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Crinums are a genus of perennial plants that are part of the Amaryllidaceae family. They are common landscape plants. The genus is comprised of about 60 to 100 species. Crinums are characterized by their large size
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Crinums are a genus of perennial plants that are part of the Amaryllidaceae family. They are common landscape plants. The genus is comprised of about 60 to 100 species. Crinums are characterized by their large size and leafless stems. The plants tend to appear alongside lakes and streams in both subtropical and tropical regions of the world, such as South Africa.
The name crinum has Greek origins. It comes from the Greek word for "white lily," which is "krinon." The majority of crinum species have either white or whitish flowers.
Crinums are herbaceous and have tunicated, large-sized bulbs. The bulbs create either a pseudostem or a neck that is comprised of the old leaves' sheathing bases. The linear leaves are shaped similarly to swords and are usually put together in a rosette, although they are occasionally situated in two different rows. The flowers either have long or short stalks and stamens that either angle downward or are curved.
Internationally, there are between 60 and 100 crinum species. Crinums appear in Africa, the Americas, Australia and southern Asia. The most crinum species are found in Africa.
All over the world, crinums have traditionally had uses to cure diseases and common ailments. According to the National Tropical Botanical Garden, they have anti-viral, anti-cholinergic, analgesic and anti-tumor properties. Crinums also can function as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, which can treat Alzheimer's disease.
Crinums are best cultivated with regular, abundant moisture and full sun. However, crinums are highly tolerant of drought. It is best to cultivate crinums from seed and to put the seeds in sandy, well-drained mediums with a slow-release fertilizer and a lot of compost.
Apart from the standard Greek name, there are several other common names for these perennial plants, including veld lilies, river lilies and umnduzes (in the Zulu language).
Some popular and well-known species of crinums include Crinum bulbispermum, Crinum macowanii, Crinum moorei, Crinum stuhlmannii, Crinum campanulatum, Crinum paludosum and Crinum graminicola.
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Tucked into the Sea of Japan is a verdant island that will soon receive Unesco world heritage status. But good luck visiting if you’re a woman. As The Japan Times reports, Okinoshima, the tiny island off of Ky
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Tucked into the Sea of Japan is a verdant island that will soon receive Unesco world heritage status. But good luck visiting if you’re a woman. As The Japan Times reports, Okinoshima, the tiny island off of Kyushu’s northwestern coast in the Fukuoka Prefecture, can only be set foot on by men.
Unesco will protect the site because of its rich archaeological and religious heritage, The Japan Times reports, but outside of Japan, the island is perhaps best known for being off-limits to anyone with two X chromosomes. Between the fourth and ninth centuries, a time of vibrant East Asian trade, the island was a place for men to pray for safe passage during their sea voyages. Over the centuries, people left an estimated 80,000 votive offerings of things like beads, weapons, mirrors and swords there.
The artifacts predate written records of religious rituals in Japan, so they are precious indeed—and they’re protected as natural treasures by the Japanese government.
The island is still considered sacred—the whole thing is a shrine—and its strict customs are still observed. As The Japan Times’ Ryo Hashimoto reports, the Shinto traditions of the shrine that controls the island mean that women are banned. 'There are varying explanations for the ban,” writes Hashimoto, “but some say it is because menstruation would defile the site.” Whatever the reason, women are not allowed. Men, too, must get naked and undergo a purification ritual before they go to the island. As a result, it’s rarely visited.
That could change with this summer’s designation. Hashimoto reports that locals fear more tourism. But there are other locals who might benefit from the designation—animals. As Andrew S. Wright reports for National Geographic, predatory rats have taken over the island, gutting local bird populations and triggering a chain effect that has reduced its biodiversity. Okinoshima’s fragile ecosystem has already been acknowledged by Japan itself, which designated the whole island a national wildlife protected area.
For now, there are no plans to ma
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Sunday, May 5, 2013
ethnic holidays on US weekends
In America, a land where many have cultural ideas to an older country, people also celebrate the culture of their past. Some things are run by the week's calendar
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Sunday, May 5, 2013
ethnic holidays on US weekends
In America, a land where many have cultural ideas to an older country, people also celebrate the culture of their past. Some things are run by the week's calendar. Saturday and Sunday is the weekend, the other days are generally business days. The US has a dearth of holidays, and there was the successful push to create Monday holidays starting in 1971. First this was a federal governmental item, but immediately picked up universally. It is part three day weekend, and part convenience to business.
This year, the Polish Constitution holiday, the 3rd of May falls on Friday. In America, this is celebrated only in towns with a sizable Polish population and the rest of the society does not know of (or allow for) its occurrence, so the celebration must fall during the weekend. A Polish civic holiday is not readily divorceable from cultural and religious life, and that for most purposes is Catholicism; so it is often marked on Sunday afternoons after Mass. Now, a popular Mexican holiday is the celebration of the victory of Puebla, which is the 5th of May. In the last few years across the US this celebration has expanded, for some it is cultural and for some it is commercial. Now, in Cleveland the city government acknowledged the celebration in City Hall with a luncheon on Friday the 3rd, in which a mariachi quintet played. A Mexican flag also flew for the day from the building, replacing the Ohio swallowtail.
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According to the Behistun Inscription, Paišiyâuvâdâ was close to "the mountain named Arakadriš".note[Behistun Inscription §11.] These places cannot be located with certainty, but
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According to the Behistun Inscription, Paišiyâuvâdâ was close to "the mountain named Arakadriš".note[Behistun Inscription §11.] These places cannot be located with certainty, but since the town has a different name in the Elamite version of the inscription (Nasirma), we may assume that it was on the border between Elam and Persia. (If it had been a purely Persian town, it would have kept its Persian name in the translation.) We can therefore think of a part of the southern Zagros mountain range.
The Behistun Inscription says that Paišiyâuvâdâ was the place where the Magian named Gaumâta raised a rebellion against the Achaemenid king Cambyses, who was in Egypt or Syria. This is remarkable, because other rebels mentioned in the inscription are never introduced with an indication of the place of their revolt.
A possible explanation is that in the Zoroastrian cosmology, the earth was created by Ahuramazda with a perfect, level surface; mountains were believed to be the result of the countercreation by the supreme god's opponent, Angra Mainyu ("the hostile spirit").note[Greater Bundahišn 6C1.] The fact that Gaumâta started his revolt on a mountain was, in this view, proof of his wickedness, and something worth recording.
Bruce Lincoln, Religion, Empire, and Torture. The Case of Achaemenian Persia (2007) pp.58-61
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A five-minute presentation may require hours of preparation such as researching, designing visuals to help explain concepts and making handouts to give to your audience. Additionally, you need to select the right topic -- one that can be presented effectively in the time provided
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A five-minute presentation may require hours of preparation such as researching, designing visuals to help explain concepts and making handouts to give to your audience. Additionally, you need to select the right topic -- one that can be presented effectively in the time provided yet appeal to your audience. To find the best fit, select a topic from categories that have **universal appeal** and focus your research according to the assignment guidelines and maturity level of your audience.
Provide your audience with a presentation on relationship skills. Select those skills that you know will be of most interest such as how to ask for a date, how to interpret body language and how to respond to typical situations that would arise during a date. A presentation on the different ways that males and females use language and communicate with the same sex or with the opposite sex can also make a good presentation for mature high school or college audiences. Ask a classmate to help you prepare two or more 15-second dialogue skits to demonstrate male and female differences and explain how relationship experts interpret those communications.
Etiquette and Social Graces
Show your audience the meaning of good table manners with a demonstration. You can cover many aspects such as the way to drink soup, how to avoid noisy eating, which fork and spoon to use for different foods and what to do if you spill something or have other awkward issues during dinner. Suggest appropriate conversational topics and how to have a polite interactive discussion according to the age group of the audience. Other social graces such as the right way to express congratulations or sadness at social functions, gifts buying and correspondence skills can also work for short presentations.
Nature and Meditation
How to take a nature walk or meditate in nature is a good selection for most audiences. Select particular types of locations that may be accessible to your audience such as a city park, lake-front area or a nearby state park. Present the types of wildlife they can expect to find or share techniques for meditating in nature. Present the types of supplies and tools they should bring such as binoculars, mats and water. Explain and show how to meditate, do stress relieving or energizing breathing and stretches at a desk and at home. Provide motivational techniques and ask your audience to practice a few mediation skills during the presentation.
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January 4, 1915 marked a rather dark day for Winona Lake. It was on that day that the Winona Assembly passed into the hands of receivership. Bankruptcy proceedings were forced upon the Assembly by a group of creditors who
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January 4, 1915 marked a rather dark day for Winona Lake. It was on that day that the Winona Assembly passed into the hands of receivership. Bankruptcy proceedings were forced upon the Assembly by a group of creditors who wished to force the sale of Winona properties in order to receive a part of what was due them. In April 1915 the Winona property was valued at $100,598, which was about one-ninth of its total indebtedness.
Winona has passed through several severe financial crises, but probably this one experienced thirty-seven years ago was its worst. Strange as it may seem this financial crisis really was brought on by the automobile. Many of the stockholders in the Winona Assembly were also stockholders in a separate corporation, the Winona Interurban Railway. This latter corporation operated interurban service between Goshen and Peru via Warsaw and street car service between Warsaw and Winona Lake. With the coming of the automobile and its increased use, the interurban began to be a losing proposition. Many of the Winona directors were counting on their dividends from the interurban stock to not only yield them some interest on their investment but also to provide a fine revenue for Winona Assembly.
As the Winona directors had about a million and a half invested in the Interurban, the railway company was practically a subsidiary of the Assembly. The failure of the Winona Interurban Railway to come up to financial expectations precipitated the financial crisis of 1915.
The creditors who insisted on a cash settlement were paid off, receiving about nine per cent of their claims. Many of the creditors stayed by the organization and became stockholders in a new corporation known as the Winona Assembly and Bible Conference. Under its new charter the Assembly could not go in debt and could not declare dividends. Any earnings above expenses had to be used for improvements or educational work. The new organization washed its hands of all subsidiary organizations.
Sol. C. Dickey, founder of Winona and the target of the attack of the creditors committee, weathered the storm and continued on as the general secretary of the Assembly. William Jennings Bryan, candidate for President of the United States three different times, was president of Winona Assembly during this period of its history.
Warsaw Times-Union Sat. January 3, 1953
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Julius Caesar Obituary & Shakespeare Analysis Worksheet
This wonderful, cross-curricular assignment has students read Mark Antony's famous funeral oration from Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" and answering a set of CCSS-aligned reading analysis questions.
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Julius Caesar Obituary & Shakespeare Analysis Worksheet
This wonderful, cross-curricular assignment has students read Mark Antony's famous funeral oration from Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" and answering a set of CCSS-aligned reading analysis questions.
Students then write their own obituary or funeral speech based on facts they learned about Caesar in class. I love having the students read these out loud in class and try to make their's as poetic as they can while also including historical facts. It makes for a fantastic class activity!
An answer key is included for your convenience.
This makes for an excellent assignment after using the Julius Caesar and the End of the Roman Republic PowerPoint Lesson
Both of these resources can also be downloaded as part of the larger, discounted Roman Empire Unit Bu
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Why is my refrigerator leaking water inside : Office size refrigerators
Why Is My Refrigerator Leaking Water Inside
- An appliance or compartment that is artificially kept cool and used to store food and drink. Modern refrigerators generally make use of the
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Why is my refrigerator leaking water inside : Office size refrigerators
Why Is My Refrigerator Leaking Water Inside
- An appliance or compartment that is artificially kept cool and used to store food and drink. Modern refrigerators generally make use of the cooling effect produced when a volatile liquid is forced to evaporate in a sealed system in which it can be condensed back to liquid outside the refrigerator
- A refrigerator is a cooling apparatus. The common household appliance (often called a "fridge" for short) comprises a thermally insulated compartment and a heat pump—chemical or mechanical means—to transfer heat from it to the external environment (i.e.
- white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
- Refrigerator was an Appendix Quarter horse racehorse who won the Champions of Champions race three times. He was a 1988 bay gelding sired by Rare Jet and out of Native Parr. Rare Jet was a grandson of Easy Jet and also a double descendant of both Depth Charge (TB) and Three Bars (TB).
- (of liquid, gas, etc.) Pass in or out through a hole or crack in such a way
- (of secret information) Become known
- (leak) tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
- (leak) an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak"
- (leak) soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
- (of a container or covering) Accidentally lose or admit contents, esp. liquid or gas, through a hole or crack
- Situated on or in, or derived from, the inside
- (in basketball) Taking place within the perimeter of the defense
- within a building; "in winter we play inside"
- (in some team sports) Denoting positions nearer to the center of the field
- relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter"
- the region that is inside of something
- A colorless, transparent, od
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What is screen printing and how does it work using filler to create a screen?
Once you get the hang of screen printing, its really simple, fun and rewarding. You just need to know how.
First off, create a design to print out
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What is screen printing and how does it work using filler to create a screen?
Once you get the hang of screen printing, its really simple, fun and rewarding. You just need to know how.
First off, create a design to print out. This could be anything from patterns to detailed drawings. But for your first time you want to keep it simple until you know what to do. A simple outline of a picture or shape can be very effective.
After preparing your design on card or paper, make sure it is bold enough to see through the mesh screen, as you need to be able to paint over the lines onto the mesh screen in order to create the image- going over it in black or bold pencil should be fine.
On the printing press, you need to pick up the top section with the screen, and prop it up with its side arm. You can now access the bottom piece of the board where the card to transfer onto will sit. You want to create a couple of makeshift sides using sticky card, so that when replacing a piece of card, it sits in the same place each time.
Placing your original design on the board and closing the mesh screen should reveal the design underneath. If you can see it clearly through the mesh, you can begin to paint the ink onto the screen where you want ink to flow through onto the card.
If the ink has dried the next step is to apply is the filler. placing this over and around your design will make sure that ink does not flow through the mesh screen, but only where you have painted on your ink.
After the filler has dried, you need to place some tape around the screen so the ink will not spread to the edges and ruin the print. it is a good idea to place some closely around the image you have painted so the ink will not run through unblocked gaps aswell.
After choosing a colour ink and mixing it to ensure it has not seperated, place it on the mesh screen – remembering to place a fresh piece of card underneath the screen.
Now you can begin to pull the squeegee towards you ( a piece of wood with a rubber or plastic edge for thin and even spreading of ink) and at the same time applying some downward pressure to ensure that the mesh is pushed down onto the card.
The squeegee should be closest to you on the mesh screen, you then pick up the mesh screen and push the squeegee away from you, gathering the excess ink on the way back. You can leave the squeegee at the bottom of the mesh screen.
Opening the press reveals a fresh print on the card below the screen. The first print might not be as clean as the rest but will provide a good idea of how the print will turn out. Placing the prints on a drying rack will be a good idea as the ink will be wet.
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With more Americans traveling to remote places, increasing attention is being paid to keeping them healthy overseas and providing them with high-quality care in emergencies.
A major part of the effort is directed at preventing disease. Some illnesses, such as malaria, which have
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With more Americans traveling to remote places, increasing attention is being paid to keeping them healthy overseas and providing them with high-quality care in emergencies.
A major part of the effort is directed at preventing disease. Some illnesses, such as malaria, which have been virtually eliminated in the United States, are still prevalent in many places abroad. And American travelers are increasingly exposed to such diseases as they turn to adventure vacations that take them deep into tropical hinterlands, where public health measures are primitive or nonexistent.
``In tropical Africa, everyone at least 1 year of age has probably already been affected by malaria,`` says Dr. Hans Lobel, an epidemiologist with the Federal Centers for Disease Control. ``Americans may escape it in major cities such as Nairobi, Kenya, because of the high elevation there. But when they go into the bush, they face a very malignant strain, and they should be aware of the risk.``
The message is not that you should avoid this sort of travel but that you should take precautions. Your physician can advise you on what is appropriate, but the burden is on you to tell him or her where you are going.
Periodic ``advisory memorandums`` issued by the Centers for Disease Control are intended to keep travel agents, airlines, shipping companies and health departments up to date on diseases overseas. This service is free to travel agents who request it; so if yours does not tell you about possible risks, something or somebody has been remiss.
A three-paragraph January memorandum discussed five cases of poliomyelitis that it said had been diagnosed and confirmed late last year in Finland, including some in the area of Helsinki, the capital. It was the first polio reported in Finland since 1964, and it is extremely rare elsewhere in Western Europe.
``Proof of poliomyelitis immunization is not required for international travel,`` the memo said. ``However, it is recommended that travelers to Finland, or any country where poliomyelitis is occurring, be immune prior to departure.`` The memo then stated what vaccines and dosages were recommended. The government requires no vaccinations or other immunizations for any resident returning to the U.S. You may need one or more to enter a foreign country, however, particularly if you visit an infected country on the way.
Therefore, it is wise to heed the disease centers` advice: As many weeks as possible before you plan to leave, consult your doctor or municipal health department about immunizations so there will be adequate time to receive recommended doses. ``Many vaccines can be given during a single visit,`` an advisory says, ``but others may require more than one dose.``
Your family physician can probably provide most immunizations, but he or she may not be up to date on exactly which ones you need, or he may need time to order them.
As an offshoot of a computer software program called ``Immunization Alert`` that Dr. Kenneth R. Dardick, a Connecticut physician, developed for corporate and government clients, he will, for $25, provide a traveler with an up-to-date, detailed, personalized health report on up to six countries to be visited.
The report will tell what diseases are prevalent and what precautions are necessary, recommended or may be advisable, depending on where you travel. Using this information, Dr. Dardick expects that travelers will ask for appropriate medical action from their own physicians. Details are available from Immunization Alert, P.O. Box 406, Storrs, Conn. 06268.
An annual global rundown of disease and immunization advice, in addition to lots of other health guidance for travelers, is contained in the Centers for Disease Control`s paperback book, ``Health Information for International Travel.``
Last revised in August, 1984, the book is available for $4.25 from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (ask for Publication No. HHS-CDC-84-8280). Information in the booklet is updated by the disease centers` advisory memos, but these are n
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During this semester I realized that I would be teaching a unit on Travel to my advanced ELL elementary school students. The book we are using is geared towards speaking, and due to time constraints, it can get difficult to really get learners engaged,
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During this semester I realized that I would be teaching a unit on Travel to my advanced ELL elementary school students. The book we are using is geared towards speaking, and due to time constraints, it can get difficult to really get learners engaged, excited and motivated from topic to topic. Some of the themes we have done before, and so I wanted to come up with a new way to teach them about the world but also to make it as real and interactive as possible for them.
So after some web and social media searching, I saw a class on postcards and with some input from a co-teacher came up with the idea of international postcards (video and “old school info in the link).
- Using videos students are able to experience English L2 from a variety of speakers across the globe not just their English teachers who they are used to.
- It makes the world a little more real and tangible without having to travel (most are from a lower SES)
- Real life applications and personal.
- They can use similar technology to reply to postcards and have to think critically to adapt information to the purposes of communicating.
- Videos I have seen of “making” classes, and PBL all show high engagement from students with age appropriate activities, that are scaffolded carefully.
Above: One of the cards I have received so far via a photo from Australia.
- I had to plan far ahead to get postcards in on time for the lesson. I did not and have thus pushed back my teaching a little bit (I am lucky to have this freedom).
- Snail mail takes long regardless of advanced notice. We managed to curb this problem a bit by asking participants to send me front and back photos of the postcards that I can print out in case they don’t get here fast enough.
- People volunteer but don’t follow through- After sending a reminder to friends about the deadline, several replied saying they forgot or have other pressing deadlines of their own 😦 – This means being patient and also part of the reason why I decided to push back the date of this lesson a bit.
- Students might struggle a lot with accents and handwriting (I did remind participants to write clearly and also speak slowly and clearly).
- Making the postcards in might not be as fun for the students and could lead to letting volunteers who put an effort in down with responses.
All things considered, I am still excited about teaching this lesson and do think students will enjoy interacting with other English native speakers through this platform. Most students are from a lower SES and so this class will not only include them in the wider worl
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Meaning of sump
Pronunciation: (sump), [key]
- a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- a chamber at the bottom of a machine, pump, circulation system
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Meaning of sump
Pronunciation: (sump), [key]
- a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- a chamber at the bottom of a machine, pump, circulation system, etc., into which a fluid drains before recirculation or in which wastes gather before disposal.
- a space where water is allowed to collect at the bottom of a shaft or below a passageway.
- a pilot shaft or tunnel pushed out in front of a main bore.
- a swamp, bog, or muddy pool.
- sump (Thesaurus)
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Teaching youngsters how to write I think is one of the hardest things about teaching first grade. Second only to…..Valentine’s Day, Halloween and the day before holiday breaks. That’s why today I want to show you how to teach transition
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Teaching youngsters how to write I think is one of the hardest things about teaching first grade. Second only to…..Valentine’s Day, Halloween and the day before holiday breaks. That’s why today I want to show you how to teach transition words in writer’s workshop.
But…. Every year, right about December when they are “off the wall” and listening to maybe a third of what I’m saying, I start to panic when I see their writing. “Oh my heavens! They are never going to make it.”
“Oh God, I’ve failed them.”
“This is just horrendous.”
“Boys and girls, why are there NO punctuation marks on these papers?!!!”
“I have NO idea what this kid is even trying to say!”
And then January through April happens.
And just like that…they really are listening. Their writing becomes neater. Their sentences become longer. The content is more in depth. Their writing has voice.
Every year I want to shout from the mountains….”They GOT it!!! They finally got it!
But it hasn’t been without effort, on both of our parts. Writer’s workshop in my class is an important part of our day.
During Writer’s Workshop, students learn how to be writers. They see, hear, touch, experience, and feel writing, and in these primary grades it is here the very basic and foundational steps of writing are taught.
Here is a typical Writer’s Workshop lesson in our classroom.
On this day, we are writing a narrative. We review what a narrative is and the purpose of a narrative.
My school follows a balanced literacy model. We have adopted the Lucy Calkins model for reading and writing so we do a TON of writing about small moments.
Every Monday, we write about our weekend. I ALWAYS model in a writing mini-lesson. This wasn’t always the case.
When I first started teaching I was afraid to model writing. I thought the students would copy my writing and then it wouldn’t be their own. I’ve learned better now. Students want to please you and
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Due to the natural and historic significance, the Land Conservancy partnered with the City of Saugatuck to permanently protect this treasured natural area. In December 2011, Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area transferred to Saugatuck
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Due to the natural and historic significance, the Land Conservancy partnered with the City of Saugatuck to permanently protect this treasured natural area. In December 2011, Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area transferred to Saugatuck to become a city park.Read More
In 2005 and 2007, the Land Conservancy helped Ottawa County Department of Parks & Recreation acquire a total of 314 acres along the Macatawa or Black River just east of Zeeland and Interstate I-196 by purchasing conservation easements on the property. One of the primary goals in acquiring the property was to improve the water quality of the Macatawa River and downstream Lake Macatawa that were impaired by the previous owner’s dairy operations.
For decades, dairy cattle grazed the fields and grown in the heavy muck soil along the river. With little or no buffer from the fields, sediments and pollutants inevitably found their way into the river and contributed to the pollution of Lake Macatawa and Lake Michigan. Once protected with a conservation agreement, an effort was made to restore the wetlands on the property and replace the fields with native trees and grasses.
Partnership was key to the success of this project and included the Land Conservancy of West Michigan, Macatawa Greenway Partnership, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, Ducks Unlimited, and the Macatawa Watershed Project.
- The natural area’s wetlands act as a sponge and filter runoff during heavy rains and contribute to water quality improvement for Lake Macatawa and Lake Michigan.
- Dramatic improvements in wildlife habitat and bird diversity.
- Access to hiking, cross country skiing, bird watching and other recreational activites.
A Clean Water Act grant from the Department of Environmental Quality was key to placing a conservation agreement on the property.
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Pringles are one of the most popular chips all over the world, so we regret to inform you that they are something you must avoid at any cost!
Apparently, this can of chips is extremely harmful, as it is loaded with carcinogens and
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Pringles are one of the most popular chips all over the world, so we regret to inform you that they are something you must avoid at any cost!
Apparently, this can of chips is extremely harmful, as it is loaded with carcinogens and toxins.
What you may also not know is the fact that such salty snacks like Pringles are not even close to potatoes. In the process of production, manufacturers use potato flakes, corn, and wheat.
They mix these ingredients in the initial phase of production, in a form of dough, and then press them onto molds. Afterward, they are added in boiling oil until they are blown dry. In the end, producers spray them with powdered flavors and pack them into cans.
During the process of production, the most harmful ingredient which ends in these chips is actually a by-product, known as Acrylamide. This is an extremely dangerous carcinogen, which is known to lead to cancer in the case of animals.
Also, in certain doses, it is toxic to the nervous system in both, animals and humans. The most shocking fact is that this substance is in much higher amounts in these chips than allowed.
Acrylamide is created in the process of preparation of foods at high temperatures. Regardless of the fact whether the food is roasted or baked if the preparation process is conducted on such a heat to make the surface of the food yellow/brown, this by-product is created.
Hence, all foods cooked at temperatures higher than 100˚C ay include this toxin.
Being loaded with this harmful ingredient, potato chips are an extremely great threat to your health. Due to all this, the state of California sued potato chips producers back in 2005, as they did not even warn customers about the health risks of this product and the ingredients it contains.
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Using technology and better systems
Use less paper by effectively using computers and other technology
Examples for how to use your computer to eliminate paper:
- Use electronic means to communicate with customers, for press releases, for media relations.
- Use e-mail
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Using technology and better systems
Use less paper by effectively using computers and other technology
Examples for how to use your computer to eliminate paper:
- Use electronic means to communicate with customers, for press releases, for media relations.
- Use e-mail instead of memos and faxes for announcing meetings, and targeted communications. Use group e-mail lists to "broadcast" important messages efficiently and inexpensively.
- For editing and reviewing larger documents, transfer documents on disk or by e-mail rather than sending a printed copy.
- Use electronic communications for directories, forms, bulletins, manuals, reports, and storage when possible (don't print them unless absolutely necessary).
- Develop an Internet web page for frequently requested information.
- Store documents in electronic archives using data compression software. This saves on filing cabinets and floor space.
- Employ office Intranet solutions that allow open or password-protected access to important documents, presentations, or databases
- Use electronic data interchange (EDI) technologies, like web-based secure credit card transfers and order forms, to reduce the need for cumbersome paper invoices, transaction records and confirmation letters.
- Use Revision Features in Word Processing Software. Take advantage of on-screen editing features when making changes to draft documents, then send the new draft electronically.
- Use the "Fit to Page" feature in Microsoft Excel. This feature automatically re-scales output to print evenly on one or several pages.
- Use the "Print Preview" feature to make sure the document prints on just one page. You may also want to change the paper orientation (portrait vs. landscape) for large spreadsheets to get more columns on a page.
- In PowerPoint, print "Handouts" not "Slides". Text in PowerPoint is generally large, so if you print using the "Slides" option, it will print one slide per page. If you need to make overheads, that is the way to go, but otherwise, the best and fastest way is to print "Handouts".
Use better information systems
a) centralizing files, reducing distribution lists and consolidating forms.
b) routing Memos and Newsletters.
- If it is inappropriate to communicate a message by e mail, instead of making a copy for each person, route one copy around the office.
- Ask originators to send fewer copies to your office.
- Provide half-size sheets for short memos and letters.
This saves paper, inventory, warehousing, handling, printing and labelling costs. Print directly on envelopes rather than using labels.
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|Place||Deganya, Israel, 32n42, 35e35|
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Israeli general and political leader who became a crusader for peace. Skilled in both battle and diplomacy, he played a key role in four wars, but also helped negotiate the historic Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. He was the author of four books, including a memoir in 1976.
Born on a kibbutz near Lake Tiberias to parents Shemuel and Devorah, he joined the Haganah at 14, an underground organization that defended Jewish settlements from Arab attacks. Dayan learned guerilla warfare from British Captain Charles Orde Wingate, and served in the Palestine-Arab revolt 1936-‘39. When the British outlawed the Haganah in 1939, Dayan was arrested and imprisoned for two years.
Upon his release in 1941, Dayan joined the British army, where he served with the forces that liberated Lebanon and Syria from Vichy France during World War II. Dayan was wounded in battle in Lebanon where he lost his left eye. He began to wear the black eye patch that later became his trademark.
Dayan's activities in the 1948 War of Independence began when he commanded the defense of Jewish settlements in the Jordan Valley. He helped halt Egyptian forces on the southern front. In August 1948, he was appointed commander on the Jerusalem front. In 1949, he participated in armistice talks with Jordanian officials at Rhodes. Dayan's military prowess allowed him to rise to the rank of chief of operations at General Headquarters in 1952, and in 1953, he was elected Chief of Staff of the armed forces. Terrorism was a continual problem and Dayan insisted on strong retaliation operations. On 29 October 1956, Dayan led Israel's Suez campaign, an invasion of the Sinai Peninsula after Egypt, Syria and Jordan signed a pact stating as their goal the destruction of Israel.
In 1958, Dayan left the military and entered politics. He served as Minister of Agriculture in the government of David Ben-Gurion from 1959 until 1964. In 1964, he resigned after an argument with new Prime Minister Levi Eshkol and joined Ben-Gurion in forming a new party called Rafi (Alliance of Israel's Workers). A year later, Dayan was reelected to the Knesset representing Rafi, which later rejoined the Labor Party. Dayan kept his position as Defense Minister when Golda Meir of the Labor Party succeeded Eshkol as Prime Minister in 1969.
On Yom Kippur, October 6, 1973, at the orders of President Anwar Sadat, Egyptian armies crossed the Suez Canal, moved anti-aircraft missiles into the canal area, and waged war on Israel. Israeli losses were high and Israel had too short a supply of equipment to conduct a prolonged war. On October 22, a cease-fire was declared, but the Israeli public's confidence had been severely shaken. Israel had been unprepared for the surprise attack and unable to repulse it quickly. The nation’s lack of preparation was blamed on Defense Minister Dayan and an outraged public demanded his resignation. Dayan submitted his resignation to Meir in 1974.
In 1977, newly elected Likud Prime Minister Menachem Begin gave him a second chance by offering him the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. In May 1977, Dayan began peace negotiations with the Egyptians which continued for 18 months. Eventually, with help from U.S. president and mediator Jimmy Carter, a peace agreement, the Camp David Accords, was drawn up and signed at 11 PM on Sunday 17 September 1978.
In 1979, Dayan and Begin disagreed about building settlements, and Dayan also felt he was being bypassed on foreign policy issues and he resigned.
On 14 May 1979, Dayan was diagnosed with colon cancer. He died on 16 October 1981, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- parent->child relationship with Dayan, Assi (born 23 November 1945)
- parent->child relationship with Dayan, Yael (born 12 February 1939)
- has other family relationship with Weizman, Ezer (born 15 June 1
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Why can’t I fish for salmon whenever I want to?
Washington salmon fishing regulations are some of the most complex fishing regulations in the world and our seasons are much shorter than we want them to be. The Department of Fish and Wildlife does its best
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Why can’t I fish for salmon whenever I want to?
Washington salmon fishing regulations are some of the most complex fishing regulations in the world and our seasons are much shorter than we want them to be. The Department of Fish and Wildlife does its best to keep regulations as simple as possible while providing the most salmon fishing opportunity possible. Numerous issues have made simple regulations a thing of the past. Many anglers want to fish for salmon longer than we are currently allowed to. However, the following factors limit our ability to provide additional fishing time and result in very complex regulations:
1) meeting legal requirements of federal treaties with Indian tribes including sharing harvest with tribal fishers,
2) protecting weak stocks, including fish listed under the federal Endangered Species Act,
3) meeting other legal obligations such as those defined by the Pacific Salmon Treaty,
4) providing opportunity for all segments of our non-Indian fishing community, representing commercial and the very diverse recreational interests from ocean to freshwater, and finally
5) addressing dis-orderly fisheries, e.g. snagging issues.
What is Co-management?
Co-management is a term used to describe the government-to-government relationship between the state of Washington and the Indian tribes whose rights were established in treaties signed by the federal government in the 1850’s. It is also used to describe state-tribal management of salmon, steelhead, groundfish, and shellfish in the Northwest. After nearly a century of conflict and litigation, the rights of Columbia River Indian tribes were re-affirmed in a 1968 federal court case (U.S. v. Oregon) by Judge Robert Belloni. In 1969, the court ruled that the tribes were entitled to take “a fair and equitable share” of the harvestable portion of the runs. The court also held that the state could regulate tribal fisheries only for the purpose of conservation, and
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Back in the US we are very familiar with Chihuahua cheese (Queso Chihuahua) and have seen many recipes calling for the mild, slightly yellow cheese. However, we did not know much about its origins – and
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Back in the US we are very familiar with Chihuahua cheese (Queso Chihuahua) and have seen many recipes calling for the mild, slightly yellow cheese. However, we did not know much about its origins – and it turns out it has a rather unusual history.
Chihuahua cheese, known for the Northern Mexican state where it is produced, is also known as Menonita cheese in Mexico. Yes, Menonita is “Mennonite” in Spanish – and it is indeed Mennonite cheese! Turns out there is a rather large Mennonite population in Mexico, having first arrived in the 1920s, and they were the ones who first produced the cheese. Though it has now been commercialized, you can still find Menonita cheese being made by Mennonites in the town of Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua.
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For the enthusiastic amateur or experienced rhododendron grower, this landmark reference provides the keys to the accurate identification of the nearly 300 rhododendron species widely in cultivation. An extensive introduction places the work in context as it
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For the enthusiastic amateur or experienced rhododendron grower, this landmark reference provides the keys to the accurate identification of the nearly 300 rhododendron species widely in cultivation. An extensive introduction places the work in context as it examines the history of Rhododendron classification and gives a full survey of plant structures throughout the many species. Species are listed in systematic order, so that similar species occur close to each other in the text. These are fully described, including complete citations of previous references and notes on the occurrence of wild-origin specimens in cultivation. Beautiful photographs include close-up shots of flower and leaf, microscope images of leaf surfaces, and easy-to-use diagnostic keys, making this the indisputable volume for plant identification. A milestone in the identification of rhododendrons, this will become an essential reference for botanists, nurserymen, and enthusiasts.
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One of the hardest concepts in astronomy for anyone to comprehend (including professional astronomers) is the distance scales we are dealing with in space. Our brains are wired to understand scales of feet, yards, and
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One of the hardest concepts in astronomy for anyone to comprehend (including professional astronomers) is the distance scales we are dealing with in space. Our brains are wired to understand scales of feet, yards, and miles (or centimeters, meters, and kilometers, if you prefer). Most of us can properly imagine relative sizes on these scales. And, if you've done a lot of travelling, even larger scales are imaginable; for example, if you know it takes six hours to drive from San Jose to LA (sans traffic), and an airplane flight of that distance takes an hour, you know roughly how distant a five-hour flight will take you.
But when we go to space, our minds cease to be capable of relating our lives to the cosmic scale. The Moon is 250 thousand miles away; by airplane, that trip would take 18 days. An airplane trip to the sun would take two years (and you thought the 7 hours to Europe was bad -- imagine if you miss your connecting flight!). And the nearest stars are hundreds of thousands of times further away than the sun!
Although it is possible to imagine relative sizes (such as how long an airplane trip might take), our brain just cannot comprehend the true physical distances involved. We've never experienced it.
The above picture was taken by a Japanese moon orbiter called Kaguya. It shows the Earth setting over the south pole of the Moon. That blue globe is our home in high-definition -- yet it is still hard to make out! The land you see in the picture is Australia (upside down) and southeast Asia. Australia is about the size of the United States. Our planet seems so big, and yet, when seen from our nearest celestial neighbor in high-definition, it's hard to make out home at all.
Apollo 8 astronauts took a similar photo in December 1968, a photo which has become one of the iconic views of our planet.
As a side note, the rising and setting of the Earth is due to the orbiting of satellites around the Moon. If you were to stand on the Moon, the Earth would stay in almost exactly the same spot relative to your horizon -- it would never rise or set, though it would go through phases like the Moon. This is because the Moon's rotational speed is identical to its orbital motion (and the same reason why the same side of the Moon is always seen from Earth).
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Have you heard about the cool neurobiology research at the U-M? Join us to learn bug brain science and witness neuroscience in action! Start by exploring a neuron and learn how billions of them work together to help your brain communicate with your body.
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Have you heard about the cool neurobiology research at the U-M? Join us to learn bug brain science and witness neuroscience in action! Start by exploring a neuron and learn how billions of them work together to help your brain communicate with your body. Discover how they send signals via electricity and then witness this first-hand by “bioamplifying” nerve impulses from cockroaches.
Hands-on demonstrations are 20-3
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Record keeping of intraoral exams allows space for?
- complete descriptions of lesions observed
- successive examinations at follow up and maintenance appointments
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Record keeping of intraoral exams allows space for?
- complete descriptions of lesions observed
- successive examinations at follow up and maintenance appointments
In questioning the patient about the history of their oral lesion, what 5 things are you trying to find out?
- if the pt knows or has know about the lesion
- when it was first noticed
- if it is recurring
- duration, and changes in size and appearance
- symptoms, does it hurt
When a lesion is first seen, how is its location noted?
in relation to adjacent structures
What are 4 ways to descrige the location and extent of a lesion?
- single lesion
- multiple lesions
What are 2 characteristic types of multiple lesions?
lesion limited to a small focal area
lesion that involves most of an area or segment
one lesion of a particular type with a distinct margin
more than one lesion of a particuar type
multiple lesions that are discrete, not running together; may be arranged in clusters
multiple lesions that are close to each other with margins that merge
name 4 physical characteristics of lesions discussed in class
- size and shape
- surface texture
Length and width is recorded in__________
true or false. The height of an elevated lesion may be significant
What is used to measure the size of a lesion?
What are the most common colors seen in oral lesions?
- red and white
What are less common colors seen in oral lesions?
a lesion may have a _________or_____________surface
name 5 descriptive terms that describe the surface texture of an oral lesion
- verrucous or wart like
name 5 descriptive terms that describe the consistency of an oral lesion
most lesions can be classified readily as____________, ______________, or_________ as they relate to the normal level of the skin or mucosa
lesion above the plane of the skin or mucosa. Considered blister form, or nonblister form
lesions that contain fluid and are usually soft and translucent
blisterform elevated lesion
what are 3 types of blisterform elevated lesions?
a small (1 cm or less in diameter) circumscribed lesion with a thin surface covering. it may contain serum or mucin and appear white
may be more or less than 5 mm in diameter. It contains pus. Pus gives it a yellowish color
large (more than 1 cm). It is filled with fluid, usually mucin or serum, but may contain blood. The color depends on the fluid content
solid elevated lesions that do not contain fluid
nonblisterform elevated lesion
Name 4 types of nonblisterform elevated lesions
What are the two different attachment types for nonblisterform elevated lesions?
- pedunculated attached by a narrow stalk or pedicle
- sissle has a base as wide as the lesion
a small (pinhead to 5 mm in diameter) nonblisterform lesion, solid lesion that may be pointed, rounded, or flat-topped
elevated nonblisterform lesion that is bigger than a papule (greater than 5 mm in diameter, but less than 1 cm)
elevated nonblisterform lesion that is 2 cm or greater in width. It means a general swelling or enlargement and does not refer to neoplasm, either benign or malignant
nonblisterform elevated lesion that is a slightly raised lesion with a broad, flat, top. It is usually larger than 5 mm in diameter with a "pasted on" appearance
lesion bellow the level of the skin or mucosa.
The outline of a depressed lesion may be__________or____________, and there may be a_________or_____________border around the depression.
the depth of a depressed lesion is usually described as________or________
How deep is a deep depressed lesion?
greater than 3 mm deep
What are 2 types of depressed lesions?
make up most of depressed lesions, represent a loss of continuity of the epithelium. Center is often gray to yellow, surrounded by a red border. It may result from the rupture of an elevated lesion (vesicle, pustule, or bulla)
a shallow, depressed lesion that does not extend through the epithelium to the underlying tissue
lesion on the same level as the normal skin or oral mucosa.
Flat lesions may occur as___________or______________lesions, and hav a___________or_____________form.
a circumscribed area of flat lesion that is not elevated above the surrounding skin or mucosa. It may be identified by its color, which contrasts with the surrounding normal tissues.
true or false. freckles are macules
true or
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Mata Sarasvati is widely known as the Goddess of learning and wisdom. In Sanskrit, Her name means “the flowing one”. She is first noted in the earliest Rig Veda and has been an important deity being the consort of Lord
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Mata Sarasvati is widely known as the Goddess of learning and wisdom. In Sanskrit, Her name means “the flowing one”. She is first noted in the earliest Rig Veda and has been an important deity being the consort of Lord Brahma, the creator. Her other names include Vidyadayini (bestower of knowledge), Sharada (the grace of Autumn) and Mahavidya (knowledge supreme).
Although initially worshipped as a river, this soon became a metaphor for the ever flowing and dynamic river of knowledge which She represents. Much like the water of a flowing stream, bathing in the river of knowledge purifies and satisfies us. It is the harmonious flow of speech and music, both of which are also symbolised by Mata Sarasvati.
Sarasvati is seen dressed in white, seated on a white lotus or swan. She has four arms in which She is seen holding a Veena (stringed musical instrument), a book, a mala (rosary made from crystal) and a pot of water. She is depicted as being effulgent, gracious and very beautiful.
White is the colour of purity since knowledge is untainted and always divine. Going deeper, we see that since white light can be split into every colour of the spectrum, it is Sarasvati Mata that embodies the Supreme knowledge which is the true unity behind the diversity we see around us. Her four arms are often seen to symbolise the four directions (suggesting that She is all-pervading) whilst others see them as representative of the four Vedas (Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas), of which She is the Mother.
The book symbolises written knowledge and academia, whereas the arts are held in her hands as the veena. The balance between book and instrument is the also theory versus practicality, and through Her blessings we can perfect both. Spiritual knowledge too lies at her disposal, indicated by the mala and the pot of water implies that the She quenches the thirst of those seeking knowledge. Alternatively, the fluidity and purity of the water is the very nature of knowledge itself: evolving, uplifting, the essential to life.
Sarasvati is usually worshipped by students before starting their education since She grants intelligence and success in all academic endeavours. The main day dedicated to Her worship is Vasant Panc
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This week was interesting with a trip to Bakersfield; starting off with a painless flight directly to Los Angeles (actually my first flight ever through this airport), I drove north-east some 200 miles into Death Valley National Park. In my
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This week was interesting with a trip to Bakersfield; starting off with a painless flight directly to Los Angeles (actually my first flight ever through this airport), I drove north-east some 200 miles into Death Valley National Park. In my mind, this is one of the most interesting locations in the US, along with Monument Valley and the Arizona Slot Canyons.
Zabriskie Point is a part of Amargosa Range located in Death Valley National Park noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago—long before Death Valley came into existence. The location was named after Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Coast Borax Company in the early 20th century. The company’s twenty-mule teams were used to transport borax from its mining operations in Death Valley.
The Harmony Borax Works were built in 1882 to refine borax from the salt flats rather than transporting the borax and waste material across the desert (165 miles to the nearest distribution point).
Harmony Bor
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— By Bruce King
Arthur Chester King, born October 9, 1888 in Abbeville, South Carolina, known as the “Birthplace and the Deathbed of the Confederacy”. Arthur was born an only child just 23
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— By Bruce King
Arthur Chester King, born October 9, 1888 in Abbeville, South Carolina, known as the “Birthplace and the Deathbed of the Confederacy”. Arthur was born an only child just 23½ years after the Civil War and just 16 years after the death of Reconstruction; that seven-year period intended to reunify the southern states and to “reconstruct” the lives of the millions emerging from hundreds of years of the worse form of slavery in the history of man and those others suffering from the ravages of war.
Arthur never knew his parents, whether or not they were born slave or free. He was raised by the “village” and one relative, Sarah Collier, fondly remembered and addressed simply as “Aunt Sarah”, along with others loving and kind enough to accommodate an orphaned child. He never spoke of his parents. To me, it is unimaginable, the horrors and hardships in a place where “Jim Crow” reigned king as the law and rule of the day and which was strictly enforced.
Like all around him, Arthur had to work to eat. He grew up in the country, raising chickens, hogs, cows, horses and mules. They grew greens; collards, mustards and turnips, also peanuts, beans, squash, black-eyed peas, okra, corn and tomatoes. They had access to pecans, peaches, pears and apples along with an assortment of berries, cantaloupe, watermelon and musk melon. They made use of wild plants like dandelion greens, Chickweed, Bitterroot, Purslane, Wintercress and other medicinal plants found in the nearby woods.
My grandfather was a very quiet and soft spoken man. I never heard him raise his voice. Beneath what appeared to be his gentleness was a very powerful and controlled man. His eyes were an odd color brown with grey as the outer ring of his iris. His skin was the color of sand. To me, he spoke very, very few words. Our paths seemed only to cross with great reluctance on both of our parts, for him, because he had no clue about children and babies and for me, I preferred the comforting bosom of Grandma King.
I would see him at the head of the holiday dinner table, from the little table in the corner with my older brother Roy Jr and my cousin Ronnie, carving the turkey, the suckling pig, the standing rib roast and the traditional ham with pineapple slices. I would hear his soft spoken words and glean from the faces of my father, mother, aunts and uncles their reactions to the subtle complexities of his deadpan humor and signifying words. That was the extent of his fun, outside of his television. He read the newspaper on a daily basis.
His self-control was amazing as I recall him in my memory. His smile was slight and his eyes let you know that he missed very little. He was a short, slightly built man. He had very broad shoulders, long powerful arms and very, very large, smooth and well maintained hands.
Under Jim Crow laws...there was no eye contact allowed...
His movement was visibly controlled and very deliberate, but smooth, giving one the misconception that he did little. His motto was, “Measure twice and cut once.” These words exemplified his thoughtfulness and guided him as a master carpenter, a craft he brought with him from the South. He was taught his trade as a young man while in Abbeville, by “General” Fuller, the patriarch of the Fuller family, whose many members also migrated to Evanston. Thrift was fundamental among all of his generation, coming from a situation and a society that offered very little and gave nothing outside of fear, condescension and pain. This frugality would be later exacerbated by the Great Depression, WWII and the continuation of Jim Crow in the North.
Under Jim Crow laws, as they applied to Blacks, there was no eye contact allowed, never a “yeah”, or “no”, or simply “yes”, ONLY “Yes, sir” or “Yes, ma’am” and you always yielded the right of way to whites in passing. IF you were allowed in a store to do business, you had to wait until all the whites were served before being allowed to step up to the counter to be served.
As a Black boy, you were not held to the strictest and more stringent rules as Black men were, as long as you wore knickers. Do not think this easing of the rules allowed any room for disregarding the superiority whites forced upon my elders, even in their youth. Once a boy stepped out in long pants, all of Jim Crow’s most heinous rules were immediately in Full Effect!
In the fall of 1910, “Lil” Arthur took the irreversible step into manhood. He donned long pan
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<ul><li>Genocide is the deliberate slaughter of one race by another, for profit, land, or good. </li></ul>
The word “Genocide” comes from the Greek words “genos” meaning race or trip and
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<ul><li>Genocide is the deliberate slaughter of one race by another, for profit, land, or good. </li></ul>
The word “Genocide” comes from the Greek words “genos” meaning race or trip and “cide” meaning kill
The most well-known case of genocide occurred during world war II, when Hitler and his Nazi Party set out on a deliberate plan to exterminate Jews, Gypsies, and Slavs
Jews were particularly set upon because of their role as scapegoat. And because they have been known in wealthy professionals making them wealthier than others.
Auschwitz, Treblinka, Majdanek that are all located in Poland, there they killed most of the 6 million Jews.
Jews were persuaded to go to these death camps, saying they were being “transferred” to work camps like slaves.
Trying to escape the poor ghetto conditions, most of the Jews got crammed into unheated, poorly ventilated boxcars with no water or sanitation.
As soon as they got to the camp, they were told they were getting washed up and they were to remove all their clothes. Women and young girls got their hair cut off.
Men, Women and children were then split up, many going into underground rooms. These underground “shower” rooms were used as gassed areas to kill many Jews at once.
Another method they do is they tell them to hang their clothes on hooks and they given a number. They give the Jews soap and are taken into gas chambers and threw pellets of pesticide in.
As they all got crammed in the door was shut and the fumes were fed in from the shower heads. Others were put into wooden houses locked up. They locked up Jews did various odd jobs. As more and more came in, the weak were killed and cremated.
Children were plucked from their homes and stripped of their childhoods, the children had witnessed the murders of parents, siblings, and relatives. The children faced starvation, illness and brutal labor until they were forced to the gas chambers.
Special Jewish squads retrieved the dead bodies and searched the bodies of any hidden valuable that they could possible have. After searching the bodies were disposed of by mass burials or cremation.
All the valuables, clothes, and even hair were shipped to Germany for re-use.
Loy, Jim. (2001). Genocide. Retrieved April 20, 2009 from http://www.jimloy.com/issues/genocide.htm. The History Place. (2000). Genocide in the 20 th Century. Retrieved May 5, 2009 from http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/holocaus
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Mobiles are most commonly used tools in today’s world, mobiles not only used for communication. People expecting more facilities from mobile devices by using different applications for various purposes. For these need we are used Android development Application, it allows to design
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Mobiles are most commonly used tools in today’s world, mobiles not only used for communication. People expecting more facilities from mobile devices by using different applications for various purposes. For these need we are used Android development Application, it allows to design different applications,games in a mobile device. Android development Application is a frame work which contains code in Java, C and C++. From the starting stage of Android development it experienced many updates in different stages. The major benefit from these applications are they are in expensive and open source.
Android is a mobile operating system developed in2003 October by Rubin, Rich miner, Nick, Chris white, later in the year of 2005 it is purchased by Google for $50 million. The first available Android smart phone was the HTC Dream, it is released on October 22nd, 2008. Android mobiles occupies 85% of market share of the global smartphone industry. The main development of the Android done on 2007, Google release the “Open Handset Aliance (OHA)”.
Since from starting stage of Android development it undergoes 19 updates. The most recent update of Android is version 6.0”Marshmallow” was released in 2015.
Smart phones become most commonly used gadgets than computers, people life is most dependent on digital concept, because they provide various benefits to the users, any kind of Smart phones requires OS as an interface, and most popularly used OS is “Android”. Android OS is cheaper than other OS’s and it is flexible, it having many update stages so the performance of Android become more efficient than before. Android developers normally provide tools for developing the services of the android application development for creating programs as well as for testing distributing and selling these applications in the mobile market.
1.3 Statement of problems
the scope of this project is limited to the following: The limitation of this system is that it may not be able to register the depart hours for the employee who needs to leave the organization for some time during the work hours, that because of the nature of the departing operation which we can consider it as unorganized operation since any employee can ask for depart hours at any time and the approval for this departure come directly from the manager or the head of any department. Such procedure must be submitted by paper from the employee to the head of the department or the manager.
1.4 Research Questions
Based on application the following questions are framed
- How to manage critical
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The Vedic World
2,500 years ago in the foothills ofthe Himalayas a prince was born who renounced all the luxury and prestige ofhis position out of compassion for all beings and in order to become the“teacher of gods
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The Vedic World
2,500 years ago in the foothills ofthe Himalayas a prince was born who renounced all the luxury and prestige ofhis position out of compassion for all beings and in order to become the“teacher of gods and men”. This young prince would come to be known as the“Awakened One,” or the Buddha. He gave himself this title because he hadaroused himself from the sleep of delusion, the dream of perpetual birth anddeath.
After 2,500 years the Buddha isstill regarded by over 300 million people as the greatest spiritual figure ofall time. Even many of those who do not follow the Buddhist path regard theBuddha and his teachings with great respect and reverence. Many WesternChristians have even discovered a new life for their own faith through theinsights of Buddhism. Remarkably, in India there is currently a Buddhistrevival, as those who have been disenfranchised by the caste system turn to thesocial and spiritual liberation taught by Buddhism. Perhaps even moreremarkable is the fact that they are being assisted by British Buddhists, whosecountry has only recently discovered the Buddha's teachings. Buddhism has alsoinspired many of its followers in all parts of the world to become involved inthe peace movement and other important social causes. After 2,500 yearsBuddhism is still a living religion, and a potent source of spiritual hope andstrength. In light of this, the story of the Buddha's life and accomplishmentsis one with which everyone should become familiar.
The story takes place during a timeof great transition throughout the civilized world. In her book, A Historyof God, KarenArmstrong sets the scene for this momentous period of world history:
The period 800-200 B.C.E. has beentermed the Axial Age. In all the main regions of the civilized world, peoplecreated new ideologies that have continued to be crucial and formative. The newreligious systems reflected the changed economic and social conditions. Forreasons that we do not entirely understand, all the chief civilizationsdeveloped along parallel lines, even when there was no commercial contact (asbetween China and the European area). There was a new prosperity that led tothe rise of a merchant class. Power was shifting from king and priest, templeand palace, to the marketplace. The new wealth led to intellectual and culturalfluorescence and also to the development of the individual conscience.Inequality and exploitation became more apparent as the pace of changeaccelerated in the cities and people began to realize that their own behaviorcould affect the fate of future generations. Each region developed adistinctive ideology to address these problems and concerns: Taoism andConfucianism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India and philosophicalrationalism in Europe. The Middle East did not produce a uniform solution, butin Iran and Israel, Zoroaster and the Hebrew prophets respectively evolveddifferent versions of monotheism. (A History of God, p.27)
The established religion in Indiaprior to the Axial Age was the Vedicreligion (based upon the Vedas or scriptures which contained hymns and ritualsto the gods) of the Aryans. Karen Armstrong went on to say:
In the seventeenth century B.C.E.,Aryans from what is now Iran had invaded the Indus valley and subdued theindigenous population. They had imposed their religious ideas, which we findexpressed in the collection of odes known as the Rig-Veda. There we find a multitude of gods,expressing many of the same values as the deities of the Middle East andpresenting the forces of nature as instinct with power, life and personality.(Ibid, p.28)
The original purpose of the Vedaswas to make it possible for people to commune with the divine order of theuniverse and its representatives. This intent is fully expressed in the MantraGayatri, one of the most famous of the verses in the Rig Veda, which can be translated as: “Letus bring our minds to rest in/The glory of Divine Truth/May Truth inspire ourreflection.” (Hymns from the Rig Veda, p. 4) Eventually, however, the Vedas were used tomanipulate the gods. It was believed that the gods could be approached,appeased and even controlled through the performance of the proper hymns andsacrifices in order to gain good fortune and stave off disaster.
The Vedas also sacralized the socialorder imposed by the Aryan conquerors. According to the Rig Veda, when the gods sacrificed theprimeval cosmic man, his parts became the four classes of Vedic society.
When they divided the Man, into howmany parts did they apportion him? What do they call his mouth, his two armsand thighs and feet?
His mouth became the Brahmin; hisarms were made into the Warrior, his thighs the People, and from his feet theServants w
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A Beautiful Way to Go: New York's Green–Wood Cemetery
Museum of the City of New York
Predating both Central Park and Prospect Park, Green-Wood Cemetery was one of the most important public green spaces in 19th
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A Beautiful Way to Go: New York's Green–Wood Cemetery
Museum of the City of New York
Predating both Central Park and Prospect Park, Green-Wood Cemetery was one of the most important public green spaces in 19th-century America. A Beautiful Way to Go: New York’s Green-Wood Cemetery marked the 175th anniversary of this significant national landmark, exploring how its carefully constructed bucolic landscape reflected changing notions not only of death but of nature, and how Green-wood helped to inaugurate a rising trend of so-called rural cemeteries and public parks. Its grounds are a museum of monuments and statuary by leading architects and artists—including Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Richard Upjohn, and Warren & Wetmore, designers of Grand Central Terminal—working in a wide range of styles. Comprising equal parts architectural, art, social, and cultural histories, the exhibition featured original artifacts, sculptures, drawings, and Hudson River School paintings; historic documents; and photographs, including specially commissioned color images by Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao.
The show’s installation design put Green-Wood Cemetery beneath visitors’ feet, with artifact cases exploring the stories of Green-Wood’s people and places positioned near their locations within the cemetery’s landscape represented with five historic maps.
Mr. Albrecht conceived the exhibitions themes and organization, identified its designer, selected all artifacts, and wrote exhibition wall text.
Articles in the New York Times, Newsday, and Associated Press outlets as well as coverage on local television.
Exhibition installation and graphic design: Abbott Miller/Pe
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I couldn’t altogether make out why, myself, as we were not stationary here, being but comers and goers anywhere.
Young Thomas and Sissy being both at such a stage of their working up, these changes were effected in a year
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I couldn’t altogether make out why, myself, as we were not stationary here, being but comers and goers anywhere.
Young Thomas and Sissy being both at such a stage of their working up, these changes were effected in a year or two; while Mr. Gradgrind himself seemed stationary in his course, and underwent no alteration.
Mr. Bounderby had taken possession of a house and grounds, about fifteen miles from the town, and accessible within a mile or two, by a railway striding on many arches over a wild country, undermined by deserted coal-shafts, and spotted at night by fires and black shapes of stationary engines at pits’ mouths.
There are no more uses of "stationary" in the book.
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the car remained stationary with the engine running
They stood raggedly, and the soldiers herded them toward the two stationary boxcars.
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Understanding Water Quality Parameters to Better Manage Your Pond
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University
Author: Extension Aquatic Ecology Specialist, Department of Extension Animal Sciences and Natural Resources, New Mexico State University. (Print Friendly
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Understanding Water Quality Parameters to Better Manage Your Pond
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University
Author: Extension Aquatic Ecology Specialist, Department of Extension Animal Sciences and Natural Resources, New Mexico State University. (Print Friendly PDF)
Successful pond management requires an understanding of the role of nutrients and other water quality parameters, as well as regular monitoring of environmental conditions within the pond’s ecosystem. Water quality is often overlooked in pond management, and poor water quality can lead to common problems, such as excessive algal blooms, overgrowth of plants, noxious smells, or dead and dying fish. In order to prevent these problems, an understanding of basic water chemistry and other physical parameters is necessary. This publication describes the most important water quality factors that influence the health of ponds. Some factors that are particularly important in recreational fish ponds to ensure fish health and pond productivity are also discussed. A basic understanding of how these factors interact with one another will help pond owners maintain good water quality and a healthy pond ecosystem. Many companies produce kits and other materials to monitor water quality on your own, or you can send water samples to commercial laboratories for analysis.
Dissolved oxygen (DO) is probably the single most important water quality factor for pond owners. Oxygen is needed by fish and other aquatic organisms, and levels of DO will determine the ability of ponds and other water bodies to support aquatic life. Oxygen dissolves in water at very low concentrations measured in parts per million (ppm, which can be used interchangeably with milligrams per liter [mg/L]). Ponds will rarely have more than 10 ppm DO. Most oxygen in water is produced by algae and green plants through photosynthesis, the process whereby green plants use solar energy to convert water and carbon dioxide (CO2) to oxygen and carbohydrates. Oxygen is also naturally incorporated into water from the atmosphere through surface diffusion and turbulence caused by wind.
Daily fluctuations and seasonal changes in DO
Dissolved oxygen levels can vary dramatically in a 24-hour period. During the day, DO concentrations generated by photosynthesis will increase. During the night, DO levels will decline as oxygen is removed from water through respiration, the process whereby plants and animals consume oxygen and release carbon dioxide as they convert organic material to energy. For this reason, DO levels are typically highest at dusk and lowest just before dawn. There is also a strong relationship between temperature and DO: the warmer the water, the less oxygen it can hold. For example, water at 52° F (11° C) can hold 40% more oxygen than water at 80° F (27° C). Warm water increases the metabolism of fish and therefore increases their consumption of oxygen. Bacteria also consume oxygen as they decompose organic matter. Therefore, during the summer months, DO levels will be lower because of increased oxygen demands of fish, warmer water that holds less oxygen, and increased bacterial decomposition of dead plant and algal material toward the end of the growing season.
Effects of low DO
Oxygen depletion occurs when the demands for oxygen are greater than what is being produced. Oxygen depletion can occur for different reasons. Situations typically associated with oxygen depletion are
- Hot, cloudy, and still (windless) days;
- Pond stratification followed by turnovers (the mixing of stratified layers, which develop during the summer in ponds 8 ft deep or greater);
- After a sudden algal bloom die-off (from natural causes or after a chemical application); and
- Organic waste decomposition (oxygen depletion will occur in the presence of excessive organic matter from waste products, such as uneaten feed).
Whenever DO levels fall below 3 to 4 ppm, oxygen stress will occur. Lack of adequate dissolved oxygen is the leading cause of fish kills. Normal oxygen content in a healthy pond will range from 5 to 10 ppm. Warmwater fish (e.g., bass, bluegill, catfish) require about 5 ppm and coldwater fish (e.g., trout, salmon) require about 6.5 ppm to maintain good health. Dissolved oxygen levels of less than 3 ppm will kill warmwater fish and levels less than 5 ppm will kill coldwater fish. Fish exposed to low, nonlethal levels of DO over prolonged periods will be chronically stressed, stop eating, and be more susceptible to disease. Low oxygen concentrations also increase the activity of anaerobic bacteria, which create methane and hydrogen sulfide gases during anaerobic decomposition. Ponds with oxygen-poor bottoms and accumulated organic matter can release these gases when the bottom sediment is disturbed. Hydrogen sulfide has a rotten egg smell and is very toxic to fish.
Preventing low DO conditions
To help maintain safe DO levels in ponds, particularly in deeper ponds in which fish are intensively cultured, mechanical aeration is often needed. Aerators help keep pond water mixed so that layering is minimized and the surface water is well-oxygenated. However, aeration should only be thought of as one of many management tools to help maintain healthy oxygen levels. External nutrient loading is still the critical issue that must be addressed because excessive nutrients can lead to an overabundance of aquatic weeds and algae, which can
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Library Philosophy and Practice 2012
Academic libraries are libraries established in tertiary institutions. They include libraries in Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education. The roles of these libraries are similar and that is to effectively
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Library Philosophy and Practice 2012
Academic libraries are libraries established in tertiary institutions. They include libraries in Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education. The roles of these libraries are similar and that is to effectively support institutions to attain the key functions of teaching, research and community service. These institutions are responsible for the production of middle and higher level manpower for national development. The extent to which they are able to effectively accomplish that task depends largely on how well their libraries are equipped with the relevant information resources.
According to the National Policy of Education (1998), the goals of tertiary education are to:
1) Contribute to national development through high level relevant manpower training;
2) Develop and inculcate proper values for the survival of the individual and society;
3) Develop the intellectual capability of individuals to understand and appreciate their local and external environments;
4) Acquire both physical, intellectual skills which will enable individuals to be self-reliant and useful members of the society;
5) Promote and encourage scholarship and community service;
6) Forge and cement national unity; and
7) Promote national and international understanding and interaction.
Arising from the goals of tertiary education, the National Policy of Education (1998), specifies that university education will make optimum contribution to national development by: Intensifying and diversifying its programmes for the development of high level manpower within the context of the needs of the nation;
1) Making professional courses contents to reflect our national requirements;
2) Making all students as part of a general programme of all-round improvement in university education to offer general study course such as history of ideas, philosophy of knowledge and nationalism.
4) University research shall be relevant to the nation's developmental goals. In this regard, universities shall be encouraged to disseminate their research results to both government and industries. In the opinion of Okebukola (2009), in a developed society characteristic of developed economics to which Nigeria aspires, higher education plays a key role. It provides high level human resources for driving the economy and ensures rapid societal transformation. The greater the opportunity given to the citizenry for higher education, the more expansive the horizon for rapid social and economic development. The universities and their libraries are at the forefront of this mandate of production of the necessary manpower for national development since they provide the higher level manpower required for national development. It is no wonder therefore that Aguolu (2002), noted that the university library is the heart of the university. This is because, the academic health, intellectual vitality and effectiveness of any university depends largely upon the state of health and excellence of its library which is its lifeblood. This assertion is a reflection of an age long conviction by the British University Grants Committee (1921) which noted that:
The character and efficiency of a university may be gauged by its treatment of its central organ, the library. We regard the fullest provision (of funds) for library maintenance as the primary and most vital need in the equipment of a university. An adequate library is not only the basis of all teaching and study; it is the essential condition of research without which additions cannot be made to the sum of human knowledge.
It is obvious from the foregoing that universities have always had the mandate to produce higher level manpower for national development. Harbison and Myers (1964) opined that national development is the transformation of all aspects of life of a society - cultural, social, political and economic. Thus a well developed nation is usually associated with high income per capital, many employment opportunities, availability of cheap food and other necessary human requirements, better roads, housing, water, advancement, among others. This goes to buttress the opinion of Todaro (1979) and Onokerhoraye and Okafor (1994) that development is a multi-dimensional process involving changes in structures, attitudes and institutions as well as the acceleration of economic growth, the reduction of inequality and the eradication of absolute poverty and a high birth rate.
Education is a key factor in the concept of development and libraries are very important essential tools for attaining national objectives of human resource and economic development.
In order to achieve the indices associated with development, the human resource of a nation must be developed. This is because, it is the human resource in a nation that would manage the other available resources to achieve national development. It is perhaps in this regard that Harbison and Myers (1964) opined that human resource development is:
The process of increasing the knowledge, skills and the capabilities of all the people in society. In economic terms, it could be described as the accumulation of human capital and its effective investment in the development of an economy. In political terms, human resource development prepares people for adult participation in political process, particularly as citizens of democracy. From the social and cultural point of view, the development of human resources helps people to lead fuller and richer lives, less bound by traditions.
Still on the issue of human resource development, Akingbola (2009) noted that human resource development otherwise known as human capital development presupposes investment activities and processes that produce knowledge, skills, health or values that are embodied in people. Any effort to increase human knowledge, enhance skills and productivity and stimulate resourcefulness of individuals is an effort in human ca
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Do and make are two verbs with similar meanings, and sometimes it's difficult to choose one or the other.
Make often expresses the idea of creation:
Let's make a cake!
Do is used to talk about an activity without saying exactly what it
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Do and make are two verbs with similar meanings, and sometimes it's difficult to choose one or the other.
Make often expresses the idea of creation:
Let's make a cake!
Do is used to talk about an activity without saying exactly what it is.
What are you doing?
Do is always used with something, anything, everything, nothing...
Come on, boys, do something!
In other cases there are no clear rules. We have to learn the different collocations.
A collocation is a combination of two or more words that happens very often in a language. These words are generally used together. For example, in English you can say: “I like strong tea”, where “strong tea” is a collocation, because both words tend to appear together. It's not usual to see a synonym for “strong” instead of this word: “powerful tea” cannot be said. So, language learners should try to use the correct collocations if they want to sound natural when speaking a foreign language.
That's what happens with do and make: we have to learn the collocations in which they appear. These are the most important:
|one's duty||the housework||sure||an offer|
|business||one's best||a mistake||a phone call|
|a favour||research||an appointment||sense|
|the shopping||the washing-up||a promise||the most of...|
|the dishes||the homework||love||war|
Have a look at this presentation and do the exercises at the end of it:
Now you can do these exercises to see how much you have learnt:
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They say technology can do anything, which is true to an extent but to use these technologies one needs money. The more money you spent, the better is the outcome. With money and technologies people have redirected mountains, made way through biggest of mountains
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They say technology can do anything, which is true to an extent but to use these technologies one needs money. The more money you spent, the better is the outcome. With money and technologies people have redirected mountains, made way through biggest of mountains, made artificial islands and have done many near to impossible things and created history.
If money on these technologies is spent wisely, it can benefit not just the country but world by giving cheaper mode of transport from one country to another, better option for supplying goods, help in its future endeavors etc. Here is a list of the most expensive construction projects undertaken in the world.
10. The Channel Tunnel
It is 50.5km long rail tunnel connecting Folkestone in Kent, UK, with Coquelles near Calais, France, under the English Channel. The longest portion of the tunnel that’s under water is of 37.9kms and the lowest point is 250fts deep. The speed for the train in tunnel is limited to 160kms/hr. The tunnel is use for carrying passenger trains, Shuttles and Freight trains. The concept of such tunnel was proposed in the year 1802. After that many proposals were made and finally in 1988, the construction started with about 15000 labours on daily basis. The construction cost at that time came up to 4.650 million pound or $22.4 billion. The tunnel started operating in 1994.
In construction work, British group constituted of 2 banks and 5 construction companies and French group constituted of 3 banks and 5construction companies. Since the tunnel has been construction, it has faced like fire and cold weather, which has interpreted its operations.
9. The Big Dig
Officially known as Central Artery or Tunnel Project, was massive and involved rerouting of a lot of major highways in Boston. The Central Artery (I-93) highway was rerouted to go under the main city, into the 5.6km long Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Tunnel. It was one of the most expensive projects of the US and had to face problems like increasing costs, leaks, schedule overruns, design flaws, use of low quality material, poor execution, one death and criminal arrests.
The project was suppose to complete in 1998 but was completed in December 2007 with an approx cost of $14.6 billion. But after including all the cost like interest, compensation the total came up to $23.1 billion.
8. Kansai International Airport
The cost of the airport is estimated to be $29 billion. The airport is on an artificial island, in the mid of Osaka Bay, Japan. The airport was designed by Renzo Piano, an architect from Italy. It is hub for Japan Airlines, Nippon Airways, Nippon Cargo and Peach- a low cost international carrier. The airport started its operations on Sept. 4th, 1994, to reduce traffic at the international airport of Osaka.
The construction started with making an artificial island in the year 1987. They had to cope with a lot of risk of typhoons and earthquakes. The sinlikg of the artificial island due to weight of construction was obvious. But in the year 2008, the sinking was severe and the airport was called a geotechnical disaster.
7. California High-Speed Rail
It is rail system with high speed. It is presently under construction in California. It is going to run at a speed of 220 mile/hr and will link Anaheim with San Francisco. CHSRA, state agency, manages the project. The project will have two phases. In the phase I, it will cover about 840kms and will be completed by 2029. Phase II will cover about 1300kms and has no fix date.
In a recent report published, it was stated that the project is running behind schedule, but they are still committed to complete it by 2029. According to the new business plan, the cost of the project is estimated to be $33+billion. The cost estimated is just for Phase I; this shows how expensive the project will turn out to be.
6. Songdo International Business District
Also known as Songdo IBD is a newly developed city in the area of 600 hectare. The city was developed from scratch and is located 65kms from Seoul, a city in South Korea. It is considered in the history of real estate as one of the largest private development. The city was planned to consist of 80,000 apartments, 900,000 sq. meters for retail space and 5,000,000 sq. meters for office space. Although it’s not complete yet, it’s been built with sustainability and is environmental friendly with more number of walkways and bicycle paths. The estimated cost of the 10yr long project was estimated to be $40+billion.
Entertainment complex constructed in Dubai, UAE and owned by Tatweer. The project was announced with an approx cost of $64.3 billion and was considered as most leisure development proposed anywhere. The construction got affected by financial crisis in Dubai and recession. Due to such circumstances, the project stopped in 2008 but again started in mid 2013 and is expected to complete before 2020.
The land is spread 278km sq. of area and has 45 big projects and 200 small projects. It has 6 parts: Sports and outdoor world, Attraction and experience world, Eco-tourism world, Downtown, Themed Leisure and Vacation world, and Retail and Entertainment world. The land will be twice as big as Walt Disney World Resort and will have the biggest collection of theme parks.
4. King Abdullah Economic City
A project proposed in 2005 by the king of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The city is spread in an area of 173 sq km, along red sea coast and is 100km from north Jeddah. The cost of the project is estimated to be around $86 billion.
The city has been divided into six parts: Sea port, Residential Area, Educational zone, Sea Resort, Central Business District and Industrial Zone. The project is mostly managed by Emaar Properties, who are known building Burj Khalifa.
3. Kashagan Fields
Situated in Caspian Sea, they are oil fields in the Offshore of Kazakhstan. They
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Psychological hedonism, in philosophical psychology, the view that all human action is ultimately motivated by desires for pleasure and the avoidance of pain. It has been espoused by a variety of distinguished thinkers, including Epicurus, Jeremy Bentham,
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Psychological hedonism, in philosophical psychology, the view that all human action is ultimately motivated by desires for pleasure and the avoidance of pain. It has been espoused by a variety of distinguished thinkers, including Epicurus, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart Mill, and important discussions of it can also be found in works by Plato, Aristotle, Joseph Butler, G.E. Moore, and Henry Sidgwick.
Because its defenders generally assume that agents are motivated only by the prospect of their own pleasures and pains, psychological hedonism is a form of psychological egoism. Psychological egoism is a broader notion, however, since one can hold that human actions are exclusively self-interested without insisting that self-interest always reduces to matters of pleasure and pain. As an empirical thesis about human motivation, psychological hedonism is logically distinct from claims about the value of desires. It is thus distinct from axiological or normative hedonism, the view that only pleasure has intrinsic value, and from ethical hedonism, the view that pleasure-producing actions are morally right.
Psychological hedonists tend to construe “pleasure” very broadly, so as to include all positive feelings or e
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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
A pigmented swelling on the inner side of the hand in some male frogs and toads, assisting grip during copulation.
- ‘Other characters known from hyperoliids include the presence of
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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
A pigmented swelling on the inner side of the hand in some male frogs and toads, assisting grip during copulation.
- ‘Other characters known from hyperoliids include the presence of a dentomentalis muscle, the absence of a nuptial pad, claw-shaped terminal phalanges, vertical pupils, and a cartilaginous sternum.’
- ‘They acquired nuptial pads, which helped them to clutch the slippery females, an example perhaps of striving.’
- ‘We further examined each male for well-developed nuptial pads, as indicators of readiness for reproduction.’
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Too many people are dying too young from diseases that are largely avoidable. Last year, in England, more than 75% of all deaths in people under 75 were as a result of the 5 big killers (cancer, stroke
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Too many people are dying too young from diseases that are largely avoidable. Last year, in England, more than 75% of all deaths in people under 75 were as a result of the 5 big killers (cancer, stroke and heart, liver and respiratory diseases).
In response to the challenges that Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State, set last year in Living Well for Longer: A Call to Action on Avoidable Premature Mortality we launched Living Well for Longer: National Support for Local Action to Reduce Premature Avoidable Mortality (LWFL) at the Health and Care Partnership in April 2014.
LWFL brings together the national actions taken by the Department of Health and wider Government, NHS England and PHE, in the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of the five big killers, and shows how they will support local leadership and interventions. It is designed as a resource for readers to see what national policy actions and support is available for delivering local priorities, as well as examples of good practice and resources that might help local commissioning and service delivery.
We will not be one of the best immediately but if we are to make improvements we must start now.
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Learning new things is hard. So is teaching them. I want my students to master foundational knowledge so they can make independent choices about what to make and how to do it, but things get in the way: my kids have a huge range of
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Learning new things is hard. So is teaching them. I want my students to master foundational knowledge so they can make independent choices about what to make and how to do it, but things get in the way: my kids have a huge range of prior knowledge and they learn new information at different rates. Plus, some are enthusiastic and motivated, while others seem uncomfortable or disengaged. The solution for this - group work.
When I teach new skills I use the Gradual Release Model, which I've written about here and here. The step that I most often skip is "you do together", which I realize more and more is exactly the wrong approach. Giving students the opportunity to apply new skills with the support of others helps everyone acquire new knowledge quickly - which get us to more student choice quickly and successfully.
I started my Art 1 Bootcamp yesterday with value. Normally I teach this by demonstrating, then having kids practice. This time I demonstrated and had students draw along with me or just watch, depending on learning preference. Next we formed groups of 3 and used the base of the classroom stools to trace a big circle form for them to shade together. The conversations were great.
"Okay guys, where are we going to put the highlight?"
"Do you think this is a good shape for the cast shadow?"
"Dude, don't forget the reflected light, didn't you listen?"
The knowledge learned through these types of conversation is so important for learning. Talking through a task with a group clears up any misunderstandings, builds vocabulary and cements new learning. This short experience will give them information they need to be successful with the more student-directed drawing experience that will end th
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Cornell's Duffield Hall has acquired a new electron microscope that is enabling scientists to see individual atoms in color
for the very first time. While old electron microscopes can be compared to black and white cameras, this new scanning transmission electron
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Cornell's Duffield Hall has acquired a new electron microscope that is enabling scientists to see individual atoms in color
for the very first time. While old electron microscopes can be compared to black and white cameras, this new scanning transmission electron microscope uses a new aberration-correction technology that is both more intense and allows for faster imaging speed. "The method also can show how atoms are bonded to one another in a crystal, because the bonding creates small shifts in the energy signatures. In earlier STEMs, many electrons from the beam, including those with changed energies, were scattered at wide angles by simple collisions with atoms. The new STEM includes magnetic lenses that collect emerging electrons over a wider angle. Previously, Silcox said, about 8 percent of the emerging electrons were collected, but the new detector collects about 80 percent, allowing more accurate readings of the small changes in energy levels that reveal bonding between atoms."
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Wireless networks have become very popular in today's market with the continuing increase in technology. A major concern with wireless networks is in fact the security of this feature.Wireless network security has become more and more important with the increase in the number
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Wireless networks have become very popular in today's market with the continuing increase in technology. A major concern with wireless networks is in fact the security of this feature.Wireless network security has become more and more important with the increase in the number of users of wireless networks.
It is now simple for the average individual to set up a wireless system at home or at the office. These systems may be within the range of many other potential network intruders with the technology to detect and access the systems.
As you are planning for your hardware purchase and setting up your home wireless network, you have to consider wireless network security. As you know, there are some malicious people out there that spend their days and nights trying to figure out how to ruin your computing day. Whether is in the form of a virus, a piece of software that installs itself on your computer (known as malware) or actively trying to break into and access your computers on your network, you have to be diligent against these potential attacks.
As we develop an action plan for designing and implementing a wireless network for your home, let's talk about computer security in more general terms. It does not matter what type of network you are planning whether it is a dial-up or an always-on broadband network connection. It does not matter if you are planning a hard-wired network or a wireless network...or a hybrid of mixed connection types. When you connect your computer to the Internet, you immediately increase your risk. However, you can minimize your risk by taking some preventative steps for your wireless network security.
Local wireless networks, which provide information to receive and send to the Internet, have become part of the houses and offices. Where as it is less expensive than wired networks and allows for roaming between the two offices to remain in contact with the electronic devices. But experts in wireless network security warn of the penetration it by the strangers or intruders in order to sabotage it.
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“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am
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“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Professor G.V. Lechler declares that the Lollards: “were, above all, characterized by a striving after holiness, a zeal for the spread of scriptural truth, for the uprooting of prevalent error, and for Church reform. Even the common people among them were men who believed; and they communicated, as by a sacred contagion, their convictions to those around them. Thus they became mighty.”
In the American colonies; almost every child was educated due to the colonists firm conviction and desire to have their children read the Scriptures. Parents understood the Biblical command of Deuteronomy 6:4-7 and Ephesians 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, wh
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The idea that cranial bones shift enough during jaw clenching to cause trauma to the brain and circulatory system is not as far-fetched as may first appear. The jaw muscles are capable of exerting hundreds of pounds of force on the
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The idea that cranial bones shift enough during jaw clenching to cause trauma to the brain and circulatory system is not as far-fetched as may first appear. The jaw muscles are capable of exerting hundreds of pounds of force on the teeth and much higher forces are generated during sleep,(two to six times as much force) Dr Williams has been looking at this problem in every way possible since it was first conceived in 1987. In 1987 he had three very ill MS patients who all had very abnormal jaw-joint characteristics. He set out to examine the jaw joints of deceased MS patients to find out if there was something that could account for these abnormalities. After looking a dozens of non-MS skulls he found three cadavers and made some basic comparisons. There appeared to be shape and positional variations in these preserved specimens and so he next looked at unpreserved (recently deceased) cadavers. On each and every MS cadaver he found the same evidence of mobility using direct pressure and video comparisons. When 3D imaging became available in the 90's he was able to show further evidence of the bones shifting under bite forces. After searching for a non-invasive way to look at pressure changes inside the living skull he found the PPLL ultrasound system developed by LUNA innovations for the space program in San Diego California. This device produced a sound wave that created echos as it passes through the brain and bounces of the inner surfaces of the skull. These echos could be locked into a software system that then gave the distance between the inner surfaces of the skull in live, real-time analysis. It was sensitive enough to show the slight bone displacement that occurs inside the head when the heart beat pulses into the skull. Now the idea that bones moved during clenching could be measured in real time as the jaws were clenched.
The pilot study completed in 2006 finally proved that this is a real phenomenon and suggests that it may be pervasive in the MS patient population. The amount of movement was a surprise and the high incidence rate in MS vs non-MS was a strong confirmation that this is a serious component in the development of neurological illness. Dr. Williams was able to examine the skulls of one Alzheimers cadaver and one from an ALS patient. Both showed signs of deviation from normal skulls but different from MS.
At this point in time, no case of MS has been evaluated that did not show abnormalities in the sutures between the bones of the skull that are impacted by the jaw muscles. The statistical evaluation of the 2006 ultrasound study indicated that the chance of the measured bone movement being a chance occurrence is.ooo8 (very very iffy).
The main motivation for this continuing this work came from the number of MS patients who were treated for bite discrepancies had rapi
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It is extremely important to learn about the culture before and when you come to Japan. This topic is about the Imperial family in Japan which is highly recommended to know about at least a little bit. The Imperial family is very important because it has been
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It is extremely important to learn about the culture before and when you come to Japan. This topic is about the Imperial family in Japan which is highly recommended to know about at least a little bit. The Imperial family is very important because it has been a part of Japan for hundreds of years. In fact, according to the mythology, the first Japanese emperor was Jimmu in the year 660 BC and all the emperors came from the same family. Even if some people don’t believe in mythology, it is a fact that the family has been ruling for over 1,500 years!
Even though the family currently doesn’t have any power in politics, it has a highly symbolic role and it gives crucial pieces of advice to the Japanese people. Indeed, the family is currently the oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the world. The family performs many Shinto ceremonies and participates in plenty of events through Japan.
The official residence of the family is Tokyo Imperial Palace located in Chiyoda area of Tokyo. It is highly recommended to visit it if it’s open as it is easy to find (near Tokyo station) and it is also very beautiful as if it was built on an old Edo Castle site. There is a wonderful garden inside!
The emperor is named Akihito and he has been the 125th emperor of Japan since 1989! Traditionally, the emperor’s birthday is a national holiday, it is currently the 23rd of December. He is married to the Empress Michiko and they are both considered wise and the good advice givers by the Japanese people.
It might be the eldest son of the current Emperor; Naruhito. He is also an important person as he carries out representative duties not only in but also outside of Japan as well.
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Both patient and public awareness and education have become a focus of many doctors as well as various organizations and other individuals. Educated patients are more compliant with their treatment regimens and have better outcomes. Educating the public will, hopefully, help non
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Both patient and public awareness and education have become a focus of many doctors as well as various organizations and other individuals. Educated patients are more compliant with their treatment regimens and have better outcomes. Educating the public will, hopefully, help non-sufferers become more aware of head pain disorders as genuine health problems and offer them a better understanding of the problems of sufferers. I recently spoke with Dr. Fred Sheftell, one of the authors of an article in Headache, “Harry Potter and the Curse of Headache:”
I've always been a big fan of JK Rowling's series on Harry Potter and find her imaginative and creative and able to teach a lot of life lessons to children and adolescents via metaphor and fantasy. I, of course, recognized Harry had headaches and decided why not try to classify them according to our current criteria. I wanted to bring attention to the issues involved with pediatric/adolescent headache, review the current epidemiology, prevalence and impact in a fresh way and discuss the diagnostic issues as well. I enlisted the help of my colleague Tim Steiner who currently chairs the Global Burden of Headache Campaign and helped me start the World Headache Alliance, which became the patient arm of the World Health Organization in regard to Headache Disorders. Halley Thomas our "senior" author helped me locate all descriptions related to his headaches, and then we attempted to go through a variety of possible diagnoses and came up with probable migraine as the most likely. I'm delighted by the resp
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Bioidentical Hormones in Texas
What Are Hormones?
HHormones are what your body uses to send chemical messages. Crucial to both men and women, hormones send signals throughout your body—not only that, they influence nearly every
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Bioidentical Hormones in Texas
What Are Hormones?
HHormones are what your body uses to send chemical messages. Crucial to both men and women, hormones send signals throughout your body—not only that, they influence nearly every major function your body performs, including:
- Sexual performance
- Cellular repair
- Cognitive function
- Mood and mental state
- Metabolic rate, including weight gain or less
The parts of your body that produce and send hormones are called the endocrine system. The organs in this system work together to keep your body stable and healthy by creating and dispersing many hormones, including testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, thyroid hormone, and others. Ideally, these hormones will work both together and against each other to form a sort of balance. But if the endocrine system, for whatever reason, stops producing adequate quantities of a given hormone, the result is hormone imbalance.
What Is Hormone Imbalance?
Hormone imbalance results when your body produces suboptimal levels of a given hormone, leading to surpluses and deficits of others. When the body is functioning normally, it begins producing sex hormones like testosterone and estrogen during the onset of puberty in the early teens and then continues to produce these hormones in normal levels throughout maturity. As some people age, however, their bodies stop producing optimal levels of these crucial hormones, and imbalance is the result. As you can imagine, this produces quite unpleasant effects in the body, effects that are most common to those around and after the age of forty. These symptoms of hormone imbalance can be wide-ranging and difficult to detect, but they have a powerful effect on the body. They include:
- Trouble losing weight
- Lack of energy
- Depression or low mood
- Sleep trouble
- Sexual troubles for both men and women
- Lack of motivation
- Anxiety and irritability
- Loss of memory
- Lack of concentration
In the past, these changes in the body were chalked up to a normal and irrevocable part of aging. But today we understand that they are often reversible effects of hormone imbalance, caused by the age-related drop in hormone production. When levels of hormones like testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone decline, these symptoms will result—and though it occurs at different times and on different schedules for different people, eventually it happens to everyone.
What Are Bioidentical Hormones?
Bioidentical hormones are a modern, completely safe way that you can fight the debilitating effects of hormone deficiency. They work best in concert with a comprehensive lifestyle program, including diet, exercise, and supplementation. Along with these changes, a regimen of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can help restore hormones to ideal levels, leaving patients with the health and vitality they enjoyed in their twenties. The hormones themselves are completely identical analogs of your naturally produced hormones and they interact with your body in the same way. They’re exact copies of the molecules involved in normal endocrine function, which allows them to boost your body the same way natural hormones do. And bioidentical hormones represent a big step forward in the science of anti-aging: they’ve replaced synthetic hormones, which were commonly used instead until recently.
What Are Synthetic Hormones?
Synthetic hormones were used before the development of bioidentical hormones to bring hormone levels back to peak levels in patients experiencing deficiencies. However, they were inferior to their bioidentical counterparts and didn’t produce perfect results. Unlike bioidentical hormones, synthetic hormones were derived from animal sources, which meant they were close but not perfect matches to your body’s hormones. This meant that, though they did have biological effects, they caused unwanted side effects in the body. For instance, synthetic hormones were used for a long time to treat menopausal women experiencing the loss of estrogen. They were further supposed to reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease in older women. The synthetic hormones used in this practice, which were derived from the urine of pregnant horses, were revealed to produce terrible side effects. In 2004, the Women’s Health Initiative released a massive study on synthetic hormone replacement therapy that showed that these hormones actually increased women’s propensity to develop stroke and cancer: the precise opposite of their intended effect. Since then, prescriptions for synthetic hormones have become increasingly rare, and synthetic estrogen replacement is no longer considered good medicine. Anti-aging medicine has made great strides since then. Now, thanks to bioidentical hormones, the medical community can offer safe and effective hormone replacement therapy once again.
How Are Bioidentical Hormones Made?
Bioidentical hormones are made by deriving the raw ingredients from organic sources, like wild yams. From these raw ingredients, the necessary base molecules are extracted and used to create a perfect analog for the human hormone. Bioidentical hormones can be taken by pills, patches, gels, creams, pellets, and injection.
Bioidentical versus Synthetic Hormones
Synthetic hormones do function in your body, albeit imperfectly, but bioidentical hormones are far superior. They have a greater effect and are safer, and their interactions with your body are more similar to the interactions
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Oil is older than cyanobacteria. Oil is > 3.46 Billion years old.
The most ancient evidence comes from the Warrawoona Group (>3.46 Ga), where hydrocarbon droplets were apparently formedCyanobacteria
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Oil is older than cyanobacteria. Oil is > 3.46 Billion years old.
The most ancient evidence comes from the Warrawoona Group (>3.46 Ga), where hydrocarbon droplets were apparently formedCyanobacteria is only 3.45 Billion years old.
'Oldest ever' fossils found...This suggests oil is older than any living organism.
They found some 3.45 billion-year-old dolomite in the Pilbara range in North West Australia. After etching it with acid they found the fossils using an electron microscope.
It is believed that the fossils are of a cyanobacteria - an organism that still forms thick mats in warm shallow seas today.
But scientists at Oxford University reject the claim of 3.4 billion year old cyanobacteria: Questioning the evidence for
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Day Flying Moth Wasp Mimics
This wasp mimic, is common in late summer and likes to nectar on fall flowering plants such as Asters and Goldenrods.
The larvae of this moth overwinter under leaf litter, adults
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Day Flying Moth Wasp Mimics
This wasp mimic, is common in late summer and likes to nectar on fall flowering plants such as Asters and Goldenrods.
The larvae of this moth overwinter under leaf litter, adults emerge in May with two generations in one year. (BugGuide.net) O
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Lumbar spinal fusion is surgery to join, or fuse, two or more vertebrae in the low back.
Spinal fusion is major
surgery, usually lasting several hours. There are different methods of spinal
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Lumbar spinal fusion is surgery to join, or fuse, two or more vertebrae in the low back.
Spinal fusion is major
surgery, usually lasting several hours. There are different methods of spinal
You will need to be watched in the
hospital for a few days after surgery.
Bed rest is
not usually needed while you recover at home.
doctor may recommend that you wear a back brace while you recover.
Rehabilitation can take a long time. It includes walking, riding a
stationary bike, swimming, and similar activities.
Spinal fusion may be done by itself
or along with surgery to remove bone and tissue that are narrowing the spinal canal and squeezing the spinal cord and/or the spinal nerves.
may be done as a follow-up after surgery that was done to
problems such as spinal stenosis,
herniated discs, injuries, infection, and tumors.
Spinal fusion was first used to treat fractures or other problems. It is now also used to treat age-related spinal problems and spinal stenosis.
fusion is often needed to keep the spine stable after injury,
infection, or a tumor.
But there is not a lot of research about how well it works for other spinal problems. In general, studies do not show a clear difference between spinal fusion and intense
rehabilitation for treating chronic low back pain from degenerative changes in the spine.footnote 1
As you decide about having spinal fusion, talk with your doctor about the benefits and risks. The surgery costs a lot and has serious risks. Although this type of surgery is common, there is no
guarantee it will work to relieve your pain.
The risks of this surgery depend on your age and overall health, what you're having the surgery for, and the type of
procedure you have.
Because there are so many things
to consider when spinal fusion is recommended, seek a
second opinion before making a decision.
Complete the surgery information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you prepare for this surgery.
Chou R, et al. (2009). Interventional therapies, surgery and interdisciplinary rehabilitation for low back pain: An evidence-based clinical practice guideline from the American Pain Society. Spine, 34(10): 1066–1077.
ByHealthwise StaffPrimary Medical ReviewerWilliam H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP - Emergency MedicineSpecialist Medical ReviewerKenneth J. Koval, MD - Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Trauma
Current as ofMarch 21, 2017
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A small number of women (1 in every 1,000-3,000 births) suffer from a severe maternal mental health disorder called postpartum psychosis. Women who have a personal or family history of bipolar disorder or a history of a
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A small number of women (1 in every 1,000-3,000 births) suffer from a severe maternal mental health disorder called postpartum psychosis. Women who have a personal or family history of bipolar disorder or a history of a psychotic episode may have a higher risk for postpartum psychosis. Often women are not diagnosed with bipolar disorder or are misdiagnosed with depression prior to pregnancy.
The onset of symptoms is usually sudden and within the first two weeks of giving birth and can include:
• Delusions, or strange beliefs
• Hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not really there)
• Decreased need for sleep or unable to sleep
• Rapid mood swings
• Difficulty communicating
If you or someone you know is experiencing these symptoms, seek medical help immediately. Postpartum Psychosis is considered a medical emergency due to the potential for a mom to harm herself or her baby.
Learn more about postpartum psychosis HERE.
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- Beard, Charles A. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution
of the United States. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1913.
- Beard, Charles A. and Mary. Basic History of the United States
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- Beard, Charles A. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution
of the United States. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1913.
- Beard, Charles A. and Mary. Basic History of the United States.
New York: Doubleday, Doran, and Company, 1944.
- Becker, Carl. Beginnings of the American People. New York:
Houghton Mifflin, 1922.
- Becker, Carl. The History of Political Parties in the Province of
New York, 1760-1776. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin, 1909.
- Billias, George Athan, ed. The American Revolution: How Revolutionary Was It? New York:
Holt Rinehart, and Winston, Inc., 1990. Originally published in 1965. Used for background
- Fiske, John. The American Revolution, vol. II. New York: Houghton
- Hart, Albert Bushnell. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829. New York:
Longmans, Green, and Company, 1894.
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Parrington. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
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Movement. Princeton University: Princeton University Press, 1973. Originally published in
- Schlesinger, Arthur M. Sr. The Colonial Merchants and the American
Revolution. New York: Facsimile Library, Inc., 1939. Originally published in 1918.
- Turner, Frederick Jackson. The Frontier in American History.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1962. Originally published in 1920.
- Turner, Frederick Jackson. The Significance of Sections in American
History. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1932. Reprinted in 1950.
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What do we need to know to live sustainably? There are mountains of books that answer that question, and many of them quite intelligently. But fewer books wonder how we need to feel to live sustainably, and fewer yet address the skills
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What do we need to know to live sustainably? There are mountains of books that answer that question, and many of them quite intelligently. But fewer books wonder how we need to feel to live sustainably, and fewer yet address the skills we’ll need for the ecological revolution of the 21st century. The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy does all three–and, even better, it’s available both in book form and online–and the mulimedia edition is available right here! “The starting point for the book is not the environmental problems which are undermining the ability of the earth to support life, but instead the social, cultural and economic systems that give rise to these problems. And instead of featuring essays on green tech and/or green consumption, the handbook offers instead short meditations on skills like ecological intelligence, commons thinking, systems thinking, carbon capability, materials awareness, finding meaning without consuming, and beauty as a way of knowing. And it concludes with four short chapters on the educational transformation needed for genuine sustainability literacy.
It begins with Greg Garrard’s essay on ecocriticism, which he defines not merely as a theoretical perspective for English majors, but as a survival technique for everyday people. Ecocritic
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Arbor Day is just around the corner, and we’re just as excited about it as can be. As a company that plants 1 tree for every single game we sell (thanks to Trees for the Future), we’re big fans of planting
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Arbor Day is just around the corner, and we’re just as excited about it as can be. As a company that plants 1 tree for every single game we sell (thanks to Trees for the Future), we’re big fans of planting trees - the goal of Arbor Day. Especially when they’re planted to combat deforestation in places like Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
This year, we’d like to plant 50 trees on Arbor Day -- and we’ll be offering a special Arbor Day sale in order to help make that happen. But before we talk about that, let’s talk about why we planting trees is such a big deal in the first place. Here are our 5 Favorite Reasons to Plant a Tree:
1. Trees Improve Air Quality
You know this already, but it bears repeating: trees produce oxygen. One acre of trees provides enough oxygen in a year for 18 people. Trees also filter carbon dioxide (CO2), absorbing the carbon and releasing the oxygen back into the air for us to breathe. There is an excess of CO2 in our atmosphere due to the increased amount of fossil fuels being burned for energy right now, and it’s one of the biggest contributors to climate change. We need trees to help fix that.
2. Trees Clean Our Water
Trees filter gunk out of our drinking water, too. In much the same way as they clean the carbon out of carbon dioxide, trees also remove metals and other toxic pollutants from the soil they’re grown in -- keeping them out of our drinking water. As a bonus: while trees are keeping our water, clean they’re keeping soil from eroding by stabilizing excess sediment. They are ultra-efficient multitaskers.
3. Trees Lower Heating and A/C Costs
This may seem obvious, but when trees are planted in just the right places around buildings -- shading east- and west-facing windows, west and northwest parts of the property, and patios, driveways and air-conditioning units -- they can reduce cooling costs in the summer by 35-50%. They also reduce heating costs in the winter by offering extra insulation. Using less energy means putting less pollution into the air from power plants and air conditioners.
4. Trees Increase Property Values
Just as broken windows can signify an undesirable neighborhood, trees can also signify the character of a neighborhood. Tree-lined streets make neighborhoods look safer and more inviting, including deterring burglaries. Trees also add curb appeal and increase the value of the property it’s on.
5. Trees Make People Feel Good
Best of all, trees make us feel better. Lots of studies have been done on this, and the results are kind of amazing. Trees lower stress and aid concentration by reducing mental fatigue. Trees help patients in recovery heal faster and with fewer complications. Children with ADHD have shown fewer symptoms due to trees Trees also increase productivity in office workers who see trees outside their windows and along their commutes. Basically, just seeing a tree will make you feel better.
All of these reasons should inspire you to run out and plant a tree… but, you could always buy one of our games and let Trees for the Future do all the hard work for you, instead. That’s saving the planet AND treating yourself to an awesome science-friendly present. Breathe deep.
And remember -- WE'RE HAVING A SALE! Stay tuned for details!
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The Various Types of Dental professionals' Dental Services
Dentistry is a very large and extensive branch of medicine. It entails a series of researches, medical diagnosis and treatments concerning dental-related problems. In connection to this, dentistry is appropriately
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The Various Types of Dental professionals' Dental Services
Dentistry is a very large and extensive branch of medicine. It entails a series of researches, medical diagnosis and treatments concerning dental-related problems. In connection to this, dentistry is appropriately manned by dental professionals called as dental professionals. Dental practitioners are dental doctors that specialize in dealing with and diagnosing all sort of oral illness. Most of these oral surgeons are running with orthodontic assistants, orthodontic hygienists, dental professionals and oral specialists to properly keep the aesthetics as well as health of the person's teeth. Basically, dentists deal with a myriad of orthodontic services as well as these are:
1. Linking - is a dental remediation technique that is carried out by expert dental practitioners. Bridging is in fact used to change a missing tooth that is why it is also scientifically called as the taken care of partial false teeth.
2. Dental Implants and Dentures - is a kind of orthodontic solution that is done by an orthodontic specialist called periodontist. Oral implants are comprised of artificial tooth that is affixed directly to the individual's mandible. Unlike dentures, implants are fixed as well as could no more be gotten rid of. On the other hand, dentures are additionally fabricated set of teeth to change an organic one. They are made from steel or plastic.
3. Invisalign - is a renowned Orthodontic treatment that makes use of 3D visualizing technology. They are clear aligners that can be utilized by adults, teenagers or even youngsters. In most cases, invisalign teeth aligners are utilized as an alternative for standard orthodontic braces.
4. Crowns - are a type of dental service that is utilized to bring back the individual's teeth as a result of tooth decay. They are straight matched on the continuing to be part of the tooth so about make it a lot more powerful along with developing a perfect shape much like an organic tooth. A good emergency situation dental expert can do this for you.
5. Dental Prophylaxis - this type of dental solution entails tooth polishing and scaling. In addition, this approach is additionally made use of by the majority of orthodontic practitioners in order to get rid of tartar specifically to hard-reached locations of the mouth that also orthodontic flossing and also cleaning cannot also get rid of.
6. Orthodontics - are a kind of dental treatment that can improve the oral health and wellness and also smile of an individual. Problems like congested teeth, inaccurate mouth positions and jaw joint disorders can be properly catered via this therapy.
7. Fillings - is used by dental professional to cover openings in a tooth that is caused by dental caries. Amalgam is one of the filling types carried out by a dental expert; it is comprised of different type of metals including zinc, tin, mercury, silver and copper.
8. Root Canal Treatment - or additionally referred to as endodontics, is a dental therapy that concentrates on the facility of the tooth. Basically, this technique is performed to remove all the infections already exist in the root canal system.
9. Braces - are also a kind of Orthodontic therapy that could boost the appearances of the teeth. These are greatly made from ceramic or plastic go to my blog and metal. Factually, braces are removable thus it can correctly clean up as well as can be obtained.
10. Pearly whites Bleaching - is oral solution that utilizes whitening so regarding offer a person a much whiter tooth. One of the most common teeth whitening treatments today is the power lightening or laser whitening.
The oral solutions mentioned above are just some of the most sought-after services performed by de
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How your flood losses are increasing: whether you live in a floodplain or not.
Growing up in Seattle, I have learned to live with the rain. Through the years I have accumulated many stylish brands of rain boots, jackets, and umbrellas
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How your flood losses are increasing: whether you live in a floodplain or not.
Growing up in Seattle, I have learned to live with the rain. Through the years I have accumulated many stylish brands of rain boots, jackets, and umbrellas. But now that I have moved into my first home, the rain is starting to affect my life in a very different way.
Sunday night at 4 AM, I was awoken by a shrill buzzing noise. My flooding alarm in my basement was going off. Reluctantly, I went downstairs to find about a foot of standing water on my basement floor.
In the first three weeks of March, we have seen double the amount of normal rainfall (3.6 inches vs. 1.7 inches). There have been 19 days with precipitation and 6 significant storm events. Let’s just say, it is extremely wet in Washington right now.
Unfortunately, daily precipitation is only amplified as a result of global warming, therefore increasing the risk of floods. This change in precipitation events, coupled with inappropriate development in floodplains, is starting to carry serious consequences for Washington State. Since 1990, flooding has been blamed for 71 deaths in Washington State, Interstate 5 has been closed 4 times, and over 1,000 homes have flooded repeatedly.
Once floodplain areas are filled by development, the height of floodwaters rises, spreading the risk of flooding to larger land areas. What does this mean for homeowners? There is a one-in-four chance of a property in the 100-year floodplain being damaged by flooding over the 30-year life of a standard mortgage (compared to 1% chance of fire damage). With increasingly severe storms due to global warming, if you live near a floodplain, your risk for flooding is now increased.
What many taxpayers don’t know is they are actually paying for these losses whether their home is affected by flooding or not. Seventy percent of Washington taxpayers who don’t experience floods are paying for the preventable damage of the other 30% of the state that does flood. In Puget Sound alone, there have been 14 federally declared flood disasters since 1990, totaling more than $1.4 billion in damage costs.
Originally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), was created to get people out of harm’s way by limiting development in floodplains. In reality, by making insurance widely available, FEMA has been subsidizing and essentially encouraging development in these high risk areas. Unfortunately, money out of our pocketbooks is not the only thing we are losing.
The Pacific Northwest takes great pride in claiming salmon and orca as an iconic species for the region. Floodplains are among the most biologically diverse and productive areas, providing critical habitat for these species. In 2008, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a scientific and legal finding (called a Biological Opinion, or BiOp) that FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is contributing to the extinction of salmon and orca in the Puget Sound.
Now, 122 Puget Sound communities will have until September 20
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Back to School Tips
Once summer comes and goes each year, it can be a bit stressful to get together all that is needed to ensure a successful year. Beyond buying school supplies and meeting teachers, we’ve gathered a few tips to ease the
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Back to School Tips
Once summer comes and goes each year, it can be a bit stressful to get together all that is needed to ensure a successful year. Beyond buying school supplies and meeting teachers, we’ve gathered a few tips to ease the process of back to school time and increase the likelihood of a happy and healthy school year:
- Before school starts:
- Ensure your child is getting an adequate amount of sleep.
- Promote healthy eating habits.
- Carry the proper backpack.
- Pay extra attention to keeping busy kids healthy.
- Beware of lice.
Check the requirements on what is needed for children to begin school, such as a physical for children who participate in team sports. Check with your district, and then contact us to schedule an appointment if needed.
Regardless of whether you have a toddler, teenager, or both, sleep is an essential habit to stress to your children. Though it may be hard to tell what the right amount is for your little one, if he or she seems to be ready to wake up in the morning, has energy for the school day and afterward, and is generally cheerful performing daily activities, you should be right on target. If your child is well organized and willing to prepare for school the night before, consider allowing some extra sleep in the A.M.
Childhood obesity rates are skyrocketing and nutrition is a very important lesson to teach at a young age. Make sure your child has enough brain power for the school day by serving a healthy breakfast, which includes proteins, each day.
Provided that children are using their backpacks properly, there is no good evidence linking childhood use of backpacks to scoliosis and/or back pain. Although back pain may be the last thing your child is thinking about, as a parent, it’s important to ensure their comfort to prevent future injuries or discomfort. The right backpack should have wide, padded shoulder straps, a padded back, and a waist strap to provide extra support.
Getting your children involved in sports and activities promotes physical activity, learning to play with peers, and learning the value of teamwork—all of which are valuable lessons to be carried on into adulthood. However, we like to remind our patient families to be careful not to do too much too soon. Leave ample time for homework, family time, unstructured play, and time to simply be a kid!
Lice are perhaps the most sinister part of back of school woes. Remind your child that sharing hats, combs, or pillows is not a healthy habit and can cause discomfort and time away from school. Girls with long hair should always h
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The contribution of injury to the burden of disease in low and middle-income countries is increasing, yet its prevention and management is not attracting the desired level of attention. An important factor contributing to this issue is the inadequacy of data available to generate
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The contribution of injury to the burden of disease in low and middle-income countries is increasing, yet its prevention and management is not attracting the desired level of attention. An important factor contributing to this issue is the inadequacy of data available to generate actionable information to support advocacy and development of interventions. The Injury Registry in Ghana was initiated and led by Dr. Frank Baiden. This initiative used a simple, standardized tool to systematically collect detailed information on the causes, precipitating factors, nature, severity, and clinical outcomes of all cases of injury reported at a district regional hospital. Data collection occurred between January 2012 to December 2014 and 7,148 injured patients were recruited. The two facilities were selected to provide data from semi-rural and urban settings and the registry employed the use of both routine and non-routine health staff to identify cases and collect the required data.
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“The Bells and Chimes of Motherland,
Of England green and old,
That out from grey and ivied tower
A thousand years have toll’d;
How heavenly sweet their music is
As breaks the hallow’d day
And calle
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“The Bells and Chimes of Motherland,
Of England green and old,
That out from grey and ivied tower
A thousand years have toll’d;
How heavenly sweet their music is
As breaks the hallow’d day
And calleth, with Seraph’s Voice
A nation up to prey!“
Arthur Cleveland Coxe – 1849.
Dartmoor church bell inscriptions, one may question as to the interest in such a topic but it is part of Dartmoor’s heritage and is certainly one that in normal circumstances remains out of sight in the various church towers of the moor. Is it the case that for centuries these bells have been ‘transmitting’ hidden sentiments alongside their melodic peals?
It has been suggested that the use of bells in a Celtic church context dates back as far as the sixth century and by the eighth century were in general use in most churches. By medieval times they served several purposes; to mark the canonical hours, summonsed the faithful to worship, announce the death of a parishioner (the Soul Bell), to mark the Angelus and curfew and to warn of invasion or other such perils, to celebrate weddings, baptisms, feast days, royal births, victories and even defeats in wartime. Friar, p.44.
Leaving aside the various technicalities of bells there is one aspect of them which can provide a brief glimpse into the history of each church and the sentiments of the period. Virtually every bell that hangs in the towers of Dartmoor has a legend or inscription on them, some of them record the names of the incumbent vicars and churchwardens at the time of their casting whilst others sport various religious or patriotic verses.
The oldest bells tended to simply bear the Latin scripted name of the saint to whom they were dedicated. By the fourteenth century his practice was then followed by various religious lines such as ‘ad laudem‘ (to praise). By the late 1600s most inscriptions were equally appearing in either Latin or English and by the mid 1700s many simply used English. Towards the end of the seventeen hundreds there appeared to be a move towards, what at the time, were regarded as ‘vulgar’ inscriptions. This basically meant that there was no religious sentiment involved, such Dartmoor examples being; ‘Thomas Bilbie Collumpton Cast Us All’. Today this would not cause any concern but does demonstrate the piety of the times.
I have recently happened upon a book published by the Reverend H. T. Ellacombe in 1872 in which he writes about the church bells of Devon. Between the years of 1864 -65 he visited every bell tower in Devon and recorded the various inscriptions found on every bell (apart from Sheepstor where he could not gain access to the tower). This meant clambering up 456 towers or turrets to achieve his goal which by some of his accounts was a dangerous and due to the bird guano a dirty task. When commentating as to the disrepair met with in some of the towers he remarks; “As for the guano of the daws (jackdaws) and owls, and other birds, it had not apparently been removed for years. Flooring, too, entirely gone, or so rotten as to break away beneath my feet; wet droppings from the roof, and not carefully prevented from driving through the windows.”, p.16.
Below is a table showing the more interesting legends that were found upon the bells of Dartmoor, clearly there are numerous others that simply bore the founders name and trademark and have not been included. As can be seen many have variants of “
I Call the Quick to Church and the Dead to Grave” which seems to be one of the more popular ones. Other common inscriptions are those that proclaim prosperity and peace to the parish, along with ‘When I call follow all‘ There are several that ask to save or preserve the church and/or king (according to their dates these would refer to King George II or King George III).
In normal circumstances inscriptions on ancient bells were generally placed immediately below the haunch or shoulder, although they are sometimes found nearer the sound bow.
|Belstone||1761||God bless the church – Pennington Fecit 1761|
|Belstone||1761||Prosperity to this parish – Pennington Fecit 1761|
|Belstone||1761||God save the king – Pennington Fecit 1761|
|Belstone||1761||I Call the Quick to Church and the Dead to Grave – Pennington Fecit 1761|
|Bovey Tracy||1818||Peace and Good Neighbourhood – I P 1818|
|Bovey Tracy||1818||To the Church Living Call and to the Grave Do Summon|
|Brent, South||1769||To Christs I Aloud Do Sing – T B F 1769
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Music has the power to rectify the internal struggles of the mind. Its various rhythms, beats, and chord progressions speak to the soul in a remarkable way. Among many things, it soothes and brings about feelings of hope. The song
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Music has the power to rectify the internal struggles of the mind. Its various rhythms, beats, and chord progressions speak to the soul in a remarkable way. Among many things, it soothes and brings about feelings of hope. The song “Someday We’ll All Be Free” is just such a song. The song was written with love and care by song writer Edward Howard to encourage good friend and troubled soul maestro Donny Hathaway in his sadness that was seemingly immutable.
Hathaway recorded the song and upon listening to the final play back cried out uncontrollably in joy. It is what he needed to hear. For a brief moment Hathaway was moved beyond his sadness to great joy and hope. This is the power of music.
However, for Hathaway, he needed a continual stream of encouragement to keep him barred from his sadness. “Someday We’ll All Be Free” although powerful in its message, was one of the last songs he recorded. Hathaway’s sadness thrived in silence and consumed him in 1979.
Moreover, “Someday We’ll All Be Free” became the mighty, but quiet anthem to the later days Civil Rights movement and the Black Power struggle with its
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- n. The launching of a spacecraft to orbit or land on the Moon
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- n. The launching of a spacecraft to orbit or land on the Moon
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- n. The action or event of sending a spacecraft to the moon; -- used of manned or unmanned missions.
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Melbourne, Aug 2 (ANI): Too tense with your life and looking for an appropriate stress buster? Well, drugs that helps zebras calm down after being chased by hungry lions may help you cope with far more mundane - but equally
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Melbourne, Aug 2 (ANI): Too tense with your life and looking for an appropriate stress buster? Well, drugs that helps zebras calm down after being chased by hungry lions may help you cope with far more mundane - but equally stressful - situations in everyday life too.
Californian scientists are working on a single injection that will help people relax without slowing down - in other words, the world's first vaccine for stress.
Robert Sapolsky of Stanford University, said he can now alter the brain chemistry to create more "focused calm", reports myFOXtwincities.com
Sapolsky, has been working on hormones called glucocorticoids, which are part of the body's immune system and help to fight cancer and inflammation.
He observed that, while a zebra will turn off the stress chemicals after escaping from a lion, modern man not only produces too many glucocorticoids in response to everyday alarms but also cannot turn them off afterwards.
He said the hormone becomes toxic both biologically, by destroying brain cells and weakening the immune system and socially, when people continue to snap at friends hours after the original cause of tension vanished.
After early setbacks, the Stanford team adapted a herpes virus to carry engineered "neuro-protective" genes deep into the brain to neutralise the rogue hormones before they can damage the brain.
The virus is now shown to work on rats.
"To be honest, I'm still amazed that it works," News.com.au quoted Sapolsky as telling Wired magazine.
He warned that human trials were years away, "but we have proved that it's possible."
"We can reduce the neural damage caused by stress," he added. (ANI)
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Why is it important to reduce stress?
Stress is the body’s natural response to challenging situations, causing muscles to tense and the mind to be more alert. The burst of adrenaline gives you energy to meet your goals. However, if stress does
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Why is it important to reduce stress?
Stress is the body’s natural response to challenging situations, causing muscles to tense and the mind to be more alert. The burst of adrenaline gives you energy to meet your goals. However, if stress does not subside and continues to upset your daily life, the effects can be serious. You may experience problems eating or sleeping, headaches, neck aches, backaches, increased use of alcohol and/or other drugs, upset stomach, fatigue, poor concentration, nightmares, and frustration. Stress affects many bodily functions, especially your immune system. Excessive stress is believed to be a factor in illnesses ranging from colds and flu to heart disease.
Methods to reduce stress:
- Set realistic goals (long-term and short-term) and reward yourself on the way to reaching these goals.
- Find a mode for release. Exercising, writing in a journal, and talking to friends are great ways to release built up tension and help you relax.
- Learn relaxation techniques.
- Make a to-do list: plan activities by priority and consolidate similar tasks, trips, and errands. Let your list hold the things you want to accomplish so you don’t have to worry about them. Focus on one item from your list at a time.
- Schedule for interruptions. Allow about 10 minutes per hour for unplanned interruptions.
- Eliminate clutter from your day. Unsubscribe from listservs that fill your inbox and throw away mail you don’t need to read, like junk mail.
- Schedule breaks. This will give you something to look forward to as you work, helping you be more productive in the long run.
- Stay healthy. Get good sleep, exercise regularly, drink plenty of fluids, and eat a balanced diet.
- Think positively. An optimistic view of the future will help you stay relaxed now. In fact, smiling is linked to good health and longer life.
- Don’t dwell on the past. Learn from mistakes and move on.
- Let go of things you cannot control and instead focus on what you can.
- Learn to say “no” and set healthy limits and boundaries.
What is anxiety?
Everyone experiences anxiety now and again. Challenging situations naturally trigger fight-or-flight responses, such as rapid heartbeat, sweaty hands, cool extremities, and increased alertness. However, anxiety disorders cause more intense emotional and psychological discomfort. Sufferers feel helpless, and instead of coping and resolving tension naturally, they feel overwhelmed and think the worst possible things will happen. Anxiety is the largest menta
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The beverage industry consists of different segments with the first differentiation being locally consumed beverages versus packaged and shipped beverages. Locally produced and consumed beverages include fresh coffee, tap water, fountain drinks and freshly squeezed juice. Bottled water and beer are examples of
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The beverage industry consists of different segments with the first differentiation being locally consumed beverages versus packaged and shipped beverages. Locally produced and consumed beverages include fresh coffee, tap water, fountain drinks and freshly squeezed juice. Bottled water and beer are examples of packaged beverages. Packaged beverages consist of two types, retail and home produced. Retail Beverage Sales Retailing consists of the sale of drinks from a fixed location such as a convenience store, supermarket or bar in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. A bar is an establishment that serves drinks, especially alcoholic beverages such as beer, liquor and cocktails for consumption on the premises. A supermarket is a self-service store offering a wide variety of beverages, food and household merchandise for consumers to take away before consuming or using. The February 2010 estimated monthly sales for retail and food services are, by sector: Food & beverage stores 49,888,000,000 Grocery stores 44,610,000,000 Beer, wine & liquor stores 1,473,000,000 Food services & drinking places 37,893,000,000 Water System Municipal tap water systems are among the biggest beverage industries in the world. Tap water is a part of indoor plumbing. It first became available in the developed world in the late 19th century and common by the mid-20th century. The delivery of tap water requires a massive infrastructure of piping, pumps and water purification works. Hoover Dam, a concrete arch-gravity dam in the western United States, is part of the tap water systems for several states. Consequently, tap water becomes a component of many of the packaged beverages as well. Soda and Bottle Water Production The US beverage manufacturing and bottling industry includes about 3,000 companies with combined annual revenues of $70 billion. Major beverage companies include Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and the Dr Pepper Snapple Group. The industry includes manufacturers and distributors of soft drinks and bottled water. Wholesale dollar sales of bottled water have steadily increased in recent years, reaching $6 billion in 2000 and $11.5 billion in 2007. Coffee, Tea and Kool-Aid After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. In many places, the boiling of water for tea is a traditional method of reducing water borne bacteria. Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from the roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the coffee plant. The coffee cherries that yield the seeds grow on trees in over 70 countries. Besides coffee and tea, many other substances, from cocoa to Kool-Aid, can also flavor water. Beverage Packing and Labels In the $22.8 billion North American beverage market, the most popular packaging material is plastic with over 40 percent of the market. Bottles are the most popular packaging type with over 55 percent of the market. Experts predict that plastic as a packaging material and bottles as a packaging type will provide the vast majority of incremental sales increases of beverage containers over the next 10 years. Milk part of the Diary Business In 2007, cheese (41%) and fluid milk, cream and related product (23%) production accounted for nearly 64% of milk use. Butter accounted for about 18% of the milk supply, and about 8% ended up in ice cream and other frozen dairy products. Wine and Beer Production The US produces eleven billion pounds of grapes annually with a market value of $2.9 billion, making it the highest value fruit crop. California, a major wine producing state, has over 800,000 acres of grapes. Other significant grape producing states in order of production are Washington, New York, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Addition
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a major key with the notes G, A, B, C, D, E, Fu266F
describing a piece, song, or scale with the G major key
G major is a major scale based on G, with the
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a major key with the notes G, A, B, C, D, E, Fu266F
describing a piece, song, or scale with the G major key
G major is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F♯. Its key signature has one sharp, F♯; in treble-clef key signatures, the sharp-symbol for F is usually placed on the first line from the top, though in some Baroque music it is placed on the first space from the bottom. G major's relative minor is E minor, and its parallel minor is G minor. For orchestral works in G major, the timpani are typically set to G and D a fifth apart, rather than a fourth apart as for most other keys.
The numerical value of G major in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
The numerical value of G major in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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This is a major, major, major, planetary crisis.
Major breakthroughs often come after major breakdowns.
I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem-and that yardstick is Is it good for America
Playing major rock venues and opening for major rock star acts has taught me one thing. Once you've seen a girl naked, you've seen them all naked.
There is a major upheaval in the army and the security forces and a lot of officers will be purged. How they will replace them (and) how they will train them are major issues, it is a major, major crisis.
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Teachers Say NCLB Has Changed Classroom Practice
A new study tracking the classroom impact of the No Child Left Behind Act in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania suggests that teachers are adjusting their teaching practices in response to the law—but not always in ways
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Teachers Say NCLB Has Changed Classroom Practice
A new study tracking the classroom impact of the No Child Left Behind Act in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania suggests that teachers are adjusting their teaching practices in response to the law—but not always in ways that educators and policymakers might want.
According to the three-year study, which is being conducted by the Santa Monica, Calif.-based RAND Corp., majorities of elementary and middle school science and math teachers in all three states report in surveys that they are making positive changes in the classroom by focusing on their states’ academic standards or searching for better teaching methods.
At the same time, though, sizable percentages of educators are also spending more time teaching test-taking strategies, focusing more narrowly on the topics covered on state tests, and tailoring teaching to the “bubble kids”—the students who fall just below the proficiency cutoffs on state tests.
“This is telling us we’re seeing both positive responses as well as responses that raise some concerns,” said Laura S. Hamilton, the study’s lead author and a senior behavioral scientist at RAND. Her study was among five reports spotlighted here this week at a conference organized by the prominent think tank.
With financing from the National Science Foundation, Ms. Hamilton and her research partners have been surveying teachers, principals, and superintendents in the three study states since 2002, the year the NCLB legislation became law, as well as conducting more in-depth studies in 18 districts spread across those states.
Learning and Morale
This week, she presented findings from surveys conducted over the 2005-06 school year, the third and final year of the study. A written report detailing results from the first two years of the study was also posted on RAND’s Web site for the first time this week.
The findings suggest that educators on the ground are viewing and responding to the federal law in complicated ways. For instance, across all three states, two-thirds or more of superintendents and principals and 40 percent to 60 percent of teachers said that staff focus on student learning had improved as a result of the new accountability pressures, but many also agreed that staff morale had declined.
Teachers were more likely than the administrators, though, to pick up on problems or negative consequences with the testing-and-accountability systems in their states, such as a concern that state tests were misaligned with the curriculum. In middle school science, for example, the percentages of teachers reporting that kind of mismatch in the 2004-05 survey ranged from 63 percent in Georgia to 74 percent in California.
Also, while most teachers and administrators agreed that learning opportunities for struggling students had improved as a result of the law, half or more of teachers across the three states and all levels of schooling worried that high-achieving students were not receiving “appropriately challenging curriculum or instruction.”
“These are just teachers’ opinions, but we need to take them seriously because teachers’ support is important in making successful policy changes,” Ms. Hamilton said.
While California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania were chosen for the study because they represented different demographic makeups and were at different stages in developing what the report calls “standards-based accountability systems,” the patterns of classroom effects were similar in all three states, according to the study author.
The other reports highlighted at RAND’s June 12 forum found that states and districts across the country were using similar strategies to respond to the federal law.
Three reports, for instance, noted that use of data-driven efforts to improve schools was becoming widespread. Two-thirds of schools, for example, have implemented periodic “progress” tests to monitor student achievement throughout the year and identify instructional gaps, said Brian M. Stecher, a senior social scientist at RAND. He is one of the researchers taking part in a federally funded national evaluation of the NCLB law, which has not yet been released.
Studies also converged in finding widespread sentiment among educators for using accountability measures that gauge progress by the academic growth that students make, rather than by counting the percentages of students that reach state proficiency targets. Ms. Hamilton said teachers suggested such growth-model systems, besides giving them more credit for their hard work, might take the undue focus off the “bubble kids” in their classrooms.
Vol. 26, Issue 42, Pages 6, 22Published in Print: June 20, 2007, as Teachers Say NCLB Has Changed Classroom Practice
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Adult obesity rate in SD could reach 60.4% by 2030
The number of obese adults, along with related disease rates and health care costs, is on course to increase dramatically in South Dakota over the next 20 years,
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Adult obesity rate in SD could reach 60.4% by 2030
The number of obese adults, along with related disease rates and health care costs, is on course to increase dramatically in South Dakota over the next 20 years, according to "F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2012," a report released Tuesday by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Obesity is defined as having a body-mass index of 30 or more, a measure of weight for height.
If obesity rates continue on their current trajectories, by 2030, the obesity rate in South Dakota could reach 60.4 percent. According to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2011, 28.1 percent of adults in the state were obese.
Nationally, by 2030, 13 states could have adult obesity rates above 60 percent, 39 states could have rates above 50 percent, and all 50 states could have rates above 44 percent. Mississippi could have the highest obesity rate at 66.7 percent, and Colorado could have the lowest obesity rate for any state at 44.8 percent.
Over the next 20 years, obesity could contribute to 101,181 new cases of type 2 diabetes, 222,609 new cases of coronary heart disease and stroke, 200,392 new cases of hypertension, 130,568 new cases of arthritis, and 30,796 new cases of obesity-related cancer in South Dakota.
By 2030, obesity-related health care costs in South Dakota could climb by more than 3.6 percent, which could be the fourth lowest increase in the country.
If body mass indexes were lowered by 5 percent, South Dakota could theoretically save 7.6 percent in health care costs, which would equate to savings of $1.553 billion by 2030.
The number of South Dakota residents who could be spared from developing new cases of major obesity-related diseases includes:
21,780 people could be spared from type 2 diabetes,
17,899 from coronary heart disease and stroke,
16,721 from hypertension,
9,625 from arthritis, and
1,467 from obesity-related cancer.
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However, the pancreas of the people suffering from diabetes does not function properly. It either produces very little insulin or no insulin at all. In some cases the pancreas is in their normal condition but the cells refuse to respond to the insulin produced
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However, the pancreas of the people suffering from diabetes does not function properly. It either produces very little insulin or no insulin at all. In some cases the pancreas is in their normal condition but the cells refuse to respond to the insulin produced by it. Hence we can define Diabetes as an infirmity of metabolism of a human body.
Diabetes has been classified into the following three categories: 1. Type I Diabetes 2. Type II Diabetes 3. Gestational Diabetes
Type I Diabetes usually develops due to malfunction of the immune system of a person. When the immune system fails to function properly it often strikes a part of the body. In this case the immune system terminates the insulin-producing beta cells of pancreas ensuing in Type I Diabetes.
Gestational Diabetes arises in some women late in pregnancy. This form of Diabetes usually perishes after the birth of a baby but such women are prone to develop Type II Diabetes within 5- 10 years. Sustaining a rational body heaviness and being physically active may help preclude the development of type 2 diabetes.
Type II Diabetes is most commonly found in many people from children to adolescents and in old people as well. According to a research about 90-95 percent of people suffering from Diabetes have a type II form of diabetes.
In many people it is found that the pancreas are producing appropriate amounts of insulin but for some mysterious reasons the body refutes to accept it and utilize it proficiently hence resulting in type II Diabetes. This condition is known as insulin...
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At the end of summertime, the clock is set back from 2:00am to 1:00am.
During the autumn transition the hour from 1:00am to 2:00am elapses twice, these hours are referred to as 1A and 1B.
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During this time of shock over wetlands, many teams have compelling purposes to spot and delineate wetlands. monetary associations use environmental review as part of their personal loan judgements. Civil engineers needs to plan websites with no stressful current wetlands.
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During this time of shock over wetlands, many teams have compelling purposes to spot and delineate wetlands. monetary associations use environmental review as part of their personal loan judgements. Civil engineers needs to plan websites with no stressful current wetlands. Conservation teams desire to establish worthwhile wetlands for preserves or parks. neighborhood and country governments want wetlands tests for administration and making plans of latest and destiny public lands. And the government has mandated that wetlands obtain extra attention.
As our realizing of wetlands services raises, the facility to spot and delineate them turns into much more serious. useful guide for Wetland id and Delineation defines wetlands, describes their services, and provides numerous tools used to evaluate the level of wetlands. Easy-to-use, it deals suggestions to real-world difficulties and covers vital matters akin to tools for picking and delineating wetland obstacles, comparing wetlands utilizing aerial images, symptoms of hydrological, chemical, and organic procedures, soil surveys, and plant measurements. The ebook additionally discusses methodological methods to optimizing wetland delineation and allowing.
The concentrate on wetlands via the government has led to extra stringent oversight via the U.S. military center of Engineers (USACE). This new point of federal oversight has underlined the inability of common wisdom regarding regulatory standards. undertaking hold up and paintings interruptions are actual, capability difficulties for landowners. sensible instruction manual for Wetlands id and Delineation provides the options and strategies for making wetlands identifications and delineations that meet federal standards.
Rethinking Environmental History: World-System History and Global Environmental Change (Globalization and the Environment)
This interesting new reader in environmental heritage offers a framework for figuring out the family members among ecosystems and worldsystems over the years. Alf Hornborg, J. R. McNeill, and Joan MartinezAlier have introduced jointly a gaggle of the most important writers from the social, old, and geographical sciences to supply an summary of the ecological measurement of worldwide, financial strategies, with a longterm, old standpoint. Readers are challenged to combine reports of the Earthsystem with stories of the worldsystem, and to reconceptualize the kin among humans and their setting, in addition to the demanding situations of worldwide sustainability.
Millions of acres of land were infected by means of insecticides, improperly dealt with chemical substances, soiled power tasks, poisonous waste, and different pollution within the usa by myself. This poisonous legacy affects the surroundings, our well-being, our watersheds, and land that may rather be used to develop fit neighborhood nutrients and drugs. traditional clean-up options hired via executive and are enormously dear and resource-intensive and will reason additional harm. a growing number of groups locate themselves more and more not able to depend upon these businesses and governments who created the issues to step in and supply solutions.
Earth Repair describes a bunch of robust grassroots bioremediation thoughts, including:
- Microbial remediation—using microorganisms to collapse and bind contaminants
- Phytoremediation—using crops to extract, bind, and rework toxins
- Mycoremediation—using fungi to wash up infected soil and water
Packed with beneficial, firsthand info from visionaries within the box, Earth Repair empowers groups and participants to do so and heal infected and broken land. Encompassing every thing from remediating and regenerating deserted urban plenty for city farmers and gardeners to recuperating from environmental mess ups and business catastrophes akin to oil spills and nuclear fallout, this fertile toolbox is vital analyzing for somebody who needs to remodel environmental melancholy into optimistic action.
Leila Darwish is a neighborhood organizer, city gardener, and permaculture dressmaker with a spotlight on utilizing grassroots bior
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When you think of an African farmer, the first image that will probably come to mind is that of an old man in the village, probably dressed in shabby clothes that have seen better days.
Indeed, a recent report by the Food and Agriculture
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When you think of an African farmer, the first image that will probably come to mind is that of an old man in the village, probably dressed in shabby clothes that have seen better days.
Indeed, a recent report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) indicated that in Africa, the average age of farmers is about 60, despite the fact that 60% of Africa’s population is under 24 years of age.
Rural youth have been leaving the farms for cities in droves for years now; between 1960 and 2010, the continent’s urban population grew from 53 million to 400 million; by 2030, the number of Africans living in towns and cities will increase by another 345 million.
With aged parents left behind tending the farm, it raises questions about future prospects for increasing farm productivity as Africa’s demand for food grows larger.
However, there is some good news; there’s a new generation of farmers coming up in many cities who represent the future of African farming.
New urban tech farmer
They are young, tech-savvy, resident in the city, probably employed full-time in an office job, but own some land in a peri-urban or rural area that they inherited from their parents, or bought as an investment.
They travel to their out-of-town farms only on weekends, hiring a farm manager to take care of the everyday running of the farm, and frequently telephoning to check on progress.
With demand for fruits, vegetables, meat, milk and eggs soaring as African cities grow larger, it’s a solid investment that can give lucrative returns.
But many ‘telephone farmers’ struggle to keep up with what’s really happening on the ground.
You can’t really get a true sense of how the crops are doing from conversations on the phone with a farm manager. (Photo: Flickr/ ICT4D)
This is where IBM Research Africa sees and opportunity, with a new innovation they call EZ-Farm.
It’s a nifty combination of a soil moisture sensor, a water tank level monitor and – best of all – an infrared camera that monitors plant health.
The soil moisture sensor looks like an electrode that is placed in the ground, and sends data to the IBM cloud on the level of water availability.
The water tank monitor is installed on the inside cover of a water tank, and measures the level of water still in the tank by acoustic waves, like what bats use in echolocation. It sends out a sound wave and detects how long it takes to be reflected back, by this you can gauge how deep the water is in the tank.
But the “killer app” is the plant health monitor that uses infrared light to monitor soil health.
Plants absorb red and blue light to fuel photosynthesis, but reflect green and infrared light (it’s the reason why plants look green to our eyes).
With the infrared camera, one can detect the areas in the plant of intense photosynthesis, where blue light is being absorbed and infrared light reflected. If the plant isn’t getting enough water, or is stressed in any way, photosynthesis will slow down, and less infrared light will be reflected.
By this, a farmer can really “see” whether the plants are coming along nicely, or not,; like a finger on a pulse, it’s a kind of vegetative “vital sign” that can provide an early warning if a plant’s health is failing – even if your farm manager or relative in the countryside doesn’t call to tell you.
All this Big Data is collected every minute of every day, and sent to the IBM cloud, where it delivers up-to-the-minute insight about current and predicted water and soil moisture levels to farmers, via desktop and mobile apps – specific to that particular farm, going by the “optimum health” from the plant stress monitor.
It’s the kind of granular, highly targeted and tech-friendly farm management system that telephone farmers in Nairobi are already scrambling to get their hands on.
IBM says EZ-farm is still in the pilot phase, though they have already received dozens of requests.
The company is looking to have the devices assembled locally in Kenya, but their biggest challenge going forward is finding a local manufacturer who can deliver on the specs in the large volumes that will be required very soon.
Christine Mungai for MG Africa
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Japanese American World War II military service memorials
Between 1942 and 1945, thousands of soldiers of Japanese descent served in the US armed forces as members of the 100th Infantry, 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT
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Japanese American World War II military service memorials
Between 1942 and 1945, thousands of soldiers of Japanese descent served in the US armed forces as members of the 100th Infantry, 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT), and the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). The contributions of these men have since been recognized in a number of locations with honor rolls, memorials to the fallen, monuments to the units, and living memorials. Even while the war was ongoing, a small number of monuments emerged to honor fallen comrades and pay tribute to the service of the men. Yet these early tributes were typically local in nature and few in number. It was decades before nationally visible monuments emerged in the United States.
Ironically, some of the earliest monuments to honor the Japanese Americans appeared in Europe, specifically the areas in France and Italy where the 100th/442nd RCT had the most impact. In the Vosges Mou
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Bald eagles are falling from the sky dead of starvation, wildlife experts in western Canada say.
Eagles that depend on late fall salmon runs to provide enough fat to get them through the winter are starving on account of poor runs last year
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Bald eagles are falling from the sky dead of starvation, wildlife experts in western Canada say.
Eagles that depend on late fall salmon runs to provide enough fat to get them through the winter are starving on account of poor runs last year, Maj Birch, manager of a bird rescue facility, told the Victoria Times Colonist.
The Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society shelter in British Columbia has treated about 20 birds this year, Birch said.
"This is the most we have ever had," Birch told the Times Colonist. "Many of them are downed before they are brought in. They are on the ground and they're too weak to fly away.
"Some of them are actually falling out of the sky. One of them slid off a roof yesterday."
Thousands of hungry eagles are flocking around landfills, competing with seagulls and often being poisoned by the scraps and rats they find there, biologists told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
A herring run due to occur in early March should provide relief for birds that can hold out that long, Birch told the Campbell River Mirror.
"Then everybody will have a feast," she told the paper.
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Alternative Fuels: Ethanol. What is ethanol?. GM Commercial CH 3 CH 2 OH Ethanol is a clean-burning, high-octane fuel that is produced from renewable sources. At its most basic, ethanol is grain alcohol
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Alternative Fuels: Ethanol. What is ethanol?. GM Commercial CH 3 CH 2 OH Ethanol is a clean-burning, high-octane fuel that is produced from renewable sources. At its most basic, ethanol is grain alcohol, produced from crops such as corn.
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Although CO2 is released during ethanol production and combustion, it is recaptured as a nutrient to the crops that are used in its production.
Unlike fossil fuel combustion, which unlocks carbon that has been stored for millions of years, use of ethanol results in comparatively lower increases to the carbon cycle.
Ethanol also degrades quickly in water and, therefore, poses a smaller risk to the environment than an oil or gasoline spill.
Research studies from a variety of sources have found ethanol to have a positive net energy balance. The most recent, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, shows that ethanol provides an average net energy gain of at least 77%.
It takes less than 35,000 BTUs of energy to turn corn into ethanol, while the ethanol offers at least 77,000 BTUs of energy. Thus ethanol has a positive energy balance—meaning the ethanol yields more energy than it takes to produce it.Energy Balance
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by Jamie Henzy
Although it's a regular occurrence for bacteria to acquire new genes whole cloth, by horizontal gene transfer, such events are rather rare for complex eukaryotes like us. Eukaryotes are vastly more inclined to take
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by Jamie Henzy
Although it's a regular occurrence for bacteria to acquire new genes whole cloth, by horizontal gene transfer, such events are rather rare for complex eukaryotes like us. Eukaryotes are vastly more inclined to take advantage of gene duplication events (see Christoph's series on gene generation tactics of prokaryotes and eukaryotes). An exception to this rule is the presence in vertebrate genomes of numerous retroviral sequences (endogenous retroviruses, or ERVs, for short) that were acquired presumably when a retrovirus infected a sperm or egg cell. Retroviruses make a double-stranded DNA copy of their genome and insert it into the host DNA to be replicated by the usual host replication machinery. One would imagine that an actively replicating retrovirus would interfere with the development of the fertilized egg, and it probably does more often than not. But sometimes the host can effectively silence the provirus (as the viral sequence is known post-insertion), or the provirus has a mutation that prevents its replication, and then the egg develops into a wee baby with half its mother's genes, half its father's genes, plus a wee bit more — a copy of the retrovirus in every nucleated cell of its body. Sounds like horizontal gene transfer to me.
What happens next? The broken or silenced ERV, freed from purifying selection, will begin accumulating mutations, hampering its potential for replication. During an initial honeymoon phase, however, it may replicate just enough to reinfect some new cells or copy itself into new genomic locations, or it can be copied by other retrotransposons such as LINE-1 elements, with the same results — copies in new locations. Eventually the sequence, behaving generally as a neutral allele, will be lost or fixed according to the whims of genetic drift. The amount of time that chance deliberates between fixation and loss varies with the length of the generation time. If we take the average generation time for humans to be twenty years (likely applicable for most human history, though it is lengthening in the present), then a neutral allele is expected to take ~800,000 years to reach fixation. During this unsettled phase, some individuals may carry an ERV where others have an unoccupied site. This state is known as insertional polymorphism.
Another insertionally polymorphic state for ERVs involves a sleight of hand based on a recombination event. When a retrovirus first inserts, the gene-coding region is flanked by long terminal repeats (LTRs) of several hundred to a thousand base pairs that are identical. These long regions of identity frequently recombine such that the intervening region is deleted and what is left is a so-called "solo LTR". In fact, the odds of this happening are as high as one hundred to one. Thus, the vast majority of ERVs in our genomes exist as solo LTRs. However, some individuals may carry a solo LTR where others harbor either an unoccupied site or a full-length ERV.
As the LTRs acquire random mutations, they become less similar, making them less likely to mediate recombination. Thus, it's possible for an ERV to make it through this period of adolescent recklessness and survive as a full-length provirus. Regardless of whether LTR recombination occurs, mutations bombard the ERV sequences and, like meteors pockmarking the moon's surface, eventually pulverize the information content. So, the possible states of an ERV locus include three main forms: a full-length copy with two LTRs and coding sequence between; a solo-LTR; or an unoccupied site, all in various stages of sequence degeneration, including deletions that may shorten the sequences significantly (Figure 1).
Among the sixty plus families of ERVs found in the reference human genome, only one is known to have insertionally polymorphic loci: HERV-K(HML-2) ('HERV' for human ERV, 'K' for the tRNAlys used to prime transcription, and 'HML' for Human MMTV-Like, reflecting the virus's relatedness to Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus). HERV-K began infecting the germline of our hominid ancestors ~35 million years ago, and hung in there, continuing to expand — either by reinfection or retrotransposition — even after the human-chimp divergence ~6 million years ago. This means that we share some HERV-K loci with chimps, but have others that are human-specific. More than 120 HERV-K insertions have become full citizens of human genomes, fixed in the population as a whole, so that every person carries them. Ho
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The National Office for School Counselor Advocacy stated that secondary students need better support from professional school counselors when making decisions regarding their postsecondary education and career. The present qualitative study explored school counselors’ perceptions of competence in the area of career counseling,
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The National Office for School Counselor Advocacy stated that secondary students need better support from professional school counselors when making decisions regarding their postsecondary education and career. The present qualitative study explored school counselors’ perceptions of competence in the area of career counseling, and resulted in the following themes: challenges to delivery, opportunity, self-doubt, reliance on colleagues, and the use of technology. Recommendations for college and career readiness best practice were incorporated with the findings from the National Office for School Counselor Advocacy report.
Keywords: school counselor, career counseling, competence, postsecondary education, qualitative study
No step in life, unless it may be the choice of a husband or wife, is more important than the choice of a vocation.... These vital problems should be solved in a careful, scientific way, with due regard to each person’s aptitudes, abilities, ambitions, resources, and limitations, and the relations of these elements to the conditions of success in different industries. (Parsons, 1909, p. 3)
Young people exploring career decisions are often left to their own searches to find direction in this complex process. Ninety-five percent of high school seniors expect to attain some form of college education, yet more and more are delaying entry after high school, frequently changing colleges or majors when they do enter, or taking time off throughout their programs (Altbach, Gumport, & Berdahl, 2011). According to The College Board National Office for School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA), professional school counselors need to better support students during the decision-making process in order to streamline their progress toward postsecondary education and career readiness (Barker & Satcher, 2000; Bridgeland & Bruce,
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6ConflictConflicts are often thought of as disagreements or problems at an interpersonal level. But these aren’t necessarily conflicts.On the other hand, a problem exists when there is a divergence of opinion that does affect behavior, decisions or the ability to accomplish
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6ConflictConflicts are often thought of as disagreements or problems at an interpersonal level. But these aren’t necessarily conflicts.On the other hand, a problem exists when there is a divergence of opinion that does affect behavior, decisions or the ability to accomplish a task. If there is also a belief that the interests or goals of the parties involved cannot be achie
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ANTARCTICA -- There are things you can do as a tourist here that you can’t do anywhere else. A plunge into the freezing Antarctic Ocean water is something you may only want to try once.
Butare something you may want to do
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ANTARCTICA -- There are things you can do as a tourist here that you can’t do anywhere else. A plunge into the freezing Antarctic Ocean water is something you may only want to try once.
Butare something you may want to do over and over again. These trips are called expeditions, not cruises, for reasons that go beyond marketing.
And with climate-change skeptics in the White House, they may be a new model for how scientific research gets paid for in the future.
Renowned Antarctic ice scientist Ken Taylor says word is already out that there will be less research money available from this administration.
“We’ve already gotten indications from our federal funding agencies, particularly the National Science Foundation, that we should anticipate budget cuts,” Taylor said. “It didn’t take very long after the election for that word to come down.”
Even when research is government-funded, the money often doesn’t go far enough, even now.
John Durban, an employee of the NOAA Fisheries department, uses a drone to check on the health of Antarctic whales. But there’s no way he and his co-researcher Holly Fearnbach could be here if they didn’t get a ride from the tour operators.
“It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars if you’re going to charter a research vessel,” Durban said. “It’s a wonderful relationship that we have.”
The tourists are effectively funding the science.
And many, like Lori Fey from Austin, who’s up for just about anything, say they are willing to pay a premium to do so.
“I really think it’s a shame that the science is in the crosshairs of politics … because it doesn’t take much to understand that we are having a detrimental effect, collectively, on the world,” Fey said.
They come here for the experience, and they leave with more than memories. They leave with knowledge.
The scientists on board give the tourists a sense of purpose, and if it weren’t for the tourists, the scientists wouldn’t be here. It’s a marriage made in heaven.
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The Red Branch Knights
The Kings of Ulster had recourse to bodies of militia, who underwent a yearly course of training, and were in effect a standing army to be called upon whenever the monarch required them. The most celebrated of these were the
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The Red Branch Knights
The Kings of Ulster had recourse to bodies of militia, who underwent a yearly course of training, and were in effect a standing army to be called upon whenever the monarch required them. The most celebrated of these were the "Red Branch Knights of Ulster" and the "Fiona or Fena of Erin," who flourished in the third century. Though the accounts that have come down to us of these two military organizations are much mixed up with romance and fable, there is sufficient evidence to show that they really existed and exercised great influence in their day.
The Red Branch Knights belonged wholly to Ulster, and in the ancient Tales they are represented as in the service of Concobar mac Nessa, king of that province, but not king of Ireland. The king's main palace was Emain or Emania near Armagh, but like the medieval kings they moved their courts around.
Every year during the summer months, the Knights came to Emain to be drilled and trained in military science and feats of arms. The greatest Red Branch knight was Cuchulainn, a demigod, the mightiest of the heroes of Irish romance. The
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Sandhill Cranes: an Ancient Bird, a New Threat, and How You Can Help
If you’re looking for one of the most spectacular migrations in the world, the word “flyover state” takes on a much nicer meaning. Every
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Sandhill Cranes: an Ancient Bird, a New Threat, and How You Can Help
If you’re looking for one of the most spectacular migrations in the world, the word “flyover state” takes on a much nicer meaning. Every March, a half million Sandhill cranes converge on the Platte River valley in central Nebraska, where they feast for weeks to build strength for the long migration north. In mid-April they rise in enormous flocks and leave for summer grounds in northern Canada and as far away as Siberia. The phenomenon been going on like clockwork for millennia, drawing bird watchers from around the world who want a glimpse of these and other animals like the critically-endangered Whooping crane.There are actually six different subspecies of Grus canadensis, three of which are non-migratory and don’t make the journey. But the mass gathering along the Platte is so breathtaking that it gave the animal its common name, after the Sandhills region of Nebraska that the river passes through.
The Sandhills, in turn, are a unique landscape: 20,000 square miles, part desert, part grassland, with lakes and wetlands scattered throughout. Formed after the last Ice Age by winds that steadily built the dunes as high as 400 feet, the Sandhills are now stabilized by native grasses that allow farmers and ranchers to make a good living there. It is home not just to ranchers and cranes but also pronghorn antelope, porcupines, elk and bison, along with hundreds of other wildlife and plant species.
Making all this possible is a vast underground reservoir — the Ogallala aquifer — that sits beneath the Sandhills. It is our biggest water reserve, providing 30% of the groundwater used for irrigation in the entire US and drinking water for millions of Americans, and at some places the water table is so high that it’s actually at the surface, creating those lakes and wetlands. The Ogallala enabled the Great Plains to become “America’s bread basket,” but overuse threatens to suck this vital resource dry and now Big Oil (always eager to kick Mother Nature when she’s down) has raised the stakes for farmers and cranes alike.
Big Oil’s Dangerous GambleConservationists and the oil industry have battled for years over Keystone XL, a 2,000 mile pipeline that would send corrosive “tar sands” oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf coast, crossing the Ogallala aquifer and countless other water sources on its way south. Tar sands are a particularly toxic form of crude oil that poses serious risksto people and wildlife:
The Global Labor Institute at Cornell University has concluded that spills from pipelines of tar sands-derived oil are three times as likely to occur per mile as spills of crude oil. And when they do, the researchers say, the damage is greater, the public health risks larger, the clean-up harder, the costs higher.
A spill over the aquifer would be a disaster. After a local and national outrcry — including criticism from Nebraska’s Republican governor and senators from both parties — sent Keystone XL back to the drawing board, the company has recently proposed another route. But the revised project still crosses the Ogallala aquifer, and critics charge that the “official” border of the Sandhills is a pretty meaningless distinction, because the surrounding area is similar geologically. In other words: new route, same risks.
Double Trouble in the Boreal ForestSandhill cranes, like jet-setting tourists, wing their way from one remarkable landscape to another: the Canadian boreal forest, the biggest intact natural habitat left on earth and the breeding ground for BILLIONS of migratory birds.
Stretching across the northern reaches of our continent, this ecosystem is one of the most important you’ve (probably) never heard of, not just for its striking range of biodiversity but also for the crucial role it plays in regulating our climate: globally, boreal forests — almost a third of which are in Canada — store more carbon than any other biome.
Calling it simply a forest is a little misleading, though — the region also includes vast wetlands like the delta of the Peace and Athabasca rivers in northeastern Alberta, a favorite nesting area for sandhill cranes and hundreds of other species. But danger is on the horizon: just to the south of this vibrant delta, the oil industry is building the biggest industrial project in our planet’s history.
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Capture the Captivating Power of Solar Energy
Solar, the most abundant energy resource, faces its unique challenges which are unlike other usable energy sources. Despite the unique challenges, solar energy capturing has grown in stride throughout the years as a dependable energy resource
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Capture the Captivating Power of Solar Energy
Solar, the most abundant energy resource, faces its unique challenges which are unlike other usable energy sources. Despite the unique challenges, solar energy capturing has grown in stride throughout the years as a dependable energy resource. To help us understand solar energy, lets look into the history based on facts.
Fact 1: Solar energy is the most abundant energy resource on earth – 173,000 terawatts of solar energy strikes the Earth continuously. That’s more than 10,000 times the world’s total energy use.
Fact 2: The first silicon solar cell, the precursor of all solar-powered devices, was built by Bell Laboratories in 1954. On page one of its April 26, 1954 issue, The New York Times proclaimed the milestone, “the beginning of a new era, leading eventually to the realization of one of mankind’s most cherished dreams – the harnessing of the almost limitless energy of the sun for the uses of civilization.”
Fact 3: The space industry was an early adopter of solar technology. In the 1960s, the space industry began to use solar technology to provide power aboard spacecrafts. The Vanguard 1 – the first artificial earth satellite powered by solar cells – remains the oldest manmade satellite in orbit – logging more than 6 billion miles.
Fact 4: The U.S. installed 7,260 megawatts (MW) of solar in 2015 to reach 27.4 gigawatts (GW) of total installed capacity, enough to power 5.4 million American homes. Thanks to a booming residential PV market and continued realization of the utility sector’s double-digit gigawatt project pipeline, 2015 was the biggest year yet in solar history. Despite this remarkable growth, the industry is set to double more than the amount of installed capacity in 2016.
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Two years from now, we will have just elected a new president. We know the election date: Nov. 8, 2016. What we don’t know is just how our votes will count. Under the Constitution, states decide how
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Two years from now, we will have just elected a new president. We know the election date: Nov. 8, 2016. What we don’t know is just how our votes will count. Under the Constitution, states decide how to allocate Electoral College votes — and there are rumblings of change.
One thing is clear: Americans rightly see the current system is failing. In any election decided by fewer than a million votes, it’s a coin flip as to whether the popular-vote winner will become president. Just as troubling, today’s politically polarized voting patterns ensure that campaigns will devote all their resources to voters in a handful of the usual swing states — think Ohio, Virginia and Florida. More than 2 in 3 Americans live in spectator states where their votes can be dismissed as irrelevant.
Fortunately, our framers gave our state legislators the tools to fix presidential elections. State laws govern how states allocate electors, with states making many changes going back to the founders’ generation. Today, legislators focus on two basic reform approaches: One to join with other states to guarantee election of the national popular vote winner, and the other to act on their own to replace the winner-take-all rule for allocating electors.
We prefer the National Popular Vote plan. It would put every voter on equal footing by ensuring that the winner of the most popular votes in all 50 states always earns a majority of electoral votes and, as a result, the White House. Coming in the form of a binding interstate agreement, the plan is activated only after being adopted by states that collectively represent a majority of the Electoral College. At that point, all participating states will award their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The plan is 61 percent of the way to activation, having been passed into law in 10 states and the District of Columbia. States still have time to act in 2015 to effect change by 2016, or at least keep momentum going to win by 2020.
Pennsylvania and Michigan lead the list of states that might act on their own. Despite near-battleground status, both states have been won by Democratic presidential candidates for a quarter century, frustrating many of the Republicans who run state government. Pennsylvania’s state Senate Majority Leader Domenic Pileggi proposed allocating electoral votes by congressional district in 2011, and now has legislation to allocate his state’s 20 electoral votes semi-proportionally — meaning that a 52 percent to 48 percent outcome would result in 11 electoral votes for the winner and nine for the loser.
Michigan leaders have focused on congressional district allocation, with delegates at the GOP’s state convention in 2013 voting 1,370 to 132 to back that change. Susan Demas, editor of Inside Michigan Politics, recently forecast action on the proposal later this year.
But these proposals to divide electoral votes within states are highly problematic. The first problem is that they inevitably draw charges of partisan conspiracy. If used nationally in 2012, the congressional district plan would have comfortably elected Mitt Romney despite Barack Obama’s win by
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One of the nation’s most historic routes, the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail was blazed by the legendary frontiersman in 1775 from Long Island of the Holston at what is now Kingsport, TN, through the Cumberland Gap of Virginia
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One of the nation’s most historic routes, the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail was blazed by the legendary frontiersman in 1775 from Long Island of the Holston at what is now Kingsport, TN, through the Cumberland Gap of Virginia and into Kentucky. It would become the route for hundreds of thousands of settlers of the western frontier.
Long before Columbus settled America, the Wilderness Trail was a major link in the trail systems of the Indians on the North American continent, used for commerce and raids. Gabriel Arthur, a young indentured servant, was first of record to travel the route and see the Cumberland Gap, a natural break in the mountains. Arthur was sent along the trail in 1674 by the Shawnee Indians to secure a trade agreement with settlers. The next recorded man to see the Gap was Dr. Thomas Walker in 1750.
The most daring effort to colonize the rich lands of the Kentucky River area were those of Colonel Richard Henderson, a Superior Court judge of North Carolina. Henderson decided that the best way to secure the area was to deal directly with the Cherokee Indians. He discussed his plan with friends and they formed the Transylvania Company and solicited the assistance of Boone in negotiating with the Indians and blazing the trail. Boone was no stranger to the Kentucky territory, having made several trips through the area. He wanted to make his home in Kentucky and was quick to accept Henderson’s offer.
They found the Cherokee willing to sell the land between the Cumberland and Kentucky rivers for 5 tons of serviceable goods. Final negotiations were held at Sycamore Shoals (now Elizabethton, TN), an ancient Cherokee treaty ground on the southern bank of the Watauga River, about 15 miles southeast of Long Island on t
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Promoting British Values at Eaton Park Academy
The DfE states that there is a need “to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and
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Promoting British Values at Eaton Park Academy
The DfE states that there is a need “to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.’
All children are given the opportunity to have a say in a wide range of decisions both in their own classes and across wider school life. For example, each class has their own election for the Academy Council and children use a voting system to decide on their golden time activity each week. Children also participate in whole school decisions, for example deciding on new playground equipment, changes to the delivery of homework and the behaviour policy through pupil questionnaires.
At the beginning of each academic year, the children vote to select the Head Boy and Head Girl and House Captains. These children, along with the Academy Ambassadors, Prefects and members of the Academy Council form the Pupil Leadership Team. This team meet with the Principals and are the means through which the Senior Leadership Team involve the children in decision making in school.
Children are also taught about democracy in their PSHE lessons and through events such as Local Democracy week and visits into school by Tristram Hunt, our local MP. There is also the opportunity for a group of children to visit Parliament each year.
Rule of law
As soon as children join Eaton Park Academy, they are taught the academy rules and understand that these are necessary in order to keep our academy a safe and happy place for everyone. Through the behaviour system, the children are taught the importance of following rules and the consequences if they do not. This simple and straightforward system prepares children for their future in education and wider society. The Ambassadors and Prefects undertake their role in upholding and promoting the rules of the academy very seriously. This message is reinforced through PSHE, assemblies and visits, for example Crucial Crew.
At Eaton Park we value everyone as an individual, and we encourage all children to make their own choices from the moment they join our academy family. We encourage the children to take the lead in their learning and children are actively encouraged to make their own choices in a safe and supportive environment. Some examples of the choices that children are encouraged to make are the after school clubs they will participate in. Pupils are encouraged to take responsibility for their own behaviour and are encouraged to make the right choices. Through PSHE lessons, children are taught about their individual rights and choices.
Mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs
One of the core values of our academy is respect and this underpins everything that we do in school. Children are taught the importance of respect and understand that respect should be shown to everyone. Respect for everyone is continually reiterated throughout teaching and learning, assemblies and day to day interactions. It is accepted by all staff and children that respect is at the heart of everything we do. Through the RE and PSHE curriculum, children are taught about different cultures and ways of life and develop an understanding and respect fo
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Over the eons Lake Superior’s waves carved two natural bays out of the northern coastline roughly twenty-two miles from Duluth. The Ojibwe called the site Wasswewining, “a place to spear by moonlight.” In
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Over the eons Lake Superior’s waves carved two natural bays out of the northern coastline roughly twenty-two miles from Duluth. The Ojibwe called the site Wasswewining, “a place to spear by moonlight.” In 1856 Thomas Saxon became the first European to settle at what would initially be named Agate Bay. The following year a sawmill sprang up in the adjacent bay, marking the birth of a settlement called Burlington. Outside of a little logging and some fishing, the two bays had no industry to support a population; the financial panic of 1857 also kept settlers away.
That all changed in 1884 when Charlemagne Tower’s Duluth & Iron Range Railroad built an ore dock at Agate Bay to load ore transported from its Tower-Soudan mine on the newly opened Vermilion Iron Range.
The community boomed. One notorious two-block stretch on the southwestern edge of Agate Bay, “Whiskey Row,” was the only land in town that was not owned by the D&IR and boasted twenty-two saloons in 1883; they all burned down two years later. Agate Bay and Burlington Bay came together in 1885, when the town of Two Harbors was officially platted. The town awarded its first liquor license four years later, but did not form a police department until 1907. Two Harbors, home to some of the world’s largest ore docks, would grow to be the busiest port on Lake Superior outside of the Twin Ports.
Two Harbors also gave birth to Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, better known today as 3M, one of the largest companies in the world. In 1902 Two Harbors attorney John Dwan and a few of his friends organized the company, intending to set up a mining operation along the shore at Crystal Bay near the Baptism River to extract corundum, an abrasive used in grinding wheels—it would have been one of only two such operations in North America. Unfortunately, the mineral they mined at Crystal Bay was not corundum but anorthosite, a much less valuable product. The company nearly collapsed before St. Paul’s Lucius P. Ordway bailed them out. They set up a sandpaper factory in an old Duluth flour mill, but the inferiority of the anorthosite and Duluth’s humidity almost crushed them again. Ordway then moved the company to St. Paul where it thrived—and continues to do so.
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This Newly Developed 3D Fingerprint Scanning Technology Can Redefine Mobile Security
The world that we live in is surrounded by constant cyber threats and crimes, especially in the case of smartphones. You never know when your handset might get picked
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This Newly Developed 3D Fingerprint Scanning Technology Can Redefine Mobile Security
The world that we live in is surrounded by constant cyber threats and crimes, especially in the case of smartphones. You never know when your handset might get picked out from your pocket and be misused in many ways. Tech companies are aware of this fact, hence they are coming out with new innovations to prevent that from happening. We have retina scanning devices, highly secured passcodes, location tracking and more such measures. However, this new security technique will take smartphone security to another level.
We all thought of fingerprint scanning as a fictitious piece of design until recently, when Apple declared that it was going to include a fingerprint scanner in 2013’s iPhone 5s. Since then, many questions have emerged on the dependability of the scanning technique. As it turned out, the scanning feature was quite accurate and was received well when the iPhone 6 came out.
But even in the best of cases, the capacitive sensors used in the modern age of mobile devices are still subject to serious security leaks. One of them is that since these scanners use 2D images of your fingerprint, anyone could place a printed image of your fingerprint on the top of the sensor and gain access to your phone.
Scientists from Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of California have developed a unique ultrasonic 3D fingerprint scanner that could be used in smartphones and other devices to enhance and provide better protection against unknown access. Professor David Horsley and his team have developed the new fingerprint scanner by using low-depth ultrasound to image the ridges and valleys of the fingerprint surface (and the tissue beneath it) in 3D.
According to Professor Horsley, his team realised the need for a new fingerprint scanner due to:
Using passwords for smartphones was a big security problem, so we anticipated that a biometric solution was ahead. After Apple announced a fingerprint sensor in new iPhone in 2013, it was inevitable that more would follow.
To formulate their image, the group used existing micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology, which smartphones rely on for functions like microphones and directional orientation. According to Horsley, the use of well known, high volume manufacturing methods means that his team’s sensor could be generated at a very low cost.
“The hope of the future is that beyond biometrics and information security purposes, the new technology is assumed to find many other applications, including low-cost ultrasound as a pharmaceutical diagnostic tool or for personal health monito
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Back to Stamp Act
John Adams diary 11, 18 - 29 December 1765
From the Adams Family Papers
The transcription of this entry (for 18 December 1765) from Adams's diary (diary
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Back to Stamp Act
John Adams diary 11, 18 - 29 December 1765
From the Adams Family Papers
The transcription of this entry (for 18 December 1765) from Adams's diary (diary 11, page 1) is featured on the Adams Family Papers: An Electronic Archive website.
Online display of the diary.
The Cost of ResistanceOn 1 November, with stamp masters having resigned their commissions and the stamps locked away in forts under the command of royal forces, no one is quite sure how to go on with business without getting into trouble. Rhode Island has voted to protect from harm all colonial officials who disregard the stamps and proceed with daily affairs as usual. But Massachusetts' assemblymen refuse to pass such a measure, arguing that to do so acknowledges the Stamp Act's legitimacy. Meanwhile the ports and courts are closed; lawyers are idle and trade is at an impasse. As public officials in executive, legislative, and judicial jurisdictions pass the buck from one to another and back again, John Adams turns to his diary to bemoan the loss of his recently won reputation and of his income.
Questions to Consider
1. Consider the provisions of the Stamp Act. What activities should be avoided because they require stamps? Write a paragraph about how everyday life will be affected if people simply refuse to engage in activities requiring stamps.
2. Another option is to ignore the Stamp Act and proceed with business as usual. Consider the penalties provisions (17-27) of the Stamp Act. What do merchants stand to lose? Farmers? Royal appointees?
3. What does Adams mean by the phrase "passive Obedience to the Stamp Act." How does he characterize it? What does he fear may result from it? Does he believe that this condition will continue? Why or why not?
4. Adams considers his own self-interest. Compare his reflections to those of James Murray. What in their views might characterize one as a loyalist and the other as a patriot? (Click here to read James Murray's letter to his brother concerning the Stamp Act.
5. Today the right to be taxed by a vote of our own representatives might seem like a somewhat obscure or remote concept. Think about the times in which we now live. What right would you be willing to stand up for? What would you be willing to sacrifice for it?
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Learn Python From Basic to Advance.
MP4 | Video: 1280x720 | 67 kbps | 48 KHz | Duration: 5 Hours | 0.97 GB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
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Learn Python From Basic to Advance.
MP4 | Video: 1280x720 | 67 kbps | 48 KHz | Duration: 5 Hours | 0.97 GB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
Learn Python Programming from basic to expert level in easy steps.
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In this Python Basic to Advance course, Instructor Shibli Murtaza will teach you how to quickly write your programs in Python! You will also learn how to create custom Functions and how to deal with advance concepts in Python. This extensive course covers the fundamentals of Python as well as the more advanced concepts such as handling Errors and Send Email with Python.
Programmers love Python because of how simple and easy it is to use. We will first start with the basics of Python learning about variables, strings, and data types. Then, we will move on to conditionals and loops. Once we're done with that, we'll learn about functions and files in Python.
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Art Appreciation (college level)
posted by Anna.
Art 101 (Art Appreciation)
textbook (Gardener's art through the ages) by Kleiner, F.S. 2010 The Western Perspective vol 11 (13
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Art Appreciation (college level)
posted by Anna.
Art 101 (Art Appreciation)
textbook (Gardener's art through the ages) by Kleiner, F.S. 2010 The Western Perspective vol 11 (13th edition)
Question: Discuss how the late Gothic sense can be seen as an evident in Berlinghieri's St. Francis Altarpiece.
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There are two main types of migraine headache:
- Migraine without aura (common migraine). Most people with migraines have common migraines. This type of migraine causes a throbbing pain on one side of the head. The pain is moderate
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There are two main types of migraine headache:
- Migraine without aura (common migraine). Most people with migraines have common migraines. This type of migraine causes a throbbing pain on one side of the head. The pain is moderate to severe and gets worse with normal physical activity. You also may have nausea and vomiting and may feel worse around light and sound. The headache lasts 4 to 72 hours if it is not treated. A common migraine doesn't begin with an aura.
- Migraine with aura (classic migraine). Some people with migraines get an aura up to 30 minutes before they have a migraine. Symptoms of the aura include seeing wavy lines, flashing lights, or objects that look distorted. Other symptoms include tingling or a "pins-and-needles" feeling.
Other types of migraine headache include:
- Menstrual migraine. Many women have migraines around their menstrual cycle. These occur a few days before, during, or right after their period. The symptoms are the same as those of common or classic migraines.
- Migraine equivalent. Migraine equivalent is a migraine aura that is not followed by a headache. This form of migraine often happens after age 50 if you had migraines with aura when you were younger. The symptoms may include streaks or points of light moving across your field of vision.
- Complicated migraine. These are migraines that cause symptoms such as numbness and tingling, trouble speaking or understanding speech, or not being able to move an arm or leg. These symptoms go on after the headache goes away.
- Abdominal migraine. These migraines usually occur in children. The symptoms include vomiting or dizziness, without a throbbing headache. The symptoms may occur about once a month.
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Africa, ca. 1725 (Raster Image)
- This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Africa vetus, autore N. Sanson. It was published by J. Cóvens C
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Africa, ca. 1725 (Raster Image)
- This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Africa vetus, autore N. Sanson. It was published by J. Cóvens C. Mortier ca. 1725. Scale [ca. 1:25,000,000]. Covers Africa and small portions of Europe and the Middle East. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Sinusoidal projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.
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Battle of Herat (484)
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Map of the Sassanid empire after the disaster against the Hephthalites, light green is the areas the Sassanids lost to the Hephthalites, however,
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Battle of Herat (484)
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Map of the Sassanid empire after the disaster against the Hephthalites, light green is the areas the Sassanids lost to the Hephthalites, however, the Sassanids later recaptured occupied land from the Hephthalites in the Battle of Bukhara,when the Sassanids and the Western Turkic Khaganate formed an alliance to defeat the Hephthalites.
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The Battle of Herat was a large scale military confrontation that took place in 484 between an invading force of the Sassanid Empire composed of around 100,000 men under the command of Peroz I and a smaller army of the Hephthalite Empire under the command of Khushnavaz. The battle was a catastrophic defeat for the Sassanid forces who were almost completely wiped out. Peroz, the Sassanid king, was killed in the action.
In 459, the Hephthalites occupied Bactria and were confronted by the forces o
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|Title:||Marijuana | Fast Facts|
|Publisher:||Do It Now Foundation|
|Publication Date:||March 2011|
Overview: Marijuana is a common name for the drug contained in the leaves and flowering tops of the hemp
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|Title:||Marijuana | Fast Facts|
|Publisher:||Do It Now Foundation|
|Publication Date:||March 2011|
Overview: Marijuana is a common name for the drug contained in the leaves and flowering tops of the hemp plant, known scientifically as cannabis sativa. The plant has been cultivated for both its fiber content and its medicinal and psychoactive effects for at least 4,000 years, but has generated heated controversy and emotional debate in this country since use was outlawed in 1937. Slang names include pot, reefer, chronic, grass, and weed.
Actions/Effects: The main psychoactive drug in marijuana is delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. It activates receptors in the brain called anandamides, which trigger the drug's effects. Subjective effects include mild sensory distortions, feelings of euphoria, and increased appetite. Objective effects include reddening of the eyes and increased heart rate.
Risks/Side Effects: The most common adverse reactions linked to marijuana are psychological and include feelings of unease, anxiety, or restlessness, which usually pass without outside intervention. Other potential risks include smoking-related respiratory damage, temporary impairment of short-term memory, and psychological dependence.
Medical Uses: Marijuana's medical status remains controversial -- despite approval by 16 states to authorize its medical use. Although marijuana has no federally-sanctioned medical uses, it's been used through the ages to treat a variety of ills. Currently (and unofficially), it's used by sufferers of glaucoma to reduce pressure inside the eye, by cancer patients to reduce the vomiting caused by chemotherapy, and by people with AIDS to combat the appetite loss and "wasting syndrome" associated with that disease.
Duration: 3-4 hours, although subtle effects may linger for several more hours.
Trends: Marijuana use appears to be declining gradually, according to recent national surveys. The number of high-school seniors reporting any lifetime use dropped significantly in the past decade, falling from 48.8 percent in 2000 to 43.8 percent in 2010. Use during the previous year showed a similar decline, dropping from 36.5 in 2000 to 34.8 percent in 2010.
Demographics: Although marijuana use extends across all demographic categories, it continues to be most prevalent among younger age groups. More than 106 million Americans have tried pot, with some two million trying it for the first time last year. An estimated 16.7 million Americans smoke it on a regular basis.
This is one in a series of publications on drugs, behavior, and health by Do It Now Foundation.
Please call or write for a complete list of available titles, or check us out online at www.doitnow.org.
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4 October 2013 Cities must boost efforts to become more resilient to natural disasters as well as provide their citizens with methods of alternative transportation to thrive, senior United Nations officials said today.
“As the effects of climate change increase, urban resilience becomes ever
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4 October 2013 Cities must boost efforts to become more resilient to natural disasters as well as provide their citizens with methods of alternative transportation to thrive, senior United Nations officials said today.
“As the effects of climate change increase, urban resilience becomes ever more necessary,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his remarks at an event at UN Headquarters to mark World Habitat Day, observed annually on the first Monday of October.
“All actors need to work together to save lives, protect assets and guarantee services when disasters strike. Planning is essential.”
Mr. Ban noted that the humanitarian and economic cost of natural disasters is mounting, with natural hazards having killed some 1.1 million people since 2000. Since then, more than 2.7 billion have been affected and the economic cost is estimated at $1.3 trillion.
“The poor, who are hit first and worst, have the least means to recover,” Mr. Ban stressed, adding that urban resilience is a sustainable development priority.
He also emphasized that improving urban mobility, this year’s theme for the Day, is crucial for a city’s development.
“Getting mobility right can mean the difference between a struggling city and a thriving one,” Mr. Ban said. “Mobility is not a question of building wider or longer roads. It is about providing appropriate and efficient systems that serve the most people in the best, most equitable manner.”
Alternative methods of transportation such as bicycles, buses and trains, can help tackle pollution and congestion, provide transport for those who cannot afford it, and benefit those who do not use cars due to impracticality such as the elderly and persons with disabilities. Increasing well-lit sidewalks for pedestrians will also addresses the issue of safety, which is of particular concern for women, young persons and minorities.
Improved mobility can regenerate urban centres, boost productivity and make a city attractive for all users – from investors to visitors and residents, Mr. Ban said.
President of the General Assembly John Ashe underlined that working towards improved resilience and mobility requires the involvement of multiple stakeholders including Governments, international, regional and local organizations, the private sector and civil society.
“For far too long, the international community has worked in silos: humanitarian action, poverty eradication, environmental protection, and disaster reduction were dealt with separately,” Mr. Ashe said. “To build resilient cities, serviced by sustainable transport, we must recognize the interconnectedness of all these dimensions and pull together knowledge, skills and best practices from different areas of expertise.”
In a press conference at Headquarters, Executive Director of UN-Habitat (HABITAT) Joan Clos emphasized that citizens need better mobility not just to go to work, but also to have access services, education and recreational activities. He added that countries face environmental and economic sustainability challenges to improve mobility.
“We need to change the patterns of mobility so that transport systems in the future are less dependent on for-sale energy,” Mr. Clos said. Cities also need to find ways to ensue that accessibility to transport system is not stopped by economical barriers. This, he added, is particularly pressing in the developing world.
Also speaking at the briefing was Professor Thomas Elmq
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Before the Hubble Space Telescope, people saw the field of astronomy differently than they do today. American spacecraft did provide detailed pictures of Jupiter and Saturn, planets in our own solar system. But deep space, the place where nebulae and galaxies
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Before the Hubble Space Telescope, people saw the field of astronomy differently than they do today. American spacecraft did provide detailed pictures of Jupiter and Saturn, planets in our own solar system. But deep space, the place where nebulae and galaxies exist, remained mostly colorless -- until the Hubble Space Telescope. It has provided detailed and often colorful images of once unimaginable objects.
Friday marks 25 years since Hubble left the ground. It was launched on the American space agency’s Space Shuttle Discovery. The agency, also known as NASA, says the telescope can no longer be repaired in space. But a new space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, is being built and tested. Plans call for it to be launched from French Guiana in October of 2018.
The Hubble and the Webb telescopes have much in common. Scientists designed both to operate in the vacuum of outer space. In other words, they can work in an environment without air. Both telescopes use mirrors to collect and redirect light to make pictures, and radio signals to send these images back to earth. And both are powered by sunlight.
However, NASA officials say the James Webb Space Telescope is different from Hubble. Matt Greenhouse is a project scientist for the Webb telescope.
“The Webb, as we call it, is the successor to Hubble Space Telescope, and it is designed to do science that the Hubble can’t do by virtue of its design. One of the biggest differences between the Webb and the Hubble is that the Webb is designed to be an infrared telescope to see these very primordial objects, these objects that are among the oldest objects in the universe.”
To examine these distant objects, Webb will not look at visible light – the light we see. Instead, it will look at infrared light, which is given off by hot objects. After its launch, the Webb telescope will enter an orbit 1.5 million kilometers above earth’s atmosphere. That is much farther than Hubble’s orbit and will give the Webb telescope a better ability to see infrared light, says Mr. Greenhouse.
“With infrared radiation we can peer through clouds of dust in space that obscure regions where stars are being born around us today.”
The Webb telescope’s mirror is also more than six times larger than Hubble’s. This means it will be able to create images with more detail and show objects that are father away and not as bright. The mirror is made of lightweight beryllium and covered with gold. The huge device comes in pieces so that it can fit inside the Ariane 5 rocket that will carry the Webb telescope into space.
Mr. Greenhouse says the instruments must be kept extremely cold so that they can observe infrared light.
“…more than minus 200 degree Celsius, which is what we call a cryogenic temperature. The reason for that is because anything above absolute zero emits infrared light. If we didn’t cool the telescope, it would be blinded by its own infrared emission.”
New technologies combined with the larger mirror mean that the Webb telescope is more than 100 times more powerful than Hubble.
The Webb is being put together at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Matt Greenhouse says scientists are performing tests. They want to avoid the problems that the Hubble Space Telescope had when it started.
Shortly after its launch on April 24th, 1990, NASA scientists found that Hubble’s mirror was too flat -- by about the width of a human hair. Not a lot, but enough to cause problems. Space shuttle astronauts repaired the telescope in 1993. But this time, Matt Greenhouse says, mission scientists learned from the experience.
“One of the big things that we learned from the Hubble is the Hubble didn’t do something called an end-to-end optical test, where we take the entire observatory and shine light through it the way it will be done in space and make sure everything works.”
That will be important because the Webb telescope is not designed to be repaired in space like Hubble.
Mr. Greenhouse says scientists are performing tests on the Webb telescope’s optical systems. He hopes that the Webb will bring new discoveries as Hubble did before it.
Jennifer Wiseman is a senior project scientist with Hubble. She notes that it provided new information about the birth and development of stars. She says the telescope showed that the universe is expanding and suggested the age of the universe at 13.8 billion years. She says it also helped prove the existence of black holes in some galaxies.
“Hubble was capable of looking at the fast motions of gas around the center of another galaxy and to discern that that fast motion, that fast rotation of gas, could only be held in place if there were something very massive in the core. It had to be a super massive black hole.”
After 25 years in space, Hubble not only remains in orbit but is working well. Astronomers hope that both telescopes can be operating at the same time so they can work together.
Jennifer Wiseman says Hubble’s accomplishments are clear.
“I think that it causes at its best all of humanity to pause for a moment, look up and think about who we are and how we ar
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Research has shown that vitamin B3 lowers the risk of developing nonmelanoma skin cancers. Additionally, exciting new studies are finding that topical vitamin B3 works the same as oral supplements at reducing the rates of new skin cancers, as well as
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Research has shown that vitamin B3 lowers the risk of developing nonmelanoma skin cancers. Additionally, exciting new studies are finding that topical vitamin B3 works the same as oral supplements at reducing the rates of new skin cancers, as well as premalignant actinic keratosis. For those seeking an excellent choice for a topical vitamin B3 cream, look no further than Cloud Vitamin Cream. Daily application of Clouds’s Vitamin B3 cream provides an RDA’s worth of vitamin B3.
First, let’s discuss the various types of skin cancer. There two primar
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The author of the book: Camilla de La Bedoyere
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Edition: Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd
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Category: Children's Books|
The author of the book: Camilla de La Bedoyere
Format files: PDF, EPUB
The size of the: 293 KB
Edition: Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd
Date of issue: 1 March 2009
Description of the book "100 Facts on Penguins":Discover everything you need to know about penguins in this book. 100 facts, illustrations and hilarious cartoons reveal the different types of penguins, while fun quizzes test your knowledge.
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Camping, canoeing, and hiking can be pretty strenuous activities and you always need to stay properly hydrated to avoid heat stroke. However, it’s quite difficult to haul along a continuous supply of water with you.
If you carried along a
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Camping, canoeing, and hiking can be pretty strenuous activities and you always need to stay properly hydrated to avoid heat stroke. However, it’s quite difficult to haul along a continuous supply of water with you.
If you carried along a week’s supply of water, you wouldn’t have much room for anything else. The best solution for this is to take along a portable water filter or purifier. Of course, for these items to be effective, you’ll also need a source of water.
Drinking dirty water can result in a variety of illnesses as it’s often filled with parasites and germs. This is why it’s imperative to try and clean it up as much as possible.If you buy a portable filter make sure it has easy to clean or replacement filters.
You also need to know what type of filter will fulfil your needs. It’s a good idea to do some research or talk to an expert at a camping store.
You might even want to try the filters out before depending on them for your trip in the wilderness. If you’re going on a short trip or hike, you can usually carry enough water with you.
However, extended stays in the country mean you’ll need plenty of water. A portable water filter is always a good idea just in case you get lost or you run out of drinkable water.
One of the most popular types of water filters is the ceramic model. They’re quite inexpensive and durable and you don’t have to replace them as you can clean them and use them again. It’s not a good idea to reuse a charcoal water filter as bacteria will often grow in them. Most ceramic filters are treated with an anti-bacterial coating such as silver.
However, ceramic filters don’t always get rid of harmful chemicals that may be present in the water, including trihalomethanes and chlorine. But these chemicals are usually found in water that comes from municipal supplies, not in countryside streams.
You still need to be careful where the water’s coming from on your camping trip though as wastewater run-off could be full of harmful chemicals. A ceramic water filter can filter harmful bacteria, but not chemicals.
A water purifier is different than a water filter as a purifier is designed to remove protozoan cysts as well as viruses and bacteria. A filter can only remove protozoan cysts and bacteria. Most areas of North America don’t have viruses in the water, but it’s hard to tell what water contains them and they’re too small for a filter to trap them. A water purifier will use an electrostatic charge or iodine to kill any viruses present.
If the water source has possibly been used for sewage, which is more likely the closer you are to civilization, then you should use a water purifier. They’re also good for less developed areas of the world as viruses may be more common in the water in these areas. In North America, you’ll usually just run into protozoan cysts and bacteria.
Also, when using a water filter for your camping trip, it’s a good idea that you treat the water with an iodine solution or with chlorine and let it sit for about 15 minutes before consuming it. This will just clean the water even more of any possible bacteria. However, you don’t have to do this if you use a water purifier as the gadget will automatically do it for you.
photo from markrberggren
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“Good Friday” is associated with-
Option 1 is the right answer.
Good Friday is a Christian religious holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of
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“Good Friday” is associated with-
Option 1 is the right answer.
Good Friday is a Christian religious holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Jewish observance of Passover. I
Good Friday is a public holiday in many countries, including in most of the Western world (especially Anglican and Catholic countries) as well as in 12 U.S. states.
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Presentation on theme: "Life at the Turn of the 20th Century Urbanization, New Technologies, Education, Discrimination, Mass Culture, Consumerism."— Presentation transcript:
1Life at the Turn of the 20th Century Urbanization
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Presentation on theme: "Life at the Turn of the 20th Century Urbanization, New Technologies, Education, Discrimination, Mass Culture, Consumerism."— Presentation transcript:
1Life at the Turn of the 20th Century Urbanization, New Technologies, Education, Discrimination, Mass Culture, Consumerism
2Section 1 Science and Urban Life Main Idea: Science and Technology were used to solve many problems caused by the rise of urbanization. Key people Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmstead, Wilbur and Orville Wright and George Eastman Connection to today: Society continues to look to science and technology in order to solve current problems
3Section 1 Goals and Objectives By the end of this section, student should be able toDescribe the problems that existed in rising citiesIdentify solutions posed by science and technological advancesProvide examples of urban planning at the turn of the century.
4Science and Urban LifeBy the turn of the 20th century, four out of ten Americans lived in cities. In response to urbanization, technological advances began to meet communication, transportation, and space demands.
6SkyscrapersSkyscrapers emerged after elevators & steel skeletons to bear weight were invented. Examples include Daniel Burnham’s Flatiron Building in NYC and Louis Sullivan’s Wainwright Building in St. Louis. The skyscraper, America’s greatest contribution to architecture, solved the issue of how best to use limited and expensive space.Flatiron Building
8Electric TransitChanges in transportation allowed cities to spread outward. By the turn of the century, intricate networks of electric streetcars – also called trolley cars – ran from outlying neighborhoods to downtown offices & stores.
9El’s and SubwaysA few large cities moved their streetcars far above street level, creating elevated or El trains. Other cities built subways by moving their rail lines underground
10Central Park is an oasis among Manhattan’s skyscrapers Bridges and ParksSteel-cable suspension bridges, like the Brooklyn Bridge, also brought cities’ sections closer. Some urban planners sought to include landscaped areas and parks. Frederick Law Olmsted was instrumental in drawing up plans for Central park, NYC.Central Park is an oasis among Manhattan’s skyscrapers
11City Planning: Chicago Daniel Burnham oversaw the transformation of Chicago’s lakefront from swampy wasteland to elegant parks strung along Lake Michigan. Today Chicago’s lakefront is one of the most beautiful shorelines in North America.Chicago's lakefront features parks, harbors for pleasure boats, and stunning views of the city's skyline
12New TechnologiesNew developments in communication brought the nation closer. Advances in printing, aviation, and photography helped speed the transfer of information.
13A Revolution In Printing By 1890, the literacy rate in the U.S. was nearly 90%. American mills began to produce huge quantities of cheap paper from wood pulp. Electrical web-presses printed on both sides of paper at the same time. Faster production and lower costs made newspapers and magazines more affordable. Most papers sold for 1 cent.
14Wright Brother’s first flight AirplanesIn the early 20th century, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, experimented with engines and aircrafts. They built a biplane and on December 17, 1903, they flew it for 12 seconds over 120 feet. Two years later, they were making 30 minute flights and by 1920, the U.S. was using airmail flights regularly.Wright Brother’s first flight
16Explosion of Photography Before 1880, photography was a professional activity. Subjects could not move and the film had to be developed immediately. Then George Eastman invented lighter weight equipment and more versatile film. In 1888, he introduced his Kodak camera. It cost $25 camera and came with a 100-picture roll of film.
17Section 2 Goals and Objectives: Upon completion, students should be able to:Analyze the expansion of public education at the turn of the 20th century.Describe the growth of higher education.Discuss the ways in which minorities received increased educational opportunities.
18Expanding Public Education Between 1865 and 1895, states passed laws requiring 12 to 16 weeks of annual education for students ages 8-14, but the curriculum was poor and the teachers were usually not qualified. However, the number of kindergartens expanded from 200 in 1880 to 3,000 in 1900
19High School Enrollment High schools expanded their curriculum to include science, civics and social studies. By 1900, 500,000 teenagers were enrolled in high schools.
20Racial Discrimination African Americans were usually excluded from secondary education. In 1890, less than 1% attended high school. By 1910, that figured had reached only 3%.
21Education for Immigrants Unlike African Americans, immigrants were encouraged to go to school. Most immigrants sent their children to public schools. In addition, thousands of adult immig
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The linear trend forecasting equation for an annual time series containing 40 observations (from 1963 to 2002) on real net sales (in billions of constant 1995 dollars) is Y = 1.2 + 0.
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The linear trend forecasting equation for an annual time series containing 40 observations (from 1963 to 2002) on real net sales (in billions of constant 1995 dollars) is Y = 1.2 + 0.5X
What is the fitted trend value for this time series on real net sales for the tenth year?
The linear trendline equation is given as follows:
Y= 1.2 + 0.5 * X
where X represents the year...
This solution is comprised of detailed step-by-step calculations and analysis of the given problem and provides students with a clear perspective of the underlying concept.
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