mean
summer temperature of that portion of the RWP "was similar to the late
20th century."
What it means
Once again - see Roman Warm Period in our Subject Index - we have another manifestation of the fact
that in numerous places around the world, it was just as warm - or
warmer - some two millennia ago than it has been recently, when there
was 30% less CO2 in the air than there is today. And this observation strongly suggests that the warmth of today is likely due to something other than mankind's CO2 emissions. Reference
Wang, T., Surge, D. and Mithen, S. 2012. Seasonal temperature
variability of the Neoglacial (3300-2500 BP) and Roman Warm Period
(2500-1600 BP) reconstructed from oxygen isotope ratios of limpet shells
(Patella vulgata), Northwest Scotland. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology317-318: 104-113
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"Almost Gone" - John Carter's take on the white Genju
Okay, so in the most recent installment of Saturday School on the magicthegathering.com website, John Carter stated that
| if you repeatedly activate Genju of the Fields, it will get the | "Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life" | text multiple times.
I don't understand why this is the case. The card's text doesn't say "gains" but "becomes", so this is characteristics-setting text, right? Activating the white Genju multiple times would overwrite the previous state time and again, each resolution turning the land into a 2/5 white Spirit creature with exactly one instance of the "spirit link"-ability. Or what am I missing?
Reinhard Schilmöller <schilmo@uni-muenster.de> writes: > Okay, so in the most recent installment of Saturday School > on the magicthegathering.com website, John Carter stated > that > > | if you repeatedly activate Genju of the Fields, it will get the > | "Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life" > | text multiple times.
Yup.
> I don't understand why this is the case. The card's text doesn't > say "gains" but "becomes", so this is characteristics-setting text, > right?
Nope. The word "becomes" isn't one of the Magic words that does this, and the Genju is affecting another object here anyway.
,----[ Magic Comp. Rules < ] | 405.2. Some objects have static abilities which state that the | object "has" one or more abilities or characteristic values; | "is" a particular type, supertype, subtype, or color; or that one or | more of its characteristics "is" or "are" a particular value. These | abilities are characteristic-setting abilities. Abilities of an | object that affect the characteristics of another object are not | characteristic-setting abilities. See rule 201, "Characteristics," | and rule 418.5a. `----
> Activating the white Genju multiple times would overwrite the > previous state time and again, each resolution turning the land into > a 2/5 white Spirit creature with exactly one instance of the "spirit > link"-ability. Or what am I missing?
Each activation sets the power/toughness to 2/5, sets the color to white, sets the type to creature (although keeping old types due to the later "It's still a land"), sets the creature type to Spirit, and gives it the "Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life." ability. Unlike the other things it does in the same sentence, giving something an ability doesn't remove all the old abilities. (After all, the old "{T}: Add {W} to your mana pool" ability is still there, isn't it?)
> Thanks for any information on this.
I hope that this helped, and hopefully others will be able to explain it even better. Please post again if you have any more questions.
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Reinhard Schilmöller <schilmo@uni-muenster.de> wrote: >Okay, so in the most recent installment of Saturday School >on the magicthegathering.com website, John Carter stated >that > >| if you repeatedly activate Genju of the Fields, it will get the >| "Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life" >| text multiple times. > >I don't understand why this is the case. The card's text doesn't >say "gains" but "becomes", so this is characteristics-setting text, >right?
Nope. Why? Because it is not doing anything to the _Genju enchantment_. Characteristic-setting text, by definition, has to be setting the characteristics of the object it's on (405.2). The Genju enchantment's ability is making the Plains become something-or-other, so this is not a characteristic-setting ability, or characteristic-setting text.
>Activating the white Genju multiple times would overwrite >the previous state time and again,
Yes. But: the effect does not say it -loses- any -previous- abilities. The rulebook does say the color gets overwritten (Glossary, 'Color'), and the power and toughness are obviously overwriting the previous values (if any), not adding a new power and toughness alongside the current one. But nothing says this about abilities; using a Genju ability on enchanted land doesn't take away that land's _mana_ abilities, for example.
>each resolution turning the >land into a 2/5 white Spirit creature with exactly one instance >of the "spirit link"-ability. Or what am I missing?
You're missing that it's not a char-setting ability, and is not removing previous instances of this ability the land (creature) may have - or any other ability it may have either
>>| if you repeatedly activate Genju of the Fields, it will get the >>| "Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life" >>| text multiple times. >> >>I don't understand why this is the case. The card's text doesn't >>say "gains" but "becomes", so this is characteristics-setting text, >>right? > > Nope. Why? Because it is not doing anything to the _Genju enchantment_. > Characteristic-setting text, by definition, has to be setting the > characteristics of the object it's on (405.2). The Genju enchantment's > ability is making the Plains become something-or-other, so this is not > a characteristic-setting ability, or characteristic-setting text.
And if 2 Essence Slivers in play, all Slivers have 2 instances of the "Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life" ability. And I gain 2 life for each point of life my Sliver deals. Right? If so, this example might be easier for people to grasp. If not... please explain why the difference between Essence Sliver & Genju of the Fields.
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 01:34:24 -0500, Giant Giant <nosp@m> wrote: >> Nope. Why? Because it is not doing anything to the _Genju enchantment_. >> Characteristic-setting text, by definition, has to be setting the >> characteristics of the object it's on (405.2). The Genju enchantment's >> ability is making the Plains become something-or-other, so this is not >> a characteristic-setting ability, or characteristic-setting text. > >And if 2 Essence Slivers in play, all Slivers have 2 instances of the >"Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life" ability.
This, unlike almost all other Slivers, doesn't give something _to all other Slivers_.
However, if two of these are out, each one has a separate instance of the triggered ability which is -watching for- any Sliver to deal damage, and both will trigger off of that, and you'll end up gaining twice the damage in life. But the abilities are not _on the Sliver dealing damage itself_ here.
>And I gain 2 life for each point of life my Sliver deals. Right?
Each point of damage, and you end up gaining twice the damage, right
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Student Minors Fair – we will be running a Minors Fair on Tuesday 7th March 2017 at 4pm-6pm in the Event Tent in the UCL Main Courtyard. This fair is intended to give year 1 students an opportunity to ask questions about the Minors and to help students make their final decision.
Year 1 students will choose a minor stream that allow them to gain a grounding in another engineering or relevant discipline or an interdisciplinary topic by offering a coherent set of three 0.5 course-unit modules allowing an introduction to a field as well as an opportunity to cover an interdisciplinary topic to reasonable depth. The minors currently proposed enable students to study, in depth, in a broad range of subjects.
Module 1: Takes place in Year 2 Term 2.
Module 2: Takes place in Year 3 Term 1.
Module 3: Takes place in Year 3 Term 2.
Once you have reviewed all the available minors please follow the link below to indicate which minor you intend to take next year. You will be asked to choose your top two minors.
FAQs
Why are we being asked to choose now in the Minors Poll on moodle?
It is very difficult to know for sure how popular all the Minor options available will be. To allow us to make sure we book rooms that are the right size and make other preparations for the new academic year we are asking you to make a preliminary choice by the end of term 2 of the first year. Second year options are confirmed at the start of the second year.
What if I want to change my mind later?
As this is only preliminary information we will not lock you into the choices you make now. Wherever possible we will allow people to change. However, in some cases this may only be if there is space in the module you wish to change to, as we will be planning based on this first set of numbers. In this case priority will be given to those that selected it in the preliminary selection.
I'm thinking of taking a year abroad, what happens to the minor?
You should select your minor option now. If you are successful in your application to study abroad in your third year (not in Chemical and Biochemical this option is in the 4th year) you will study the first module of the minor in your second year. On your return you can choose to complete the remaining modules of your minor but will not be forced to.
Do all programmes have minors?
A small number of programmes within those that make up the IEP do not. This is typically where there is already an additional element, such as Engineering (Mechanical with Business Finance) where the Business Finance modules form the minor.
Why a set of three modules?
The intention of the minor is that it allows you to explore another topic to a certain depth. We found in many areas that the pre-requisites required to study modules in the 3rd year, where we typically see this depth, restricted them to a small number of students. The second year modules allows a much wider range of students to access these modules and allow a much broader range of topics to be covered.
Why these topics?
Departments were asked to develop minor options that would be appealing to a range of students from across the faculty. In addition, we specifically set topics outside the main engineering subjects, such as languages, management or entrepreneurship. The minors are designed to be in areas of our interdisciplinary research strengths to provide opportunities to learn from the world-leading research staff in their specialist areas.
Does the minor change my degree title?
No, your degree title doesn't change because of the minor you choose.
If I really like the topic of the minor can I study it more?
Many of the minors will give the background knowledge required to study our masters level modules in the 4th year.
Can I change my minor once I've started?
As the first module acts as the basis for later modules it is difficult to change between many minors once you are any way into the programme. In exceptional circumstances or if there are very good reasons will do all we can to help you if changes are needed, but you may be restricted in the alternate choices you have. To request a change, please follow this link to complete the required form: IEP Minor Change Request Form. All requests must be submitted before the end of Term 2 in the second year.
How can I get more information?
There will be further events and opportunities to get more detailed information during this 2nd term. For detailed information on a specific minor, the best point of contact is the minor leader, who should be listed on the minors website.
Will there be caps or limits?
We hope that no caps or limits will be required, but there are some Minors which are very popular. Based on the information you provide now (March) we aim to put in place enough resources to meet the demand for all modules. If only a very small number of students select a particular minor we may offer an alternative choice, but we will discuss this with you first.
Why are there exclusions?
There are a few cases where students from certain programmes are not able to select particular minors. This due to the material in that minor overlapping significantly with content that is in the core of the programmes. In some cases this may mean that they are already taking some or all of the modules as compulsory modules.
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Games We Play: Board Games
This is part 2 of a series (you can find the first here). In this post I share our favorite board games and how we have adapted these games to be more educational or more suited to different ages, not to mention some games we would love to get a hold of.
First, the games. I linked to them on Amazon.com so you can see what I am talking about. There are lots more that we have and even more great games available that we don't happen to have.
Now I will get into how we have adapted each one for different ages. KEep in mind our kids are 2 years apart each so they have spent most of their lives at slightly different stages but close enough in age that they all wanted to play. We have had other junior games like Hi-ho Cherrio but these are ones that we have had for ages and have played since they were small.
Scrabble: When they were learning their letters we would get this out and play letter recognition–you can use it for go fish style games as well as making words and copying words. Later we played so that the younger kids got points for making small words or even just attempting to sound it out, even if it was wrong. Now we play for real though we seldom keep score.
Boggle: The same goes for this one. Those letter dice are awesome for new readers. Usually when I play with the kids I switch all the letters so they are facing the youngest and play upside down. The new reader is allowed to make 2 and 3 letter words and gets extra points for spelling correctly. I only make 4 letter words and up or take half the points for each.
Number Rings: This game is AWESOME for the math challenged. My 7 year old figured out how to do multiplication because of it. With younger kids I allow them to figure out whichever number instead of having to attach the numbers to the previous ones. We also fudge a bit on being allowed to put rings on other players numbers and removing them. The rules on this are very adaptable, and even come with multiple ways to play.
Uno: This one is easy for even young players to get and is great for learning numbers and colors as well as right and left.
Monopoly:Okay, I HATE monopoly, always have, but my kids love it. They did have monopoly junior but moved quickly to the regular version. We usually cut this one short, and give the younger ones help with money.
Blokus: LOVE this one. This one has tons of adaptions in the rules and can be played in groups as well. My son was able to play this game easily from the start and occasionally even beat his older sisters. It can also be played individually, which makes it a nice whenever game that works on visual perception. It can also be used for learning colors.
Scategories: This one is good to play with those who can already write and read but we have often played it in pairs so that the non readers can play as well.
Perpetual Notion: Another that requires reading. This one gets the imagination moving.
Stare: A fun game our neighbor got the kids. I believe she bought them the junior edition so I have not tried the grown up version. Great for visual memory and can easily be adapted (the grownup can adapt the question to the child's age level.)
Blink: Haven't tried it yet but the kids have been playing and love it–another memory type game.
Whiz Kids: I couldn't find a link to this but we LOVE this game. You can also play it without cards. Someone names a type of thing and then the others try to come up with as many of that type as possible–simila rto scttergories but no writing so good for the car.
Trivia games: any will do. We love playing well worded trivia games, especially in the car. (I HATE poorly worded ones–ones wher ethe answer isn't necessarily the only answer to the question.) We have several that someone will read while we are in the car and someone else will try to answer.
Dice: Dice are awesome! You can use them for all sorts of games. Sometimes we take a pile , role them, and see who can come up with the highest number by adding subtracting, multiplying, dividing. Other times we just do one sort of math with them. Still other times we do a story telling kind of game, like D&D and use the dice to figure out the results of various situations. When my son was younger he would play with them and tell me the numbers. You can also use dice to figure out which passage to read or which workbook page to do. Very fun way of making things random. We have also used blank dice and used them to make other games.
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Thanks so much for taking the time to post about your games. Aspen is just getting interested in games so this has been really helpful. By the way, right now Target is having a sale on games and they have Memory, Candyland and Chutes and Ladders for $5 each.
We are a huge board gaming/homeschooling family! Some other games you might want to look at:
Ticket to Ride US and Ticket to Ride Europe (Geography)
Gulo Gulo – fine motor skills and also one that provides lots of encouragement to those with little fingers because they are better at it than those of us with big stumpy ones.
Bananagrams – kind of like scrabble – on steroids – and they are cheap letter manipulatives
Rumis – Block Building Game
Ingenious – Kind of like Blokus with a little more strategy.
Dominoes – all round fun.
Triominoes – dominoes with triangles adds some neat point scoring elements.
Carracassone – (not sure if I spelled that one right) it's a tile laying game and could be a spring board to learning about farming, city building… The rules for this one are simple enough for my 6 year old to play, but entertaining enough for me!
Also, look into some of the European games if you would like to broaden your gaming horizons! Der Schwarze Pirot (The Black Pirate). Take a look at Board Game Geek for lots of others!
This is such an awesome, helpful post. We love games. We get new ones every year for Christmas. I'll have to check out your games and see if there is anything new we "need". 🙂 Love and hugs and many blessings. You're a good friend.
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Year 2 have been writing their own versions of the story Peace at Last by Jill Murphy. We created a plan first using time connectives, adjectives, adverbs and lots of new ideas. Today we wrote our stories and shared them with each...
Good afternoon from the Owls!! As it was International Language Day Owls had great fun representing Germany with the colours of red, black and yellow. They also had the chance to taste some German food – yum yum!!! We ended the day by singing in the hall with...
Today the whole school celebrated the European Day of Languages which was a great success as we all improved our understanding of different cultures and languages while having good fun! Each phase studied a different European country and learnt a song in a different...
Owls were very lucky to have visitors talk to them about the 999 emergency service. The visitors explained when we should call them and what information the children need to give the call handler. As a treat they were allowed to wear their jackets and their headsets...
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Lessons in Developer Relations
Recently both Google and Microsoft have made blunders in dealing with their developers, but they've responded back to developers in completely different and telling ways.
Google decided that it was going to turn off it's translation api, but after a lot of outcry from developers they decided to make the translation api into a paid service. While taking a free api and making it paid may not make everyone happy it does give developers an option to stay with the service and more importantly it is a response to concerns that developers have had.
Microsoft on the other hand has done things completely different. They had a demo video of Windows 8 that made mention of javascript has the language to use, but didn't mention silverlight or .net at all. This combined with comments that were made earlier this year has caused a lot of people to wonder if silverlight and wpf will no longer be supported. Initially I saw this as an honest mistake on Microsoft's part, it looked like some marketing people just forgot to mention either one in the video. But instead of responding to the concerns of developers with some sort of response, they've taken the no comment route and said that they will announce everything in September at the Build conference. Which has steadily made the problem worse and worse.
I have no idea whether Microsoft is getting rid of Silverlight or WPF, but right now there are a lot of rumors going around that are basically just guesses on what Microsoft may or may not be doing. And the longer that Microsoft says nothing the worse these rumors will get. Now when Microsoft finally does make their announcement will they be answering questions about developing for Windows 8 or will they be answering questions on these rumors?? My money is on the rumors. If Microsoft doesn't do their damage control now, they'll end up doing it at the announcement in September.
I'm also not a Silverlight or WPF programmer, although I do code in ASP.NET where I currently work, but if I was I wouldn't be very happy with Microsoft right now. They've been told for years now that Silverlight/WPF was the way to go if you wanted to program for Windows and now they're basically being ignored. If you were a Silverlight or WPF programmer right now and Microsoft told you that javascript was the way to go in the futire, would you listen to them?? Or would you think twice before jumping into anything new from Microsoft?? Microsoft might be jeopardizing it's standing in the developement community over this.
So, in short Google had a problem with developers which it addressed and dealt with. Microsoft has a problem which it has ignored and looks like its festering into an even bigger issue on down the road. Microsoft may want to learn from Google and start treating it's developers like someone they want to work with.
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Guess what I've been up to this summer? I've been in school….where I just finished the summer semester teaching Educators in Thomas University's Master's Program. The course I teach is called Cultivating Collaborative Classrooms through Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and it is akin to the skills I teach parents to develop self-awareness, regulate emotions, and collaboratively problem-solve in their families.Along with my passion to support children (and parents) in their home environment, this is a dream come true to impact the lives of children in their school environment. It seems that research is finally validating what I've known for a long time–that children's social and emotional development is important to their academic success in school.
Research shows that SEL has a positive effect on school climate with students showing better classroom behavior, more motivation to learn, and a deeper commitment to school. Of course, what finally got Education Administrators' attention was research that showed students who received SEL instruction had achievement scores an average of 11 percentile points higher than students who did not receive SEL instruction. Schools that implemented SEL into their curriculum also haddecreased disruptive classroom behavior, noncompliance, aggression, delinquent acts and disciplinarian referrals. And they also reported fewer incidences of student depression, anxiety, stress, and social withdrawal.
The pendulum is swinging the other way as we are beginning to realize the negative outcomes of the "zero tolerance" policies of the last decade. Instead of suspending or expelling students for negative behavior, we need to teach them skills to deal with their anger and conflicts.
An article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week said that Atlanta Public Schools will spend more than $1 million over the next year specifically to teach students how to become self-aware, responsible, caring adults through social emotional learning instruction. And earlier this year, three bills were introduced in the U.S. Congress which earmark a portion of the national Education budget to SEL programs in schools nationwide.
Developing students' 'social-emotional learning skills' will help improve their academic performance and behavior and have other benefits, Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Meria Carstarphen said. "Research shows our students can master these SEL skills and develop their hearts, along with their smarts, to become better people than we could ever be," she said in a written statement.
I'm so excited to be part of this movement toward teaching children valuable life skills that go way beyond their school years!
For some of us, fireworks don't just happen on the 4th of July. You parents of young children know what I'm talking about! I'm talking about the fireworks that happen when our children have their meltdowns, tantrums, upsets, you-name-it….especially in a public place! When it seems like the screaming and flailing about is just as loud and spectacular as any fireworks show you've seen.
[BTW…I saw a spectacular fireworks show last night featuring my 17-year-old and a broken cellphone!]
These are the times that test our fortitude as parents and test our ability to dance in the gap of (1) our vision of how we want to parent and (2) how we actually do it during the daily grind. Hopefully, these 3 tips will help you bridge that gap in the midst of the familial pyrotechnics:
1. Stay calm
THE MOST HELPFUL thing you can do when your child is losing it is to stay calm yourself. If you lose it too then all hope is lost. Your child needs you to guide her through the emotional storm. That's hard to do if you're lost in the storm yourself. So breathe and repeat a mantra to yourself that will help you stay calm…such as "I can do this in a calm loving way" or "This too shall pass."
(You may have to come back to this mantra over and over again).
2. Get down close to your writhing child*
Yes, you read that correctly. Squat down, or even sit or lie down on the floor with your child (depending on where you are). Perhaps you just wouldn't be comfortable lying in the grocery store aisle; but if you're at home or the home of a friend, go for it!
Instead of isolating your child or letting the emotional tempest keep you at bay… go in, get close. As we say in the conflict resolution field: lean into the conflict. This will get easier the more you do it, and your calm close presence is likely to have a calming influence on your child when he starts to trust that you can be a safe container for his big emotions. With repetition, you may find this strategy alone lessens the intensity and decreases the time of a tantrum.
3. Offer understanding and empathy to your child
Your child is too young developmentally to be able to reason out of her intense emotions. That's why all the perfect reasoning and logic in the world won't help in those moments. Plus, we tend to use way too many words when our child is upset. (To be honest, when you are having intense emotions, do you want someone to give you reasons why you shouldn't be feeling that way? Or do you want someone to hear you and to understand the pain you're in?)
* I know…sometimes I want things too that I just can't have.* It's okay to cry. I know it hurts. I'm here with you.
* You want to sit on my lap?* You want me to hold you while you cry?
Comments such as these give your child the message: "I know. I understand. There's nothing wrong with you for feeling this way. I'm here to help you through it."
Understanding and empathy are not permissive parenting. You can set boundaries and limits and still be loving and supportive when they trigger intense emotions in your child. Just as you support your child with physical hurts, it's just as important to support the emotional hurts.
Your capacity to stay loving and supportive during an upset helps your child to build resiliency and capacity to behave better in the future. Studies have shown that emotional responsiveness strengthens the integrative connections in the brain, helping to bring the prefrontal cortex (the thinking brain) back on-line quicker. As the brain integrates more and more over time, this allows your child to make better choices and to better control her body and emotions.
So there you have it. 3 tips to help you and your child get through the "other" kind of fireworks show. I invite you to start seeing every tantrum as an opportunity to instill this message in your child:
You are loved even when you're at your worst.
(Don't we all want that?!)
We're a team and I've got your back!
*Special Note: Some children will not let you get near them when they are upset. (My son is this way; he really needs his space when he's upset.) You can sit further away or in the doorway and keep letting him know you are there for him, at a distance, until he is ready to be comforted or to re-engage.
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How many will there be on the tour?
With our Jack the Ripper Walking Tour, the numbers tend to be larger: we encourage the group to become the baying London mob of old which relished gruesome and gory goings-on! However, we cap numbers to ensure that all customers can see, hear and enjoy a quality experience. The maximum number of places on this tour is 50 per guide.
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Halloween Crime Prevention
From our friends at the New York State Police; some tips for Halloween safety. Please see the link at the bottom of this page for "Tips for Parents" and a Halloween Coloring book.
Our Analysis:
Bottom-line; parents should accompany their children. If they protest, that's too bad. Accompany them anyway.
Bottom-line as to "pranks" that range from harmless to malicious, call the police. Extra police are out before and during Halloween. Parole and Probation authorities are out keeping an eye on sex offenders.
If you see young teens roaming as a group unescorted by adults, stand by your property and greet them kindly. Just knowing that adults claim the neighborhood as their own is enough to keep most young folks in check.
In most neighborhoods, parents and adults intuitively know this and interact with other adults and children as they pass by. Keep your cell phones handy.
If you see strange adults or young adults driving by slowly or attempting to interact with children, get the licence number and call police. But that's not going to happen if they see you with a cell phone in your hand. Note that there are some parents who follow their kids in a vehicle (but you already knew that).
PLEASE be a nice person and check on elderly folks in the neighborhood to make sure they are OK.
Have a fun and safe Halloween!!!
Tips from the New York State Police:
Do not allow a child to go "Trick or Treating" alone. Be sure older children TAKE A FRIEND and an ADULT accompanies young children.
Be certain to accompany young children to the door of every house they approach.
Be certain that parents are familiar with every house and all people from which the children receive treats.
Children should be cautioned that they should NOT enter any home without prior permission from their parents.
Children should be cautioned not to approach any vehicle, occupied or not, unless they know the owner and are accompanied by a parent.
Make sure that all children carry a glow stick or wear reflective clothing.
When using facial masks, make sure that children can see and breathe properly and easily.
All costumes and masks should be clearly marked as flame resistant.
Children should be warned to NEVER approach any house that is not well lit and does not have a porch or "outside" light on.
Children should be cautioned to remember any suspicious incidents and report them to their parents and/or the proper official.
Children should be cautioned to run away from people who try to trick them with special treats.
Children should be instructed to scream and make a scene if anyone tries to grab them or force them, in any way, to go with them.
Parents should inspect all treats and dispose of anything that seems to have been tampered with, has been opened, or is not wrapped.
A good alternative to "Trick or Treating" is for parents to organize parties at home, in schools, or in community centers in
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Soon I'll be starting in a project where my responsibility will be to create the networked multiplayer support for a game that a team is making with Unity. I'm a programmer, not a complete beginner as I have a couple small, finished games under my belt, but not terribly experienced either. I've never done a multiplayer portion for a complete game before, and frankly I'm a little terrified I botch this up. I hear network programming is supposed to be hard. This is the biggest and most ambitious project I've taken part in so far. The game is going to be released and sold to the general public, so things really need to work.
What the game needs is a way for players to find each other. A player can host a game and another player can find it and join it. Something really simple. It would be desirable for players to be able to chat with each other and add each other to a friends list so they can find each other later on too, and that playing with your friends would be easier, but that's not essential for the game to work and be playable.
We are prepared to set up a server for all this, probably renting it from somewhere reliable, running our software there. Amazon supposedly have a service where this is possible, that's a likely option. Is that a reasonable idea?
After the match has been made, it's still a bit up in the air if we want to do the gameplay peer-to-peer or with a server. I know cheating can be an issue if critical data is on the client, any other things to take into consideration when deciding this? We possibly might just consider such cheaters a small issue that we can ignore. The game is a turn-based strategy, where precision with timings is not critical.
I've searched some stuff, and read about Unity's Master Server thingy. On paper it seems to be able to do what I'm after, but someone more experienced with Unity said that in practice it's garbage. Any comments on that?
I've also looked at some not-free Unity plugins. How am I supposed to know if these do what I need them to before paying money? Just by reading their description?
Are there any plugins and such for Unity that would have the functionality we need, or do I need to roll it up from scratch? Costing money is not a deal breaker.
Does anyone have any tips for this kind of stuff? Things to avoid? Anything at all?
You've done no networking before? Well this means I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that networking can be hard to get the hang of. The good news is that the "basics" are very applicable when things get crazy.
Unity has a whole guide but their first suggestion is grasping the basics. You can get lost in Unity's implementation if you don't have that understanding.
I would say stop thinking about a server to host your stuff on. Seriously just start building a quick set of apps that showcase your basic communication. Networking is fundamentally about communication between 2 or more things. I hate to use the word clients because that has a certain connotation in networking. These things can be clients, they can also be servers.
Point being, first set up a relationship. Client/server is the simplest and it's where you might want to go with your game. Start sending some basic data. Learn how that works. It's very, very, very simple in C# which is applicable in unity. Also very easy in Python. Very easy in Java. It's easy in pretty much everything new these days. I would say don't explore in C++/C and the like... you'll find the implementation very, uh, obtuse and confusing.
Your friend (colleague?) saying it's "garbage" seems a bit silly. This is always about how you implement it. All I can say is that it works and I haven't seen any huge problems about it. There are unique challenges to it. But these challenges can become a huge problem if you don't understand the basics.
The difference between peer-to-peer and client/server you'll quickly learn is more or less semantics. As peers/clients/servers are all just things that send and receive data. Sometimes the server takes stuff with that data and sends it to the clients. Sometimes you just skip that step and send it right to the other players. This depends on the type of game though. Real time stuff is better suited to client/server as the server keeps the "real" game information. Turn based stuff can be done peer to peer. But then you have to consider what happens if someone leaves.
Networking is huge and can be daunting. So many implications exist in games without networking... now you have to share information between multiple machines! I wouldn't really know where to begin addressing all of these implications other than saying: learn the basics. Send a number from one computer. To another.
One technical piece of advice I'd suggest is do this over multiple computers. Don't try to fudge on just one machine. To really appreciate the architecture you need to see how it works. Don't use your loopback address (that is, when starting to figure this out don't make your computer your server AND client). Use multiple computers.
After you've learned the basics you'll understand the unity stuff a lot more and be much better prepared. It streamlines the sharing of data so you have to worry less about the technical stuff. But you still have to use that data in a method conducive to good performance.
I'm not going to sugar coat it. Networking is hard. It is ambitious at first. But once it clicks. It clicks. Wish I could intersperse this with pretty pictures. But such is Reddit commenting. Imagine a useful infographic or something. :)
I've done some very basic networking exercises, printing stuff on console to see that a packet from another machine got through and such, but never anything in a real application, and not with Unity. Just exercises one can probably find all over the Internet in tutorials.
Right now I don't even have a computer to develop with, just a mobile device to browse the 'net and do some preliminary research with. Once the job starts and I get a computer, I'm hoping I would have an idea about where to start. I'm trying to get some pointers researched up now, so when I get handed a computer I'll be able to show I'm doing something instead of spending a month just surfing the 'net and doing small experiments with not much to show.
What the game needs is a way for players to find each other. A player can host a game and another player can find it and join it. Something really simple.
Unfortunately this is not "really simple"! What seems simple to the user is not simple on the back-end. You need to run your own master/matchmaking server, and then one of the players runs their own game server. You will need to be able to get around that player's Network Address Translation issues because they are likely to be behind a router or two. "NAT punchthrough" is one way of describing this problem, with information in many places, but here's a good start:
Ignore this problem for now. Start developing your game as if players already know who is hosting it. Put the host's IP address into a configuration file and work from there. Once you have the game running properly in client/server mode that way, then you can think about how to perform introductions.
I don't know anything about network plugins for Unity unfortunately as I've always coded my networking from scratch. But if you're looking at plugins, you will need to consider the following with reference to your specific game:
Does it scale to enough players?
Does it mandate a peer-to-peer or client/server model?
Is it designed for fast-paced games or slower games? The former are usually more complex to use, but may give you bandwidth improvements and interpolation abilities. If it says it's TCP-only, it's probably not a good choice if you're making a shooter, but it's fine for an MMO or RTS.
Does it have a server-side component to help with introductions? If so, what platform does that run on?
Does it provide rooms, lobbies, channels, chat, or any other segregation/organisation system? Sometimes these can be useful.
Does it provide anything more than a simple serialisation system for pushing a dictionary of key/values around? Lots of systems don't actually do anything more than this, and for you that may be a pro or a con. In particular, you will want to see example code that shows how easy or hard it is to get an arbitrary user-defined type onto the wire and back off again on the other side.
Can't help with the networking part, but about Unity plugins -- and I suppose all third party code in general -- the way to approach it is this:
Time is money; figure out how much yours is worth. According to your equation, then, which is less expensive? The lump sum for the plugin, or the amount of time it would take you to create the needed functionality on your own?
Unfortunately, this means that to make an effective decision, you really have to have a sense of the features you're going to need and what it would take to implement them yourself, as well as a keen eye for clues that tell you whether the plugin actually does what you need.
I've never done networking in Unity, but you will want to think about the design of your connection. As an RTS, you don't need to worry about the timing of sending messages back and forth. A general plan for networking would be:
Player gives commands to units
Commands are stored locally until user hits "Next Turn"
Commands are sent to the server
The server waits until all players have finished their turn'
The server checks to ensure the commands are valid (prevent cheating)
The server uses the commands to move and battle units
The server sends the results of all of these commands to the Player machines
Player machines take the results and update their copy of the Units
And that would repeat each and every turn.
With a dedicated server set-up, keep in mind that the server should contain the master list of units and their conditions. If a Player machine disagrees with the server, the server is always right.
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Meaning of TOBACCO in English
TOBACCO
noun the leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, ·etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways.
2. tobacco ·noun an american plant (nicotiana tabacum) of the nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. as a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.
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The need for Healthy Soils for Sustainable Food Security. Where do we stand?
Overexploitation has shrunk the planet Earth to an unprecedented level and there is a growing concern that over years it may not be able to provide sufficient food to meet human demand. Rapid population growth, soil erosion, salinization, contamination, urbanization, evergrazing and biofuel production are the main factors to increase pressure on land resources.
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Hi friends, Today I am sharing with you a delicious lentils recipe made with Moong dal and fish head. It is a traditional Bengali recipe, very rich and wonderful aromatic.Generally big rohu/katla fish head is used in this recipe.But you can use any big carp head for this.
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1. Extremely small and portable. The Magic Flight fits in the palm of your hand. When cupped you can't see the vaporizer in your hand.
2. Awesome flavor and smooth vapor. The warm vapor from the MFLB has a smooth flavor and it just the right temperature.
3. So quiet you can't hear a thing. Unlike some table top bag vaporizers the Magic Flight Launch Box is perfectly silent. Nobody will here a thing when you inhale from your MFLB.
4. Great potency of herb. If you are worried about how strong or potent your herb can be search no further. The MFLB give good potency once fully heated.
5. Easy to use, just press battery in wait a few seconds and enjoy. The MFLB really needs no directions. Just grind your herb, put in top, push battery in on the side, wait a 5-10 seconds and then enjoy.
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Synopsis
Build a balanced assessment system and support ESSA requirements!
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) increases assessment flexibility and responsibilities for states and districts, and this comprehensive guide helps leaders meet and succeed that challenge. Authors Chappuis, Commodore and Stiggins have helped thousands of teachers, principals and other educational leaders in becoming assessment-literate and developing assessment systems built on quality assessment. Readers will learn how to:
Develop balance in an assessment system by combining formative and summative approaches, providing insight on students' progress
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Guild Wars 2 Original Soundtracks
Take a musical journey through the Crystal Desert and Maguuma Jungle with the original soundtracks for Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire and Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. These digital releases feature stunning instrumental tracks composed exclusively for Guild Wars 2's expansions.
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Write a small business plan
Write A Book
Write a 150-175 page business book and self publish it with on-demand printing . Heck, write a 50-page book and self-publish it. The status of being a published author provides you with unprecedented access to media, speaking gigs, and other opportunities like nothing else can. (cost = $0 other than some time). You say you don't have the time, knowledge or expertise to produce a book? Then write a white paper. Don't have the time, knowledge or expertise for a white paper? Then write a series of short articles. Article marketing is a subtle way companies can gain exposure for their business by writing articles that provide information about news and trends occurring within their respective industries. Companies that incorporate article marketing into their marketing campaign demonstrate their expertise in their respective industry while simultaneously attracting new customers. If you can't write, find someone who can and pay them to write your content for you. That's legit.
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The Uterus
Located in your lower abdomen, the uterus is about the size of your fist and is connected to many other reproductive parts.
By the end of this post, you will be able to identify the parts of the uterus and what they each do.
Parts of the Uterus
In this section, we will explore the parts of the uterus and the parts connected to it. We'll start from the bottom at the cervix and work our way up from there.
Cervix
The cervix is like the neck of the uterus. It is the lowermost portion of the uterus that connects with the vagina.
Uterus
The uterus is where a lining develops and sheds every cycle.
It is located in your lower abdomen region or below your tummy and about the size of your fist. When a woman is pregnant, the uterus becomes much bigger as it grows to support a developing fetus.
Endometrium
Located inside the uterus, the endometrium is a layer that lines the uterus. The endometrium is where the endometrial lining develops and sheds every cycle.
Myometrium
The myometrium (not labeled in the diagram), is a layer of smooth muscle that lines the uterus and lies under the endometrium. These are the muscles that contract to push out your period and the muscles that cramp up during your period.
Fallopian Tubes
The fallopian tubes, also known as the oviducts, are tubes that lead from the uterus towards the ovaries. The fallopian tubes carries the ovum from the ovaries towards the uterus.
Ovaries
The ovaries is the organ that produces ova. The ovaries also produce most of the sex hormones that drive our menstrual cycle.
Ovum
Produced by the ovaries, an ovum or egg is released every cycle by the ovaries and sometimes more than one is released. If fertilized, the ovum will develop into a baby.
Since we have two ovaries, a common question is "Do our ovaries take turns releasing ova?" We're not exactly sure how the body decides which ovary releases an ovum but we know that the ovaries do not take turns releasing ova. For now, it looks like it is random.
Those are all the parts of the uterusYour period is the endometrial lining that sheds off. This lining grows on top of your endometrium (a layer in your uterus). So when you shed, you are shedding the lining which grows back after it sheds off. So even if you were to have a really weird period that lasted 3 weeks (very uncommon.. if this were to happen you should see your doctor), you are not shedding your uterus so you will still have a uterus :).
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Are Young Men Thinking When They Commit Partner Violence?
What it's about: The authors asked 132 college-age men about their beliefs about women, their partners and their relationships. Of those surveyed, more than 80 percent had committed psychological or physical violence in the past year.
Why read it: Knowing what makes some young men more likely to hurt their female partners can help youth workers prevent dating violence.
Biggest takeaways for youth workers: Young men who acted violently toward their partners were more likely than nonviolent young men to be hostile toward women, to say their partners had negative motivations, and to have unrealistic expectations about what a relationship "should be."
The researchers found that violent young men blamed their partners, reporting that their partners deserved to be punished for their actions. Many of these young men also rationalized their violence based on the belief that women are hostile and blameworthy. Interventions that challenge hurtful beliefs about women and unrealistic views of relationships may be especially effective in adolescence, as teenagers develop and revise their ideas about gender and relationships, the authors say. Youth workers may be able to prevent partner violence by working to change young men's biases before violence has started or escalated.
(Publications discussed here do not necessarily reflect the views of NCFY, FYSB or the Administration for Children and Families. Go to the NCFY literature database for abstracts of these and other publications.)
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
The Berlin Airlift of 1948
After WWII the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway and road access to the sectors of Berlin under their control. This was the first major international crises of the now Cold War and the first of many later such crisis. Their aim was to force the Western Powers to allow the Soviet Zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the Soviets practical control over the entire city. As the Russian General Molotov noted, "What happens to Berlin, happens to Germany; what happens to Germany, happens to Europe." President Truman called a meeting of his staff to see how we could keep West Berlin, a total of two million people needed to be feed and fuel to be supplied for heat so the German people would not to freeze to death. All the General's and military experts on President Truman's staff said that to fly in supplies could not be done. We only had a total of 37 DC-3's or C-47's in Germany and the amount need to supply the population of West Berlin was physically impossible. President Truman just sat there listening to all of his experts without saying a word. After all had presented their case with the negative news that it could not be done, President Truman asked for a vote with a show of hands and again it was a unanimous vote that what was being proposed was just not feasible.
At this point President Truman stood up, faced everyone at the meeting and simply said, "DO IT," and adjourned the meeting walking out.
In response, the Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin. The British Air Commodore Reginald Waite calculated the resources required to support the entire city. His calculations indicated that they would need to supply seventeen hundred calories per person per day, giving a grand total of 646 tons of flour and wheat, 125 tons of cereal, 64 tons of fat, 109 tons of meat and fish, 180 tons of dehydrated potatoes, 180 tons of sugar, 11 tons of coffee, 19 tons of powdered milk, five tons of whole milk for children, three tons of fresh yeast for baking, 144 tons of dehydrated vegetables, 38 tons of salt and ten tons of cheese. In total, 1,534 tons were needed daily to keep the over two million people alive. Additionally, the city needed to be kept heated and powered, which would require another 3,475 tons of coal and gasoline. Of course it took a revolutionary change and advancement in aviation at this time. The best airports in the U.S. at this time like LaGuardia or O'Hare needed 20 minutes between landings and takeoffs on commercial flights. To make the Berlin Airlift to work the cargo planes carrying the supplies landed and took off with these same DC-3's and C-47's every 45 seconds!!
By the spring of 1949, the effort was clearly succeeding, and by April the airlift was delivering more cargo than had previously flowed into the city by rail. The United States Air Force, Royal Air Force, and other Commonwealth nations flew over 200,000 flights providing 13,000 tons of food daily to Berlin in an operation lasting almost a year.
The success of the Airlift was humiliating to the Soviets, who had repeatedly claimed it could never work. When it became clear that it did work, the blockade was lifted in May. One lasting legacy of the Airlift is the three airports in the former western zones of the city, which served as the primary gateways to Berlin for another fifty years.
Now where I am going with this history lesson that can be applied currently is today when President Obama meets with the Whining Republicans in Congress on the Health Care Reform, President Obama is going to hear a unanimous vote of what is being proposed is just not feasible and cannot be done. My advice to President Obama is to emulate President Truman in 1948 and simply say in no uncertain terms, "DO IT!!", adjourn the meeting and walk out.
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Sunday, April 9, 2017
Fatherhood and the Presidency
Fatherhood has an impact on the presidency. Barack Obama was
a good man, and there is not been a stain on his eight years in office. He was
also a great father who helped produce two fine young women.
Donald Trump doesn't have the same integrity. He lies easily
and is surrounded by a lot of suspect individuals. But he, too ,is proud of
being a parent. Because of this, when he saw the "dead babies" he was
infuriated that anyone could do something like this.
The low point of Obama's administration was after he had
drawn a line in the sand, and after Assad had used poison gas on ordinary
people, he wiggled out of the situation.
When people, like Trump, are used to taking action they
respond quickly to horrendous acts.
When someone comes out of academia and they see something
bad, they form a committee.
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Sahara Sunset' is a new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus, botanically known as Hibiscus acetosella. The new Hibiscus was originated in Poplarville, Miss. and is a product of a mutation induction program. The parent of the present new cultivar is an unknown Hibiscus acetosella Wels. Ex Hiern seedling. The present new cultivar, selected as HAC06-11, is a seedling selection from a group of seedlings produced from seed of open pollinated purple leaf Hibiscus acetosella Welw. Ex Hiern. which were exposed to gamma-ray radiation from a Colbalt 60 source at the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture in Tifton, Ga.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of 'Sahara Sunset'. These characteristics in combination distinguish 'Sahara Sunset' as a new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus acetosella: (1) Spreading upright growth habit. (2) Unique multicolored maple-like ornamental foliage with two dominant color regions, burgundy gray with an outer band of pink. 'Sahara Sunset' has small insignificant purple flowers induced by short days . The cultivar 'Sahara Sunset' has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with changes in environment and cultural practices such as temperature and/or light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.
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Bio
Born out of wedlock to teenage parents in a small village in Africa. Henry immigrated to Canada in 2010. The same year he gained admission to the University of Windsor where he majored in Economics and graduated in 2014. After graduation, Henry worked with TD Bank Canada for a while before taking a bold step to pursue his dream of serving and empowering youth with the maximum self-confidence and leadership skills that will help them be resilient and successful both in school and life. Henry believes the best way to help our youth is to equip them with confidence and education.
In January 2017, Henry was invited to speak at a TEDx Youth event in Victoria, BC. He shared his amazing story of overcoming adversity and thriving amid hardship. With the help of his grandfather and through focus, faith, and determination to succeed, he got out of the village. Henry's story exhibits leadership, self-discipline and resilience.
His first book "Stand Up, Stand Out & Be Confident," teaches different ways of handling peer pressure, building self-confidence and building a successful future.
Henry is also a mentor with the "Yonge Street Mission." Where he works one on one with a youth, helping him build self-confidence while guiding him through various decisions in his life.
He speaks for Passages Canada, where he shares his immigration story with different immigrant's groups. His second book "101 Powerful Quotes" Is a quote book with stories for all ages. His third book "The Power of Immigrants" which shared different immigrants stories and experiences to inspire and empower others is on the way. Henry has shared his story on the New Canadian Radio program. He has appeared on Rogers TV as a special guest to discuss the issue of immigration in Canada. He has also appeared a second time to share his story. And a third time to discuss some of the challenges that young people face today and what is needed to be done.
Henry believes in the power of education, "If not for education I would have probably still be living in that poor village in Africa." He encourages young people to embrace education whole heartedly and help them build self-confidence. As a mentee to one of the top 5 best speakers in the world Les Brown, Henry has learned strategic ways of impacting and empowering people with his story and message.
Testimonial from some schools and organizations about Henry's speech.
(1) Henry Agassi came to Forest Trail Public School to speak to our students from grades 1 to 8. We requested that he speak to our students in 2 different groups - grades 1-4 and grades 5-8. Henry kindly accommodated our request. During his presentations, he shared his powerful and personal story about never giving up on your dreams, which connected and captured the attention of our students and educators. He also engaged students by making parts of his presentation interactive. After the presentations, he was available for more questions and pictures. Many students and teachers approached Henry and thanked him for his passion and advice. Henry was approachable, motivational, and inspiring – Ecole Forest Trail Public school, Oakville Ontario
(2) "Henry Agassi is a passionate motivational speaker who inspires youth to believe in themselves, he is able to capture the essence of leadership in a way to create impact" – Tania Lewis -Skills for Change
(3) "Henry's visit to my LINC/ESL class was a huge success. His enthusiasm and sense of humour created an immediate rapport. In addition, because he generously shared his experiences as a new immigrant with us, everyone found things to relate with in their own situation. Truly motivational!" – Connie Both – Thomas Martin Centre for Continuing Education, Oakville Ontario
(4) On May 31, 2017, The Learning Partnership was fortunate to have Henry Agassi speak to York Region District School Board students who were taking part in a day-long Global Solutions Symposium. Henry took part as a panelist, listening to student presentations, asking questions and offering positive feedback. Most importantly, he also was the closing speaker of the day sharing his background, educational journey, life goals and vision. The students were totally engaged in his story, which he presented in a very animated way, with humour as well as compassion. Students commented on his effective delivery style and the significance of his message. They were also very interested in his life in Nigeria and impressed with his ability to build a new life in Canada. Most impactful were his positive messages of hope and encouragement to achieve their dreams.
I highly recommend Henry Agassi as a speaker and see him as a great role model for today's youth – Tammy Ross: The Learning Partnership
(5) "Henry did a great job of inspiring and engaging the kids with his personal story. They were all listening intently to what he had to say, and kept prompting him to divulge more anecdotes about the cultural differences between his home in Nigeria and his new home in Canada. Henry opened up a broader worldview for his young audience, inviting them to see the differences as well as the similarities we all share, no matter where we come from"-Annette Street Library.
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Born in a poor little village in Africa to two unwed teenagers, my parents were too young so they couldn't take care of me. I was then adopted my authoritarian grandfather living in this poor little village where we had no electricity, no indoor bumping with little to no hope of a better life despite harboring a dream for a better life and a better future.
When I was about 7 or 8, my grandfather, a farmer who never went to school but is very passionate about education. He decided to send me to a private primary school in the city even though we didn't know where they tuition fee was going to come from. While in private school; I struggled academically because I couldn't read and my grand father tried to teach me but I couldn't get it. I was always standing in front of the classroom and getting punished because I couldn't read. But it got to a point, I got tired of the punishment and the embarrassment. So started staring in the Bible, books and newspapers trying to read them daily even though I couldn't read. I did that enough that God saw my struggle and made it happened. I started reading (it was a shocker to my teacher) It happened like a magic trick that I still can't explain it till this day.
While in the city, life was hard. We went some days with no food and no light since we didn't have any electricity at the home. We couldn't afford even the cheapest candle light to study or see with at night. 6 people slept in one bedroom, with only one bed frame with no mattress but only two mats (one on the floor and one on the bed frame). 6 people shared one towel. The roof of the room sometimes leaks during a heavy rain, which means we sometimes pile ourselves in one corner so that we don't get wet yet we had no water to shower or drink some days, a bit ironic lol. Despite the struggle, I never gave up because I had a dream and a hop for a better future. Besides, my grandfather gave no potions.
I graduated from that school and ended back in the village because my grandfather couldn't afford a school in the city. Fortunately, 4 year later God opened a way and I got admission into a private high school in the city with the help of my father. I graduated high school in 20008. Then got a visa to Canada with the help of my father in 2010. For the first time seeing snow and not knowing what it was. In the same year I got admission into a university where I majored in Economics and graduated in 2014. A week after my graduation I started working for a bank in Toronto. But I was feeling unfulfilled with my banking job; partly because I knew my passion lies somewhere else. My passion lies in speaking to people and impacting them positively with my story and message. I wanted to do for other what my grand father did for me. I wanted to be a global voice of hope, because it been said when there's hope in the future that gives you power in the present. Thus, in the late 2015 I took the bold step to pursue my true passion.
In August of 2016 I published my first book called "Stand Up, Stand Out & Be Confident" ( I am now pursing my dream of empowering people but most especially the youth to interrupt the negative thoughts in their minds and give them the courage to pursue their passion/dream regardless of their circumstances.
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Junior Summer Programme News
Are you looking for an English programme for your son or daughter in London this summer? Excel English have the perfect course for you!
The Explore London Experience is a fully inclusive programme for international students aged 12 – 16 years who want to learn English, have fun, make friends and explore London. Our programme includes more excursions than any other junior language programme, and high levels of supervision and student care.
Our location
We teach our students in a modern college building in Barnet, north London, and the majority of our students stay in the local student residence – next to the college building. There are some homestay places available for students aged 15 & 16 years who want to experience life in a British home – all located within 15 minutes of the college facilities.
Learning English
At the Explore London Experience, our goal is to boost the communication skills of our students, many of whom learn English at school but do not have the confidence to use it. Our lessons encourage all students to participate, with fun activities designed specially for young learners.
Exploring London
Our programme of afternoon activities ensures that students visit all of London's famous sights, while supervised by our friendly staff. At the weekends, our day trips will take students to other famous British cities and sights, including the Harry Potter Studio Tour, Oxford and Cambridge, as well as some London sights that deserve a full day trip, such as Greenwich and the Tower of London.
Airport Meeting Service
We also offer an airport meeting and transfer service, to ensure that your child is safe and supervised from the moment they arrive in London until they take their flight home.
When is the Explore London Experience available?
From Sunday 29 June to Saturday 9 August 2014. Students must arrive on Sunday and depart on Saturday and can study for 2, 3 or 4 weeks.
Who is the Explore London Experience for?
The Explore London Experience is designed specially for international students aged 12 – 16 years who want to learn English, make friends, have fun and explore London. We have classes for students from Elementary to Advanced levels of English, but unfortunately we cannot accept Beginners.
What is included in the Explore London Experience?
15 hours per week of English tuition (maximum 15 students per class)
Accommodation and all meals
5 half-day excursions per week
5 evening activities per week
2 full day excursions per week (except arrival and departure dates)
24-hour supervision (residence students) and a commitment to student care
Support from experienced, friendly staff chosen for their expertise in teaching and caring for young students world
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Given its nonthermal property and other advantages, irreversible electroporation (IRE) has quickly translated into clinical applications. An increasing number of clinical cases using IRE have also revealed crucial issues. The uneven distribution of the electric field caused by the heterogeneity of biological tissues has not been completely and effectively… (More)
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Introducing Jericho's New Weather Station
By MUHAMMAD ASIF
In 2016, Jericho High School installed its own weather station that updates every two hours. It calculates the wind, temperature, and moisture and converts it into readable form.Â
The weather station has many different abilities to enhance the weather report. It includes a thermometer, a hygrometer which measures relative humidity, and a barometer which calculates atmospheric pressure. A barometer can also help to predict upcoming weather based on the changes it measures in the atmospheric pressure. An anemometer is another crucial part of the weather station because it measures how fast the wind is blowing and includes sensors to measure the wind's direction. Although the weather station can't predict perfectly, it estimates the situation according to the collected data which gives us some ideas to approximate.
"It's good for students to learn how weather works," said Ms. Randone.
This station was initially installed in 2015 but there were some minor issues, so the station was re-installed in 2016. It is connected to AccuWeather to enhance the reports. Located on the rooftop of Jericho High School, the station is run by earth science teachers Mr. Mills and Ms. Randone , who have taught students how to predict the weather. This station is also checked by the IT department once or twice every week.Â
There is an app for the weather station called "WeatherUnderground" and if you refine your search down to Jericho High School, you can connect to the Jericho weather station. Mr. Mills said, "The weather station is automated and students can access the raw data that comes from it and use it for better learning."
Weather has to be local. Even when you see a government report, you are really getting a local weather report. There is nothing more local than having your own weather station because you get the most up-to-date and accurate information possible. The best part is that whenever there is a threat, you will be notified. Many occupations require paying attention to the weather such as photographers, airline officials or pilots.
When asked for his thoughts on the weather station, senior Shiv S. said, "I think having our own weather station is great. It gives us knowledge on weather predictions and patterns." Additionally, senior Irtaza R. thinks the weather station is beneficial because "the app is more accurate than other apps
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In one scene, Nellie refers to her Aunt Victoria as a "bore," but it's not entirely clear, and you have to listen very carefully to be able to tell that this is what she's saying. If you didn't know any better, you might think she is actually saying a 5-letter word that rhymes with "bore" and describes an immoral woman
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The Death Camp Magicians
A shocking tale of surviving the notorious Nazi Regime and how magic made a difference in two lives as they journeyed from darkness into light.
By William V. Rauscher in collaboration with Werner Reich
Readers of this book must prepare themselves for a journey to the dark side of human behavior. Through these pages the reader will be transported back to the Nazi world during the years when the Third Reich truly believed their leaders would rule the world. They even chose a new name for this "new world." They called it Germania.
Central to this inside world of unspeakable atrocities are two men who experienced the hell of Concentration camps, and survived to tell others what it was like to be under the evil control of Adolf Hitler and the S.S. Along with millions of others, these two men lived through the utter despair of years in the death camps of Europe under Nazi control.
At that time Herbert Levin, one of these two, was known as The Great Nivelli. Prior to the Nazi control, Levin was a prominent performer in Berlin, and the youngest member of the Berlin Stock Exchange. In an effort to escape, Levin moved to Prague, Czechoslovakia until the Nazi regime once again gained control. He and his family were arrested and sent to Auschwitz. But he survived, and came to the United States to once again perform in this country until his death in 1977. William V. Rauscher saw him perform, became acquainted with him, and periodically corresponded with him and his wife Lotte until Levin's death in 1977.
Werner Reich was a young boy when he entered Auschwitz. He was also a survivor, and while in the camp learned card tricks from Nivelli. Reich was liberated when he was 17 years old - at that time he weighed 60 pounds.
This book is an appeal to the readers' best instincts by showing humanities most base instincts. It portrays the strength of the will to survive in the midst of cruelty that passes all understanding
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The Umayyad Caliphate (Banu Ummayah, arabic – بنو أمية ) is the second caliphate to rule the Islamic civilization after the Rashidun Caliphate, ruling after the prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Named after the great grandfather of first Ummayad caliphate, Umayyah Ibn Abd Shams, the caliphate ruled the Muslim lands from 661-750, extending from Iran up to the modern day Spain.
Development of Islamic Art and Architecture under the Umayyad Caliphate –
During the rule of the Umayyad Caliphate, Islamic art and architecture, whether religious or secular, were developed and improved. New ideas and concepts were put into use. During this period, the 'Arab Plan' of architecture were utilized, that is, the building plan of a hypostyled (pillared) prayer hall. The finest example of this plan being put into use is the La Mezquita in Spain and The Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, completed in 715 by Caliph Al-Walid I.
Author - Jerzy Strzelecki
The interior of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. The Main Prayer Hall is pillared – a Hypostyle Hall. This is what referred to the Arab Plan, and was emulated by many mosques.
During this time as well, one of the most sacred building in the Islamic world – The Dome of the Rock – in which sits a block of stone believed by the Muslims to be the rock where the Prophet Muhammad stood before ascending the Heaven to meet God, were built. The building, completed in 618, was built in the shape of an octagonal, and features a golden dome.
Photo by en:User:Gilabrand. Dome of the Rock viewed through Bab al-Qattanin
Most innovations and ideas produced during this time were mainly architectural in nature ; great buildings were planned, imagined and realized during this time, although the decorations for embellishing these buildings were inspired by other foreign cultures, meaning the Islamic art is still in its infancy, still in the process of assimilating various cultures and traditions it stumbles upon to make a unique representation of their artistic aesthetics.
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Early in the Ummayad caliphate, the Islamic empire began to grow from the Hijaz mainland of Mecca and Medina – southwards to the lands of Yemen, The east towards the modern day Iraq and Iran, To the north reaching the Turkish lands and its surroundings and westwards to Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco and the Spanish Andalusia. While the Umayyads were expanding their territories, for sure they came across many cultures and subsequently the arts, for example the Byzantines in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul), The Sassanids in Iran and Iraq, The Copts of Egypt (and the Ancient Egypts who influenced the Coptics), The Berbers of the North African region and the Mediterranean cultures of Rome, Greek and Cyprus.
The Byzantine decorative method of utilizing gold coloured mosaics were adopted by the Umayyad artisans, one fine example of this usage is at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, though the figurative representations were replaced by scenes of gardens, palm trees and cities and buildings, as so to comply with the Hadith (tradition) of the Prophet Muhammad who discouraged, or more likely forbade the representations of human and animal figure, for the fear that the early Muslims would commit to idolatry this way. This Byzantium influences of mosaic is also used in the famed Dome of the Rock. In addition of flowery and vegetal motifs used for the mosaics, it was also used to create epigraphical frieze under the dome of the building, just above the rock inside it.
Comparison of Byzantine and Umayyad mosaic art.Note the use of gold coloured mosaics.On the left – Apostles (detail), Arian Baptistry, Ravenna, Italy, 5th Century. the right – The Dome of the Tresury, Umayyad Mosque, 8th Century.
Influences of Sassanids were also notable by the representations of stylized vegetal and flowery motifs, soon to be known as Arabesques. This art style were used in Architecture as decorative elements of the mosques and other secular buildings, as well as daily items and specialties such as ceramics (which are still unglazed by that time) and Quranic manuscripts, which is still written in Kufic scripture. Figurative represntations were also taken from the Sassanid culture, even though to a smaller scale. Animal and human figures were depicted in items such as vessels and vases, along with various articles of artwork, but never used in religious items, as to comply with the Hadith aforementioned.
Comparison of Sassanid and Umayyad Art. On the left : Candlestick with lion protomes. Cast bronze with engraved and openwork decoration. Khurasan, Iran, 11th–12th century. On the right : Sassanid Ceramic Candleholder, National Museum of Iran. Date not enclosed. Photo of the Sassanid art courtesy of Fabien Dany –
With the expansion of the Islamic empire comes the influences of other cultures and civilizations that will assimilate into the Muslim culture, and the amalgamation, therefore, paved the way for the unique style of Islamic art afterward.
This is a great introduction and overview of Islamic art and architecture of the discussed periods. I am currently studying Islamic Architecture at university and believe this is a great source to start from when beginning to study its origins, influences, and developments. A great starting point and general overview.
Your words are too kind. If you feel that my writing is a veritable beginner's source for studying Islamic Architecture in the different periods, I am most honoured, for I do not hold any university degree or diplomas. I am very glad that you enjoyed my work 🙂
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Greenhouse gases
Those gases, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride, that are transparent to solar (short-wave) radiation but opaque to long-wave (infrared) radiation, thus preventing long-wave radiant energy from leaving Earth's atmosphere. The net effect is a trapping of absorbed radiation and a tendency to warm the planet's surface
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CHAPTER 11 CELL COMMUNICATION - CHAPTER 11 CELL...
Regulation is an essential feature of life. It unifies the various levels of biological organization by embracing the fields of molecular and cell biology, organismal biology, and population biology and ecology. It provides the necessary coordination for all aspects of life, including metabolism, growth, development, and reproduction. Chemical substances are the principal agents of biological regulation and they exert their effects on cells through signaling systems. This chapter describes the fundamental components of cell signaling systems. I. An Overview of Cell Signaling A. Communicating cells may be close together or far apart A chemical signal that communicates between two nearby cells is called a local regulator . Examples:- nearby cells can produce growth factors, a group of factors which stimulate cells to divide and grow.- a nerve cell releases a signal (e.g., neurotransmitter) into a synapse, the narrow space between the transmitting cell and a target cell, such as another nerve cell or muscle cell. A chemical signal which communicates between cells some distance apart is called a hormone . Hormones have been described in both plants (e.g., ethylene, a gas which promotes growth and fruit ripening) and animals (e.g., insulin, a protein which controls various aspects of metabolism, including the regulation of blood glucose levels). The distinction between local regulators and hormones is for convenience. A particular chemical signal may act both as a local regulator and as a hormone. Insulin, for example, may act as a local regulator on adjacent cells (e.g., other
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Rectangular Resource Pack for Minecraft 1.8.9/1.8
The Rectangular Resource Pack for Minecraft is definitely one of the most peculiar resource packs out there since it takes a completely unique approach to the way it deals with the textures. Normally in most packs you'll see that the textures used for the objects are completely symmetrical for instance squares and such but the Rectangular pack, as the name suggests, primarily utilizes rectangles. This creates a very unique and rather cartoon-ish design in the game that definitely makes Minecraft look very distinct and refreshing so it's a pack worth looking into if you're tired of all the usual stuff and are looking for something new. The pack has been downloaded just over 3,000 times over its currently 2-year long lifespan which isn't really that much, but this is to be expected due to its distinct nature.
Before going into any further detail regarding the Rectangular resource pack, it's worth mentioning beforehand that this is more of an experimental pack and isn't even fully complete yet, so you're bound to run into a bunch of different issues while using it like missing textures. The primary focus of this pack is towards the blocks as of right now, so if you're hoping to see how the rectangular effect works on the other in-game elements like the mobs or particles, then you'll have to wait a while.
The resolution of the Rectangular resource pack is x64 which isn't that high, but it's by no means a low resolution either so you'll still need a semi-decent mid-range PC to run it without running into any lag or frame rate issues.
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The Panthers interior pass rushers schooled him. The league's vision for bigger and better includes a 120 foot tall Ferr other
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Appearance: Most notable of Vyse's appearance is his precious Skyseer. It's a mix between an eyepatch and a goggle, if you will, which serves as a telescope. It can zoom in on far objects, though the game never quite explains how that works, because it doesn't extend like an actual telescope. Another noteworthy trademark is the scar on Vyse's left cheek, which he received while saving Aika from an enemy attack when they were young. ... Usually wears blue shirts.
Birthplace: Pirate Isle.
Abilities: Since he was but a young boy, Vyse has been trained to fight with cutlasses. Two of them, even. He handles them both with ease, using them to alternate between offensive and defensive actions. Aside from physical attacks, Vyse can use all the basic magic spells common in his own world, such as Pyres, Wevles, Sacres... Let's not forget Quicka! His so-called S-moves are available as well. But they are, of course, gross exaggerations in the game. Don't expect him to actually jump into outer space when he uses Pirate's Wrath.
Occupation: Legendary Air Pirate who saved Arcadia from the threat of Galcian and the Moon Crystals. (booyah!) So basically... Blue Rogue Captain.
It all started when the infamous Blue Rogue Captain Dyne of the Blue Storm had a son with this random nameless woman and dubbed him Vyse. Now, skip ahead seventeen years and that same Vyse had become a true blue Air Pirate just like his dad. He lived a fairly normal life on Pirate Isle with his best friend Aika, raiding Valuan ships and drinking Loqua. UNTIL ONE DAY. While Dyne's crew raided the ship of not-so-notorious Valuan Admiral Alfonso, Vyse and Aika met a mysterious girl who'd been kidnapped by that fiend. She introduced herself as Fina and apparently, she was on some sort of secret mission. All the spoils from Alfonso's ship were taken back to Pirate Isle, Fina included. However, the Valuans didn't seem all too keen on letting her go and while Vyse and Aika were out searching for a Moonstone, they came to get revenge. Pirate Isle was attacked, Dyne and his crew apprehended to be executed for their crimes and Fina was kidnapped as well. Now what kind of a main character would let this slip? Vyse sure didn't. Along with Aika, he set sail to Valua, only to run into the big purple space whale known as Rhaknam. This is how they met the surly Captain Drachma, who's basically the game's version of Captain Ahab. He also has a big cannon arm. With Drachma's (reluctant) aid, they rescued the other Blue Rogues and Fina, then escaped from Valua's clutches. Turns out, that was just the start of their crazy adventure. Vyse and Aika had gained Fina's trust, causing her the spill the beans on her secret mission. She was part of the ancient race of Silvites, who watch over Arcadia. She was sent out to gather all the Moon Crystals; ancient relics that had the power to control slumbering giant monster... robot... things known as Gigas. Her childhood buddy Ramirez was sent out with same mission a few years ago, but for some reason ended up being one of the Valuan admiras. Go figure. The Valuans, apparently, were also after these crystals in hopes of using them for world domination. There were six of crystals in total, so obviously that called for a journey to every corner of the world to explore dungeons, with plenty of Valuan asskick along the way. Drachma left and returned to the party at a regular basis, but nothing of value was truly lost. He was soon replaced by Gilder, the freelance Air Pirate who loved to chase skirts, smoked cigars and had a talking parrot. His ship, The Claudia, was much better than Drachma's smelly old Little Jack as well. Gilder's shine didn't last long, though. As Vyse and his friends were dragged, kicking and screaming, back to Valua, they met Prince Enrique. Enrique, the pacifist that he was, didn't approve of his mother's world domination dreams and helped the party escape. As if that wasn't cool enough, he gave them a brand-spanking shiny new ship called The Delphinus. Gilder, under the assumption that five was a crowd, left the party for a bit and Enrique accompanied the trio as they set out to gather those last few Moon Crystals. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, most of the Valuan Admirals were planning to betray Empress Teodora and use the Moon Crystals for their own purposes, led by a bastard called Galcian. Now that Vyse had his own ship (even though it was borrowed) he started to gather up a real crew of random NPCs from all over the world and pimped an island into their base. He also proved that the world was round, which was previously just speculation. Lots of epic things happened, the island was burnt down by Ramirez and rebuilt by teamwork, Fina's old ship was recovered from the Deep Sky mud and the gang set off to the Great Silver Shrine to speak with the Silvite Elders. Turns out, those old geezers were planning to use the Moon Crystals to destroy all war-faring humans by summoning the Rains of Destruction. Those fiends. Just as the party had convinced them that the world wasn't all bad, Ramirez and Galcian came out of nowhere. They murdered Elder Prime, stealing his Silver Moon Crystal, thereby completing the collection they'd stolen from Vyse. Now it truly was a race against time to get to the legendary continent of Soltis, where the Silver Gigas slept and from which the Rains of Destruction could be summoned. Too bad Galcian got there first. He decided to set an example and flattened Valua with the Silver Gigas' power, then decided to sit back, holed up behind a Dome of Light. Vyse rounded up all his Air Pirate buddies and together, everyone prepared for a final battle. Galcian, stupid enough to leave Soltis in his flying fortress, was challenged by Vyse and his friends and eventually killed by his subordinate Belleza (who died as well). Ramirez lost what was left of his sanity and tried to destroy the entire world, but the remaining Silvite elders sacrificed themselves to break the Dome of Light, granting Vyse and his gang a path into Soltis. They tried to talk Ramirez out of it, but the kid was too far gone and a battle ensued. Then the kid fused with the Silver Gigas and there was another battle. ... And another. But finally, Fina's childhood friend exploded into a show of ominous light (I am not kidding) and all was well. The biggest Air Pirate party in the history of the world followed, Enrique married the Princess of Yafutoma and some undetermined amount of time later, Vyse set off to sail the world with Aika and Fina in yet another brand-spankin' new ship.
He'd just saved the world and had a wonderful party with his best friends to celebrate that. Then he set off to sail the skies of Arcadia once more on a brand-new ship, a lust for adventure still strong in his heart. ... Well, damn, stuck in Luceti.
The best way to describe Vyse is "rash ". He acts on impulse and never wavers. His determination to keep going, no matter how tough things get, is something that motivates everyone around him. To him, impossible is just a word people use so they don't feel bad when they quit. He always has a thirst to explore the unknown and curiosity often gets the better of him. He's the kind of guy who strives to find out what's beyond the horizon and then, when he's there, set sail towards the next horizon. Of course, he can't do too many amazing things by himself. Friendship is what's most important to him and he cares about all his companions equally. He shows a playful, boyish attitude, especially when facing opponents. Taunting the enemy is really just another way to lower their defense. If there's anything he hates, it's cowards and people who step over others for their own gain. Of course, he also has an understanding side. If someone's troubled, he will lend an ear and listen to their concerns. Though he was raised to be a pirate, he has a strong sense of what's right and what's wrong. He opposes only the people who deserve to opposed and aids those who need to be aided. While he certainly believes in second chances and is glad to help people who want to change their life for the better, he knows a lost cause when he sees one. As such, he won't hesitate to put a stop to criminals who've gone beyond his control.
Strengths:
Physical:Close combat. He was trained aptly to handle his two cutlasses and does so with ease. He's also pretty fast and agile, pulling all sorts of daring stunts like sailing down from ropes, sliding down railings and jumping far distances.
Mental: Vyse may not be the brightest bulb in the box, but he's certainly no idiot. He has no problem coming up with strategies for fights, both physical and ship battle. If there's a problem that needs to be solved, he'll sit down and think things through. He's also fairly handy, considering he managed to repair a lifeboat with hardly any supplies.
Emotional: Determination, charisma, a thirst for knowledge... He's got all the qualities a leader needs. He puts his friends' needs before his own, grants people second chances and is always good for a laugh. And yet, he's still not so softhearted that he'll let real enemies slip by him.
Weaknesses:
Physical: He's not exactly a magic whizz. Most of his efforts go into brute force and while he can cast all the basic spells, he's no proper mage.
Mental: When the situation becomes too stressful, Vyse won't stop to think at all. He'll just act. Usually, these kind of fast decisions lead to him making the deadline in the nick of time, but they also put him in great danger. Aside from that, while he can sense his friends' distress very well, he's rather oblivious to feelings of infatuation. He sees all his companions as friends and won't notice they like him in that way until the proof is right there in front of him.
Emotional: I... don't think he has any. Though his challenging attitude does earn him a lot of enemies.
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Online roulette
How to play online roulette
Playing roulette online is much the same as playing in a casino. Simply lay your bets on whatever you wish with a few clicks of the mouse, and wait to see where the ball ends up. You can experience all the thrills of the table without having to leave the comfort of your own home.
What is Slingshot Roulette?
Normally, the roulette ball is sent on its journey by power of the human hand, but Slingshot Roulette offers something a little bit different. Here the ball is released by a computerised launcher, which acts much like a slingshot to fling the ball out into the wheel. As you may have guessed, this feature is what gives the game its name.
Some players argue that this actually makes for a truly fair roulette experience, as each ball is released in exactly the same fashion at the same speed. It also means faster gameplay, with some Slingshot Roulette sites squeezing 100 spins into one hour. Many sites offer live play, so whilst the ball is controlled by a machine you can be confident that the outcome of your game isn't at the whim of pre-recordings that could potentially be tampered with.
Roulette betting
That aside, the rules of Slingshot Roulette are the same as in the classic format, with all the same bets available. Stay on the outside bets for a greater chance of winning; simply choose either red or black, high or low, odd or even and see if your 50-50 shot comes off.
Alternatively, go for a potentially larger win by betting on the individual numbers. Just be sure to cover that pesky zero.
If you're feeling really confident about your lucky number, you can try for a 'complete' bet. For example, if you have a good feeling about number 29, you can bet on the number itself, black, odd and the low numbers
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Huastec
The Huastec, also rendered as Huaxtec and Huastecos, are an indigenous people of Mexico, historically based in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Veracruz, and San Luis Potosi, concentrated along the route of the Panuco river and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The Huastec are also known (especially by themselves) as the Teenek. Their language has similarity to that of the Maya language, suggesting some connection between those peoples in prehistoric times.
In Pre-Columbian times the Huastec were part of the MesoAmerican cultures. From archaeological remains, they are thought to date back to approximately the 10th century BC, although their most productive period of civilization is usually considered to be the Post-Classic era between the fall of Teotihuacan and the rise of the Aztec Empire. The Pre-Columbian Huastec constructed temples on step-pyramids, carved independent standing sculptures, and produced elaborately painted pottery. The Huastec were unusual as one of the few cultures that attained civilization and built cities yet usually wore no clothing. They were admired for their abilities as musicians by other MesoAmerican peoples.
About 1450 the Huastec were defeated by Aztec armies under the leadership of Moctezuma I; the Huastec henceforth paid tribute to the Aztec Empire but retained a large degree of local self government.
The Huastec were conquered by the Spanish between 1519 and the 1530s. With the imposition of the Roman Catholic faith they were required to don clothing.
The Huastec language is still spoken, especially in rural areas, and the people retain traditions of characteristic music and dance. As of the late 20th century the Huastec population in Mexico was approximately 80,000 people.
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Tom Colton Talks about the Difference Between Financial Planning and Financial Analysis
if you're one who consider that financial planning and financial analysis refer to same activity or their purpose are identical, than it's the time, you should change your wrong concept since there is big difference between financial planning and analysis. Tom Colton believes that understanding the basics is most important at the forefront. Financial planning, as you know that a continual process of a business enterprise to establish a budget based information about income and expenditure both in short-term and long-term. It is the unique way to construct the capital structure of a business considering every element of assets and liabilities of a business. The job of a financial planner and his/her team is to generate the financial plan, execute budget and monitoring of the actual results which is documented for further modifications and planning.
Financial Analysis
Conversely, financial analysis is a technique that employs the output of financial planning with a view to determine profitability, stability, chance of solvency and chance of liquidity for organizations. For Individual investors and business groups interested to invest in small groups or think of big business acquisition, financial analysis is the tool that helps evaluate the financial status and information of the target company. With high level experts and seasoned financial analysts, they study the previous and current financial documents and statements such as balance sheets, report on cash flow, income statements and other factors to consider if it would be viable to invest in such companies.
Key job of Financial Analyst
If a financial enterprise or corporate business takes interest to invest in a small or medium business, its expert team of financial analysts are likely to scrutinize and study the target company's financial statements related to past few years and current year. The whole intend of the analysis is to find out the possible strengths and weaknesses or gray areas which are documented and presented to the company owners. In this regard, the role played by analysts are extremely challenging as because with their insight they should investigate all kinds of abnormal movements in business phase and check the outline of profit earning and business cash flow. For example, while a steady and consistent growth is considered as a good performance of a company, any abrupt change and unusual ups and downs in revenue income is discouraging for investors.
Apart from analyzing balance sheet (assets and liabilities), cash flow statement is a major determining factor which indicates how cash rich is the target company. Further, financial analysts undergo a thorough process of Ratio Analysis that values the target company's stand from one to another year. It also compares the health of the groups as against its counterpart or industry standard. There are varieties of factors like Liquidity ratio, Debt ratio and others that establishes the strength of company. As per Tom Colton that financial analysis is also helpful for small business groups for their future planning. With evaluation of its balance sheet, cash flow and income statement, owner of a company can find out the potent areas and also spot the drawbacks or weak points for necessary amendment.
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The liver is not only the most underappreciated organ, it's one of the most crucial
to staving off a number of serious diseases. Learn what you need to know to keep
this workhorse running on all cylinders for years to come.
By Susan Weiner
June 2006
While jilted lovers lament over broken hearts and intellectuals revel in praise for their singular brains, few wax poetic about the liver. Like a businessman climbing the corporate ladder, the oft-ignored and hardworking liver takes its job very seriously, rarely receiving the lyrical accolades it so deserves.
The sheer intricacy of this organ makes it susceptible to myriad diseases—most rare, others far too common. And though men may be physically sturdy, apparently their livers are not as resilient as those of the fairer sex, since liver disease claims proportionately more men's lives than women's at all ages; according to the Centers for Disease Control, it ranks as the 10th leading cause of death among men.
The American Liver Foundation reports that more than 25 million people—one in every 10—are afflicted with liver or gallbladder disease, with more than 360,000 Americans hospitalized at any given time with cirrhosis, in which scar tissue replaces healthy tissue and blocks the flow of blood through the liver. Symptoms of liver distress include fatigue, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, dark urine, nausea and jaundice—a yellowing discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes caused by abnormally high levels of the liver enzyme bilirubin in the bloodstream.
It may be unclear statistically why men are more at risk when it comes to their livers, but heredity, male sex hormones, body fat distribution and socially sanctioned "male behavior" may predispose them to earlier deaths in general. Men are more likely to use illicit drugs and engage in casual sex, behaviors that can increase the likelihood of exposure to hepatitis C, which can culminate in cirrhosis. What's more, with men accounting for more than 70% of the 75,000 alcohol-attributable deaths in the US each year, it's no surprise that a significant number of men also suffer from alcohol-induced cirrhosis.
Still other circumstances can give rise to permanent liver damage, including hepatitis B and inherited diseases such as hemochromatosis, in which abnormal amounts of iron accumulate in the liver. Another ailment, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is associated with obesity and can also lead to cirrhosis. In a culture that embraces overindulgence, where two-thirds of adults and one-third of kids are classified as overweight or obese, future generations may bear witness to an epidemic of this potentially deadly malady.
All liver diseases may not be preventable, but lifestyle strategies can protect the liver and maximize overall health.
Live and Let Liver
Located beneath the rib cage and adjacent to the gallbladder, the wedge-shaped liver weighs in at about 2% to 3% of one's total weight, making it the largest internal organ. Though it has two basic chores—processing everything that enters the body and ensuring that every other organ is supplied with sufficient fuel—its activities are far-reaching and complicated. "There's no single active verb to describe what the liver does because it has so many different jobs to perform," explains Melissa Palmer, MD, an internationally renowned hepatologist with two private practices on Long Island, New York and author of Dr. Melissa Palmer's Guide to Hepatitis & Liver Disease (Avery). "The liver is an extraordinarily complex organ that controls virtually every aspect of your body's daily functions."
Like a miniature refinery, the liver processes many of the chemicals necessary for life and exports them to other organs, and converts carbohydrates, fats and proteins into substances the body can use. It modifies drugs taken to treat illness and cleanses the blood of toxins. In total, the liver performs over 100 separate bodily functions, among them regulating the blood's ability to clot, controlling the production and excretion of cholesterol, breaking down alcohol, maintaining hormonal balance, storing iron and helping the body resist infection. "Virtually everything that enters the digestive tract—foods, drinks and medicines, for example—and everything that is breathed in or absorbed through the skin must pass through the liver in an attempt to be purified and detoxified," explains Palmer.
Fat Liver City
With such an alarming rise in obesity in the US, it's little surprise that NAFLD is the most frequent cause of abnormal liver function among adults. The malady, which can range from simple fat accumulation to life-threatening liver disease, is most commonly associated with obesity, insulin resistance and hypertension, components of a condition called metabolic syndrome.
To keep glucose levels in check, the hormone insulin pushes glucose out of the bloodstream and into cells that convert it into energy. Insulin receptors open and close to regulate
glucose levels, but among folks who are insulin-resistant, these doors don't work properly and cannot utilize insulin efficiently. Unable to enter the cell, glucose accumulates in the blood, causing high levels of fatty acids (or triglycerides) to accrue and be deposited in the liver—which over time results in fatty liver disease.
"People who are overweight are more likely to show signs of insulin resistance than people who are of normal weight," explains Palmer. "But keep in mind that a sedentary lifestyle and a diet rich in sugars and fat may promote insulin resistance, even among people who are not overweight. In fact, it is thought that most people with NAFLD have insulin resistance independent of weight."
Given that more than 47 million Americans have metabolic syndrome, NAFLD represents a major health concern, reports the Journal of the American Medical Association. Like most chronic liver diseases, there is a long period with no symptoms, but NAFLD can ultimately lead to cirrhosis. Diabetes is also a risk factor, since the body becomes resistant to the effects of insulin or the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin to maintain normal blood sugar. In large urban areas, as many as one-third of adults may suffer from fatty liver disease, reports the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Though prevalence of the disease varies among races, incidence among white men is twice as high as in white women.
The Hepatitis Alphabet
On occasion, news headlines announce a hepatitis A breakout at a restaurant or market. That's because hepatitis A (HAV) can be transmitted to others by persons who fail to wash their hands before handling food. It can also be contracted by ingesting contaminated foods, such as raw oysters, that has had contact with human waste. Stopping the spread of HAV on a personal level is as easy as practicing good personal hygiene, thoroughly cooking food, sanitizing diaper-changing tables, avoiding raw or partially cooked seafood, and consuming only well-cooked foods and bottled water when traveling. Most people recover from HAV within one to two months after infection.
In the US hepatitis B (HBV) is a rarity; in parts of Asia and other less developed areas, hundreds of millions of individuals may be infected. HBV is transmitted via sex, blood and blood products (although the blood supply here has been screened for many years).
More than 4 million people in the US are infected with hepatitis C (HCV), yet 70% have no idea that they have the virus. While nearly 60% of HCV infections are a result of intravenous drug use, still others are caused by hemodialysis, blood transfusions or organ donations before 1992, infants born to infected mothers and relations with an infected partner. It is even possible to contract the disease through items such as shared or tainted razors, toothbrushes and tattoo needles.
In many cases, HCV remains silent for decades. "It is estimated that in the next decade, thousands of baby boomers will get sick from a virus they unknowingly contracted years ago," says Palmer. "HCV can reside in the body for many years, clandestinely doing damage to the liver even though the person feels fine." HCV remains the leading cause of liver transplants worldwide.
A Tipsy Liver
Drinking alcohol may be regarded as sophisticated and fun (and in the case of red wine, even healthy) but when done to excess throughout adulthood, it can ravage the liver.
"Most people do not know that the liver is primarily responsible for protecting itself and the rest of the body from the harmful effects of alcohol," says Palmer. "When the liver has been damaged by alcohol and can no longer prevent dangerously high levels of this toxin from accumulating in the bloodstream, other body parts can become damaged." By breaking alcohol down into less toxic byproducts using enzymes, the liver prevents dangerous levels from accumulating in the bloodstream. Liver damage occurs when this mechanism drowns in a sea of alcohol.
Since some people are more sensitive to alcohol than others, there's no single right answer as to how much is too much; even moderate to social drinkers can develop cirrhosis and other liver damage. Based on current dietary guidelines, moderate drinking for men is defined as an average of two drinks or less per day, a standard drink being a 12-ounce beer, one five-ounce glass of wine or one 1.5-ounce glass of distilled spirits.
Even moderate amounts of alcohol can have toxic effects when mixed with prescription drugs and acetaminophen (found in such over-the-counter remedies as Tylenol, Motrin and Advil). "If you are taking over-the-counter drugs, be especially careful about drinking and don't use an alcoholic beverage to take your medication," advises the American Liver Foundation. In fact, acetaminophen itself, when taken in excess, can damage the liver; less than four grams per day should be safe.
Loving Your Liver
So what's a guy to do if he wants to offer his liver a little TLC? For starters, drop those excess pounds; if your body mass index is above 25, a diet and exercise program may reduce the amount of accumulated fat in your liver, advises the renowned Mayo Clinic. Moreover, controlling cholesterol levels with diet and exercise can not only prevent liver disease but may actually stabilize or reverse it, as can limiting alcohol intake, taking medications only as directed and heeding precautions when using hazardous chemicals.
Even cirrhosis is reversible with the right treatments, reports Palmer. "Most liver diseases, if diagnosed and treated early, are either curable, reversible or at least progression can be slowed so that people can live long healthy lives with liver disease."
So, come on guys, isn't it time you showed your liver a little love? You are sure to find it a mutually beneficial relationship.
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Poems in Plain Sight
December 2, 2010
One form of poetry that has always intrigued me is the so-called "found" poem. These are the poems that started out life as something else: part of a textbook, or a manual, or any other prose form that is decidedly not poetry.
But then something magic happens. By altering the form of the text (not the words themselves, or the order in which they appear, but rather the spaces between the lines), it becomes poetry. To me, the cool thing is that it's the same words, but with a meaning that's completely different, and often quite profound.
Art is subjective. Meaning comes from not only from the work, but from what the audience brings to that work. Since each of us have different histories and associations, experiences and emotions, I guess that means that you'll never see a piece the same way as someone else. Heck, since we grow and evolve throughout our lives, that probably means our own individual viewpoint changes every time we interact with art. I remember the first time I got the religious allegories in the Narnia books. C.S. Lewis had always intended them, and they were always there for him, but they weren't there for me until I'd matured a bit. And now that I've seen them, I can't view those books in the same way. What has been thought cannot be un-thought.
All of which to say that when you alter the form of words, you alter the way in which you approach the text, and thus, what you bring to it. That's why a hidden layer of profundity emerges; your mind is viewing the words before it not as a cut-and-dried textbook, but as poetry. So, I suppose purpose also influences the meaning you get from art. Most of us have probably had the experience of reading and enjoying a book, and then studying it in a high school English and hating it. Different purpose, different experience, different meanings.
Here is an example I made, from an ancient, time-worn book by a woman named Martha Evans Martin. It's called The Friendly Stars, and seems to be a star-gazing guide from the 1930s.
The moon comes
and goes.
She is the symbol of inconstancy.
The planets wander
from place to place- most of them
easy enough to find, but
continually changing
in brightness and position.
Only the stars are always the same.
I think the idea of found poetry appeals to me most because it implies that poetry is everywhere, hiding in your peripheral vision. Waiting for you to look at it askance, and recognize it as something else.
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Transporting Reptiles in the Winter
Keeping Your Reptile Warm on the Way to the Vet
If taking your reptile out of the house in the winter scares you then you're not alone. Traveling with your reptile to the vet (find one near you) can be stressful if you don't prepare ahead of time and make sure you keep your pet warm.
Why Is It Important To Keep Reptiles Warm?
A cold shock is all it takes to seriously harm, or even kill, a small and sickly reptile. Many pets come into the animal hospital worse off then when they left home just from being out in the cold.
Warming them up can then be difficult and if your reptile wasn't sick to begin with he could catch a cold from getting chilled.
First Steps
Before taking your reptile outside and after the vehicle is warmed for a few minutes, place the reptile in a container with a lid and vents. A lid keeps the reptile and the heat in the container and the vents prevent him from suffocating. Large plastic containers with holes punched in them are ideal for larger reptiles and shoe boxes, small travel containers and carriers for cats, and cardboard boxes are routinely used for smaller reptiles.
Adding Warmth for Travel
Add some paper towels, newspaper, or some of your reptile's own bedding to the container to absorb any wastes made on the trip and allow your smaller reptiles to burrow or keep warm in the bedding. Cloth towels are also a good option to provide warmth for larger travel containers.
You can also add a hot water bottle or latex glove filled with hot water to the travel container to help heat the reptile and container.
Make sure the water bottle or glove is not so hot that you cannot comfortably hold it in your hand. You can burn your reptile if it is too hot. If you are not sure whether or not it is too hot, wrap it in a towel. Hand warmer packets can be used outside the carrier but never placed inside the carrier since they can get too hot and hurt your reptile.
If you do a little planning you can make the trip to the vet more comfortable and less stressful for you and your scaly friend.
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Build it and They Will Come: How to Make Your Own Baseball Field
Whether you want a new baseball field for your child's Little League team or a regulation-size field in your own backyard, you can easily put together your own baseball field on any relatively level and open plot of land.
Getting Started
In order for your baseball field to be successful, you need to keep in mind the following four points:
1. The area must have adequate water drainage.
2. The area must have a well maintained irrigation system, or you must be committed to frequent watering with multiple sprinklers.
3. A maintenance program to deal with turf and clay conditions is essential.
4. You need bases and a pitching rubber and may want surrounding structures like fences, benches or spectator stands.
You can buy bases, pitching rubbers, temporary bleachers for fans, and even field maintenance equipment from a local vendor, or you can order everything you need from a store like Dick's Sporting Goods.
The Right Size
If you are building a professional sized baseball field, Major League Baseball states that you need to create a square with 90-feet sides. Create the outfield by extending the line that runs from home base to first base and the line that runs from home base to third base. Ideally, the distance from home base to the nearest fence should be at least 250 feet long along this foul line. The distance from home base to center field should be approximately 400 feet.
If you want to build a smaller field, Little League diamonds can be as small as 75 feet for kids who are 13, and they can be 60 feet for kids 12 and under. Tee-ball players can even play on a 50-foot diamond, according to Little League.com.
Home Plate
The positioning of your field will be determined by home plate. Once you have located home plate, measure straight out to where you want second base located. To determine how far second base should be from home plate, you will need to dust off your geometry skills and use the Pythagorean theory.
Once second base is planted, you can determine the position of first and third base by finding the two spots that are exactly 90 feet from both home base and second base. Doing this accurately will give you a perfect diamond.
Boundaries
Use fences to define the boundaries of your field. They are the safest and best looking option, but if you are planning on building your own, you'll need some construction rental equipment. You can get everything you need from backhoes to pole hole diggers from a rental company, and you can also find equipment to help with the rest of your project including leveling the field or installing irrigation canals.
To provide safety to your spectators, Baseball Almanac recommends planning for some type of backstop behind home plate. If you are just building a backyard field, you can keep errant balls from escaping the field by putting in shrubs instead. However, if you are going to use the field for regulation high school or college games, the shrubs need to be at least 60 feet.
written by Michael Redman
Mike is a single dad of two boys living in the Southwest. He runs his own social media and marketing business and coaches Little League.
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Alex Chipana's small drone with four propellers can fly for as long as 20 minutes, as high as 1.2 miles and as fast at 43 mph.
Chipana bought his own motor, camera and GPS but found the rest of the parts at flea markets and other places and fit the pieces into his own design.
You can find printers, refrigerators, photocopiers, motors and controllers — and they're all broken down into different parts.
Some of these "valuable" items include wood, pieces of a pen, and a cap from a deodorant or perfume bottle.
"You can find printers, refrigerators, photocopiers, motors and controllers — and they're all broken down into different parts," he said. "Loads of things you can use for a robot. With all of these available items the market is considered a paradise for roboticists and all these things are very cheap."
The inventor thinks these inexpensive drones would make the technology available to the public in Bolivia and be used for aerial crop management and connecting isolated communities to the Internet.
Alex Chipana thinks his inexpensive drones could be used for everything from aerial crop management to bringing Internet to isolated areas.
(Reuters)
Alex Chipana of Bolivia has developed a drone through materials he found at flea markets and in the trash.
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Alex Chipana bought the motor inside his device, which can fly as high as 1.2 miles.
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The drone, which is made out of found objects, can fly as fast as 43 mph and has a GPS tucked inside.
(Reuters)
The Bolivian inventor has created a drone that can fly for as long as 20 minutes.
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10 Rules to Succeed by age 25
by Corey Hilton
Book Description
(10 Rules to Succeed by Age 25) Get this eBook today for a bargain priced at $.99! Read on your PC, Mac, smartphone, tablet or Kindle device. This book was designed to give the reader proper steps and tools in order to become successful in a very competitive world. I tried to tie in my own experiences with some conventional wisdom learned from doing research and listening to mentors I've had in order to paint a practical, easy to digest story for the reader. It has been a labor of love and I hope the readers enjoy :)Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... (how to discover something you're passionate about) (The importance of hard work and consistency)(The power of visualization) And much, much more! Download your copy today! Take action today and download your copy today! (Don't wait, time is money!) Tags: (Rules, Succeed, Success, Time, Money, Value)
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Help! my phone won't hang up! screen is black!
This is happening RIGHT NOW. I was on a long phone call, about 30 minutes, and when I was done and took the phone away from my face, the usual "phone" screen didn't come back. The screen remains black, I can't accress any apps, at this point I don't know if the phone hung up or not. Everything seem locked. When I click on power button on top, all it does (it seems) is turn the backlighting on and off (because the 4 buttons on the bottom toggle b/w visible and invisible).
Shucks! And I was really liking this phone... What do i do now to turn the darn thing off and get it back to normal?thanks!
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take off the Body Glove/open the battery compartment/remove the battery.
You will not lose anything. It's basically like shutting your computer down completely then starting it back up.
If your phone keeps doing this, you may have a defective unit. Do be aware there is a sensor in the upper right corner (by the led that blinks when you have email) that shouldn't be covered up. I personally had the same problem as you did, and I look on several forums and researched the problem. So I went to duplicate it and I couldn't. Now every time I want to hang up it works. I suspect I may have been covering the sensor or something.
Pulling the battery just means "take the battery out." You will have to remove that bodyglove case most likely (I don't have that case so I don't know). The back cover slides up and the door comes off. Next you'll see you can pull the battery out with a fingertip. You will not lose any data (with the small exception of maybe something you were typing before your phone call if you didn't save it first) nor will you need to reinstall anything. You just press the power button after you put the battery back in. (The power button is the button on the top right corner, the same one that shuts the screen off for putting it in your pocket.
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Does The Chinese Military Parade Challenge The US Military?
The Chinese military parade is the largest military force in the world. But just because their military is the biggest, it does not necessarily translate as being the strongest. The People's Republic of China party dreams of having the strongest military force ever seen in human history, but dreams only translate into illusions when they're not real.
When the viewers look at the soundtrack of the video they will soon realize it sounds like an American soundtrack. The Chinese uniforms look like U.S. uniforms and so the equipment. China wants to be like the U.S., but does not hold the technological advancements to take it to the next level of military warfare.
China's industrial production has grown very rapidly, but they're behind in technology and sophistication. It will take years for their scientists to reproduce some of the weapons the U.S. possesses in secret compounds hidden somewhere in states like Alaska, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico or Arizona.
So it's nice to watch this parade, and remind ourselves that China won't challenge the U.S. for at least 20 more years. Let's just hope the U.S. economy does not collapse.
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Quickie: You're not as fat as you think!
A study conducted in London has found that the average person's body image is seriously distorted:
Scientists have discovered that the body image a person projects in their own brain is "massively distorted" and can be up to two thirds wider than it is in reality. The brain's own "body model" is also around a third shorter than the body actually is, according to the study at University College London.
The scientists who conducted the study think that this may offer new insights into those affected by eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia.
I was sort of comforted reading about this study as I'm prone to anxiety about my weight and body image. I was a very skinny kid. Adulthood came along and these days I'm… not so skinny. I spend way too much time worrying about my weight and the size labels inside my clothes. The image perpetuated by the fashion industry (remember when we talked about this?) certainly doesn't help when we're surrounded by images of an "ideal" most of us will never meet. It makes sense to me that so many of us are walking around with a mental self-image that doesn't match the reality when we're constantly comparing ourselves to those ideals.
But next time you look in the mirror and feel like you're having a "fat day," take a deep breath and be a little kinder to yourself – it's not as bad as you think.
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How the sKan works
They are placed on a part of the body and tracks its return to ambient temperature after cooling it.
It crunches the data and displays on a computer whether melanoma might be present.
The Canadian engineers believe this will become a cheaper alternative to current methods.
At the moment, hospitals are paying in excess of £20,000 for melanoma diagnostic equipment, they claim.
But the sKan could cost just £760.
James Dyson said: "By using widely available and inexpensive components, the sKan allows for melanoma skin cancer detection to be readily accessible to the many.
"It's a very clever device with the potential to save lives around the world. This is why I have selected it as this year's international winner."
Skin cancer detection tool wins James Dyson Award
The tool's potential was applauded by cancer expert Dr Raimond Wong, chairman of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Site Group at the Juravinski Cancer Centre.
He said: "Current methods of detecting whether a lesion is a melanoma or not is through the trained eyes of physicians – resulting in patients undergoing unnecessary surgery or late detection of melanoma.
"The sKan has the potential to be a low cost, easy to use and effective device, that can be afforded and adopted across health services."
Previous James Dyson award winners include DetectorNose, a facial filter and a wearable computer that protects from pollutants, a telewheelchair and a temperature sensing band for babies which alerts parents if they have a fever.
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The only way for Africa to combat bird flu successfully is through an effective communication strategy that enables the public to prepare both for outbreaks in their poultry stocks and for a possible human pandemic.
Three weeks ago, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization's deputy director-general said that by arriving in Turkey, the H5N1 bird flu virus had reached the crossroads of Asia, Europe and Africa, and that there was a real risk of it spreading further.
"If it were to become rooted in the African countryside, the consequences for a continent already devastated by hunger and poverty could be truly catastrophic," he added.
His words were prophetic. Last week, Africa's first outbreaks of H5N1 were detected in poultry farms in northern Nigeria, meaning that bird flu is now a real spectre hovering over the entire continent.
Since emerging in Asia in 2003, the virus has killed 91 of the 169 people confirmed to have been infected.
Should Africans be concerned? A journalist in Kampala, Uganda, asked me this question several weeks ago. At that time, when bird flu was a risk rather than a reality, Africans could afford to be complacent. But no longer. Every African man, woman and child must be sufficiently informed about the bird flu virus, for the following reasons.
Reasons for concern
First, H5N1 can swap genes with other flu viruses. Experts fear that when people with the human flu virus become infected with H5N1, the bird flu virus could acquire some genes from the human flu virus and, with them, the ability to spread from person to person.
The virus also mutates easily — meaning it could acquire this ability on its own, without needing to mix with other flu viruses. So far, the virus has not acquired the ability to spread between people but if it did, it could start a worldwide flu pandemic that claims millions of lives.
This is a global public health disaster waiting to happen. Scientists say a human flu pandemic is overdue and it is therefore prudent to take the view that the question is not if, but when, this will take place.
Second, infected birds can spread the virus for more than a week in their saliva, nasal secretions, and faeces. How long the virus can then remain viable on contaminated ground under tropical conditions remains unknown.
Many African villages border on swamps and wetlands, and there is a high risk that domestic poultry, which is normally kept outdoors, will be infected as they scavenge for food. Domestic ducks can shed virus for up to 17 days even if they show no signs of disease.
Crowded poultry markets, with their inevitable bird droppings, constitute another important source of infection. Africa's poultry markets and wetlands must therefore be the priority battlegrounds in the war against bird flu.
Third, a taste for pork has spawned a thriving pig-rearing industry in countries such as Uganda. Pigs can be infected with both human and bird flu viruses and might serve as 'mixing vessels' for the emergence of a mutated virus capable of spreading from person to person.
Since pigs live close to people and poultry, they could be an important intermediary for human infection, so farmers should keep pigs and poultry apart.
Fourth, Africa's poor health infrastructure — as well as its heavy burden of debt, disease, and poverty — means the continent will lack sufficient stocks of bird flu vaccines or the drug Tamiflu and the means to distribute them to successfully fight a pandemic.
Effective communication is key
Given the above factors, the only weapon Africa can affordably deploy against bird flu is an effective communication strategy for educating the public about the risk of outbreaks in their poultry, and of a possible human pandemic.
Even before H5N1 arrived in Nigeria, organisations such as the World Bank and UN Food and Agricultural Organization were warning of the enormous potential danger of the virus taking hold in Africa, and outlining steps that should be taken to prevent or contain outbreaks.
Were Nigerian communities well prepared for H5N1 as a result? The sad truth is that they were not. And now ill-informed sections of the Nigerian media are passing incorrect information to the public. This is a serious communications problem, not only for Nigeria, but also for the whole continent.
The African media must be urgently empowered to pass reliable messages about bird flu and its associated risks to the African public. A well informed media can undertake the following roles.
First, working in partnership with veterinary and public health officials, the media can communicate correct information about bird flu in simple but powerful messages.
Second, the media can demand that effective practices and policies to contain bird flu outbreaks are implemented, even under resource-poor settings. For example, a simple early warning system would allow farmers to report sick or dead poultry promptly. But to be effective, the media must urge governments to compensate farmers whose flocks will be culled; otherwise farmers will be reluctant to report dead birds.
Third, the media can prod national institutions out of their inertia and into action. How many national networks, for example, have been set up to monitor the wetlands and adjoining human settlements for dead birds that might be harbouring H5N1?
How many laboratories in Africa have built a capacity to detect H5N1, a move that would overcome the need to send samples abroad for testing? And how much air-time have African radio stations devoted to messages about bird flu?
Finally, public panic such as that reported in Nigeria could prompt people to kill healthy wild birds unnecessarily. The media can raise public awareness that migratory waterfowl in wetlands, rather than the marabou storks in Kampala City, constitute the biggest risk to their poultry and families. But at the same time, they should tell the public to avoid any contact with ill birds — and to report any such birds they encounter.
These are monumental tasks for a media community in Africa that is ill-prepared to take on such a challenge. Training in media skills and accurate science reporting — whether through relatively short seminars or longer journalism fellowships and graduate training — remain the only way to build the media's skills in communicating effectively not only about bird flu, but also about many other pressing medical and public health issues.
Africa is facing a wide range of these challenges, including malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and periodic outbreaks of meningitis, cholera, and Ebola — as well as a commitment to meet the Millennium Development Goals.
The arrival of H5N1 in Nigeria is a wake-up call for Africans in general — and the media in particular — that something has to change, and that better communication is the key. After all, there is no one else to pass the buck to.
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Ranked Top 5 in 18 countries and 'Hot' in the AppStore right now. Find out why by downloading this beautiful app while it's on sale! Fire up your child's imagination and love of nature by helping to find the 10 beautifully illustrated and animated animal characters hiding in the woodland scene.
** Please note ** Not all of the apps listed here are the level of quality we would expect for one of our Good Free Apps of the Day and we have not reviewed them or tested them extensively unless noted. Pricing and dates are correct at the time of publishing. Some apps may contain in-app purchases and/or advertising. Only the app's developer can control when an app is free.**
Rocket Speller PLUS
iPad/iPhone - $1.99 to FREE
Kids join Zip the alien on an out-of-this-world spelling adventure to build a new rocket. With 5 levels of difficulty, kids spell words to fuel his spaceship and help him choose the rocket pieces he needs. Once they have built their custom rocket ship, kids steer it through space to collect stars in an entertaining mini-game.
Bottom line: A 3D interactive ebook with high production values all around. An engaging story with richly textured animation and great catchy ditties. Prepare yourself for your own little gorillas to be singing these tunes ad nauseum. Great for ages 4-8 (and young at heart too).
First Words International Home HD
iPad only - $5.99 to FREE
Seven languages on ONE app! Help your child learn English, Spanish (Latin), Chinese (Simplified), French and other languages! It is a multilingual world, and your child needs every advantage to compete. This simple, inexpensive app for the iPAD is a great way to start.
TeachMe: Math Facts
iPad/iPhone - $1.99 to FREE
TeachMe: Math Facts is designed to help grade school students memorize math facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Being able to recall simple math facts quickly is essential when doing more complex math. TeachMe: Math Facts is the sixth installment in the popular TeachMe series of educational apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Animal Math Games for Kids
iPad/iPhone - $2.99 to FREE
Travel the world over from Bessie's Farm to the plains of Africa to the deepest reaches of outer space as you join math-explorer Emma through more than 100 fun math games on a quest to help her animal friends find a way home!
Tap Times Tables is a wonderful learning and practising tool for kids in grades 4 to 6 (or higher for some of us) that need some help with their Times Tables. It provides a fun, friendly interface that enables kids to improve their knowledge of the all-important Times Tables in an interactive and encouraging manner.
Sneak a Snack HD — 3D interactive children's story book with fun factor!
iPad only - $2.99 to FREE
Thanks to the video game "techno-magic", Sneak a Snack is an original story in which illustrations are brought to life. Immerse yourself in this 3D world and help Alex solve the mystery of his giant snack gone missing.
123 KIDS FUN FLASHCARDS
iPad/iPhone - $1.99 to FREE
Educational game for your preschoolers (ages 2 - 5) to start their adventure with the words. This App consists of 132 Flashcards with great sounds and animations in many categories: Furniture, Insects, Fruits, Vehicles, Cutlery and Dishes, Clothes, Vegetables, Animals, Bathroom.
Number Bounce
iPad/iPhone - $0.99 to FREE
Number Bounce started out as a simple bouncing ball game to help teach our own kids how to count. The game has now expanded to cover addition, subtraction, multiplication, number types and simple sequences. In all there are now over 2000 game variations plus 3 levels of difficulty!
Bibo, the little monster
iPad only - $4.99 to FREE
This is a self-published book about a little purple monster called Bibo, who, by some mysterious way, found himself in an ordinary forest with many wild animals. The unusual hero will become friends with your child and they will take off together on an amazing journey through a magical forest.
Busy Farm
iPad/iPhone - $0.99 to FREE
Meet the animals in the busy farm and learn their sound. The farm animals are here waiting for you to be friends with them! Read the book and play the games.
Princess Puzzle
iPad/iPhone - $1.99 to FREE
Girls can have fun in a very simple way while training their memory and logical skills.Playing with their beloved princesses, girls will discover and learn in a natural and intuitive way by touch, repetition and self-correcting approach; training their logical thinking, observation ability, memory and concentration, as well as their fantasy.
The Animals of Mossy Forest
iPad only - $1.99 to FREE
Let's play Hide and Squeak!! Fire up your child's love of nature and help them find the 10 beautifully illustrated and animated animal characters hiding in the forest.Children can find and play with the fox, deer, hedgehog, owl, rabbit, squirrel, frog, fish, mouse and butterfly. After finding an animal your child can interact with it on it's own beautiful page.
Wild Sheep is a unique math game combining hands-on pedagogy, fast-paced game action and picture story. Wild Sheep is suitable for all ages from kindergarten and elementary onwards. Play Wild Sheep and see how your math skills improve!
Anton and Mille
iPad/iPhone - $1.99 to FREE
A book about the boy Anton and his dog Mille. Read yourself or listen to the story. Swipe between pages.
Welcome to AppTutor "Appetizer" - Introduction to Multiplication Tables. This app actually TEACHES math! Not just another quiz or worksheet app, this app shows how AppTutor teaches and interacts with students to truly grasp the subject at hand. Includes lessons, tools, printable worksheets and more!
AppTutor IR — Introduction to Rounding
iPad/iPhone - $0.99 to FREE
This app actually TEACHES math! Not just another quiz or worksheet app, this app shows how AppTutor teaches and interacts with students to truly grasp the subject at hand. Includes lessons, tools, printable worksheets and more! Great for grades 2 thru 5.
Green Radventures: Book 1
iPad/iPhone - $1.99 to FREE
Join Nico, his babysitter Hannah, and the kooky Green Minstrel as they pay a visit to the local landfill to learn about the 3 R's of SUSTAINABILITY—Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. The Green RADventures of Nico is a completely immersive experience that teaches respect and love for the Earth by capturing childrens' attention, emotion and interest.
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Green Radventures: Book 2
iPad/iPhone - $1.99 to FREE
Automatic and user initiated animations utilize the iPad as the ultimate teaching tool for advancing the power of literature to new realms of possibility. Reading becomes engaged activity. This Book App utilizes what the incredible iPad has to offer, and does so to forward the story and intensify the impressions of the themes and messages.
Become a toy repair specialist and fix broken toys that children bring to your workshop. Repair or replace arms, feet, heads and wheels on the toys. Unleash your imagination to create new and different toy combinations. Watch the children react to the repaired toys!
FLIPPEN'S PICTURE BOOK — NORDIC WILDLIFE for iPhone
iPhone/2x iPad - $0.99 to FREE
We will learn about what they look like, their living environment, the names and sounds of the animals. This is not "just another picture book". We have put a lot effort into doing something unique, fun and educational for children, something that stands out among picture books.
Crazyfingers — Ships and boats
iPad/iPhone - $0.99 to FREE
Brush the screen and watch you little boat come to life, with Crazyfingers ships and boats by Jekolab! A very special coloring book, in where objects become alive and then fly away. An easy to use app, conceived for kids of 3 and over, fun and colorful to play with alone, with your brothers and sisters, with your friends, with mom and dad.
Spelling Star
iPad/iPhone - $0.99 to FREE
Spelling Star is the perfect app for practicing your spelling lists. Create lists by entering words and recording the audio. Practice spelling each word correctly three times to become a Spelling Star!
Phonics Fun: Long and Short Vowel Sounds
iPad/iPhone - $1.99 to FREE
A-E-I-O-U! From cat to bee to mule, children will learn all about long and short vowel sounds in this Clever Goats workbook app. Narrated by one of the Goats, activities include letter tracing, letter identification and finding objects with the corresponding sound.
Phonics Fun: Ending Sounds
iPad/iPhone - $1.99 to FREE
Ideal for those learning to read, this Clever Goats workbook app helps children learn all about ending sounds. Narrated by one of the Goats, activities include letter tracing, letter identification and finding objects with the corresponding sound.
Astroloquiz
iPad only - $1.99 to FREE
Astroloquiz provides a fun learning experience based around the 12 signs of the zodiac. Over 90 definitions of personalities are presented in a way that young learners and old alike can easily understand the meaning of personality adjectives.
Three Little Pigs — A Play HD
iPad only - $4.99 to FREE
"Three Little Pigs – A Play" is a totally interactive story for ages four and up. Starring Clara, Clarence Bear and friends (featured in the popular "1-2 Peekaboo" book app), this app offers a fresh spin on the classic fairy tale of the "Three Little Pigs" and emphasizes the lesson of the original story: "Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well."
Troops, Pods & Parades II
iPad/iPhone - $0.99 to FREE
A Troop of Chimpanzees. A Pod of Whales. A Parade of Elephants. These and 45 more words for groups of animals and their nouns of assemblage can be found in this educational and reference oriented flash card app for children of all ages.
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Peter Rabbit's Garden
iPad/iPhone - $1.99 to FREE
Join Peter Rabbit and his friends after Peter's narrow escape from Mr. McGreggor's garden and help them build their own garden so that they wont have to risk getting baked into a pie in order to fill their furry tummies. Plant, harvest, and bring your freshest crops to the rabbit marketplace and sell or trade them for bunny money and other fantastic goods.
Zac And Zoe — The Hunt For The Secret Treasure
iPad/iPhone - FREE app with in-app reduced from $0.99 to FREE
Zac and Zoey is a series of interactive, animated appisodes in which your children join twins Zac and Zoey in solving mysteries. The children help the twins proceed further in the story by solving puzzles, finding hidden objects, answering questions and much more.
Super Skyland
iPad/iPhone - $6.99 to FREE
Guide your tiny hero to the end in this fun scrolling platformer! Run, fly, tumble and smash through challenging levels using a single touch.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
iPad/iPhone - $0.99 to FREE
Race as Sonic and a host of legendary All-Stars and prepare to transform! Speed across land, sea and air in a high velocity battle to the finish line, as your amazing transformable vehicle changes from car to boat to plane mid-race. Racing on mobile will never be the same again!
Lisa M's life feels more complete now that she has scored 2048 on the 2048 app.
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There are many ways to achieve what you want. Probably for a small predefined set of themed CSS you could load all of them (bundled, minimised, etc) and then use a selector to branch them. Eg: <body ng-class="theme">. That will be quicker than loading the file dynamically each time you change between themes. This will depend on css file size, complexity and number of themes.
On the other hand, the dynamic link approach is followed by angular-css so you should be fine. You probably don't have to complicate things if you are not experiencing any issues.
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By far the best anti DUI commercial I've ever seen. It's Australian, and I really wish the US wouldn't ban commercials like this. It's a very moving, and heart felt commercial, and anyone who's lost someone because of DUI can relate to this. Please don't drink and drive. Alcohol=FAIL
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Uncategorized pairAccording to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 2.2 million Americans are currently affected by glaucoma, the second most common cause of blindness. Unfortunately, it is expected that this number will rise to 7.3 million people by 2050. While the disease is mostly unable to be reversed completely, eye drops and surgical procedures are a few things the doctors at Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons may recommend to slow the progression of the disease. Specifically, we often use Lumenis® SLT, an FDA-cleared form of laser therapy used to lower eye pressure for primary, open-angle glaucoma (POAG), the most common type of glaucoma. This type of treatment is favorable for many glaucoma patients as it often delivers long-term control and may diminish the need for regular eye drop medication.
Now, a new method of treatment with a similar goal has emerged. While popular prescription drug latanoprost is typically delivered in eye drops, scientists encapsulated polymer films containing it into a commonly used brand of contact lenses. After testing subjects used the contacts for a month, latanoprost in the eye's aqueous humor were similar to those attained by daily topical eye drop use. According to a cornea specialist at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, who conducted the study alongside the Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "eye drops [in general] are an inefficient method of drug delivery that has notoriously poor patient adherence." He continued, "this contact lens design can potentially be used as a treatment for glaucoma and as a platform for other ocular drug delivery applications."
Due to the lack of symptoms of glaucoma, The Glaucoma Research Foundation stresses the importance of regular testing. Board-certified ophthalmologist Dr. William Segal reminds his patients that every age group is at risk for glaucoma, including young adults and even babies at time of birth. With glaucoma-treating contact lenses, patients no longer have to worry about remembering to apply their eye drops. With an easier method of therapy, millions could be saved from the potential blindness caused by glaucoma. We are looking forward to seeing what the future holds for this study.
To learn more or to schedule your test for glaucoma, please contact us. For more on the latest news in vision and eye care, be sure to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+
Currently, cataracts are the world's leading cause of blindness and are seen often by the licensed physicians at Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons. While scientists have labored tirelessly for decades to configure the foundation of their formation, recent developments have been discovered that may lead to exact cause.
The powerful focusing ability in the human eye is credited to three kinds of crystallin proteins in their lenses. The intricate lenses of the eye maintain transparency by their ability to repel and attract light. While two types of crystallin are structural, the third keeps the other variations of crystallin from forming into cataracts if they are altered by genetic mutation, ultraviolet light or chemical damage," states the study. "Understanding the molecular mechanism of what goes wrong in the eye that leads to a cataract could lead to the development of better treatment options, including more sophisticated artificial lenses and drugs," stated a professor at UC Irvine, who conducted the cataract study published in the December 2013 issue of Structure.
The researchers identified the structures of the normal proteins and a genetic mutation known to cause cataracts in young children, finding that the third type of protein mentioned above binds far better to the mutated proteins. While this may seem to be a minute detail, it is the process which keeps the lens clear and cataract-free. Unfortunately, the human eye contains a limited number of these proteins, and once they are expended, researchers found that weakened ones quickly begin to accumulate and form blinding cataracts.
Researchers hope to use their findings to create sight-saving treatments that prevent the accumulation of cataract-causing crystallin proteins. By 2019, it is estimated that many more people over the age of 50 will be impacted by vision loss because of cataracts. At Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons, we are hopeful that this research will lead to bigger and better ways of saving eyesight. Board-certified ophthalmologist Dr. William Segal performs cataract surgery and lens replacement for patients experiencing cataracts, and recommends that patients undergo routine eye exams to regularly check for early signs of cataract formation.
If you are interested in a procedure or eye exam at Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons, please contact us today. Don't forget to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+for eye news, updates, and specials.
While eye exams may not be the first thing you think about when you make health appointments for your child, the licensed eye care professionals at Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons recommend having their eyes examined before six months of age. Most commonly, pediatricians will examine your baby's eyes during initial check-ups using various methods to test for proper eye functions.
During the eye exam by a pediatrician, the baby's focus ability, color recognition, and depth and dimension perception will be tested. According to Bausch and Lomb, you may see the following tests to confirm that your baby has proper eye function:
Noise-making toys may be used to intrigue the baby while the doctor quickly covers and uncovers the eyes to test for alignment and a dominant eye.
A similar object will be moved in front of the eyes to test for the ability to fixate and coordination of the eye muscles.
A small, targeted light may be shined in your baby's eye to examine the pupil's reaction. In a healthy eye, the pupil normally shrinks very quickly in response to light. The targeted light can also be used to check for infection, allergies, disease or blocked tear ducts.
Eyelids will be examined for drooping, inflammation, and any other indications that your baby's eyes need greater attention.
Just like in an adult's routine eye exam, when you visit board-certified ophthalmologist Dr. William Segal or licensed optometrist Dr. Marc Lay, your baby's pupils will be dilated with eye drops to test for nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), and astigmatism. Our doctors will examine the interior and back of the eye for early signs of disease using an ophthalmoscope to see through to the retina and optic nerve at the back of the eye. If your child is experiencing crossed eyes, amblyopia (lazy eye), or other concerns, it will be addressed during your exam.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Ophthalmology recommend that your child's eyes be screened for problems at birth, by six months of age, at three to four years of age, at five years of age, and each following year. To schedule your child's next eye exam, please contact us today. Be sure to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ for eye news, updates, and specials.
As the year comes to a close, we want to express our deepest gratitude to our wonderful patients for supporting Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons. 2013 was a great year for us, but rather than being sad to see it go, we are anticipating all of the great things to come in 2014.
This year, we launched our new website to make it more convenient for patients to review all of the services and surgical procedures that we offer. We began sharing patient stories with our monthly featured patient to help patients realize that they are not alone with their eye concerns.
We also launched brand new social media pages on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. On our Facebook page, we love to remind our patients about our ongoing blog, which covers eye conditions, procedures, and surgeries performed by board-certified ophthalmologist Dr. William Segal. We utilize our Twitter and Google+ as additional tools to share additional eye insights that directly reflect who we are as a practice.
Thank you so much to our patients and their families for supporting the Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons team in 2013! Here's to another wonderful year in 2014. Be sure to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ for the latest news eye care and eye surgery. We are thankful for all of you and wish you the happiest of holidays and a wonderful New Year!
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As this satellite photo shows, the distinctive red Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, centre, and even its yellow prancing horse logo, is one of the man-made structures in the UAE that can be seen from space. Courtesy Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology
"The earth looked very beautiful," Yang Liwei announced after becoming the first Chinese astronaut, then dolefully added: "But I did not see our Great Wall."
His admission helped to finally debunk an assertion that had become as prevalent as it was nonsensical: that the Great Wall of China was the only constructed object on the earth that could be seen from the moon.
The claim was first aired about 30 years before the Montgolfier brothers began human flight with their hot air balloons in 1873, and, like the similarly nonsensical but repeated assertion that one quarter of the world's cranes were in Dubai at the height of the boom, it failed to withstand even the most modest scrutiny.
Simple mathematics showed that with the moon more than 350,000 kilometres away from the surface of the earth and with the vast majority of the Great Wall being less than 10 metres wide, seeing it would be the equivalent of trying to see a human hair from a distance of 3km.
The mundane reality is that no constructed object on Earth can be seen from the moon, but there are an increasing number of objects that can be seen from space and the UAE now has a disproportionate share of them.
Just what can be seen from space depends in part on the definition of where the earth's atmosphere ends and space begins. The most popularly accepted one is known as the Karman line, which begins at an altitude of 100km above sea level, or about 11 times the height of Mount Everest.
Virgin Galactic qualifies as space flight by reaching about 110km and the minimum altitude for sustainable low-earth orbit is deemed to be 160km. The space shuttle used to orbit at about 220km and the International Space Station stays at an altitude slightly under 400km.
The irony for Yang Liwei is that he had been at an altitude of about 330km for his 14 orbits of the earth in 2003 and the American-born astronaut Ed Lu reported that he was able to see the Great Wall from the International Space Station two years earlier, but only because the sun was near the horizon so the wall cast a long shadow that made it stand out.
The general lower threshold for being able to be seen from space with the naked eye is the Great Pyramid of Giza, the base of which is 230m long on each side.
Considering that there was no single constructed object in the UAE capable of being seen from space only a generation ago, the country's emergence as one of the world centres for mega-objects is all the more impressive.
That was demonstrated in late April when the International Space Station orbited over the Middle East at night and its commander - the Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who was then a fortnight away from becoming an internet sensation with his in-space recording of the David Bowie song Space Oddity - took photographs of Dubai then posted them on Twitter.
The Palm Jumeirah was "like a trilobite in the night", he said. Two months earlier he had posted photographs of the Palm and the World islands in the daytime.
Astronauts occasionally post images of cities from space and invite their followers to guess where it was. But Hadfield didn't bother with Dubai, for which the created landscape was so distinctive and recognisable as to render the question pointless.
That distinctiveness is all the more impressive given that the UAE had barely a single object visible from space 10 years ago.
Just down the E11, Abu Dhabi now boasts several. One is Ferrari World, the roof of which covers 200,000 square metres, or about four times the footprint of the Great Pyramid of Giza. As if that didn't automatically put it in the category of being visible from space, it is also painted in Ferrari red and emblazoned with a 65m-tall version of the supercar manufacturer's Cavallino Rampante ("prancing horse") logo.
Emirates Palace, at about 400m long, also exceeds the pyramid in size but all those structures in Abu Dhabi will be dwarfed by the Midfield Terminal Complex, the replacement for Abu Dhabi's current international airport.
When it's completed in 2017, it will be Abu Dhabi's biggest building, with floor space of up to 700,000 square metres, or 13 times the footprint of the Great Pyramid.
Even when the Midfield Terminal is completed, Abu Dhabi's first object capable of being seen from space will still rate as the biggest: Lulu Island. The 424 hectare island was entirely reclaimed from the sea off the Corniche and was completed in 1992, complete with red sand brought in specifically to create dunes.
But one of the earliest and quirkiest of the UAE's seen-from-space objects is no more. In 2005, dredgers began excavating part of the southern shore of Futaisi island, south-west of Abu Dhabi island.
Over the next three years, the letters "HAMAD" were formed by canals to form a word spanning 1.6km. But in 2010, the letters began to be filled in and by May last year, they were gone, with only the signs of disturbed ground to hint at what once had been.
The notoriety of the Hamad canal reflected one of the corollaries of Google Earth's popularity. An entire culture has sprung up around the global oddities revealed by the satellite images.
Google began the habit of stating when it would be updating its imagery, prompting those seeking their 15 minutes of fame to make their mark. In 2007, what was described as a "geek weekend" took time out to lay paper in the California desert in the shape of - appropriately - space invaders.
In the desert in neighbouring Nevada the year before, fast-food purveyors KFC created what it dubbed the first "astrovertisement" - an advertisement visible from space - by using 65,000 red, white and black tiles. It took six days to construct.
But KFC's claim to the first was more than 40 years too late. On the unrelenting flatness of the Nullarbor desert in Australia, a mammoth 3.2km by 1.6km facsimile of the logo of the construction materials company Readymix was created under the transcontinental flight path. Nearly 50 years later, it's still visible, albeit far less distinct that it once was.
Others had corporate or political motivations for their own efforts to create messages that, like Peru's Nazca lines, only make sense when viewed from the sky.
Coca Cola's centenary in 1986 was commemorated in the desert of Arica in Chile by creating a 142m-long facsimile of the company's logo out of around 70,000 old bottles of the product.
Chile was also the scene of Raul Zurita's 3km-long bulldozer-created statement "Ni pena ni miedo" (Neither pain nor fear), in response to the way he suffered abuse during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
But it paled in size against the work of Australian artist Ando, who used a tractor to create what was dubbed Mundi Man, an image of a behatted stockman covering an area of four square kilometres on the Mundi Mundi plain in the Australian outback. The stockman's mouth was as long as New York's Empire State Building is tall and is still credited as the biggest artwork ever created.
Even in this category, the UAE is in the top league. Or will be if the envirionmental artist Christo receives approval for his planned installation in the desert of the Empty Quarter. The Mastaba will be a trapezoid of 410,000 oil barrels that stands 150m high and with a slightly bigger footprint than the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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With the passage of the Native American $1 Coin Act,
on September 20, 2007, the U.S. Mint began designing
a series of Sacagawea dollars with modified reverses
to further commemorate "Native Americans and the
important contributions made by Indian tribes and
individual Native Americans to the development of
the United States and the history of the United
States."[16] Unlike the Presidential $1 series, the
Native American $1 coin will be minted indefinitely.
The first Native American series coin was released
in January 2009 and has a reverse that depicts a
Native American woman sowing seeds of the "Three
Sisters", symbolizing the Indian tribes'
contributions to agriculture. Like the Presidential
Dollar, the year of issue, mint mark, and motto "E
Pluribus Unum" have be moved to the edge of the coin
to allow more room for the design.[17] Unlike the
Presidential $1 coins from before 2009, "In God We
Trust" will remain on the obverse and the vacant
space on the edge lettering will be taken up by
thirteen stars, symbolizing the Thirteen Colonies.
The act passed by Congress requires that 20% of the
total dollar coins minted in any year during the
Presidential $1 Coin Program be Sacagawea dollars
bearing the new design.
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