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The powder coating process uses very fine dry particles of resin with the pigment
color of your choice. The resin powder is applied with a spray gun similar
in concept to applying solvent based paint. The difference is this spray gun and it's resin contents are electro-statically
charged. When the resin powder is sprayed onto a part it sticks to the
metal because it's grounded, attracting charged resin powder like a magnet.
The charged powder adheres to the metal then melted by baking at 400F degrees
in special industrial sized ovens. The melted resin fuses to the metal,
providing a uniform, thick and durable finish.
The result is a beautiful glossy finish that is very resistant to chemicals,
wear and chipping, 3 times stronger than solvent based paints. Powder
coating simply provides a quality finish that can be seen and felt for years.
Solvent based wet paint application can be sensitive to weather conditions
such as temperature and humidity, resulting in varied quality with runs or orange
peeled finishes. In addition to weather, the skill of the painter can
also affect the consistency in quality. But since powder coating
uses a charged metal attraction in the coating process is more tolerant to get
a consistent high quality finishing in any weather, even with intricate parts.
Clear Coat Protection?
Powder coating can also be used as a "clear coat" to protect metal
without adding color. Examples of this are polished aluminum, stainless steal,
or brass items. Clear coating resists the natural oxidation that will
occur from exposure to the elements. A clear coat can also
be added on top of any color coat for extra luster and depth.
What Can Be Powder Coated?
All metal objects that can be electro-statically charged and withstand 400F
can be powder coated. The Powder coating process is environmentally
friendly with no solvent emissions.
Why Choose Powder Coating?
The durability and duration
of powder coating is far superior to solvent paints.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. At the beginning of World War II, aerial combat was regarded as exemplifying what obsolescent ideal?
(b) Single combat.
2. How did the military handle blunders that resulted in casualties?
(a) By ignoring them.
(b) By paying double insurance to grieving families.
(c) By attributing them to enemy action.
(d) By covering them up.
3. The rumor about German sympathizers conveying intelligence to the enemy suggested that they were relaying what type of information?
(a) Artillery locations.
(b) Air strike flight plans.
(c) Troop movements.
(d) Troop locations.
4. The author suggests that combat training replaces what other activity typical for young men?
(b) Organized sports.
5. Casualties among bombers crews would best be described as which of the following?
Short Answer Questions
1. According to one rumor, what substance was added to food served to servicemen?
2. What types of bombers were believed to be key to the war-effort?
3. How did much of the American public react to initial reports of violence, chaos and casualty figures?
4. Compared with the enlisted men, officers would best be described as which of the following?
5. How important was a rumor's accuracy and predictive success for its tendency to spread?
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SQUASH, SUMMER Approximately 300 seeds per oz.
PLANTING: Plant seeds in late spring or early summer. Place seed 1/2-1″ deep, 2-3 seeds per hill, spaced 2-3′ apart. After
emergence, thin to one healthy plant. Seed can also be planted in peat pots or Pro-trays and transplanted.
HARVEST: Pick squash regularly to ensure a steady supply. Best flavor when fruits are small, 4-6″ long and skin is still
tender and easily punctured with finger nail. Use in many ways.
You will need 2 oz of seeds per 100′ row or 4 lbs per acre. PKT size: about 30 seeds or 1/8 oz.
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What is phonics?
Children are taught to read by breaking down words into separate sounds or ‘phonemes’. They are then taught how to blend these sounds together to read the whole word; c-a-t = cat. There are around 40 different sounds. At Ropsley CE Primary School we use The Read Write Inc Phonics Scheme to help us to teach phonics systematically. We hold a phonics information early into your child's first year in school to keep you informed and show you exactly how a phonics session is taught and to support you if you wish to help your child at home. Most of the children in year 1 in our school will have a discrete phonics lesson. Some children may need further support and discrete phonics lessons will continue as long as necessary.
The Year 1 screening check
What is the screening?
Every Year 1 child in the country will be taking the statutory phonics screening check in the same week. The check is very similar to tasks the children already complete during phonics lessons.
What will the children do?
Based on last year we estimate that each check will take 4 to 9 minutes to complete. They will be asked to ‘sound out’ a word and blend the sounds together. e.g. d-o-g – dog
The check will consist of 40 words and non-words. Children will be told if the word is a real or ‘alien’ word, with a corresponding alien image.
How will it be administered?
The class teacher will conduct all of the screening checks with the children. The children will complete the check one to one in a quiet area of the school. We are not permitted to indicate to the children at the time whether they have correctly sounded out and / or blended the word.
And the results….?
Children will be scored against a national standard. We will inform you of whether they fall below or within this standard, and all children will receive a certificate for taking part. If your child’s score falls below the national standard they can re-take the Phonics Screening Check in year 2.
When will it happen?
The screening will take place throughout the week beginning Monday 13th June. It has been designed so that children of all abilities will be able to take part.
How can you help?
Encourage them to use their sounds and actions to find the sound they need. Children can practise their phonics by playing games online. The children may like - ‘poopdeck pirates’ or ‘picnic on Pluto’.
REMEMBER: Phonics is not the only way you become a good reader. Continue to read with your child each night and encourage them to:
Sound out, re-read to check it makes sense, and use pictures for clues.
Ask questions about the book;
And most importantly ENJOY READING!
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Composer uses music to help children heal from trauma of war
Nigel Osborne is considered one of Britain’s most important contemporary composers. His works have been performed by orchestras around the globe, from the Berlin Symphony to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. But Osborne has also spent the last several decades using music to help children heal from the trauma of conflict. He began in Sarajevo and most recently has worked with Syrian refugees. Osborne joins us to discuss how music can prevent conflict and help bring about healing.
(photo: screen shot of video of children who are survivors of the Balkan conflicts playing.)
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Algae in excessive amounts can be detrimental to your pond’s health – to the marine life residing in your pond and to the environment surrounding it. While algae control can easily be handled with chemicals, it isn’t necessarily the best solution. The best solution would always be go as natural as possible so as not to upset the eco-balance in the environment. And as saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” it will always be better to take care of algae growth before it becomes a problem. We have listed five natural ways to prevent excessive algae growth below:
While algae are a normal occurrence in ponds and lakes, there are ways to prevent it from getting out of control or reproducing in large amounts. Here are some tips:
1. Use algae-eating aquatic animals.
Nature has provided lots of ways to make sure our ecosystem remains balanced. There are aquatic animals that eat algae while leaving aquatic plants alone. There are algae-eating shrimps known as Caridina multidentata, algae-eating snails called Nerites that are great for eating algae from smooth rocks and algae-eating fish like the loriacariid catfish famously known as suckermouths or plecs. You can also use live bearing fish like mollies.
2. Make strategic use of plants.
Algae need the sun to be able to feed and grow. You can use floating plants to block some of your pond’s light source so it can starve of nutrients and discourage algae growth. Well-placed plants at the bottom of your pond will also help keep your nitrate and phosphate water levels low.
3. Have pond fountains.
A key to ensure that oxygen is continuously introduced in your pond water is to have flowing water go through it. A fountain will help ensure oxygen is introduced to the water continuously, which aids the ability of the pond to break down organic matter more quickly.
4. Have physical barriers around your pond.
Fertilizer run-offs are a common cause of encouraging excessive algae growth. By installing physical barriers around your pond, you are securing your water from receiving fertilizers that can leech off from the ground.
5. Use LLMO
Beneficial bacteria help decompose sludge that can contribute to excessive nutrients in the water encouraging algae growth. It also helps improve water quality by decreasing the pathogenic or bad bacteria and increasing dissolved oxygen in the pond water.
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Plagiarism checker is a tool to check the plagiarism within a minute in the written article. In this era of the world, it is effortless to check plagiarism in the reports. A lot of tools are available on the internet to check the purity of the work. We can use plagiarism checker to check your academy work.
You can find plagiarism in any field like scientific papers and novels etc. Plagiarized data is not acceptable at anywhere. By monitoring the piracy, you will know about the purity of your information then you can rewrite or pure your data by different methods.
Detection of plagiarism is of two types. It can be manual or software based. Manual is a severe type of plagiarism checking in which a lot of data is compared for verification, or the original document compares it. It requires a lot of time to check. Software-based is very easy and a quick. We can test a collection of papers in software at a time. Software-based is very helpful for us. Plagiarism detection has two types.
- External plagiarism checker
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These are the methods which are using for the plagiarism checking all over.
Fingerprinting (This is widely approach method all over the world for plagiarism detection. This method works by selecting a set of multiple substrings from an article. It shows digests of an article.)
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Performance (This method works by comparing the different articles. By comparing we can check the plagiarism. All these methods depend on the textual similarity.
A lot of websites on the internet are offering the plagiarism checker tool, but many of them are not workable. They do not give you the proper result. Those tools give you the wrong result, and then your work by the article are effect by this. Our website freeseosolution is also providing this tool in a better condition than others. By merely pasting your article in the box you can check the plagiarism of your data. Our website tool plagiarism checker will give you the accurate result. You can use this tool without any hesitation. It will not give you any deceive.
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Devastation detectives try to solve dinosaur disappearanceScience News, January 2017
Below the shimmering turquoise waters of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula lies the scene of a prehistoric mass murder. In a geologic instant, most animal and plant species perished. Drilling through hundreds of meters of rock, investigators have finally reached the footprint left by the accused: Earth’s most notorious space rock impact, Chicxulub. The dinosaur killer.
A feature article about new clues about the apocalyptic final days of the dinosaurs, including the first direct victims of the Chicxulub impact. Lead feature in a special issue on the K-Pg extinction. Cover story of issue. The special issue co-won the 2017 Eddie award for full-issue consumer magazine in science or technology.
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University of Phoenix Material
Week One Quiz
Choose the correct option for each question.
1. Chromosomes consist of large, double-stranded molecules of:
a. deoxyribonucleic acid.
b. ribonucleic acid.
c. autosomal genes.
d. recombination genes.
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the many ways that genes can affect behavior?
a. Genes may affect neurotransmitter levels or receptors.
b. Genes can act indirectly by making it more likely you will be raised in a particular environment.
c. Genes themselves cause behavior without any influence of the environment.
d. Genes produce proteins that may make it more likely for a person to become addicted.
Unaffected sensation and motor control
8. Units of heredity that maintain their structural identity from one generation to another are:
c. nucleic acids.
9. Color vision deficiency is more common in males than in females because it is controlled by a:
a. sex-limited gene.
b. Y-linked gene.
c. dominant X-linked gene.
d. recessive X-linked gene.
10. The central nervous system is composed of:
a. the brain and spinal cord.
b. all the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord.
c. the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
d. the somatic and autonomic nervous systems.
11. Almost all humans have 23 pairs of which of the following?
12. In one family, all three children are homozygous for a recessive gene. What can be concluded about the parents?
a. Each parent is also homozygous for the recessive gene.
b. Each parent is heterozygous.
c. One parent is homozygous for the dominant gene; the other is homozygous for the recessive gene.
d. Each parent is either homozygous for the recessive gene or heterozygous.
13. If the spinal cord is cut at a given segment, the brain loses sensation at:
a. that segment only.
b. that segment and all segments above it.
c. that segment and all segments below it.
d. all other segments.
14. Changes in single genes are called:
15. Cortical blindness may result from the destruction of:
a. any part of the cortex.
b. the occipital cortex.
c. the parietal cortex.
d. the central sulcus.
16. Damage to the ____ often causes people to lose their social inhibitions and to ignore the rules of polite conduct.
a. corpus callosum
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Steaphen F. Austin
How Austin got a colony
The F. stands for Fuller. He was born in Virginia. H was born November 3, 1793, he died on December 27, 1836. He was a empresario. He led a colony of 300 families and 200,000 acers, his dad started to do this and then he died.So Austin took over after his dad died.
He had a dad , sister, and a brother.his dad is moses Austin,his sister was Emily Austin,and his brother wasJames E. B. Austin. His dadwas going to run the colony then he died and Stephen took over. His sister was a Texas settler.His brotherwas a Texas settler also.
What helped me find my information
New Perspectives On The West
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The population development of Gwandu as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).
|Gwandu||Local Government Area||107,429||151,077||206,000|
Source: National Population Commission of Nigeria (web), National Bureau of Statistics (web).
Explanation: The population projection assumes the same rate of growth for all LGAs within a state. The undercount of the 1991 census is estimated to be about 25 million. All population figures for Nigeria show high error rates; census results are disputed.
Further information about the population structure:
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It will soon be time to start transplants of our warm season vegetables and flowers. Now is a good time to purchase seeds and seed starting supplies such as growing media, seeding flats, and heating mats. Special trays with clear plastic covers provide a moist seed germinating environment.
When it’s cold outside and you’re curled up next to the fire, pull out some graft paper and start planning your summer garden. Remember to rotate your plants – don’t plant the same vegetable in the same place for two consecutive seasons.
Never gardened before? Check out our Gardening Workshop on May 2nd.
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Informational (nonfiction), 750 words, Spanish Level O (Grade 2), Lexile 650L
In Asthma, readers learn about a disease that affects millions of people around the world. The book discusses the different causes of attacks, how asthma affects the lungs, and how people keep asthma under control. The book also gives examples of successful people who have asthma. Photographs, diagrams, and graphs support the text.
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Virginia Frog & Toad ID Guide | Frog Development Chart | Frog Calling Schedules | Frog Call Quiz ... Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad ... New Species *.
Wyoming toad... Anaxyrus boreas [popup] Western Toad... Anaxyrus californicus [ popup] ... Red-spotted Toad... Anaxyrus quercicus [popup] Oak Toad.
Frog species are grouped by the habitat in which you are most likely to find them. To find out more about the frogs found in Central Florida, click on the thumbnail ...
Identify the frog and toad visitors to your garden with this handy guide to North American species.
This page is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to Pennsylvania frogs and toads. It is merely a collection of photos that we have gathered. The images ...
TREE FROGS AND RELATIVES (Family Hylidae) Northern Cricket Frog Photo by Todd Pierson Northern and Southern Cricket Frog · Acris crepitans
The frogs of Massachusetts come in many colors, and they inhabit a variety of habitats, from lakes to trees to woodlands. The 10 species in Massachusetts ...
Frogs and Toads 20 species in Maryland. Photo of Upland Chorus Frog, courtesy of John White Frogs and toads are amphibians that do not typically have a tail ...
Frogs & Toads Of Pennsylvania. Eastern Cricket Frog. Acris crepitans. Eastern American Toad ... Hyla chrysoscelis. Eastern Gray Treefrog. Hyla versicolor ...
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Ammonium acetate is an inorganic chemical compound. Its IUPAC name is ammonium ethanoate. When in aqueous solution, the substance is often called spirit of Mindererus. Ammonium acetate CAS number is 631-61-8, its chemical formula can be written in two ways: C2H7NO2 and NH4CH3CO2.
The compound itself is a white solid with orthorhombic crystal structure and highly hygroscopic. It dissolves easily in cold water and decomposes in hot. Besides, ammonium acetate is soluble in alcohol, acetone, sulfur dioxide, and liquid ammonia. Here are some more characteristics of the substance:
- density: 1.17 g/cm3;
- molar mass: 77.08 g·mol−1;
- melting point: 113 °C;
- flash point: 136 °C.
The chemical is considered hazardous, as it irritates human tissues.
Production and Uses
There are two methods of ammonium acetate production. According to the first one, acetic acid is neutralized with ammonium carbonate. The second includes saturation of glacial acetic acid with ammonia.
Ammonium acetate uses are not very diverse. It usually serves as basic catalyst for Henry reactions. The substance is also used to create a buffer solution, since it is the salt of a weak acid. It is an important reagent in different chemical reactions. In food industry, the compound is applied to control the acidity and alkalinity of foods.
You do not need now to spend your precious time on searching consumables for your lab as you can buy ammonium acetate and many other chemicals at compatible price on our website Brumer.com. We care about our customers and offer you only certified high-quality products for your laboratory needs.
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The Search for Life in the Universe
A general science course designed to be accessible to students not majoring in science. An overview of modern scientific thought on the possibility of life beyond Earth and the current research being done to find it; the likeliest locations of life in our Solar System; the hunt for planets around other stars; the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Laboratories on alternate weeks; practical work includes observations with campus telescopes.
- Minimum second-year standing.
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Mz 14.1 Kabatiella zeae
|PATHOGEN: Kabatiella zeae (syn: Aureobasidium zeae)|
|HOST: Maize (Zea mays)|
|COMMON NAME: eyespot|
|METHOD: Mz 14.1 Culture Plate (formerly Cf 11.1)|
|METHOD CLASS: REGULATED NON-SEEDBORNE PEST|
|SAMPLE: : 400 seeds|
1. Randomly select 400 seeds; 4 replicates of 100.
2. Wash thoroughly in running water to remove chemical seed treatment.
3. Immerse seeds in 1.0% (v/v) solution of sodium hypochlorite for 3 minutes. Triple rinse with sterile water.
4. Aseptically place seeds on 4% malt agar, usually 5 to 10 seeds per petri plate.
5. Inoculate one plate per replicate with a known culture of K. zeae.
6. Incubate samples at 25°C with 12 hours of light per day for 7 days.
7. Examine the plates for colonies typical of K. zeae.
8. Suspect mycelium and/or fruiting bodies should be examined under magnification to confirm the identity.
McGee, D. C. 1988. Maize Diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, MN
CABI. Crop Protection Compendium cabi.org/cpc/datasheet/29297
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In financial management managers decisions in the light of three corporate decisions, Investment decision, financing decisions and asset management decisions. Manager should be judicious and visionary to take such types of decision. Factors influencing financial decisions are discussed in two different ways. These are:
1. Internal Factor.
2. External Factor.
*Internal Factors are:
1. Nature of business.
2. Size of business.
3. Structure of business.
4. Structure of assets.
5. Possibility of earning consisting profit.
6. Economic life of business.
7. Legal structure of business.
8. Regulatory of loan contract.
9. Approach to the management.
10. Business cycle.
*External Factors are:
1. Economical conditions.
2. Tax policy.
3. Government control.
4. Capital structure and financial market.
Internal factors regarding financial decision are very crucial for the future of business. Internal factor dynamics consist the all significant elements to boost up the total organization financing policy. Some internal factors which are the influencing the financial decisions are:
1. Natural of business: Natural of business impacts on financial and dividend policy decision. Is the organization retain the money or declared the dividend to shareholders depend on the nature of business.
2. Size of Business: Large size of organization invests more money to acquire fixed assets due to its huge capital. But sole proprietorship firm cannot do same.
3. Structure of assets: Structure of assets is another element to receive finance from the financial institutions. So firm should keep both long term and assets for enjoy financing from the possible sources.
4. Economic life of business: people keep faith on old business entry rather than newly formed entity. That’s why possible investor invested money to the old one. The newly formed firm declared progressive policy for the investor.
5. Legal structure of business: Legal entity of the business is another phenomenon to deliver finance decision. Sole proprietorship firm cannot finance its else from the stock market.
6. Regulatory of loan contract: To receive loan from the financial market and pay its interest is another influential factor of financing decision.
7. Business cycle: It’s a life cycle of a business. In different stage it reflects differently and decision has according to this stage.
8. Approach to the management: Is the management approach is aggressive or conservative towards the business decision is another important factor of financing decision.
Business firm cannot be alienated from the society it is an integral part of the society and its other sociological parameters. External factors influencing the financial decisions are-
1. Political and economic condition: Government stability, political and business ethics, economic stability, inflation, degree of international indebtedness, financial structure, level of the import restrictions, remittance restrictions are the significant aspects of external decision making.
2. Tax policy: Tax policy heavily influences the local and foreign investment decisions. Strict tax policy discourage investment on the other hand tax incentive, tax exemption and invest allowance and easy tax submission fuel the investment.
3. Capital Market: Strong money and capital market provide money with less cost and financing form the stock market can influence the decision also.
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4.NS.6: Write tenths and hundredths in decimal and fraction notations. Use words, models, standard form and expanded form to represent
decimal numbers to hundredths. Know the fraction and decimal equivalents for halves and fourths (e.g., 1/2 = 0.5 = 0.50, 7/4 = 1 3/4 = 1.75).
4.NS.7: Compare two decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size based on the same whole. Record the results of comparisons
with the symbols >, =, or < , and justify the conclusions (e.g. by using a visual model).
In fourth grade students are introduced to decimals. Students seem to grasp this concept better than fractions. We worked on understanding what a a decimal is and how to represent decimals with manipulatives, pictures, and on a number line. Students will write decimals in standard form, word form, expanded form, and as a fraction. These are the same forms students practiced writing whole numbers in earlier in the year.
We will also learn how to compare decimals. We will work on comparing decimals with manipulatives, pictures, and on number lines.
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What is the difference between an absolute path and a relative path in Unix?
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Fusion or close approach of the lobes of the ears in otocephaly.
- synovial bursa,
- synovial crypt
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Cyclopia is very frequently associated with the absence of both the internal and external ear, and with synotia (joined ears).Degeneracy|Eugene S. Talbot
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Crohn’s disease causes inflammation in part of your digestive system. Crohn's can affect any part of it, but most often it affects your small intestine and colon.. Crohn's and another disease ...
Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes stomach cramping. Find out more about Crohn’s disease symptoms, diet, and treatment.
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Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation anywhere along the digestive tracts. Symptoms of Crohn's disease include abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, and weight loss. Diet may trigger Crohn's disease flare ups. Several medications are available to treat Crohn's disease; however, there is no cure.
Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus. Signs and symptoms often include abdominal pain, diarrhea (which may be bloody if inflammation is severe), fever, and weight loss. Other complications may occur outside the gastrointestinal tract and include anemia, skin rashes, arthritis, inflammation of the...
Crohn's Disease Definition Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), resulting in swelling and dysfunction of the intestinal tract. Description Crohn's disease involves inflammation of the intestine, especially the small intestine. Inflammation refers to swelling, redness, and loss of normal function. There is evidence that the ...
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This handbook is a guide to using satellite telecommunication systems and is provided as an attachment to the Guide to the WMO Information System (WMO-No. 1061). It is intended for scientists and managers who are considering using satellite communications to collect data from remote instrumentation located either on land or at sea. The handbook aims to provide an overview of the state of the market at the time of writing (April 2018) so that users can quickly identify which satellite services are appropriate for their needs. Since the market is evolving rapidly, an online version will be made available via the WMO website (https:// wiswiki .wmo .int/ Satcom -Guide) and kept up to date as new systems are introduced to the market and older ones are retired.
Format: Digital (Free)
ISBN (or other code): 978-92-63-11223-1
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As outlined in the prologue, roots and routes form a central part in exploring aspects of the relationship between rugby union and globalization. As Hall (1990) has noted, this shows how identity should be seen as belonging as much to the future as it does to the past. This clearly illustrates the quest to move beyond rigid conceptions of identity and also points to how in an increasingly globalized age our identities are more likely to be provisional, contingent and relatively unfixed. In social identities research it is clear that collective identities tend to focus on issues of similarity whereas individual identities focus more on difference. As MacClancy (1996) has noted, sports are embodied practices through which new meanings can be established (see also, Harris and Parker, 2009). Looking at aspects of the local and global in a particular sport presents fertile ground for further examining the connectedness between roots and routes in varied contexts and within the wider discourse of globalization.
KeywordsOlive Tree Global Flow National Team Rugby League Rugby Union
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The earliest recorded recipe is found in Miss Leslie’s Ladies Receipt Book, published in 1847. The first strawberry shortcakes were made with heavy pastry that was similar to pie crust but thicker.
Shortcake is a basic baking powder biscuit dough that has been slightly sweetened. For the flakiest shortcakes, use very cold butter.
After baking, the biscuit is split apart and filled with strawberries that had been mashed and sweetened. The strawberries were put in between the two “crusts”, to make sort of a sandwich. Then, the whole thing was covered with a sugared frosting.
If you have never tried to make Strawberry Shortcake, grab our recipe and let us know how much you and your family enjoyed this yummy dessert!
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Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2001 July 15
Explanation: The strangest moon in the Solar System is bright yellow. This picture, showing Io's true colors, was taken in 1999 July by the Galileo spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter. Io's colors derive from sulfur and molten silicate rock. The unusual surface of Io is kept very young by its system of active volcanoes. The intense tidal gravity of Jupiter stretches Io and damps wobbles caused by Jupiter's other Galilean moons. The resulting friction greatly heats Io's interior, causing molten rock to explode through the surface. Io's volcanoes are so active that they are effectively turning the whole moon inside out. Some of Io's volcanic lava is so hot it glows in the dark.
Authors & editors:
Jerry Bonnell (USRA)
NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC
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Music Education: Why? What? How? = Musiekopvoeding: Waarom? Wat? Hoe? Papers Presented at the National Music Educators Conference (Pretoria, South Africa, April 9-12, 1990).
Hauptfleisch, Sarita, Ed.; And Others – 1991
This collection of papers was presented at a South African national music educators conference. The conference set forth educators' concern about the current crisis in music education in South Africa. The critical state is summarized under two headings: (1) the law and abating status accorded to music education within general education; (2) the…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Experimental Research in TV Instruction. Proceedings of an International Conference (4th, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, September 28-30, 1981). Volume 4.
Baggaley, Jon, Ed.; Janega, Patti, Ed. – 1981
An introduction by Jon Baggaley provides background information on this international conference and its participants, and introduces 10 papers which were presented. The papers are as follows: (1) "Teaching Production Research and Design: The Interface of Theory and Practice" (James M. Linton); (2) "The Impact of Television on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Audience Analysis, Educational Television
Experimental Research in TV Instruction. Proceedings of an International Conference (5th, St. John's, Newfoundland, June 28-30, 1982). Volume 5.
Baggaley, Jon, Ed.; Janega, Patti, Ed. – 1982
An introduction briefly summarizes the four previous conferences in this series, identifies trends in topics addressed, and introduces the 16 presented papers in this collection. The papers are as follows: (1) "Formative Evaluation and the New Technologies" (Marjorie Cambre); (2) "Formative Evaluation of Sesame Street Using Eye…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Audience Analysis, Educational Television, Evaluation Methods
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Kamchatka Berry ’Karina’
Kamchatka Berry ’Karina’ (Lonicera kamtchatica ’Karina’)
A shrub that fruits the earliest. The fruit appears even before strawberries and raspberries.
A Kamchatka berry is a long-lived shrub growing up to 1.5 m, fruiting for up to 30 years! The first fruit in the garden ripens in late May / early June in the first year after planting. Frostproof shrub. Juicy, tasty, sweet and sour fruit that has many recognized medicinal properties. In order to improve the yield, at least two different varieties should be planted next to each other that would pollinate each other. Between 2 and 5 kilograms of fruit can be harvested from the bush. It fruits in the first year after planting!
It does not require acidic soil – can be planted in ordinary garden soil in a sunny / partially shaded spot, every 1-1.5 meter.
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Classroom Identification Code (Location): Roster
Classroom Identification Code defines a unique number or alphanumeric code assigned to a room by a school, school system, state, or other agency or entity. Locations represent the physical space where students gather for a particular class/section. The location may be an indoor or outdoor area designated for the purpose of meeting the educational needs of students. This data is collected at the school level. SIS vendors and schools may default this value to ‘unknown’ if this code is not currently collected or maintained.
USES: This data element links a class to the location where it's being taught.
FAQs, Details, and Points to Note
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Ever notice Twitter accounts with the little blue check? In the beginning, they were to protect high profile celebrities from impostors creating fake accounts. These little blue checks became common on the pages of celebrities. Now you see them more often on the pages of large brands, journalists, and government agencies. The purpose of verification is to establish authenticity of identities on Twitter.
The verification badge helps users discover high-quality sources of information and trust that a legitimate source is authoring the account’s Tweets. Therefore, it should be commonplace for schools and districts to have verified accounts. We know that protecting stakeholders from potential dangers and chaos is paramount. The badge can help prevent being trolled by fake accounts.
One of the many things schools and districts worry about when starting a social media page is trolling. Trolls are people who post inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages on social media with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response and causing general trouble on social platforms. Still the online presence of education entities continues to grow. Many schools have implemented social media policies and educate their students in digital citizenship. The verification badge can help keep your Twitter account from getting trolled.
Don’t have a lot of followers? No worries. Follower count is not a factor in determining whether an account meets Twitter’s criteria for verification.
How to get your Twitter account verified:
1. Be sure your page and website are linked. There should be a link from Twitter account to your website and a link from your website to your Twitter account. You can embed a follow button on your website to make it easy for users to go from your website to your official Twitter page.
2. You should also include links to Twitter from your other social media accounts. All of these links will help verify your authenticity.
3. Put in the request, gather the following information and send it to [email protected].
– Twitter account handle
– District or School name
– Two contact names with titles and emails
– URL of your main website as well as a URL with your Twitter handle listed
4. Once you send this information, you should receive a response from Twitter to let you know that they will consider your request. This process most likely involves making sure that your account is authentic, and your managers are properly using the social media channel.
5. If your request is approved, you will see a little blue check appear on your account a few days later.
There is no set time because Twitter doesn’t openly accept requests for verification from the general public. A few school districts, like Blue Valley Schools in Overland Park, Kansas and Park Hill in Kansas City, Missouri have proved this method successful. There is no guarantee that your account will be approved, but it’s worth a try.
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Shell (3.5e Template)
From D&D Wiki
Shells are the animated bones of the dead, mindless automatons that obey the orders of their Animancer Masters.
A shell is seldom garbed in anything more than the deteriorating remnants of any clothing or armor it was wearing when slain. A shell does only what it is ordered to do. It can draw no conclusions of its own and takes no initiative. Because of this limitation, its instructions must always be simple. A shell attacks until destroyed.
Creating a Shell
“Shell” is an acquired template that can be added to any corporeal creature (other than an Deathless) that has a skeletal system (referred to hereafter as the base creature).
Size and Type: The creature’s type changes to Deathless. It retains any subtype except for alignment subtypes (such as good) and subtypes that indicate kind. It does not gain the augmented subtype. It uses all the base creature’s statistics and special abilities except as noted here.
Hit Dice: Drop any Hit Dice gained from class levels (to a minimum of 1) and raise remaining Hit Dice to d12s. If the creature has more than 20 Hit Dice, it can’t be made into a shell by the Raise Deathless spell.
Speed: Winged shells can’t use their wings to fly. If the base creature flew magically, so can the shells.
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Attacks: A shell retains all the natural weapons, manufactured weapon attacks, and weapon proficiencies of the base creature, except for attacks that can’t work without flesh. A creature with hands gains one claw attack per hand; the shell can strike with each of its claw attacks at its full attack bonus. A shell’s base attack bonus is equal to 1/2 its Hit Dice.
Damage: Natural and manufactured weapons deal damage normally. A claw attack deals damage depending on the shell’s size. (If the base creature already had claw attacks with its hands, use the shell claw damage only if it’s better.)
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Special Attacks: A shell retains none of the base creature’s special attacks.
Special Qualities: A shell loses most special qualities of the base creature. It retains any extraordinary special qualities that improve its melee or ranged attacks. A shell gains the following special qualities.
Immunity to Cold (Ex): shells are not affected by cold.
Skills: A shells has no skills.
Environment: Any, usually same as base creature.
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The New York Times’ choice of words tells much about history and the media. As seen before, their Chronicle shows great snapshots of the newspaper’s wording evolution.
Here, a few more cases.
As Robert Fisk
once noted, the media now rely more on what officials said, rather than sourcing news by themselves. That’s a confirmation:
Money and knowledge in crises
Though in general money and knowledge move in the same directions, money moves in greater magnitudes. Also, notice that in the Great Depression, as well as in the Great Recession, the NYT mentioned money less frequently. And the opposite happened during stagflation in the 70s.
Inflation and unemployment
Mentions of unemployment and inflation went in different directions before the 70s: right until the economy happened to have both. But it was a short period and right now there’re no mutual relations (at least, in wording).
In- and equality
Inequality never was an issue for the NYT. Even in the late 20s, when inequality was extremely high. So, it’s a new topic. Meanwhile, previous mentions of equality are generally associated with civil rights movements, as in the 60s.
“Make war, not love”
At its peak, war themes took up to 30% of the newspaper materials. But local wars, like Iraq and Afghanistan, never draw so much attention.
Referring to minorities
A similar graph was in the previous post, but here changes in wording are clearer. Especially right after the Civil War, when politicians no longer needed support from the black population, and one hundred years later, when politicians and media had to update their vocabulary.
Sports becoming more popular
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Summer can sometimes be when you tend to have a little bit of spare time on your hands, and why not invest that into learning a new skill? The summer holidays are the perfect time to start music lessons. It’s the time when the young ones are off school, and eager to find something to do. Music lessons are great as it keeps them occupied and gives them a focus. With children, it’s important to keep their mind stimulated, and during the holidays when they’re not learning anything new for a while, music lessons can be the ideal solution.
There are so many reasons why music lessons are great for kids. The sense of accomplishment and achievement is really fulfilling and helps their confidence grow massively. Learning how to play a musical instrument sets them ahead with some good basic life skills, like wanting to improve, and working hard for good results. Being passionate and having the desire to do better is a really good quality to have at a young age and can get them into good habits.
The best thing about music lessons for kids, is that it builds their confidence when they start to see an improvement in themselves. They have to remember a lot of information and recognise patterns, as well as taking feedback on board in order to improve. This helps for better memory and concentration, and also improves patience. Another great thing about the process of going through music lessons for kids, is meeting new people, which can be really good for their social skills.
Learning to play a musical instrument is all about practice and taking your time and being patient – practice makes perfect! To cover basic skills and learn how to play a few simple tunes, it doesn’t actually take that long. You can make progress quite quickly, but that being said, some instruments are of course easier to play than other. For example, a lot of people say that violins are one of the most difficult musical instruments to get to grips with, and it can take a lot longer to learn. However, there are instruments like guitar, piano, or the flute that tend to be a bit easier for people to pick up. So, if your child is looking to start music lessons, these may be some of the better options to go for.
Here at Music For You, we provide lessons in several musical instruments. These include: Piano, keyboard, clarinet, saxophone, and flute. Stuart teaches people of all different abilities with these instruments. So whether your child has years of experience or no experience at all, why not get them taking lessons this summer? If it sounds like something you would be interested in, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us on 01704 568 369 or 07787 551 359 or you can send an email to [email protected] and we will get the ball rolling!
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Form colonies in mountainous terrain, in rock slides, talus slopes, and large boulders near meadows or vegetation patches. Usually above timberline but occasionally in forested valleys and near sea level (MacDonald and Jones 1987). Near Lake Louise, pikas were found in a forested valley of white spruce-birch- willow more than 180m from talus; burrows were in rocks scattered among the trees (Rausch 1962).
MacDonald, S.O. and C. Jones. 1987. Ochotona collaris. Am. Soc. Mammal. Mammal. Species, No. 281.
Rausch, R. L. 1962. Notes on the collared pika, Ochotona collaris (Nelson), in Alaska. Murrelet 42: 22-24.
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Collective unconsciousCollective unconscious
is a term that was originally coined by Carl Jung
. He distinguished the collective unconscious from the personal unconscious, which is particular to each human being. The collective unconscious refers to that part of a person's unconscious which is common to all human beings. It is made up archetypes, which are forms or symbols that are manifested by all people in all cultures. Some say that this borders on metaphysics
and thus is a major difference between Jung and his mentor, Sigmund Freud
Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 17.
Princeton University Press, 1970. 235 p. (p. 1-35).
- The Development of Personality
- Psychic conflicts in a child.
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Funds flow statement is one of the tool of management accountant. Hence, it helps many ways to the management and outsiders.
Uses, Benefits, Significance & Importance of Fund flow statement
The following are the uses, significance or benefits of funds flow statement.
1. The financial resources of the company are analyzed in detail and disclose the changes made between the two balance sheet dates.
2. It gives an answer to the question of there is an inadequate liquid cash position in spite of business making more and more profits.
3. It shows the extent funds were received the ways of usage for a specific period.
4. It shows the possibility of paying more dividend than current earnings or paying normal dividend in the presence of net loss for the period.
5. The cost of capital of the business can be computed on the basis of the sources of funds flow statement.
6. It shows the usage of earned profits of the current year.
7. The sources of previous year funds flow statement may act as a guide for getting funds for future requirements.
8. Sometimes, the company has high liquid cash position even though, there is a net loss for the specific period. The reason for such position is find out through funds flow statement.
9. The application of funds can provide a basis for selection of investment proposals or future capital expenditure decisions.
10. The overall credit worthiness of the company can find out on seeing the funds flow statement.
11. The strength and weakness of financial position of the company are identified on seeing the funds flow statement.
12. It helps the management to allot the inadequate resources to meet the requirements of business at productive level.
13. It highlights the financial consequences of business operation.
14. It tests the effective use of working capital by the management during a particular period.
15. It helps the management to frame or change the financial policy of the company.
16. It suggests ways to improve working capital position of the company.
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Stony Brook Women’s Health is a full service gynecological center. Not only do we perform long island abortions, but we provide an array of services for women. One of the many things we suggest to patients is that they receive a mammogram at some point. It is a very important part of women’s health, and should not be overlooked.
What is a Mammogram?
A mammogram is an examination used for detecting any abnormalities or changes of the breasts. Low x-rays are used in the examination to check for breast cancer. We suggest that women start getting bi-annual mammograms after age 40.
What Are the Different Types of Mammograms
There are two different mammograms that can be performed.
- Screening mammograms: These are more routine mammograms. They are done in order to diagnose any possible changes in the breast tissue. These types of abnormalities can eventually lead to breast cancer. If screened regularly, you have a better chance of catching breast cancer in its early stages.
- Diagnostic mammograms: If an abnormality has been discovered, a diagnostic mammogram will be performed. This will also be done if the size or the shape of your breast has changed at all. Diagnostic mammograms last longer than screening mammograms since they are meant to better detect the changes in breast tissue. During a diagnostic mammogram, more images of the breasts are taken from different angles.
What Happens During a Mammogram?
Mammograms take about 20 minutes. Your breasts are gently placed between an x-ray plate and a plastic plate. This is done because it spreads the breast tissue in order to get the best image. While this process may be slightly uncomfortable, it only lasts a few seconds. 2 images will be taken of your breasts, one from above, and one from the side. When you go for a mammogram, be sure that you are prepared. Here is a short checklist of what you should do at your mammogram appointment:
- Do not get a mammogram if you are menstruating.
- Avoid getting a mammogram if you are premenstrual. During this time, your breasts could be swollen and tender, which will make for a more uncomfortable experience for you.
- When you go to your appointment, make sure you are not wearing any deodorant, perfume, or powder under your arms or around your breasts. This could interfere with the results of your exam.
- If you have breast implants, tell your x-ray technician. Implants often hide genuine breast tissue from the x-ray which will make it difficult to spot any abnormalities.
How Often Should a Woman Have a Mammograms?
Once you turn 40, it is a good idea to have a mammogram once every 2 years. However, we recommend that you examine your breasts on your own as well. If you feel any lumps or other abnormalities in your breasts, you should consult your doctor immediately. Your doctor may suggest having mammograms performed more regularly if you have a history of breast cancer in your family.
Don’t be nervous about getting a mammogram. It is one of the best things you can do to make sure you stay healthy. If you do notice any abnormalities, getting regularly scheduled mammograms are your best chance of detecting the cancer early. If you have any more questions about mammograms, or wish to schedule an appointment for an exam, call Stony Brook Women’s Health anytime.
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Sharing the Road
Teaching Your Teen to Drive
Trucks and other large or slow vehicles
Watch your blind spots – the “no-zones.” Large trucks have blind spots, or no-zones, around the front, back, and sides of the vehicle. These no-zones make it difficult for the driver to see you. Give them room and expect their speed to be less than the posted speed limit, especially on steep hills.
Streetcars are passenger vehicles that operate on fixed rails on public streets. The vehicles can operate in mixed traffic and/or a separate right of way. Typically the same size as an articulated bus, the streetcar holds more passengers and operates at average speeds of 25 to 35 miles per hour. Streetcar operating speeds are similar to local buses, not exceeding the posted speed limit and keeping up with flow of traffic. Drivers should adhere to observed traffic signs and watch for moving streetcars. Use extra caution when passing a stopped streetcar as passengers may be entering or exiting
- Parking along a streetcar route: District law prohibits parking, stopping or standing a vehicle on or within a streetcar guide-way or adjacent to a streetcar platform. A vehicle in violation of this law shall be subject to a fine and removal or impounding. When parking along a streetcar route:
- Do not park on tracks
- Park your vehicle within the solid white line
- Check for approaching streetcars when opening vehicle doors
- Double-parking is illegal
Always treat motorcycle operators with courtesy. Leave plenty of extra space between your vehicle and a motorcycle. Motorcycles can usually stop in shorter distances and may suddenly swerve to avoid obstacles. Before changing lanes, check to see if a motorcycle is in your blind spot or in the space where you plan to move. After you pass, look again before you move back into the other lane. At intersections, motorcycles’ smaller size makes it difficult to judge their distance and speed; an oncoming motorcycle is probably much closer and coming much faster than it appears.
Work zones can be very dangerous, especially when traveling on the highway. It’s important to be alert and prepared to slow down or stop. Slowing down and allowing others to merge will ensure a safe passage through work zones. Remember this tip on work zone safety:
- Stay alert: Work zones are busy places where construction vehicles and workers are always moving. Be alert, and stay on the safe path that is designated throughout the work zone.
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French: Mégapode de Layard German: Layard-Großfußhuhn Spanish: Talégalo de Nuevas Hébridas
Other common names:
C & N Vanuatu, including Banks Is.
c. 42–45 cm. All dark brownish or plumbeous black; extensive pinkish-red bare skin on forehead and face; iris brown, bill pale yellow and legs and feet bright yellow.... read more
Especially vocal at dawn and dusk. Generally described as hoarse croaks or clucking notes.... read more
Mostly found on floor of lowland forest or thicket; also occurs at medium altitudes to c. 800 m.... read more
Food and feeding
Said to take insects, grubs, worms, snails and other invertebrates; also fruit, seeds and other plant matter. Scratches in damp leaf litter... read more
Apparently breeds year-round throughout range, especially Jun–Aug. Probably monogamous. Burrow nester, in burrows between decaying... read more
Sedentary. Sometimes flies off to roost on offshore islets. Prefers to run rather than fly away... read more
Status and conservation
VULNERABLE. Mace Lande: Vulnerable. Total population postulated to number maximum of c. 10,000 individuals; thought to be declining. Apparently still common in suitable... read more
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The harmonium is also known as peti or baja. This instrument is not a native Indian instrument. It is a European instrument which was imported in the 19th century. It is a reed organ with hand pumped bellows.
Although it is a relatively recent introduction, it has spread throughout the subcontinent. Today, it is used in virtually every musical genre except the south Indian classical.
Term 2 Dates: 2018-2019
Jan: 12th, -, 26th
Feb: 2nd, 9th, 16th
Mar: 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
Apr 6th Students performance TBC
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Statement exhibits the following properties.
Can Statement exhibit divisibility? Yes. Statement exhibits divisibility. Statement can be divided into things called the parts of Statement.
- What are the parts of Statement?
Can Statement exhibit comparability? Yes. Statement exhibits comparability. Statement can be compared to the things which differ from it. The comparison can distinguish its similarity and difference to the other things. Nothing can be compared to Statement if Statement cannot exhibit comparability.
- What things are not compared to Statement?
Can Statement exhibit connectivity? Yes. Statement exhibits connectivity. Statement can be connected to things which hold it.
- What things are not connected to Statement?
Can Statement exhibit disturbability? Yes. Statement exhibits disturbability. Statement is sensitive to the things which can affect it.
- What things do not affect Statement?
Can Statement exhibit reorderability? Yes. Statement exhibits reorderability. Statement can be reordered from one form to its other forms.
- What forms are not of Statement?
Can Statement exhibit substitutability? Yes. Statement exhibits subtitutability. Statement can be substituted by the things which qualify to substitute it.
- What things do not qualify to substitute Statement?
Can Statement exhibit satisfiability? Yes. Statement exhibits satisfiablity. Statement can satisfy those which require it.
- What things do not require Statement?
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Need Help with this one. Assignment 1: LASA 2: The Purpose and Effect of the American Dream
For this assignment, draw on all of the work we have done together throughout this term.
First, choose either Crevecoeur’s Letter or Barack Obama’s November 7, 2007 speech (“Agenda to Reclaim the American Dream”). Describe their vision of life in America in terms of both its promise and its problems. Discuss their visions of America in terms of Adams’ definition of the American Dream.
Next, choose two of the other texts we have read in the previous modules. Evaluate how the ideas, arguments, and problems presented in these texts compare to those presented by Crevecoeur or Obama. For instance, you might want to choose a text that confirms Crevecoeur’s (or Obama’s) vision of America and another text that challenges or problematizes that vision.
Finally, assess the possibilities or impossibilities of achieving the American Dream as represented in these texts and the course generally. Has the progress of American life confirmed the possibility of the American Dream, or have the persistent challenges, divisions, and conflicts shown its impossibility? What progress has been realized and what still needs to be done?
Write a 5–6 page paper in Word format (not counting title and reference page). Include an APA formatted title page and reference page
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Improve Your Vision Loss with Cataract Surgery
Cataracts are one of the most common causes of vision loss in the world. They affect nearly half of the population over the age of 75 years old. Typically, eye surgery is used to treat cataract once the condition has become severe enough to affect a person’s everyday life or they prevent the treatment of other serious eye conditions.
If your doctor recommends cataract surgery, you can have peace of mind knowing that this is a standard surgery. In fact, more than 3 million cataract surgeries are performed every year. In most cases, this simple procedure can be completed on an outpatient basis.
Prior to surgery, a local anesthetic will be administered to numb the area surrounding the eye. Eye drops will also be used to dilate the pupil of the eye. There are several different types of cataract surgeries performed today, including:
- Phacoemulsification – This is the most common type of cataract surgery available today. A small incision is made on the cornea of the eye and a small probe is inserted, which is used to break up the cataract. A suction tool is used to remove these particles from the eye and an artificial lens is installed as a replacement.
- Extracapsular – This procedure is very similar to the phacoemulsification, except it requires a slightly longer incision. The front capsule of the lens is removed, while the back part of the lens is left intact. The artificial lens is then implanted onto the back of the lens.
- Intracapsular – This type of surgery was standard in the 1980s. It requires removal of the entire original lens and it is replaced with an artificial lens. This procedure is not commonly used anymore because it a longer incision is necessary.
You may have blurred vision right after the surgery, but this will go away within a few days. Your eyes may also be very itchy, but it is important that you resist the urge to rub or itch them. If you experience nausea, vision loss, redness of the eyes, or persistent pain in the eyes, you must contact your doctor immediately.
Your eyes should completely heal within one month’s time and your blurry vision should be gone. At this point, you will probably be scheduled for a full eye examination to determine a new prescription for eyeglasses. This will greatly improve your vision and prevent future blindness.
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Micah 6:8, John 20:31 & 2 Timothy 1:3
The Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q. 3. What do the Scriptures principally teach?
A. The Scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man
The Westminster Shorter Catechism in Modern English:
Q.3. What does the Bible primarily teach?
A. The Bible primarily teaches what man must believe about God and what God requires of man.
1. Why does our Catechism place such importance on the Scriptures?
There could be no Catechism without the Scripture, for the foundation of the Catechism itself is in the acceptance of the full truthfulness of the Bible as the Word of God. It is within the Word of God we find our way to eternal life. “And how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.” (2 Tim. 3:15)
2. What is meant by the word “principally” in this question?
It means that though all things revealed in the Scriptures are equally true, yet everything in it is not equally necessary to salvation.
3. What are the two important teachings of the Word of God?
The two important teachings are what we believe and what we should do.
4. What is belief according to the Scriptures?
It includes three parts: (1) To be persuaded of the truth. (2) To credit the truth of a person. (3) To trust, to have confidence in a person. We must have faith (belief) in the words of God and in the God who speaks them. This is a personal trust in the living God through the living Christ.
5. Why is belief placed before duty?
This is the order of Scripture. The Christian is saved by grace through faith and is created unto good works. The foundation of the faith, “I am the Lord your God” is presented in the Law before God presents His people with the Commandments. What we believe is important in order that we might do what is well-pleasing in the sight of God. Alexander Whyte says, “An orthodox faith and an obedient life is the whole duty of man.”
6. Could there be any significance in the fact that both the Larger and Shorter Catechisms have this same question?
Yes. True happiness for man comes only when he recognizes three important teachings of the Bible: First, that he is a lost sinner. Second, that Jesus Christ is his Redeemer from sin. Third, that he is to live a holy life based upon the revealed will of God, the Scriptures.
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The Bee Creek Cave harvestman is a small, slow-moving arachnid found in Kretschmarr Double Pit and Jester Estates Cave, north of the Colorado River on the Jollyville Plateau, and in three caves in the Rollingwood karst fauna region in Travis County, Texas. It is small and orange with long legs and only reaches between .07 and .09 inches in length on average. Since this species is only found in dark caves, it has no use for its eyes and is blind.
Bee Creek Cave harvestmen are usually found under rocks found in limestone caves, sinkholes, and fractures. The caves must have a steady temperature, a high humidity, and plenty of small invertebrates for the species to prey on in order to survive. Little is known about the reproductive behavior of this species. Young harvestmen are white to yellowish white in color.
Threats to this species include loss or degradation of habitat due to residential and urban development and pollution. Conservation plans have been drawn up which involve the protection of all remaining habitat and the conducting of surveys to locate and protect additional populations.
Bee Creek Cave Harvestman Facts Last Updated: May 8, 2017
To Cite This Page:
Glenn, C. R. 2006. "Earth's Endangered Creatures - Bee Creek Cave Harvestman Facts" (Online).
Accessed 5/22/2019 at http://earthsendangered.com/profile.asp?sp=667&ID=9.
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Captive cheetah gives birth to largest litter ever recorded
For the first time in history, a captive cheetah has successfully given birth to eight healthy cubs. It is said that only around 10,000 cheetahs remain in the wild in Africa along with 100 or fewer in Iran.
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The Pre-Nursing Assessment Test-PN consists of 150 items and requires three hours to complete. The three major areas of the test are:
Reading Comprehension/Reasoning Ability – 40 Questions (1 hour)
The content and reading level of exam passages are similar to the applied-science passages found in PN textbooks. Topics of the passages include nutrition, infection, safety, child abuse, exercise, etc. There are two diagnostic scores:
1. Reading comprehension–20 items.
2. Reasoning ability–20 items.
Numerical Ability – 50 questions (1 Hour)
There are three diagnostic scores:
1. Basic operations with whole numbers
(add, subtract, multiply, divide)–10 items.
2. Fractions, percents, decimals
(basic operations plus conversions of fractions to decimals & vice versa)–20 items.
3. Applying skills in actual situations
(ratio and proportion, non-algebraic formulas and conversions)–20 items.
Language Ability – 60 questions (1 Hours)
The questions involve common terms that are used frequently in nursing practice. There are three diagnostic scores:
1. Vocabulary – 20 items.
2. Spelling – 20 items.
3. Grammar and usage (sentence correction)–20 items.
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In the Muslim world, only one woman has ever been twice honoured with the title of “Datka” (“General”). Her name was Kurmanjan Datka, the Alai (now Osh) province queen, who played a crucial role in the history of the Kyrgyz people.
An unusual historical figure, Kurmanjan Datka was born in 1811 in Kichi-Alai. He father, Mamatbay, was a nomad. At age 18, she was married to a man whom she saw for the first time on their wedding day. She did not like him, as he was much older, and despite all traditions Kurmanjan returned to her father’s yurt. After that she lived three years with her parents. Kurmanjan became a legend, because at that time oppressive attitude towards women dominated and no one would dare to take such a bold step. She became famous all over the county for her brilliant mind, courage and independent opinion.
In 1832, a rich feudal “Datka”, Alimbek, of Alai, freed Kurmanjan from the marriage contract and married her. She gave birth to six sons and became not just a wife and mother but his faithful assistant in all his affairs. In the absence of Alymbek Datka, Kurmanjan replaced her husband and sovereignly managed the tribe. After the death of her husband, victim of a palace conspiracy, Kurmanjan inherited the governance of Alai. However, Kokand Khan (king) Khudoyar announced that the Alai Kyrgyz were his subjects, and forced them to pay tribute. This was totally unacceptable to the nomads who had never been forced to pay for land. Of course, Kurmanjan was against it, as a result of persistent struggle she succeeded. After this incident, Muzaffar the Emir of Bukhara acknowledged the impact of Kurmanjan and awarded her the title of “Datka.” Later in 1865 Khudoyar Khan also confirmed her right to the title of Datka. Kurmanjan Datka became the only woman honoured with a reception in the palace of the Emir of Bukhara.
Kurmanjan Datka quickly gained the reputation of a wise ruler, successfully settling all tribal disputes of the Alai Kyrgyz. She organised a customs system to take advantage of the value of the Great Silk Road. She sent her men to meet and intimidate caravans (sellers travelling from one part to another) and then, when the merchants appealed to her as a ruler for help and protection, Kurmanjan called a price for safe trips.
In 1876, Russian troops invaded the territory of the Kokand Khanate. However, south regions including Alai remained undefeated. However, in one of the fights, Kurmanjan Datka’s troops lost and they were captured by the Russians.
After meeting Russian General Skobalev, Kurmanjan Datka became an ambassador of the Tsarist policy. To save her people from bloodshed, she officially announced the accession of the Alai Kyrgyz to Russia. “As long as I live in the world, there will be peace and quiet”, – such was the promise of Kurmanjan Datka.
In 1893, two sons and two grandsons were accused of smuggling and her favourite son, Kamchibek, of murdering customs officials. Some, faithful to her, offered to rescue the convicted son, but Kurmanjan refused, saying: “It’s bitter to realize that my youngest son will leave this world, but I could never bear the fact that my people perished because of my son. There will be no apology for me in this and the other world. ” Kurmanjan was present at the execution of her son. She said: “Do not worry son, keep your head up,” turned and walked away. He was hanged, and others were exiled to Siberia.
The death of her youngest son had a strong moral impact on the queen. After leaving public life, Kurmanjan Datka left her possessions and settled in a village not far from Osh. She died in 1907 at the age of 96. The Alai queen was buried in Sary-Mazar cemetery overlooking the sacred mountain Sulaiman-Too.
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This page provides some details about Bru Van Kieu people. They are one of the 54 groups of people in Vietnam.
Name Of Ethnic Group
Bru-Van Kieu (Tri, Khua, and Ma-Coong)
The mountain regions of Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Thua Thien-Hue provinces.
Customs & Habits
The Bru – Van Kieu live in small houses on stilts. These villages are usually located near rivers or streams and are always arranged along the water current flows. The houses are arranged in circles around a communal house on the flat and expansive terrain. Young Bru – Van Kieu men and women are free to choose their partners. The maternal uncle says the last words at marriage or burial ceremonies for his nephews and nieces. He also has the decision power in house construction. Ancestor worship is the most common religious activity. Also, the Bru – Van Kieu pay veneration to sacred objects such as a sword or a fragment of a bowl, and they especially worship fire and kitchen deities.
The Bru-Van Kieu language belongs to the Mon-Khmer culture. The Bru – Van Kieu love creative arts and maintain a rich treasury of traditional art and culture. They possess numerous musical instruments such as drums, castanets, knob gongs, wind instruments, and string zithers (including the a-chung and po-kua). Folk singing is popular as is cha chap (sung stories), and sim, an alternating chant between young men and women. Folksongs, proverbs, and old tales make up the rich culture of the Bru – Van Kieu.
Both men and women wear like Tay Nguyen costumes.
The Bru – Van Kieu live on rice cultivation, through slash and burn agriculture and submerging their fields. They also hunt fish and rear cattle. Basketry and palm mat-making are their sideline occupations.
For more information about 53 more ethnic groups of people in Vietnam, please follow this link
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A Hex can be converted to BCD in three steps:-
Let's say your Hex value is
0x38f and you want to convert it to it's BCD form.
Hexadecimal is the numeric system widely used by systems designers and computer programmers. It comprises of 16 symbols from 0 to 9 and A to F.
Binary Coded Decimal or BCD is a set of binary encodings for decimal numbers used in early digital computers. In BCD, a binary sequence is used to represent each digit of the source decimal number
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The symptoms associated with pulmonary valve disease may include; fatigue, increased shortness of breath on effort, chest pain and loss of consciousness.
Pulmonary Valve Disease is often picked up in childhood but can remain undetected until later life. It may be picked up in routine examination through heart sounds by your doctor but will require formal diagnosis by echocardiogram to assess function, structure and severity of narrowing. CT and MRI may also be requested to assist with the diagnosis.
Treatment depends on the severity of the problem and will include medication to control the underlying cause or pulmonary valve repair or replacement. In mild cases, no treatment may be necessary, however regular checks will be required to monitor any change.
This scan is used to ascertain the risk of a heart attack or stroke within the next 5-10 years. [READ MORE]
An ‘echo’ is an ultrasound scan of the heart to assess structure and function. [READ MORE]
These scans enable cardiologists to view detailed images of the heart’s anatomy. [READ MORE]
Sometimes an ‘echo’ scan of the heart requires an ultrasound probe to be passed down the food pipe to provide a clearer image. [READ MORE]
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The word “OF” can be used as a Preposition. Take a look at the definitions and examples below to learn how “OF” works as this part of speech.
The word “of” is considered as a preposition because it is used to show that a person or an object belongs to, or is related to, something. For example, in the sentence:
“The first page of the paper provides the history.”
The word “of” indicates that the “first page” belongs to/ is connected with the “paper.”
a. belonging to, relating to, or connected with
- It was an act of bravery.
- That was very nice of you.
b. used to indicate that someone or something belongs to a group of people or things
- He is known as a man of honor.
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Nice insight from Robert Dalheim & Woodworking Network. Photo: Charles Ray
PARIS – Rebuilding Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral could be nearly impossible if France wishes to replace the oak timbers destroyed in the devastating fire last week. The wood of more than 1,300 ancient oak trees supported the 850-year-old cathedral – much of which was destroyed in the fire. The huge trees date back to the 12th century and come from primary forests – forests largely untouched by humans. There are hardly any left in Europe.
“Its going to take new ideas and technology to bring Notre Dame back to life. The good things is that as humans we have both if we care to use them.”-Ray Dean
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Process of creating, retrieving, and manipulating objects in Oracle 11g Structured Query Language (SQL).
Introduction to features and tools of Oracle 11g database.
Writing SELECT statements
Using Scalar functions
Using aggregate functions
Creating and using transactions
Using data definition and control statements
No prior experience is required.
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NEH Offers "Landmarks of American History" Workshops for K–12
The National Endowment for the Humanities once again offers workshops entitled "Landmarks of American History" to provide an opportunity for K–12 teachers (and others involved in K–12 education) to engage in intensive study and discussion of important topics in American history. These academies will give participants direct experience in the interpretation of significant historical sites and the use of archival and other primary historical evidence.
Teachers selected to participate will receive a stipend of $500. Stipends are intended to help cover living expenses, books, and travel expenses to and from the Workshop location. Travel supplements for those traveling long distances will be available and allocated after participants are selected. Classroom teachers in public, private, parochial, and charter schools, as well as home-schooling parents are eligible to participate. Other K–12 school personnel, including administrators, substitute teachers, classroom paraprofessionals, and librarians, are also eligible to participate, subject to available space.
The postmark deadline for applications is March 15, 2005. Details about the application process are available on the NEH web site at www.neh.gov/`projects/landmarks.html.
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Roadway Signage Types
Roadway signage addresses two primary signage needs along the roadways of historic Texas highways. The two sign types are: route identification signs and advance/directional signs.
Route Identification Signs
Route Identification signs are to be placed along the historic alignment to bring attention to the beginning and end of historic routes. Route identification signs principally identify road alignments along the length of the historic Texas highway that has been designated as historic.
Advance and Directional Signs
Advance and Directional signs are meant to guide visitors to and from the current roadway to the historic road corridors. Directional signs are placed to notify the motorist of turns within the historic route or provide advance notice of a historic route. Basic directional sign variations include the addition of left- and right-facing arrows, as well as simple mileage indicators to guide visitors at major crossings and critical junctions along the historic Texas highway route.
Design of Roadway Signs
All route identification and directional signs must follow TxDOT signage specifications. All text and backgrounds for Historic Texas Highway signs must be retroreflective with a white message, brown background, and 1-inch white border (with a 3-inch radius at the corners). The sign must feature 4-inch letters using Clearview font.
The width of the sign should not exceed 48 inches. The height of the sign will vary based on the size of the message. Text must be limited to five lines for ease of readability by motorists.
Highway logos and symbols (other than arrows) are not permitted per TxDOT specifications,
except for Route 66 in order to maintain uniformity with signs that are currently installed on Route 66 in six other states.
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The Path to Wellness promotes natural remedies instead of facing the side effects of drugs.
What is High Blood Pressure?
Also known as: Hypertension
According to the American Heart Association, nearly one in three adults in the United States has high blood pressure. But nearly one-third of those people don’t know they have high blood pressure, because it’s a silent disease. People can have high blood pressure for years without experiencing symptoms or knowing they have it.
High Blood Pressure Symptoms
High blood pressure usually doesn’t cause any symptoms in the early stages. Symptoms associated with high blood pressure can include:
- Dizziness or dizzy spells
Causes of High Blood Pressure
In most cases of high blood pressure, the American Heart Association says there is no one identifiable cause. This kind of high blood pressure is called primary hypertension or essential hypertension. It is usually a combination of factors, such as:
- Weight. The greater your body mass, the more pressure there is on your artery walls. That’s because more blood is produced to supply oxygen and nutrients to tissues in your body.
- Activity level. Lack of physical activity tends to increase heart rate, which forces your heart to work harder with each contraction.
- Tobacco use. Chemicals in cigarettes and tobacco can damage artery walls.
- Sodium intake. Excessive sodium in the diet can result in fluid retention and high blood pressure, especially in people sensitive to sodium.
- Potassium intake. Low potassium can result in elevated sodium in cells, because the two balance one another.
- Stress. Stress can raise blood pressure.
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)
There is some evidence that the supplement CoQ10 may help to reduce high blood pressure.
In a meta-analysis of seven randomized controlled trials of garlic supplements, three trials showed a significant reduction in systolic blood pressure and four in diastolic blood pressure. Researchers concluded that garlic powder supplement may be of clinical use in patients with mild high blood pressure.
The herb hawthorn is often used by traditional herbal practitioners for high blood pressure.
Preliminary studies suggest that fish oil may have a modest effect on high blood pressure. Although fish oil supplements often contain both DHA (docohexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid), there is some evidence that DHA is the ingredient that lowers high blood pressure. Learn more about fish oil.
Folate is a B vitamin necessary for formation of red blood cells. It may help to lower high blood pressure in some people, possibly by reducing elevated homocysteine levels.
So many health issues are due to stress, exercise and diet. Getting regular massage and acupuncture can drastically help stress levels and also encourage exercise and diet improvements. Motivation towards the right habits of daily living is always helpful and we all need support.
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By: Remy Charlip, Mary Beth Miller & George Ancona
Publisher: Parents’ Magazine Press, 1974
Age Level: 9-12
An ABC of finger Spelling & Sign Language. The book shows two ways you can talk besides using your voice: Fingerspelling, forming words letter by letter with the fingers of one hand, Making a picture or sign with your hands for each word or idea. You can also talk with your eyes, your face, your hands, your body.
Gifted photographer George Ancona visited Austin, Texas, to capture the very places and things Mrs. Jackson writes about so evocatively. Together, author and photographer have succeeded in recreating cherished bits of a particular American past.
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It’s a very common misconception that cholesterol is generally bad and high levels are always cause for serious concern. But what if I told you that there is a type of cholesterol that’s not only good at higher levels, but also decreases your risk of major health issues like heart disease? I have great news: This type of cholesterol really does exist. It’s called HDL cholesterol, and it’s our “good” cholesterol.
The tendency toward high cholesterol appears to be genetic although diet also influences cholesterol levels. Other factors that can influence cholesterol levels include being overweight and being physically inactive. The older you get, the more likely your cholesterol levels are to rise. Before menopause, women tend to have lower cholesterol levels than men of the same age, but after menopause, women’s LDL levels often increase.
Lentils are pulses, a.k.a. the dry edible seeds of certain crops (like beans, chickpeas, and peas). Pulses are just everywhere these days because they’re packed with plant-based protein and fiber, not to mention antioxidants, minerals, and B vitamins. All of those compounds help protect you from plaque buildup while optimizing blood flow and assisting your body in efficiently using the nutrients you consume.
And according to some powerful experiments by software engineer-turned-biohacker Dave Feldman, you can actually increase and decrease your cholesterol at will. It all depends on how much fat you eat — and, directly against mainstream dietary knowledge, the correlation is inverted. In other words, eating more fat will actually lower your cholesterol.
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While students continue to learn, develop, and practice their Catholic Identity, they will:
1. Implement reading, writing, listening, and speaking processes to communicate effectively in multiple contexts.
2. Participate in an integrated and interdependent approach to reading and writing, listening and speaking, and viewing and presenting.
3. Comprehend, discuss, and analyze selected literature focused on Catholic moral themes in accordance with the approved Diocesan Instructional Materials Selection Policy.
4. Develop critical thinking skills in order to expand awareness of self and others while recognizing and celebrating cultural diversity.
5. Read and comprehend informational and literary texts.
6. Use correct vocabulary, grammar, spelling, decoding, and comprehension in context.
7. Respond and perform under a broad range of assessment methods and teaching methodologies.
8. Adapt to and use a variety of media and technological resources to analyze, evaluate, and present subject matter.
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Corpus tasks at discourse level
· The demonstrative pronoun 'This' is one of the cohesive devices frequently used as reference in academic writings. Observe the two concordance lists in learners and experts Introduction section and decide if 'This' is used to refer to an item at phrasal level or clausal level. Generalize patterns from your observations.
Concordance 'This' in Learners Introduction
Concordance 'This' in Experts Introduction
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The directory «Plots»
Charles XII (Karl XII)
Charles XII was the King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. Charles was the only surviving son of King Charles XI of Sweden and Ulrika Eleonora the Elder, and he assumed the crown at the age of fifteen, at the death of his father.
He left the country three years later to embark on a series of battles overseas. These battles were part of the Great... More...
Sweden, 1944, Ship on the Line «Kung Karl», 1693
Sweden, 1966, Ship on the Line «Kung Karl», 1693
Sweden, 2000, Watch Mechanism
Sweden, 2000, Watch face
Ukraine, 2008, Ivan Mazepa and Karl XII
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7. The Source of the Scientific Revolution
Why was modern science born in Europe not in China or Egypt? Why did the 16th century launch the scientific revolution?
Why did the reformation and not rationalism launch science. In fact rationalism was an impediment to science because it discouraged experimentation.
Aristotle (rationalism) vs. Gallileo (observation).
Aristotle rationally arrived at the idea that objects with different mass would fall at different rates of speed: Heavier objects falling faster. He never bothered to test it, and in fact nobody did until Gallileo, who conducted an experiment by dropping things from tower of Pisa. He discovered that objects with different mass fell at the same rate.
Muslim clerics followed Aristotle and said that if rationalism contradicted observation then observation was wrong. But Christian scientist like Gallileo, Bacon and Newton pushed for observation. Why?
The Reformation gave birth to the inductive method of study. People began to read God’s word inductively, literally rather than allegorically. They saw that God had 2 Books, the Bible and Nature, and viewed science is God’s treasure hunt. A quest to find what was written about God and reality in nature.
Jesus asked skeptics to observe his works. When John the Baptist asked Jesus if he was the messiah in Matthew 11, he told his discipled to tell John to look at the evidence. Likewise in the OT Moses asked God for a way to give evidence to Pharao and God obliged (Exodus 4).
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Safaee, Yazdan. 2016. Darius III: The Last Great King. Tehran: Hamisheh, Pishinpažouh.
In comparison to his Macedonian antagonist, Darius III has attracted less attention. The present work is an analysis of the events leading to his reign.The author also deals with problems Darius was facing before Alexander’s attacks, and then the battles between the two armies which led to the end of the Empire.
Table of contents
- 1. Background: The Rise of Darius III
- 1.1. From Artaxerxes III to Darius III
- 1.2. Sporadic revolts in Babylonia and Egypt
- 1.2.1. Local revolt in Babylonia: Uruk
- 1.2.2. Local revolt in Egypt: Memphis and Thebes
- 2. Alexander of Macedon: from monarchy to beginning of onslaught
- 3. The battles between Darius and Alexander
- 3.1. The battle of Granicus
- 3.2. The battle of Issus and loss of the western half of the empire
- 3.3. From Gaugamela to end of an Empire
- 4. Darius among archaeological evidence?
- 4.1. Persepolis: the unfinished tomb
- 4.2. A coin attributed to Darius
- 4.3. The Pompeii mosaic
- 5. Outcome
صفایی، یزدان. ۱۳۹۵. داریوش سوم: آخرین شاه بزرگ. تهران: همیشه، پیشینپژوه.
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|Answers to Frequently Asked Questions|
Q: How many calories should be consumed daily?|
A: High-fat foods contain more calories than the same amount of other foods, so they can make it difficult for you to avoid excess calories. However, low fat doesn't always mean low calorie. Sometimes extra sugars are added to low-fat muffins or desserts, and they may be just as high in calories. The U.S. recommended daily allowance is 2300-3000 calories for men and 1900-2200 calories for women.
Q: How many fat calories should be consumed daily?
A: Aim for a total fat intake of no more than 30 percent of calories. If you need to reduce your fat intake to achieve this level, do so primarily by cutting back on saturated and trans fats. At 2,200 total calories per day, your suggested upper limit on fat intake would be about 660 fat calories.
Q: How many fat grams should be consumed daily?
A: Fats supply energy and essential fatty acids, and they help absorb the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K, and carotenoids. You need some fat in the food you eat, but choose sensibly. Some kinds of fat, especially saturated fats, increase the risk for coronary heart disease by raising the blood cholesterol. In contrast, unsaturated fats (found mainly in vegetable oils) do not increase blood cholesterol. Eating lots of fat of any type can provide excess calories. At 2,200 total calories per day, your suggested upper limit on fat intake would be about 73 fat grams.
Q: How many saturated fat grams should be consumed daily?
A: Foods high in saturated fats tend to raise blood cholesterol. These foods include high-fat dairy products (like cheese, whole milk, cream, butter, and regular ice cream), fatty fresh and processed meats, the skin and fat of poultry, lard, palm oil, and coconut oil. Keep your intake of these foods low. At 2,200 total calories per day, your suggested upper limit on saturated fat intake would be less than 24 grams.
Q: How much cholesterol should be consumed daily?
A: Foods that are high in cholesterol also tend to raise blood cholesterol. These foods include liver and other organ meats, egg yolks, and dairy fats. The U.S. recommended daily allowance suggests no more than 300 milligrams of cholesterol.
Q: How much sodium should be consumed daily?
A: Since there is no RDA for sodium, the Committee on Dietary Allowances of the National Academy of Sciences recommends a minimum of 500 milligrams per day. In the body, sodium - which you get mainly from salt - plays an essential role in regulating fluids and blood pressure. Many people can reduce their chances of developing high blood pressure by consuming less salt. Several studies in diverse populations have shown that a high sodium intake is associated with higher blood pressure.
Q: How many carbohydrates should be consumed daily?
A: Sugars are carbohydrates and a source of energy (calories). Dietary carbohydrates also include the complex carbohydrates starch and dietary fiber. During digestion all carbohydrates except fiber break down into sugars. Foods that are high in sugars but low in essential nutrients primarily contribute calories to the diet. The U.S. recommended daily allowance suggests approximately 310 grams of carbohydrate.
Q: How much protein should be consumed daily?
A: The U.S. recommended daily allowance is 45-63 grams of protein for men and 44-50 grams of protein for women.
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RUN, BLACKBOY, RUN!
by Robalu Gibsun
When dads run
away, black boys run
crazy—before tying their shoes.
He trips to school in the rain with an open back pack.
His mama yells, “You forgot your hat!” But Blackboy doesn’t look back. Blackboy
runs mad. Blackboy runs late. Every classmate knows Blackboy shows up mad late.
“Stop! No running in the hallway,” Ms. Whitelady says “What were you thinking? Use your head!” He says “Okaaaay” but does not understand. The rain rain goes away. Class goes out to play. Blackboy races the other boys on the steaming blacktop; a pack of Crayola girls watch from the shade, yelling “RUN, BLACKBOY RUN! YOU’RE AS BLACK AS THE BLACKTOP, STAY OUTTA THE SUN!” He screams “Shut up!” But their pointed fingers strike him down and their laughter becomes a suffocating thundercloud. Again, it pours; they go inside. He cries ‘til his eyes go red yet his boys reply “Stop—being a cry baby.” He says “I’m not!” But they do not believe. He leaves. Not in his right mind, he proves them wrong.
Blackboy walks to the end of a rainbow and finds a colored girl with gold coins in her eyes, scares off the leprechauns and promises to never leave. He lies—her down in a bed of four-leaf clovers. Inside, she’s raining. But he forgot his hat. She opens the door; he runs through her hallway and makes her cry out “Baby” instead—her eyes roll back. He doesn’t look back. They make—a baby that cries out “ga-ga”s and “goo-goo”s; Ms. Whitelady didn’t specify which head to use.
Blackboy needs a new place to live ‘cause tough love is the only thing mama can afford to give. The baby stays at colored girl’s mama’s place. Blackboy runs by twice a week and jumps fences with child support nipping at his knees; he needs green. His boys say, “It don’t grow on the trees, it grow on the streets” so Blackboy goes—out to play—when his baby cries rainstorms. Colored girl stares out the window, hoping for a rainbow ‘cause Blackboy forgot his goal; so the toilet is the only pot he fills with gold. Blackboy rolls—paper like a big kid now, but ain’t saving the money to buy baby’s Huggies. He stops coming. Colored girl starts—calling mad. He picks up: She cries “Baby, I love you. We need you. Come back!”
He replies “Sorry my Love, I can’t. Long as I keep running, I might run into my dad.”
He doesn’t look back. Blackboy runs—colored girl mad crazy. Herself, she pulls up
by the shoe laces, walks over pothole puddles and sees her reflection
in rainbows that committed suicide. And then pawns in her eyes
for just enough gold coins to buy a month’s worth of food
for the leprechaun-sized baby with a mouth like
an open back pack who grows up to cry out,
“Mama, where is my dad?”
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To create a camera using ACT:
- Select View > Tool Palettes > Advanced Camera Tools (Mac OS X) or View > Toolbars > Advanced Camera Tools (Microsoft Windows). The Advanced Camera Tools toolbar is displayed.
- Select Tools > Advanced Camera Tools > Select Camera Type > categories > camera. Shaded horizontal letterboxing (1) or vertical pillarboxing (2) bars appear if your camera has a different aspect ratio than SketchUp's drawing area. The area within the bars indicates the area viewable through the camera.
- Click Create Camera (). The Camera Name dialog box appears.
- Type a name of the camera in the Name field.
- Click Done. A physical camera model (group) is created and placed in your model. You are placed in camera view mode, where you are looking through the camera at your subject. A crosshair shows the middle of the camera. Camera properties appear in the lower-left corner of the model. A tab with the camera's name also appears. You can perform several functions on the camera, such as looking through the camera and editing camera properties in camera mode.
- (Optional) Use SketchUp's Orbit, Pan, and Zoom tools to physically reposition the camera in your model. Using the Zoom tool physically repositions the camera. See Repositioning an ACT camera for details.
- (Optional) Use the arrow keys to pan, tilt, dolly, truck, pedistal, roll, and adjust the focal length while looking through the ACT camera. Moving and Aiming an ACT Camera explains how these actions work in detail.
- After you adjust your camera, click Lock Camera (). This option ensures that you don't move or alter the camera position or settings.
- Context-click and select Done. You are finished creating your camera.
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Top 5 Iron Rich Foods
Iron is one of the essential minerals needed for good health. According to the NHS, lacking in it can result in feeling tired and having a lack of energy, shortness of breath, pale skin and heart palpitations. Iron deficiency can lead to anaemia, which can cause further health problems. Iron is one of the most common deficiencies in people who follow a plant based diet, specifically when they don’t eat a balanced diet. We’ve chosen our top five iron rich foods that are easy to incorporate into your diet if you’re new to plant based living, and if you’ve been following a plant based diet for a while you might already know some of these.
1. Leafy Greens
Leafy greens such as kale, chard and spinach are renowned for their iron content. One of the most common sources of iron rich food, spinach is versatile as it can be eaten raw or cooked and is easy to buy as a fresh or frozen product. Other green vegetables known to have a high iron content include broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cabbage.
Legumes include soya beans, lentils and other types of beans and peas. Food derived from soya beans such as tofu also have a notable iron content, with 8.8mg of iron per cup of soya beans, with fermented soya products such as natto or tempeh having a much higher iron content of 15mg. Lentils are a great source of iron that have around 3.3mg per cup, however with phytic acid present in them, which prevents the absorption of iron, they are best paired with vitamin C rich foods, such as bell peppers.
3. Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin seeds are one of the seeds that have the richest iron content. Per tablespoon they have up to 4.2mg of iron, and products that are derived from pumpkin seeds are believed to hold a similar value. Other seeds that have a worthy iron content include sesame, flaxseed and hemp and seeds are known to have other great health benefits for those leading a plant based diet.
Quinoa is a great source of vitamins and minerals for those who eat gluten-free diets. Cooked quinoa has around 2.8mg of iron per cup, and it is one of the few grains that contains all of the nine essential amino acids, which also makes it a complete-protein source. You can purchase it easily in UK supermarkets and health food shops.
5. Dark Chocolate
For a slightly more indulgent source of iron, if dark chocolate is a favourite treat of yours, there is now a good reason to include it in your diet. It has almost 12mg of iron per 100g as well as minimal levels of fat and sugar in comparison to other types of chocolate. However, it’s not recommended to eat 100g of dark chocolate often as a main source of iron.
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Otha Richard Sullivan
African American Women Scientists & Inventors
Meet African american women of science and invention from the early years to modern Times.
African American women of science and invention to life. Countless African American women have made important contributions to science that impact the way we live, work, and think today. Too often their accomplishments have gone unrecorded. African American Women Scientists and Inventors introduces you to some of these outstanding women and their achievements.Here are lively profiles of both unsung and legendary heroines spanning three hundred years of American history.
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The 10 Habits of Great Readers
Do you know any great readers? You probably do. You have probably seen them walking around with tethered, worn book marks hanging from their books. They clutch their books like prized, priceless possessions. Books become tickets for taking magical journeys to unforgettable places that unfold on every page.
If you know of a young reader looking to become a great reader, here’s some advise.
10 HABITS of GREAT READERS
1. Have purpose in reading.
2. Think about what you already know as you read.
3. Make sure you understand what you read. If not, write down your questions and share them with an adult or fellow reader.
4. Look at pictures when possible. Pictures have meaning.
5. Predict what will happen next.
6. Form pictures in your mind.
7. Draw conclusions about what your read.
8. Try to figure out new words. Write down unfamiliar words and look them up in a dictionary.
9. Read aloud and/or read to a friend, sibling, teacher or parent.
10. PRACTICE READING DAILY.
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Arithmetic. the term of a fraction, usually above the line, that indicates the number of equal parts that are to be added together; the dividend placed over a divisor: The numerator of the fraction 2/3 is 2. Compare denominator (def 1).
a person or thing that numbers.
(maths) the dividend of a fraction: the numerator of 7/8 is 7 Compare denominator
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Analysis helps you solve spatial problems and make decisions. Use the following workflow to perform analysis in Insights for ArcGIS.
1. Ask and explore
Solving a spatial problem begins with a well-framed question based on your understanding of the problem. Getting the question right is key to deriving meaningful results. Questions that can be answered using spatial analysis include the following:
- How is it distributed?
- How is it related?
- What's nearby?
- How has it changed?
Don't know what questions you want to ask? Not a problem. Insights makes it easy to explore your data so that you can understand patterns and gain insights into your data that will help you ask the questions that matter.
2. Model and compute
Insights for ArcGIS offers a suite of analysis tools that can be used to manipulate and quantify your data to help you answer your spatial questions. As you perform analysis, your steps are recorded behind the scenes in the Analysis view, making it easy for you to save your model.
3. Examine and interpret
Computers don't perform analysis; people do. Once you have run your analysis tools and created results, you must examine those results to answer your questions. Have you answered all of your questions? Are there any other questions that you need to ask? As you examine your results, you can interpret what they mean and find your answers.
4. Make decisions
After interpreting the results of the analysis, document your interpretation and decide how to respond. In some cases, you can take action based on your interpretation of the analysis results. You might implement a solution, correct a situation, create an opportunity, or mitigate a circumstance. In other cases, no action is required because your goal was to build knowledge and gain a deeper understanding. Often new questions arise that need to be addressed. These can lead to further analysis.
5. Share results
Once you have answered your question and are satisfied with the analysis, identify the audience that will benefit from your findings and determine who you want to influence. You may want to share your results with other members of your organization or the public. You can communicate your results by sharing pages or creating apps, such as story maps.
Try this scenario-based exercise to learn more about performing analysis:
Now that you have performed your analysis, you are ready to share your work.
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Bird's-nest fern is a common name applied to several related species of epiphytic ferns in the genus Asplenium. They grow in a tight, nest-like clump with a lingulate leaf rosette and are usually epiphytic, growing in trees.
Species known as bird's nest fern include:
- A. nidus (bird's-nest fern)
- A. australasicum (crow's-nest fern)
- A. antiquum
- A. serratum (wild bird's-nest fern)
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Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot
Vieillot described a large number of birds for the first time, especially those he met during the time he spent in the West Indies and North America. 26 genera and 32 species of North American birds were first described by him. Most of the well-known North American birds, such as the Wild Turkey,the Pintail, the Cedar Waxwing, and the Scarlet Tanager, were given Latin names by him.
References[change | change source]
- Oehser, Paul H. "Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748-1831) PDF" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Siluriformes
(Catfish) > Mochokidae
(Squeakers or upside-down catfishes)
Etymology: Chiloglanis: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335). More on author: Norman.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Africa: known only from the holotype from the headwaters of Bagbwe River (Sewa River basin), Sierra Leone (Ref. 3202, 57223).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3202)
Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 31. Diagnosis: buccal disk large and rounded; mandibular barbels short, no auxiliary barbels; premaxillary teeth large, arranged in 4-5 rows; 8+8 mandibular teeth; adipose fin short; caudal fin deeply forked; eyes not very large (Ref. 57223).
Coloration: similar to that of Chiloglanis lamottei: body covered with numerous small dark spots, more or less uniformly distributed on dorsal surface (Ref. 57223).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Oviparous (Ref. 205). Distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).
Gosse, J.-P., 1986. Mochokidae. p. 105-152. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels, MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3202)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 119314)
CITES (Ref. 115941)
Threat to humans
ReferencesAquacultureAquaculture profileStrainsGeneticsAllele frequenciesHeritabilityDiseasesProcessingMass conversion
Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278
): 3.1 ±0.4 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 69278
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153
): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .
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v. squirt·ed, squirt·ing, squirts
1. To flow from a narrow opening in a thin forceful stream or jet; spurt.
2. To issue in a thick flow: A dab of toothpaste squirted from the tube.
3. To eject liquid in a forceful stream or thick flow: squeezed the lemon till it squirted.
4. To move in a sudden dart or burst: "The pigeon squirted out of the old man's hand into the cage" (E. Annie Proulx).
1. To eject (liquid) forcibly in a thin stream from a narrow opening.
2. To squeeze out or extrude in a thick flow: squirted a bead of caulk into the crack.
3. To wet with a spurt of liquid.
1. The act of squirting.
2. An instrument, such as a syringe, used for squirting.
3. A squirted jet of liquid.
a. A small or young person.
b. An insignificant or contemptible person.
[Middle English squirten, possibly of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin; akin to Low German swirtjen.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2019 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Indo-European & Semitic Roots Appendices
Thousands of entries in the dictionary include etymologies that trace their origins back to reconstructed proto-languages. You can obtain more information about these forms in our online appendices:
The Indo-European appendix covers nearly half of the Indo-European roots that have left their mark on English words. A more complete treatment of Indo-European roots and the English words derived from them is available in our Dictionary of Indo-European Roots.
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Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading (Primary); Reading comprehension--Study and teaching (Primary);
School-age children throughout their life experiences make inferences. Teachers can offer instruction and modeling in inference-making and opportunities for children to make inferences. As a result, children can become accustomed to bringing their prior knowledge to reading experiences, thus extending their thinking-language abilities.
Year of Submission
Master of Arts in Education
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Jeanne McLain Harms
1 PDF file (30 pages)
©1998 Susan E. Flater
Flater, Susan E., "Promoting inference-making in a first grade classroom" (1998). Graduate Research Papers. 652.
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Holly: Hi, I’m Holly Strand from Stokes Nature Center in beautiful Logan Canyon.
Dinosaur fever was rampant in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Andrew
Carnegie, the wealthy steel magnate, was not immune. He wanted a huge
dinosaur skeleton for the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. In 1908, Museum
Director W.J. Holland and paleontologist Earl Douglass explored the hills
along the Green River near Jensen UT. They found a 6 foot thigh bone of a
dinosaur. Douglass marked the spot and returned the following year to
explore some more.
It didn’t take Douglass very long to get what he was after– in August of
that same year, he came upon the tail section of an Apatasaurus in Morrison
Formation outcrops near Jensen, UT. Within weeks, Douglass had uncovered
an almost complete skeleton, including 64 tail vertebrae, more than twice
as many that had ever been found in this type of dinosaur. Then to his
amazement, a second Apatasaurus lay right beneath the first!
There was plenty more to uncover. For 15 years Douglass worked what
became known as the Carnegie Quarry. He unearthed nearly 20 complete
skeletons of Jurassic dinosaurs, including Diplodocus, Dryosaurus,
Stegosaurus, Barosaurus, and Camarasaurus.
Local residents in Jensen and Vernal supported Douglass’s. They visited
him while he worked, sold him food and supplies and occasionally assisted
in excavations. Eventually they began to dream about the quarry’s
potential as a tourist attraction and the effect that would have on their
economy. And although Douglass worked for Carnegie, he shared the locals’
vision of a public exhibit of skeletons on location in northeast Utah.
Unfortunately, public education and improvement of local economies were NOT
goals of the early dinosaur industry. The Carnegie Museum shipped all
excavated material back to Philadelphia. In effect, the dinosaur quarry
was like any other mine being stripped of valuable material. Furthermore,
the Carnegie refused access to other research parties—including those of
the National Museum and the University of Utah.
In 1915, the federal government tried to break the monopolistic hold
Carnegie held on excavations by establishing Dinosaur National Monument. At
first the Monument was an 80 acre tract around the quarry. (Later it was
enlarged to encompass the spectacular canyons of the Green and Yampa Rivers
in neighboring Colorado.) In 1916, Congress created the National Park
Service, which took control of National Monuments. But without funds and
political interest, visitor infrastructure in the Monument remained
undeveloped for decades.
In 1948, state funds helped establish the Utah Field House of Natural
History in nearby Vernal. Then in 1957 that a public park exhibit was
created to showcase the Carnegie quarry itself—just as Douglass and Utah
residents had desired. Nearly 2,000 bones were exposed in place forming
an entire wall of the visitor center. Sadly, the building was closed in
2006 due to the serious safety hazards caused by an inadequate foundation.
In April of this year, the Park announced the award of $13.1 million in
stimulus funds to demolish and replace condemned portions of the Quarry
Visitor Center. Construction is anticipated to take between a year and a
year and a half; the reopening the quarry exhibit and visitor center could
be as early as summer 2011. Perhaps at last the quarry in Dinosaur
National Monument will have a memorial that is worthy of its remarkable,
For Wild About Utah and Stokes Nature Center, I’m Holly Strand.
Images: Courtesy National Parks Service
Text: Holly Strand, Stokes Nature Center
Harvey, Mark W.T. 1991. Utah, The National Park Service, And Dinosaur
National Monument, 1909-56, Utah Historical Quarterly, Number 3 (Summer 1991) p. 243
National Park Service, US Dept of Interior. Dinosaur National Monument.
http://www.nps.gov/dino/index.htm [ Accessed September 2009]
Utah History Encyclopedia. 1994. Dinosaur National Monument. Edited by
Allan Kent Powell, former Public History Coordinator at the Utah State
Historical Society. https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/d/DINOSAUR_NATIONAL_MONUMENT.shtml [Accessed September
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Reverse genetics is a cutting-edge tool that has revolutionized molecular virology through which viruses possessing artificial genomes can be rescued from cloned cDNA. This gave the researchers the choice and flexibility to get the modifications in the progeny virions that would be done at the genome level while constructing the cDNA. The idea led to two significant discoveries, with the first that gave an impetus in the area of live attenuated "Differentiation of infected and vaccinated animals" (DIVA) vaccines, and the second that led to a better understanding into the host-virus relationship. The DIVA vaccines developed through the reverse genetics tool have advantages of stable expression of the foreign protein coupled with the fundamental characteristics of the background virus that equates with the wild type. Rescue of DNA viruses and positive sense RNA viruses have been made easy, thanks to the less complicated replication strategies followed by them, but the non-segmented negative sense RNA viruses needs Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex to be provided in vitro to aid in anti-genome complex necessary for their replication. This technology has also played an effective role in identifying the intricacies in viral biology, evolution and replication. This in turn has made a phenomenal progress in identifying the nuances in host-pathogen interactions, thereby establishing new insights in molecular pathogenesis. The complex interplay of viral moieties and the cellular mechanisms that respond to these variations has been simplified to a greater extent with the advent of reverse genetics, and that has changed the way the virulence mechanisms of virus have been addressed so far.
Gururaj, K. (2014). Past and Present of Reverse Genetics in Animal Virology with Special Reference to Non-Segmented Negative Stranded RNA Viruses: a Review. Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, 2(3S), 40–48. https://doi.org/10.14737/journal.aavs/2014/2.3s.40.48
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Duck Mussel - Anodonta anatina
One of the largest of our freshwater bivalves, typically 75mm but up to 120mm in length. It has a thin shell and is generally slim when closed. Brown and yellow in colour. The hinge margin is notably angled from the mid-axis.
The Swan Mussel, Anadonta cygnea, is larger and the hinge margin is parallel to the mid-axis.
The two can also be distinguished by looking at the posterior (pointed end) adductor muscle scar. In the Swan Mussel, the scar is joined to the pedal retractor scar by a narrow isthmus, whereas in the Duck Mussel these two scars are completely merged.
- large: 75-120mm
- hinge margin angled from the mid-axis
- differential shell thickening on posterior, giving crimped appearance at posterior
Diverse. Small streams to large rivers, lakes, ponds and canals.
Common and widespread in England, less so in Wales and Scotland.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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Also known as: neurofibromatosis.
What is plexiform neurofibroma?
Plexiform neurofibromas are a rare, benign (non-cancerous) form of tumor that can occur almost anywhere in the body, such as the face, arm, back, chest, legs and elsewhere. They are a symptom of neurofibromatosis; tumors form on nerve tissue. Unlike other tumors that occur with the disease, plexiform neurofibromas tend to be larger and more extensive.
What causes plexiform neurofibroma?
Plexiform neurofibromas are almost always the result of neurofibromatosis. This disease is most commonly a genetic disorder that is passed from parents to children.
What are the symptoms of plexiform neurofibroma?
The large, slow-growing tumors are the primary symptom of plexiform neurofibroma. These tumors can cause pain, and as they grow, they can negatively impact other parts of the body and even cause disfigurement in some instances.
What are plexiform neurofibroma care options?
In most cases, surgery to remove the tumor is the primary treatment of plexiform neurofibroma. New drugs are under evaluation for their ability to slow the growth of the tumors.
Reviewed by: Aaron J. Berger
This page was last updated on: 3/13/2019 3:57:23 PM
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Vlissingen (Z): O.L. Vrouwe Rozenkrans
(A.A.J. Margry, 1910-1911)
After the Reformation a fairly large part of
the population of Vlissingen remained catholic and attended a hidden church in
Middelburg. In 1778 the Vlissingen town counsil agreed to tolerate a similar
church in Vlissingen, but this decision ignited the fury of protestant fanatics
and the permission was withdrawn. Finally, in 1793 the first catholic mass since
the Reformation could be held in a private house. Two years later protestant
rule in the Netherlands formally ended and religious freedom was proclaimed. In
1805 the catholic community of Vlissingen moved to another house, which in 1858
was replaced by a new church in Neo-Gothic style, designed by Th. Molkenboer,
the St. Jacobus de Meerdere.
As the St. Jacobus became too small, in 1905
plans were made for a second catholic church. In 1910 sufficient funds were
available and architect A.A.J. Margry had been commissioned to design the new
church. Margry designed a church in Neo-Romanesque style with a monumental
two-tower front. The latter part was never built, and at first the nave was only
two traves long and closed by a simple, almost undecorated facade with a round
window. After the St. Jacobus was closed
and demolished in 1938, the O.L. Vrouwe Rozenkrans became a parish church.
The church is a cruciform basilica
with a wide central-isle and narrow side-aisles. The transept-arms and
the choir all end in a semi-circular apse. In 1923 a chapel was added.
Although the plot of land made it possible, the church was not oriented and the
choir points towards the north-west. In 1936 the building was lengthened with three traves by architect J.
van Velsen, who copied the style of the original parts but added
a different facade with a big rose window. In 1944 and 1945 the
building was damaged by artillery and a flood. Already in September
1945 the church could be used again. In 1965 the facade was changed
once again, with the rose-window being replaced by the current three
tall round-topped windows.
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- Finish your log. Due Monday, completed.
- Math Homework Lesson 8 (Finish problem set if not done in class)
- Notice the watershed around you this weekend- What parts did you see up close and/or far away? Fodder your observations with art and captions.
Mrs. Sakuma's philosophy on homework is that it is a follow-up of what was learned in class to check for understanding (with the exception of some assignments- projects, research, front-loading information, etc). If a child struggles on homework but gives it a good try, there is absolutely no penalty for incompletion IF the student lets the homework checker AND the teacher know by showing a parent signature with a little note or a quick parent email to me. Please put a question mark (?) on the problems struggled with.
How much homework will there be?
Typically there is 20 minutes of reading, one math page and online assignment(s). There will periodically be projects and research. Homework should not take more than one hour. If it does, stop and be done for the day.
How will I know if my child is doing his/her homework?
By Friday, planners need to be logged, complete, and signed by parents. When homework is missing or incomplete, communication via “class dojo” will let parents and students know dates of missing/incomplete (unexcused) homework. Students will stay in for recess to complete unexcused missing homework (not optional) or get tutoring on the parts that he/she did not understand (optional).
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Though we create photographs that include color all the time, that doesn’t mean we are always making photographs in which we are using color. The latter means that we are conscious about the presence of color and how it can and will impact our final photographs. Just as painters have learned the importance of the role of color when working with oils or watercolors, we as photographers have to do the same when working with pixels. Here are some recommendations for helping to developing your awareness and use of color.
Memorize the Color Wheel
The classic color wheel consists of primary colors (yellow, blue and red) and secondary colors (green, orange and purple). Remembering this and their relationship to each other on the color wheel will help you to use color creatively in your photographs.
Create Images Juxtaposing Primary or Secondary Colors.
When you juxtapose a primary color such as yellow and blue, you create a color contrast that create resonance and energy. It becomes a strong visual draw. You can do the same with contrasting secondary colors as well.
Observe How Color Changes Based on Brightness
The tonal value of a color will change based on brightness. The more light on the color, the lighter it will appear. The less light on the color results in the color appearing darker.
Photograph Colorful Scenes with Different Qualities of Light
You can discover how colors will appear depending on brightness by photographing a colorful subject first under direct sunlight and later in deep shade. You can also make a comparison when part of of the scene or subject is both brightly lit and partially in shade.
Take Advantage of the Direction of Light to Influence Color
If a subject is flat or evenly lit, the color will appear the same. If the color is directional, you will not only see a change in color but also tonality, which helps to create a sense of depth. Create photographs that take advantage of that.
Use Your Camera’s Picture Style to Change the Appearance of Color
The picture style settings of your camera will have a big influence on the appearance of color. A neutral picture style will deliver an image with less saturation and contrast, while the vivid picture style will boost color saturation and contrast. Photograph different scenes using different picture styles and see what you prefer for particular situations. Shoot raw + jpeg to retain your original raw files.
Compose Subjects with Strong Color Saturation
A strong saturated color will draw the viewer’s attention. An element such as a red umbrella will immediately get one’s attention. Take advantage of this by composing photographs where your subject possesses the strongest saturated color.
Avoid Color Distractions
Secondary elements in your photographs especially in the background can become distractions when are the strongest or most saturated color within the composition. Scan the edges of your frame when composing and eliminate such elements from your photographs.
Learn How Colors Appear in Black and White
Develop your eye for how the color world will look in a black and white image. For example, red will appear like a dark tone. Set your camera to raw + jpeg and set your picture style to monochrome. Photograph a variety of colorful scenes and observe how reds, blues, yellows, greens and other colors are rendered in black and white. Use this knowledge to create images with more or less contrast.
Read Books on Color Theory
There are an abundance of books dedicated to color theory. Though many of these are written for painters, they can be an invaluable resource for improving your color knowledge. If you are interested in a more photo-centric book, you might want to read Learning to See Creatively: Design, Color and Composition in Photography by Bryan Peterson that provides a solid primer for understanding and using color.
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Discussion of Cherokee Nation chapters 4, 5, & 6.
Why was Indian removal the "only" option for the U.S. government in their dealings with the Cherokee?
If "detribalized" Cherokees decided to remain in designated U.S. states, were they entitled to all rights of citizenship?
How did the War of 1812 and the Market revolution affect the life choices and circumstances of the Cherokee? What forces (as a result of these events) shaped their lives?
Why is the Indian Removal Policy largely associated with Andrew Jackson? How long had the U.S. government had an official Indian policy?
How was the U.S. Constitution used against the Cherokee? What did it prohibit?
Who was John Ross? Why is he a significant figure to the Cherokee nation?
Who made up the Georgia General Assembly? Describe their relationship with the Cherokee Nation. What three tactics did the Cherokee government employ to resist removal? How were these tactics intended to show they were "civilized" and assimilating into white American culture?
What two court cases tried by the Marshall Court in the 1830s were the most significant? What were their rulings/decisions? how did it impact the Cherokee?
How is the Cherokee's designation as a" domestic dependent nation" within the United States problematic?
What was the Treaty of Echota? Why is this a controversial agreement?
Who was John Ridge? What did he propose was the best solution for the Cherokee to accept removal?
What two delegations were sent to D.C.? How did they differ in their negotiations with the federal government? What was the division between the two delegations?
What was the impact of the treaty upon the Cherokee? Why was their agreement to the treaty a means to achieve self-determination?
How long did the trail of tears last? Was there only one trail?
What injustices(there are multiple) did the Cherokee suffer along the way? Did all Cherokee make preparations to leave their homeland?
What parallel/ similarities can you draw between the slave experience in the middle passage to that of the Cherokee removal relocation?
Approximately how many Cherokee perished as a result of removal? Why does the number of casualties NOT matter, according to Perdue and Green?
What was the U.S. federal government supposed to supply the Cherokee with? How were these goods dispensed?
Who were the Old Settlers, Treaty Party and the Cherokee Nation? Among these groups, who were the perceived traitors?
What gains did the Cherokee make as a result of the Treaty of 1846? What losses did they suffer?
Purdue and Green write," Racism, greed and political partisanship can subvert even the noblest American ideals." How does this quote relate to our triad theme, Land of the Free? What connections can you draw between the two?
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The high-protein Chickpea is a legume of the family Fabacea, great for salads, soups, wraps, or even for making your own home-made hummus. It is one of the earliest cultivated legumes: 7,500 year old remains have been found in the Middle East.
For best results, place raw chickpeas in a large bowl and cover with water. Cover by several inches of water to allow for expansion. Allow the chickpeas to soak overnight before draining and rinsing. Place chickpeas in a pot of water, bring to a boil, and then lower to simmer and leave for 1-1.5 hours.
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What is Type 2 Diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes mellitus. It is also known as adult-onset diabetes or noninsulin dependent diabetes, in a reference to two of its frequent distinguishing characteristics. Like type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes is not curable, but it can be managed with the assistance of a doctor and some work on the part of the patient. Being diagnosed with the condition can be frightening, but a doctor should be able to refer patients to support groups and other forms of assistance so that they can cope with the condition. Diabetes mellitus is a condition which is caused by a lack of insulin production in the body, or an inability to process insulin properly. Insulin is the compound which allows sugar to be absorbed and used by the body. Without insulin, sugar builds up in the bloodstream, starving the cells of energy and potentially leading to serious medical problems such as blindness, kidney failure, nervous system problems, and heart attacks. Because this condition can become fatal, patients should not ignore the symptoms and risk factors of diabetes.
Pets are also susceptible, so responsible pet owners should keep an eye on the health of their companion animals as well. In the case of type 2 diabetes, the onset of diabetes tends to be slow, which can make it difficult to identify. Some common symptoms include lethargy, hunger, thirst, and frequent urination. A doctor can perform a test to determine whether the cause of these problems is diabetes.
Fortunately for patients, type 2 diabetes is largely preventable through diet and exercise, especially among at risk groups. It appears that Native Americans, Latinos, Pacific Islanders, and people of Asian or African descent may be more at risk for type 2 diabetes than others. These individuals seem to have genetic precursors for the disease, which can be activated by inactivity or excessive food consumption.
For these reasons, at risk individuals need to be especially careful to eat a balanced diet, exercise regularly, and see a doctor for frequent checkups. If the condition is identified early, it is much more treatable.
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The game of Pogs originated in Maui, Hawaii in the late 1920s. A similar Japanese card game, Menko, has been around since the 17th century. We can thank Blossom Galbiso, an Oahu teacher and guidance counselor for the 90s Pogs resurgence. She incorporated Pogs into her fifth grade math curriculum and as a nonviolent schoolyard game alternative. This was in 1991. In 1992, a small Canadian packaging company that had been producing milk caps in Maui, began printing millions of pogs every week and the game spread to the mainland U.S. By 1993, Pogs had dominated the world. You could get Pogs in any type of style/image you could image: toys, cartoons, movies, games, sports, even famous celebrities and politicians were featured on Pogs.
Children would often keep Pogs won from others during play which led to school districts to consider Pogs to be a form of gambling. The games were so addictive for some youngsters that they became classroom distractions and led to playground arguments. This, of course, led to a ban of Pogs from some North American schools, many Western European schools and some bans in Australian schools.
Traditional Pogs were made of a rough cardboard, printed with limited colors and often had a staple in them. Modern Pogs were made with stiffer, thicker cardboard and printed with colorful, glossy images. The slammer is a heavier piece made of plastic that came in various thicknesses and were similar in diameter to regular Pogs.
Pogs are played by stacking them face down in a pile. Each player takes turns throwing his slammer down onto the stack, trying to make it scatter. Any Pogs that landed face up by the player were kept. After a player’s throw, remaining Pogs were restacked and play continued all the Pogs were taken. The player with the most Pogs won.
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Crush resistance testing involves the measurement of a compressive load to a point when a sample deforms, fractures, shatters or collapses. This type of test may be applied to a variety of products including corrugated cardboard, glass, bearings, bricks, concrete, or any sample where crush resistance is important. This is a common test used in packaging design and validation.
Generally, a crush resistance test involves a load limit. The material under test is compressed and compared to the load limit. Maximum load, load at break and work at maximum load are calculated.
Typical graph showing compression test:
Typical graph showing compression test to rupture:
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Cancer Term of the Week
"A sarcoma (plural sarcomas or sarcomata); is a
cancer that arises from transformed cells of mucous connective tissue(mesenchymal) origin. Thus, malignant tumors made of
cancellous bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, vascular, or hematopoietic tissues are, by definition, considered sarcomas.
This is in contrast to a malignant tumor originating from epithelial cells, which are termed carcinoma."
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Exotic Pest Reporting
Doug Stone, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org
Camphor shot borer
Camphor shot borer (Cnestus mutilatus) is an insect pest of nursery trees. It is a native of Asia and was first detected in Mississippi in 1999.
This large ambrosia beetle infests nursery trees throughout the southeastern U.S.A. The beetles are active between March and September and may have multiple generations per year. Due to the beetle's size, large entrance and emergence holes are created in infested trees. Insecticides may provide some protection to young nursery trees.
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Santa Lucia Fir, Bristlecone Fir, Abies venusta
|These cone-bearing evergreens, commonly called firs, are large, majestic trees. Place them in groups, singly in lawns, or in forest plantings. Their upright cones vary in color -- purple, blue, red-brown or green -- by species. The flat needles are aromatic. Firs prefer moist, cool, acid soil, and full sun. Many types need some winter chill and shelter from wind. Polluted city air hinders growth. Though firs do not require pruning, you can tip back branch ends to promote denser growth. Even large trees are transplantable.
A. bracteata bristles with stiff, sharp needles and long spiny bracts on its 4-inch cones. Smooth red-brown bark makes a pleasing contrast. Tolerates hot dry climates.
Attributes - Abies bracteata
Plant Type: Tree
Height: 60 ft. to 120 ft.
Width: 45 ft.
Sunlight: Full Sun, Partial Sun
Climate: Zones 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Notes: Thrives in Dry Climates, Hot Climates. Drought Tolerant, Low Maintenance.
Abies alba, Abies balsamea 'Nana', Abies bornmuelleriana, Abies cilicica, Abies concolor, Abies concolor 'Compacta', Abies grandis, Abies koreana, Abies koreana 'Prostrata', Abies lasiocarpa, Abies lasiocarpa 'Compacta', Abies magnifica, Abies pinsapo
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For some notes about what this means, see the notes at the end of this page. Many individual items also have links to the appropriate entry in the notes.
Status: This status information is prepared by collecting data about the run.
Lower Bound: The lower bound is the focus of the primary computational effort. It is computed by a branch and bound process, using a linear programming relaxation, and then tightening the relaxation with cutting planes to obtain the bound. When no more progress is being made on the bound on a problem, we branch, dividing the problem into two subproblems. Thus, the lower bound is the minimum lower bound of all of the current subproblems. The current subproblems are also referred to as the active nodes.
Optimal Solution: The upper bound on the solution value is just the length of the best tour known, shown here. Because the edge lengths are all integers, the lower bound shows that this tour is indeed the optimal solution.
CPU Time Used: The cpu time used in the branch and bound computation. CPU times on various machine types are just added together, so this does not reflect the CPU time on any one type of CPU. Some of this computation took place on PC's running FreeBSD. FreeBSD's cpu usage timers overflow, so the cpu times we computed on these machines were often negative because of these overflows. The real total cpu time used was significantly more than this value we computed. Also, this time does not include the time spent working on the upper and lower bounds of the root node, prior to beginning branch and bound.
Lower Bound Progress: This plot shows the computed lower bound as a function of the cpu time used. The cpu times in this plot are affected by overflows in FreeBSD's cpu usage timers.
Active Node: An active node is
another way of referring to a subproblem which has not been
further split, and whose lower bound is less than the current upper bound. Every active node needs to be worked on, and any active node could be worked on next. The computation assigns the active nodes with the smallest lower bounds to the available CPUs. The computation on an active node will either result in its lower bound being increased to the current upper bound, or the problem will be split into two new subproblems (and hence two new active nodes). From another viewpoint, the active nodes are the leaves of the current branch and bound tree.
Number of Active Nodes: This plot shows the number of active nodes as a function of the cpu time used. The cpu times in this plot are affected by overflows in FreeBSD's cpu usage timers.
Branch and Bound Tree: This is a
picture of the current branch and bound tree. The active nodes are
shown in red and magenta,
while the processed nodes are shown in green.
The vertical position of a node is determined by its lower bound.
Last updated: June 1, 2001.
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17 January 2016
Granted to officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines for operations in the Baltic against Russia at the same time as the Crimean War. One hundred and six medals were also issued to men serving with the Royal Sappers and Miners (British Battles and Medals lists these men by name).
36mm diameter silver medal. The obverse portrays the diademed head of Queen Victoria, the legend VICTORIA REGINA. The reverse depicts Britannia seated, holding a trident. Behind her are the fortresses of Bomarsund and Sveaborg. The word BALTIC is above, with the dates 1854-1855 in the exergue. The obverse of the medal had been designed by William Wyon RA (1795-1851) and the reverse by his son Leonard Charles Wyon (1826-1891).
33mm wide; yellow with blue edges.
An ornamental swivelling suspender.
Medals were issued unnamed except those to the Royal Sappers and Miners. These medals were impressed in block capitals.
Image courtesy of Dix Noonan Webb.
Posted by Paul Nixon
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Garbanzo beans, or chickpeas, are native to the Middle East in the Mediterranean regions. Later they spread to India, Ethiopia, and were popular among the Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks. This bean is a main ingredient of the popular health food hummus. They are also great added to soups and salads to provide extra fiber and protein. It is best to soak them overnight before cooking.
Health Benefits of Garbanzo Beans:
Reduces Risk of Heart Disease
Regulates Blood Sugar
Glaser Organic Farms © 2019
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The Crisis at Fort Sumter
Lecture no. 4 from the course: The American Civil War
Taught by Professor Gary W. Gallagher | 30 min | Categories: The Great Courses Plus Online History Courses
From February through April 1861, the United States and the Confederacy eyed each other warily and vied for the support of eight slave states that remained in the Union. As various compromise proposals fell short, United States-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor came to be a flash point.
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What is a coronary angiogram?
Coronary angiography is the gold standard of diagnosis and it is a specialized X-ray test that shows detailed information about the coronary arteries. It is most frequently carried out on patients with angina to give doctors a clearer picture of the extent and severity of the condition.
What happens during a coronary angiogram?
During coronary angiography, a special dye is released into the bloodstream. The dye makes the coronary arteries visible on X-ray pictures to help doctors spot blockages in the arteries.
A procedure called cardiac catheterization is used to get the dye into the coronary arteries. A thin, flexible tube called a catheter is put into a blood vessel in the arm, upper thigh or neck. The tube is threaded into the coronary arteries and the dye is released into the bloodstream. X-ray pictures are taken while the dye flows through the coronary arteries.
The procedure is generally carried out while the patient is awake and causes little or no pain.
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Description of EAN-13, GTIN-13The EAN barcode is primarily used in supermarkets to identify product at the point of sales. The products contain the EAN number or GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) to identify itself.
The standard EAN/GTIN product code has 13 digits. For smaller sized products there is a short version of the EAN/GTIN code the EAN 8
- The first 2 digits of the EAN-13 or GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) code are containing the country of the article. The country is coded with 2 numbers, e.g. the numbers 40, 41, 42 and 43 represent Germany.
- The next 5 digits code the producer of the article.
- The following 5 digits represent the article number which is given by the producer.
- The remaining last digit is the check digit. ActiveBarcode calculates this check digit for you.
History:In 1977 the EAN code was used by 12 countries (all the countries of the European Community). Today, use of the EAN code has spread to all west European countries, USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. Today the EAN is called GTIN (Global Trade Item Number)
The article registration process in the supermarket has become easy and fast. There is no need to enter all data of the article using a keyboard - you just have to pass the article containing the barcode over a scanner. The scanner reads the barcode and sends the information (the barcode number) to the computer. The computer reads the record for the articles barcode number containing the price and article name. If the barcode is damaged there is also a way to enter the barcode number by hand.
Advantages of using the EAN/GTIN code:
1. It's not required to label all articles with the price. The price is stored in the database and can be accessed via the barcode number. For customers the price is only needed once where the article is stored in the supermarket.
2. It is fast and safe because there is no way to make a mistake.
Calculated according to Modulo 10
ActiveBarcode calculates the check digit for you automatically
EAN-13 - #01 - CODEEAN13
GTIN-13 - #111 - CODEGTIN13
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OMEGA analysis tool: Protecting the environment with big data
The OMEGA analysis tool supports Lufthansa Cargo with climate protection. Even more accurate evaluation of the flight data helps sustainably increase the efficiency of flight operations.
The shorter the route, the lower the fuel consumption – this is immediately apparent. However, flight routes established by air traffic control are not necessarily the shortest route between the departure and arrival airports. The established route from the Norwegian airport Stavanger to Frankfurt am Main, for example, takes a detour via Amsterdam. The pilots of Lufthansa Cargo therefore almost always fly a shortcut over Groningen. Although they have to get a permit to do so, the effort is nevertheless worthwhile: thanks to a route that is 72 kilometers shorter, they save 600 kilos of kerosene and reduce CO2 emissions. In the past, such shortcuts used to be based solely on the experience of the individual pilot. However, for two years now, Lufthansa Cargo has been using the OMEGA (Ops Monitor and Efficiency Gap Analyzer) analysis tool. It collects heaps of flight data and helps the pilots fly in an ecologically efficient manner.
Flight routes established by air traffic control (blue lines) are not necessarily the shortest route between the departure and arrival airports. The OMEGA analysis of the Stavanger to Frankfurt am Main route shows how pilots can take shortcuts (green lines).
OMEGA works with loads of flight data
Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo developed the OMEGA software together with the IT specialist Honeywell Aviaso. The tool aggregates a number of aircraft and route-specific parameters that are continuously stored in the flight recorder on each flight. They include weather conditions, speed, flap position and of course kerosene consumption. These actual values are compared with the planned and optimal values and analyzed. “Pilots can use the statistics to, for example, see how much kerosene they have consumed on a particular route over the last two years as a basis for their decision on routes and refueling,” explains Bettina Jansen, Head of Environmental Management at Lufthansa Cargo. The pilots can refuel according to need and minimize fuel buffers. This also applies to kerosene consumption during trips to and from the runways. “With the help of OMEGA, the fuel efficiency team was able to precisely determine the actual amount of fuel that is consumed while taxiing and adjust the planning accordingly. This saves about 650 tons of CO2 per year,” says Bettina Jansen.
Pilots can prepare optimally using the tool
Flap position data also helps to save fuel. The farther the flaps are extended, the higher the air resistance and kerosene consumption. OMEGA allows the airline to evaluate the conditions under which its cargo aircraft can land with kerosene-saving flap positions.
By 2020, Lufthansa Cargo aims to reduce CO2 emissions per transported ton by 25 percent compared to 2005. OMEGA is an important component in achieving this goal. Combined with other measures, the IT tool already saved more than 10,000 tons of CO2 emissions in the first year. The airline has already received the “German Aviation Innovation Award” and the “German Award for Excellence” from the German Association for the Certification of Management Systems (DQS).
Text by Gesine Oltmanns
Photos: Lufthansa Cargo
Illustration: Honeywell Aviaso
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"Africae Tabula Nova", Ortelius, Abraham
Period: 1570 (dated)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
19.8 x 14.7 inches
50.3 x 37.3 cm
This striking map is one of the cornerstone maps of Africa and remained the standard map of Africa well into the seventeenth century. It was designed by Ortelius from elements of contemporary maps by Gastaldi, Mercator, and Forlani and used several recent sources: Ramusio in Navigationi et Viaggi (1550), Joao de Barros in Decadas da Asia (1552), and Leo Africanus in Historiale description de l'Afrique (1556). The majority of the nomenclature is taken from Gastaldi. The Nile is based on the Ptolemaic concept, originating from two large lakes south of the equator. Curiously Ortelius did not represent the Mountains of the Moon (a prominent feature on most prior maps) and the twin lakes are not named. Ortelius introduced two important changes to the shape of the continent on this map; the Cape of Good Hope is more pointed, and the eastward extension of the continent was reduced significantly. The map is decorated with a strap work title cartouche, a grand sea battle (copied from Diego Gutierez' wall map of the Americas), and sea monsters. The presence of the ghost monster is barely visible in the sea off the Arabian peninsula. This beautiful map was engraved by Frans Hogenberg who engraved many of the maps for the Theatrum. This is an early impression, published in the 1579 Latin edition.
References: Betz #12.2; Van de Broecke #8; Norwich #10 :Tooley (AF) p. 88.
Nice impression with muted old color and some minor soil. There is an old paper repair on an unobtrusive, 1.5" tear just west of Gibraltar and another on the bottom fold.
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anisogamete/an·iso·gam·ete/ (-gam´ēt) a gamete differing in size or structure from the one with which it unites.anisogamet´ic
Either of two conjugating gametes that differ in structure or behavior, such as the small motile male spermatozoon and the larger nonmotile female ovum. Also called heterogamete.
Etymology: Gk, anisos + gamos, marriage
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