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Jimi Hendrix is one of the most iconic guitarists in music history. He was known for his innovative style, use of feedback and distortion, and showmanship on stage. One of his most famous tricks was playing the guitar with his teeth, inspiring awe and admiration among fans and musicians alike.
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This damselfly is metallic green, becoming bronze as it ages. It has relatively broad, pale ante-humeral stripes on the thorax, and a pale back to the head. At rest, the Southern Emerald spreads its wings at a wide angle to the body. The pterostigma is bi-coloured. Males become pruinescent only on abdominal segment S10.
Still, shallow, waters; will tolerate brackish conditions. Seems to favour dune slacks and other coastal sites in our area, though has occurred inland.
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Migrant from Northern Europe, possibly the Netherlands where it has increased recently. First observed in July 2002 in Norfolk. Also in the Channel Islands since 1995. Now occurs almost annually, and has attempted to breed.
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- Some 3,500 infants in the U.S. died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) or Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) in 2013.
- Many health authorities maintain that vaccination is not linked to SIDS.
- There appears to be a significant correlation between the number of vaccine doses given to infants under age one and infant mortality rates.
There are five main causes for infant mortality: birth defects, maternal health complications, unintentional injuries, preterm-related causes of death, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). It is particularly with SIDS, however, that many questions persist and remain unanswered. SIDS is defined as “infant deaths that cannot be explained after a thorough case investigation, including a scene investigation, autopsy, and review of the clinical history.”1
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in 2013 there were 3,434 infant deaths classified under the umbrella term Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID), which includes SIDS (44%), Unknown Cause (31%), and Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (25%).2 3 That represents a lot of babies dying for “unknown” reasons and begs for clarification. Government health officials have stated, “We don’t know exactly what causes SIDS at this time,” but allege that research suggests, “infants who die from SIDS are born with brain abnormalities or defects.” However, health officials give no explanation for why that may be true and, additionally, admit that genetic “defects” are not the whole picture when it comes to sudden unexpected and unexplained deaths of infants under one year of age.4
One of the most widely accepted hypotheses for the cause or causes of SIDS is the Triple-Risk Model, which holds that three conditions must be met to cause a previously healthy infant to suddenly die. First, the child must be a “vulnerable infant,” with an “underlying defect or brain abnormality that makes the baby less likely to survive. In the Triple-Risk Model, the theory is that certain factors—such as defects in the parts of the brain that control respiration or heart rate or genetic mutations—confer vulnerability.
A number of researchers have proposed that SIDS “may reflect a delayed development of arousal or cardiorespiratory control.” The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) reports that “certain infants, for reasons yet to be determined, may have a maldevelopment or delay in maturation of [a particular region of the brain], which would affect its function and connectivity to regions regulating arousal.”5
The second condition in the Triple-Risk Model theory refers to the “critical developmental period,” for SIDS, with particular focus on the first six months of the infant’s life, when critical changes in growth and development of the immune, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems are taking place. Most SUIDS occur within those first six months of life.
The final piece of the puzzle is “outside stressors,” such as stomach sleeping, overheated environment, respiratory infection, or exposure to cigarette smoke.1 Although vaccination is not openly recognized by the AAP or other medical trade associations or public health officials as a potential “outside stressor,” certainly exposure to injected toxins would be expected to provide a significant stressor for a newborn infant.
Vaccination Has Long Been a Suspect in SIDS
There have been reports of unexplained sudden deaths of infants throughout history, but so-called ‘Crib Death,’ now referred to as SIDS, was so uncommon it was not even mentioned in statistics pertaining to infant mortality until the 1960s. Increases in “crib deaths” or SIDS correlated with a shift in the U.S. vaccine schedule from public health officials recommending one vaccine be given at a time to recommending that multiple doses of vaccines be administered simultaneously to an infant.8
Several vaccine-related factors have been suggested as playing a role in the unexpected death of babies in the first year of life. One is the stimulation of an inflammatory immune response in infants when doctors administer combination vaccines that include multiple antigens for more than one disease, such as the DTaP-HepB-IPV shot containing antigens for diphtheria, tetanus ,pertussis, hepatitis B and polio.9
Citing multiple studies and research showing a direct correlation between infant mortality and the number of vaccines given to newborns, Kelly Brogan, MD, said:
Given the number of ‘antigenic’ exposures in vaccines, singularly, and in multi-dose form, the number of possible immunological reactions in newborns is simply mind-blowing—especially considering just how little we know about the immune system, the developing brain and infant physiology.7
Analysis of the relationship between the early childhood vaccination schedule and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the United States, when compared to that of 34 nations with lower IMRs than ours, reveals a “high statistically significant correlation between increasing number of vaccine doses and increasing infant mortality rates.”8 IMR researchers note:
Nations differ in their immunization requirements for infants aged less than 1 year. In 2009, five of the 34 nations with the best IMRs required 12 vaccine doses, the least amount, while the U.S. 26 vaccine doses, the most of any nation… A closer inspection of correlations between vaccine doses, biochemical or synergistic toxicity, and IMRs is essential.8
In the meantime, the CDC has concluded:
Babies receive many vaccines when they are between 2 to 4 months old. This age range is also the peak age for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), or infant death that cannot be explained. The timing of the 2 month and 4 month shots and SIDS has led some people to question whether they might be related. However, studies have found that vaccines do not cause and are not linked to SIDS.10
The Back to Sleep Campaign
Beginning in 1992, the AAP launched a “Back to Sleep” campaign to address the large numbers of reported SIDS cases in the U.S. The AAP maintained that infants should sleep on their back, rather than their stomach or side as had been the standard in the U.S. before then. With the introduction of that program, reported SIDS-related deaths decreased by more than 40% throughout the 1990s. However, it has since leveled off and remains the leading cause of infant death beyond the one month neonatal period.5
Updating its original guidelines on back sleeping for babies, the AAP guidelines now include other suggestions to help protect an infant from SIDS in the first year of life, all aimed at modifying recognized risk factors. Since a number of SUIDs are related to accidental suffocation, it is recommended that soft sleep surfaces, loose bedding, stuffed toys and crib bumpers be avoided. Other increased risk factors listed by the AAP include overheating, maternal smoking, bed sharing, young maternal age, and preterm birth or low birth weight.5
A recent report from the journal Pediatrics suggested that after a certain point of development, swaddling, the traditional practice of firmly wrapping an infant to help reduce spontaneous startling and promote more peaceful sleep, may increase the risk of SIDS, particularly with stomach- or side-sleeping position. The risk was found to be highest in babies over age 6 months, and the researchers cited recommendations that swaddling should be discontinued once an infant is attempting to roll over and certainly by 6 months of age.11
Mirroring the CDC’s position that, “vaccines do not cause and are not linked to SIDS,” the AAP also recommends that babies receive all recommended vaccines on schedule.
While that public view—shared by government agencies and medical trade associations—has been that vaccination plays no role in SUID, many parents whose healthy infants died shortly after being given multiple vaccines do not share that view.
1 National Institutes of Health. Research on Possible Causes of SIDS. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Oct. 29, 2015.
2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. CDC.gov Feb. 8, 2016.
3 CDC. Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID). CDC.gov Mar. 28, 2016.
4 NIH. Safe to Sleep: What Causes SIDS? Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Oct. 29, 2015.
5 American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force. Changing Concepts of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Implications for Infant Sleeping Environment and Sleep Position.
6 Matturri L, et al. Sudden Infant Death Following Hexavalent Vaccination: A Neuropathologic Study. Vol. 21, Issue 7, 2016.
7 Brogan K. Could this be Driving the Epidemic of Sudden Infant Death (SIDS)? July 2014.
8 Miller NZ, Goldman GS. Infant mortality rates regressed against number of vaccine doses routinely given: Is there a biochemical or synergistic toxicity? Hum Exp Toxicol September 2011.
9 CDC. Combination Vaccines. CDC April 2014.
10 CDC. Vaccine Safety: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). CDC.gov Aug. 28, 2015.
11 Pease AS et al. Swaddling and the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics May 2016.
So, if the occurrence of crib death or SIDS went on the upswing when the vaccine schedule increased in the 1960s, you’d have to be a mental midget not to make the correlation.
Of course, ‘the experts’ don’t give a rat’s behind about your children because their jobs depend on maintaining the bureaucracies in power. Those same bureaucracies implement the U.N. and W.H.O agendas. Those agendas primarily have to do with population control. Population ‘control’ means depopulation, because those who own and run nations aren’t happy with too many of YOUR type. And in the brave new world we are in, they don’t need as many of YOUR type.
Lets add 2+2 (not using the new math) and arrive at 4, shall we?
i agree fully
Wow it certainly does NOT take a rocket scientist to connect the quite obvious dots here, but because there are to many $$$$$s involved, 40 billion a year for the vaccine program, Big Pharma and the mecical establishment being controlled by Big Pharma just won’t do it. They are more concerned with $s than the health or well being of humans, including our most vulnerable, the infants. God bless the mothers and families who know better AND do better to protect them!
I find it unbelievable that anyone would believe it is okay to inject anything into a baby whose immune system is in the developing stage, let alone injecting something that has been proven decades ago to be harmful but is now okay because it has been processed or combined with other ingredients.
Have there been any studies comparing the rate of SIDS in vaccinated versus unvaccinated babies?
Not that I am aware of. But you can be sure that the vaccine industry is hardly pursuing these studies and the CDC would be most eager to suppress them or discredit them if they were done. Still, doing a double blind study with sham vaccines vs. real vaccines would certainly be the study to do. Now, try getting someone to do it. Dr. Wakefield are you listening?
They will NEVER do that because it would PROVE to all of us that the vaccines are KILLING the babies!! 🙁
I came across this discovery back in the 90’s that I believe has more weight than any thing else that I have researched.
“The Mattress Connection
Many ideas have been proposed to explain SIDS, but none has been comprehensive or convincing until the theory presented by Barry Richardson, a British expert in materials degradation. His theory was validated by the research of Dr. T. James Sprott, a New Zealand chemist and forensic scientist.”
Richardson points out the vaccines are indirectly having an affect.
Do your research yourself and see what you think.
SIDS has been well documented for at least 2000 years of human history. As far as the statistics now, more SIDS cases occur in African Americans as they are less likely to put their babies in safe sleep environments, i.e., more likely to cosleep. Multiple investigations into the cause of SIDS/SUIDS deaths show at least 90% of them occur due to unsafe sleep practices.
It’s a bit suspicious to say the least!! why African American babies?? Eugenics?? Hmm cleansing of the ?? Don’t blindly trust anyone injecting anything into yours & your children’s bodies!! Foolishness
There are many countries world wide where SIDS is very low, but families cosleep.
SIDS is not linked to co-sleeping. Countries where co-sleeping is common do not have an increased risk of SIDS. And where is this data that African Americans are more likely to co-sleep anyway? What is that based on?
NPR and blogs are not scientifically recognised. Co-sleeping is not the same as letting your baby sleep where is wants or bc the parent may be drinking etc. Co-sleeping countries have low rates of SIDS. Bottom line is studies need to be conducted on Vaccine safety by an independent scientific body, not CDC, not Pharma science.
Kids don’t have to be born with brain abnormalities – Health and Human Services in their Vaccine Injury
Table lists both the pertussis-containing and MMR vaccines as causing encephalopathy – brain damage – and as individual shots, not necessarily in combination with others. The DTaP’s administered at two, four and six months. The possibility, if not the likelihood, that the vast majority of those 3,434 annual SUIDs in the U.S. are caused by vaccines is glaringly obvious.
Send all these SIDS babies to a pathologist! It is a LIE that cause is unknown & such a mystery, at least in most cases. How simple would this be? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist, a pathologist is able to the tragic analysis.
No, Bruce Simmons. Your question denotes that would be the logical step; however, the CDC and the NIH are against that type of research. They have their excuses. Personally, I think they already know the answer to that one and they might have to admit that they are wrong.
Also be aware that cow’s milk has been a toxic (poisonous) drink for anyone, but especially for infants and toddlers and has caused their deaths. This has been known since 1950
that it is a killer and confirmed again in 1970 and both times by doctors. As a health consultant I counsel never ever give cow’s milk to anyone but especially to little ones. That, along with toxic vaccinations which many times have been proven ineffective, should be avoided in any way possible. I value NVIC because they work for us in spite of any administration’s forceful attempts to take over our lives and deaths!
I too agree to never ever drink commercial milk (which in reality is no longer real milk). We adopted our nephew therefore I was unable to nurse. I made his formula with grassfed cows milk, recipe from theWestonAPricefoundation.com website I’m very happy to say he is incredibly healthy. We must do our research people! It’s all out there!
Toxic is a bit overblown. Toxic for some perhaps. I’m a nutritionist, and highly recommend raw cow’s milk to people who are not sensitive to milk. I have several clients who have gained great strength and health drinking it. Pasteurized milk is terrible, I would agree with you there. But raw milk is a very nutritious food for those who have the digestive enzymes for it. Anecdotal, I know, but I have a son who thrived on it when my milk supply dried up prematurely. He is very smart, very healthy, and has a strong muscular body.
All foods can be toxic for some. Well sourced raw cow’s milk is not toxic for all.
Links, please, for your assertions about fresh milk being unhealthy infants and toddlers.
In Japan, the number of cases of SIDS dropped drastically when they postponed immunizing children until two years of age.
I’m moving to Japan. This country puts profits ahead of lives. What’s going to happen when 1 in 3 kids has ASD and seizures?
I am a licensed Physical Therapist of 20+ years and a mother of 5. I have a lot to say about this. First of all, human beings are designed by our great creator to be Cephalo-caudal in development. In other words, head to tail; meaning we are supposed to develop our neck extensors and capital neck flexors FIRST…you know when you put a newborn on their belly and they can clear their head to the side independently within about 1 week of birth…which btw any full term, normally developing infant that hasn’t been drugged up on vaccines CAN do. In 1994 the AAP started the whole back to sleep program. What a farce! Do you know why putting a baby on its back helps it to “not die” as much after the overload of vaccines recommended at the 2 month and 4 month “well-child” visits?? It’s called the startle reflex…again our great creator in HIs infinite wisdom saw to it that human babies are born with a number of automatic protective reflexes to PROTECT the baby until purposeful controlled movement was more established , the startle being one of them. So when these over-vaxxed babies are put on their backs and they stop breathing guess what?! The startle reflexes causes them to flail their arms and re start their breathing. Also in regards to development prior to “back to sleep” the norms for rolling in an infant were 2 to 4 months…that is now delayed as a whole.
Now to the sleeping on the back issue…this has created another nightmare. Plagiocephaly, or flat misshapen head is now an ugly epidemic in any one born after 1994 if Mommy is not brave enough to go against doctor’s recommendations for “back” to sleep. When a baby does not spend a majority of his day on his tummy, his entire neuro-cognitive and muscular development is askew….leading to all sorts of coordination and even learning/reading problems down the road. I’m not sure how many characters I am allowed here, but if anyone wants further clarification just ask.
Kathy, I loved learning everything you said. I’m assuming your 5 are unvaccinated?
I hope you are a member of the FB group, Stop Mandatory Vaccinations. We need more medical professionals sharing this type of info for the edification of so very many parents who blindly trust their pediatricians. Thank you!
Japan has Fukushima, might not be a good choice!
Thank you! I am 72 years old and am totally in agreement with what you have expressed. God did not make a mistake in how the human body functions. Financial profit is behind the vaccination schedule, not health.
Cosleeping is given such a bad rap.
If done properly the mom breathing in the babies face as long as she isn’t a smoker, drunk or on meds
Can help a baby breathe and reduce apnea
Kathy, mother of five. You are so right!
I’d love to discuss more of this with you. Your children
are blessed to have you as their mom.
COT DEATHS LINKED TO VACCINATIONS
by Dr Viera Scheibner, Ph.D (Principal Research Scientist, Retired) & Leif Karlsson. 1991
COTWATCH: THE FIRST TRUE INFANT BREATHING MONITOR
STRESS INDUCED BREATHING PATTERNS DISCOVERED BY COTWATCH
FOREWARNING OF COT DEATH OVERLOOKED
VACCINATION – A MAJOR STRESS
HARMFUL VACCINE INGREDIENTS
MANY DOCTORS DO NOT VACCINATE THEIR OWN CHILDREN!
SUCCESSION OF HARMFUL MEDICAL PROCEDURES
Although vaccination is undoubtedly the single biggest and most preventable cause of cot-death, it is not the only one. If we write too much about vaccination, we would inevitably create an impression that we think vaccines are the only cause of cot death. The key words in cot death are Non-Specific Stress Syndrome. This is the underlying mechanism of all cot deaths and it explains all pathological and clinical observations.
Cot Death is the single biggest cause of death in infants from about four weeks to six months of age, with another peak at about 9 months in industrially developed countries. It gets a lot of media exposure and people are successfully asked to dip into their pockets and contribute to cot death research. This has been going on for some twenty years now and yet cot death remains a “mystery which may never be resolved”.
Perhaps the time has come for the doctors and the public to start asking some relevant questions, such as why, with so much money poured into research, cot death is still officially presented as that famous ‘mystery’ and more and more money is ‘needed’ to resolve it in ‘years to come’.
COTWATCH: THE FIRST TRUE INFANT BREATHING MONITOR
Some 4.5 years ago, my husband Leif Karlsson, a biomedical engineer specialising in patient monitoring Systems, and myself, a retired Principal Research Scientist, were looking for a paediatrician willing to undertake proper research with our Cotwatch Breathing Monitor. The emphasis with this equipment is on ‘breathing’ because most, if not all of the machines used to monitor babies’ breathing in their homes are not breathing monitors – they are “motion monitors” where any movement is taken as breathing. After one particular meeting, where our demonstration of marked differences between the level of alarms in near miss and new born babies fell on the deaf ears of cot death ‘researchers’, we looked at each other and said with one breath: “Let’s do a damn good job of this research ourselves”.
Leif spent one and a half years developing a microprocessor-based Cotwatch. With this equipment you don’t have to rely on records of alarms; you get computer printouts of the longitudinal record of a baby’s breathing. You can’t have more objective information than that.
STRESS INDUCED BREATHING PATTERNS DISCOVERED BY COTWATCH
Our records confirmed the existence of a Stress-Induced Breathing Pattern, which is a low-volume breathing (5-10% of the volume of normal unstressed breathing), occurring in clusters (3-6 shorter episodes within 10-15 minutes) when a child is incubating illness or teething or following “insults”, such as exposure to cigarette smoke, fatigue, over handling by visitors, or vaccination needles. Numerous causes, but the same reaction. Many years ago, a Canadian medical doctor, Dr Hans Selye, became particularly interested in the well-known fact that for a number of days before patients develop symptoms of specific illness, which can be diagnosed, they always show signs of a non-specific nature which are common to many or possibly all diseases. When he in-injected extracts of tissues, or a great variety of noxious substances into rats, he observed the following signs of organ damage: spot-like bleeding into lungs and thymus, shrunken thymus and all lymphatic structures, enlarged adrenal cortex, ulceration of the gastro-intestinal tract, derangements in body creased or control, viscosity of the blood, disappearance of eosinophils (white blood cells) from blood, etc.
He concluded that he was looking at a universal reaction of organisms to any noxious substance. He also connected the results of his experiments with his earlier observations of patients with non-specific symptoms of the initial stages of any illness.
Seyle also concluded that the Non-Specific Stress (or General Adaptation) Syndrome has three stages: the alarm stage when the body is under acute attack and mobilises all its defences; the stage of adaptation or resistance, when it seems to relax and seemingly accepts the intruding noxious substance; and the stage of exhaustion, when the body again tries to rid itself of the intruder. Death may occur in any of the three stages.
FOREWARNING OF COT DEATH OVERLOOKED
What does all this have to do with cot death and breathing?
Similarly to what Dr Selye found with noxious substances, there are many interesting and consistent tell-tale signs that forewarn of impending cot death.
The definition of Cot Death is: “The sudden death of any infant or a young child, which is unexpected by history, and in which a thorough port-mortem examination fails to demonstrate an adequate cause of death”. (Byard,1991)
Cot death is a very well-defined pathological entity and all babies who succumb to it have the same post mortem findings. These are: petechiated lungs, thymus and sometimes also pericardium (spot like haemorrhaging on surface); shrunken thymus and lymphatic structures; signs of increased adreno-cortical activity; signs of ulceration of the gastro-intestinal tract (reflux); many babies have low viscosity blood; up to 90% of babies who succumb to cot death have a number of non-specific symptoms for up to three weeks before death, such as runny nose, coated tongue, sticky eyes, otitis media, enlarged tonsils, spleen and liver, rash, a variety of upper respiratory tract infections, and loss of body weight to rnention just a few.
These are all symptoms of the Non-Specific Stress Syndrome as defined by Dr Selye.. Those people involved in Cot Death management all over the world know about these symptoms, but they usually play them down as unimportant and insufficient to cause death in an infant. None of them has connected these well-known symptoms associated with cot death, with the Non-Specific Stress syndrome. Perhaps for their sake this is just as well, because they would have been unable to prove the validity of this connection in the absence of adequate means to demonstrate it in the infant’s breathing pattern.
So where does vaccination come into the problem of Cot Death?
VACCINATION – A MAJOR STRESS
Initially we did not know about the controversy surrounding vaccination. We merely observed that vaccination was the single greatest cause of stress in small babies, as indicated by the standard Cotwatch equipment, and also the single greatest factor preceding cot death in a large number of cases. We concluded that the timing of 80% of the cot deaths occurring between the second and sixth months is due to the cumulative effect of infections, timing of immunisations and some inherent specifics in the baby’s early development.
We started yet another search for more information. Soon we discovered a wealth of it in medical journals like The Lancet concerning not only the ineffectiveness of vaccines in preventing children from contracting infectious diseases, but also on adverse effects of various vaccines, including death. Regarding the former aspect, we found numerous reports that vaccinated and non-vaccinated children contract the relevant infectious disease at approximately the same rate, or that vaccinated children are even more susceptible to the infectious diseases.
Inevitably, we began recording breathing patterns of babies after vaccination. The results of these recordings were presented to the 2nd Immunisation Conference, held in Canberra, 27~29th May 1991. We demonstrated that microprocessor records of babies’ breathing after DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus) injections reveal a pattern of flare-ups of Stress-Induced Breathing closely following the dynamics of adreno-cortical activity in an individual under stress and as observed by Dr Selye.
We also demonstrated that flare-ups of Stress-Induced Breathing in babies after administration of the DPT vaccine occur characteristically on certain days even though the amplitude of the flare-ups varies from child to child.
For seventy babies who succumbed to cot death, although babies could die on any day after DPT injection, there were significantly more deaths on the days which closely correlated with flare-ups of Stress-Induced Breathing after DPT injections.
The data on the time interval between the DPT injection and cot death in most of the seventy babies was taken from the published reports which concluded that there was no connection between DPT and cot death. The authors of these papers had little idea what they were looking at or what to look for. Most researchers arbitrarily accept that only deaths within 24 hours of administration of the vaccine can be attributed to the effect of the vaccine. Yet, babies may and do die for up to 25 or more days after vaccination, and still as a direct consequence of the toxic effects of the vaccines.
How do we know this? Because of the observed repetition of the pattern of flare-ups of Stress-Induced
Breathing in a number of babies over a long period of time.
HARMFUL VACCINE INGREDIENTS
What are the vaccines composed of?
Vaccines contain live or ‘attenuated’ (weakened) viruses and bacteria or parts of them (representing foreign genetic material), animal tissue, formaldehyde and/or aluminium phosphate or hydroxide. The toxicity of vaccines varies widely and unpredictably, a DPT vaccine containing from 1 to 26.9 micrograms of endotoxin per millilitre. Geraghty and others in California tried unsuccessfully to make sure that the toxicity and composition of the vaccines is properly disclosed on the ampules.
Injecting any of these substances into the blood stream of another animal species, including humans, is absolutely biologically unacceptable. H.L. Coulter in his book, Vaccination, Social Violence and Criminality: the Medical Assault on the American Brain, mentions that repeated injections of sterile extracts of rabbit brain tissue into monkeys cause an ‘experimental allergic encephalomyclitis’ in the monkeys. Regardless of the validity or otherwise of animal experiments for humans, Coulter points out that it is an observed fact that vaccine injections often cause the same syndrome in human babies. It has been confirmed that a great number of babies, if not all, suffer a clinical or subclinical encephalitis shortly after being injected with a variety of vaccines. Coulter talks about a postencephalitic syndrome.
The great increase in a large array of brain-related conditions in the United States closely followed chronologically mandatory administration of vaccines en masse in that country.
These conditions include autism, learning difficulties, cerebral palsy, dyslexia, hyperactivity, deafness and blindness, left-handedness (according to latest statistics, left-handed people live 9 years less than right-handed people) and permanent brain damage with serious and often life-long consequences.
Vaccines by virtue of their composition act as noxious substances and elicit a response equivalent to the Non-Specific Stress Syndrome.
Recently, we recorded the breathing of an infant injected with only DT (the P component was omitted because the baby had experienced a violent reaction to the two previous DPT injection). The reaction, as reflected in its breathing, closely resembled the record of its breathing after DPT vaccination. This is not meant to justify the inclusion of the Pertussis (Whooping Cough) component, but to emonstrate that all vaccines are potentially harmful.
MANY DOCTORS DO NOT VACCINATE THEIR OWN CHILDREN!
It should worry all of us that a large number of medical doctors are forcefully (by psychological pressure and publicity campaigns) without producing any evidence whatsoever of the benefits of vaccination and against all the evidence of the ineffectiveness and dangers of vaccines, injecting vaccines into our children. There are even noises indicating that soon the same forceful and unreasonable attitudes will be adopted towards adults.
This is especially bad since it is a public secret that many medical doctors do not vaccinate their own children. This extraordinary fact is reported in DPT-A Shot in The Dark, by H.C. Coulter & B.L. Fisher. These authors also report that most gynaecologists in the USA refused to be injected with Rubella vaccine. Were they afraid of the side-effects, whilst routinely recommending the procedure for women of childbearing age?
Our conclusion is that if vaccination were to be suspended, the cot death rate would be halved!
What are the remainder of cot deaths attributed to?
SUCCESSION OF HARMFUL MEDICAL PROCEDURES
The Non-Specific Stress Syndrome is the key to cot deaths. It is the consistent, general reaction of mammals, including humans, to any damage or injury or to substances perceived as noxious by the recipient’s body. There are a great many injuries or substances perceived as noxious which affect babies and produce the same response.
The indiscriminate and routine administration of pain killers during birth, and the substances used for inductions expose our babies to potent allopathic chemicals shortly before they are born. To say that these substances do not affect the babies is not only highly unscientific, it is against commonsense. Before babies have a chance to fully recover from these potent chemicals, they may be given nasal drops and cough mixtures and, and worse still, antibiotics for those first common colds.
Most of these substances are immuno-suppressive and are not helping the child’s immune system to be primed and challenged in a natural and beneficial way by the common cold.
Again, before a baby has a chance to fully recover from the effects of these potent chemicals, there is the first DPT injection. So the immature immune system of a baby is further suppressed, allowing micro-organisms to become especially virulent and life-threatening. This leads to further drug administration, a vicious circle, unfortunately too often resulting in cot death.
The official figure of 2 cot deaths per 1,000 babies is twenty years old, and obsolete. The rate is more like 7-10 per 1,000, otherwise we would not even hear about cot death.
Our records demonstrate that there is a direct causal relationship between injections of DPT and cot deaths. The time has come to call for suspension of all vaccination programmes.
This article appeared in Nexus, Oct-Nov 1991.
Reproduced with permission of Dr Scheibner, 178 Govetts Leap Rd, Blackheath NSW 2785, Australia. Fax: 61 (0) 2 4787 8988
On January 8th 2018 I woke up to find my 3 month old dead in my arms. Yes I co-slept because her dad threatened to break in and kidnap her and I was scared. But, about 3 weeks before she died , she got her 2 month vaccines. I even told her pediatrician beforehand I said “she is a preemie she was 10 weeks early and all the preemie mom’s online told me to space them out like one shot one day then one the next day and like that. He just said “no its fine we’ll just go ahead and do all three shots today. I need closure so bad it’s unbearable. January 8th will make a year since I lost her. Just a few days from now. The guilt from blaming myself and people in my town going around saying that I killed my baby girl and the paralyzing grief and trying my hardest just to make it through the holidays and Christmas in 4 days and my 22 birthday in 6 days and not having her to shop for and decorate with and convince her that Santa and his elves are watching and just everything I honestly don’t know if I will make it to the one year anniversary of her death to be honest. Please help
Summer and Fiona: I am so sorry please accept my sincere condolences . I just can’t imagine the pain you must be going through. Do not feel like it was your fault. You are not the only one that have been talked into giving their babies all the vaccines a doctor promised would not hurt your baby and they ended up dying. I am keeping a list of children I am finding online who have died after getting vaccinated. So far I have 105 names. Out of 105 , 37 of them died from getting their CDC scheduled vaccine shots for a 2 month old. I send the list to people in congress and try to make a case for not requiring Americans to have mandatory vaccines. The vaccine companies can’t be sued and we need to repeal the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act. That gave them the ability to add any vaccines to the schedule with no fear of being sued. I am so sorry for your loss, we need to stop the pushing of vaccines by doctors and CDC.
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Rhododendrons are extremely popular in landscape design due to their beautiful spring blossoms. There are both deciduous and evergreen varieties of rhododendrons. Species vary in their temperature requirements--some species of rhododendron may not be cold hardy or heat tolerant. When it comes to evergreen varieties, most will need to be planted in a protected site, and winter protection may also be necessary, depending on the range of winter temperatures. Nurseries in your location will more than likely only carry varieties of rhododendron that will be hardy in your area.
The American Rhododendron Society feels the rhododendron should be considered as part of the landscape rather than merely a specimen plant. It suggests using rhododendrons as a border or with other shrubs. Placing tall rhododendrons at the back of a grouping will add a dramatic effect to your landscape, and smaller plants can then be interspersed throughout the garden bed. The mature size of the plant must always be considered when choosing a planting site. Rhododendrons that outgrow their space are easily transplanted due to their shallow root system.
Rhododendrons thrive in mild, humid climates. If you are not in a mild, humid climate then you must choose your planting site carefully. Usually a north or east location is best because the plants are protected from southerly or westerly winds. Strong winds tend to dry out the plants, and they can develop leaf scorch. The bark may also begin to split due to the drying winds. Rhododendrons also do well in filtered sunlight as opposed to dense shade.
The American Rhododendron Society recommends that rhododendrons be planted in highly organic matter or humus--acid type compost is preferred (decayed oak leaves and pine needles). The root system of the rhododendron is very delicate, and it will not do well in heavy or rocky soils. These delicate roots also require soil that is well-drained and acidic. The pH of the soil should be from 5.0 to 5.5.
There are fertilizers that are specifically designed for rhododendrons/acid-loving plants. They should be applied in late winter or early spring, following the manufacturer’s directions. Rhododendrons require minimal amounts of fertilizer compared to other shrubs. If your plant shows yellowing of the leaves it may be that it is lacking nitrogen. This is usually the case if the rhododendron has been mulched with wood chips.
Most large-blossomed rhododendrons should be deadheaded (removal of the spent blossoms). To deadhead, just break off the spent blossom clump with your fingers. Removal of the spent blossoms will improve the overall appearance of the shrub and reduce possible fungal growth.
Insects and Diseases
According to the University of Missouri Extension, “There are few insects or diseases that are troublesome on azaleas and rhododendrons. Those that normally occur can be easily controlled with all-purpose fungicides and insecticides. Prompt treatment as soon as the problem is noticed will be most effective.” The American Rhododendron Society mentions that insects and disease vary around the country. Lace bug and root weevil are common pests that can be controlled with insecticides.
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What Is A Chronograph Watch?
The word “chronograph” is derived from the Greek words for time and writing (“Chronos” and “graph”). A chronograph watch is a type of watch that can act as a stopwatch, measuring intervals of time when the wearer presses pushers on either side of the crown.
Types of Chronograph Watches
A watch’s primary purpose is to tell time; often this is done through the visual demonstration of minute and hour hands. Sometimes a watch will also display the date. Anything beyond this information is called a “complication”. The following are chronograph watches that feature special, enhanced or extra complications.
While all chronographs can track elapsed time (seconds, minutes and – on some models – even hours passed), as well as the time of day, there are some chronographs that can also record fractions of the second. This is achieved by the use of a special dial or a scale at the very edge of the watch’s dial. A digital chronograph is able to read the 1/100 of a second, quartz chronograph – 1/10 of a second, and the mechanical – 1/5 of a second.
In order to restart the stopwatch feature on most chronograph men’s watches, they must first be reset. “Flyback chronographs” are chronograph watches that can be restarted while still running, (without having to go through the usual series of presses).
Calendar watches display the day, month and year, sequentially, but must be reset five times during the year, (on the first day of March, May, July, October and December), as well as on leap years. A perpetual calendar watch is based on the Julian calendar (as opposed to the Gregorian calendar upon which that most of us rely). This calendar makes allowances for leap years and therefore only need to be corrected three times in 400 years!
Also called “striking watches”, repeaters were first created before the advent of electricity, allowing people to check the time even when it was not possible to flip a light switch or read an illuminated dial. These watches convey the time by striking a sound, much the same as a bell tower. Minute repeaters are by far one of the most complicated and intricate watch styles available, and frequency range from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Other popular watch complications include moon-phase displays and multiple time zones. Some watches have panels that show the inner workings of the watch or other more obscure and specialized complications.
A Final Chime-In About Chronographs
Although chronograph styles appear to be ubiquitous to almost every watch collection in the world, names like Accutron, Bulova, Casio, Citizen, Hamilton, Invicta, Pulsar, Seiko, Technomarine, Tissot, Torgoen, Zodiac are known for their quality and precision. Recent entries, at reasonable prices, include watches by LIGE, Curren, and GoldenHour.
It is important to note that a chronograph is different than a chronometer, which is a high-precision watch that contains movements that have passed testing by the Contrôle Officiel Suisse de Chronomètres (COSC), an agency of the Swiss government.
When you Buy Watches online, be sure to check size, warranty information, shipping guarantee, and their return policy.
A Brief History of Military Watches Military watches, as their name suggests, were developed for use in the armed forces. The first military watches were naval pieces, chronometers that worked well for their purposes, but as other branches of the military – aviation in particular – made major technological advances around the time of the...
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Ambrose, bishop of Milan, is one of the most important figures in fourth-century Church history. The spiritual father of Augustine, Ambrose became one of the most beloved bishops in the history of the Church and one of the four doctors of Western Christianity. Throughout his episcopacy Ambrose cared deeply about the poor and challenged Christians to show the same compassion for others that God had shown them in Jesus Christ. In his encyclical On the Duties of the Clergy, Bishop Ambrose exhorts Christian leaders to be imitators of God and examples to their fellow-believers.
38. Mercy is also a good thing because it makes people perfect, in that it imitates the perfect Father. Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy first of all toward the poor, as sharers with you in the produce of nature, which generates the fruits of the earth for use by all. Thus freely give what you have to the poor, and help your brother and companion. You give a coin; the one you help receives life. You give money; but it is everything to the recipient. For that person, your denarius constitutes all his property.
39. In this regard, the person you help bestows more on you than you on him, since your salvation may depend on him. When you clothe the naked, you clothe yourself with righteousness. When you bring a stranger under your roof, when you support the needy, that person acquires the friendship of the holy ones and eternal dwelling places for you [Luke 19:9]. That is no small favor. You sow material things and reap spiritual things. Do you wonder at the judgment of God in the case of holy Job? Wonder rather at his virtue, in that he could say: “I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame. I was a father to the poor. Their shoulders were made warm with the skins of my lambs. The stranger dwelt not at my gates, but my door was open to every one that came” [Job 29:15-16, 31:20, 32]. You are clearly blessed if no poor person ever goes away from your house with empty hands. And no one is more blessed than the one who understands the needs of the poor and the distress of the weak and indigent.
Gregory, Jerome, Ambrose, and Augustine. These four were recognized by the Church for their particularly strong contribution to Christian doctrine.
St. Ambrose, On the Duties of the Clergy, 1.11.38-39, modified from Everett Ferguson, Inheriting Wisdom: Readings for Today from Ancient Christian Writers (Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 2004), 71-72 and St. Ambrose: Select Works and Letters, in A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, 2nd series, vol. 10, ed. Philip Schaff (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1997), 7.
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By Matthew Santamaria ([email protected])
Twenty-four-year-old Wisconsin resident Abigail Kane knew very little about Huntington’s disease (HD) and the affect it would have on her life.
HD is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It deteriorates a person’s physical and mental abilities usually during their prime working years and has no cure.
When Abigail was in high school, her parents got divorced as her mother became to act different.
“To say HD tore my family to pieces would be an understatement,” said Abigail. “Nobody knew what was going on or how to fix it. Nobody knew how to help my mom or speak to her without anger. There were endless relationships ruined. Words being said out of her mouth that sounded nothing like my mom, different obsessions, and slurred speech.”
A few years later, her aunt decided to get tested for HD.
The decision to get genetically tested is difficult to make. Each year, 5-10% are tested. It is never the right or wrong decision to be tested. There are people that see no benefit in knowing that they will develop the disease while others want to know in order to make informed choices about their future. It can take up to several weeks to receive your results from the genetic testing center.
Abigail’s aunt tested positive for the gene that causes HD.
“HD was small talk in our family for a little while before this,” said Abigail. “Nobody really knew what that meant for our family as a whole, besides for my extremely well-educated older sister who was the first to tell me what this meant for our future as well.”
Abigail’s grandfather had the HD gene but passed away due to cancer before the symptoms could progress. Each child of a parent with HD has a 50/50 chance of inheriting the faulty gene that causes Huntington’s disease. Today, there are approximately 30,000 symptomatic Americans and more than 200,000 at-risk of inheriting the disease.
The symptoms of Huntington’s disease are described as having ALS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s – simultaneously. Symptoms include personality changes, mood swings, impaired judgement, involuntary movements, slurred speech, difficulty in swallowing, and significant weight loss.
When Abigail was a sophomore in college, her mother decided to get tested for HD and tested positive for the gene that causes HD.
“I walked into the back room to see my Mom with her face down crying shaking her head yes,” Abigail explains. “I never knew that morning that later that day my whole life was going to be changed. I often refer to my life as “before HD” and “after HD” because I would be lying if I said I have ever gone back to feeling the way I did that morning before the doctor read my mom those numbers.”
As the weeks went on, her mother felt relieved that she finally understood what was going on with her. Abigail just wished that she knew more about HD years ago.
“Some days I feel lucky to have gone twenty years not knowing, and other days I am filled with anger in thought that my family could’ve prevented so much and we could have had things in order for her,” said Abigail. “This disease has left her alone besides for her children. She remains hopeful, but she never deserved this kind of life. HD does not care what it takes and it keeps taking until there is nothing left.”
Over the years, people around Abigail’s mother thought she was drunk as they were uneducated of the symptoms of HD. Her mother had a master’s degree and was losing jobs. She was unable to get a job in her forties.
“She once had a client walk out on her screaming “YOU ARE DRUNK”
during a massage while she was a massage therapist for a short amount of time,” said Abigail. “She wasn’t drunk, she had a neurodegenerative disease. Do you know how frustrating that is for someone to hear who has been thirty-one years sober and the healthiest person you have ever met, someone who to this day still will not even take Tylenol for her health?”
Abigail does not ignore this. She stands up for her mother as she is always there for her through thick and thin.
“I am her voice as she is losing hers,” Abigail explains. “Every time someone says to me the way my mom acted or what she did, the constant sinking feeling in my stomach trying to tell them it’s not her fault it is the disease but very few people truly understand what that actually means. My mom is still in denial and then cries to me about the smallest thing like not being able to build a bonfire anymore. I always tell her she makes something so scary into something so beautiful, she makes me less afraid every day to test positive.”
Abigail did not want to sit for a cure. She wanted to contribute and tell her story. She has attended HDSA Team Hope Walks and other HD events. After going to the events, she realized that she is not alone in this battle. Abigail has learned to embrace HD and live her life. Do not let HD control your life.
“I am grateful for a fiancé who has learned about HD who will admit he does not know what I am fully feeling but listens to me and never tells me to feel differently, and watched what it has done to my mom throughout the years and still chooses me, plus his love for my mom is unbelievable,” said Abigail.
Abigail wishes that more people were educated by HD and not quick to judgement.
“I wish everyone knew that HD is not just black and white,” said Abigail. “It is a million things in between that make this disease the devil of all diseases and how hard it is to explain that to people on the outside. You are constantly grieving someone who is standing right in front of you.”
Abigail has a message for the HD Community:
“HD may be rare but what comes with HD are people who are optimistic, people who take care of their loved ones, people who never give up hope, the kindest people I have ever met and who listen to everyone, people who still live their life each day with a smile even though there is a huge dark cloud always hovering above us, and to me that is rare. I hope I am able to make people new to HD feel the way you have all made me feel. I am always available for anyone who needs to talk, and will remind you that you are not alone.”
Huntington’s disease is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It deteriorates a person’s physical and mental abilities usually during their prime working years and has no cure. Each child of a parent with HD has a 50/50 chance of inheriting the faulty gene that causes Huntington’s disease. Today, there are approximately 30,000 symptomatic Americans and more than 200,000 at-risk of inheriting the disease. The symptoms of Huntington’s disease are described as having ALS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s – simultaneously.
The Huntington’s Disease Society of America is the premier nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of everyone affected by HD. From community services and education to advocacy and research, HDSA is the world’s leader in providing help for today and hope for tomorrow for people with HD and their families.
To learn more about Huntington’s disease and the work of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, visit www.HDSA.org or call 1(800)345-HDSA.
This is a story featuring a personal experience with Huntington’s disease. If you would like to have your story told please contact Matthew Santamaria at [email protected]
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Native to a huge expanse of the cool northern woodlands of North America, the white paper birch (Betula papyrifera) grows best in moist, sandy or silty soils. A landscape staple in USDA hardiness zones 2 through 6, golden yellow fall leaves drop away to reveal unimpeded views to the stark white bark that looks most picturesque with any evergreen tree background.
Although botanists agree that the white paper birch is known universally as Betula papyrifera, some literature mentions six naturally occuring variations of this species across its expansive native range in North America. The physical characteristics distinguishing these natural varieties remain minute if not impossible for the untrained eye, but the Flora of North American taxonomic database suggest the differences may be caused by environmental growing conditions. Different climates, soil fertility and genetic isolation of a small population act to intensify any small-scale differences. As such, rarely do you see mention of the natural varieties in discussions of white paper birches for ornamental garden selection and use.
White paper birch hybridizes naturally with many other native North American birch species, leading to many trees with ornamental features similar to white paper birch. According to the U.S. Forest Service, hybrid crosses with yellow (Betula alleghaniensis), sweet (Betula lenta), and river (Betula nigra) birch have not been named. Blue birch (Betula x caerulea) is thought to be a hybrid between gray birch and white paper birch. The variety cordifolia is perhaps the hybrid of paper and yellow birch. Named hybrids resulting from crosses between paper birch and shrub or small tree species include Yukon birch, horne birch, Sandberg birch and Andrews birch.
Two man-selected cultivated varieties, cultivars, of white paper birch exist. 'Chickadee' attains a narrower canopy than the wild species while 'Snowy' grows quickly as a sapling and demonstrates improved resistance to birch borer insect pests. Patented selection 'Rensi', sold under the trademark name of Renaissance Reflection®, shows excellent resistance to summertime heat and borer insects, too. 'Uensi', sold as Renaissance Upright®, is similar to 'Rensi' but becomes narrower in habit at maturity. 'Varen', sold as Prairie Dream®, develops very dark green leaves and immaculate white bark with exceptional resistance to bronze birch borer and leaf miner pests.
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One of the most beautiful castles of Ireland, Parke’s Castle has been lovingly reconstructed by its' guardians, the Office of Public Works, using traditional materials and traditional craftsmanship.
This page will discuss the castle's features.
The 17th century Parke's castle presents a transition between fortified medieval castle and manor house.
Captain Parke must have had fears for his safety as he held on to most medieval defensive features, yet the front of the castle is a manor house featuring larger windows which became more commonplace in the 17th century.
Parke's Castle is open to visitors between April and September. The castle is located 25 minutes from Sligo town just over the border to County Leitrim.
The Defended Stairway- When reconstructing the stair way of the castle the master carpenter who was carrying out the work discovered from the positioning of alcoves in the wall that the stair case was moving downwards in a clockwise motion. This means that captain Parke was more than likely left-handed as medieval castle stair ways were designed to be easily defended by sword. See the stairway below.
The banqueting hall seen below was the place for feasts, dining, entertainment and for welcoming guests.
The battlements sen below are part of the defenses of a castle providing a place to stand guard with good views while also being protected from incoming arrows or, later, musket balls.
What good would a medieval castle or tower house be without its own forge? A forge was crucial for making and sharpening tools such as pickaxes, and for shoeing horses. At Parke’s Castle the forge was a thatched stone building, and it is now beautifully reconstructed.
In the photo above the guide at the castle demonstrates how the bellows were used at the forge.
One the grounds of Parke’s Castle you will find a 12th century sweat house, the medieval equivalent of modern day spas. It would have been used by Sir O’Rourke and his entourage!
The sweat house is basically a man made cave or souterrain, large enough to fit a small group of people, however it was probably men only I’d imagine.
Where did the heat come from? They heated rocks in a fire and then moved them into the cave. When everyone was inside they would seal the entrance.
To cool down after the sweat they jumped in the lake, only a few feet away.
Dare enter the sweat house at Parke's Castle?
A moat is part of the defense structure of a medieval castle, providing an area that, for attackers, is difficult to cross. Normally you would think of a moat as filled with water...but Parke’s castle shows us otherwise.
The moate at Parke’s Castle had the waste from the stables (and probably human waste, too) emptied into it through openings in the wall making it a rather smelly part of the defense system! However, in medieval times, the water level in the lake was much higher than it is now and would have washed away at least some of the feces.
The moat at Bunratty Castle, by the way, was the same!
Parke’s Castle has a pigeon tower. The medieval Castles of Ireland by law had to keep messenger pigeons so as to be able to communicate quickly. How did it work? Well, you had to collect pigeons from all the other castles you wanted to communicate with and keep them in your pigeon tower. When you wanted to send a message to a particular castle, you had to find their pigeon in your pigeon house, attached the written message to it and set it free. The pigeon would make its way back to where it was raised. Another reason for keeping pigeons was that pigeon poo was used in the manufacture of...believe it or not gunpowder! You can see how a pigeon tower was a very important feature in a medieval castle indeed.
The medieval castles of Ireland needed their own independent water supply! Clean water was needed as drinking water for both animals and humans, as well as for washing and for laundry. This reconstructed well is particularly nice. It demonstrates how people took care of their water supply- the high wall around the well, and the roof over it protect the water from contamination.
Find out visitor information for Parke's Castle here including our opinion and special tips. Find out about the history of the castle here.
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1. Nearly 9 million LGBT Americans could one day have federally recognized marriages.
Not all states allow gay marriage, and repealing the Defense of Marriage Act won’t change that. But couples who marry in those states that do would have their marriages recognized by the federal government if DOMA were struck down.
2. That includes about 110,000 couples raising children.
Above, Jo-ann Shain (right) and Mary Jo Kennedy (second from right) with Shain’s daughter, Aliya Shain, 24, and her girlfriend, all outside the Supreme Court.
3. About 112,770 already married same-sex couples could have their marriages recognized by the federal government.
In the states that do allow same-sex marriages, couples still don’t have all the protections of federally recognized marriage. If DOMA is repealed, that would change.
4. Half of those would receive better Social Security benefits in the event of one partner’s death.
Under DOMA, same-sex marriages aren’t recognized for the purpose of Social Security. If they were, half of married LGBT Americans would get higher benefits if one partner dies than they currently do.
5. And 30% would get better Social Security retirement benefits.
Compared with what they now get filing separately.
6. Same-sex married couples’ spousal health benefits would no longer be taxed.
Under DOMA, these have to be reported as taxable income.
7. This would save at least 71 private companies money.
At least that number currently make up the tax difference as an added benefit to their LGBT employees. They wouldn’t have to if DOMA were repealed.
8. 5,600 LGBT active-duty servicemembers, 3,400 National Guard and Reserve members, and 8,000 military retirees could receive medical benefits.
These benefits are denied under DOMA.
9. 36,000 couples where one partner is a non-citizen could petition for immigration benefits for that partner.
DOMA bars same-sex couples, like Brian Andersen (left) and Anton Tanumihardja, from doing so.
10. About half of those couples have children.
11. 200,000 LGBT federal employees could get access to health insurance for their partners.
DOMA bars them from getting this benefit.
12. And more than 1,000 other laws involving marriage could change to include LGBT couples.
In 2004, the U.S. General Accounting Office identified 1,138 federal statutes “in which marital status is a factor in determining or receiving benefits, rights, and privileges.” Repealing DOMA would potentially make those benefits, rights, and privileges available to LGBT Americans.
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New Zealand’s environment is affected not only by what we do within our borders but increasingly by what other countries do within and beyond their borders. New Zealand’s aim, both domestically and internationally, is to develop sound trade and environment policies that mutually support the goal of sustainable development.
Environment provisions in the context of Free Trade Agreements are a part of New Zealand’s commitment to sustainable development and also provide a platform for international cooperation between trading partner countries. Much of the work under these agreements focuses on improving knowledge, strengthening environmental policies, and building capacity and capability to implement such measures.
Bilateral and regional free trade agreements play an important role in international trade. New Zealand’s free trade agreements seek to maintain high standards for environmental protection, support and promote sustainable development and build capacity to more effectively address environmental issues.
The 2001 Framework for Integrating Environment Standards and Trade Agreements provides guidance for the negotiation of environmental issues in the context of New Zealand’s overall free trade negotiations.
Further information is provided below:
New Zealand has sought to promote its trading interests, particularly in the Asia–Pacific region, by negotiating free trade agreements. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is the lead agency responsible for negotiating free trade agreements with other countries.
The Ministry for the Environment’s role is to support the negotiation of environment provisions associated with those agreements and to encourage our bilateral partners to improve market access for environmental goods and services.
New Zealand has recently concluded free trade agreements with:
New Zealand is currently in free trade negotiations with:
For more information on current trade negotiations visit the following Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade webpage:
New Zealand seeks environmental provisions that are of formal treaty status negotiated and signed within the framework of each free trade agreement. The Ministry for the Environment is the lead agency in New Zealand responsible for the implementation of the Environment Agreements with each partner country.
New Zealand currently has six Environment Agreements or Arrangements with the following countries:
Under these agreements, each country undertakes to:
To view the text of the Environment Agreements see:
The Ministry for the Environment is responsible for implementing the environment agreements once they come into force. We implement the environment agreements in a practical and meaningful way by working with our partner countries to meet our respective obligations and to undertake cooperative activities that address priorities of mutual interest.
The Ministry has undertaken a range of cooperation projects with Thailand, Singapore, Brunei and Chile including projects involving other government departments, Crown Research Institutes, Universities, local authorities and private sector organisations.
Examples of activities completed include:
Information on New Zealand's cooperation with China can be found on our Environmental Cooperation with China Page.
Partnerships between New Zealand and Chile in the environmental sector - Joint Statement between the Ministers for the Environment of the Republic of Chile and New Zealand (26 September 2011).
Further information about environmental cooperation activities is available by contacting the Ministry for the Environment.
At the Ministry for the Environment we also work within international environmental forums to:
For information on New Zealand’s International Trade and Environment agreements or activities, please contact [email protected].
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The information about statues of Confucius made before the Han dynasty have been missing from historical records. The southern clan of Confucius kept the wooden statues of Confucius and his wife. The statues were said to be carved by a student of Confucius, Zi Gong, to mourn for Confucius when Zi was watching over Confucius’ tomb after he passed away.
From the Song dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, some Confucian temples around China preserved statues of Confucius. Today, the statues are erected in schools and squares in memory of Confucius across China and in other countries, not only to promote Confucianism, but also to inspire students to study hard.
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Miami Beach Florida
About Miami Beach
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a series of natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter which separates the Beach from Miami city proper. The neighborhood of South Beach, comprising the southernmost 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2) of Miami Beach, along with Downtown Miami and the port, collectively form the commercial center of South Florida. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 87,779. Miami Beach has been one of America's pre-eminent beach resorts since the early 20th century.
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- to inform about something beforehand
- to provide status
- an advance caution
- to warn or alert someone about something
- Heads up! This machine is used to trim grass, please handle with care.
- Keep your heads up, I think I just saw a snake in the garden.
- The manager had given me a heads up about the upcoming appraisal cycle and my performance issues within it. I was prepared for the bad rating.
- I have been giving him a heads up about the project every time a change is implemented by the client.
- You should have given me a heads up about your friends coming over for dinner, I have cooked only for 2 people and there are 10 waiting to eat right now!
- Could you at least give the people in that village a heads up about the swelling water levels?
- My mother always ask me to keep my heads up about my father’s visit to my hostel.
- The teacher had actually given us a heads up about the surprise test and that is why all of us scored so well in it.
- I am going to give my friends a heads up about my parents’ trip so that they can prepare for a party.
The phrase originates from the fact that a ‘head up’ would require someone to look at something that is a non-issue which may give them an opportunity to prepare better.
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What is vocabulary?
o The word vocabulary means all the words of a language and what they mean. A person’s vocabulary consists of all the words they can use and understand.
Why teach vocabulary?
o Vocabulary building is important in developing literacy
o Vocabulary has a direct affect on comprehension
o Children with large vocabularies tend to be strong readers
o A child’s vocabulary can increase by up to 3000 words a year with exposure to new words
What can I do to support my child?
o Have your child read. Reading is the largest source of vocabulary growth. While reading, write down any unknown words. Then take time together to look up the meanings and discuss them.
o When introducing new vocabulary words expose your child to the new word at least 12 times.
o Have your child act out a new word or create a movement to represent that word.
o Discuss the meaning of one new word per week at the dinner table, creating a family dictionary of new words learned.
o Have your child a draw picture of the new vocabulary word.
o Have your child write a sentence using the new vocabulary word.
o While reading have your child pick out one or two unknown words. After reading review the unknown words. Teach your child the unknown vocabulary words by relating them as much as possible to everyday life.
o Look the new word in the dictionary. However, do not limit vocabulary building to this source. Looking up a word in a dictionary is not enough. Expose the child to the word in other ways.
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Undercanopy hemispherical photographs provide permanent records of canopy structure, and as such have great potential for studies of forest canopy dynamics. Rapid computerized image analysis has facilitated studies of undercanopy light environments and the canopy leaf area index (LAI). Temporal and spatial variations in the undercanopy light environment and canopy LAI derived from hemispherical photographs have been used to study recovery rates of forest canopies after disturbance, seedling growth, habitat quality, forest productivity, and plant ecophysiology. The orientation and range of hemispherical photographs greatly affect estimates of light indices. A self-leveling mount equipped with an LED (light-emitting diode) should be used to level the hemispherical lens and to identify the range of the image. To obtain the best contrast possible, which is critical for image classification and the most important process in image analysis, photographs should be acquired either early in the morning just before sunrise, just after sunset but prior to dusk, or on overcast days. Obtaining images with high contrast can save time and increase the efficiency and accuracy of the image analysis. Consistency of individual analyzers is critical especially when photographs from different sites are to be compared; it could be improved by re-analyzing small numbers of photographs. Undercanopy light levels often show spatial autocorrelation and lack of independence; and therefore violate assumptions required for many statistical procedures; they must be treated explicitly. In addition, the light environment estimated from hemispherical photographs does not take into account sky conditions, so such data from different sites must be compared with care.
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1976 American Bicentennial celebration; Supersonic jet service inaugurated between U.S. and Europe; Apple computer founded; Viking 1 lands on Mars; U.S. fishing rights jurisdiction extended to 200 miles; U.S. consumption of soft drinks passes milk;
1977 U.S. fishing limits extended to 200 miles; MRI scanner tested; Saccharin banned by Food and Drug Administration;
1978 Bakke decision; Love Canal (Niagara Falls, New York) deemed unsafe; Camp David Middle East peace accord;
1979 Three-Mile Island nuclear accident (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania); U.S. embassy (Teheran, Iran) seized by revolutionaries;
1980 American Dietary Goals published; Human interferon synthesized; Mt. St. Helens eruption (Washington State); John Lennon shot.
1981 IBM introduces personal computer using MS-DOS; Iranian hostage crisis ends; Space shuttle Columbia launched; Ketchup identified as a vegetable by U.S.D.A.; Aspartane (dietary sweetener) approved;
1982 First successful heart transplant completed in United States; Anti-obesity drug, dexfenfluramine patented;
1983 Census Bureau reports that 35,300,000 Americans live in hunger and poverty; First U.S. woman astronaut (Sally Ride);
1984 AIDS virus identified; First heart-liver human transplant; Megabit computer memory chip developed;
1985 Mikhail Gorbachev makes sweeping economic changes in Soviet Union; Wreck of the Titanic located; Compact discs introduced.
1986 Test-tube baby born; Chernobyl disaster and contamination of global food chain; Space shuttle Challenger disaster; First genetically altered virus released into environment to fight swine herpes; Iran-Contra affair;
1987 Development of AZT to fight AIDS; Patenting of new life forms created through gene-splicing; 1988 Withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan; Catastrophic forest fire (Yellowstone Park);
1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill (Alaska);
1990 Hubble Space Telescope launched; Iraq invades Kuwait; Soviet President, Gorbachev, approves plan for regulated market economy; Break-up of the Soviet Union; Germany reunification; Americans with Disabilities Act signed.
Lettuce was first domesticated and grown as a food crop in ancient Egypt? Paintings and carvings inside ancient Egyptian tombs depict lettuce plants associated with Min, the god of vegetation and procreation. In ancient times the leaf was eaten as today, but lettuce seeds also were used. Lettuce seeds were pressed to extract oil, or crushed and prepared as bread. [10: 8]
1991 Operation Desert Storm;
1992 Cold War ends; United States Nutrition Labeling and Education Act passed; Effect of serotonin on food intake discovered; Food Pyramid introduced (nutrition education device); Earth Summit (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); U.S. troops assist with African famine (Mogadishu, Somalia);
1993 Mississippi River floods cause $8,000,000,000 in crop damage; First genetically altered food created (Flavr Savr tomato); Israeli and Palestinian agreement;
1994 Nutrition Labeling and Education Act implemented; Trade embargo against Vietnam ended; World Trade Center bombing; Israel and Jordan establish peace; Black holes in space confirmed;
1995 U.S. Marines leave Mogadishu, Somalia; United States establishes diplomatic relations with Vietnam; Human obesity gene discovered; Unabomber Manifesto; Million Man March (Washington D.C.).
1996 Mars Global Explorer launched (unmanned space-craft); Olestra (fat substitute) approved by the Food and Drug Administration; Evidence found for primitive life on Mars; Mad cow disease outbreak (England); Dexfenfluramine (anti-obesity drug) approved by the F.D.A.; Rapid growth of the Internet; Summer Olympic Games (Atlanta, Georgia); Nuclear text ban treaty signed;
1997 Food irradiation of meat approved by Food and Drug Administration; Massive famine in North Korea;
1998 Genetic engineered ingredients appear in some commercial food products; National labeling rules for organic food reviewed by Federal agencies.
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Red temperature warnings have been issued in Spain and the United Kingdom.
The UK’s Met Office weather service has issued its first-ever red warning for extreme heat as temperatures across Europe continue to soar.
Parts of the country are soon expected to reach up to 40 degrees Celsius for the first time since records began.
A red warning alert has also been issued in Spain, with temperatures hitting 45.6 C in the southern region of Andalusia.
Euronews' Space, Science and Technology Correspondent Jeremy Wilks says the current heatwave is leaving citizens of all ages vulnerable.
"Everybody needs to stay hydrated and stay out of the sun ... almost treat this heatwave like a storm," he said.
"Even for people in their 20s or 30s, when it's this hot and approaching 40 degrees [Celsius], it is dangerous for the body."
"This is a sign of things to come and there is no sign that it is going to get cooler in future years," he added.
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Given below in sober scientific language is the outcome of decades of deliberation:
After a week-long meeting of international experts, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization (WHO), today classified diesel engine exhaust as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), based on sufficient evidence that exposure is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer.
The New York Times explains that the implications are more serious for people in developing countries :
The W.H.O. decision, the first to elevate diesel to the “known carcinogen” level, may eventually affect some American workers who are heavily exposed to exhaust. It is particularly relevant to poor countries, where trucks, generators, and farm and factory machinery routinely belch clouds of sooty smoke and fill the air with sulfurous particulates.
Second hand smoke is considered less dangerous, but just yesterday I wrote that it is significant negative externality that should be discouraged through taxation.
Electro magnetic radiation from mobile handsets and towers is even less dangerous according to the WHO:
Based largely on these data, IARC has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), a category used when a causal association is considered credible, but when chance, bias or confounding cannot be ruled out with reasonable confidence.
So in sum, electromagnetic radiation from mobiles is less dangerous than second-hand smoke, which is less dangerous than diesel fumes.
What do we worry about the most? What is dissuaded by punitive taxes?
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- 1The measurement from base to top or (of a standing person) from head to foot: columns rising to 65 feet in height both men were of average heightMore example sentences
- She was average in height, about five foot five at most, though she was no less beautiful for this.
- The dead man was aged between 25 and 45, was five feet ten in height, weighed ten-and-a-half stones and had dark brown wavy hair.
- The stone is about twelve feet in height and four in breadth with the hole near the top.
- 1.1Elevation above ground or a recognized level (typically sea level): the glider is gaining heightMore example sentences
- Climate is in turn controlled not only by latitude but also by height above sea level.
- Consider, first, a fairly crude altimeter, a device used for measuring altitude or height above sea level.
- It is a long way, and the average height above sea level is more than 2000 metres.
- 1.2The quality of being tall or high: his height seems to work to his advantageMore example sentences
- The most significant outcome is weakening of the skeleton leading to fractures, loss of height, impaired quality of life and even death.
- I always stipulate: stand tall, use your height.
- I'm not very tall, but what height I do have is mostly legs.
- 2A high place or area: he’s terrified of heightsMore example sentences
- A mum-of-two is planning a daring jump out of a plane - despite being terrified of heights.
- They split into three units, posted themselves on heights overlooking the trail.
- With some stunts requiring her to withstand six times the force of gravity, her fear of heights was soon forgotten.
- 3The most intense part or period of something: the height of the tourist season at the height of his career they took consumerism to new heightsMore example sentences
- By 1998, he was the most popular British prime minister in recorded history, still at the height of his honeymoon period.
- She was at the height of the initial period of her career and once more every single song on the album is alive.
- Ostensibly, the theme of the exhibit was the effect of colonialism on Africa, particularly at the height of the colonial period.
- 3.1An extreme instance or example of something: it would be the height of bad manners not to attend the weddingMore example sentences
- Are they, for example, the height of London street fashion?
- A lady of the utmost integrity, Celia commanded the height of regard and respect throughout the region.
- From the height of urban iniquity we move to the ultimate city stillness.
Old English hēhthu (in the sense 'top of something'), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoogte, also to high.
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Today, on July 1, is a national holiday known as “Canada Day,” during which Canada celebrates its 153rd birthday.
Immigrants have worked side by side with Canada’s original inhabitants, the Indigenous peoples, over the course of the country’s history to construct a strong and prosperous nation.
In honour of Canada Day, the Canadian Immigration and Citizenship News has compiled the following list of 10 interesting immigration facts about Canada for you to check out:
1. The First of July is a day set aside to celebrate the unification of Canada’s three original provinces into a single country in 1867. These provinces were Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada, which included what is now Ontario and Quebec. There are 10 provinces and three territories that make up Canada today. The date of Canada Day coincides with the approximate middle of the year. The first of July is the 182nd day of the year, and there are 183 days remaining.
2. The Immigration Act of 1867 stipulates that the federal government of Canada, as well as the governments of the provinces and territories, are jointly responsible for the immigration policy of the country. This was due to the fact that the original provinces of Canada had previous experience in the recruitment of immigrants from Europe prior to 1867, and immigration was seen as essential to the economic prosperity and security of the original provinces at the time of Canada’s establishment.
3. In 1968, Quebec became the first province in Canada to establish a ministry that was solely responsible for immigration. At the time, Quebec was aware of the significance of increasing the number of people it welcomed into the province in order to preserve its status as a Francophone province and its political power within Canada. After another thirty years, in 1998, Manitoba made history by being the first province to sign an agreement with the federal government on the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). At the present time, twelve of Canada’s thirteen provinces and territories each run their own immigration selection programmes to assist in the development of their respective economies. There are approximately 80 different immigration schemes in Canada that are geared toward skilled workers.
4. In 1967, Canada became the first nation in the world to use a points system for immigrants of any economic class. The purpose of the points system that Canada implemented was to assist the country in conducting an objective evaluation of immigration candidates based on human capital characteristics such as their age, level of education, ability to speak multiple languages, occupations, and years of work experience. Since then, other nations, including Australia and New Zealand, have moved to implement this paradigm into their legal systems. This methodology is still used in Canada; for example, the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) is used by Express Entry to score and rank immigration applicants. Canada continues to employ this model.
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5. The population of Canada is around 38 million people. The most recent census that was carried out in Canada, which was in 2016, found that over 22 percent of the country’s population consisted of immigrants. Almost two hundred nations are represented among Canada’s immigrant population on a yearly basis.
6. On February 15, 1965, the flag of Canada was declared to be the official flag of the nation. The banner that flies from the Peace Tower of Parliament in Ottawa, the nation’s capital, is rotated on a daily basis and is made available to the public at no cost. On the other hand, there is a disclaimer on the website of the Canadian government that states there is a waiting time of more than 100 years!
7. The Canadian Citizenship Act did not provide Canadians with any kind of legal standing until January 1, 1947, when it finally went into force. Before this day, all people who were born or naturalised in Canada were considered to be British subjects. The Act outlined the requirements for becoming a Canadian citizen as well as the procedures for renouncing citizenship in that country.The majority of immigrants nowadays eventually get citizenship. In point of fact, more than 85 percent of immigrants eventually become citizens of Canada, making this country’s rate of citizenship acquisition one of the highest in the world.
8. Across Canada, there are more than 500 organisations that provide services to immigrants. These organisations’ primary mission is to provide free support and assistance to newcomers in the hopes of easing their transition into the culture and economy of Canada. Classes in English and French, as well as job training and mentoring, are just some of the numerous sorts of support that may be obtained via these organisations. If you visit the website of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, you will be able to locate groups in your immediate area (IRCC).
9. There is a museum in Canada that is dedicated to immigrants. In the city of Halifax, in the province of Nova Scotia, you’ll find the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. This location was selected because, between 1928 and 1971, Pier 21 was responsible for the arrival of over one million new immigrants to Canada.
10. Since 1867, Canada has opened its doors to more than 19.5 million new residents. Canada is unwavering in its commitment to maintaining high levels of immigration, notwithstanding the global spread of the coronavirus epidemic. Before the epidemic began, Canada had intended to welcome more than one million new immigrants over the course of the next three years.
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Ships Of The World
An Historical Encyclopedia
by Lincoln P. Paine
Coverage of more than 1,000 ships
Portraits of famous literary ships
Each ship's entry includes details such as size, year built, designer and other key details
Bibliographic suggestions for further reading
Histories of warships include brief descriptions of naval battles
Invaluable guide for lovers of sailing as well as history buffs
Frigate (3m). L/B/D: 175' x 43.5' x 22.5' (53.3m x 13.3m; x 6.9m). Tons: 2,200 tons. Hull: wood. Comp: 450. Arm: 32 x 24 pdr, 20 x 32 pdr, 2 x 24 pdr. Des.: Joshua Humphreys, Josiah Fox, William Doughty.
Built: Edmund Hartt, Boston: 1797.
One of the U.S. Navy's six original frigates, authorized by Congress specifically as a counter to the Barbary corsairs in the Mediterranean, USS Constitution was launched in 1797. Though all six were fast, heavily built frigates with a flush spar deck above the gundeck, United States, Constitution, and President were nominally rated as 44s, but mounted thirty 24-replaced bypdr and twenty to twenty-two 12-pdr long guns (later short-range 42-pdr. carronades). The slightly smaller Constellation, Chesapeake, and Congress, rated as 38's, carried 28 long guns and 18 to 20 carronades. In the words of James Henderson, an authority on British frigates, "Class for class, they had no superior."
A temporary peace with the Barbary States was achieved before she was finished, but Constitution was commissioned in time for the Quasi-War with France, during which she captured a number of smaller ships and privateers in the West Indies. Returning to the Charlestown Navy Yard in 1801, she was placed in ordinary. The United States' next foreign entanglement was with the deys of Algiers, Morocco, Tunis, and Tripoli. In 1803, Constitution sailed as flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron maintaining a tight blockade on Tripoli, which was bombarded in August and September 1804, and finally forced the deys of Algiers and Tunis to sign treaties exempting American ships from tribute payments. While the Barbary Wars produced few opportunities for decisive ship-to-ship engagements, the Americans were much admired, and Lord Nelson observed that "there is in the handling of those transatlantic ships a nucleus of trouble for the navy of Great Britain."
Following repairs at New York, in 1809 Constitution joined Commodore John Rodgers's North Atlantic Squadron, and the following year Isaac Hull, her most illustrious captain, assumed command. The start of the War of 1812 found her at Annapolis, Maryland, and she put to sea on July 5. By July 17, Constitution was off the New Jersey coast when she spotted ships that all assumed to be Rodgers's squadron. It soon transpired that they were in fact HMS Africa (64 guns), the frigates Shannon, Guerriere (38s), Belvedira (36), and Aeolus (32), and the recently captured U.S. brig, Nautilus (12), under command of Captain Sir Philip Broke. In a remarkable 66-hour chase that began in light airs, Constitution kept out of range of the British ships by kedging ahead with her anchors, by towing with the ship's boats, and, when the wind finally came up, by what Broke described as "very superior sailing.
On August 19, Constitution was cruising the Grand Banks south of Newfoundland when she encountered Guerriere in position 41 degrees 42 minutes North, 55 degrees 48 minutes West. Captain James Dacres was a willing combatant and had only recently invited Rogers to meet "U. States frigate President... or any other American frigate of equal force for the purpose; of having a few minutes tête-à-tête." At 1700, Guerriere opened fire at long range; Hull closed the range until 1805 when at a distance of half a pistol shot he gave the order to fire. The first broadside smashed into Guerriere and Hull exclaimed, "by heaven, that ship is ours!" Twenty-five minutes later, the dismasted Guerriere was wallowing in the heavy seas. Constitution's casualties were seven dead and seven wounded; Guerriere had 78 dead and wounded, and was so shattered that Hull ordered her blown up the next day. It was during this battle that Constitution earned the nickname "Old Ironsides," after shot was seen bouncing off her hull. Constitution returned to a Boston--and a nation--thrilled with the stunning victory. As the London Times observed, "It is not merely that an English frigate has been taken,... but that it has been taken by a new enemy, an enemy unaccustomed to such triumphs, and likely to be rendered insolent and confident by them."
Family affairs compelled Hull to hand over command to the much maligned William Bainbridge, who had lost USS Philadelphia at Tripoli in 1803. En route to join USS Essex and Hornet in the South Pacific, on December 29, 1812, Constitution was off the coast of Brazil in 13 minutes six minutes South, 31 degrees West, when she encountered HMS Java (38 guns) under Captain Henry Lambert. Battle was joined at about 1400, and Constitution opened fire at about half a mile. Java had the better of it at first, but by 1725 Constitution's overwhelming firepower and superior gunnery had reduced Java to a mastless hulk, with 124 of her crew killed or wounded, including Captain Lambert. Constitution's casualties were 34 (or 52, according to British estimates) dead and wounded. Java was so riddled with shot she had to be blown up. Dramatic though the victory was, damage to the Constitution prevented Bainbridge from continuing his cruise against British shipping.
Constitution put back to Boston where the wounded Bainbridge was replaced by Captain Charles Stewart. After a brief cruise to the Caribbean in early 1814, she put back to Boston where she remained until December 1814 when she again slipped the British blockade. On February 20, 1815--a week after the war was formally ended--she sailed into action against HMS Cyane (22) and Levant (20) off Madeira. She forced both ships to strike and both ships were taken as prizes, though Levant was recaptured by a British squadron on March 11. Constitution arrived at New York on May 15, the most celebrated ship in the U.S. Navy.
Out of commission for the next six years, she returned to the Mediterranean between 1821 and 1828. Two years later she was saved from the scrapyard after a public outcry sparked by the publication of a poetic encomium by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Constitution emerged from her rebuilding in 1835 and thereafter sailed on a number of diverse assignments, including the Mediterranean and Home Squadron, and on the South Pacific stations and, in 1844-46, a 29-month circumnavigation of the world. During the Civil War she saw duty as a navy training ship. Rebuilt in the 1870s, she sailed again as a training ship until 1881, after which she was used as a receiving ship in New Hampshire. In 1897, she was brought to Boston for preservation. She made an extended goodwill voyage in 1931-34, when she was towed to 76 ports along the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts. Maintained as a museum ship at Boston, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world. To ensure equal weathering on both sides of her hull, she leaves her dock for a turnaround cruise in Boston Harbor on every July 4th.
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The text substitution feature of Mac OS X is intended to make it easier to type symbols (such as the copyright and trademark symbols) and fractions. However, you can use this feature to create a shortcut for any text you type on a regular basis.
- Text Substitution Video Tutorial
- Video Tutorial: Bigger Version (.mov, 5 MB)
- Directions (HTML)
- Print Directions (Tagged PDF)
- Choose Apple, System Preferences, Language and Text.
- Select the Add (+) button in the lower left corner of the window, then enter your shortcut and the desired replacement text in each field.
- To test out your shortcut, open Pages, TextEditor or any word processing program and type your shortcut. When you press the Space Bar, your shortcut should be replaced with the full text you entered in the Language and Text preferences.
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Voices of Mixed Heritage
Voices of Mixed Heritage: Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations invites students and educators to engage with the topic of mixed heritage and identity in the United States from the mid-19th century to the present.
Students will investigate the voices and representation of those who identify as mixed-heritage individuals through oral histories, archival primary sources, popular culture references, and contextualizing secondary sources. These resources will allow students to unpack complex political concepts such as race, racism, identity, equity, and self-determination.
Why Study Voices of Mixed Heritage?
Voices of Mixed Heritage builds on Brooklyn Historical Society’s groundbreaking initiative, Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations (CBBG). From 2011–2014, the CBBG project created an oral history archive with a supporting public programming series. The project examined the history and experiences of mixed-heritage people and families, cultural hybridity, race, ethnicity, and identity in the historically diverse borough of Brooklyn and, as a result, created a space for dialogues around racial justice.
This curriculum offers an historical context for discussions about mixed heritage and identity, with an emphasis on mixed race and racial justice. The focus on race is intended to act as a tangible entry point for students to begin to examine identity and heritage, and as a springboard for other facets of identity politics.
Voices of Mixed Heritage includes:
- Primary and secondary materials from the BHS collection and other archives, including photographs, newspaper and magazine articles and oral history transcripts.
- Oral history files to let students hear first-hand from people who are a part of Brooklyn’s unique history.
- Critical thinking questions and document-analysis activities to help students observe, question, analyze and interpret the material.
- A Teacher’s Guide, with lesson plans, historical background information, time lines, teaching ideas, guiding questions, extension activities, and reproducible activity sheets.
Oral History Interviews
Corbin Laedlein - Were You Adopted?
Corbin Laedlein was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His mother is also a native of Brooklyn and his father grew up in southern New Jersey. Laedlein was raised in Red Hook and Bedford-Stuyvesant, and attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City and Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. While at Rutgers, he co-founded Fusion: The Rutgers Union of Mixed People, an organization for mixed-race students to talk about identity, racism, relationships, and other social issues. After graduation, Laedlein went on to work for Added Value, a non-profit in Red Hook that aims to develop new leaders through urban agriculture.
Sonnet Takahisa - Being In Between
Sonnet Takahisa was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She has Japanese, and Russian and Polish Jewish ancestry. She grew up in Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Canarsie, Brooklyn. Takahisa attended Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts for an undergraduate degree in East Asian Studies and Japanese Studies, and the University of Washington at Seattle for a graduate degree in East Asian Studies. She worked as the director of education at the The National September 11 Memorial & Museum and also as a consultant at various art and cultural heritage institutions.
Asha Sundararaman - Third Culture Kids
Asha Sundararaman was born in Palo Alto, California. She grew up in California, Indiana, Canada, and Nigeria. Her father, an immigrant from India, worked for Chevron and was relocated several times during Sundararaman’s childhood. Sundararaman attended Wellesley College in Massachusetts, where she was an active member in Fusion, an organization for mixed race students. She attended graduate school in London, England, and also lived in India and Angola. She later moved to Park Slope, Brooklyn, and worked as a volunteer coordinator for Orbis International, an organization that works to prevent blindness in developing countries.
Robert Hammond - Makes Me 100% True American
Robert S. Hammond, born 1926, grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a predominantly Italian neighborhood. His mother was African American and Native-American from a tribal-owned island off the coast of South Carolina, and his father was African American and European-American and also from the South. Hammond enlisted in the Navy in 1943 when he was 17 years old. After joining the Navy choir, he was selected as one of seven African American men from his group to be enrolled in the Hospital Corps School. This was the first group of African American men to be enrolled in the medical training. After he left the Navy, Hammond moved to Brooklyn, completed high school at Boys High and opened a restaurant and nightclub on Fulton Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Hammond went to a historically black college and got his master’s degree in public health from the University of Michigan. He has had a long career in public health in California and elsewhere.
Sergia Andrade - Where Do I Fit?
Sergia Andrade grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and in France. Her parents emigrated to France from the West African island Cape Verde and then later moved to Brooklyn. Her mother’s family was an aristocratic Portuguese colonial family in Cape Verde, while her father’s family was descended from black African slaves. Through genetic testing, Sergia also discovered she has Jewish ancestry
Thanks to Our Partners
Voices of Mixed Heritage: Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations and the corresponding curriculum kit have been made possible by generous support from the following organizations.
Additional funding was provided by:
New York City Council Members Letitia James (Council Member 2004-2013), Brad Lander, Darlene Mealy, and Albert Vann (Council Member 2002-2013).
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In the late 1920s and early 1930s, furniture manufacturers found a ready market for kitchen cabinets. These were designed to hold almost everything the cook needed, complete with flour bins, egg racks and extending tables. They also often had vented compartments as refrigerators were still uncommon.
From 193234 in the USA, General Electric and Westinghouse opened cooking institutions. Engineers, chemists, architects, nutritionists and professional cooks studied all aspects of the kitchen. The work process was scientifically investigated, and the way was opened for the modern streamlined kitchen Continue reading →
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Natural History of Diseases Associated With Allergic Inflammation: Atopic Dermatitis and Genetic and Congenital Diseases Associated With Atopic Pathways
- Allergic inflammation is central to allergy-related diseases and disorders, such as asthma, food allergies, and atopic dermatitis. Atopic dermatitis, commonly called eczema is a chronic, noncontagious skin condition, usually starting in the first years of life, which causes itching and scaling of an individual s skin. Because atopic dermatitis is a common condition in children who have allergy-related diseases, including asthma, researchers are interested in studying both individuals with atopic dermatitis and their close relatives (parents and children) to better understand how allergy-related diseases develop and progress. In addition, some patients with inherited disorders with features including atopic dermatitis or other aspects of allergy such as food allergy, asthma, hay fever, hives, and others, will also be seen.
- To study the natural history of diseases of allergic inflammation, such as atopic dermatitis or genetic disorders associated with allergic inflammation.
- Children and adolescents between 1 month and 21 years of age who have a documented history of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis.
- Individuals between 1 month and 80 years of age who have a suspected genetic or inherited allergy disorder related to atopic dermatitis or allergic pathways.
- Child and adult relatives of eligible participants will also be studied on this protocol.
- The study will require one initial visit to the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (lasting 1-5 days), as well as any required follow-up visits for treatment and research studies. Participants will receive treatment for atopic dermatitis and other allergic diseases as part of the study for up to 1 year.
- Participants will have some or all of the following tests as part of this study:
- A detailed physical examination and medical history
- Allergy skin prick testing to examine participants' responses to different allergens.
- Blood samples for additional allergen testing, testing the immune system, and other research purposes
- Skin punch biopsy to take a skin sample
- Lung function tests to measure airflow from the lungs and inflammation
- Food-related tests to diagnose potential food allergies
- Leukapheresis to collect white blood cells only
- Research samples, including stool specimens, saliva samples, buccal swabs (to collect cells from the inside of the cheek), and skin cell samples
- Clinical digital photography to provide images of affected and healthy skin.
- Participants will be asked to return for follow-up visits and tests for up to 1 year after the initial visit(s).
Hyper IgE Syndrome
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Allergic inflammation is central to the pathogenesis of allergic diseases, including atopic dermatitis, asthma, allergic rhinitis, and food allergy. These disorders are common, affecting up to 50 million Americans, and their pathophysiology remains poorly understood. Among allergic diseases, atopic dermatitis is common, with a prevalence of up to 20% in children, is associated with the most dramatic elevations of IgE levels and most prominent T-helper type 2 cell (Th2) inflammation, and treatment remains challenging. Atopic dermatitis is also the first manifestation of allergic disease in many children, making it an ideal disorder for studying the mechanisms of development and progression of allergic diseases. In addition to atopic dermatitis, there are also a number of genetic and congenital diseases, most presenting in childhood, that have prominent allergic manifestations, including dermatitis, or affect atopic pathways. These disorders provide further opportunity for advancing our understanding of the genetics and pathophysiology of diseases of allergic inflammation. The NIAID Laboratory of Allergic Diseases (LAD) has a long interest in exploring the mechanisms of allergic inflammation. Utilizing the resources of the LAD and the NIH Clinical Center, we will advance our understanding of allergic inflammation and the genetics and pathogenesis of allergic diseases through the study of these patients. The findings of this protocol will have implications for improved diagnosis, treatment and prevention of allergic diseases, including atopic asthma.
The overall goal of this exploratory protocol is to study the natural history of diseases of allergic inflammation, focusing on subjects with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis or with suspected genetic or congenital disorders associated with allergic inflammation. Research studies obtained from participants will be used to explore the genetic, immunologic, structural, and microbiologic abnormalities of these diseases. Research studies obtained from blood samples, allergy skin testing, and skin biopsies of unaffective relatives and healthy volunteers will be used as controls for assays and genetic tests. Results of research studies will be correlated with clinical features of allergic manifestations of disease and response to therapy.
Subjects eligible for enrollment in this study include children and a subset of adults with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis or children and adults with a suspected genetic or congenital disorder associated with atopy or affecting an atopic pathway. Unaffected relatives of an enrolled subject (both children and adults) and healthy adult volunteers will also be eligible for separate enrollment.
The initial enrollment for this protocol will be 600 primary subjects over 5 years. In addition, approximately 300 healthy or affected parents, siblings, or other relatives may be enrolled for initial history and clinical and research laboratory evaluation only. Approximately 150 unrelated healthy adult volunteers will be also enrolled. Atopic dermatitis subjects in this study will receive standard care for allergic diseases, both outpatient and inpatient, during the period of enrollment and will receive extensive evaluation as clinically indicated, in addition to research studies.
|Contact: Michelle R O'Brien, R.N.||(301) [email protected]|
|Contact: Kelly D Stone, M.D.||(301) [email protected]|
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What Is The Right Position For Pooping / Defecation (passing stools):
Constipation is a very common condition that affects people of all ages. It means you are not passing stools (faeces) as often as you normally do, you have to strain more than usual or you are unable to completely empty your bowels. Constipation can also cause your stools to be unusually hard, lumpy, large or small. Constipation can be either acute or chronic and many people only experience constipation for a short period of time with no lasting effects on their health.
Medical studies showed siting in a right position during pooping can help to clear more faeces.
What can cause constipation?
There are many triggers that can cause the symptoms of constipation and they can include:
- Lack of fluids
- Slow Transit Colon
- Lack of exercise
- Some medicines, especially pain killers
- Some people with neurological problems such as Parkinson’s disease or Multiple Sclerosis are prone to constipation.
- Surgery around the anus can sometimes be a cause of constipation mainly due to pain when emptying the bowel afterwards.
- Conditions such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Colitis and Crohns Disease.
- Ignoring the urge to open the bowels
- There is a strong connection between emotional feelings and how the gut works. Feeling upset can make your bowel slow down or speed up.
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Centreville Civil War Forts & EarthworksIn the fall of 1861, after their July defeat at Manassas (Bull Run), Union forces retreated to Washington, D.C. to organize and retrain. Confederate forces concentrated in Centreville to bolster their defense of Northern Virginia and protect access to the Orange and Alexandria Railroad which led to Richmond, the Southern Capital.
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|Date Added||Sunday, September 21st, 2014 at 10:59pm PDT -07:00|
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|Decimal Degrees||38.84313333, -77.42730000|
|Degrees and Decimal Minutes||N 38° 50.588', W 77° 25.638'|
|Degrees, Minutes and Seconds||38° 50' 35.28" N, 77° 25' 38.28" W|
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|Closest Postal Address||At or near 13931 Malcolm Jameson Way, Centreville VA 20120, US|
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Afraid of means having been caused to have (i.e. possessing) fear of. "Of" in this case means "resulting from," with the full implication that the entity feared is also the causative agent of the fear. In other words, if we say George is afraid of ghosts, then we are essentially saying that ghosts made George afraid of them.
Thus we can see that "brave of" would not be syntactically equivalent. Brave does not mean having been caused to have bravery. It means "bold; possessing courage; unafraid." This is not a result of the effect of any outside agency. A ghost cannot make George brave. So I find "brave of" to be grammatically invalid.
Alternatively, I have heard the usage "brave about," as in "George is rather brave about doing things most people wouldn't venture to do." And I believe "about" could be used in place of the "of" suggested in the OP; for example, I think you could say, "George is brave about ghosts," although generally I think people are more comfortable saying "brave about" an action, such as, "brave about going into a haunted house," or "brave about" some generalization, such as "brave about anything that has to do with ghosts." Another way of putting it would be "brave when it comes to searching for ghosts." These are just a few examples; there are more.
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a minor key with the notes B, Cu266F, D, E, Fu266F, G, A
B minor is a minor scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, C♯, D, E, F♯, G, and A. The harmonic minor raises the A to A♯. Its key signature has two sharps. Its relative major is D major, and its parallel major is B major. Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. In Baroque times, B minor was regarded as the key of utter despair. The theorist Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart regarded B minor as a key expressing a quiet acceptance of fate and very gentle complaint, something commentators find to be in line with Bach's use of the key in the St John Passion. By Beethoven's time, however, the perception of B minor had changed considerably: Francesco Galeazzi wrote that B minor was not suitable for music in good taste, and Beethoven labelled a B minor melodic idea in one of his sketchbooks as a "black key". It is a common key used in rock, folk, country and other guitarist-based styles because the standard tuning of a guitar causes all the open strings to be scale degrees of B minor.
Song lyrics by b minor -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by b minor on the Lyrics.com website.
The numerical value of B minor in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
The numerical value of B minor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
A clever man commits no minor blunders.
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
It is just a minor surgery, the results are normally very good, this should never have happened.
Absence lessens the minor passions and increases the great ones, as the wind douses a candle and kindles a fire.
Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.
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VPN basically stands for virtual private network that enables laptops and computers to send and receive information across public or shared networks exactly the way when they are actually connected with a private network along with benefitting from the security, functionality and management strategies of the private networks. One can create a VPN network by simply establishing a point-to-point connection by busing virtual tunneling protocols, dedicated connections and traffic encryptions. Top implementations of VPN tend to include IPsec and Open VPN.
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If you would actually go through some VPN reviews, then you would find out that earlier data networks used to allow remote connectivity only with the help if dial-up modems and leased line connections. Such networks are regarded as true VPN as they indirectly secure the data that is being transmitted by the generation of logical data streams. They have been now replaced by IP and MPLS networks because of which there have been considerable cost reductions along with enhanced bandwidth imparted by the latest technologies such as fiber optic networks and DSL lines.
VPN can be either used for connecting computer to a network or a specific site with a site. In case of corporate settings, remote access VPN tend to allow users to access the intranet of their companies even while travelling outside offices.
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The Center for Disease Control has some recommendations on managing the symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Being healthy is important for all children and can be especially important for children with depression or anxiety. In addition to getting the right treatment, leading a healthy lifestyle can play a role in managing symptoms of depression or anxiety. Here are some healthy behaviors that may help:4
- Having a healthy eating plan centered on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes (for example, beans, peas, and lentils), lean protein sources, and nuts and seeds
- Participating in physical activity for at least 60 minutes each day
- Getting the recommended amount of sleep each night based on age
- Practicing mindfulness or relaxation techniques
- An app to try to help you with relaxation and to track goals is Calm. Click here to learn more/download.
- Find an outlet through journal or talking
- Prompts to try with journaling
- If someone chooses you to talk to…..
- Pay Attention. Give the speaker your undivided attention, and acknowledge the message.
- Show That You’re Listening
- Provide Feedback
- Defer Judgment
- Respond Appropriately
4Anxiety and Depression in Children. (2020, March 30). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/depression.html
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INFINITIVE verb: What is an Infinitive? This lesson will help you understand clearly about the infinitive definition, infinitive examples and more.
What is an Infinitive Verb? | Infinitive Definition
1. What is an Infinitive? | Infinitive Examples
An infinitive will almost always begin with to followed by the simple form of the verb. Basically, an infinitive verb is a verb with the word “to” in front of it.
- to be
- to get
- to make
- to play
- to learn
When you use an infinitive verb, the “to” is a part of the verb. It is not acting as a preposition in this case. And the verb is always just the verb: no -ed, no -ing, no -s on the end.
2. How to use an Infinitive verb in a sentence
As the subject of a sentence
- To get good mark is not easy.
- To choose time is to save time.
- To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Like an adjective or adverb phrase that expresses purpose or intent
- My instruction is to read this book before sleeping.
Following an indirect object
- She asked me to do the task.
- She told my Mom to wake me up.
List of Verbs Followed by INFINITIVES
Verb + Infinitive
- would like
Verb + Infinitive or Gerund
List of verbs can go with infinitives or gerunds.
- can/can’t bear
- can/can’t stand
- go on
Infinitives in English | Infographic
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Definitions of ye
- Alt. of Ye 2
- an old method of printing the article the (AS. /e), the "y" being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (/). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4. 2
n. - An eye. 2
pron. - The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case. 2
adv. - Yea; yes. 2
The word "ye" uses 2 letters: E Y.
No direct anagrams for ye found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after ye (in bold), or to ey in any order:
a - aye yea b - bey bye d - dey dye e - eye f - fey g - gey h - hey yeh k - key l - ley lye n - yen p - pye yep r - rye s - yes t - tye yet w - wye yew
All words formed from ye by changing one letter
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Browse words starting with ye by next letter
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2 days ( 9am – 5pm )
Program Overview :
How to Read Others’ Thoughts by their Gestures
Reading body language is very exciting indeed! If you know how to read and interpret body language, you can predict other people’s mood and thinking process.
You can persuade and influence them more effectively by doing things that are in harmony with their present state or mood. The power of persuasion is now in your hands!
Who should attend:
- Trainers, or Educators.
- Customer Service, Sales, Marketing, Secretaries, PAs, Supervisors, Administrative HR, Accounts, PRs Executives, Officers and Supervisors;
- All Managers and Executives whose job requires them to communicate, influence and deal with people effectively.
- Read emotions and moods through body language
- Detect deception by looking at hands and eyes
- Boost your career and relationships with your boss, co-employees, and even strangers
- Be an effective communicator by accompanying words with the right body language
- Make a positive first impression and get liked or trusted on the first meeting
- Have greater awareness of body positions and the meanings.
Body Language – Basics and Introduction
- Defining body language, kinesics and non-verbal communication
- What does body language encompass?
- Body language background and history
- Non-verbal communication – nature or nurture?
- Is body language relative to age, gender and culture?
Body Positions and Movements
- Head position – straight, tilted, lowered
- Facial expressions – six universally recognized expressions
- Eye movement and focus – various directions and meanings
- Handshakes – palm up, palm down, weak and strong handshakes
- Hand positions – front, back, nervous gestures
- Arm positions – open and closed , reserved or authoritative
- Body position – upright, slouch, mirroring positions
- Closeness, space – private, personal, social and public space
- Other silent signals – possibly part of your blind spot
- Interpreting body language as a whole and not in isolation
Body Language in Different Situations
- Body language when meeting someone for the first time
- Non-verbal communication during presentations
- Unintentional gestures that might leave a negative impression
- Useful tips to improve your overall body language
- Some advice on body language interpretation
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Today we're going to look at a simple technique for figuring out the radius of an arch, so you can mark it out cleanly and get a nice cut. This particular arch will be 6 inches below our top plate, and it will be 12 inches high and 36 inches wide, but this process will work for any dimensions.
Here's how you do it:
1. From one end of a 4-foot wide sheet of plywood, measure down 6 inches on both sides and draw a line across; this will be the top of the arch.
2. Measure another 12 inches down from that line and draw a line across the plywood (18 inches total from the end of the plywood); this will define the bottom ends of the arch.
3. Make a mark 6 inches in from each side (taking away a total of 1 foot, since we're making a 36-inch wide arch on a 48-inch wide sheet), and make one more mark in the middle of the sheet, on each of the lines above.
4. Draw a line from each of the outer marks (the ones that define the width at 36 inches) on the line that is 18 inches from the edge of the plywood (the bottom edges of the arch) to the center mark on the line that is 6 inches from the edge (the top of the arch), making a triangle.
5. Measure the length of the angled lines you just made (the two lines that go from the center of the top of the arch to the two bottom points of the arch), and find and mark the center of each (in this case, 10-13/16 inches is the distance from one end to the center of each line).
6. Put a screw at the center of the top of the arch (the center of the line 6 inches from the end of the plywood), and one screw at each of the bottom points of the arch (the marks 6 inches in from each end of the line that is 18 inches from the end of the plywood). Each screw should be located so that the end of your tape measure will be directly over the mark on the plywood when hooked over the head of the screw.
7. Pick a measurement that is more than half the length of the angled lines of the triangle; in this case we're using 20 inches.
8. One at a time, hook your tape measure over each of the screws you just placed, hold your pencil at the measurement you just picked (in this case, 20 inches) and make an arc. Draw these arcs so that they cross each other near the middle of the plywood.
9. Use a straightedge to draw a straight line from one of the line midpoints you marked in step 5 to where the arc you just drew from the top of the triangle and the arc you drew from the same side of the plywood cross. Do the same for the other midpoint from step 5.
10. The two lines you drew in step 9 (perpendicular to the angled lines in the triangle you drew in step 4) should cross in the middle of the plywood below the bottom of your arch. Put a screw at the point where these lines cross.
11. Hook your tape measure over the head of this screw, and use your tape measure and pencil as a compass, connecting the marks where you previous screws (in step 6).
Now you've drawn your arch — all you need to do is cut it out.
Note: if this process seems a little complicated, you can alternatively use a framing square to draw the perpendicular lines that extend down from the ceter marks you made in step 5. With that done, you can jump right to step 10, place a screw in the point where these perpendiculars cross, and complete your arc with yor tape-measure "compass".
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Dark Gums: What Causes Them And How To Treat Them
While it may not be very well known, thousands of people have black gums also known as gum hyperpigmentation. As the name suggests, the most common symptom is dark black spots or blotches on the gums. On rare occasions, it may be a sign of gingivitis but…. When should you see your dentist? What are some good treatments? What can you do to prevent dark gums in the first place? This article will address all of these questions and more!
What Causes Black Gums?
Dark gums are a common symptom of chronic gum disease, also known as gingivitis. Gingivitis is an inflammation of the gum tissue, which can be caused by the accumulation of plaque around the teeth that are not removed or treated. This leads to an overgrowth of bacteria in the mouth, which breaks down the tissue that protects your teeth from decay. In some cases, dark gums may be a sign of periodontal infection as well, which can lead to tooth loss if left untreated. Left untreated for a long period of time dark gums can cause early aging and tooth discoloration due to staining from plaque buildup on teeth.
Why Should I Care?
If you have dark gums, it’s important that you take the time to identify the cause of your condition. There are many possible factors that could be responsible for the dark patches on your gums, such as a lack of vitamin C, medications like tetracycline, or the use of some types of toothpaste. Regardless of what is causing the discoloration, there are a number of home remedies that you can use in order to make them lighter. These include brushing your teeth with baking soda or charcoal powder once every week and using toothpaste made specifically for sensitive teeth. If these don’t work, consult with your dentist about getting professional help.
Are there Any Permanent Solutions?
If you have dark gums, your dentist will likely tell you that they are a sign of gum disease. Although it is not always the case, it is often the first step in diagnosing this condition. The treatment for hyperpigmentation can vary depending on what is causing it. If the problem is bacterial, then your dentist may recommend a course of antibiotics to reduce inflammation in your mouth. If you have an infection, then usually a more intensive course of antibiotics will be needed. Your dentist might also recommend using oral rinses that are meant to reduce inflammation or whiten teeth in order to combat the brown stains caused by plaque build up on your teeth.
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Whitening At Home?
Whitening at home can be done if you have the right ingredients. The first thing you will need is lemon juice. Lemon juice contains vitamin C, which is a natural bleaching agent. Listerine mouthwash also works well for whitening teeth at home because of the hydrogen peroxide in it that helps break down stains on your teeth caused by smoking, or drinking coffee, tea or wine. Some people also use baking soda as a whitener but it may be too harsh for sensitive teeth so consult with your dentist before trying this method.
Whitening With A Dentist?
The first step in getting dark gums is to see your dentist. There are many causes of black gums, so your dentist will be able to determine the root cause. If it’s just a case of gingivitis, then treatment may be as simple as brushing more often or using an antibacterial mouthwash. If it’s something more serious, like diabetes, then lifestyle changes may be needed in order to reverse the effects.
The Right Way To Whiten Your Teeth:
While most of us know that we should drink plenty of water, eat healthy foods, and brush our teeth twice a day, there are other things you can do to whiten our teeth. The best way to whiten your teeth is by using toothpaste with an added ingredient such as hydrogen peroxide or baking soda. These ingredients help remove stains from the surface of the tooth. You may also want to try brushing with a toothbrush that has an added ingredient such as activated charcoal or baking soda because these compounds help absorb stains from within the tooth.
Gum hyperpigmentation is a relatively common problem, but it can be hard to diagnose without seeing the person in question. The most common symptom is black blotches on the gums. It may also be a sign of gingivitis, but this is rarer.
The most likely cause of black gums is trauma to the gum tissue from brushing too hard, or not using a toothbrush with soft bristles. Other possible causes are malnutrition, smoking, vitamin deficiency (B6), iron deficiency anemia, and certain medications.
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Yesterday’s post about Marianne Nicolson’s powerful pictograph in Kingcome Inlet and the post from a few days ago about the enormous Tsunami in Lituya Bay got me thinking again about recent work in Knight Inlet on the central B.C. Coast (map).
A recent project by a team of geomorphologists and an archaeologist, UVic’s own Duncan McLaren, investigated oral historical accounts about Kwalate Village of the A’wa’etlala and Da’naxda’xw peoples, of the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations. The accounts state that a landslide in Knight Inlet triggered a local Tsunami which swept this village away. This account is known anthropologically through a number of sources, including Franz Boas (1910, Kwakiutl Tales):
“About three generations ago, or possibly at an earlier date, a large portion of the mountain opposite Kwalate Point slid into the inlet causing a huge tidal wave which wiped out all of the inhabitants of the village opposite…and the vast slide is noticeable today”.
Of course, the story of the destruction of Kwalate is still told and the dead, unknown in number but perhaps up to one hundred, are still mourned and memorialized in the surrounding communities. While it is not necessary, or even desirable or possible, for archaeology to confirm oral historical accounts, when that happens it can be of interest to archaeologists and First Nations people alike.
The research project did indeed confirm that there was stratigraphic evidence of Tsunami deposits overlaying a one-metre thick shell midden, with a series of radiocarbon dates putting the Tsunami event at between about 1550 and 1600 C.E., somewhat older than Boas’ estimation. But, being 300 to 400 years ago, they are still within recent cultural memory among those who have strongly structured oral historical traditions.
The origin of the slide, which consumed over 800 vertical metres of mountain and amounted to about four million cubic metres of rock, is only a few kilometers away and the wave would have struck just over one minute after the failure allowing no time for escape. The authors describe the wave as 2-5 metres in height. However, such waves constitute the displacement of the entire water column at a water depth of several hundred meters, and are not just surficial phenomenona like normal waves. When such a wave runs up into shallow areas the hundreds of metres of water column are forced upwards and outwards, increasing the size of wave by several orders of magnitude just when it matters most: as it hits the shore
In memory of the dead from the four numayns, or kinship groups afffected , four pictographs were painted on a nearby rock face. Each design is a copper, comparable to Marianne Nicolson’s “Cliff Painting” which is in the next inlet to the north. These memorial pictographs can still be seen to this day. As seen below, note that each copper design is different, and most likely represented an individual, named copper with its own history and deep set of associations. These would have been immediately recognizable to all who passed by this tragic location.
Brian D. Bornhold, John R. Harper, Duncan McLaren, and Richard E. Thomson (2007). Destruction of the First Nations Village of Kwalate by a Rock Avalanche-generated Tsunami. ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN 45(2) 2007, 123–128 doi:10.3137/ao.450205
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Scientists Have Figured the Best Way To Get Ketchup Out of the Bottle
Plenty of scientists spend lots of time working on projects that will never directly affect our lives. For instance, you’ll never be traveling to Mars. I don’t care what sort of down payment you gave that guy in Belize; no spaceships are leaving anytime soon. So even though it sounds far less exciting, we should never overlook the efforts of scientists who set out to make our day-to-day lives better: People like the University of Melbourne’s Dr. Anthony Stickland whose studies include figuring out the best way to get ketchup out of a bottle.
“If you tilt a bottle of water, the water flows out because it is a liquid. But tomato sauce prefers to be in the bottle because it is technically a solid, not a liquid,” Stickland explains, expounding on ketchup (which the Aussies sometimes call “tomato sauce”) for his university’s website Pursuit. Accepting that ketchup has a unique makeup is at the forefront of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering expert’s condiment pouring advice. The burger topper is actually composed from tomato solids suspended in liquid and those solids create a continuous network, providing additional strength and resisting motion. In fact, if we want to get very technical about it (and Pursuit does), ketchup doesn’t even obey Isaac Newton’s Law of viscosity, making it what is called a “non-Newtonian fluid.” Yeah, you never knew that ketchup had some PhD-level properties going on!
However, a field of physics called “rheology” specifically deals with these kinds of unique solid/fluid hybrids. “Suspension rheology explains all the phenomena seen in tomato sauce bottles and provides the answers to the perennial sauce question, which can be tackled in three main steps,” Stickland states. Finally, you lost us all at non-Newtonian fluid Stickland, just give us the steps…
First, shake the bottle with the lid on to mix all that ketchup back together evenly. Second, turn the bottle upside down and let the ketchup settle into the neck. Third, tilt and pour, adding a touch of force by smacking the bottle if the ketchup won’t come out.
It’s that simple! And if it doesn’t work, just go to the old standby… Step four: Curse loudly and start again from step one.
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Ferritin is a protein which binds to iron, a mineral in your body. Iron blood tests results quantifies how much iron is in your body. Normal values are 7-270 mcg/L, depending on the laboratory and whether the patient is a man, woman or child. High or low values are cause for concern and may indicate disease states. High levels or hematochrosis may be caused by cirrhosis, hepatitis, Hodgkin's disease, leukemia, arthritis or lupus. Low levels indicate a deficiency of iron due to heavy menstrual bleeding, poor diet, intestinal bleeding and other conditions.
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Iron is a metal, vital to proteins, enzymes, oxygen transportation, cell growth and differentiation, muscle and organ function. Most iron is used to transport oxygen to tissues, some to muscles and also for enzymes which catalyze other functions. Iron is used by the body and resupplied by nutrition. Iron deficiency is the number one nutritional disorder in the world according to The World Health Organization. Iron deficiency anemia and iron deficiency affects 30-80% of the world population. Most deficiencies are due to bleeding disorders, especially in the gastrointestinal tract, capillaries and veins. A subnormal blood test result will indicate one of these dangerous conditions exist, or infection or cancer. Barring those conditions, inadequate nutrition or malabsorption of iron is indicated.
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Serum ferritin radioimmunoassay is considered the test of choice for diagnosis and is helpful in indicating the amount of iron bound to transferrin in the blood (serum). Two values are important, the total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) and transferrin saturation, the percentage of transferrin bound to iron. When a decisive diagnosis is needed, a bone marrow aspiration test is completed, which involves taking a sample of fluid and cells.This test is necessary to detect abnormal red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and in the possible case of some anemias, leukemia, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkins lymphoma, infections or tumors.
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Other tests include mean cell volume (MCV), transferritin saturation (TS), serum ferritin radioimmunoassay, red cell protoporphyrin (RCP), red cell volume distribution (RDW), and red cell ferritin (RCW). The test ordered will depend on the patient's history and symptoms and the degree of sensitivity and type of diagnosis needed. For instance, the serum ferritin is insufficient for possible inflammatory and liver diseases.
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Symptoms of fatigue, paleness, irritability, increased heart rate may indicate that you need an iron test. Your physician will do a physical examination and a complete medical history. An iron test is usually ordered with a complete set of blood tests. Iron blood test results will indicate a normal, higher or lower than normal value quantity. A higher or lower value than normal may prompt your physician to order other tests. Normal values for men are 76- 198 mcg/L. For women, a normal range is 26-170 mcg/L. Barring a systemic problem like blood loss, your physician will likely advise you to increase your intake of iron rich foods and possibly take an iron supplement.
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An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Spain and Croatia led an investigation into the peculiar lifestyle of numerous spider species, which live, feed, breed and 'walk' in an upside-down hanging position. According to their results, such 'unconventional' enterprise drives a shape in spiders that confers high energy efficiency, as in oscillatory pendulums.
The great majority of land animals evolved to use the ground as the main support for their motion. Accordingly, they evolved legs capable of supporting the weight of their whole bodies, enabling them to move around with their heads above their feet. However, many spider species found it more convenient to literally turn their world upside down. They spend most of their lives hanging suspended by their legs, and 'walk' by swinging under the influence of gravity.
Intrigued by this evolutionary phenomenon, a team of biologists from the Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (CSIC, Almería) in Spain, joined by an astrophysicist from the University of Split, Croatia, conducted an inquiry into biological advantages and caveats of such a peculiar lifestyle by studying over a hundred spider species. One of their focal questions was the evolutionary importance of 'bridging' -- the technique many spiders use to move between remote plants by building their own silk bridges, which they cross by 'walking' suspended upside-down from them.
Earlier research by other authors indicated that for monkeys this suspensory way of locomotion might be a more energetically efficient way of transportation than 'regular' walking on the ground. To this end, the authors took several spider species into the laboratory and compared how they handle two different types of movement - walking on the ground and bridging from branch to branch.
"We discovered that spiders that live upside-down have evolved disproportionately longer legs relative to 'normal' spiders, which enables them to move faster while bridging than while 'normally walking' on the ground. Particularly 'clumsy' walkers are larger spiders, because their long legs -- otherwise so convenient for bridging -- do not allow an easy lifting of their relatively large body mass" says Dr. Jordi Moya-Laraño from Spain, the principal investigator on this project.
For Dr. Dejan Vinkovi, astrophysicist from Croatia, this research is more than a biology study. "As a physicist, I was particularly interested in the energetics of upside-down locomotion" he says. "With this research we finally proved that the energetic efficiency of such motion stems from the same physical principle used to run the grandfather's clock -- motion of a pendulum under the influence of gravity."
Dr. Eulalia Moreno, co-author of the study, adds: "We started this collaboration with Dr. Moya-Laraño because I had studied the form and function of legs in tits, birds that, similarly to spiders, hang upside-down while foraging. Now, we have a much better understanding of how an animal shape should evolve when animals spent most of their lifetime hanging upside-down."
These results have implications for the evolution and ecology of spiders. For example, small spiders that hang from their webs should be able to leave their webs in search for prey by walking on the ground, as found in some tiny spiders, something that large spiders will be unable to do efficiently.
Journal reference: Moya-Laraño J, Vinkovi D, De Mas E, Corcobado G, Moreno E (2008) Morphological Evolution of Spiders Predicted by Pendulum Mechanics. PLoS One 3(3): e1841. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001841
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Former U.S. President Clinton and mayors from around the world are gathering in Seoul this week for a summit on reducing greenhouse gases in the world's cities. London Mayor Boris Johnson says the leaders hope to agree on ways to end the world's "endless addiction to the internal combustion engine." South Korean scientists are proposing a "middle of the road" solution.
At South Korea's leading technology university, the electric car of the future does not require a pit stop to charge or change batteries - because it draws its power right from the road itself.
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, headquartered in Daejeon, about 150 kilometers from Seoul, is working on a vehicle it calls "OLEV." That stands for Online Electric Vehicle.
At this point, it looks like a souped up golf cart. But engineering professor Cho Dong-ho, the manager of the OLEV program, says some revolutionary technology is on board.
"This model [has] a power supply system installed under the ground," said Cho.
An experimental track at KAIST features power cables buried under a strip in the road, over which the car passes. Magnetic receivers on the bottom of the car siphon power over the airwaves, with no physical connection, recharging the battery. The power charging strips are designed to be installed at intersections and other places where traffic slows down naturally, so vehicles can derive the maximum charge.
Professor Cho says the technology will have big benefits - but will take some time to implement.
He says widespread use of the technology will automatically solve many of Korea's environmental and fuel scarcity problems. The key challenge, he says, will be building a reliable and extensive infrastructure.
He says if current trials are successful, a field trial is planned in the South Korean capital. After that, other local cities will get a chance to adopt the online electric vehicle.
One of the key attractions of the model is that it eliminates the need for countless individual charging stations for each vehicle, or the need to swap out batteries on a continual basis. Instead, the online road strips are connected to larger charging stations, which South Korea intends to charge mainly through nuclear plants.
Cho says the online vehicle is a cost-effective solution for mass transit planners.
He says the main competitors of this electric vehicle are electric subways and trams. However, establishing subways costs about $10 million a kilometer, and about $5 million per kilometer for a tram line. By contrast, he says online electric vehicle power strips will cost only about $400,000 per kilometer.
Cho says the technology has proven safe to use around people and machinery in all experiments so far. Future power strips will be designed big enough for use by large buses at first, then by smaller online electric cars later on. Each of the vehicles are designed to be able to switch to "battery mode," so they can depart from the charging strips and drive anywhere at all for a limited period of time.
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Many co-op and condominium buildings consider themselves fortunate to have income-producing commercial tenants on their ground floor. More often than not, these tenants are medical professionals: doctors, dentists, small outpatient treatment clinics, even veterinary offices. With these tenants comes welcome revenue – and fewer of the hassles that often accompany other types of commercial tenants, like noise, traffic, and large amounts of trash.
That said, medical and veterinary practices do come with one notable consideration. It’s known as regulated medical waste (RMW) and it's strictly controlled and monitored by both New York State and New York City. Unlike garbage, which must be sorted by residents and properly disposed of by building staff, medical waste and other hazardous waste items must be removed by competent, licensed professionals.
What Is RMW?
According to the web page of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, regulated medical waste is defined as “material generated in the research, production and testing of biologicals or health care, such as infectious animal waste, human pathological waste, human blood and blood products, needles and syringes (also known as sharps), cultures and stocks (microbiological materials), and other infectious waste, e.g. materials contaminated with infectious agents such as the Hemorrhagic Fever viruses.” Certain chemicals used in chemotherapy and other procedures (referred to as hazardous waste) must also be disposed of with special handling.
How Is RMW Disposed Of?
According to Sean Fredricks, President of Red Bags, a company with locations in New York and New Jersey that provides disposal services for both RMW and other hazardous materials: “RMW must be disposed of by a licensed medical waste disposal company.” Fredricks also mentions that there are two distinct licenses for RMW and other hazardous waste products. He recommends that when seeking a disposal company, find one that carries both licenses.
Fredricks explains that doctors' offices in residential buildings are subject to the same stringent rules and regulations as other locations that produce medical waste, such as hospitals and nursing homes. “They must employ a waste removal company that is certified by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). In a co-op or a condo, the company would be obligated to provide proof of insurance to the management company for the corporation or association.”
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There are two meanings to the word “discriminate”
recognize a distinction; differentiate.
make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, sex, age, religion etc
Unfortunately over the period of time most people have come to associate the word with the second definition. Of course, I don’t have statistical data on this claim so feel free to disagree with me here. This change in perceived literal meaning of the word is not as harmful to the world as the larger acquired fear among people to discriminate according to the first definition. Some people are hesitant to call spade a spade because they are afraid that “others” might view it as discrimination according to the second definition. Some more people abstain from discriminating even when touchy topics are not involved because they have started to think any kind of discrimination is a monstrous idea.
Why is it important to differentiate is highlighted in a hindi proverb:
सोने का मूल्य जौहरी ही जाने(Value of gold is known only to a jeweler)
If you don’t have the skill of a jeweler you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between a piece of gold and a piece of any other glittering material. You may think all that looks like gold is equally valuable. The ability to tell the difference is important and it is a useful skill.
Similar thought is expressed by a Kannada saying
ಕತ್ತೆಗೆ ಏನು ಗೊತ್ತು ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಪರಿಮಳ(How does a donkey know the pleasant smell of a musk deer)
Musk deer also looks like a donkey but humans can smell the aroma and appreciate the perfume from a musk deer. But a donkey doesn’t care about the perfume. Probably it doesn’t even think musk deer smells good. Here, a donkey is a metaphor for people who can’t tell the difference between good smell and bad smell. In other words, this saying is used to shame people who can’t appreciate refined content from ordinary content. The content may be in music, literature, science etc.
Fundamentally, it is important and necessary to discriminate between a good work from a bad work or a great talent from an ordinary person or a better idea from a bad one. This discrimination helps us create better future because we shouldn’t treat bad content equal to good content. Without this discrimination one will treat Aryabhatta and me same in same manner. One will keep this blog next to the works of Kalidasa. It doesn’t make sense right? That is precisely because you can discriminate me and my work from the great people and their work. You have the ability to appreciate good work.
It doesn’t matter what is your definition of good and bad. As long as you have a personal yard stick. If your yardstick is wrong it won’t stand the test of time. But demonizing discrimination makes incentivizing great ideas, people and talent impossible. What is worse is that it forbids weeding out the bad ideas and works and also puts wrong people in positions of authority. A recent example which exemplifies the dangers of failing to discriminate is Brexit referendum. When you treat every voice in the society equal to that of an expert the results can be devastating.
Fact of the matter is there are some people, content and ideas which are better than others. We mayn’t have proper quantifying mechanisms but that doesn’t make everything/one same. Comment below some commonly heard phases which say “Every —— is same”.
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The Transylvania County Historical Society has made an interesting find that ties the Rockbrook Camp property to the oldest Presbyterian church in the area. Local historians Keith Parker and Gene Baker now believe the “Mamre congregation” had its “Presbyterian Meeting house below the mouth of Dunn’s Creek” right across from the main entrance to Rockbrook. What’s phenomenal is that this church was in place in 1798. That’s the same year that the U.S. government officially obtained this land from the Cherokee! This means the property that would later become Rockbrook Camp (when Nancy Carrier’s father Henry Peck Clarke purchased it) was a thriving community more than 100 years before the camp was founded. This area, known as the Dunn’s Rock Township, was the third largest in the area when Transylvania County was formed in 1861.
Now take a look at this view of the French Broad River valley from the top of Dunn’s Rock. We’re not sure what year it was made (and whether it’s a colorized photograph or a painting based on a photograph; thanks to Roger Raxter for giving us a copy), but you can clearly see, along the bottom edge, the old “Dunn’s Rock Bridge” crossing the river. Right next to it, you can make out the red roof of what we think is that old Presbyterian meeting house from 1798. It was just south of where the bridge crossed the river. Like the church, this bridge is no longer there.
Such important history surrounding Rockbrook!
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Castle Rising Castle is one of the most famous 12th century castles in England. The stone keep, built in 1140 AD, is amongst the finest surviving examples of its kind anywhere in the country and, together with the massive surrounding earthworks, makes Rising a castle of national importance. In its time Rising has served as a hunting lodge, royal residence, and for a brief time in the 18th century even housed a mental patient.
The most famous period in its history was when it was lived in by the mother of Edward III, Queen Isabella, following her part in the murder of her husband Edward II. The Castle passed to the Howard family in 1544 and it remains in their hands today, the current owner being a descendant of William D’Albini II, the Norman baron who built the Castle.
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Purpose of Assignment
Students should be able to calculate time value of money problems including solving for; present value, future value, rate and payment, determine the value and yield of corporate bonds, and use the dividend discount model to calculate the value and expected return of a common stock.
Resources: Tutorial help on Excel® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft®Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web that offer support for office products.
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Brno (bûrˈnô) [key], Ger. Brünn, city (1991 pop. 388,296), SE Czech Republic, at the confluence of the Svratka and Svitava rivers. It is the second largest city of the Czech Republic and the chief city of Moravia. Brno is an industrial center known for its international trade fairs and for its textile and metal manufactures. The famous Bren gun, later made in Enfield, England, was developed in Brno. Tourism is also economically important.
Originally the site of a Celtic settlement, Brno grew between two hills, one of which, the Spielberg (Czech špilberk ), had a castle known in the 11th cent. The city became part of the kingdom of Bohemia, whose king, Ottocar I, confirmed Brno's ancient charter, a model of liberal town government, in 1229. King Wenceslaus I made it a free city by royal decree in 1243, and Brno flourished in the 13th and 14th cent. In the Hussite Wars it sided with the Roman Catholic Church. The city was besieged in 1645 by the Swedes and served as headquarters for Napoleon I during the battle of Austerlitz in 1805. The Spielberg castle, which was captured by Hapsburg forces during the Thirty Years War, became (1740–1855) their most notorious political prison. Franz von der Trenck and Silvio Pellico (who described it in Le mie prigioni ) were its most celebrated inmates. In the 19th cent. Brno became one of the foremost manufacturing towns of the Austrian empire. Most Germans were expelled from the city after World War II.
Brno's landmarks include the cathedral (15th cent.), the old and new town halls, several fine Gothic and baroque churches, and Mies van der Rohe's classic modernist Villa Tugendhat (1930). Masaryk Univ. (founded 1919), Beneš Technical College, a music conservatory, and several fine museums are also located in the city.
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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See more Encyclopedia articles on: Czech Political Geography
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Dr Arambam Birajit
Instead of absolute electoral reforms, quite a number of partial modifications have been carried out till today in different phases of time to bring a quality politics in India. “None Of The Above” popularly known as NOTA is also one of the modifications. As per ruling of Supreme Court on the 27th Sept 2013, NOTA was first introduced in the assembly election of five states i.e. Bihar, Chhattisgarh, M.P., Mizoram and Rajasthan. In fact, this option is not a new brand of its kind in the electoral scenario of India and abroad. Before introducing the NOTA, under section 49(O) of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 a voter could enter his/her electoral serial No. in form 17A and cast a negative vote. The Presiding Officer would, then, put a remark in the form and get it signed by the voter. This was done only to prevent fraud and misuse of votes. This section 49(O) stood annulled after the Supreme Court declared the NOTA provision. The previous provision of negative voting could not protect the right of “Secret Voting”. Whereas, today’s NOTA protects that right.
NOTA is known in different names in different countries like Spain, Columbia, Greece as “White Vote” and in Ukraine as “Against All”. In the history of Representative Democracy this option was first introduced in the state of Nevada, USA in 1978. Some criticize that people, who never involve in any social activities and blame everyone, will vote for NOTA by branding the inseparable politics to be an untouchable entity. Any way, it may be another logic but the situation, nowadays, has come that there is no place in politics for ethically right doers. Therefore, the purpose of NOTA has, now, become more and more clear.
The continuing downfall plight of politics due to nepotism, corruption and criminalization among the politicians, people look at them with intense hatred. This is the sole reason for giving birth to the NOTA in India that gives the “Right to Vote” for those citizens who do not have any option due to unwanted candidates. Though, it is highly needed to revisit as to how far this NOTA option addresses the frustrated people. The value of votes of all; high and low, caste and creed is equally treated. Whereas, the NOTA is as of now treated as invalid vote and has no value of “Right to Reject”. Just it is merely an instrument of protest. Suppose, out of 100 voters 99 vote for NOTA and the candidate getting only one valid vote will be declared as winner.
The meaning, according to the present existing nature of the NOTA, is that opinion can be expressed but that will not be taken care at any cost. In fact, the principle of NOTA is also based on that consent requires the ability to withhold consent in an election just as they can by voting “No” on ballot question. If the right, the opinion is prejudicially neglected in the electoral democracy, it is obviously indicated that the prevailing system is not working in its true sense.
Not only in NOTA but even in the “First Past the Post” system (FPTP) also the votes given to the looser candidates are being wasted. In this connection, people more prefer the scientific Proportional Representation system (PR) in which no vote gets wasted. Therefore, either NOTA vote or Normal vote of everyone, in a sense, should have something impact in the outcome. The only system which can retain the value of everyone’s vote (both NOTA and Normal vote) is “Mix Member Proportional Representation” system (MMPR). Even though, today’s NOTA is necessarily needed to rectify its mechanism. A PIL has already been filed in Madras High Court seeking the full right to reject in place of NOTA. Mostly, Nexalite affected areas are higher in NOTA vote.
Bihar state assembly election in 2015 saw 2.49% of NOTA vote which, so far, remains the highest NOTA vote polled in any state assembly election. Hope that, NOTA vote polled percentage will surely more increase than over and above the existing rate only as and when it possesses some values. Whereas, the raising of NOTA vote is not a symptom of healthy democracy but the provision and campaigning on NOTA vote should be taken as an eradication movement to prevent the transforming of Politics into “Pollutics” by corruption and criminal activities. This will lead to a drastic systematic change in polls and all the political parties will be forced to project their clean candidates. Owing to the healthy electoral participation, the turnout of voters will be higher and as a follow up result, the proxy vote will be unquestionably minimized.
Keeping this view, some personal proposals are being highlighted through this esteemed daily. That, if the number of NOTA vote is more than that of the winner candidate, the provision of full right to reject can be applied and repoll can be arranged among the fresh candidates. This situation may not be happened frequently but the system should be there to use as and when needed. The second proposal is the provision of Right to Recall. Recently, regarding the right to recall, Mr. Varun Gandhi, M.P. from Sultanpur constituency of U.P. has moved a private member Bill in the Lok Sabha for non-performing M.P.s and M.L.A.s.
But the performance assessment of an M.P. or M.L.A is somewhat difficult and the matter has not been still taken up for discussion in the public domain or among the political parties. On other hand, assessment for right to recall through NOTA vote will be an easy, self explanatory calculation.
For instance, the number of vote secured by a winner candidate can be divided by 5(five) as an electoral term is of 5 years. The quotient will be considered as one year, and further time period i.e. half, quarter, month and so on can be definitely calculated from the above quotient. If the number of NOTA vote amounts to one year or more, the amount of time will be deducted from the 5 years tenure of the winner candidate.
Then, the winner candidate will hold office for the remaining time period only. After that, Bye election for a new verdict can be held to complete 5 years tenure of an electoral term. And another case may also be considered that if the equivalent time is less than one year, the second winner i.e. the second preference of the concerned constituency can be given a chance to be a representative for the remaining time period or a harden / cut off line may be imposed to prevent unnecessary change of representative for the negligible short time period.
For legalization of all these proposals, a discourse of all sections of society i.e. political leaders, experts, intellectuals and interested individuals is highly needed. If so, a valid vote of NOTA having the power of reject value and recall value will provide an immense opportunity to resolve the problems of unwanted candidates of dirty politics.
Source: The Sangai Express
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What Should We Do to Make Learning More Efficient?
I’d like to talk about 3 aspects of knowledge: span, depth and connections between the disciplines. I’ve come up with a good metaphor to bring these aspects together, and it looks very to the point. Though, I don’t like metaphors that much, as they’re misleading quite often.
Basically, my metaphor stems from another metaphor according to which people can be broken down into two types. The first type is someone who likes to go over many things in their learning and research. The people of the second type pick just one or two disciplines and dig into them. The first type are foxes, the second type are hedgehogs.
To me, learning looks very much like a geological field research. Imagine that you’re facing a new mysterious continent. You know nothing about it. Of course, you can see mountains, forests, rivers but you have no idea of what’s in there. You don’t know what’s over the horizon, is there a sea, how cold this continent is on the north and what’s the temperature in the south.
So, you start putting the map together. You send expeditions everywhere and you sketch the local maps. Then you drill surface holes to identify the soul texture and composition. Then you discover oil, gold, diamonds, and you start mining.
Learning follows exactly the same scenario. Let’s say you’re studying maths. In the beginning you know very little about it. Okay, you count to 10, and you see how three red balls are different from five blue balls. Step by step you’re discovering some new territories. You learn multiplication tables, and you’re amazed as you get to know the real numbers, or as you find out that it’s impossible to divide by zero. You briefly touch upon differential calculus, and for some unknown reason you learn how to take integrals. By the time you’re 16, you’ve got the map of the nearby territories on your hands, but most likely you have no idea of the set theory, topology and functional analysis. It’s very unlikely that you’ve acquired in-depth knowledge in any of the fields in mathematics. Just scooped and scratched the tidbits off of the surface.
High school doesn’t provide solid knowledge. You only sketch your map at school as you get ready to drill the surface holes.
Choosing your field can be easy … or difficult. One way or another, there you are at a university. Your teachers rightly assume that you know nothing. The truth is: most of the teachers don’t really care where you start your drilling. They deliver their lectures in a boring or in a fun way, and they rarely put any emphasis on the connections between disciplines. Take physicists: they grab differential calculus and use it to solve their problems. No one cares to trace mathematical analysis to physics and to check if it can be used there. Any given scientific field is an island on your map. For some reason, the common belief states that it’s your job to build bridges between the islands – or at least to set up a ferry service.
Your map abounds in the white patches of seas and oceans that can hardly be drilled, except for the shelf areas.
The islands of knowledge build up clusters as they become one integral whole for you, and instead of the bridge an archipelago emerges. That’s the time when you lay down the foundation for cross-field connections. As these connections take shape, the archipelago transforms into a solid land, good enough to host a highway. For example, you’ve got this distinct knowledge of what derivatives are, and how they can be applied to mechanics. Bang, there you go, now you definitely see a connection between the motion of bodies and differential calculus.
Why differential calculus is a standalone subject in the school curriculum? Why no one ever says how it can be applied to solving practical tasks?
The contemporary education, at least in this country, does help if you’re set to discover and develop the new islands… but not the new continents. Too little attention is paid to the connections, as well as to the paths and the logic of discoveries. That’s too bad.
Foxes and Hedgehogs
Back to knowledge span vs. knowledge depth. When you set out to some new field, it’s better to put together a map first, that is, to acquire a span of knowledge. That’s the only way to be able to dig deep into the subject later and identify the spots for drilling.
You must be a fox first, to be able to shape-shift into a hedgehog later. That’s the problem of today’s world: it’s much easier to end up being a fox forever, than to become a hedgehog. I feel it myself; it’s a lot harder to get deep down into your chosen field of knowledge. You always want to read just one more blog post, check Twitter, take a look at this interesting article or book. When all the world’s information is at your fingertips, it’s soo tempting to be a fox.
The spot is selected, and the drill sharpened. So, how to drill now? Watch out for interesting soil layers and horizons. If you reach those layers, you’d never roll back. Beware the space in between the layers – that’s where the rocks might crumble. You dig deep into the subject, you read, you do something, and there’s a moment when things fall into place. Congrats! You’ve found the gold.
There’s one more good metaphor, I’ve picked it up in some book. In the beginning you find yourself in the dark room, and you’re using touch and feel to discover what’s in this room. Then there’s an instant, when the lights turn on, and you see very clearly what is where. The same is going on in your head. The light is suddenly on, and all the standalone concepts get precisely aligned. You will never forget that moment, and this clear alignment will always be there. The lights will be on at all times. The overhead lights might dim with time, but they won’t go out completely.
At times it’s very hard to make yourself keep on drilling. When you see that nothing changes, and you’ve been pecking this subject for several months with no evident progress, you just want to give up everything and get away to some sunny beach. What are you supposed to do in this case? The answer is the same – keep on doing it. If you give up once, give up twice – you’d lose your self-confidence, that’s it. You’d obsess over the thought that you’re good for nothing and get stuck at your current layer forever. You have to keep on drilling. You have to get to the first precious layer and experience the “aha!” moment. You have to turn on the lights to see what’s in the room.
What’s the difference between brilliant programmers and average programmers? It might well be about just one thing: with brilliant programmers, this faith is there all along. They just believe they can’t be anything else but brilliant programmers, whereas average programmers never conjure such things and give up on the drilling eventually. The power of faith and self-confidence can work wonders.
What if you don’t like the drilling location that you’ve previously selected? You have to get busy with something else then. If you take no delight in the studies, if you unconsciously register the count of pages in a new book the moment you open it – this subject or this discipline is not for you. Go over your map one more time and find another location. Maybe you’d get interested in UX, or automation, or marketing. With one or two trial drillings you will locate the spots worth putting your effort into.
So, how we learn? What should we do to make the learning process more efficient?
- Turn on “the fox mode” and sketch your map. Identify some starting points for a more in-depth look into the subject.
- Try to make sense of the connections between disciplines and order the studies logically. It’s quite easy on the high-level.
- Turn on “the hedgehog mode” and dig deep. You’ll have to interrupt the focused digging though to jump to the related subjects, otherwise you won’t be able to reach the even deeper layers.
A great teacher would disclose his map to the students, guiding their way and showing implicit connections between the disciplines. Students will never lose their way if they have such a map.
Unfortunately, I haven’t come across a teacher who would have done that to his students. So I have to break through the jungle all by myself, working with my machete and carrying my torch, as I put new territories on the map. Hopefully, my children will have better luck.
P.S. Translated from Russian by Olga Kouzina.
(Note: Opinions expressed in this article and its replies are the opinions of their respective authors and not those of DZone, Inc.)
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You've probably heard of herpes and know it can come in two strains, genital or oral. But that's about as far as most people's knowledge of the STI goes. No shade, BTW. Our sex education in this country is so dire, it's not our fault. But, we do need to know much more about the symptoms, treatments, cures and tests for oral herpes because according to the World Health Organisation, 67 per cent of humans have the infection.
Transmission of HSV-1 occurs by direct exposure to saliva or droplets formed in the breath of infected individuals. In addition, skin contact with the lesions on an infected individual can spread the disease to another individual. Although close personal contact is usually required for transmission of the virus, it is possible to transmit HSV-1 when people share toothbrushes, drinking glasses, or eating utensils.
Genital herpes is contracted through sexual activity, and may show symptoms around the genital area (anus, buttocks, thigh, penis, vulva, etc.). Additionally, people with HIV can experience significantly worse symptoms of herpes. See a doctor if your partner has herpes, or if you notice any unusual sores on your body. How do you know if you have herpes? Read more in our Diagnosing Herpes section here.
HSV-1 has been proposed as a possible cause of Alzheimer's disease. In the presence of a certain gene variation (APOE-epsilon4 allele carriers), HSV-1 appears to be particularly damaging to the nervous system and increases one's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. The virus interacts with the components and receptors of lipoproteins, which may lead to its development.
Worldwide rates of either HSV-1 or HSV-2 are between 60% and 95% in adults. HSV-1 is usually acquired during childhood. Rates of both increase as people age. Rates of HSV-1 are between 70% and 80% in populations of low socioeconomic status and 40% to 60% in populations of improved socioeconomic status. An estimated 536 million people worldwide (16% of the population) were infected with HSV-2 as of 2003 with greater rates among women and those in the developing world. Most people with HSV-2 do not realize that they are infected. The name is from Greek: ἕρπης herpēs which means "to creep", referring to spreading blisters. The name does not refer to latency.
According to Cullins, there are no standardized guidelines from the CDC for suppressive therapy through medication, but it is an option that people with HSV should talk to their healthcare providers about. “If a person knows they have had herpes in the past that has affected their genitals, they can take suppressive therapy — for example, 500 mg of valacyclovir daily.” While it won’t prevent outbreaks, it will prevent asymptomatic virus shedding. Preventing exposure to the virus through both medication and a physical barrier can be very effective.
If you think you have or have been exposed to herpes you should see your primary care provider for follow up, screening, and possible treatment. Many providers today will not test unless you have symptoms of an outbreak, as often tests come back as false positive and the CDC has concluded that false positives cause psychological trauma to those tested. There is much debate on if you should test without symptoms or not, others say it is unethical to not be aware of your current STD status and risk infecting other people.
Herpes infection can be passed from you to your unborn child before birth but is more commonly passed to your infant during delivery. This can lead to a potentially deadly infection in your baby (called neonatal herpes). It is important that you avoid getting herpes during pregnancy. If you are pregnant and have genital herpes, you may be offered anti-herpes medicine towards the end of your pregnancy. This medicine may reduce your risk of having signs or symptoms of genital herpes at the time of delivery. At the time of delivery, your doctor should carefully examine you for herpes sores. If you have herpes symptoms at delivery, a ‘C-section’ is usually performed.
When a herpes outbreak occurs, you can expect cold sores to take about 10–14 days to heal on average. During this time period, the virus is considered to be active, and you should be very careful to avoid direct contact between a sore and someone else. If after trying the natural remedies for herpes described above you still experience frequent recurrences, talk to your doctor for how to get rid of herpes symptoms. Sometimes immunity is suppressed due to another infection or virus, or even as a side effect of taking some medications, so be sure to rule these causes out.
In infants for whom the condition is quickly diagnosed and controlled by antiviral medication, prognosis is good. However, in untreated and undiagnosed infants, the virus can attack the body’s organs systems, causing serious and potentially life-threatening complications, including seizures and Encephalitis, which can cause brain and/or spinal damage.
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Herpes symptoms commonly show in or around the mouth. Sores may also occur at the back of the throat, causing the lymph nodes in the neck to swell. Mouth herpes is very common in children, as their parents or relatives can pass it on to them easily by a greeting or goodnight kiss. To get a better understanding of oral herpes, let us take a look at its causes.
Basically, even if a herpetic flare is untreated, the entire course of the flare from prodromal symptoms to complete resolution will take about ten days to three weeks. The body is capable of handling such an infection to minimise the effect of it as such.When we prescribe medications for a herpes flare, it’s usually antiviral tablets or creams. Sometimes a steroid course is necessary. These are all in the hopes of expediting the healing process, not as a cure for the virus. Like earlier mentioned, you can be symptom-free, but still, be having the virus in your body waiting for your antibodies to be distracted leaving it free to flare up again.
“You don’t want an infant delivered through infected birth canal or vulva because the infant can be infected,” Cullins explains. A neonatal herpes infection is a real risk because it can cause problems with brain development and eye and skin infections, or even be fatal. And since there is more risk for transmission from mother to baby during an initial outbreak than during a recurrent outbreak, the CDC stresses that it’s incredibly important for pregnant women to avoid contracting a new herpes infection.
After exposure to the virus, many people experience a so called primary infection which is typically associated with sores on or around the genitals or the anus. During a primary infection some people experience pain in the groins or a mild fever. Not all infected individuals experience a primary infection or show any symptoms at all, but they can still pass the disease on to other people.
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What is Western Veterinary Medicine?
Western Veterinary Medicine is the process of treating symptoms with drugs, surgery or radiation.
Western, or conventional, medicine had its breakthrough in the early 1800s. New medicines and methods have been developed over the years. As a result of continuous research, Western medicine continues to evolve and improve every single day.
Drugs such as amoxicillin, prednisone, Zyrtec®, and Prilosec® are common medicines used by many doctors today.
Why choose Western Veterinary Medicine?
In our opinion, the question should be ‘when’ more-so than ‘why’.
Opposed to using herbs as in Eastern medicine, modern day drugs typically work faster and are more readily available. When dealing with time-sensitive matters, such as infection, antibiotics are usually the first choice.
For more serious cases, such as a pet with a broken leg, surgery may be necessary.
Western veterinary medicine and Eastern veterinary medicine both have their positives and negatives. As a result, we encourage people to combine the two as much as possible.
Our Western Veterinary Medicine Services
Every dental cleaning includes:
- Dental exam
- Teeth scaling to remove tartar above and below the gum line
- Polishing the teeth to “smooth down” the surface and build a resistance to future plaque formation
- Antiseptic flushing to remove cleaning debris and bacteria.
Dentistry is an outpatient procedure that requires anesthesia. Depending on the age or health conditions of your pet, pre-anesthetic blood work may be required.
Veterinary endoscopy enables us to visualize your pet’s gastrointestinal system. Diagnosis and treatment of oral, esophageal, stomach, colon and upper intestinal tract disease is much easier using this method.
Anesthesia is mandatory for proper evaluation. Pets are placed under sedation or general anesthesia, and then a flexible endoscope (about the diameter of your ring finger) is inserted into the cavity being visualized.
An animal’s ability to mask pain is amazing and frustrating all at once. Fortunately, we have ways of looking at the inside of the body via bloodwork and microscopes. After all, your pet’s health on the inside is just as important as the outside!
Our pharmacy has a large selection of pharmaceuticals. When possible, we believe in the convenience of leaving your appointment with your prescription in hand. We can write prescriptions when needed, however.
Radiology & Ultrasound
High-quality radiographs (X-rays) are a vital step in ensuring an accurate diagnosis. We do radiographs on-site and results are available immediately. Radiography helps evaluate your pet’s musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, reproductive and urinary systems.
Ultrasonography is a non-invasive technique used to obtain a three-dimensional image by using sound waves. With that, we can visualize the heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, pancreas, adrenal glands and bladder. Ultrasound is also helpful for pregnancy exams, tendon evaluation, fluid collection, and biopsies.
Our goal is to ensure the safest, most efficient, pain-free procedures for your pet. Our surgical suite is equipped with a heated surgery table, advanced sterilization techniques, ECG and oxygen saturation monitor, intra-operative fluid delivery, and post-operative pain management.
We provide surgical services for soft tissue, orthopedic, and ophthalmic cases. We also refer to surgical specialists when needed to ensure the best care for your pet. Some surgeries we provide are listed below:
- Cranial Cruciate Tear repair
- Patella Luxation
- Fracture Repair
- Abdominal Exploration
- Tumor Removal
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National Institutes of Health
- The primary NIH organization for research on Anthrax is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Anthrax is a disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a germ that lives in soil. Many people know about it from the 2001 bioterror attacks. In the attacks, someone purposely spread anthrax through the U.S. mail. This killed five people and made 22 sick.
Anthrax is rare. It affects animals such as cattle, sheep, and goats more often than people. People can get anthrax from contact with infected animals, wood, meat, or hides. It can cause three forms of disease in people. They are
Antibiotics often cure anthrax if it is diagnosed early. But many people don't know they have anthrax until it is too late to treat. A vaccine to prevent anthrax is available for people in the military and others at high risk.
NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
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Many know the dangers of the heat in summer, especially to pets. As the heat rises, the dangers to your dog increases. There are some simple safety tips you can follow to help keep your pet safe throughout the summer.
As weather rises to 90 degrees, it is important to start bringing extra water around to prevent your dog from overheating. Either collapsible water bowls or even just bringing an extra water bottle is a perfectly easy solution for everyday summer walks. When your pup is home, make sure to give them fresh cold water more often too. Also, add some ice cubes to prevent them from vomiting.
Another tip is choosing certain times to walk. Before the sun rises and before noon are best. That way, you avoid at least walking outside during the hottest part of the day. Try to find a route with more shade and less blacktop asphalt, too. This propecia no prescription online will keep your puppy’s paws from cracking in the heat and give you both some needed cooler areas. Even when you’re just relaxing in the backyard, shade is always better.
Make sure not to over-exercise your pet. No one knows your dog like you do, so make sure to watch out for warning signs of overheating. That includes excess panting, lethargic movements, vomiting, seizures, etc. Also, know that dogs with lighter fur are more likely to get sunburned so watch out! There are sunscreens for your furry friend that you can find in some stores or can easily be shipped from online.
Even with the obstacles that come in the summer, nothing should stop you and your puppy from having tons of fun! Just some extra water and ice cubes for them, keep a watchful eye, and enjoy more time in the shade, and you and your dog will have a great time!
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WUWT readers may remember way back when…I posted this from Joe D’Aleo:
Joe wrote then:
Clearly the US annual temperatures over the last century have correlated far better with cycles in the sun and oceans than carbon dioxide. The correlation with carbon dioxide seems to have vanished or even reversed in the last decade.
There’s a new paper by Paulo Cesar Soares in the International Journal of Geosciences supporting Joe’s idea, and it is full and open access. See link below.
Warming Power of CO2 and H2O: Correlations with Temperature Changes
Author: Paulo Cesar Soares
The dramatic and threatening environmental changes announced for the next decades are the result of models whose main drive factor of climatic changes is the increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Although taken as a premise, the hypothesis does not have verifiable consistence. The comparison of temperature changes and CO2 changes in the atmosphere is made for a large diversity of conditions, with the same data used to model climate changes. Correlation of historical series of data is the main approach. CO2 changes are closely related to temperature.
Warmer seasons or triennial phases are followed by an atmosphere that is rich in CO2, reflecting the gas solving or exsolving from water, and not photosynthesis activity. Interannual correlations between the variables are good. A weak dominance of temperature changes precedence, relative to CO2 changes, indicate that the main effect is the CO2 increase in the atmosphere due to temperature rising. Decreasing temperature is not followed by CO2 decrease, which indicates a different route for the CO2 capture by the oceans, not by gas re-absorption. Monthly changes have no correspondence as would be expected if the warming was an important absorption-radiation effect of the CO2 increase.
The anthropogenic wasting of fossil fuel CO2 to the atmosphere shows no relation with the temperature changes even in an annual basis. The absence of immediate relation between CO2 and temperature is evidence that rising its mix ratio in the atmosphere will not imply more absorption and time residence of energy over the Earth surface. This is explained because band absorption is nearly all done with historic CO2 values. Unlike CO2, water vapor in the atmosphere is rising in tune with temperature changes, even in a monthly scale. The rising energy absorption of vapor is reducing the outcoming long wave radiation window and amplifying warming regionally and in a different way around the globe.
From the conclusion:
The main conclusion one arrives at the analysis is that CO2 has not a causal relation with global warming and it is not powerful enough to cause the historical changes in temperature that were observed. The main argument is the absence of immediate correlation between CO2 changes preceding temperature either for global or local changes. The greenhouse effect of the CO2 is very small compared to the water vapor because the absorbing effect is already realized with its historical values. So, the reduction of the outcoming long wave radiation window is not a consequence of current enrichment or even of a possible double ratio of CO2. The absence of correlation between temperature changes and the immense and variable volume of CO2 waste by fuel burning is explained by the weak power of additional carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to reduce the outcoming window of long wave radiation. This effect is well performed by atmosphere humidity due to known increase insolation and vapor content in atmosphere.
The role of vapor is reinforced when it is observed that the regions with a great difference between potential and actual specific humidity are the ones with high temperature increase, like continental areas in mid to high latitudes. The main implication is that temperature increase predictions based on CO2 driving models are not reliable.
If the warmer power of solar irradiation is the independent driver for decadal and multidecadal cycles, the expected changes in insolation and no increase in green- house power may imply the recurrence of multidecadal cool phase, recalling the years of the third quarter of past century, before a new warming wave. The last decade stable temperature seems to be the turning point.
Full Text (PDF, 1794KB) PP.102-112 DOI: 10.4236/ijg.2010.13014
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The eye as a symbol has been around almost as long as man has been drawing. Different cultures and societies have incorporated the eye as a symbol of knowledge, providence, and divine direction. The eye is a powerful symbol representing not only the search for wisdom but also the need for protection from a higher power that watches from above.
Many cultures have used the eye as a symbol. In ancient myths, the eye is associated with a higher vision. According to Gerald Massey, author of "Ancient Egypt - The Light of the World," "The eye was a great emblem of great magical and protecting power." The eye of Horus symbolized the moon and the eye of Sut symbolized the sun. In India, the Eye of Siva is known as an all-seeing eye. During the Renaissance, the eye was a symbol for magic. According the Charles Vail, author of "The Ancient Mysteries and Modern Masonry," in Masonry, the all-seeing eye symbolizes the "sight that annals time and space". In other words, the eye represents "higher clairvoyance". In the Lodge of the Masons, the eye also symbolizes the "Omniscience of God." On the American dollar bill, it represents a guiding, protective force.
The eye has been used as a symbol for thousands of years. It appears in ancient hieroglyphics and it is still used today. It is commonly used because it is recognizable in all societies regardless of language. The Eye of Horus is one of the most recognizable eye symbols in the world. Another one of the most popular symbols of the eye can be seen on the American dollar bill. This eye is known as the Eye of Providence. The words "Annuit Coeptis," written above the eye, mean "favor" and "endeavor" respectively, which can be translated to mean providence favoring American endeavors.
Almost all symbols of the eye involve an open eye. Some symbols have rays of light extended from the eye while others are more crude depictions. The eye is almost always almond-shaped with at least an iris or pupil.
The symbol of the eye might mean different things to different cultures, but it is almost always associated with knowledge, foresight, power and/or protection. The eye itself is a powerful organ and all kinds of sight and knowledge are valuable. The symbol of an eye represents this significance. Divine guidance is also represented with an all-seeing eye.
The significance of the symbol of the eye remains in the function of the eye and the importance what and how we view things. In addition, many societies function under the notion that they are guided by a higher power, symbolized with a single eye watching over creation.
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Ankle sprains are one of the most common joint injuries runners experience. The injury can occur when one rolls over a rock, lands off a curb, or steps in a small hole or crack in the road. Usually the sprain is only mild, but on occasion it may seriously injure the ligaments or tendons surrounding the ankle joint. Management of this injury relies on early and accurate diagnosis, as well as an aggressive rehabilitation program directed toward reducing acute symptoms, maintaining ankle stability, and returning the runner to pre-injury functional level.
General Anatomy of the Ankle
The ankle is comprised of three main bones: the talus (from the foot), the fibula and tibia (from the lower leg). The three bones together form a mortise (on the top of the talus), as well as two joint areas (on the inside and outside of the ankle), sometimes called the "gutters." The ankle is surrounded by a capsule, as well as tissue (the synovium) that feed it blood and oxygen.
Some of the more important structures that hold the ankle together are the ankle ligaments.
Most ankle sprains involving the ligaments are weight bearing injuries. When a runner's foot rolls outward (supinates) and the front of the foot points downwards as he or she lands on the ground, lateral ankle sprain can be a result. It is usually this situation that causes injury to the anterior talo-fibular ligament. However, when the foot rolls inwards (pronates) and the forefoot turns outward (abducts), the ankle is subject to an injury involving the deltoid ligament that supports the inside of the ankle. This can occur when another runner steps on the back of the ankle, as at the beginning of a race, or when a runner trips and falls on the runner in front of him.
When assessing an ankle sprain, your podiatrist will want to know the mechanism of injury and history of previous ankle sprains. Where the foot was located at the time of injury, "popping" sensations, whether the runner can put weight on the ankle are all important questions needing an answer. If past ankle sprains are part of the history, for example, a new acute ankle sprain can have a significant impact.
The physical examination should confirm the suspected diagnosis, based on the history of the injury. One looks for any obvious deformities of the ankle or foot, black and blue discoloration, swelling, or disruption of the skin. When crackling, extreme swelling and tenderness are present, together with a limited range of motion, one may suspect a fracture of the ankle. A feeling of disruption on either the inside or the outside of the ankle may indicate a rupture of one of the ankle ligaments.
To check for ankle instability, the runner should be evaluated while weight bearing. Manual muscle testing is also valuable when checking for ankle instability. One of the more critical tests that a runner should be able to perform before allowing resumption of activity is a "single toe raise" test. If the runner is unable to do this, one might suspect ligamentous injury or ankle instability.
X-rays help rule out fractures, "fleck fractures" inside the ankle joint, loose bodies, and/or degenerative joint disease (arthritis). Stress X-rays are taken when ligamentous rupture or ankle instability is suspected. When a stress test is taken of your ankle, don't be surprised if the same test is performed on the other ankle. This is done to compare the two ankles, particularly in cases of ligamentous laxity (loose ligaments).
In the past, more commonly, ankle arthrography has been used. This involves injecting a dye into the ankle joint as it is X-rayed. This helps determine if a rupture of a ligament or tear of the ankle capsule has occurred. However, this procedure does involve some discomfort during the injection process, and, on rare occasions, an allergy to the dye occurs.
Other diagnostic tests include computerized tomography (CT Scan) to discover injuries of the bone, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to isolate and diagnose specific soft tissue injuries (ligaments, tendons, and capsule). The MRI is very specific, and gives a clear-cut view of these important structures.
Treatment of an acute ankle injury usually begins with an aggressive physical therapy program that controls early pain and inflammation, protects the ankle joint while in motion, re-strengthens the muscles, and re-educates the sensory receptors to achieve complete functional return to running activity.
Modalities that decrease pain and control swelling include icing, electrical nerve stimulation, ultrasound, and/or iontophoresis patches. Easy, mild motion, with the limits of pain and swelling, can actually reduce the effects of inflammation. A continued passive motion (CPM) machine can be very helpful in decreasing pain and swelling.
Resumption of running activity is usually dependent on the runner's limits of pain and motion, and is begun to tolerance. As the runner improves, diagonal running can be prescribed. It is important to protect the runner with braces such as air casts, ankle braces, etc., which help to allow motion at the ankle joint under weight bearing.
Home exercise programs are very helpful for the post-ankle sprain runner. Proprioception re-education is critical for both the acute as well as the chronic ankle sprain. It may involve using a simple tilt board or more sophisticated proprioceptive training and testing devices.
For the acute grade III lateral ankle sprain, or complete deltoid tear, complete immobilization is usually recommended for at least four weeks. Afterwards, a removable cast is used to restrict motion and allow for physical therapy. If the ankle does not respond and ankle instability is diagnosed, surgical intervention may be required.
Today, ankle arthroscopy - a much less invasive procedure than other surgery - allows the ligament to be stabilized with tissue anchors. This eliminates an extended period of immobilization, joint stiffness and muscle atrophy. Post-operatively, this primary ligament repair is protected for approximately a two to three week period of time in either a cast or removable cast boot, with daily-continued passive motion, cold therapy, and controlled exercise.
At three weeks, a simple air cast or ankle brace is applied for an additional three weeks while therapy and rehabilitation is progressing. At six weeks, these devices are used only during running and other athletic activity as a safeguard. As the runner resumes strength and proprioceptive capabilities, the devices are discontinued.
When an acute or chronic ankle sprain is not treated, as unfortunately is all too often the case, repeated ankle sprains may occur. Because chronic ankle injuries do not show acute inflammation even when the ankle is weak and unstable, this may set the runner up for another ankle sprain when least suspected. A successive sprain may be more severe than the first, and cause an even more significant injury.
The most important point to keep in mind when talking about ankle injuries, then, is to prevent the condition from becoming chronic or recurrent.
So the next time you roll over that stone, or land in that small hole, make sure that your simple ankle sprain is just that: "simple."
If you don't want to have a swollen ankle all the time while running, don't ignore early warning signs. If you have any doubts about its seriousness, have your podiatrist check your injury.
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John Jay Homestead presents numerous interactive learning opportunities for young visitors and their families! Six historic buildings feature hands-on, immersive Discovery Centers. Designed as interactive exhibits and exploration areas, the Discovery Centers illustrate history in a fun and engaging way. The fun doesn’t end there – borrow an explorer backpack from the Carriage Barn and investigate the 62-acre historic farm and gardens.
The Carriage Barn Education & Visitor Center features our largest Discovery Center. Surrounding a reproduction Governess’s Cart you’ll find five boxes to explore – each full of hands-on activities.
Our Historic Clothing box has a variety of girl’s and boy’s outfits to try on. These reproduction clothing items from the early 19th century will help you step back in time as you adopt a persona from John Jay’s era, “ride” in the cart and capture your own “old-time photographs.”
While dressed up, play with some of the items contained in the Historic Toys & Games box. The hand-crafted, reproduction games from the 18th and 19th centuries include instructions on how to play, and you’ll recognize the historic precursers of many of the games we still play today. Additional games, including hoop & stick, battledore & shuttlecock, jump ropes, graces, and stilts, are available on loan from the welcome desk.
Test your detective skills with our Object Detective box. What are the reproduction artifacts contained within this box, who used them, and what were they used for?
Many items we use today have a historic counterpart. The Then & Now box contains reproduction objects that look similar to those we use today, but are made using modern technology and man-made materials. Examine our bone handled, boar’s hair bristle toothbrush and compare it to the Oral-B toothbrush on sale at your local pharmacy.
As you explore the Homestead, you’ll notice all the field stone walls. According to John Jay, “My farm was from its first settlement occupied by tenants. They have left not trees fit for rails; nor can I obtain a supply in this neighborhood. The stones they could not destroy, and they are the only materials I have for fence.” Our Rock Wall box gives you the opportunity to build your own rock wall with our foam field stones.
The Discovery Center in our Red Barn emphasizes the Homestead’s agricultural past. Learn about what produce was grown here seasonally, try your hand at daily farm chores, look at historic photos of the farm, and milk our mechanical cow. Don’t miss the interesting exhibit in this building describing the history of farming on the property.
An original 1826 one-room schoolhouse includes a Discovery Center addressing early American education. Learn what the standard punishment was for tardiness, sleeping in class, and other rule infractions; complete arithmetic problems on an abacus; make your own hornbook – an early primer; and find out how a typical school day today is different from the day of instruction the Jay children would have experienced.
Constructed in 1925 by Eleanor Jay Iselin for her young son “Buddy,” this small playhouse is a fun location for our youngest of visitors to play “house” with traditional handcrafted toys. The adjacent Children’s Garden and sandbox, recreations of originals dating from the early 20th century, provide a lovely fair weather activity area.
Furnished entirely with reproduction furniture and objects, the kitchen is the one room in the historic house where visitors may immerse themselves in the early 19th century experience, learning through hands-on interaction with the objects and space. The Summer Kitchen provides visitors with a sense of the daily routine of the servants and slaves who served the Jay family. Vignettes in this Discovery Center emphasize the labor involved in laundry day, the different methods and materials used in candle and soap making, and show how the kitchen would often serve as living quarters for some of the slaves.
Adjacent to the Herb Garden is a potting shed that served the formal and cutting gardens in the 19th and 20th centuries. The larger of the two spaces features a Discovery Center focused on horticulture and the more formal, man-made landscape features of the Homestead. View a 1932 aerial photograph of the property showing the vast formal gardens, learn more about the varieties of flowers and herbs grown at the Homestead today, and plant your own flower to bring home with you. Be sure to visit the many beautiful gardens on the property.
We have three backpacks you can take with you while you explore the Homestead’s natural environment. Junior Explorers can use magnifying glasses and binoculars to study birds and animal tracks. Handy guidebooks are included as well to help explorers identify birds, mammals and plants. Findings can be recorded in the journal and the sketch pad and colored pencils can be used to draw a picture of the experience. We also have backpacks for Bird Watching and Landscape Art. If you’d rather play in the courtyard picnic area or adjacent field, borrow a Hoop & Stick, Game of Graces, Stilts, or a Battledore & Shuttlecock for some “old-fashioned” fun.
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Spotlight: Vitamin A
Impact of deficiency
Vitamin A deficiency makes children especially vulnerable to infection and worsens the course of many infections. Supplementation with vitamin A is estimated to lower a child's risk of dying by approximately 23 per cent. The deficiency is also the single most important cause of blindness among children in developing countries.
Who is affected
Over 100 million pre-school-age children suffer from vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A deficiency is also likely to be widespread among women in their reproductive years in many countries.
What vitamin A does
Vitamin A, stored normally in the liver, is crucial for effective immune-system functioning, protecting the integrity of epithelial cells lining the skin, the surface of the eyes, the inside of the mouth and the alimentary and respiratory tracts. When this defence breaks down in a vitamin A-deficient child, the child is more likely to develop infections, and the severity of an infection is likely to be greater.
Depending on the degree of the deficiency, a range of abnormalities also appears in the eyes of vitamin A-deficient children. In the mildest form, night-blindness occurs because the rods in the eye no longer produce rhodopsin, a pigment essential for seeing in the dark. In more severe forms, lesions occur on the conjunctiva and the cornea that if left untreated can cause irreversible damage, including partial or total blindness.
Vitamin A is found as retinol in breast milk, liver, eggs, butter and whole cow's milk. Carotene, a precursor of vitamin A that is converted to retinol in the abdominal walls, is found in green leafy vegetables, orange and yellow fruits, and red palm oil.
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Japan quake: With two natural disasters and a nuclear emergency, recovery begins
Sunday, March 13, 2011; 11:00 PM
TOKYO - Rescue teams searched Saturday for thousands of missing people along hundreds of miles of Japan's northeastern coast a day after a powerful earthquake and massive tsunami wiped entire towns off the map.
With much of its northeastern coastline already under water and reduced to matchstick wreckage, Japan also faced the nightmare of potential nuclear disaster after an explosion at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture prompted evacuations within a 12-mile radius.
As powerful aftershocks continued to rock Japan's main island of Honshu on Saturday - including temblors of 6.4 and 6.0 magnitude - teams of rescue workers scoured the Pacific coastline for survivors. Thousands of hungry people were huddling in emergency shelters without water or electricity, and large parts of the countryside were unreachable because of flooding and damage, news agencies reported.
While the rescue teams broadened their search along the devastated coast, in many places they found only remnants.
Officials said late Saturday that 686 people were confirmed dead in the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and huge tsunami waves. But thousands of others were missing, and the death toll was certain to rise.
Roughly 9,500 people in Minamisanriku - a town of 17,000 in Miyagi Prefecture - remain unaccounted for, the Kyodo news agency reported, citing local government officials.
In the areas north of Tokyo, closest to the epicenter of Friday's earthquake, eyewitnesses described entire neighborhoods that have disappeared after being swallowed and chewed up by a massive tsunami wave. Attempts to reach those stranded, trapped or short on supplies were complicated by damage to the roads and rail lines.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported dozens of additional aftershocks off the coast of Honshu Island. Just after 10 p.m. local time, a 6.4 magnitude aftershock hit 50 miles away from Fukushima Prefecture, shaking buildings as far away as Tokyo.
The power of Friday's 8.9 earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in quake-prone Japan, prompted evacuations as far away as the U.S. West Coast and South America for fear of a devastating tsunami. Damage to some harbors and boats in California was reported, and at least one person was swept out to sea and feared drowned. But the impact was relatively minor.
In Chile, where scientists said the thrust of the tsunami crossing the Pacific was headed, authorities canceled tsunami warnings Saturday after closing ports and evacuating 700,000 people from coastal communities. As on the U.S. West Coast, the damage was far lighter than feared.
In Japan, given the continued communication problems with towns in the north and scant initial information about the implications of the nuclear plant explosion, people were trying at once to piece together what had happened and what was happening still.
Japanese government officials said Saturday evening that the explosion did not damage the nuclear containment vessel at the Fukushima Daiichi plant's Unit 1 reactor, and they conveyed an initial sense that a widespread radioactive leak could be avoided.
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Author Bell Hooks Has Died at 69
Author and Trailblazer of Feminist Theory bell hooks Has Died at 69
Groundbreaking author and leader in modern feminist theory bell hooks died from an undisclosed illness on Dec. 15 at 69. Per a press release shared with the Lexington Herald-Leader, hooks was at her home in Berea, KY, surrounded by friends and family, when it happened.
Hooks, née Gloria Jean Watkins, was born and raised in segregation-era Kentucky, in the small town of Hopkinsville. She studied english at Stanford University and went on to get a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She's been a National Book Award recipient, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and taught at a number of universities. She also founded the bell hooks Institute at Berea College in 2014.
Through her writing — which spanned essays, cultural criticisms, and children's books — hooks explored themes of intersectional feminism, the decolonization of the mind, and the oppression caused by white supremacist, capitalist, and patriarchal values. Her first book, Ain't I a Woman?, published in 1981, was also among her most famous, along with All About Love and Feminist Theory.
Her unique pen name was borrowed from her great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. The lowercase stylization differentiated the pen name from its namesake, but it was also a symbolic gesture: hooks's method of not centering her own identity as she wrote about society and community. "There is humility in the life that I lead," she told The New York Times in 2015. "I'm not walking around in my daily life usually as bell hooks. I'm walking around in the dailiness of my life as just the ordinary Gloria Jean."
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A phantom assembly is typically a non-stocked assembly that groups the components needed to produce a subassembly. For example, compare a phantom assembly to folders on a computer. The folder represents the phantom and the individual files are the components. They are called phantoms because they are not counted as inventory items, but are created to fulfill the requirements of a higher-level assembly.
Phantom assemblies provide the following advantages:
No need to create multiple work orders. The phantom assembly is added to the higher-level work order.
They work as build-to-order instructions. Components do not have to be issued from stock beforehand.
They simplify Bill of Materials (BOM) management. If a component is changed on the Phantom BOM, it is automatically reflected in all BOMs that use the phantom as a sub-assembly.
You can use them as configuration options for manufactured products when it would not be cost effective to keep the assembly in stock.
For example, Wolfe Manufacturing can use a phantom wheel assembly to build the wheels as part of the build assembly. With this phantom wheel assembly, Wolfe does not keep certain wheel types in stock. In this example, the phantom could include the following:
After you add a wheel assembly to the work order, you issue the components. Then, the system issues the components that make up that assembly and then adds them to the work order. For more information, see Marking Assemblies to Create Work Orders.
While phantom assemblies are typically used as components in a larger assembly build, they can also be used to create stock items. For example, as part of a warranty claim, a batch of replacement wheels could be manufactured using a phantom assembly.
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Journal of Language Teaching and Research, vol.5, no.1, pp.37-45, 2014 (Scopus)
After years of neglect, vocabulary has now been accepted as crucial to be able to interact in the target language. However, it may also become a challenge for learners to master a sufficient amount of vocabulary. It is argued that the use of vocabulary learning strategies leads to effective vocabulary learning. Addressing this relationship, different studies have focused on probing the dynamics of vocabulary learning. In this sense, the current study attempts to examine this issue for EFL university students who are also pre-service English teachers. It aims to investigate the relationship between their vocabulary learning strategy use and vocabulary size. For this purpose, a cross-sectional and mixed research design was adapted and 80 ELT majors from 1st to 4th year participated in the study. In the three-week data gathering process, three instruments were used to measure the participants' vocabulary size and vocabulary learning strategy use. The results demonstrated that the most frequently used strategy category was determination strategies although it did not have any effect on the participants' vocabulary size. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the participants' vocabulary learning strategy use, in general, significantly explained 17.8% of the variation in their vocabulary size. © 2014 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland.
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During periods of high growth, Lithuania has succeeded in attracting foreign companies to the country with a low wage situation and relatively poor working conditions. Trade union influence is weak. High unemployment has been a problem ever since independence in 1991, while the country has a shortage of qualified labor as a result of high emigration among the highly educated.
- According to ABBREVIATIONFINDER, LTH stands for the country of Lithuania in geography.
In the Soviet planning economy, almost all citizens were provided with work. At independence, the old economic structures collapsed and unemployment grew rapidly. Lots of Lithuanians lost their jobs when the big loss-making state-owned companies sold out in the 1990s. Others became unemployed when the oversized state bureaucracy was lost. Unemployment rose further after the Russian financial crisis in 1998 and reached a peak of almost 17 percent three years later.
In connection with Lithuania’s rapid economic development a few years after the turn of the millennium, the share of unemployed fell. In 2007, unemployment was below 4 percent. A contributing reason for this was that many Lithuanians emigrated after the country’s EU entry in 2004 to look for jobs in the UK and Ireland, mainly. During the financial crisis of 2008–2009, unemployment rose again rapidly in 2010 to reach a record level of almost 18 percent. Since then, the share of unemployed has been on the decline.
In terms of employment rate, the regional differences are large. In some parts of the country, unemployment has at times been several times as high as in Vilnius.
About two-thirds of the labor force is found in the service sector, while agriculture employs one-tenth of the employees and the industry a quarter.
During the Soviet era (1944–1991), membership in the regime-controlled trade unions was mandatory. Nowadays, the union connection is low (below 10 percent). The Social Democratic-oriented trade union organization LPSK has the most members, followed by the Christian Democrat colored LDF.
- COUNTRYAAH: List of key population facts of Lithuania, covering most basic population data, religion statistics, and language profiles.
In 2014, Lithuania had the highest proportion of low-income earners in the EU. That year, every fourth employee earned EUR 332 or less a month. The situation improved slightly when the minimum wage was raised to 380 euros in July 2016. The lowest is agricultural wages, while the highest wages are paid in the financial world and the energy sector. Wage levels are significantly higher in the largest cities than in rural areas, while the gender pay gap is among the lowest in the EU. Some analysts warn that a higher wage situation risks weakening Lithuania’s competitiveness in the international market.
The widespread emigration and falling birth rates pose a major problem for the labor market as the workforce is constantly shrinking, especially for high-education Lithuanians who find better-paying jobs in countries such as the UK and Ireland.
FACTS – LABOR MARKET
6.6 percent (2019)
13.6 percent (2019)
The new government takes office
13th of December
The new coalition government led by Skvernelis formally takes office after winning a clear victory in a vote of confidence in Parliament. Social Democrat Linas Linkevičius retains the post of Foreign Minister. He has a clearly critical attitude towards Russian policy towards the Baltic States. Skvernelis represents the alliance of Lithuanian farmers and the Greens but is not a formal member of the party. Several other new ministers are also outside party politics.
Promise on NATO responsibility
The incoming Prime Minister Skvernelis promises that his government will increase defense spending on NATO’s demand of 2 percent of GDP by 2018. Currently, the figure is 1.5 percent.
Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the Alliance of Lithuanian Peasants and Greens, surprisingly announces that the party has agreed with the Social Democrats to form government. Prime Minister becomes Saulius Skvernelis, the former national police chief who became popular through a tough attitude against corruption. Karbauskis himself is a billionaire and owns large land and agricultural industries in the agricultural sector.
“Hot line” for spy tips
The government is introducing a special telephone number to which citizens can report any persons they suspect to spy on behalf of foreign powers, in practice Russia. The “hot line” is one of several elements of a campaign to warn citizens of the risk of being exploited by foreign spies.
Victory for the alliance of Lithuanian peasants and the Greens
After the second round, it is clear that the small middle party Lithuanian peasant and green alliance (LVŽS) has won a sensationally big victory. LVŽS, which received a single mandate in the 2012 election, now gets 54 seats. The Confederation of Finland-Lithuanian Christian Democrats becomes second largest with 31 seats, while the Social Democrats lose more than half of their seats and stay on 17 seats. The Labor Party becomes the second major loser and backs from 29 seats to 2.
The biggest choice for the economy
The first round of the parliamentary elections is conducted. Unemployment and economic inequality have been the main issues during the election movement.
Ammunition to Ukraine
Lithuania has delivered 150 tons of ammunition to the Ukrainian army. Defense Minister Olekas says it is the duty of the country to help “a faithful friend who was attacked by Russia”.
Lithuania is allocated refugee quota
In the wake of the refugee crisis in Europe, Lithuania is allocated 1,105 refugees in accordance with an EU agreement on the distribution of refugees between member states. The quota splits the government as the Social Democrats think the country is capable of receiving this number, while the other two government parties are hesitant. The debate rings off when the president leaves and says that Lithuania is able to receive its allocated refugee quota.
The army buys German
Lithuania signs the contract for the country’s largest purchase of military equipment to date, 88 boxer cars of the Boxer model worth € 386 million. The vehicles will be delivered between 2017 and 2021 and manufactured by the German-Dutch company Artec. Since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, Lithuania has increased its defense budget by a third a year.
NATO soldiers to the Baltic
NATO decides to station a battalion of up to 1,000 soldiers in each of the three Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The soldiers will mainly come from the UK, Germany and Canada and serve in the three countries according to a rotating schedule.
Plans for German squad operation
German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirms media reports that Germany is considering sending troops to Lithuania as part of NATO’s defense alliance’s commitment to increased presence in Eastern Europe. The news is welcomed by the Government of Lithuania.
The government bans 46 Russian judges, prosecutors, judicial investigators and other officials from entering Lithuania for the next ten years. Everyone is held accountable for a Ukrainian fighter pilot sentenced to 22 years in prison in Russia for alleged murder of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
First direct mayoral election
For the first time, direct mayoral elections are held. They are carried out at the same time as the municipal council elections.
Trial of the shooting deaths in Vilnius in 1991 begins
A trial is initiated in Vilnius against 65 people charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with the killing of 14 Lithuanian protesters by Soviet soldiers during the storming of the TV tower in Vilnius in January 1991 (see Modern History). The defendants were active at the time in the Soviet Communist Party, in the Ministry of Defense and Home Affairs, the KGB security service and in the Red Army. They are being charged with the ultimate responsibility for the death of the 14 civilians. The defendants are Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian citizens. Only two defendants are present in the courtroom. The others are abroad and represented by their lawyers.
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It’s not just dogs and cats that are unsafe from flea bites; even dinosaurs have fallen prey to huge blood sucking pests millions of years ago.
Palaeontologists have discovered giant fossil fleas in Inner Mongolia and Liaoning province of China dating back 165 million years.
The insects were not quite like fleas as we now know them. The huge pests found measured as much as ten times the size to the biggest fleas living today.
George Poinar, Jr., a professor emeritus of zoology at Oregon State University, who is an international expert in ancient and extinct insect life forms stated, "These were insects much larger than modern fleas and from the size of their proboscis we can tell they would have been mean.
"These are really well-preserved fossils that give us another glimpse of life into the really distant past, the Cretaceous and Jurassic."
"You wouldn't talk much about the good old days if you got bit by this insect. It would have felt about like a hypodermic needle going in -- a flea shot, if not a flu shot. We can be thankful our modern fleas are not nearly this big.” — George Poinar
Evolutionary ancestors of modern fleas
According to the scientists, the primitive giant fleas called Pseudopulex jurassicus and Pseudopulex magnus exhibit many defining features and traits of modern fleas.
There is a strong possibility that the insects found in fossils are the evolutionary ancestors of modern fleas, but are now an extinct lineage.
They had flat bedbug like bodies and disproportionately stout and elongated sucking claws with serrated edges for piercing scaly hides of their victims.
This suggests that the primitive bugs latched onto a variety of hairy or feather-covered animals, perhaps even dinosaurs, feeding on the softer skin between scales.
Experts theorize that the ancient flea may have crept up on sleeping dinosaurs, crawling onto their soft underbellies and then delivering an unusually painful bite that would have felt like a needle going in.
In contrast, the modern fleas are laterally compressed and have shorter antennae that help them move quickly through the fur or feathers of their hosts.
"You wouldn't talk much about the good old days if you got bit by this insect," Poinar said. "It would have felt about like a hypodermic needle going in -- a flea shot, if not a flu shot. We can be thankful our modern fleas are not nearly this big.”
According to scientists, after the dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago, the early fleas moved to living on mammals and birds and in the process they scaled down in size.
The new discovery is detailed in the journal 'Current Biology.'
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In 1983, we began a project to map Samarra, a project which is now reaching publication. The work has been generously financed by the Foundation since 1991. The first volume, the Historical Topography of Samarra, is now going to press with the help of the Foundation, and the second, the Archaeological Atlas of Samarra, will be ready in 2004.
It was not originally intended to spend so long a time on this project, though we were aware that the quantity of archaeological data was exceptional, 58 km2 of built-up area spread over 2002 km, and 6908 units have been registered. The objectives, however, have been attained. The aim was to record the entire area of fired brick, mud-brick and pisé mounds. At first the objective was principally one of rescue archaeology, a need to be found everywhere round the Middle East, where modern economic development has put nearly all archaeological sites in danger. Register what exists, and at least you have a record for future study, a record which one hopes may influence the policy decisions of governments and private developers. Samarra is particularly fragile, as a bulldozer can remove a substantial area in a morning. However, in the end, war and economic sanctions proved to be the problem. Although neither the bombs of 1991 nor 2003 touched the site, the imposition of economic sanctions forced Iraqis to cultivate much larger areas of land, including the ploughing up of substantial areas. The American occupation has led to further issues. Recently, a battle took place in the streets of Samarra (30 November 2003), which resulted in damage to the town, and the manoeuvring of tracked vehicles has certainly damaged the archaeological site. Fortunately, at the request of the American advisor at the Iraq Directorate of Antiquities, John Russell, I have been able to send marked-up satellite images, to show the extent of the archaeological remains.
1. The Spiral Minaret seen from House no. 5
While the value of archaeological recording has thus been dramatically illustrated, planning such a large site has also led to new areas of research. Samarra is, in fact, the largest ancient city in the world for which we have a nearly complete plan. Although Chang'An, the T'ang capital in China, or ancient Tokyo, may once have covered larger areas, we know very little about them, other than that which can be derived from texts. The existence of a semi-complete plan shows that you cannot simply reach conclusions based on global area and estimates of population. The history of each quarter has to be studied, when and why it was founded, who lived there, how it developed, proportions of different types of housing, and industrial establishments. The combination of archaeological and textual evidence is vital.
The methods available have advanced much through the development of computer technology recently. At the beginning, we made a photogrammetric map based on air photographs dating to 1928 and 1953. With the wide availability of scanners, we were able to digitise the air photographs in 1995, and study every mound in as great a degree of detail as you can see on the ground. The main lack is that on the ground you can commonly see the actual wall faces, and from the air there is less precision in measurement. As is typically the case in archaeology, old photographs are better than new, for the remains are better preserved. For this reason, the maps are retro-projected to a date of 1924, also to include more remains now covered or destroyed. In 1995, the United States declassified high-resolution 1960s satellite imagery of the CORONA series. Although of lesser resolution than the air photographs, these images have given a complete coverage of the region, and it has been possible to add in unknown elements on the periphery. Recently Professor Elizabeth Stone of Stonybrook University has provided us with low resolution ASTER imagery from the last year, and we will be able to correlate our older photographs with the current situation.
2. Air photograph of al-Mutawakkiliyya and the Abu Dulaf Mosque, dated 1953.
It is probable that we have been able to recover every structure of the Abbasid city and its surroundings that survived into the 20th century. Evidently, from the air, not everything can be well dated, though there are usually arguments for a preliminary dating. Further detail will have to wait for future work on the ground. However, we are hopeful that as great a knowledge of Samarra as is possible under the present circumstances has been preserved for scholarship, and for the people of Iraq.
For further information, see our web site at http://www.dur.ac.uk/derek.kennet/samarra.htm.
Professeur d'Art et d'Archéologie islamiques
Université de Paris I
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Volcanic activity in the Deccan Traps near modern-day Mumbai, and not an asteroid, may have killed the dinosaurs about 65-million-years ago, according to a new study.
Research suggest that tens of thousands of years of lava flow from the Deccan Traps, a volcanic region near Mumbai may have spewed poisonous levels of sulphur and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and caused the mass extinction through the resulting global warming and ocean acidification.
The findings are the latest volley in an ongoing debate over whether an asteroid or volcanism killed off the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago in the mass die-off known as the K-T extinction, the 'Live Science' reported.
"Our new information calls for a reassessment of what really caused the K-T mass extinction," said Gerta Keller, a geologist at Princeton University, who conducted the study.
For several years, Keller has argued that volcanic activity killed the dinosaurs.
However, proponents of the Alvarez hypothesis argue that a giant meteorite impact at Chicxulub, Mexico, around 65 million years ago released toxic amounts of dust and gas into the atmosphere, blocking out the Sun to cause widespread cooling, choking the dinosaurs and poisoning sea life.
The meteorite impact may also have set off volcanic activity, earthquakes and tsunamis.
The new research "really demonstrates that we have Deccan Traps just before the mass extinction, and that may contribute partially or totally to the mass extinction," said Eric Font, a geologist at the University of Lisbon in Portugal.
In 2009, oil companies drilling off the Eastern coast of India uncovered eons-old lava-filled sediments buried nearly 3.3 kilometers below the ocean surface.
Keller and her team found they contained plentiful fossils from around the boundary between the Cretaceous-Tertiary periods, or K-T Boundary, when dinosaurs vanished.
The sediments bore layers of lava that had travelled nearly 1,603 km from the Deccan Traps.
The volcanic region, today, spans an area as big as France, but was nearly the area of Europe when it was active during the late Cretaceous period, said Adatte Thierry, a geologist from the University of Lausanne in France.
Within the fossil record, plankton species got fewer, smaller and maintained less elaborate shells immediately after lava layers, which would indicate it happened in years after the eruptions.
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Dartboard Addition Activity: Mixed Facts
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This online addition activity helps the kids to practice mixed addition facts. The activity is based on dragging and dropping the numbers into the dartboard at correct places. Maximum of three attempts is allowed for each fact. Recommended Level: 1st grade and 2nd grade.
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So you want to learn more about sailing. Maybe you’re back from a vacation by the sea where you saw catamarans in the horizon. Or perhaps you just want to be able to keep up with your father-in-law when he starts talking about the regatta he attended last month. No matter what your motivations are, we are here for you.
Sailing is a thrilling and exhilarating sport that allows you to explore the great outdoors and experience the power of the wind and the waves. Whether you’re out on a lake, the ocean, or a river, sailing offers a unique and exciting activity that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
If you’re new to sailing and looking for a beginner’s guide, you’re in the right place. With a little bit of instruction and practice, you’ll be out on the water in no time. In less than ten minutes, you’ll be able to become much more knowledgeable on everything sailing-related and, if you feel like it, you can dig deeper into each topic, since we have many more articles ready about every topic we briefly mention here.
A Brief History of Sailing
One of our favorite things about sailing is its history. Thinking back to all the people who ever braced the oceans before you gives sailing a timeless feeling that allows us to feel like we’re part of something bigger.
The history of sailing dates back to ancient times, with the earliest recorded evidence of boats dating back to the Stone Age. Early boats were made of reeds or animal skins stretched over a wooden frame and were used for fishing and transportation.
As civilizations developed and trade routes expanded, sailing became increasingly important. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all used sailing ships to transport goods and people across the Mediterranean Sea. The Vikings also used sailing ships to explore and settle new lands, such as Iceland and North America.
Over time, sailing technology has evolved significantly. The invention of the compass in the 12th century allowed sailors to navigate more accurately and travel to distant lands. The development of steam power in the 19th century revolutionized shipping and led to the construction of larger, more efficient steam-powered ships. Today, sailing continues to be a popular leisure activity and competitive sport, with many different types of boats and sailing events around the world.
Types of Sailboats
One of the first things to consider when learning how to sail is the type of boat you’ll be using. There are many different types of sailboats, each with its own unique characteristics and suitable for different types of sailing. Some common types of boats include dinghies, keelboats, and catamarans.
Dinghies are small, lightweight boats that are typically sailed by one or two people. They are easy to maneuver and are great for learning the basics of sailing. They come in a variety of sizes and shapes, including single-handed (sailed by one person) and double-handed (sailed by two people). Dinghies are usually made of fiberglass or wood and are designed to be light and responsive. They are typically used for racing, but can also be used for recreational sailing.
Keelboats are larger than dinghies and are suitable for sailing on larger bodies of water. They typically have a keel (a fin-like structure) on the bottom of the boat that helps to stabilize the vessel and prevent it from tipping over. Keelboats come in a range of sizes, from small boats that can be sailed by a few people to larger boats that can accommodate a crew of several people. They are typically made of fiberglass or wood and are more suited for cruising or racing.
Catamarans are boats with two parallel hulls (or “floats”) that are connected by a platform. They are typically wider and more stable than other types of sailing boats, making them ideal for beginners. Catamarans are usually made of fiberglass and are designed to be fast and agile. They are often used for racing, but can also be used for recreational sailing.
As you start learning how to sail, you’ll also want to familiarize yourself with some basic sailing terminology. Tacking is the process of turning the boat into the wind in order to change direction. This is done by shifting the sails so that they catch the wind on the other side of the boat. Tacking allows you to sail upwind, or against the wind, by zigzagging back and forth. Jibing is the opposite of tacking and involves turning the boat away from the wind in order to change direction. Jibing is typically used to sail downwind, or with the wind.
The port side of the boat is the left side when you are facing the front of the vessel, while the starboard side is the right side. These terms are used to give directions and instructions on board the boat. For example, you might hear someone say “move to the port side” or “secure the starboard line.”
The bow of the boat is the front, while the stern is the back. The mast is the vertical pole that supports the sails, while the boom is the horizontal beam that extends from the bottom of the sail. The rudder is the flat piece of wood or metal that is attached to the back of the boat and is used to steer the vessel. The tiller is the handle that is used to control the rudder.
The sails are what catch the wind and propel the boat forward. There are many different types of sails, including mainsails, jibs, genoas, and spinnakers. The mainsail is the largest sail on the boat and is attached to the mast. The jib is a smaller sail that is attached to the front of the boat and is used to help steer the vessel. The spinnaker is a large, balloon-like sail that is used for downwind sailing. The genoa is a sail that is similar to a jib, but is larger and more powerful.
The direction of the wind is another important factor to consider when sailing. In general, you’ll want to sail at an angle to the wind, called a “beam reach,” in order to maximize your speed. This means sailing with the wind coming from the side of the boat at a right angle. If the wind is coming directly from the side of the boat, this is known as a “close haul.” If the wind is coming from behind the boat, this is known as a “following wind.” By understanding the direction of the wind and how it affects your sail trim, you can optimize your speed and performance.
In addition to the angle of the wind, you’ll also want to pay attention to the strength of the wind. The wind speed is usually measured in knots and can range from light (less than 10 knots) to strong (more than 25 knots). The strength of the wind can affect the type of sails you use and the way you sail the boat. In general, you’ll want to use smaller sails in stronger winds to prevent the boat from being overpowered.
Safety is an essential aspect of sailing. It’s crucial to wear a personal flotation device (or PFD) at all times, stay aware of your surroundings, and know what to do in case of an emergency. It’s also important to check the weather forecast before heading out on the water and to be prepared for unexpected changes in conditions. Make sure to bring plenty of water and snacks, as well as any necessary safety equipment, such as a VHF radio, flare gun, and first aid kit.
In addition to being prepared for the weather, it’s also important to be aware of any potential hazards on the water. This includes other boats, floating debris, and shallow areas. Always keep a lookout and use proper signaling to communicate with other boats. If you’re sailing in an area with heavy boat traffic, it’s especially important to stay alert and follow the rules of the road.
Learning how to sail can be a fun and rewarding experience. It allows you to explore the great outdoors, enjoy the beauty of nature, and experience the power of the wind and the waves. Sailing can also be a great way to relax and de-stress, as it requires focus and concentration and can help to clear your mind.
So why wait? Grab a life jacket and set sail on your next adventure! Whether you’re out on a lake, the ocean, or a river, sailing offers a unique and exciting activity that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Whether you’re racing against other boats or just enjoying a leisurely cruise, sailing has something to offer for everyone. So why not give it a try? You never know, you might just fall in love with this exciting and exhilarating sport.
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Issue Date: March 30, 2009
Food Analysis Gets A Boost
IF YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, as the old adage warns, then you really ought to know what's in your food. Analytical chemists have developed a rich assortment of techniques for probing the composition and nutritional value of foods and for determining whether they're free of harmful compounds such as pesticide residues. Many methodologies for analyzing food products have been standardized and are practiced widely. But there's always room for improvement. At a food science symposium earlier this month at Pittcon, researchers described techniques and instruments that simplify, shorten, reduce costs of, and otherwise advance food analysis.
One of the big bottlenecks in many types of food analyses is sample extraction. In that process, samples are treated with solvents to extract and transfer analytes from the food item to the solvent for subsequent identification via chromatography or other methods. Under standard temperature and pressure conditions, the extraction step proceeds relatively slowly. Raising the temperature and pressure increases the analyte diffusion rate and solubility, which in turn speeds up the extraction process. That's the idea behind the accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) procedures described by Bruce E. Richter, a manager at Dionex, in Sunnyvale, Calif.
As Richter pointed out at Pittcon, common extraction methods for quantifying pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables, for example, can take several hours and consume hundreds of milliliters of solvents for standard-sized food samples. In contrast, with automated ASE instrumentation at 200 ºC and 1,500 psi, it takes just 15 mL of solvent and 15 minutes to prepare extracts from the same-size food samples, he said. Richter added that compared with conventional extraction methods, ASE provides similar savings in time, solvent use, and solvent disposal costs in analyses of polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, and other types of food contaminants.
Procedures for fat-content measurements can be sped up in much the same way, Richter pointed out. Side-by-side comparisons of standard and ASE-based lipid measurements on vanilla wafers, corn chips, parmesan cheese, and other foods showed that ASE methods provide nearly identical results in a fraction of the time and use less solvent than standard methods require.
Aiming for similar improvements in analytical methods, Stephen D. Wesson of CDS Analytical, in Oxford, Pa., conducted several studies to assess the feasibility of replacing commonly used solvent-based sample-preparation techniques with simpler solvent-free thermal-desorption methods. In the thermal method, heat drives organic compounds from a food product to a sorbent material, where the analytes first accumulate and from where they then stream into a chromatograph for analysis. For some types of analyses, Wesson reported, the simplified sans-solvent method works well.
In one test, Wesson analyzed the skin of a potato from a grocery store and readily detected chlorpropham, a carbanilate herbicide that remained in the potato skin even after multiple washings. He also detected DDE, a chlorinated pesticide, in spiked peaches but not in unspiked peaches. Background interferences from alcohols and other naturally occurring peach compounds complicated that analysis, Wesson acknowledged.
Similarly, in tests using polychlorinated biphenyl standards, Wesson showed that those toxic compounds, which are typically extracted with solvents, are amenable to solvent-free thermal-desorption methods. But when looking for PCBs in salmon, he found that fatty acids and other fatty compounds in the fish significantly interfered with PCB detection.
Motivated by the recent flood of media attention regarding health hazards of bisphenol A, a monomer long used for making water bottles and other types of food containers, Wesson applied the thermal-desorption method to various polymeric food-service products. The tests showed that the technique can easily detect organic compounds evolving from polymers. For example, at just 40 ºC, styrene desorbed from a plastic cup. Likewise, the test revealed that with increasing temperature, silicone baby-bottle nipples evolve siloxanes. "The method is in the infancy stage," Wesson said, "but it has potential."
Whereas many of the presentations at the symposium focused on detecting analytes that can impart a bad taste or odor to foods, Brian Shofran of Leco, in St. Joseph, Mich., discussed an improved way to analyze something that smells and tastes good: chocolate. Specifically, Shofran touted the advantages of liquid chromatography/time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry over quadrupole and other scanning mass spectrometry detection methods in analyzing cocoa flavonoids such as catechin and epicatechin.
Unlike scanning MS instruments, which are more common and require up to one second to record a full mass spectrum, TOF instruments acquire thousands of full spectra per second. That difference endows TOF instruments with higher sensitivity and accuracy over the full mass range-a key advantage in interpreting complex chromatograms typical of cocoa and other natural products, Shofran said.
From chocolate to cheese and potatoes to peaches, food analysis is one scientific task that's here to stay. And no doubt, chemists will continue in their quest to make the analytical methods faster, simpler, and, in a word, better.
- Chemical & Engineering News
- ISSN 0009-2347
- Copyright © American Chemical Society
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by Barbi Trejo, citizen journalist
(NaturalNews) There is much talk about cat's claw and its healing properties used for the treatment of cancer, but cat's claw can be used in the treatment of many illnesses. It is not just for cancer, but it is also used in the treatment of asthma, arthritis, gastritis, hemorrhoids, inflammations of the urinary track, kidney detox, healing deep wounds and bone pain. It is also used since the 1990's for the treatment of cancer, ulcers, chronic inflammations, and viral diseases (such as herpes).
Cat's Claw is a plant of the Amazon rain forest. There are two main species and they are Uncaria tomentosa and Uncaria guianensis. In the US, you see mainly Uncaria tomentosa and in Europe you will see the Uncaria guianensis. The medicine is derived from the bark and the root of the plant. Several of the Mexican species have toxic properties. Cat's foot is not the same thing as cat's claw.
Cat's Claw and Alzheimer's Disease:
There are new studies being done on rats for the use of cat's claw on Alzheimer's Disease. The plant improves the immune system and prevents the deposit of beta-amyloid plagues on the brain. The tests showed that the mixture of cat's claw, rosemary and gotu kola worked better than cat's claw alone. The researchers are hoping to begin trials on humans in the near future, but the results on rats show promise for the prevention of Alzheimer's Disease.
Dosage for Cat's Claw:
Asthma - You must make a cat's claw tonic. Take 1/2 liter of water and 100 grams of cat's claw roots and bring to boil. Drink this water for one month.
Brain tumors - Place 250 ml of water and 1 tsp of cat's claw powder in a pan and bring to boil. Continue to boil for thirty minutes. Strain this mixture and drink the liquid. You must do this for six months before seeing a considerable improvement. This recipe can also be used for other forms of cancer also, except Leukemia which has reports of complications using Cat's Claw.
Note: It should be noted that it is suggested to use this in conjunction with other remedies, such as Nigella Sativa.
Intestinal disorders such as dysentery, ulcers and diverticulosis - Place one cup of water and 1 tablespoon of cat's claw powder and boil for 10-15 minutes. Strain the tea and drink three times a day.
Mumps - You must take 60mg of the extract, divided in three equal doses for ten days.
Osteoarthritis of the knee - You must take 100mg of cat's claw extract daily.
Rheumatoid arthritis - You must take 60mg per day. Divide the dose into three equal doses. If using the dried herbs, then take 100mg in vegetarian capsules. Expect results after 5 months.
Note: Please make sure the extract you are using contains no extra additives such as tetra cyclic oxindole alkaloids. These chemicals work against the natural compounds of cat's claw in the preventing of pain for rheumatoid arthritis.
Recipes Using Cat's Claw:
Tincture: Place 8 ounces of ground cat's claw along with 5 cups of vodka in a sealed jar and place the jar in a warm place. After three weeks, strain the liquor through some cheesecloth. This recipe may be reduced in half. This tincture is good for allergies and arthritis. Use 5 drops of the tincture, three times a day and increase slowly as needed. Never use more than 15 drops at a time.
Ointment: Take one cup of water and 2 teaspoon of the cat's claw powder. Bring it to boil and keep boiling until it turns brown. Strain the liquid and add an equal amount of coconut oil or virgin olive oil (not extra virgin). Place it back on the stove and heat again over medium heat. Boil it until it quits bubbling rapidly and bubbles no longer appear on the oil. Use this as an ointment for Herpes and any type of viral infections. Also good for pain of arthritis or cancer.
Cream: Use the same recipe above except add in some beeswax. For every cup of oil add in 1/2 ounce of beeswax. Heat over the flame and stir until thick and creamy. You could use cocoa butter instead of beeswax. The cream may be used as the ointment, directly on the skin.
Warnings About Using Cat's Claw:
Taking cat's claw for a short time has shown very little side effects. There could be headaches, dizziness and vomiting in some cases.
People who are pregnant, breast-feeding and have auto-immune diseases (MS, Lupus, HIV, Tuberculosis) should not take cat's claw.
Special Note: Cat's claw might make patients with Leukemia worst. If you have Leukemia, seek an alternative therapy such as Nigella Sativa.
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DD350 “Victims of the Purge” Mother & Child
Among the most unfortunate victims of the whole scale retribution after Liberation were women who had formed relationships with the German occupiers and, in some cases, had illegitimate children with them.
These women would be dragged from their homes, paraded through the streets and then taken to a town centre or village square where the heads would be shorn of hair in front of all the local people, many of them neighbors, they would be then expelled from their town and village and forced to find shelter and safety elsewhere.
As French towns and village all across Normandy were liberated by the Allies local Resistance Groups (Les Maquisards) together with many local residents began to take their revenge on anyone thought to have helped or associated with the recent German occupiers.
After four years of occupation together with hunger, fear and perhaps a little shame it was time to seek revenge and retribution on those who had profited from the hated ‘Boche’ or had cooperated with the enemy.
Collaborators of all shapes and sizes and to all degrees were sought out and often subjected to fierce interrogation and swift, violent punishment. Women in particular, who were denounced or simply suspected of enemy collaboration were among the most prominent victims.
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Together with Pitti Palace, in 1550 the Medici bought the Boboli gardens behind the building. The name of Boboli is thought to come from the prior owner.
Nicolò Pericoli, called the "Tribolo", was called in to transform the area into one of the most spectacular Renaissance gardens. Pericoli worked at what he called his "green architecture" masterpiece until he died.
With the intervention and mannerist inventions of famous artists like Buontalenti (who created the Large Cave), Michelangelo (whose Prisons decorated the four corners of the Cave itself, before being replaced by concrete copies and transferred to the Academy Gallery) and Giambologna, Boboli became a model for all European Royal gardens, including those in the Palace of Versailles.
Besides the above mentioned Large Cave, you should visit the Amphitheatre, the Basin and the Island Tank, originally meant for the cultivation of flowers and citrus fruit trees, one of the gardens most evocative scenarios.
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Holy Sonnet 14 is one of John Donne's series of Holy Sonnets. No one is sure when he wrote them, but some guess it's around 1618. Holy Sonnet 14 is one of his most famous and often-studied poems. In fact, if you only read one of Donne's poems, this is probably the place to go, since it's got a clever extended metaphor (a "metaphysical conceit" if you want the fancy term), and it covers the major recurrent theme in Donne's poetry – a possibly conflicting passion for both carnal and divine love.
Donne wrote this poem at an important time in his life, as he was just ordained in the Church of England. Donne has an interesting relationship with religion. He was born a Roman Catholic, and being Roman Catholic in late 16th century England guaranteed persecution. As a young man, Donne didn't seem particularly interested in religion, but he soon realized that the path to a successful life could be found in the Church of England. As he became more involved in the Church, he became considerably more focused on his own spirituality and relationship with God. If you're inclined to read the poem biographically, Holy Sonnet 14 represents the peak of Donne's conflict between secular and religious lives, and his efforts to reconcile his newfound sacred love with the more familiar, earthly variety.
It's something you hear all the time: folks love God. On the surface that sounds great, but think about it for a second: what does that really mean?
If you've ever stopped to ponder the difference between love of the Divine, and love of, say, Twinkies, or maybe your main squeeze, then this is the poem for you. John Donne is wondering along these lines in his poem, trying to find a way to swap common, earthly love for the more spiritual kind.
Wait a minute, you might say, don't we love everything with the same heart? Can one sort of love be better than another? Well, this is precisely the question that Donne is wrestling with. He seems to see a love of God as the purest kind of affection (more perfect than your fondness for Twinkies even), and yet there is a whole host of more worldly things to love that get in the way of this higher love (Hit it Steve!).
Really, this is something that we all struggle with. Even for those of you who aren't religious, we bet that you have some kind of ideal or goal in your life that is beset with distractions and sidetracks. Just what does it take to reach the next level (besides mad joystick skills, yo)?
That's question that we'll all ask at some point in our lives, which is what makes this poem so worthwhile. Don't be put off by the old-timey language and religious metaphors. Donne was onto something that we can all relate to, which—not unlike a Twinkie, friends—is pretty sweet.
Someone giving a slightly funny reading of the sonnet.
No idea who this reader is, but it's worth a listen.
Portrait of a young Donne
Scroll down for a cool portrait of Donne as a young man. You can tell by his hat that he means business.
Holy Sonnet 14 in the original English
A version of the poem where the language hasn't been modernized.
The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne
Want lots of short, easily understood summaries of scholarly opinions on this poem, but you don't know where to find them? Look no further.
The Cambridge Companion to John Donne
This book's got a bunch of interesting, helpful essays on the poet.
Everything you want to know about Donne
A lot of helpful stuff here
Opera My Heart
A boss baritone sings the sonnet in aria form for composer John Adams's modern opera Doctor Atomic.
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iNACOL report provides clarity of terms for understanding new learning models
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At the core of the transformation of education toward student-centered learning is the ability to personalize learning for each student, to open student pathways and encourage student voice and choice in next generation education models. To aid classroom, school and state leaders in their pursuit of this goal, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) has published a new report, Mean What You Say: Defining and Integrating Personalized, Blended and Competency Education.
"The majority of our current education landscape utilizes a one-size-fits-all approach," said Susan Patrick, President and CEO of iNACOL. "Personalized learning tailors learning for each student's strengths, needs and interests, and in doing this, new school models can unleash the potential of each and every student in ways never before possible."
The goal of Mean What You Say is to explain the nuances of key terms used across the field of K-12 education related to personalized, blended and competency education, and how these ideas integrate in order to create new learning models.
"The field of leaders developing next-generation school designs is growing rapidly and it is easy to fall into the trap of using interrelated concepts as if they are one and the same," said Susan Patrick. "Often, people will use terms such as blended learning or competency-based learning as stand-ins for personalized learning. This paper aims to make sense of these terms individually and then show how they fit together."
In addition to describing nuances at the classroom-level for the ability to personalize learning across implementations, Mean What you Say presents a resource for deeper exploration of instructional models and modalities to re-imagine what is possible for new learning models in K-12 education.
Mean What You Say: Defining and Integrating Personalized, Blended and Competency Education is available at http://bit.ly/meanwhatyousay.
The mission of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) is to ensure all students have access to a world-class education and quality blended and online learning opportunities that prepare them for a lifetime of success. iNACOL is a non-profit organization focusing on research, developing policy for student-centered education to ensure equity and access, developing quality standards for emerging learning models using online, blended, and competency-based education, and supporting the ongoing professional development of classroom, school, and district leaders for new learning models. To learn more about iNACOL, please visit http://inacol.org.
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Tue 1 Dec 2009
An interesting NY Times article got me thinking about one of the big questions that anyone who studies cooperation eventually has to deal with: is pro-social behavior innate? Is the natural inclination of human beings to cooperate, to be altruistic, to consider other people's outcomes and act accordingly? Or are we wired to be selfish, and to look out for our own interests at the expense of others?
Well, obviously it's a complex question. One of the things that makes it so interesting is the presence of drastically opposing views. Much of economics is driven by the idea that human beings are innately rational, self-interested, maximizing people. Economic models traditionally assume that we all look out for number one, and we do it as often and to the highest degree that we can. From one evolutionary view this makes sense. Survival requires that we look out for our own welfare. Only the strong survive, right?
Well, not really. As soon as human beings became social creatures, self-interest may have given way to cooperation in our genetic code. By ourselves self-interest can lead to survival. As soon as social groupings became advantageous, though, cooperative behavior may have been the best strategy. The aforementioned NY Times article, We May Be Born With the Urge to Help reviews some research showing evidence of helping behavior even in very small children. This is important because if we see evidence of this in kids so young that they haven't had a chance to learn or experience social norms of helping or to develop situational awareness, then that suggests that we're hard-wired to be altruistic. Right?
Well, like any absolute assertion in a complex situation, in this case I think the answer is inevitably yes and no, right and wrong, both and neither. As tempting as it is to make blanket claims about "the way we are," in any social phenomenon we have to consider the power of situations. I believe there are probably genetic bases for both types of behaviors: self-interest and pro-sociality. But it's most likely the situation, and patterns of situations over time, that elicit one type of behavior or the other in any given case. An idea gaining credence in many circles is epigenetics. The idea is basically that exposure to our environments can inhibit or suppress the expression of certain genes. So, whereas our genetic code was once thought to be static, epigenetics suggests it can adapt, and in doing so sort of smash nature and nurture into one. The upshot of epigenetics when it comes to the self-interested/pro-social question is pretty ground-shaking too. What if we're hardwired for both self-interest and pro-sociality when we're born, but as we develop it's not just social norms that influence our behavior, but also the environmentally-influenced expression of certain genetic traits? How's that for complicating things?
Obviously we're just scratching the surface here. And full disclosure, I'm no expert on the biological stuff. For a review of the research on altruism (which, it has to be noted, is only one type of pro-social behavior), I recommend:
Piliavin, Jane Allyn, and Hong-Wen Charng. 1990. “Altruism: A Review of Recent Theory and Research.” Annual Review of Sociology 16:27-65.
What's great about this review is that it debunks the all-too-common assertion that what looks like altruism is actually self-interest in disguise. Economists who looked at the world and saw how common pro-social behavior was had to come up with some explanation, after all. Piliavin and colleagues synthesize the literature masterfully from a social psychology point of view.
Recent Nobel prize winner Elinor Ostrom does something similar from a primarily economic point of view:
Ostrom, Elinor. 1998. “A Behavioral Approach to the Rational Choice Theory of Collective Action: Presidential Address, American Political Science Association, 1997.” The American Political Science Review 92:1-22.
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ESL Teaching Materials
ESL conversation activities provide students with opportunities to learn English by using the language. These ESL teaching materials use a pair work format to help students learn and practice English reading, speaking and listening skills.
1 Trivia Game
My high beginner+ students love playing trivia. I usually plan on a 20-minute activity, but most students want to play for the whole 50-minute period.
Click here to get a sample pack with 48 trivia questions.
Divide the class into teams (two people per team). One team competes against another. This format helps to ensure everybody participates.
Copy question pages for each team. Students take turns asking and answering questions. The questions are ranked from 1 to 3 points. The winner is the team with the most points at the end of the session.
2. Logic Puzzles and Word Games
Logic puzzles and word games focus student attention on reading comprehension and problem solving. Most puzzles in this sample pack range from easy to challenging for intermediate+ students with a couple of tough ones for the advanced kids.
Copy sheets for the class, one page per pair of students. The challenge is not just to solve the problems, but to explain the answers.
3. Double Meaning Words
Here’s a 15-minute word game for high beginner+ students with a twist.
Divide students into pairs. Give each student an A or B worksheet. Each page has 8 different homographs (words that sound the same but have 2 or more meanings).
Students write down one definition for each word on their list. Then they read a word and definition. The partner listens and gives a different definition for the same word. Students write down the words and meanings on the worksheet.
Get the homograph printable worksheets here.
Like these ideas?
All these activities come from my ebook. The Monster Pack has 240 pages of worksheets and lesson ideas. It includes 480 trivia questions and 30 pages of puzzles and word games.
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Why the confusion over CTE? Because the entire issue of TBI and mTBI is not even clear in the scientific literature. Definition of terms are widely disparate and scientific study conclusions are grossly overstated. Research in this area is being published so quickly that it is hard to keep up. I typed Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy into the pubmed.gov search engine just before starting this post and there were 655 results.
A short time line includes the papers by Martland (1928) > Corsellis (1973) > Omalu (2005)
1. CTE is a neurodegenerative disorder diagnosed upon autopsy only. It IS a REAL THING!
2. There is NO clinical diagnosis that can yet be made for CTE. The reporting of “CTE symptoms” adds greatly to the confusion for the lay public.
3. The incidence of CTE is not yet known.
4. What exactly is occurring when CTE develops (neuropathological mechanisms) is not yet known.
5. Few disagree that repeated blows to the head are problematic, i.e. lead to neuropathological changes. The issue is how that will manifest and if it will manifest for an individual. Will it lead to dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s ALS, CTE, or nothing at all?
6. This new paper - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30664683 - includes nebulous language regarding a “casual link” - “prospective studies that firmly establish the causal link between repetitive head trauma and the characteristic neuropathology of the disorder [CTE] are lacking”
Yet the next sentence says, “The frequency, severity, and total exposure to head trauma and the exact pathophysiologic mechanism by which blows to the head result in CTE are active areas of research.”
But then it says, “Exposure to head injuries is thought to be a necessary factor in developing CTE, yet head injuries in isolation are not sufficient to cause the condition, thus a search is under way to define the additional susceptibility factors that increase risk of the disease.”
So which is it?
An appropriate analogy is how many “sugar exposures” will lead to diabetes? Or will it be heart disease or fatty liver which manifests first? Bottom line, repeated sugar exposures are not good.
Our biggest concern is what are the ramifications for our kids? We are not here to tell parents how to parent. Some will allow their kids to play contact/collision/extreme sports and some will not. Some will let their kids participate without ever asking about safety or thinking that nothing will happen to their child, or worse think that they’ve “got safety covered.” Dunning-Kruger rules the day. On the opposite end of the spectrum are the parents that refuse to let their kids participate in any organized sport for fear of injuries with long term ramifications.
We are here to say that you owe it to your child to have all aspects of safety preparedness buttoned up tight. All “Ts” crossed and all “I’s” dotted. That includes things like “recess” and “class trips,” not only organized sports. That is the why behind having a safety system. All the laws, sideline providers (ATs), equipment, protocols, education may not be enough if appropriate action, documentation, communication, and oversight are not maintained in real-time and for all stakeholders.
Read about all the failures in this tragic case: Concussion Confusion in Youth Sports: A No-Brainer?
When in Doubt, Take Them Out!
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According to research published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, people who have diabetes at the time they are diagnosed with cancer are more likely to die early than those without diabetes.
The researchers have concluded that patients with both diabetes and cancer constitute a particularly vulnerable group, and efforts are needed to reduce cancer-related mortality among these patients.
The aim of this study was to explore differences in survival among cancer patients with diabetes prior to cancer diagnosis compared with cancer patients without diabetes.
It has also been explored the association between different types of glucose-lowering therapies and survival after cancer diagnosis, as well as to examine how this association varies with duration of diabetes and by time since diagnosis of cancer.
This register-based study included all cancer patients diagnosed in Denmark during 1995-2009. The patients were classified into four groups according to diabetes status at the time of cancer diagnosis: no diabetes, diabetes without medication, diabetes with only oral hypoglycaemic agents or diabetes with insulin treatment.
Since the study is entirely observational, the researchers stress that causality cannot be inferred.
The patients with 2 years of diabetes duration and treated with Insulin at the time of cancer diagnosis have 4 times higher mortality one year after cancer diagnosis. The figure is slightly different between men ( 3.7 ) and women ( 4.4 ), and there is a small increase by time since cancer diagnosis, to a 5 times increased mortality at 5 years since cancer diagnosis.
For people with diabetes using only oral antidiabetic drugs ( for example, Metformin ), the increased risk of death was much lower, at 10% for both men and women one year after cancer diagnosis having had diabetes for two years versus non-diabetics.
After 5 years, this increased risk was 50% for both men and women. For those who were not on any form of diabetes treatment, the increased risk of death was very similar to those for patients on oral antidiabetic drugs.
The results suggest that mortality of cancer patients with pre-existing diabetes is higher relative to non-diabetic patients for all cancers combined and for most individual cancer sites.
In general, the highest mortality was found for insulin-treated patients, suggesting that cancer patients with more intensive diabetes treatment have a larger degree of comorbidity at the time of cancer diagnosis, and hence poorer survival.
Diabetes duration at cancer diagnosis did not influence the prognosis.
Differences in cancer treatment between patients with and without diabetes may contribute to increased cancer-related mortality. Patients with diabetes often have other diabetes-related comorbid conditions, such as ischaemic heart disease, chronic kidney disease and neuropathy, that may influence clinical decisions.
Statistically significant increases in mortality were observed among all three groups of patients with diabetes for all cancers combined, and for colorectal, breast, ovary, cervix and corpus uteri, and bladder cancer.
In addition, patients treated with Insulin had a significant mortality increase for all previously mentioned cancers, as well as for rectum, lung and prostate cancer.
In conclusion, the study has provided strong support for the notion that pre-existing diabetes increases mortality among cancer patients, and that the excess mortality is larger among patients with diabetes treated with oral hypoglycaemic agents or, particularly, Insulin. ( Xagena )
Source: Diabetologia, 2014
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fairy basslet or Gramma loreto
belongs to the family Serranidae.
These deep water dwellers are native to the West Atlantic and the
Caribbean Sea. They frequent steep reef slopes ranging from depths of
15 to 230 feet. When threatened they will instinctively seek the
shelter of the reef interior for protection. It is not uncommon to see
them swimming upside down when they feel at ease in their environment.
This is a durnal species. They will be active during the day and
retreat to the reef at dusk.
The fairy basset has a slender torpedo-shaped body. Their brilliant
three toned color palette makes them a popular choice for saltwater
aquarists. These fish have a royal purple anterior which fades into a
small reddish or fuchsia band mid-body. The anterior region and tail
fins are bright yellow. This is a smaller species reaching an adult
length of approximately 4 inches. They have an average life expectancy
of 3-5 years. The fairly basslet is commonly called a royal gramma
because of its purple coloring. It is also referred to as a bicolor
This species is rated easy to moderate care level. They are perfect
for amateur aquarists. This is a docile
to timid creature and should
not be housed with larger or more aggressive species. They are middle
to lower tanks swimmers in aquariums and will require abundant hiding
places. An insufficient number of hiding places may cause them to
become territorial over their preferred spot. They are considered
non-territorial with unrelated species. They do however exhibit
territorial behavior toward other grammas. Keep only one gramma species
per tank unless you have a large enough aquarium for them to establish
territorial boundaries. They are good candidates for reef aquariums but
have a propensity to view smaller crustaceans such as hermit crabs and
mollusks like turbo snails as a source of nutrition.
In nature this is a
shoaling species which should be distinguished
from a schooling species. Schooling fish are generally of equal size,
lack an established social order and travel in the same direction much
like a herd of cattle. Shoaling fish tend to be of varying size, have a
hierarchy based on size and dominance and do not move in unison with
each other. Both rely on safety in numbers. Basslets shoal by the
thousands in their native habitat.
carnivorous. In the wild they are known to
feed on the parasites infesting other species. In captivity they easily
acclimate to common variety marine food. They will readily accept flake
foods but a more diversified diet is recommended in order to maintain
their vigor and vivid coloration. A diet supplemented with vitamin
enriched brine shrimp, frozen marine food formulated for carnivores, or
chopped crustaceans such as uncooked shrimp from your local grocer will
keep them healthy and happy. Plenty of live rock is also recommended.
Not only does this give them adequate hiding places, it also provides
an additional source of nutrition. The minuscule crustaceans that live
in living rock are a natural source of protein.
It is becoming more and
more common to find commercially tank
raised basslets for sale. A tank raised marine species is always
preferable to a fish caught from the wild. Tank raised species do not
have to undergo the transition into a captive environment. They are
also more disease resistant, having prior exposure to the escalated
bacterial levels common to a more confined surroundings. And they do
not further deplete the oceans of one of their most valued resources.
Harem fish function in a communal setting
with an established hierarchal structure. Basslet harems consist of one
male and multiple females. A second less dominate male may peacefully
coexist within the harem if given enough room to prevent territorial
issues. The closer the female is in proximity to the dominant male, the
higher she is in the pecking order.
basslets are protogynous hermaphrodites. They are all born
as females. If a group consisting of only females is introduced to an
aquarium the largest most dominate female will undergo a morphological
change in gender. The death of the harem’s male will also
hormonal transformation. This is nature’s way of propagating
species. There will always be a male present in the harem to insure
future generations. Basslets are also sexually dimorphic. Males are
much more colorful and larger than females. Females have shorter pelvic
fins and lack the dual coloring of males.
These fish commonly breed in home aquariums. A high protein diet
will help induce the spawning cycle. They are accustomed to breeding in
the cracks and crevices of tropical reefs. They must be provided a
similar environment for breeding purposes. A cave-like structure or
hollow aquarium décor will be adequate.
The male’s color palette will darken when he is ready to mate
his harem. We will perform a courtship dance prior to spawning.
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1 Samuel 4:1–22 . . . Bible Study Summary with Videos and Questions
Facilitated by George
“Israel’s Defeat: The Ark of the Covenant Is Captured”
Israel went out to battle against the Philistines: During this time, there wasn't a great world power (e.g., Egypt or Assyria) seeking to dominate the region. So, Israel's battles were waged against her nearby neighbors: the Moabites, the Ammonites, or the Philistines. Israel was able to compete with Moab and Ammon, but the Philistines benefited greatly by having a Greek influence. Its military equipment (e.g., helmets, shields, swords and spears) fashioned around Greek designs made the Philistines formidable opponents. They were the first people in Canaan to process iron, and they made the most of it.
The Israelites had been dominated by the Philistines for a long period of time such that the Philistines looked upon them as their slaves (v. 9). For some undisclosed reason, battle broke out between the Philistines and the Israelites; the Israelites were beaten badly. When the dust settled, 4,000 Israelites had died (v. 2). And when they returned to camp, they couldn't understand how God would have allowed them to suffer such a defeat. In today's twenty-two verses, we'll come to the tragic end of an era in Israel’s distant past — Eli’s 40-year service as judge and priest) — try to reflect on the lessons that this text has for us as Christians today.
Leaders of Israel Send for the Ark (4:1–4)
The Philistines were people from Philistia, a nation on the south-west border of Israel. Although it was a small nation, its army became very powerful. We'll learn that it was Israel’s most threatening enemy during the lives of Samson, Samuel, Saul, and David. During that period of history, both nations fought each other often. Our passage describes a typical battle during that time. Men from each nation gathered in camps, not far from the other, waiting to see which side would begin the battle.
On this particular occasion, the Philistines began the fight and were successful; 4,000 of Israel’s men died in the battle. Soldiers returning to Israel’s camp were worried. They suspected that they'd be unable to defend themselves in the next battle. Israel’s people weren't loyal to the real God; as a result, its leaders blamed him for the defeat. They likely felt: God hasn't supported us in the battle. Instead, he's helped our enemies.
Without fasting and prayer, without consulting God, the Israelites decided to practice superstition. Sadly, the ark of the covenant wasn't viewed as a symbol of God’s presence; it was seen as a magic lamp that they needed to rub rightly to summon God to their aid. The Ark became the Israelite's good-luck charm. With it, they suspected that, wherever they'd take it, they'd be blessed. Of course, they reasoned, we didn’t take the Ark with us into battle so we lost! Therefore, we’ll take it with us when we go to battle tomorrow when we'll certainly win. God will surely be with us and bless us when he sees that his Ark is with us.
From Joy to Disaster (vv. 5–11)
5When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout that the ground shook. 6Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?”
The plan backfired miserably. It was a huge disaster from the perspective of those who thought the ark would assure their victory. When the ark was brought out of its tent and into the Israelite soldiers' camp, a great shout resounded from the Israelites. It became something of a huge pep rally with the Israelite warriors getting really pumped (v. 5). They couldn't lose, they thought, since God would then be with them. However, their echoes of joy reached all the way to the Philistine camp where its soldiers become afraid (v. 7).
The Philistine soldiers heard the uproar that came from the Israelite camp; they wondered what could have caused such a triumphant shout? They learned that the Israelite's ark had been brought into camp. They, like the Israelites, looked upon the ark as though it was capable of magic. They recalled that, when God led the Israelites against the Egyptians, they were defeated. They remembered the stories of the victories God gave the Israelites over their enemies (v. 8), and that whenever the Israelites fought their enemies, they'd taken the ark with them. They now feared that the presence of the ark before the Israelite armies assured Israel of a victory. We might die, the Philistines concluded, but at least we can die like men (v. 9).
Rather than give up, the Philistines become motivated to fight to their death and to die like heroes. This realization resulted in the Philistines being even more motivated to fight than the Israelites were, allowing the Philistines, once again, to defeat the Israelites who foolishly concluded that by taking the ark of God to war, success in battle would be guaranteed. However, this time 30,000 Israelites were slain. Among the dead were Hophni and Phinehas (v. 11), the two priests who were Chief Priest Eli's sons, both slain when the ark of God was captured by the Philistines as a war trophy. As God had previously warned Eli (2:34), both of his sons died the same day.
Israel’s Torment at the Loss of Its Ark (vv. 12–18)
A man of Benjamin made a hearty run from the battle line the same day, running to Shiloh (v. 12): The battle was fought near Aphek (v. 1), which was at least twenty miles from Shiloh. The messenger had a long way to run; the route was mostly up hill, bringing with him very bad news. Upon arriving, he spoke first to townspeople; then Eli called him. There at Shiloh, perhaps nobody waited more anxiously for news of Israel’s battle than Eli. As chief priest, he probably knew his responsibilities well: he couldn't attend funerals or go near a dead body. Even when his parents died, he couldn't join in the sad ceremonies (Leviticus 21:10–12).
Eli was stationed by the road, sitting in his seat, trembling as he eagerly awaited news of the battle. He was rightly more concerned about the fate of the ark of God than the fate of his sons. He knew that he'd let the ark go on an unwise, superstitious errand; his conscience made him fear disaster. As he heard the commotion in the city regarding the battle loss, the priests, and the ark, he asked for information. The messenger told him an account that went from bad to worse: The ark was gone from Shiloh, as were his two sons. The approaching Benjamite soldier who'd escaped death raced from the battle scene, back to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dust on his head, which was a sign of mourning and defeat. Eli wasn't able to see that because he was nearly blind at ninety-eight. The rest of the city began to cry and wail aloud as word of their defeat quickly circulated (v. 13).
Although Eli couldn't see much of anything, he could hear; what he heard frightened him. His ears, as it were, were about to tingle (see 3:11). He asked what the noisy commotion meant and the escapee messenger hastened to his side where he briefly summed up his dire report (v. 17). The news about the ark of the covenant was devastating to Eli. The ark had been or should always have been the most sacred object in Israel; it was the sacred box that documented evidence of God’s covenant (agreement) with Israel; Eli and his family had guarded that box for 400 years. As chief priest, he considered nothing to be more precious or as important as that box. He couldn't accept the news of its loss; Israel had lost the one object that was a testimony to its relationship with God. Because of the shock of this news, Eli tipped backwards off his seat, fell, and died. He'd led Israel for 40 years.
Additional Tragedy in Eli’s Family (vv. 19–22)
19His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains. 20As she was dying, the women attending her said, “Don’t despair; you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond or pay any attention.
21She named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The Glory has departed from Israel”—because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband. 22She said, “The Glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”
Sadly, the house of Eli wasn't finished having endured Eli's and his sons' death. The wife of Eli’s son, Phinehas, was pregnant. While in labor, a problematic situation developed and she didn't pay attention to the women attempting to comfort her. She learned that her child was a boy. For a Jewish woman, news that a son had been born was wonderful news. But not for Phinehas's wife that day. She named him Ichabod, meaning “no glory,” because the ark of God had been captured; numerous soldiers had been slaughtered; and her husband, sons-in-law, and father-in-law had died — all on the same day! The anguish was so great that labor pains came upon her. Eli's daughter-in-law seemed more perceptive than husband Phinehas. She realized that the greatest disaster was the loss of the ark. In her mind, the ark's capture amounted to the departure of God’s glory.
How could God allow something so terrible to happen? First, he possibly allowed it as a righteous judgment upon the nation Israel and the family of Eli: Everyone received what they deserved. Secondly, God allowed it as a correction to the nation, so they wouldn't trust in "the ark of God" but, instead, trust in "the God of the ark."
Evil can cause goodness Today, the many circumstances that we regard as a calamity, God evidently uses in marvelous ways to glorify himself. That day, Israel was right to have been saddened by the loss of lives and the ark. But they should have remained confident, knowing very well that God was more than capable to take care of himself. "Thus, as God was no loser by this event, so the Philistines were no gainers by it; and Israel, all things considered, received more good than hurt by it, as we shall see." (Matthew Poole, 1624–1679)
It Makes You Wonder . . . .
- Q. 1 Why did the Israelites bring the Ark to the battlefront? Why was that wrong to do?
- Q. 2 When have you trusted in symbols or rituals instead of the reality to which they point?
- Q. 3 At the close of this story, what "good news" helps to offset some of the "bad news"?
- Q. 4 What low points and high points have marked your spiritual pilgrimage? Where are you just now on "the bad-news-to-good-news spectrum"?
- Q. 5 When was the last time you felt deserted by God? What was the cause? The solution?
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Communication and Perception
Wild turkeys use calls and body signals to communicate. For example, during the spring, males will fan out their tails, strut around and "gobble" to try to attract females. Wild turkeys give at least 15 different calls. The most easily recognized call is the "gobble". Males use the "gobble" call to attract female mates and to tell other males to stay away.
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IT IS the daddy of digital cameras. At an amazing 1.5 gigapixels, the image sensor on the European Space Agency's galaxy-mapping Gaia satellite, due for launch in 2011, will have the picture-sensing area of more than 500 of today's 6-megapixel digital cameras.
On 10 June, e2v Technologies of Chelmsford, Essex, UK, got the go-ahead from ESA to begin making 170 microchip image sensors that, when placed together on an ultra-flat silicon carbide surface, will provide Gaia's imaging oomph. ESA chose e2v's chips because they are made using a proprietary "backthinning" process that reduces the amount of silicon on the sensor, and so cuts down electronic noise in the image.
Gaia will spend five years mapping in unprecedented detail the 3D structure of the universe, including up to a billion stars.
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Figures released by Public Health England show 27.5 per cent of five year-olds in the East Midlands have tooth decay.
But the Oral Health Survey shows this has fallen from 29.8 per cent in 2012 and 30.8 per cent in 2008.
Nationally, the number of five year-olds suffering from tooth decay has dropped to its lowest level in almost a decade - less than 25 per cent of the cohort suffers from tooth decay, a 20 per cent drop since 2008.
This continues the downward trend seen since 2008, when 31 per cent of five year-olds suffered tooth decay. In 2012 it was 27 per cent.
The pattern of dental health improvement among the age group shows the impact parents and carers can have in establishing good dental care habits from an early age.
Dr Sandra White, director of dental public health at Public Health England, said: “This is great news. However, one child with tooth decay is one too many and there is still much inequality in dental health around the country.
“Tooth decay is painful and too often results in teeth extraction, some under general anaesthetic.
“This is further evidence that we can stop tooth decay in its tracks.
“Limiting sugary food and drink, supporting children to brush their teeth twice a day with fluoride toothpaste and regular trips to the dentist, will help prevent a great many more children suffering at the hands of tooth decay.”
The survey also shows that across the country, the average number of teeth affected by decay per child was 0.8, down from 1.1 in 2008. For the first time data has also been collected on ethnicity and dental health.
Nationally, there has been an increase of 9 per cent in the proportion of children with no obvious decay since 2008.
Further analysis is needed to understand the factors that have contributed to this welcome trend.
This will help local authorities identify the steps they can take to extend the improvement in decay levels to all sectors of their populations.
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The following is a partial list of events that took place up to the time that the Dakota were forced to leave thier homeland - Southern Minnesota. It explains the cause of Historical Trauma that now affects many of the Dakota people today and why forgiveness and reconciliation is so important.
History of Dakota-US Relationships in Minnesota
Treaties and Cession of Land
July 23, 1851: The Treaty of Traverse de Sioux
Aug 5, 1851: The Treaty of Mendota
Through both treaties, the Dakota gave up almost 24 million acres of land in what is now Southern Minnesota and parts of Iowa and South Dakota
The Dakota was promised (but never received) $3,075,000
$1,665,000 from the Treaty of Traverse de Sioux
$1,410,000 from the Treaty of Mendota
the U.S. was to make annual payments in food and gold
The Dakota were also forced to sign another document that gave $400,000 to traders for debts they owed
The Dakota would retain two reservations, each 20 miles wide and 70 miles long, along both sides of the Minnesota River
The U.S. would provide assistance with schools, trade, and farming
According to some sources, U.S. officials coerced Dakota leaders to sign the treaty by threatening to withhold rations or take the land by force
The U.S. Senate refused to uphold its own responsibility in the treaty by eliminating the passage that granted the Dakota a reservation
Members of Congress from the Southern States did not want another Northern State that would oppose slavery. They believed that the Dakota would reject the treaty if they removed the passage that granted them a reservation. Assurances were given that the reservation would be established anyway so the Dakota reluctantly agreed.
After the treaty was signed, immigration greatly increased and settlers began to encroach on the Dakota reservation
Borders were redrawn to accomadate the settlers which reduced the size of the reservation
Food subsidies arrived late and were often rotten
More Land Taken
March 13, 1858: 26 Dakota Chiefs were taken to Washington to meet with President James Buchanan
After being held in Washington for four months they were told they had to give up their land North of the Minnesota River
According to Indian accounts, most of that money went to the traders as well
Hunger and Frustration Sets In
A blight severely damaged Dakota crops in the spring and early summer of 1862.
Food shortages coupled by late annuity payments from the government caused widespread hunger since most traders ended Dakota credit.
Frustration and hunger led to foraging.
August 17, 1862: One Indian foraging party attacked a family of settlers near Acton, MN
The Dakota gathered. Tribal members managed to convince the Dakota leader Little Crow that the time to go to war against the settlers was at hand.
The 1862 U.S.-Dakota War was a result of repeated breaches of treaty agreement by the U.S. government, specifically the violation of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux.
August 18, 1862: A Dakota force struck the Lower Sioux Agency
August 19, 1862: First Attack on New Ulm
August 20, 1862: First Attack on Fort Ridgely
August 22, 1862: Main Attack on Fort Ridgely
August 23, 1862: Second Attack on New Ulm
September 2, 1862: Battle of Birch Coulee
September 3, 1862: Attack on Fort Abercrombie
September 4, 1862: Attacks on Forest City and Hutchison
September 6, 1862: Second Attack on Fort Abercrombie
September 23, 1862: Battle of Wood Lake
September 26, 1862: Surrender of Captives at Camp Release
September 28, 1862: Military Commission Appointed to Try Indians who Participated in the Uprising
December 26, 1862: Thirty-eight Sioux Executed at Mankato
July 3rd, 1863: Little Crow was shot by farmer Nathan Lamson while picking raspberries near Hutchinson, MN.
Both sides suffered greatly, but the suffering of the Dakota people did not end with the war.
Many Dakota people fled after the war to escape being killed or captured.
Many died from exposure or starvation during their flight
1700 women, children, and elders were rounded up
They were forced to march from the Lower Sioux Agency to a concentration camp at Fort Snelling.
They walked 20 miles a day.
Along the way they were subjected to physical and verbal violence by local white people.
New Ulm residents poured hot, scalding water over their heads.
Many were killed or died from hunger and sickness.
The men were taken to a prison camp in Mankato, MN.
Along the way they were assaulted by mobs.
Some died after being beaten with whips and pitchforks.
Military trials of 425 Dakota warriors took on a farcical air
Many trials lasted only a few minutes
Many convictions relied upon testimony of defendants that plea-bargained in return for leniency
321 men were convicted and all but 18 sentenced to die
Bishop Whipple, an Episcopalian, convinced President Abraham Lincoln to intervene
Lincoln commuted most of the sentences to prison, but he upheld the convictions of 38 to appease angry white settlers
On December 26, 1862, three thousand people gathered to watch the hanging of these thirty-eight Dakota in Mankato, MN
It was the largest mass execution in U.S. history
The remaining Dakota prisoners were treated with brutality
Soldiers held prisoners at Fort Snelling through the winter
At Ft. Snelling:
State Founders hatched schemes to swindle the Dakota and consign them to reservations where hunger and corruption ruled
2,000 Dakota prisoners, mostly women and children, were kept in a camp forced to endure squalid conditions
The soldiers treated them brutally, violating the women and then killing them
Many people died from disease because of the crowded conditions
Others committed suicide because of the horrors they saw there
Some days soldiers buried as many as 50 people in a mass grave
The following spring the soldiers took Dakota and Ho-Chunk prisoners down the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
The remaining men were imprisoned in Davenport, Iowa
The women, children, and elders were taken to another prison camp in Crow Creek, South Dakota
At Crow Creek, the people faced illness, death, rotten and insufficient food rations, and humiliation at the hands of soldiers and other white men
The government declared the various land treaties negotiated with the Dakota as null and void
No Dakota was permitted to live in Minnesota and the bounty on Dakota scalps was raised. (as high as $200 - in 1862)
On July 16, 1863, Chief Little Crow was killed in a gun fight while forging for berries.
Indian annuities were ended and given to settlers
The only Dakota people who were allowed to stay in Minnesota were the "Loyal Mdewakanton," who did not participate in the war
They were given reservations on the condition that they sever all tribal ties. Today they live on the Lower Sioux, Prairie Island, and Shakopee (Prior Lake) reservations
The events of the U.S.-Dakota War, particularly the hanging of the 38 Dakota, are a painful and sobering mark on Minnesota history
Relations between the Dakota and non-Dakota people of the area were strained for decades afterwards
In the 1970s Amos Owen, a Dakota spiritual leader, and Bud Lawrence, a white businessman, spearheaded reconciliation efforts by coordinating the first Mahkato Wacipi, a three-day pow-wow to commemorate the 38 Dakota
In 1980 the City of Mankato presented the Dakota people with a park, the Dakota Wokiksuye Mokoce (Dakota Land of Memories) where the wacipi is held every September
The City of Mankato commissioned local artist Tom Miller to create the statue "Winter Warrior" that stands at the site of the execution, next to the Mankato Public Library
The remains of the executed Dakota, which had been dug from their graves by frontier doctors for dissection, were returned to the Dakota and buried properly after being hidden in a museum for over a century
In 1992 the City of Mankato purchased the site of the execution and named it Reconciliation Park
People from the Mankato community worked with Dakota people to raise funds for a statue of a white buffalo at the park. People gather there every December 26th, the anniversary of the execution, in prayer and remembrance.
In the late 1990's, Diversity Foundation's Ed Lohnes and Lyle Rustad began facilitating cultural exchange programs between members of the once exiled Dakota Nation and the City of Winona involving Winona, Minnesota's mayor Jerry Miller, Winona's city manager Eric Sorensen, and Councilman Tim Breza. These early exchanges included descendents of the early Chiefs Wapasha and the Dakota Unity Riders from Sioux Valley Dakota Nation in Manitoba, Canada
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Fletcher Allen, a Vermont university hospital and medical center, serves all of
Vermont and the northern New York region. Located in Burlington, Fletcher Allen is a regional, academic healthcare center and teaching hospital in alliance with the University of Vermont.
X-rays are a form of radiation, like light or radio waves, that are focused into a beam, much like a flashlight beam. X-rays can pass through most objects, including the human body. X-rays make a picture by striking a detector that either exposes a film or sends the picture to a computer. Dense tissues in the body, such as bones, block (absorb) many of the X-rays and look white on an X-ray picture. Less dense tissues, such as muscles and organs, block fewer of the X-rays (more of the X-rays pass through) and look like shades of gray on an X-ray. X-rays that pass only through air, such as through the lungs, look black on the picture.
A skull X-ray may help find head injuries, bone fractures, or abnormal growths or changes in bone structure or size.
Why It Is Done
Skull X-rays have largely been replaced by CT scans. A skull X-ray may be done to:
- Find fractures.
- Find a metallic foreign object stuck in the skull.
- Check problems on a baby's head, such as an odd shaped skull.
How To Prepare
Before the X-ray test, tell your doctor if you are or might be pregnant. Pregnancy and the risk of radiation exposure to your unborn baby (fetus) must be considered. The risk of damage from the X-rays is usually very low compared with the potential benefits of the test. If a skull X-ray is absolutely necessary, a lead apron will be placed over your abdomen to shield your baby from exposure to the X-rays.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form (What is a PDF document?).
You don't need to do anything else before you have this test.
How It Is Done
A skull X-ray is taken by a radiology technologist. The X-ray pictures are usually read by a doctor who specializes in interpreting X-rays (radiologist).
You will need to remove any jewelry that may be in the way of the X-ray picture. You will also need to remove glasses or dentures.
You may be asked to lie on an X-ray table or sit in a chair. The bones of the skull and face are so detailed that several views from different angles are needed. A series of X-ray pictures is usually taken from the front, back, top, and sides of your head. You should hold your head completely still while the pictures are being taken. A padded brace, foam pads, a headband, or sandbags may be used to hold your head in place while the pictures are taken.
Skull X-rays usually take about 10 to 20 minutes. You will wait about 5 minutes until the X-rays are processed in case repeat pictures need to be taken. In some clinics and hospitals, X-ray pictures can be shown immediately on a computer screen (digitally).
How It Feels
You will feel no discomfort from the X-rays. The X-ray table may feel hard and the room may be cool. You may find that the positions you need to hold are uncomfortable or painful, especially if you have an injury.
There is always a slight risk of damage to cells or tissue from being exposed to any radiation, including the low levels of radiation used for this test. But the risk of damage from the X-rays is usually very low compared with the potential benefits of the test.
For example, the radiation exposure from a chest X-ray is about equal to the natural radiation exposure received during a round-trip airline flight from Boston to Los Angeles (Montreal to Vancouver) or ten days in the Rocky Mountains (Denver, Colorado).
A skull X-ray is a series of pictures of the bones of the skull. In an emergency, the doctor can see the initial results of a skull X-ray in a few minutes. Otherwise, a radiologist usually has the official X-ray report ready the next day.
The bones of the skull are normal in size and appearance.
No foreign objects, abnormal growths, or bone abnormalities are present.
No broken bones are present.
Foreign objects, such as fragments of metal or glass, may be present.
Abnormal growths, such as tumors, may be present.
Broken bones may be present.
Signs of a disease that affects the bones of the skull may be present.
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- If you can't remain still during the test. The pictures may not be clear.
- If you have a possible neck injury. In this case, it may not be possible to do a complete set of skull X-rays.
- If you have a false eye (prosthetic eye) or other artificial or metal objects on the head. These can make a shadow on the X-ray picture that hides part of the bones.
What To Think About
- A computed tomography (CT) scan may be done instead of a skull X-ray. A CT scan shows more detail than an X-ray does. It may show tiny fractures better than an X-ray and can also show injuries to the brain and other tissues. CT scans are more expensive than skull X-rays and may not be available in some areas. For more information, see the topic Computed Tomography (CT) Scan of the Head and Face.
- Your X-ray results may be different from earlier test results because you were tested at a different medical center or you had a different kind of test.
Other Works Consulted
- Chernecky CC, Berger BJ (2008). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 5th ed. St. Louis: Saunders.
- Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution caused both outrage and wonder, and quickly made him one of the most famous men in history. From his five-year voyage across the high seas to 20 years of research, follow Darwin on his adventure to prove a theory that would change the world.
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Human-centered design or design thinking is a problem-solving approach and is widely covered in the curriculum of the HR certification these days. It is been borrowed from the product design industry that has implications on a wide spectrum of professionals and certifications which now includes the human resources professionals and the human resources certification.
The process includes the acknowledgment and understanding the needs of the people, incubating new ideas, and building prototypes to see what works and what doesn’t. Experimentations give you data to make decisions on solutions for the implementation and preparation of adoption.
While developing an effective human resources management system, human resources professionals must keep these points in mind:
- Prioritizing the employee experience
- Designing a simple system
- Involving all stakeholders in the designing purpose
- Prototyping in small and iterative ways and not building robust systems right away as there is always room for improvement
There are different principles involved in the process some of which are:
Human-Centered Design: Human needs by way of this principle are kept at the heart of the design thinking. The human resources work is about people but seldom does HR practice cater to them. Qualitative research is a must-have to learn about the actual people needs to design something of consequence.The human resources certification has come to realize the importance of this parameter.
Collaborative Design: To engage people is one of the foundation stones of the design thinking process. The practices which are built in consonance with them have more chances to be followed that a rigorous and stringent application. The modern HR team with the excellent HR certifications organize different competitions for people to brainstorm about the kind of environment they would like to have.
Creative Problem-Solving: The HR certification these days involve in its curriculum not just problem-solving but creative problem-solving. You lookat the problems from a new perspective to come up with solutions that are innovative. Creativity is pushed to a corner when it comes to the capabilities the human resources management team must have. But the future belongs to those who have HR certification where creativity is appreciated as much as the other capabilities.
Prototyping and Experimentation: The solutions that come out of the design thinking being used as a process has to be agile and hands-on. The designing must take time and allow differences in the idea of the different stake holders be reflected in the final product. Nobody must feel left out of the process. Try to build prototypes which are low in cost and get feedback from different people. That will be a test by fire but will be worth it.
When the human resources professionals are adept in their knowledge, all these steps come naturally and become a part of the routine. The knowledge in return come from the right human resources certification. The professionals of the human resources must make it a point to get the HR certifications as soon as possible.
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Part of speech:
To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness:
To lighten (pressure, stress, etc.)
To make (pain, for example) less intense or more bearable:
To preside over:
To calm the anger of; soothe or appease.
To subdue or quell (an insurrection or conflict, for example).
To make easier; facilitate
To become reduced for a period of time.
To pacify or quiet, esp. by giving in to the demands of
To appease or calm:
To soothe in distress or sorrow; ease the misery or grief of; bring consolation or hope to
To settle or adjust; reconcile:
(Music) To reduce (a perfect or a minor interval) by a half step
To become less; decrease:
To make less intense; quiet; allay
To operate or work (against)
To alleviate the symptoms of (a disease or disorder).
To cause (a liquid) to become clear by forming a sediment.
To weaken the resistance or opposition of (someone)
To make calm or composed, as by gentle treatment, flattery, etc.; appease; mollify
In addition; besides:
(Rare) To fit; adapt
To cause to flash in or as in lightning
To make or become calm
To render motionless for lack of wind:
To make or become calm or quiet:
To have a calming or soothing effect.
To slake; satisfy:
To cause (a vapor) to exceed the normal saturation vapor pressure at a given temperature.
Find another word for allay. In this page you can discover 43 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for allay, like: reduce, relieve, alleviate, moderate, mollify, pacify, ease, decrease, quiet, See syn. study at and abate.
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The Bald-Headed Uarkari
The uakari monkey is another amazing animal native to South America. This continent has some incredible animals and birds.
The capybara is one, the largest rodent on earth today while the hoatzin bird is known as the 'stink bird'. Then there is the giant anteater and the tamandou, both of which are quite bizarre to westerners used to cats, dogs and parrots.
The uakari has its own claim to fame with its striking bald head and bright red face. It is also called the bald uakari or bald-headed uakari. Its taxonomic name is Cacajao calvus. It is a small New World monkey with four subspecies. All are regarded as vulnerable by the IUCN.Credit: Wikimedia
The uakari monkey lives only in the western Amazon River basin of Brazil and Peru, and only in white water flooded areas. They are therefore highly susceptible to human impact.
Its preferred habitat is rainforest areas that are permanently or seasonally flooded. They are also found near water sources such as small rivers and lakes. These are arboreal animals, spending most of their time in the trees. Major flooding occurs during the rainy season and the uakari stays in the canopy. They are the only species of monkey in the area that can stay in the canopy for an extended period of time.
The uakari is covered with long, shaggy hair. This can vary in colour from white to reddish brown to orange, depending on the species. Unusual for a monkey is the very short tail of about 15 cm.
The scarlet red face is the result of both a lack of skin pigmentation and abundant capillaries just under the skin. Males have a fatty bulge on the forehead. This bulge has a centre indentation. Uakaris weigh about 4 kg (9 pound). They are not attractive. Oversized, splayed canines, stumpy tail and that fur with a bright red face – only another uakari could love it.
Although there is virtually no tail, these monkeys are able to move quickly and competently through the jungle. They are social animals and forage during daylight hours, mostly in the trees but during drier periods when food is scarce, they will come down to forage on the forest floor for fallen seeds or roots.
These monkeys live in groups of about forty but may be up to a hundred (rarely). The group splits up into smaller numbers during the day to search for food. At night, they sleep high in the canopy of the rain forest.
Up to 4.8 kilometres a day may be covered while searching for food. Home ranges cover 500 to 600 hectares. Some of the defence mechanisms which the uakaris employ to deter intruders include specific vocalisations, wagging the tail and bristling the coat to make themselves look bigger. Uakaris often travel with other monkeys such as woolly or squirrel monkeys or capuchins but the reasons for this are not clear. It may be that there is safety in numbers.
On approaching maturity, males are forced out of family groups and form bachelor groups. The social system is not well understood and it is not clear how many of the females mate with a dominant male.
The main component of their diet is fruit, together with some leaves and insects. Unripe fruits are spread more evenly through the forest so the small groups fan out. The powerful lower jaw lets them break open hard, unripe fruits that other primates would not be able to access. Over-sized canines break open the tough outer shell and the incisors are then used like tweezers to extract the kernel or seeds. They have no trouble breaking open a Brazil nut. The diet consists of 67% seeds, 6% flowers, 5% animal protein of some sort and buds. Although they eat insects, they don't go out of their way to catch or find them.
The bright red face is a sign that the monkey is healthy. Capillaries lie very near the surface and sick animals will have a pale face. These are avoided as potential mates.
Breeding takes place between October and May. Females release an attractive scent when she is ready to mate. A single offspring is born every two years. Females are not sexually mature until three years old and males until they are six so populations are slow to show much increase. The gestation period is not known but the lifespan is about twenty years.
The uakari is hunted for food by local tribesfolk. Populations of the monkey are located close to the Amazon River with an increased risk of hunting from canoes. The monkeys are a food source and are also used as bait.
The timber industry is also cutting great swathes through the tropical forest of the Amazon making habitat loss a major obstacle to the continues existence of this unusual monkey. Logging of hardwood disrupts the continuity of the forest canopy directly affecting the uakaris' arboreal lifestyle and seed food consumption.
The Yavari river basin of north-east Peru has a low human population which has resulted in an abundance of large mammals and an incredible biodiversity of species. Thirteen species of monkey are found here.
The status of the uakari in 2008 was gauged by the IUCN as 'near threatened'. It has since been upgraded to 'vulnerable'. The change occurred because the species declined at least 30% over 30 years (3 generations). Habitat loss is of great concern. An average of 15.4 million hectares of tropical forests were destroyed EACH YEAR between 1980 and 1990 with the Amazon Basin having the highest rate of forest destruction
There are a number of conservation projects underway with the aim of protecting portions of the habitat of these monkeys. A Pilot Program set up in 1999 by the World Bank aimed to put 350 million dollars into conservation programs for the Amazon.
In 2003, the Amazon-Andes Conservation Program was set up to protect seven landscapes in the Amazon (approximately 3% of the Amazon Basin). The Wildlife Conservation Society is hoping to extend these areas soon. The Brazilian army is also being employed to patrol the Amazon for evidence of illegal logging, deforestation and mining.
Although as ugly as sin, it would be a shame to see the uakari monkey disappear.
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This module will provide the student with an introduction to voltage in parallel circuits and the application of Ohm's law to these circuit configurations. The module is designed to demonstrate the effect of current, voltage, and resistance in parallel circuits and describe how Kirchhoff's current law can be applied to problem solving and troubleshooting techniques.
Upon completion of this module the student will be able to:
- Define a parallel circuit.
- Calculate resistance in parallel.
- Describe the flow of current in a parallel circuit.
- Express Kirchhoff's current law.
- Use the current divider rule.
- Apply Ohm's law for parallel circuit calculations.
- Calculate power in a parallel circuit.
- Describe the effect of connecting voltage sources in parallel.
- List some typical applications for parallel circuits.
- Troubleshoot parallel circuits.
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What Kindergarten Teachers Know
Practical and Playful Ways for Parents to Help Children Listen, Learn, and Cooperate at Home
A kindergarten teacher's ability to guide children through an entire day of activities does not happen by accident. There are secrets teachers know about our kids that let them calmly and gracefully manage a group of students who only hours earlier were arguing and negotiating with their parents about getting dressed, eating breakfast, or brushing their teeth.
What Kindergarten Teachers Know is for any parent who has imagined how much easier life would be if their three- to six-year old would cooperate at home just as they do with their favorite teachers. Lisa Holewa and Joan Rice offer creative tips, tools, and activities straight from the classrooms of award-winning teachers nationwide, translating them into things you can do at home to get your little ones listening, learning, and thinking independently.
You’ll also get insight into what teachers know about the way kids develop and learn how to use that knowledge to keep them engaged throughout the day. Packed with real-life examples, creative ideas, and practical advice, you’ll learn how to:
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Simple linear regression model, its assumptions, least square estimators, Maximum likelihood estimators, test of hypothesis, significance test and confidence intervals.
General linear regression model, its assumptions, least square estimators, Maximum likelihood estimators, tests of hypothesis, tests of significance of a single and complete regression and confidence intervals.
Tests of linear combinations of regression coefficients, use of extraneous information in linear regression, Stepwise regression, Polynomial regression, Orthogonal Polynomial, Orthogonal regression analysis.
Analyze the real data and present the work in the form of report.
To gain the concept in case of cross-sectional data and to describe the statistical relationship between variables in the form of model and ability to build different models in certain given conditions.
Course Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes associated with course are aimed at students being able to
• Develop a deeper understanding of the linear regression model and general linear model and their limitations
• Know how to diagnose and apply correct model to some problems with the general linear model.
• Develop a greater familiarity of techniques and methods used for statistical inference of regression analysis.
An Introduction to Regression Analysis, Analytics University
Deriving the least squares estimators of the slope and intercept (simple linear regression) by jbstatistics
Econometrics - Simple Linear Regression | Expectation and variance of OLS | Gauss Markov Theorem by Calqulus Classes
Simple Linear Regression: Maximum Likelihood Estimation by statisticsmatt
Simple Linear Regression: Estimating the Residual Variance by statisticsmatt
Gauss markov theorem part 1 by ecopoint
Gauss markov theorem part 2 by ecopoint
SLR Properties of residuals: Σei = 0 , Σei xi = 0 & Σŷi ei = 0 Simple Linear Regression by 118yt118
Proof that total sum of squares = explained sum of squares plus the sum of squared residuals by Easynomics
Introduction to Multiple Linear Regression | What is Regression Techniques | Data Science -ExcelR
Linear Regression and Multiple Regression by CodeEmporium
Least Squares Estimator Vector is Unbiased and Consistent for the Multiple Linear Regression Model by Bill Kinney
The Gauss-Markov Theorem proof - matrix form - part 1 by Ben Lambert
The Gauss-Markov Theorem proof - matrix form - part 2 by Ben Lambert
Stepwise Regression by Pat Obi
Orthogonal Regression by Statgraphics Technologies, Inc.
The Gauss-Markov Theorem proof - matrix form - part 3 by Ben Lambert
Least squares - 13 - Multiple linear regression - Matrix form and an example by Kevin Dunn
Perform Linear Regression Using Matrices by Mathispower4u
Regularization Part 1: Ridge (L2) Regression by StatQuest with Josh Starmer
Regularization Part 2: Lasso(L1) Regression by StatQuest with Josh Starmer
Book Title : Basic Econometrics
Author : Damondar N.Gujrati
Edition : forth
Publisher : McGraw-Hill
Book Title : The Theory of Econometrics
Author : A. Koutsoyiannis
Edition : second edition
Title : simple linear regression
Type : Presentation
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Title : Properties of least square estimators
Type : Presentation
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Title : Basic Econometrics
Type : Reference Book
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Title : General Linear Regression model in partitioned form
Type : Other
View General Linear Regression model in partitioned form
Title : ANOVA in general linear regression model and hypothesis testing
Type : Other
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Many new discoveries in medical technology have improved the instruments and
machines designed to help doctors treat their patients better. One of the modern
tool called ultrasound lets doctors "see" inside the patient's body.
Ultrasound is a great diagnostic tool in evaluation of various diseases of the
women. And is often used to check the well being of the fetus during pregnancy.
Available today in almost every city and town of India, ultrasound in used in
all most every field in medicine. The new technology has become extremely
valuable in health care of woman, both in gynaecology - the over all health care
of women's reproductive organs and breast - and during pregnancy and child
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Allergic diseases, including atopic eczema, and food allergies affect over a quarter of all children across Europe. The way the immune system responds to ingested foods are well-established, and regular eating of allergy-causing foods can prevent food allergies to a degree. However, recent research also shows that food allergies can develop through the skin, especially where babies’ have dry skin and eczema. We do not fully understand how this happens at the moment.
The project aims to reduce the risk of babies developing peanut allergy through skin contact by:
(1) understanding the mechanisms through which this occurs, and
(2) by adapting skin care practices, and through modifications of the way peanut snacks are manufactured to reduce the load of peanut protein in the environment.
The TRANS-FOODS project is an international collaboration, with leaders in their respective fields from the UK, Germany, and France. Researchers are investigating the effects of food processing on the solubility of peanut protein and its components in oil, and how this relates to skin exposure to peanut protein. They will also examine the effect of peanut protein skin contamination. Immune system activation induced by massage, and peanut exposure to the skin, are also being studied in volunteers with dry skin and/or eczema. Findings will be translated through working with an industrial peanut processing partner, patients and consumers.
The research team is working with the food industry, the National Eczema Society and Allergy UK, as well as national and international food standards agencies, to ensure stakeholder awareness, and that the research findings are translated into improved public health measures, ultimately to prevent peanut allergy.
For more information contact: [email protected]
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Why chant Hanuman Chalisa 108 Times?
Who is Hanuman?
Hanumanji is the most ardent devotee of Sri Ram and in Ramayana, Hanumanji is the one who helps Lord Rama to find his lost wife, Sita and then to defeat Ravana. Lord Hanuman is the most powerful and also the most humble of all beings, in all three worlds. In all photos and paintings of Lord Rama, we find Hanumanji sitting at the feet of Lord Ram. This shows Hanumanji's devotion to Lord Ram and also his humility.
Most people will find this difficult to understand but Hanumanji is more powerful than Lord Rama but because Hanumanji loved Lord Rama for all His divine qualities and was totally devoted to Rama and also because one cannot find anyone more humble than Hanumanji, he placed himself at the feet of Lord Ram and Goddess Sita.
Hanumanji lives even now, even in this Kaliyug in order to help us, humans.
Tulsidas composed this 40 verse song on Lord Hanuman in the 16th century and Hanuman Chalisa sings the praise of Hanumanji. It tells us how powerful Hanuman is and how Vibhishan, Sita mata, Lakshman and Lord Rama himself benefitted because of Hanumanji. It is believed that chanting Hanuman Chalisa can please Lord Hanuman and earn his golden blessings. Hanuman who is also called as the god in monkey form and is one of the most worshiped God among Hindus. His blessings are so significant and powerful that it can solve all problems and turn a negative situation in any person’s life too fast bringing in peace and prosperity.
Why chant Hanuman Chalisa 108 times?
The number 108 is an auspicious one in Hinduism and in spirituality, in general. Mantras, when repeated 108 times purify our minds, and makes it easier to destroy all negative thoughts and feelings. Chanting Hanuman Chalisa 108 times helps us get Hanuman's blessings and brings us within His protection. Hanuman Chalisa wards off all evil and all evil spirits, ghosts, and black magic.
If you are suffering from some deep trouble and if you want to see a miracle, chant Hanuman Chalisa 108 times keeping Lord Hanuman in your heart.
Hanuman Chalisa in English
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A migratory day-flying hawkmoth that makes an audible hum while hovering in front of flowers to feed on nectar.
- Macroglossum stellatarum, family Sphingidae
More example sentences
- Like any nectar-gathering insect the hummingbird hawkmoth takes part in the pollination of flowers.
- This timing could indicate that the hummingbird hawkmoth has been able to over-winter in this country.
- In the summer there are numerous species including skipper butterflies and hummingbird hawkmoths.
Definition of hummingbird hawkmoth in:
- The US English dictionary
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