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What we do for the sake of our beliefs can be beyond the estimates. We respectfully commemorate the advancement of Science and the Science people who gave up their lives for the development of mankind… 1) Aleksandr Bogdanov Russian scientist Alexander Bogdanov is also a writer of science fiction. He devoted his life to finding the answer to the question kaybet Can the old man be rejuvenated by transferring young human blood to an old body? ”He died because of the malaria patient he had injected for his disease test. 2) Marie Curie Curie, a Polish scientist who works on radioactivity, is a Nobel laureate in two different fields. While working in this area, he developed leukemia due to radiation and lost his life. 3) Carl Scheele The Swedish pharmacist Carl Scheele is an explorer of many chemical elements. It is true that Carl Scheele was behind the scenes, but it was indeed true that Carl Scheele was given the right of his discoveries. Our scientists have an interesting study technique. It is to taste the chemicals it works. The cause of death was to taste Hydrogen Cyanide. 4) Sir David Brewster Sir David Brewster worked on optical and light polarization. As a result of his work, he discovers the Kaleidoscope and is called the asla Father of Optics bir by the world of science. 5) Elizabeth Ascheim Our scientists have worked on X-rays. He used himself as a subject for better use and observation of X-rays. Because of exposure to X-rays, cancer cells are formed in every organ of his body and he has lost his life. 6) Robert Bunsen Robert Bunsen has worked especially on Mineralogical and Analytical Chemistry. He discovered the “burns” of the heater used in the laboratories and became blind when analyzing the burner he had found. 7) William Bullock The American Bullock invented the rotary cylinder printing machine and revolutionized the printing industry with this invention. Thanks to the invention faster and quality prints can be made. While trying to repair the rotating cylinder machine, he died and died of gangrene.

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Many children do not look forward to returning to school; not because it's the end of the free days of the summer holiday but for a more sinister reason. School is where the bullying often happens. Children seldom talk about it to their parents, so mum and dad need to be vigilant for the tell-tale signs of bullying, some of which are listed here: - Unexplained physical marks, cuts, bruises and scrapes - Unexplained loss of toys, school supplies, clothing, lunches, or money - Clothes, toys, books, electronic items are damaged or missing or child reports mysteriously “losing” possessions - Doesn't want to go to school or other activities with peers - Doesn't want to use the school bus - Afraid to be left alone: wants you there at end of school time, suddenly "clingy" - Suddenly sullen, withdrawn, evasive; remarks about feeling lonely - Marked change in typical behaviour or personality - Persistently appears sad, moody, angry, anxious or depressed with no apparent cause - Physical complaints; headaches, stomach aches, frequent visits the school nurse’s office - Difficulty sleeping, nightmares, cries self to sleep, bed-wetting - Change in eating habits - Begins bullying siblings or younger children. (Bullied children can sometimes exchange roles and become the bully.) - Waits to get home to use the bathroom. (School bathrooms, because they are often not adult-supervised, can be hotspots for bullying). - Suddenly has fewer friends or doesn't want to be with the “regular group” - Very hungry when he/she comes home. (Bullies can use extortion stealing a victim’s lunch money or lunch.) - Sudden and significant drop in school marks/grades. (Bullying can cause a child to have difficulty focusing and concentrating.) - Blames self for problems; feels “not good enough” - Talks about feeling helpless or about suicide; runs away. What can I do as a parent? Find out what is going on. Ask direct questions. Be supportive and caring. Don't threaten to confront the bully on behalf of the child - but give them the tools to stand up for themselves. Most people have suffered bullying at some time in their lives; so give the child an example from your own life and show them how you overcame it. Remember, to a small child in particular, adults are all-powerful! Remember that bullying can happen on-line too. Social networks are frequently used by bullies to humiliate and belittle their victims. If you suspect this is happening, do a web search for your child's name, and discover what is being posted about them. Some children seem to be natural targets for bullies while others do not. The bully seems to have a natural instinct for picking his or her victim - so what are the signals being unwittingly transmitted by the child that invite the bully? Clearly it is not a conscious choice to be bullied; the signals are being delivered sub-consciously by the child's body language, expression, tone of voice and much more. It is possible to learn to change these, and it is easier than you think! Can a therapist help? Hypnosis and NLP can give your child a set of powerful techniques to feel more self confident and assertive, and generally better about themselves. Bullies invariably have self esteem issues of their own, but their approach is to make someone feel worse than they do in order to feel good about themselves. It is the strategy of a coward. Faced with a seemingly confident child, they quickly move on and find an easier mark. All children have great imaginations, and NLP shows them how to use this to begin to engage in positive thoughts and beliefs about themselves, rather than using the imagination in a negative way. This generates a subtly different body language pattern, and the bully gets a different non-verbal message from the child. Remember, anyone who is good at worrying has a powerful imagination! Let's get to work on using it to feel better, instead of feeling bad! 021 487 6072

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Though the human brain is (naturally) developed to think negative but we at the same point we can programme our mind to be a positive person. The most effective tool for attaining a positive mindset is- Thoughtfulness! Thoughtfulness is also termed as mindfulness and is the psychological procedure to withdraw your attention towards the experiences which are happening to you in the current situation. In a simple language, it is an art of living in present rather than sulking or worrying about the past and future. Here are some quick tips on how to keep mind positive no matter what the situation is – - Study Your Thought Process: As mentioned earlier, the human brain is programmed to think negative. Nothing can deter negative thoughts coming to your mind. But you can keep a tap on your thoughts. Be mindful and see what’s occurring inside your mind. As soon as you experience some negative thoughts, prompt yourself that your thought process is heading in the wrong way. But yes, you should force your mind to think positive. Just stay firm and focus on the things occurring in your mind in the current situation. So, a simple reminder is all you need to give your brain a signal towards the right direction. - Don’t Be Judgemental: Never ever judge yourself on the basis of your thoughts. The brain is having a distinctive system that never sits idle. It keeps on making series of thoughts one after another. But, you should understand those temporary thoughts that come to and fro like the bubbles of water. Be watchful and try to motivate yourself that you’re bigger, better and stronger than your thoughts. Pick the positive in your actions despite the negative. From now on, the next time your mind creates a negative thought like ‘I’m not worthy’, tell your mind it is only a random thought and stay unbothered! One of the best techniques to keep your mind away from the negative thoughts is meditation. Invest some minutes of the day into meditation practice. Though there are so many distractions both internally and externally and make it difficult to focus; once you start following a meditation routine, you’ll understand the art of being in present. Yes, it’s not a habit you create easily instead it demands a lot of dedication and effort. Start with less time to master it gradually. - Shift Your Mind: When you start realizing your thoughts, learn to separate yourself from the bad thoughts. This shift in your attention brings a new ray in your life and nurtures positivity all around. When you find a negative thought, command your brain to stop right away and discard the specific thought. Follow this step-guide and you’ll master an art of developing positive thoughts and imagination in your mindset. The ways may get time to execute so don’t frustrate. Let the process go slow and maintain the consistency to see positive results. Remember, only a positive mind leads to a positive life.

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Unhealthy foods? Genetics? Or something else? Children suffering from obesity are at an increased risk of many different health-related problems which include diabetes and heart disease. Parents all over the world might wonder about certain things, but one of the most pressing thoughts could be are artificial sweeteners guilty for child diabetes? What Scientists Know about Artificial Sweeteners? For the first time in history, researchers have proven that there is a link between cheap artificial sugars used in food products and metabolism damage. Fructose, a corn sweetener, is responsible for the growth of fat cells around the vital organs of the body and the substance can also increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes. The information is startling when considering recent advertisements which beg to differ about the dangers of fructose contained in certain foods such as soft drinks, powdered drink mixes and children’s cereal and snack cakes. Medical experts believe that fructose (also found naturally in certain fruits), can be a contributing factor in the development of childhood diabetes. With the soaring obesity rates among young children all over the world, it does make a person wonder if artificial sweeteners guilty for childhood obesity, requires more study by medical science in order to better understand. The impact of obesity in childhood can also follow into adulthood and lead to more serious problems, it is a situation that needs to be addressed now in order to help millions of children grow up to be healthy adults. Study Information about Artificial Sweeteners Recently, in the UK, researchers studied the effects of fructose on human beings, rather than rats as previously used. The results of the study were alarming; sixteen subjects were placed on a strict dietary plan which included large amounts of fructose. The study found that over a ten week time period each subject experienced a frightening increase in fat around the heart, liver and other organs of the digestive system. Subjects that were given sucrose in lieu of fructose did not experience the same problems, though people in both groups gained a similar amount of weight. Why is Fructose so Bad for You? Fructose enters the body and completely bypasses digestive organs that breaks down other types of sugars and gets to the liver intact. Once in the liver, fructose is responsible for causing a vast array of abnormal body reactions and the substance causes a disruption in the mechanism of fat storing and burning. Knowing this information has allowed scientists to determine with absolute certainty that high fructose consumption leads to heart disease, weight gain and diabetes. As a parent, it is up to you to make sure your child has a healthy diet including plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, drinks plenty of water and receives adequate exercise, which will help the child maintain a healthy body weight and avoid obesity. Could artificial sweeteners guilty for child diabetes be a real problem? The topic requires more research in order to better understand how fructose affects the mechanism of action in fat storing and burning in the human body, which can lead to childhood obesity and many other problems down the road.

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Exploration in the Naica mine (Chihuahua, Mexico) recently unveiled several caves containing giant, faceted, and transparent single crystals of gypsum (CaSO4•2H2O) as long as 11 m. These large crystals form at very low supersaturation. The problem is to explain how proper geochemical conditions can be sustained for a long time without large fluctuations that would trigger substantial nucleation. Fluid inclusion analyses show that the crystals grew from low-salinity solutions at a temperature of ∼54 °C, slightly below the one at which the solubility of anhydrite equals that of gypsum. Sulfur and oxygen isotopic compositions of gypsum crystals are compatible with growth from solutions resulting from dissolution of anhydrite previously precipitated during late hydrothermal mineralization, suggesting that these megacrystals formed by a self-feeding mechanism driven by a solution-mediated, anhydrite-gypsum phase transition. Nucleation kinetics calculations based on laboratory data show that this mechanism can account for the formation of these giant crystals, yet only when operating within the very narrow range of temperature identified by our fluid inclusion study. These singular conditions create a mineral wonderland, a site of scientific interest, and an extraordinary phenomenon worthy of preservation.

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A group of diseases that result from the abnormal deposition of a protein, called amyloid, in various tissues of the body. Amyloid protein can be deposited in a localized area, and it may not be harmful or it may affect only a single tissue of the body. This form of amyloidosis is called localized amyloidosis. Amyloidosis that affects tissues throughout the body is referred to as systemic amyloidosis. Systemic amyloidosis can cause serious changes in organs throughout the body. Amyloidosis can occur as its own entity or secondarily, as a result of another illness, including multiple myeloma, chronic infections (such as tuberculosis or osteomyelitis), or chronic inflammatory diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis).

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Parents could cure fussy eating in just three simple steps, a new study has suggested. The study of 115 children aged between two and four, conducted by Aston and Loughborough Universities, found that by introducing the ‘three Rs’ – Repetition, Role Modelling and Rewards – during meal times, mums and dads could not only encourage their children to eat new vegetable, but actually like them too. Researchers claim that the ‘three Rs’ dramatically increased both the amount of vegetables eaten by children and how much they enjoyed them. The ‘three Rs’ According to the study, parents can help to cure fussy eating and change their child’s attitude to the food by following these three simple steps: Step one: Repeatedly expose a child to a certain food (‘repetition’). Step two: Eat it first and show the child how tasty it is (‘role modelling’). Step three: Praising the child for trying it (‘rewards’), a parent can help positively change their child’s attitude to the food. Commenting on the research, Dr Claire Farrow, of the Aston Research Centre for Child Health, said: “Not eating enough fruits and vegetables is one of the main risk factors for global mortality. Eating more fruits and vegetables could prevent numerous cancers, stroke, diabetes and obesity. Children in the UK, however, do not eat enough of them – with only about 20% of them achieving the recommended five-a-day.” Although Dr Farrow points out that children naturally go through a fussy stage during their toddler years, evidence-based scientific advice can help families encourage children to taste and eventually like new fruits and vegetables. She adds: “Our research shows that a combination of repeatedly exposing children to vegetables, rewarding them for trying the food and modelling enjoying eating the vegetable yourself, can help to encourage children to taste and eventually like vegetables which they did not previously like eating. “Eating behaviours have been shown to track throughout childhood and into adulthood – so it is vitally important that children are exposed to fruits and vegetables early in life to inform healthy eating as they grow into adolescence and adulthood.”

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Although echolocating bats and other mammals share the basic design of laryngeal apparatus for sound production and auditory system for sound reception, they have a specialized laryngeal mechanism for ultrasonic sound emissions as well as a highly developed auditory system for processing species-specific sounds. Because the sounds used by bats for echolocation and rodents for communication are quite different, there must be differences in the central nervous system devoted to producing and processing species-specific sounds between them. The present study examines the difference in the relative size of several brain structures and expression of auditory-related and vocal-related proteins in the central nervous system of echolocation bats and rodents. Here, we report that bats using constant frequency–frequency-modulated sounds (CF–FM bats) and FM bats for echolocation have a larger volume of midbrain nuclei (inferior and superior colliculi) and cerebellum relative to the size of the brain than rodents (mice and rats). However, the former have a smaller volume of the cerebrum and olfactory bulb, but greater expression of otoferlin and forkhead box protein P2 than the latter. Although the size of both midbrain colliculi is comparable in both CF–FM and FM bats, CF–FM bats have a larger cerebrum and greater expression of otoferlin and forkhead box protein P2 than FM bats. These differences in brain structure and protein expression are discussed in relation to their biologically relevant sounds and foraging behavior.

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Week 1: Kids’ Yoga Foundations – Yoga Play We begin with the foundations for sharing yoga with young people of all ages. - Tips for connecting authentically with kids, keeping them engaged, and positively addressing challenges that arise. - Elements of Kids’ Yoga: Safe and simple practices appropriate for people of all-ages, including: creative movement and simple asana, basic breathing and relaxation practices, and pre-mindfulness practices (sensory-based practices to prepare kids for mindfulness and meditation practices). - Yoga-inspired stories, games, songs, and dance - Simple sequences. - Early and middle childhood development (ages 3 – 10): physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and energetic. - Anatomy exploration: How to awaken self-awareness and teach kids about their bodies. - Self-care practices so you can be your best you! Week 2: Fundamentals for Kids’ Yoga Teachers Now that you have a solid foundation, Week 2 will get into the “nitty gritty” of teaching yoga to children and adolescents. Here we’ll get more specific about anatomy, planning your own sequences, alignment, and teaching more complicated poses. You’ll learn techniques for making yoga and mindfulness practices safe and engaging as young people’s minds and bodies rapidly change through puberty and beyond. Learn how to adapt yoga and mindfulness practices for specific populations and contexts. It includes a Community Yoga class for people ages 5 and up in which participants will have the opportunity to teach if they choose. - Building your own sequences and safe sequencing practices for different ages. - Teaching complex and challenging poses. - Tween and Teen development (ages 10 – 18). - Partner yoga. - Yoga for special populations. - Yoga in different contexts: yoga in schools, studios, after-school programs, yoga camps, and yoga parties. - Family and Community Yoga: Teaching mixed-age classes. - The energy body (koshas, chakras, nadis, and pranayama). - Daily practice teaching geared towards the age group of your choice. - The yoga of business.

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July 3, 2017 “Star Wars” made them mainstream: lasers – colorful rays of light full of energy. Scientifically speaking: electromagnetic waves that are mostly of a single color, extremely intensive and highly bundled. These are the tools used by Arnulf Materny, Professor in Chemical Physics at Jacobs University. Using laser technology, Materny decodes the material characteristics or the exact stages of chemical processes. His path in life seemed predestined already while he was at school: “The physics room is his castle”, was said of him in the college yearbook. He now spends his time predominantly in laboratories equipped with extremely powerful lasers. Born in Upper Franconia, he is involved in two highly relevant research fields: Raman laser spectroscopy, which tends to be used in applied research, and Femto laser spectroscopy, used in basic research. The numerous international awards in his office bear witness to his scientific achievements in these areas. When light encounters molecules, it is almost completely reflected back unchanged. A small part of the energy of light, however, is transferred to the molecules and makes them vibrate. This changes the light that is reflected back and its frequency becomes a little higher or lower. Such an effect, named after Indian Nobel laureate C. V. Raman, is characteristic for the respective molecule; it is full of information. Raman spectroscopy is used in many areas: from textile testing to food safety, from cancer research to environmental protection. With Raman spectroscopy, practically any molecule can be investigated without having to elaborately prepare the object of investigation and without destroying it. Arnulf Materny’s actual scientific home is in Femto spectroscopy, however. Chemical reactions and biological processes can happen very, very quickly. A femtosecond is one millionth of one billionth of a second. Hard to imagine? Light takes 100 femtoseconds to travel the width of a human hair, and one second to reach the moon. Materny’s laboratory looks a little like the strobe lights in a disco – ultrashort flashes of light provide snapshots of chemical reactions. Repeated measurements occurring in quick succession make it possible to obtain an analysis virtually in slow motion. Materny and his working group are pioneers in this field; they are involved in basic research. Semiconductors are optimized and electronic components such as organic solar cells tested using Femto laser spectroscopy. However, it can also contribute to gaining a better understanding of the interactions between metallic surfaces and adherent molecules. Materny has been conducting research at Jacobs University since 2001. His interest in science and technology runs in the family: his father was a physicist and mathematician, his daughter is studying mechanical engineering and his son intends to study electrical engineering. Materny himself studied in Bayreuth and Würzburg before a research trip took him to the renowned California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena. There, he undertook research as part of Nobel laureate Ahmed H. Zewail’s working group. After returning to Germany, he qualified as a professor in Würzburg. The 55-year old loves to spend time on his bicycle for relaxation. He cycles from his house in Lemwerder to Jacobs University come rain or shine. In the summer, he will take a long trip: 2,500 km through south-eastern Europe with little luggage. Instead of concerning himself with processes in ultrashort femtoseconds, he will slow down, relax and enjoy nature.

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Sure, it's easy to take a cheap shot at Earth Day. This is the day when companies roll out series of greenwashing claims and eco-pundits publish overlong pieces on what’s wrong with the environmental movement. No doubt it's a day that begs for cynical dismissal. This year, however, the Earth Day Network has a clever retort: Okay, smart guy, what are YOU doing? With this year's Faces of Climate Change theme, the goal is to clear up the "remote and hazy" nature of climate change by calling for submissions of photographs and stories from around the world; from people who are affected by, and who are working to address, the complex global changes already underway. GRACE Program Director and Ecocentric contributor Kyle Rabin recently talked with our chosen Face of Climate Change, Dr. Chris Gobler, a biologist from Stony Brook University on New York’s Long Island. Dr. Gobler studies harmful algal blooms in coastal waters, but he also conducts important research on the impacts of increased carbon dioxide levels on marine life. As Dr. Gobler says in our video interview, we often associate climate change and the ocean through increased temperatures, sea level rise and coastal storms, but acidification has emerged as a threat. Gobler sees ocean acidification as a "game-changer in the way we think about how climate change can affect the functioning of our oceans." Since the industrial revolution, atmospheric carbon dioxide has risen by 40 percent thanks to polluting sources like power plants and automobiles. In a profound example of how our energy system impact the world's waters, the ocean has been quietly storing our increased CO2 emissions, and through a series of chemical reactions ocean pH has decreased 30 percent. In other words, the ocean has become more acidic. It turns out that a lot of ocean life is sensitive to this swing in acidity. Clams and scallops, for example, create their shells by using calcium carbonate in the ocean water. However as the pH falls, so does the amount of carbonate, so these crustaceans have difficulty making their shells. Other crustaceans, like the blue crab, have been shown to feast on the extra CO2 in lab experiments, indicating that increased carbon could mean larger, thicker crab shells. Dr. Gobler's research has shown that smaller organisms appear to be more sensitive to lower pH, particularly at the earliest life stages. As the Earth Day Network explains, "Every person who does his or her part to fix the problem is also a Face of Climate Change," and indeed Dr. Gobler is doing his part through scientific research. Take a look at the gallery of people – from many nations and of all ages – who are working to combat climate change in myriad ways. Just try and remain cynical about Earth Day when you have so many inspiring faces staring back.

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Inspired by a website called “Dude, Autumn Happens Here, Too” (https://www.californiafallcolor.com/ ) I set off last week to see the quaking aspen groves in the Sierra. As I drove up Highway 4 and over Ebbetts Pass the aspen groves came into view. Markleeville and Monitor Pass displayed some nice color, too. As I enjoyed the fall display I wondered if they would be as beautiful for future generations or if our impact on the environment would cause these glorious trees to change in any way. Quaking aspen (Populua tremuloides) is the most widespread tree species in North America. They generally grow in high altitude areas but also exist at sea level in places like the state of Washington along the Pacific coast where climate conditions are ideal. Quaking aspen provide food for foraging animals and habitat for wildlife. They also act as a fuel break retaining much more water in the environment than do most conifer species. High mountain systems, such as the Sierra Nevada, are uniquely sensitive to anticipated global climate changes and act as “canaries in the coal mine” to provide early signals of significant climate-driven changes. Research in the Sierra Nevada by Pacific Southwest Research Station, a USDA Forest Service research organization, shows how vegetation has responded to climate in the past and indicates changes than might be coming in the future over the next decade. Climate has a profound influence in shaping our environment and natural resources. By looking at tree ring records of living and ancient wood and pollen lake sediments present climate can be compared to historic patterns to show climate changes. Research indicates a complex, unpredictable future for aspen in the West, where increased drought, ozone and insect outbreaks will compete with carbon dioxide fertilization and warmer soils with unknown cumulative effects. They are vulnerable in the face of climate change. Hopefully, we will not lose this wonderful tree in California. Weather conditions play a major part in the intensity of fall color. The time of year is nearly consistent but some years the show is more dramatic than others. The best conditions for intense leaf color to develop are dry sunny days followed by cool, but not freezing nights. Which plants put on the best show in our area? Here are some of my favorites. California native Western redbud turns yellow or red in the fall if conditions allow. This plant is truly a four-season plant starting in spring with magenta flowers, then leafing out with apple green heart shaped leaves. Colorful seed pods give way to fall color. This small native tree or large shrub does well as a patio tree in gardens with good drainage. Other native plants like spicebush and Western azalea turn yellow or gold in the fall. A native vine that lights up with the onset of autumn is Rogers Red California grape. If you have an arbor, wall or fence that needs covering quickly this is your plant. The green and gray leaves are transformed in autumn into great draperies of rich, scarlet leaves with clusters of summer fruit turning all shades of purple. Edibles that turn color in the fall include blueberries, pomegranate and persimmons. Trees and shrubs that do well in our area and provide fall color include Chinese flame tree, ginkgo, Idaho locust, Chinese pistache, crape myrtle, witch hazel, all maples, liquidambar, katsura, dogwood, locust, cherry, crabapple, oakleaf hydrangea, barberry and smoke tree.

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Kunekunes (pronounced “cooney cooney”) are a small breed of domesticated pig. In fact, they are smaller and fatter than most domesticated pigs (hence their name). They have round bellies, stubby legs, and short snouts. Most also have one or more chin tassels, called “piri piri,” which are a distinctive trait of the breed. Kunekune coats vary in color and pattern, ranging from speckled or blotchy to solid hues of brown, black, white, tan and gold. Coat texture may vary as well, from short and silky to coarse and curly. Until fairly recently, kunekune pigs were found only in New Zealand living among the Maori people. The breed likely originated somewhere in Asia. It is unclear how and when kunekunes first arrived in New Zealand. Introduction to North America By the time others “discovered” the breed in the late 1970s, there were only about 50 purebred kunekunes left in New Zealand. Over the next few decades, a dedicated group of conservationists managed to expand kunekune herds in New Zealand and arranged for some kunekunes to be exported to the United Kingdom (U.K.) to start new herds. Kunekunes first came to the United States in the 1990s. All kunekunes in the U.S. are descended either from New Zealand or U.K. imported stock. Most kunekune pigs are raised as companion animals. Generally speaking, they are easygoing, easy to care for, and very affectionate. While still rare, kunekune pigs are now found in New Zealand and a number of other countries, including the U.S. - Kingdom: Animalia - Phylum: Chordata - Subphylum: Vertebrata - Class: Mammalia - Genera: sus scrofa scrofa - Species: kunekune

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So i'm doing a matlab simulation of delta wye transformer and would need to show the phase shift between voltages. Here is a picture of input voltages so how would I show on this graph mathematically or graphically that these voltages are 120 degrees apart? A slightly off-beat approach: Figure 1. Intersection of the curves. Because they're sinewaves we can use some trig functions. - At (1) the blue phase is at 0. Let's call this 0°. - At (2) the blue phase is at 2400. That will be 90°. - At (3) and (4), the intersection point with the other phases, the voltage is 1200 which is half the peak. We know that \$ sin\ a = 0.5 \$ has two solutions: 30° and 150° and that these are 120° apart.

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November’s entrance indicates many events: Thanksgiving, the official start of winter and, as a result, a lawn covered with colorful, fallen leaves left behind by autumn. The fate of foliage was once left to nothing more than a rake or a leaf-blower. For those with children, a pile of fallen leaves can provide hours of active entertainment. But once the raking and jumping has concluded, banish loose leaves to the curbside no more. Instead, put them to use with these five creative uses for fallen foliage. - Build a Scarecrow. Here’s a use for fallen leaves that can recycle other things you may be looking to clear out, like ill-fitting clothes or torn pantyhose. When building a scarecrow’s head (which can also be made from an old pillowcase), legs and arms, use dry leaves as stuffing. You can also use them to accessorize by tearing the leaves into thin strips to create your scarecrow’s “hair.” - Create Compost or Fertilizer. Using foliage to create compost is by far one of the easiest and eco-friendliest ways to remove it from a lawn. It’s also a great way to start a compost pile (if you don’t already have one). Begin by setting aside a small, fenced-in area of your yard (3’ x 3’ is the standard minimum) and place fallen leaves within it. Feel free to add other biodegradable items that might otherwise be tossed away, like old vegetables, weeds or flowers that will eventually decompose into great fertilizer for your organic garden. Be patient, though: Foliage can take up to two years to decompose. - Make Art. We all remember preschool days of running a crayon over a piece of paper and a big leaf. To some, that method of art will never get old, especially when it’s a great way to recycle both foliage and printer paper. It also can create quite beautiful drawings when creatively paired with charcoal or uniquely colored pencils. - Create Bird Feed. Birds instinctively build their nests with any naturally discarded items they can find, including fallen leaves. But, unbeknownst to many, foliage is also a source of sustenance for our avian friends. Some breeds use leaves to store food like stray seeds, while others know to find worms and insects on them. In addition to your compost pile, consider creating a “bird pile” of foliage. Also, fear not if rain falls. When leaves collect water, birds often use that as a drinking source. - Decorate your Home for the Holidays. If you’ve ever snored through a holiday wreath-making party, you know that some people go great lengths to find the wackiest decorations possible. No need to rush to the art supply store, as fallen leaves can create beautiful additions to a holiday wreath. The bursts of color can be used to make exquisite harvest centerpieces, as well, when paired with such fall vegetables as pumpkins and gourds. And once the season has passed, these decorations can head straight to your compost pile, instead of a landfill. From the Organic Authority Files Keep in touch with Amanda on Twitter: @Amanda_ZW

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A large Kc indicates large concentrations of products at equilibrium as follows: - Kc > 1000 means that the reaction goes to completion. A small Kc indicates large concentrations of unreacted reactants at equilibrium: - Kc < 0.001 means that the reaction does not happen. The equilibrium law only applies to systems at equilibrium. The equilibrium constant, Kc, is the value obtained for the equilibrium-constant expression when equilibrium concentrations are substituted. The numerical value of Kc is unaffected by changes in the concentrations of reactants or products. Kc is constant at constant temperature; however if the temperature changes, the value for the equilibrium constant will change.

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Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere reach new record The WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin showed that globally averaged concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) reached 405.5 parts per million (ppm) in 2017, up from 403.3 ppm in 2016 and 400.1 ppm in 2015. Concentrations of methane and nitrous oxide also rose, whilst there was a resurgence of a potent greenhouse gas and ozone depleting substance called CFC-11, which is regulated under an international agreement to protect the ozone layer. Since 1990, there has been a 41% increase in total radiative forcing – the warming effect on the climate – by long-lived greenhouse gases. CO2 accounts for about 82% of the increase in radiative forcing over the past decade, according to figures from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration quoted in the WMO Bulletin. Read more from WMO

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What components of fitness is used in basketball? Strength & Power, Speed / Quickness, Agility, Balance & Coordination. Aerobic Endurance, Flexibility, Analytic & Tactical Ability, Motivation & Self Confidence. Body Size and Composition. How is cardiovascular fitness used in basketball? Running up and down the court, jumping, and the quick lateral moves done in basketball provide an excellent source of aerobic exercise and burns plenty of calories. In fact, for each hour of competitive basketball, a 165-pound person can expect to burn around 600 calories. What are the components of fitness? The 5 components that make up total fitness are: - Cardiovascular Endurance. - Muscular Strength. - Muscular endurance. - Body Composition. What are the components of physical fitness involved in shooting? Out of the options of Body Size and Composition, Muscle Strength, Muscular Endurance, Power, Speed / Quickness, Agility, Flexibility, Balance and Coordination, and Cardiovascular Endurance, the factor which is considered to be most important by the readers of this site is balance/coordination. What are the fitness components engage in teams sport playing? These five components—cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition—are the blueprint for the American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM’s) physical activity guidelines, and they provide a helpful tool for organizing and executing your own well-balanced workout … What are the 4 main components of fitness? Most people tend to focus on one type of exercise or activity and think they’re doing enough. Research has shown that it’s important to get all four types of exercise: endurance, strength, balance, and flexibility. Each one has different benefits. What are the 2 major components of fitness? Such tests are necessary for some occupations, such as soldiers and firefighters. Physical fitness has two components: general fitness (a state of health and well-being) and specific fitness (the ability to perform specific aspects of sports or occupations). What are the 7 components of fitness? What are the seven components of fitness? - Speed. Moving body parts quickly. - Strength. Ability to push, pull, lift, and jump. - Agility. Quickness. - Coordination. Ability to move body parts together fluently. - Balance. Being steady. - Flexibility. Making muscles longer. - Endurance. Long steady activity.

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The Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera, is a small, reddish dabbling duck found in marshes and ponds of western North and South America. The adult male has a cinnamon-red head and body with a brown back, a red eye and a dark bill. The adult female has a mottled brown body, a pale brown head, brown eyes and a grey bill and is very similar in appearance to a female Blue-winged Teal; however its overall color is richer, the lore spot, eye line, and eye ring are less distinct. It's bill is longer and more spatulate. Male juvenile resembles a female Cinnamon or Blue-winged Teal but their eyes are red. They are 16 inches (410 mm) long, have a 22-inch (560 mm) wingspan, and weigh 14 ounces (400 g). They have 2 adult molts per year and a third molt in their first year. Breeding / Distribution: Their breeding habitat is marshes and ponds in western United States and extreme southwestern Canada, and are rare visitors to the east coast of the United States. Cinnamon Teal generally select new mates each year. They are migratory and most winter in northern South America and the Caribbean, generally not migrating as far as the Blue-winged Teal. Some winter in California and southwestern Arizona. They are known to interbreed with Blue-winged Teals. - Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium Northern Cinnamon Teal breeds from British Columbia to northwestern New Mexico, and they winter in northwestern South America. - Anas cyanoptera tropica Tropical Cinnamon Teal occurs in the Cauca Valley and Magdalena Valley in Colombia. - Anas cyanoptera borreroi Borrero's Cinnamon Teal (possibly extinct) occurs in the eastern Andes of Colombia with records of apparently resident birds from northern Ecuador. - Anas cyanoptera orinomus Andean Cinnamon Teal occurs in the Altiplano of Peru, northern Chile and Bolivia. - Anas cyanoptera cyanoptera Argentine Cinnamon Teal occurs in southern Peru, southern Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands. Diet / Food: These birds feed by dabbling. They mainly eat plants; their diet may include mollusks and aquatic insects. Feeding Ducks ... We all enjoy ducks and many of us offer them food to encourage them to come over and stay around - and it works! Who doesn't like an easy meal! However, the foods that we traditionally feed them at local ponds are utterly unsuitable for them and are likely to cause health problems down the road. Also, there may be local laws against feeding this species of bird - so it's best to check on that rather than facing consequences at a later stage. - Foods that can be fed to Ducks, Geese and Swans to survive cold winters and remain healthy when food is scarce in their environment. Please note that feeding ducks and geese makes them dependent on humans for food, which can result in starvation and possibly death when those feedings stop. If you decide to feed them, please limit the quantity to make sure that they maintain their natural ability to forage for food themselves - providing, of course, that natural food sources are available. Copyright: Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from Please Note: The articles or images on this page are the sole property of the authors or photographers. Please contact them directly with respect to any copyright or licensing questions. Thank you.

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General English – A2 The course is for those who need to have sufficient knowledge of English to Read and understand texts of middle complexity. Enrich the vocabulary (meetings and discussions, hospital, police, work, entertainment, cooking, customs, traditions, restaurants and cuisine, museums and guiding, theatres and cinemas etc.). Write basic texts on topics of immediate relevance (autobiographical compositions, CVs, Communicate on topics of immediate relevance (shopping, sports, school and education, family, hospital and medicine, travelling and airport, hotels and navigation and other basic subjects of interaction). Improve listening skills (understanding not only British English but also other dialects, differentiating formal and informal types of speech). British and American English differences (vocabulary and pronunciation differences). At the end of the course you will be able to write short compositions, express complex ideas, communicate with both native and non-native English speakers, discuss different subjects, listen to radio and TV programs and read passages of medium complexity. The course is recommended to those who need more efficient usage of English and need English as part of their work or daily life.

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20 November 2020 Because the plague was spread by bacteria, we decided to investigate how bacteria spreads around our classroom. Given the current circumstances, this seemed an especially important investigation. In order to do this, we took swabs with sterilised cotton bud tips of various items around the classroom. These included: teacher laptop, door handle, topic book, pencil, hands, table, hand sanitiser bottle, a glue stick and an iPad. Once the swabs were taken, they were rubbed on to agar jelly, held in Petri dishes. These were left for three weeks to cultivate the bacteria gathered. We hypothesised that the iPad would be the dirtiest item in our classroom. To our amazement, and Miss Harmar’s horror, the teacher laptop was by far the dirtiest, causing the greatest amount of bacteria growth on the agar jelly. Also surprisingly, the child’s hands were in fact the cleanest among all the items, which shows what a superb job one child is doing when washing their hands. The children loved plotting their results onto a bar graph, and Miss Harmar has already ordered her laptop wipes....!! Posted by Miss Harmar Category: Mr Bourne Year 4/5 2020-2021

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La Niña part of a cycle known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has developed in the Pacific Ocean, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology announced on November 23, 2021. Consequently, BOM's ENSO Outlook has been raised to LA NIÑA. Climate models suggest this La Niña will be short-lived, persisting until the late southern hemisphere summer or early autumn 2022. La Niña events increase the chance of above-average rainfall across much of northern and eastern Australia during summer. Several indicators of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) now show clear La Niña patterns. Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific are close to La Niña thresholds, with climate model outlooks expecting them to cool further. In the atmosphere, cloud and wind patterns are typical of La Niña, indicating the atmosphere is now responding to, and reinforcing, the changes observed in the ocean.1 The negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is approaching its end, with oceanic index values in the neutral range. However, cloud and wind patterns across the eastern Indian Ocean suggest some IOD influence remains. All models indicate the IOD will remain neutral for the coming months, consistent with its typical seasonal cycle. A negative IOD increases the chances of above-average spring rainfall for much of southern and eastern Australia. The Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) is currently over the Maritime Continent region at weak to moderate strength. The MJO is forecast to progress eastwards across the Maritime Continent and into the western Pacific over the coming fortnight, increasing the chances of above-average rainfall across northern Australia and the Maritime Continent, to Australia's north. The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) has generally been positive for several weeks. It is forecast to remain at positive levels to the end of the year. A positive SAM during summer typically brings wetter weather to eastern parts of Australia, but drier than average conditions for western Tasmania. Dr. Andrew Watkins, BOM's Head of Operational Climate Services, said that typically during La Niña events, rainfall becomes focused in the western tropical Pacific, leading to wetter than normal period for eastern, northern and central parts of Australia.2 "La Niña also increases the chance of cooler than average daytime temperatures for large parts of Australia and can increase the number of tropical cyclones that form," Watkins said. "La Niña is also associated with earlier first rains of the northern wet season, as we've observed across much of tropical Australia this year. "The last significant La Niña was 2010 - 12. This strong event saw large impacts across Australia, including Australia’s wettest two-year periods on record, and widespread flooding. "La Niña also occurred during spring and summer of 2020-21. Back-to-back La Niña events are not unusual, with around half of all past events returning for a second year." This year's event is not predicted to be as strong as the 2010-12 event and may even be weaker than in 2020-21 La Niña event. "Every La Niña has different impacts, as it is not the only climate driver to affect Australia at any one time. That's why it is important not to look at it in isolation and use the Bureau’s climate outlooks tools online to get a sense about likely conditions for the months ahead," Watkins said. The Bureau previously shifted to La Niña WATCH on September 14, 2021, and to La Niña ALERT on October 12, 2021. 1 La Niña established in the tropical Pacific - November 23, 2021 - BOM 2 Bureau of Meteorology declares La Nina underway - Media release November 23, 2021 - BOM Featured image credit: Frank Juarez Producing content you read on this website takes a lot of time, effort, and hard work. If you value what we do here, please consider becoming a supporter.

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But did you know all there are different anxiety types that manifest in different areas of our lives? Learning more about the different types of anxiety can help you better understand what you're experiencing, and figure out treatment and coping strategies that make sense for you. In case you need a refresher, let's define what plain old anxiety is. Anxiety is a worried, uneasy, nervous feeling. When you're anxious, you might notice yourself having racing thoughts and going through countless "what-if" scenarios. It is usually hard to put these worried thoughts aside. Anxiety also has a long list of physical symptoms, including rapid heart rate, sweating, heavy breathing, and high blood pressure. Anxiety is usually associated with stressful or high-stakes events - like a performance or job interview. Most people experience anxiety from time to time, when confronted with particularly stressful situations. So what distinguishes a passing feeling of anxiety from an anxiety disorder? Those with anxiety disorders usually feel anxious all the time, even about routine day-to-day activities. The anxiety may be so intense and consuming that it can prevent them from functioning normally in their daily life. If you think you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder, it's best to reach out to a licensed mental health professional for a diagnosis. They can help you come up with a treatment plan that works for you. Now, let's break down the major anxiety types, where they come from, and the signs to look out for. Remember, only a licensed mental health professional can make an official diagnosis. If any of these descriptions resonate with you, it might be a good time to open up a conversation about treatment. Generalized Anxiety Disorder is a form of chronic anxiety that is, well, general. Those with Generalized Anxiety Disorder may feel anxious about all kinds of things, without necessarily having a specific pattern. You may feel anxious often, but find difficulty identifying why. Symptoms to look out for include frequent rumination, worrying, and feelings of anxiety that occur regularly without specific cause. Unlike Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder has a specific trigger: social situations. Your anxiety may manifest as fears of embarrassment in front of other people while socializing at school or work. Symptoms to look out for include insecurity interacting with others, people-pleasing behaviors, and avoiding large groups or social functions. Panic Disorder is unique from Generalized Anxiety Disorder in that the anxiety comes on suddenly and in full force in the form of panic attacks. Panic attacks typically last less than 20 minutes, and have intense physical symptoms like racing heart, crying, shaking, disassociation, and shortness of breath. They may occur randomly, or due to particular triggers. Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety tied specifically to places associated with feelings of panic and embarrassment. It commonly evolves out of Panic Disorder - individuals who experience panic attacks in public places, for example, may go on to avoid public places at all costs. This is due to a belief that if it happens again, there will be no way to escape or get help. Symptoms to look out for include intense fear, feelings of entrapment and helplessness, and avoiding particular places or situations associated with panic attacks. Separation Anxiety Disorder is most popularly associated with small children, but can happen at any stage of life. Separation Anxiety, as the name suggests, is anxiety surrounding being apart from someone you're attached to. This could be a parent, partner, family member, or other close loved one. Symptoms to look out for include fears of being alone, beliefs that loved ones will be in danger if they're apart from you, and physical symptoms of anxiety upon separation. Though we all experience anxiety here and there sometimes, frequent anxiety that feels unmanageable may be a sign of an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders come in the form of 5 anxiety types, including Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, and Separation Anxiety. The different anxiety types have varying symptoms and triggers. If you're looking for ways to self-reflect and manage your anxiety, try journaling with the Jour app. We have personalized journal prompts specifically designed for coping with anxiety and calming yourself down when you're feeling tense. And, since it's all on your phone, we're right here at your fingertips whenever you need us most!

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Here is the article to end all articles on the asubject-verb agreement: 20 rules of the subject-verb agreement. Students will be able to pass one quiz at a time by learning these rules. During this English lesson, you will learn some more advanced cases of subject-verb concordance that baffl many learners. This quiz deals with subjects composed with a singular noun and plural vocabulary or pronouns, as well as complex sentences. It`s a fun quiz, as it also covers special names that can be confusing, like collective names and names that end with an “s” but remain singular. 8. Man with all the birds (live, live) on my way. 15. Mathematics is John`s favourite subject, while civics is Andreas` favourite subject. 22. The Prime Minister and his wife warmly welcome the press. These words always take the plural form of the verb: these words are irregular plural nouns (which are not made by the addition of -s) and they take the plural form of the verb: we could hardly exist in a world without subjects or verbs that live in harmony. None of our sentences would make sense. But with a solid understanding of the subject-verb agreement, students can write a variety of different types of sentences. The answers follow our PDF worksheet below, which you can download and print for your students. Combine the following sentences with an appropriate form of the verb in parentheses. If you are looking for a quiz in the subject-verb agreement, we have two for you. The first set of questions is fundamental and covers simple subjects composed with nouns or singular pronouns and verbs that must correspond depending on whether they are singular or plural. The second quiz deals with compound topics, complex sentences, and special nouns that adopt singular verbs. Once your students have a solid understanding of themes, predicates, and objects, they are well prepared to create masterful complex sentences. Select the correct form of the verb that corresponds to the subject. A. Itinerary: Choose the appropriate verb from these sentences. ___ The director works very hard with all the actors. These subject-verb correspondence exercises with answers cover simple themes as well as compound topics that use “and” or “or” to connect individual themes. These questions are also singular, although they speak of a group of people. Subject-verb agreement is one of the first things you learn in English class: B. Instructions: Decide if the sentence is correct or incorrect..

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Electric arcs pose some of the most serious safety hazards for construction, trades and industry workers. Arc blast or flash hazards include high temperatures (hotter than the surface temperature of the sun) over short periods of time (fractions of a second), hot gases, an intense pressure wave from the explosion (like having a hand grenade explode inches away), and shrapnel from vaporized and molten metal particles. Arc-related injuries can range from minor to severe burns, blindness, hearing and memory loss from the pressure wave, broken bones, or death. When a worker is exposed to an arc, the clothing they wear may play a large role in the severity of the potential injury. New OSHA standards:

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Quite unpopular among swimmers because considered as annoying alga the Posidonia oceanica actually is a plant that is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It is an important part of the sea’s ecosystem and protected by national and interational rules. Learn to observe from a different perspective So as we’ve told the Posidonia is a plant and not an alga but where’s the difference? Plants consist in a trunk, blossoms and fruits, algae do not have this structure. They are equiped with a talus, a sort of a small pillow that with its rhizomes works as an anchor. The Posidonia is very important for the following reasons: 1) It produces oxygen (A meadow of 1m2 produces about 14 litres oxygen per day) 2) It works as a natural barrier for shores and beaches 3) It is the ideal habitat for numerous organisms, not only fish but also invertebrates Do you know that sea horses love to live between the leaves of the Posidonia? Take your diving equipment and start your discovery tour in the depths of the elban sea. On the island of Elba you’ll find large meadows of Posidonia which are particularly beautiful. For your holidays we recommend you a plunge into the biodiversity of our Mediterranean with its rich ecosystem.

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There is nothing like grilling during the summer months; burgers, fish, and chicken are all favorites on the grill. As delicious as grilling is, research has shown that cancer-causing compounds, heterocyclic amines, are formed when protein foods (meats, poultry, fish) are cooked at high heat. Here are a few things to do to keep our food safe when grilling: - Don’t keep the food on the grill longer than necessary. Use a grill thermometer and cook steaks, chops and fish to 145 degrees Fahrenheit, beef burgers and pork to 160 and chicken and turkey to 165. Under-cooking leaves bacteria lurking while overcooking increases the HCAs. - Grill at low temperatures. Try indirect heat-have the heat on in the back and turn it down or off in the front of the grill where the meat is cooking. - Flip your food frequently to prevent it from burning. - Try to avoid smoke and flame flare ups from grease. Keep a water bottle handy. The smoke and flames contain cancer-causing substances that coat the meat. - Marinating meats first has been shown to reduce the formation of cancer-causing substances. - Try grilling other foods-vegetables, fruits and tofu. They are less likely to cause cancer since there are no muscle proteins to break down. - Choose lean meat or get rid of the fat off the meat before grilling. This will reduce the chance of fire or smoke from the fat dripping. - Try kebobs-the smaller pieces of meat will cook faster and are less likely to form cancer causing compounds. Gas v. Charcoal Grills Gas and charcoal grills each come with their own sets of pros and cons regarding how their use affects the environment. Charcoal is dirtier, but can come from renewable resources; gas has a smaller carbon footprint, but is derived from non-renewable fossil fuels. According to the Huffington Post, grills powered with gas emit far fewer emissions than most charcoal grills. So go for the gas grill! A few other simple tips to reduce your carbon footprint: - Don’t use chemical lighter fluid - Don’t leave your grill running longer than necessary What’s your favorite food to grill?

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Oluwatosin Oluwadare, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, is seeking to answer a fundamental question in genome science: how the physical structure of a chromosome affects genetic function, from gene expression to DNA replication and incidence of genetic disease. To do so, Oluwadare’s research group created an entirely new way of predicting chromosome structure — one that is faster and more accurate than nearly all current methods. How did he do it? Together with Van Hovenga, a graduate student in the Applied Mathematics program at UCCS, Oluwadare created an algorithm that learns and re-learns as it computationally predicts chromosome structure, resulting in ever-more refined 3D models. The novel method is inspired by curriculum learning, a training technique inspired by the way humans learn. Essentially, the algorithm learns to predict the structure of a chromosome just like a person might, and as it “learns,” it performs better and better over time. Oluwadare and Hovenga named the method Curriculum Based Chromosome Reconstruction (CBCR). In the future, they believe it can be used to understand how chromosome structure might impact disease occurrence on a chromosome- and genome-wide scale. “The main idea is to break the data into subsets and order them according to some notion of difficulty, which is subject to the input data and its properties,” said Oluwadare and Hovenga. “You then train a model beginning with the easiest subsets and progressively add on harder data as the training progresses. The purpose of doing this is so that the algorithm can transfer knowledge gained from the easier subsets when learning on the more difficult subsets.” “We found that this technique improves the convergence of the algorithm, decreases the computational burden of training the model, and improves the reconstructive accuracy of its outputs when compared with other existing methods proposed to solve the chromosome 3D structure reconstruction problem.” In other words, the new method performs better than most existing methods, and represents a new path forward to understanding genomic activity. Oluwadare and Hovenga hope that the new method inspires other researchers to apply curricula learning to their work. And to support future research, they developed the model as an open-source tool so that researchers working in the computational genomics field might better visualize chromosomes’ spatial organization. “In the long run,” Oluwadare said, “this project will aid a better insight into the 3D genome topology and support an advanced study to investigate the relationship between the 3D structure conformation and disease occurrence on a chromosome- and genome-wide scale.” The research was published by the International Journal of Molecular Sciences in April 2021. It is titled “CBCR: A Curriculum Based Strategy For Chromosome Reconstruction.” Oluwatosin Oluwadare is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Innovation within the College of Engineering and Applied Science at UCCS. His research focus areas include bioinformatics and computational biology, machine learning, deep learning and big data analytics. Oluwadare has a keen interest in researching in machine learning and its various applications, including those that can create positive impact on everyday citizens. For instance, he proposed and led the development of a software app called EyeCYou, which uses AI to provide the facial description of a person to the visually impaired. Learn more about Oluwadare’s work on the College of Engineering website.

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Similar ideas popular now Hanukkah 2021 Lesson Plans 50 pages of new, enriched and creative ideas for a week for celebrating Hanukkah for 2021. Circle time: A history of Hanukkah appropriate for children. Fun Hanukkah activities for children to do in circle timeA list of children's books about HanukkahSongs and rhymes about HanukkahCrafts: Easy, fun ... Winter Lesson Plans Over 50 pages of new, enriched and creative ideas for preschool, kindergarten, daycares and home schools. Circle time: 9 Songs and poems and group discussions and activities about winter Crafts: 16 creative crafts for the children to make Math ideas: Counting, estimating and addition Number i... This scissor skills unit is excellent for teaching beginners how to cut. Perfect cutting practice for preschool, pre-k and Kindergarten. I have written a teacher book to help teach safety, proper scissor grip and directions for how to cut properly. There are cutting practice worksheets with straight lines, curves and then objects. Some easy to cut around and some more complex. Ideas for scissor books and projects are included. Beginning Sound Activities These beginning sound activities for phonemic awareness are excellent for independent practice, therapy, tutoring and small group instruction. Included are 3 complete activities designed to be organized into task boxes but can easily be stored in baggies or other containers. Each activity has instructions for the teacher and student, main pieces and answer keys. Earth Day Lesson Plans 60 pages of new, enriched and creative ideas for Earth Day for Preschool, Kindergarten, Daycares and Home schools. Curriculum areas covered: Circle time: History of Earth Day, What does reduce, reuse and recycle mean, what you can do on earth day. Plus great songs, rhymes and poems. Crafts: Cre... FREE Arctic Animal Coloring Pages Use these free polar animal coloring book to introduce common arctic and antarctic animals to your students. GRAB YOUR FREEBIE TODAY! #tpt #teacherspayteachers #thekindergartenlife #coloring book #polar animals #arctic animals #kindergarten #pre-k Sensory Bottle Activities Using ELECT Sensory Bottles using ELECTIf you are a new teacher or have been teaching for years in an Ontario daycare and have to follow the ELECT format from the Ministry of Education, it's time consuming and draining to write up your lesson plans.This is a free product to help you plan a classroom activity ab... Over 50 pages of new, enriched and creative ideas for preschool, kindergarten, daycares and homeschools. ✓ Circle time: Activities to do in your circle✓ Songs and Rhymes: Fun songs and rhymes to sing ✓ Crafts: Process and product crafts✓ Math ideas: Counting, estimating and addition ✓ Number id... Fire Safety Lesson Plans Circle time: Interesting topics for group discussions about fire safety A list of appropriate children's books about fire safetySongs and rhymes about fire safetyCrafts: Easy, fun and creative crafts for both process and product Math: Counting, adding, estimating and sorting activitiesMemory Game: O... Getting to Know Your Homeschool Learner - How can you get to know your homeschooler as a learner? Consider learning styles, behavior, multiple intelligences, energy level, and more. Here are some practical tips to help you really get to know your homeschool learner and how to maximize your homeschool experience. #homeschool

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This calendar was created by 1st grade students at the Alice B. Beal Elementary Magnet School, in Springfield, Massachusetts, as part of their “Parks as a Neighborhood Resource” Learning Expedition. It is an example of using a calendar format for combining written description and visual depiction of a local resource, in which students investigated a neighborhood resource while also learning about the function and layout of calendars. As part of their investigation, students took repeated fieldwork excursions to Forest Park where they worked with local experts, including park personnel, made detailed observations and experienced features of the park. Each month of a Calendar of Forest Park highlights different activities in the park, corresponding to the current time of year. Through writing and artwork, students feature the aspects of the park they found most appealing and interesting. At the end of this calendar is an extra section called, “Things to Do and People to See at the Park,” in which four additional drawings and descriptions are included. The Calendar of Forest Park had an authentic audience – it was available for purchase at the park’s recreation office. How This Project Can Be Useful - Engaging product format for 1st graders - Exemplifies student illustrations, done through careful observation and multiple drafts, of places they have actually been to - Shows a nice level of detail for 1st graders. See the August drawing, “The Rose Garden.” Notice how this student incorporated details of the rose bushes, the paths and the larger landscape features such as the hilly terrain, bigger trees and the sky - An example of a product with a real purpose and an authentic audience - An example of an expedition for 1st graders that includes real research and investigation Common Core State Standards |Standard||Long Term Learning Target|

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Silk nylon fabric For thousands of years, the use of fiber was limited by the inherent qualities available in the natural world. Cotton and linen wrinkled from wear and washings. Silk required delicate handling. Wool shrank, was irritating to the touch, and was eaten by moths. Then, a mere century ago, rayon the first manufactured fiber was developed. The secrets of fiber chemistry for countless applications had begun to emerge. Manufactured fibers now are put to work in modern apparel, home furnishings, medicine, aeronautics, energy, industry, and more. Fiber engineers can combine, modify and tailor fibers in ways far beyond the performance limits of fiber drawn from the silkworm cocoon, grown in the fields, or spun from the fleece of animals. The Early Attempts The earliest published record of an attempt to create an artificial fiber took place in 1664. English naturalist Robert Hooke suggested the possibility of producing a fiber that would be if not fully as good, nay better than silk. His goal remained unachieved for more than two centuries. The first patent for artificial silk was granted in England in 1855 to a Swiss chemist named Audemars. He dissolved the fibrous inner bark of a mulberry tree, chemically modifying it to produce cellulose. He formed threads by dipping needles into this solution and drawing them out - but it never occurred to him to emulate the silkworm by extruding the cellulosic liquid through a small hole. In the early 1880's, Sir Joseph W. Swan, an English chemist and electrician, was spurred to action by Thomas Edison's new incandescent electric lamp. He experimented with forcing a liquid similar to Audemars solution through fine holes into a coagulating bath. His fibers worked like carbon filament, and they found early use in Edison's invention. It also occurred to Swan that his filament could be used to make textiles. In 1885 he exhibited in London some fabrics crocheted by his wife from his new fiber. But electrical lamps remained his main interest, and he soon abandoned work on textile applications. First Commercial Production The first commercial scale production of a manufactured fiber was achieved by French chemist Count Hilaire de Chardonnet. In 1889, his fabrics of artificial silk caused a sensation at the Paris Exhibition. Two years later he built the first commercial rayon plant at Besancon, France, and secured his fame as the father of the rayon industry. Several attempts to produce artificial silk in the United States were made during the early 1900's but none were commercially successful until the American Viscose Company, formed by Samuel Courtaulds and Co., Ltd., began production its production of rayon in 1910. In 1893, Arthur D. Little of Boston, invented yet another cellulosic product acetate and developed it as a film. By 1910, Camille and Henry Dreyfus were making acetate motion picture film and toilet articles in Basel, Switzerland. During World War I, they built a plant in England to produce cellulose acetate dope for airplane wings and other commercial products. Upon entering the War, the United States government invited the Dreyfus brothers to build a plant in Maryland to make the product for American warplanes. The first commercial textile uses for acetate in fiber form were developed by the Celanese Company in 1924.

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Following is a summary of the methods that you can use to create a google doc template and then distribute to students: 1. Google Classroom 2. Copy and Share yourself 3. Get students to copy and share back 4. Using scripts |How does this work||Ease of Use||Availability||Student Perspective||Teacher Perspective||Disadvantages| |Google Classroom||Sign up for classroom, create your class, add your google doc. Decide whether you want everyone to have their own copy or edit an actual copy.||Super easy. Create a document, share it on Classroom. |Available for teachers with .edu.au email addresses with students on the same domain. Google has now also set up “Trusted domains” where students can be on the same domain but this has to be set up by your systems admin.||Student goes to classroom, and clicks on the link to the document. It automatically copies a personalised document for the student, and puts it in a “Classroom” folder on the students’ side. Students have a “turn it in” button to indicate they are finished. |This is automatically shared with the teacher, and put into their “classroom” folder on their google drive. It also gives the ability to check who has “turned it in” and finished it.||The system is sequential, no way to categorise activities/documents. Is good for sharing, easy to use but not a fully powered LMS. But then, neither are any of the other choices here. A good solution if you want to do this multiple times. Can be confusing if you have another existing LMS. Student owns document. |Copy and share yourself||Create the document, manually duplicate it and share it with the people you need to||Super easy but time consuming.||Everyone can do this.||Student receives shared document. This sits in their “shared with me” documents, so if you do it this way, teach the kids to add it to their docs and then into a folder with your subject name.||This means that you maintain ownership of the document and don’t have to trust students to share it with you.||Fine if you have a small group of students. Really effective if you are doing group work. Lets say you have 25 kids in your class, and you decide to do a group project with 5 students per group. Create five copies and share each copy with five different students. This is really the only method to do this. (Aside from getting students to share back with you) Time consuming…definitely a “do in front of the TV job. |Get students to copy and share back||Students create doc and share with you.||Easiest, and can be done on the fly “Ummm…lets create a google doc to answer this question and share back with me.||Everyone can do.||Student takes ownership of the work (a good thing), learns more, and is more likely to do this when collaborating in a group with others. Students must share with teachers. They forget. A lot.||Teacher gets shared in on the document. If you do this a lot, it can become a filing nightmare in your google drive. But if you teach kids to name things properly, this is less of an issue.||If student leaves the system, (eg, unenrolls from the school) you lose access to the document. This may or may not be a big deal, but if like me, you have to (and like to) keep work samples…| |Using Scripts||Using add ons to Google Drive such as Doctopus or autocrat, which, based off a list of students and their emails, automatically creates documents and shares it with them. Most create folders for the class, and you can add to the folder all the time with different documents by running the same script again.||More difficult than any of the above, but it is wizard based, so not particularly hard.||Must install the script.||Students receive a folder, with their documents in it, so it self-organises for them.||Teachers create a spreadsheet of students, and creates their google doc and runs the wizard. This keeps ownership of the document with the teacher. (See notes on work samples above)||The major advantage of this is that some of these add ons allow personalisation. For example, you can mail merge and share at the same time. Works better on browsers that are not chrome (odd)

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Is Guatemala in Central or South America? Central America, southernmost region of North America, lying between Mexico and South America and comprising Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize. Is Guatemala located in Central America? Where is Guatemala on a map? Guatemala is located in Central America. Guatemala is bordered by the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) and the Pacific Ocean, Mexico to the north and west, and Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador to the east. Is Cuba part of Central America? There are seven countries that are considered part of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. … They are located in the Caribbean Sea to the east of Central America. The largest four Caribbean Islands are Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. How safe is Guatemala? Guatemala has one of the highest violent crime rates in Latin America, one of the world’s highest homicide rates and a very low arrest and detention rate. Most incidents of violent crime are drug- and gang-related. They occur throughout the country, including in tourist destinations. Why is Suriname not part of Latin America? Due to the geography of this region, Suriname, Guyana, and French Guiana are separated from the rest of mainland South America, and perhaps this is the reason the Guianas has been excluded from Latin America. Is Guatemala 3rd world country? If you live in Guatemala, you may be wondering if it is a third world country. Is Guatemala a third world country? Yes, it is. … Even though the term ‘third world’ is outdated, it is often used to describe countries that are poor or underdeveloped. What race is Guatemala? The overwhelming majority of Guatemalans are the product of varying degrees of admixture between European ethnic groups (predominantly Spaniards) and the indigenous peoples of the Americas, known as Amerindians. Guatemalans are also colloquially nicknamed Chapines in otherSpanish-speaking countries of Hispanic America. What is Guatemala famous for? Guatemala is best known for its volcanic landscape, fascinating Mayan culture and the colorful colonial city of Antigua, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But this small Central American country has a wealth of homegrown produce and talent. Is Guatemala a Mexican? listen)), officially the Republic of Guatemala (Spanish: República de Guatemala), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, Honduras to the east, El Salvador to the southeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south. What is Guatemala bordered by? Guatemala is bounded to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize and (along a short coastline) by the Gulf of Honduras, to the east by Honduras, to the southeast by El Salvador, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. What is the main religion in Guatemala? Christianity remains strong and vital for the life of Guatemalan society, but its composition has changed considerably in recent decades. Roman Catholicism was the official religion in Guatemala during the colonial era and currently has a special status under the constitution. Is Cuba considered a Latin American country? It includes more than 20 nations: Mexico in North America; Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama in Central America; Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, French Guiana, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay in South America; Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto … What are the 13 Caribbean countries? Thirteen (13) INDEPENDENT countries of the Caribbean with flags: - Antigua and Barbuda. - Bahamas, The. - Dominican Republic.

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Minerals in Salmon, sockeye, canned, drained solids, without skin and bones Just like vitamins, minerals help your body grow and stay healthy. The body uses minerals to perform many different functions, for example for building strong bones, or transmitting nerve impulses. Some minerals are even used to make hormones or maintain a normal heartbeat. Sodium (386 mg), Potassium (312 mg) and Phosphorus (236 mg) are some of the minerals present in Salmon, sockeye, canned, drained solids, without skin and bones. Nutrition Facts for 100g Daily values based in a diet 2,000 kcal

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When we talk about inspiring girls to study STEM, do we also consider how important it is to have role models of female scientists who have made great discoveries? Well, we should. Here are seven scientists we love—all of whom have work in JSTOR! Shirley Ann Jackson American physicist Shirley Ann Jackson was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate at MIT, and the second African-American woman to earn a doctorate in the U.S. Dr. Jackson was Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from 1995 to 1999. She is currently the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Read her essay about engineering here. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi is a French virologist who was fundamental in identifying the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the cause of AIDS. She won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this discovery. She is the director of the Regulation of Retroviral Infections Division at the Institut Pasteur. Here is one of her papers on HIV. Vera Cooper Rubin Vera Cooper Rubin, an American astronomer, made important discoveries about galaxy rotation rate, which provided evidence of the existence of dark matter. She was the second woman astronomer ever to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Her seminal article “Dark Matter in the Universe” can be read here. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a British chemist who determined the structure of penicillin in 1946, and the structure of vitamin B12, the most complex of all the vitamins, in 1956. She won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing protein crystallography, a method of determining protein structures. She was able to make all of her discoveries despite a lifelong battle with rheumatoid arthritis. Her paper on the structure of Vitamin B12 is available here. E. K. Janaki-Ammal E. K. Janaki-Ammal, an Indian botanist, conducted research in cytogenetics (the study of chromosomes and inheritance) and phytogeography (the study of the geographical distribution of plants). In an age when most Indian women did not pursue high education, she earned her PhD from University of Michigan in 1925 and did notable work in her field. Her research in sugarcane led to better cross-breeds of sweeter variety. One of her papers about sugarcane can be read here. Jane Goodall is a British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is is best known for her 55-year study of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. She founded the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots program, and has revolutionized the way people interact with and think about chimpanzees. Read an interview with Dr. Goodall here. English chemist Rosalind Franklin was a pioneer in the use of X-ray diffraction, taking the picture of the “B” form of DNA on a machine she herself refined, that was used by Francis Crick and James Watson (without her permission) to identify the structure of DNA. Franklin has since been recognized as a major contributor to the discovery of the structure of DNA. She also made important contributions to the understanding of the molecular structures of coal and viruses. One of her papers on crystallite growth is available here.

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What are you going to learn from this course? The list of learnings from this course is long, it starts from basic understanding of VBA, using data types, writing codes, performing complex calculations using VBA and automating rule based tasks in Excel. The course further helps you to understand different problems that you may face during coding along with their solutions. See below full topic list that we are going to cover in this course. Basic knowledge of Install MS Office 2010 or above version Ready to spend some time to solve practice questions In this chapter, we are going to understand what is VBA, why we need VBA. We will also cover different sections of VBA Editor and finally record our first VBA macro. In this chapter, we will learn how to read and write values in Excel Cells, Range, Worksheets, Workbooks and Application Objects.

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How to make diamonds without diamond dust Diamonds are a precious commodity, with an annual production of around 1,000 tonnes. But the sheer size of their production means that the diamonds they’re made from must be mined. And for this reason, diamond dust is a common ingredient in diamonds. But what’s the best way to remove the dust from diamonds? And that’s what scientists are now working on, to develop a method of extracting diamond dust from a diamond without any need for diamond dust at all. The idea is to develop an environmentally friendly method to remove diamond dust, which has been known to cause health issues in humans and is often toxic to the environment. The researchers, led by Dr Peter Lidstrom from the University of Utah, are working on a new method for removing diamond dust by using lasers and a new material that’s been engineered to resist the ultraviolet light of diamond lasers. This new material, called the ‘Diamond Dust Free’ (DDF) material, has been developed to be non-toxic, non-flammable and recyclable, and can be used in conjunction with diamond lasers to remove dust and other pollutants from diamonds, and to reduce their carbon footprint. Dr Lidholm explained:”Diamond dust can be toxic in the short term. It can cause cancer in the human body. It may cause skin irritation, allergies and even damage to eyesight. It’s also a major cause of global CO2 emissions.” It’s also highly reactive to sunlight. So when we use diamond lasers, we need to avoid exposing them to sunlight, because that can cause the diamond to lose some of its original colour and reflect it back. “We’re now developing a new kind of material that is resistant to diamond laser light, which can be more easily extracted and removed from a material that has already been exposed to the sunlight.” “This new, non toxic, environmentally friendly, recyclability and biodegradable material is being developed in collaboration with our research partner, the company Diamond Glass, and our collaborators at the University at Buffalo, the University College of New York, the Pennsylvania State University, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the University in Shanghai.” “The Diamond Dust Free (DDf) material is a very thin film that has been engineered with a coating of diamond powder, which absorbs sunlight and provides a non-corrosive, biodegradeable and bioregradeable layer of diamond dust.” “We are working with Diamond Glass to develop and commercialise this technology.” Dr Liddstrom explained how the new material has been designed to be more environmentally friendly and biocompatible than traditional diamond powders, and that it can be produced at low cost, and in a way that does not compromise on the environmental quality of the material. “Diamond powder is very expensive, and diamond dust in particular is not as readily recyclible as other materials, because of its high toxicity,” he explained. “This diamond dust free material has a very low toxicity level, so you can make diamond dust-free in a very small space.” The material is made of diamond powdering that is very durable, with a very strong, flexible and thin film, and it’s resistant to sunlight and is very biodegraded.”” Diamond Dust free material can be made from a single sheet of diamond, and has a high optical density. It is biodegrades very well to the UV light of laser light. The material also can be reused for many years without any environmental impact. “The researchers say they are working to commercialise the technology, which they are calling Diamond Dust Cleaning.

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TNG & Fogbow ~ A fogbow arcs over the Italian 3.6m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, TNG, on the Island of San Miguel de La Palma, Spanish Canary Islands. Imaged by Alex Tudorica. ©Alex Tudorica, shown with permission. |The island of La Palma is home to several major observatories thanks to its good seeing. The latter is not too evident in this image. TNG is used for research ranging from asteroid studies to galaxies. It has an altazimuth mounting. Active optics using an off-axis star compensate for deformations of the thin primary mirror and correct the positions of the Nasmyth secondary and tertiary mirrors. |Sunlight shining through mist or fog is needed to produce the fogbow. It is the small droplet counterpart of the rainbow. Diffraction by the droplets broadens the bow into a wide arc and at the same time smears the colours. Rainbows produced by millimetre sized drops are actually also broadened and fringed by diffraction but the angular width of the sun and the range of drop sizes masks the effects.

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Every year in the late fall, the air in Delhi, India becomes almost impossible to breathe. This year is the worst in three years and has caused the government to call a health emergency. How bad is the air? The US Air Quality Index (AQI) is one way to measure air pollution. It goes from 0 to 500. Zero is “Good”, 150 is “Unhealthy”, and from 300 to 500 is “Hazardous” (dangerous). On Sunday, the air in New Delhi measured over 900. The air pollution, or “smog”, holds dangerous chemicals as well as billions of tiny “particles” – tiny bits of dust and pollution. The particles can be smaller than 1/30 of the width of a human hair. They go deep into the lungs and can cause many different sicknesses, such as coughs, headaches, sore throats, asthma, lung problems, and even cancer. A recent study from the University of Chicago reports that in areas of India like Delhi, air pollution can shorten people’s lives by as much as seven years. The pollution is always worse in winter, when the winds slow down and the colder air sinks closer to the ground, bringing the smog down with it. This year, the problems got worse, as they usually do, with fireworks for the celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights. Though the government has talked about limiting the use of fireworks, not much seems to have changed. The smoke from the fireworks this year led to an AQI of nearly 500. Last Friday, the government declared an emergency. Schools were closed until Wednesday. The government began handing out 5 million face masks to students and their families. People were warned to stay inside and not to exercise outdoors. The pollution was so bad on Sunday that over 30 flights were directed away from New Delhi. The government has taken several steps to try to bring the level of air pollution down. All construction (building) in the capital was stopped for a week. Starting Monday, the city began limiting cars by their license plate numbers. Only cars with even numbered plates can drive on even dates, and odd numbered plates can only drive on odd dates. The rule doesn’t affect scooters, motorcycles, or women driving alone. Though the city said the plan is a success and will keep 1.2 million cars off the roads each day, it’s not clear that the rule makes a big difference in the amount of pollution in the air. Studies show that about 44% of the pollution comes from farmers in the countryside around Delhi. At the end of the rice-growing season, most farmers clear the “stubble” (the remaining plant stems) from their land by burning the straw covering their fields. For farmers, this is much easier than other ways of clearing the land. But these stubble fires create huge amounts of smoke, which wind up collecting in cities like New Delhi. On Monday, India’s highest court ruled that all stubble fires near New Delhi must be stopped right away. This map has not been loaded because of your cookie choices. To view the content, you can accept 'Non-necessary' cookies.

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Many people have an irrational fear of forgetting things. If you are one of them, scientists have good news for you. The capacity to forget is just as normal as the capacity to remember. In contemporary society, people’s brains collect irrelevant information. Much of that useless information is turned into memories in the brain and we can not achieve everything we learn. Memory loss does not mean that you suffer from Alzheimer, it is more common than you can imagine. According to a new study, we have a set of neurons that help us forget unimportant information. Here is the list of six normal memory loss healthy people experience during their lives. 1. Block out The most common type of memory loss is blocking. Did someone ask you a question and you know the answer but you simply can’t remember? It is perfectly normal. This blockage is caused by a similar memory to the one you are trying to remember. Scientists found out that memory blocks appear with aging. Older people have more trouble remembering other people’s names for example. People tend to forget beautiful memories, but they focus on the traumatic ones. The persistence of negative emotions caused by disturbing memories is another type of memory loss. This memory problem can turn into a twisted reality. People suffering from depression or post-traumatic stress disorder are more likely to be affected by the persistence of traumas. If you are dealing with these mental issues, you must go to a psychologist. Do not forget that life gets better if you get better! A case of absentmindedness happens when you do not pay enough attention. It involves doing something scheduled like taking a pill or going to a meeting. You can buy a notebook and write there all your appointments. It helps you reminding of your responsibilities. Did you forget where you put your glasses? It happens because you did not focus on where you put them first. Your brain can’t remember this information if you were thinking about something else. Are you scared of forgetting facts or events over time? Scientists say it is not a bad thing. We are fulfilled by irrelevant information and our brain helps us clearing it. Transience is not a sign of mental weakness. It makes way for more useful things that will help us through our lives. Our brains must retain only precious information for our personal interests. Why should you know complex mathematical theories if you want to become a writer? You must prioritize your knowledge because your mind is not a computer. This type of memory loss occurs when you can’t remember something accurately and misattribute some important details like faces and places. You may believe that something occurred in a certain way just because you read a book or watched a movie that had a certain impact on your mind. Misattribution is more common among the elderly. As you’re getting older, you concentrate harder and you remember fewer details. Your memories grow older as well so do not panic if you can’t tell what you did twenty years ago. Keep in mind that you do not have Alzheimer’s if you process the information slower. You are just a normal human being, misattribution happens to everyone. In your mind, memories do not reflect reality. They are the product of your personal experiences and beliefs. The past can be a seductive liar because it is influenced by your biases. When you bring back a memory from your past, your actual mood may influence what you actually remember. This suggestion process can trick your mind and you may confuse your real memories.

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Answer two of these questions, you have 4 options 1. Did the Founders views on democracy surprise you? Why or why not? 2. Was the Missouri Compromise a good deal? Discuss your thoughts on it as a short term and long term solution to the slavery issue. 3. What do you see as the biggest financial event during this period? Please explain. 4. Which social issue do you see as being most significant: The Eaton Affair, the anti-immigration/Catholic movement, or the racial tensions? Please support your views. Each question has to be 250 words, so a total of 500 words for two questions Website for reading: http://www.americanyawp.com/text/09-democracy-in-a… You HAVE to CITE and use information ONLY from this reading

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Medications can be good for the body and bad. They can be made from medicinal substances of plant and animal origin as well as many organic and inorganic synthetic products that serve to detect, control and treat diseases in the body, or relieve and alleviate pain. In addition to the pills we call medicines, medicines also include blood and blood derivatives, and everything that is used from materials for medical purposes. Medicines are also called useful poisons, because poisons in small doses are useful medicines. The basic condition for the use of the drug is efficacy, reliability, safety, quality with clear instructions for use, and the method and area of action. Remedies have existed since the existence of mankind. Medicinal herbs have always been used for healing, and there are still plenty of them. What do drugs mean to us today? Most medications serve to bring about a sense of satisfaction, relief, or reduction of pain in the short term. In some situations like fractures this is acceptable. But in situations like the development of disease over a long period of time like diabetes, cancer, cysts, etc. surgeries can bring immediate relief and medications can prolong life. The problem is that the cause of the disease is not sought and it is not treated, but only the consequence is treated. In treatment, the only consequence is that the disease returns in the same form or different, on the same organ or someone else, with the same disease or someone else.

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Die Birken is a story about WWII survivors living in East Berlin. Some had lived in Germany all their lives, but others were refugees from Eastern Europe. At the end of the war, Eastern European countries had expulsed most of their Germans citizens many of whom had been living in those countries for generations. With no place to go, this ethnic cleansing forced 14 million refugees to walk to the defeated Germany, the only country that couldn’t turn them away. On top of the destroyed housing and infrastructure, lack of food and fuel, and the influx of refugees, East Berliners also had to transition to another totalitarian regime. Communism had replaced Naziism. The characters in Die Birken had few choices: resist, escape, or try to build a community which would preserve their integrity without getting caught. Some tried all three while repairing their bombed out apartment building called The Birches.

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:: Facts and Figures Zealand, the most advanced of the Pacific island independent countries, has one of the highest GDP per capita in the region. It has become a new home for thousands of Pacific Islanders attracted by job opportunities and a higher standard of living. Facts and Figures Number of Islands: Head of State: Head of Government: 2 main islands (plus a number of smaller Islands) 3,862,000 (Maoris 14.5%, Pacific Islanders 5.6%) Independent State (part of the British Commonwealth) Queen Elizabeth II (Monarch of Great Britain) New Zealand Dollar New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy with the British monarch as its Head of State. Queen Elizabeth II is represented by a Governor General whom she appoints on the advice of the New Zealand Government. The appointment is usually for a term of five years. New Zealand has a single chamber of parliament called the House of Representatives. At least every three years, New Zealand holds a general election to choose its parliament. Its members are elected using the mixed member proportional representation system, under which electors have two votes, one for the party they support, the other for the MP they want to represent their electorate. Registered Maori voters can choose whether they want to vote in a general electorate, like the rest of the population, or in a Maori electorate. Currently, the 120 seats of parliament are made up of 60 from General Electorates, 5 from Maori Electorates and 55 from Party lists. The party that commands a majority in parliament is asked to form a government with its leader as Prime Minister. The Governor General then appoints the ministers on the Prime Minister's recommendation. New Zealand, once known as essentially a producer of agricultural products (mainly wool and mutton) for the British market, has since the early 1980s, diversified its economy and developed sizable manufacturing and services sectors. The national economy is strongly trade-oriented, with exports of goods and services accounting for 32% of total output. The main markets for New Zealand goods are Australia, Japan, the USA and the UK. The main export commodities are wool, lamb and mutton, beef, fish, cheese and dairy products, wood and forestry products, fruits and vegetables, chemicals and According to archaeological evidence, New Zealand is believed to have been settled by Polynesians around 1300 AD. According to tradition, the great explorer Kupe, from the legendary island of Hawaiki, discovered New Zealand and named it Aotearoa (The Land of the Long White Cloud). The first European to make contact with New Zealand was the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman in 1642. He named New Zealand after a province of Holland. Captain Cook claimed New Zealand for Britain in 1769. During the next few decades, European whalers and traders established various small, temporary settlements along the coast. The Treaty of Waitangi, signed on 6 February 1840 between the English Captain William Hobson and about 45 Maori chiefs, established British sovereignty over the islands, whilst protecting Maori rights to their lands and natural resources. It is considered today as New Zealand's founding document and the 6th of February - Waitangi Day - has become New Zealand's national day. In 1852, a new Constitution was adopted, creating a General Assembly and six provinces, each with a representative government. During the 1860s, the confiscation of land on the North Island for the use of British settlers led to fierce conflicts with the Maori tribes. New Zealand introduced the universal suffrage for its (white) male citizens in 1890 and extended the franchise to women in 1893. New Zealand became a British Dominion in 1907. More than 100,000 New Zealanders fought on the side of Britain and 18,000 died on the battlefields of World War I. New Zealand was granted the status of sovereign nation by Britain in 1931, a status which was officially adopted by the New Zealand Government in 1947.

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Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus. lĕgĭo, ōnis, f. [2. lego] (prop., a selecting, choosing; hence), transf., a body of soldiers: legio, quod leguntur milites in delectu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 87 Müll. - I. Lit., a Roman legion. It consisted of 10 cohorts of foot-soldiers and 300 cavalry, making together between 4200 and 6000 men. As a general rule, the legion was composed of Roman citizens; it was only on the most pressing occasions that slaves were taken into it. The standard was a silver eagle. The legions were usually designated by numerals, according to the order in which they were levied; though sometimes they were named after the emperor who raised them, or after their leader, after a deity, after some exploit performed by them, etc.: cum legionibus secunda ac tertia, Liv. 10, 18: undevicesima, id. 27, 14: vicesima, id. 27, 38: Claudiana, Tac. H. 2, 84: Galbiana, id. ib. 2, 86: Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2: adjutrix, Tac. H. 2, 43: rapax, id. ib.: in legione sunt centuriae sexaginta, manipuli triginta, cohortes decem, Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. Index rerum, s. v. legio. - II. Transf. - A. Plur., of the troops of other nations, legions, soldiers: Bruttiae Lucanaeque legiones, Liv. 8, 24: Latinae, id. 6, 32; cf. of the troops of the Samnites, id. 10, 17; of the Gauls, id. 22, 14; of the Carthaginians, id. 26, 6: Teleboae ex oppido Legiones educunt suas, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62: in quorum (i. e. Thebanorum) sulcis legiones dentibus anguis nascuntur, Juv. 14, 241. - B. In gen., an army, a large body of troops: legio rediit, Enn. ap. Non. 385, 17 (Ann. v. 535 Vahl.): quia cotidie ipse ad me ab legione epistolas mittebat, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 56; 83; 2, 2, 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 48: si tu ad legionem bellator cluis, at ego in culina clueo, id. Truc. 2, 7, 53: cetera dum legio campis instructa tenetur, Verg. A. 9, 368: de colle videri poterat legio, id. ib. 8, 605; 10, 120: horruit Argoae legio ratis, Val. Fl. 7, 573. - C. Of a large body of men: idem istuc aliis adscriptivis fieri ad legionem solet, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 2; cf.: legio mihi nomen est, quod multi sumus, Vulg. Marc. 5, 9; id. Luc. 8, 30; 36: duodecim legiones angelorum, id. Matt. 26, 53. - 2. Trop.: sibi nunc uterque contra legiones parat, his troops, forces, expedients, Plaut. Cas. prol. 50.

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Researchers Identify New Class of Biocatalysts Involved in the Degradation of Marine Carbohydrates Enzymes play a decisive role in the degradation of marine algal biomass. Scientists from Greifswald and Bremen were able to prove this for the first time in extensive experiments. They discovered a completely new sub-family of biocatalysts in the sugar degradation in marine bacteria. Researchers from the Universities of Greifswald and Bremen and from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPIMM) in Bremen have published their results in the journal Nature Chemical Biology (DOI:10.1038/s41589-018-0005-8). Every year algae in the world’s oceans store approximately the same amount of carbon as the entire vegetation on land. In doing so, algae produce large amounts of carbohydrates that are biodegraded by bacteria and are an important source of energy for the entire marine food chain. The marine bacteria responsible for the biodegradation of these carbohydrates were identified in earlier investigations. However, exactly how the microbial degradation works had not yet been ascertained. The team of researchers were now able to prove the specific function of certain bacterial enzymes for the first time. Using oxygen, these enzymes catalyse an important step in the digestion of the algal carbohydrates. The genomes of carbohydrate-degrading marine bacteria were examined using cutting-edge bioinformatic analyses. These analyses suggested that oxidative enzymes called P450 monooxygenases played an essential role in the degradation of algal carbohydrates. Oxygenases are enzymes that split a substrate – in this investigation the algal sugar – by using oxygen. To check this assumption, the function of these enzymes was characterised in detail. It became clear that P450 enzymes are able to transform a specific sugar residue. An extensive analysis of P450 enzymes in databases confirmed that they are a new subfamily of biocatalysts. “These enzymes are very important for our understanding of the carbon cycle in the oceans. They show us how marine bacteria metabolise particularly stable sources of carbon. At the same time, these enzymes are interesting for biotechnology: For example, they could be used to convert certain sugars into biofuels. And thus this study underlines how vital it is, not only from a biotechnological point of view, but also from an ecological point of view, to investigate the molecular aspects of the marine carbohydrate cycle in detail,” explains Dr. Jan-Hendrik Hehemann, Emmy Noether Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and at the University of Bremen’s MARUM – Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences and corresponding author of the article. “These results also show how important it is to conduct research in an interdisciplinary team of biologists, biotechnologists and biochemists, because this cross-disciplinary expertise was an important factor for the success of the project,” ads Prof. Dr. Uwe Bornscheuer from the University of Greifswald’s Institute of Biochemistry , who is also corresponding author of the article. “We are delighted that our first publication as part of the DFG-funded research unit POMPU (FOR2406; ) contains ground-breaking and relevant findings on the degradation of marine carbohydrates,” says Prof. Dr. Thomas Schweder from the University of Greifswald’s Institute of Pharmacy . He is spokesman of the research group. The photo and the graphic can be downloaded and used for free for editorial purposes in combination with this press release. You must name the author of the images. Download: To the article Contact at the University of Greifswald Prof. Dr. Uwe Bornscheuer Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis Institute of Biochemistry Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4, 17489 Greifswald Tel.: +49 3834 420 4367 Contact at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Dr. Jan-Hendrik Hehemann MARUM MPG Bridge Group Marine Glycobiology Celsiusstr. 1, 28359 Bremen Tel.: +49 421 218 65775 Spokesman of the Research Unit FOR2406 Prof. Dr. Thomas Schweder Institute of Pharmacy/C_DAT Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 3, 17489 Greifswald Tel.: +49 3834 420 4212

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The Arizona Middle School Career Curriculum consists of 25 lesson plans that focus on college and career literacy for middle school students, specifically those in 7th and 8th grades. The course is web-based, free of charge, and includes detailed lesson plans and essential student worksheets and handouts. Students will complete in-depth pre- and post-course assessments gauging a student’s career interest and basic career knowledge administered through Survey Monkey. The course includes four components: 1) Introduction, 2) Who am I? 3) What Do I Want to Do? and 4) How Do I get There? The “Introduction” section provides an overview of the course and includes a pre-course assessment. The “Who am I?” component helps students explore who they are by doing in-class activities inclusive of using a computer to complete online assessments and worksheets related to their personality traits, learning styles, likes and dislikes, personal qualities, and accomplishments. In the “What Do I Want to Do?” component, students will learn about the sixteen National Career Clusters and potential career pathways and occupations, including job prospects, pay, and projected job growth and the educational attainment required for each occupation. Students will perform a career interest inventory to identify their top career cluster(s), do an in-depth research project on two occupations of choice, and engage in a reality check activity to cross-check their desired lifestyle against the expected salary of their career choice and its ability to support such a lifestyle. The “How Do I get There?” section starts with students completing a high school program of study and continues with guidance in post-high school options, including university, community/state college, military, and apprenticeship. Students will also learn about financial options for college. The class uses the Arizona Career Information System (AzCIS), a computer-based information system available to all schools that is designed to provide educational, career, and occupational information to help students in making better-informed career and educational choices. The course culminates in an Early ECAP (Education and Career Action Plan), a precursor to the ECAP which is required in high school. AZ Middle School Career Curriculum

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Why are American eggs banned in Europe? American farms wash eggs to strip the cuticle, or outer protective layer, which prevents contamination outside the shell. Without the cuticle, eggs must be refrigerated to combat bacterial infection from inside. In Europe, it’s illegal to wash eggs and instead, farms vaccinate chickens against salmonella. Why us eggs are banned? According to NPR, the reason why this happens is that farmers are protecting consumers from the risk of salmonella. Food writer Michael Ruhlman told NPR that “It just sort of seeped into our culture that chickens are dirty, or crawling with bacteria,” hence the washing before selling. Why are eggs Brown in UK? The brown colour that coats a hen’s egg comes from a pigment called protoporphyrin, which is derived from the breakdown of haemoglobin. … There is a widespread, though mistaken, view that brown eggs are healthier, and so most commercial laying strains have been bred to lay brown eggs. Why are egg yolks Orange in Europe? Hens that truly are pasture-raised, foraging on green plants and bugs, have a diet full of these carotenoids. As a result, their yolks have this bright orange color, so this color is a sign of a healthy diet full or nutrients. What is the British Lion mark on eggs? Every Happy Egg is stamped with a British Lion mark. This egg safety scheme was introduced in 1998 to reduce cases of salmonella food poisoning caused by eggs. And it’s worked. In fact, the British Lion is the UK’s most successful food safety mark, with over 90% of UK eggs now produced within its strict guidelines. Why are British eggs not refrigerated? 1. They don’t refrigerate their eggs. … In the UK, eggs aren’t washed before they hit the shelves. When eggs are washed, it makes it easier for bacteria such as salmonella to seep in, which is why cool refrigerator temperatures are necessary for US eggs. Why are egg yolks Orange in England? Historically, pale egg yolks were often taken as a sign of malnourished hens, because most sources of chicken food contain carotenoids. … German consumers prefer darker orange yolks, while egg eaters in the U.K. prefer something a bit paler. Is it illegal to sell washed eggs in the UK? In fact, laws in the UK and the EU egg stipulate that Class A eggs – the ones sold on supermarket shelves – must not be washed or cleaned in any way. The reasoning is that a botched washing job, which can lead to excess moisture and therefore harmful bacteria development, is worse than not cleaning the eggs at all.

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Last week I gave you this deep sea mystery to have a go at identifying: It was picked up on the Porcupine Bank, which is a raised area of the Irish shelf around 200km off the west coast of Ireland, just before the drop off into the abyssal depths of the Atlantic. Although it’s a little hard to tell from the photo, the object is around 1m long. It has a conical cavity at the base, but it’s fairly shallow, extending only about 20cm before fully closing up. The fact this isn’t a tube allows us to rule out the possibility that this is from some unholy giant scaphopod: Or indeed a particularly well-formed giant ship-worm, like one I’ve featured before: You can’t tell from the photo, but it’s very dense and heavy. What you can see is that it has some quite well defined longitudinal ridges: This isn’t something you normally find in horns, but you do find in tusks. So the question has to be, what kind of tusk is this? I’ve talked about tusks before on this blog, and I’ve spent a lot of time identifying ivories over the years, after learning key diagnostic features from the wonderfully knowledgable Dr Sonia O’Connor, both in her training courses and working alongside her when I was at the Horniman Museum and she was visiting to do some research. This tusk reminds me of one of the more tricky ones we looked at. The marine location suggests it could be from a Walrus. The overall shape isn’t bad, but Walrus tusks tend to be no more that about 75cm long at their longest. They also have a more squared-off section at the base and often a deeper groove on the sides partway along the length from the base, so it seems unlikely. Really that just leaves something proboscidian – but here we hit the difficult bit. Mammoth tusks have been dredged from the sea many times, from fossils in sediments that became covered by sea level rises after the melting of glaciers around 11,500 years ago. However, Elephant tusks were transported in huge nubers to Europe by ship to supply the demands of the ivory trade between the late 18th and early 20th Century, so it is entirely possible that this is a relic of that trade (as suggested by Chris Jarvis). In my experience, submerged Mammoth tusks are seldom in such good condition as this. While there is some degration and flaking towards the tip, there is much less of the deep staining or separation of dentine fibrils that I would normally expect from Mammoth tusk submerged for several thousand years. However, if it was more deeply buried until recently it may have avoided the worst of that degradation, so that expectation isn’t good enough. There is a method for distinguishing between Mammoth and Elephant ivory, that relies on an artefact of the tooth development process. This involves measuring the intersection angle of Schreger lines (an optical feature resulting from light interacting with dentine tubules) in a polished section of the tusk: In Elephants the angle of intersection tends to be obtuse (>90o), whereas in Mammoths they are more acute (<90o). Of course, to see this would require cutting a section of tusk, so it may have to remain a mystery until the desalination treatment has been completed and I can see if there is an opportunity to check any broken surfaces or prepare a small sample. The question in this case has to be, how important is it to know the identity, compared to the importance of keeping the specimen as intact as possible? That is a bigger conversation that will need to be had with my colleagues. Thanks for your thoughts everyone!

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Before returning to the Bay of Islands, I stopped at Waitangi’s Treaty House. The walls were lined with majestic portraits of Maori chiefs who signed the treaty with their tattooed faces visible in the dim light. A video boomed from the next room, a marked reminder of the significance of the place. Along the fern lined path, I spied two giant canoes constructed to commemorate the event. Standing nearby, was the giant stump of a kauri tree, all that remained of the tree used to build the canoes. A beautiful Maori meetinghouse stood off to the side where carved figures represented the chiefs. With all these structures, I wondered where had the famous Treaty of Waitangi actually been signed? The Maori meetinghouse and canoes were constructed long after the event. Only the European house stood at the time. But would the narrow-minded Europeans back then allow Maori chiefs to enter their house? They erected a tent on the lawn outside the house and the chiefs signed the treaty in the tent!

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Managing Speed: Tips for Teen Drivers March 9, 2012 A 2009 analysis of speeding-related crashes by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that following the speed limit is not enough to prevent a crash when conditions warrant a reduction in speed. The study showed that in speeding-related crashes that caused one or more injuries, 26% of the crashes were contributed to be exceeding the posted speed limit, while 74% were due to driving too fast for conditions. In property-damage-only crashes where speed was a contributing factor, 18% of the crashes were due to exceeding the posted speed limit and 82% of the crashes were contributed to by driving too fast for conditions. Drivers should reduce their speed: - immediately when it begins to rain and when driving through standing water. Roads become very slippery just after the rain begins, because the rainwater mixes with oil on the road that has been dropped from passing vehicles. Driving too fast on wet roads can result in skidding, when the vehicle loses traction with the road and the driver loses control of the vehicle. Never drive through standing water if you do not know how deep it is. - in foggy or smoky conditions. Fog and smoke make it difficult to see ahead, and reducing speed reduces stopping distance. - before a curve. Too often, drivers realize that they are moving too fast when they are already in the curve, but lowering speed in a curve results in a loss of traction that could cause a skid. Always reduce speed before entering the curve. - in construction zones. Lower speed limits are usually posted in construction zones, but the new speed limit may not be low enough, especially for new drivers. The distraction of all the activity in the work zone and changes in the road surface can cause more difficulties for drivers who are inexperienced. - around school zones and playgrounds. Children are often present when the lowered speed limits are not in effect. Children are unpredictable and may walk, skate or bike into the road without checking for traffic. Be extra careful around school zones! - at night. Visibility is reduced at night; street lights and the vehicle’s headlights cannot entirely make up for this.

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Courtesy Sondra Katzen Just in time for Mother’s Day, the Chicago Zoological Society, which manages Brookfield Zoo, is happy to announce the birth of two sloth bear cubs that were born on January 20. Until today, when they made their public debut, the cubs have been in a maternity den with their mom, Hani, 10, growing by leaps and bounds. Sloth bears have a gestation period of six to seven months. (During the gestation there is a delayed implantation, meaning any fertilized eggs remain dormant in the uterus for a period of time.) At birth, the male and female cubs weighed less than one pound and could fit in the palm of a hand. Now at 3½ months old, they weigh approximately 10 to 20 pounds. Sloth bear cubs are born blind and rely on their mom for all their nutritional needs. They leave the den at about two to three months of age and remain with their mother for about two to three years. Zoo guests will be able to witness one of the most intriguing behavioral traits of this species: a mother sloth bear carrying her young on her back. Rarely seen in other bear species, a cub riding on its mother’s back is a regular mode of family travel. Hani will continue to carry her cubs until they are about a third her size. This is the first successful litter of sloth bears born at Brookfield Zoo. The species was exhibited at the zoo from 1936 through the early 1940s and has been part of its animal collection consistently from the late 1960s to the present. Hani, who is on loan to Brookfield Zoo from Capron Park Zoo, Attleboro, Mass., and her mate, Kartik, 3½, were paired together in 2011 based on a breeding recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan (SSP) for this species. An SSP is a cooperative population management and conservation program for select species in accredited AZA zoos and aquariums. Each SSP manages the breeding of a species to maintain a healthy and self-sustaining population that is both genetically diverse and demographically stable. Sloth bears have a variety of characteristics that make them uniquely adapted to a diet of termites and ants. The bears have a mobile, flexible snout and lips that extend to form a tube. With this, they are able to suck up termites like a vacuum, making a slurping sound that can be heard from hundreds of feet away! This behavior is helped by a lack of upper front teeth. They are born with 42 teeth. However, once the permanent teeth grow in, only 40 remain, forming a gap in the front. To get access to bugs, they have curved, 3-inch-long claws for digging through dirt and termite mounds and into tree cavities. Sloth bears have a shaggy black coat and a light-colored, short-haired muzzle. A V-shaped cream-colored patch usually marks their chest. Sloth bears are native to the forested regions of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan in south Asia. They are accustomed to tropical climates even though they have a long, shaggy fur coat, which is thought to protect them from overheating and getting sunburned. Sloth bears are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. A total of fewer than 20,000 bears are thought to remain in the wild. There is evidence of wild populations having declined 30 to 49 percent in the last 30 years due to deforestation and poaching mainly for the medicinal market. Currently, there are 39 sloth bears exhibited at 18 North American zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. At Brookfield Zoo’s annual Bear Awareness Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19, bear lovers of all ages can learn about the new sloth bear cubs, as well as the zoo’s other two species of bears—grizzly bears and polar bears—during Zoo Chats presented by Animal Programs staff. The informal talks will feature unique characteristics about each species, as well as facts about bears in the wild and the challenges they face. The Chicago Zoological Society, which manages Brookfield Zoo, inspires conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature. The Chicago Zoological Society is a private nonprofit organization that operates Brookfield Zoo on land owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. Open every day of the year, the zoo is located off First Avenue between the Stevenson (I-55) and Eisenhower (I-290) expressways and is also accessible via the Tri-State Tollway (I-294), Metra commuter line, CTA, and PACE bus service. For further information, visit www.CZS.org.

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New Delhi: Autism, also called the autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder in children that impairs their ability to communicate and interact. The disorder sees more than a million cases in India alone and is pretty common. Research, some time ago, had linked the disease with high levels of testosterone and had found some evidence in the research carried out by a team of scientists from the University of Cambridge. A new study, however, has found that there may be an even stronger link between estrogen levels and autism. The study, published in Molecular Psychiatry found that there may exist a link between ASD and the endocrine system. For the new study, the scientists measured estrogen levels through amniotic fluid samples from the Danish History Birth Cohort – a large database of samples and information on thousands of pregnancies. Using this, they measure estrogen levels in 98 boys who had autism, and 177 boys who did not. The study corresponded to a higher incidence of autism in male children. According to the CDC, boys are 4 times more likely to have autism than girls. The results of the study showed that high estrogen had a strong association with the development of autism, later in life. The current study also shows that previous studies did not really show a correlation between high testosterone and autism. Some studies measured the hormone levels after the baby was born, but high testosterone levels did not correspond to autism risk. The results of the study may help understand the disorder better and come up with improves treatment for the same, as a link between estrogen and autism was never found before this study. However, a link between brain development and levels of estrogen and testosterone was known. Get the Latest health news, healthy diet, weight loss, Yoga, and fitness tips, more updates on Times Now

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Scope of research Laboratory for Environmental Magnetism Environmental Magnetism is the study of magnetic minerals by applying magnetic characterisation methods. These minerals have sizes ranging from a few nanometres to several micrometres and do not only occur in animals and bacteria, in burnt material from archaeological sites, in soils, in sediments and rocks, but also in particulate matter emitted from industrial and traffic sources. Consequently, Environmental Magnetism is a strongly interdisciplinary science combining biological, chemical, geographical, geophysical, mineralogical and physical principles with a wide field of applications such as for instance archaeology, climate, geomagnetism, medicine and environmental pollution. Environmental magnetism is linked to the fact that iron is one of the most common chemical elements in the Earth's crust. It forms in association with the sulphur and oxygen magnetic minerals which are ubiquitously present in our environment. The Environmental Magnetic Laboratory follows three lines of scientific activity: - Since the Earth has a magnetic field, the magnetisation direction and intensity of magnetic minerals, such as present in various archaeological and geological structures, provide information on temporal variations (secular variation) and polarity reversals of the past magnetic field. This phenomenon is exploited for example for archaeomagnetic and magnetostratigraphic dating. - Magnetic iron minerals are formed during several biogeochemical processes, but also during anthropogenic processes such as the combustion of fossil fuels. Since these processes determine the magnetic properties of the minerals (type, size, quantity), the study of the latter allows conclusions about the formation environment. This phenomenon is exploited for example to help reconstruct the climate of the past, or for the mapping of contaminated soils. - A new research line has recently been initiated dealing with the characterisation the magnetic properties of nanoparticles for biomedical applications such as contrast agent for methods of medical imaging or magnetic hyperthermia, i.e. an experimental anticancer treatment. Visit the webpage of the Laboratory for Environmental Magnetism for further information. The personnel of the Laboratory for Environmental Magnetism takes currently part in following projects: - COST Action TD1402: "Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermia and Indirect Radiation Therapy (RADIOMAG)". - BELSPO project: "Archaeomagnetic network for the rescue of cultural heritage in North Africa (RAPSCA)". - Empir/Euramet project: “Towards an ISO standard for magnetic nanoparticles (MagNaStand)”. The Laboratory for Environmental Magnetism is situated in an area free of magnetic perturbations and houses following measuring instruments: - Magnetic Property Measurement System MPMS3 (Quantum Design) - Automated cryogenic vector magnetometer with integrated alternating field demagnetising unit (2G Enterprises) - Magnetic susceptibility meter Kappabridge KLY-4S (AGICO) - and others [more info]

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PDF Publication Title: Text from PDF Page: 001An Introduction to CO2 Separation and Capture Technologies Howard Herzog MIT Energy Laboratory August, 1999 In general, to economically sequester CO2 produced from power plants, one must first produce a relatively pure, high pressure stream of CO21. There are exceptions to this rule, some of which will be explored later in this paper. The process of producing this CO2 stream is referred to as separation and capture, which encompasses all operations that take place at the power plant site, including compression. For ease of transport, CO2 is generally compressed to the order of 100 atm2. The idea of separating and capturing CO2 from the flue gas of power plants did not start with concern about the greenhouse effect. Rather, it gained attention as a possible economic source of CO2, especially for use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations where CO2 is injected into oil reservoirs to increase the mobility of the oil and, therefore, the productivity of the reservoir. Several commercial CO2 capture plants were constructed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the US. When the price of oil dropped in the mid-1980s, the recovered CO2 was too expensive for EOR operations, forcing the closure of these capture facilities. However, the North American Chemical Plant in Trona, CA, which uses this process to produce CO2 for carbonation of brine, started operation in 1978 and is still operating today. Several more CO2 capture plants were subsequently built to produce CO2 for commercial applications and markets. Some of these plants took advantage of the economic incentives in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978 for “qualifying facilities”. A listing of the major CO2 capture plants are shown in Table 1. To date, all commercial CO2 capture plants use processes based on chemical absorption with a monoethanolamine (MEA) solvent. MEA was developed over 60 years ago as a general, non-selective solvent to remove acid gases, such as CO2 and H2S, from natural gas streams. The process was modified to incorporate inhibitors to resist solvent degradation and equipment corrosion when applied to CO2 capture from flue gas. Also, the solvent strength was kept relatively low, resulting in large equipment sizes and high regeneration energy requirements. As shown in Figure 1, the process allows flue gas to contact an MEA solution in the absorber. The MEA selectively absorbs the CO2 and is then sent to a stripper. In the stripper, the CO2-rich 1 This requirement is primarily due to economic considerations. The economics of transporting CO2 any distance will favor concentrated CO2. Also, sink capacity is better utilized by injecting pure CO2. Finally, though still a subject of research, some impurities may be harmful to the operations of certain sinks or may have adverse environmental effects. 2 Most systems can be designed so that no recompression is required beyond the power plant. For example, CO2 from the Great Plains Synfuels Plant is transported 330 km from Beulah, ND to Weyburn, Saskatchewan. It is initially compressed to 170 atm and delivered at 148 atm, with no recompression. PDF Image | Carbon Capture PDF Search Title:Carbon Capture Original File Name Searched:introduction_to_capture.pdf DIY PDF Search: Google It | Yahoo | Bing SeaMerlin The SeaMerlin Engine is a water based gas leverage turbine for marine propulsion, seawater distillation, oceanwater CO2 harvesting, and more. About: More about Infinity Turbine and the quest for the Xprize... More Info Strategy and Consulting Services: Renewable energy strategy, Organic Rankine Cycle, CO2 energy, and Sonification technology consulting... More Info @elonmusk XPrize $100 million CO2 Challenge: Carbon Removal Prize Challenge Sponsored by Elon Musk... More Info CO2 Phase Change Demonstrator: Experiment with gas to liquids (CO2 to alcohol) using Nafion and our phase change demonstrator cart (we can ship worldwide)... More Info CO2 GTL Gas to Liquids Experimental Platform: Experiment with gas to liquids (CO2 to alcohol) using Nafion (electrolyzer membrane) and our phase change demonstrator cart (we can ship worldwide). CO2 goes supercritical at 31 C. This is a experimental platform which you can use to demonstrate phase change with low heat. Includes integration area for small CO2 turbine, static generator, Nafion pellets, Nafion membrate, or Nafion tubes... More Info Concept: The concept of the SeaMerlin Engine is to convert or supplement existing marine vessel propulsion to a gas leverage turbine which scavenges CO2 from saltwater at the same time it provides vessel thrust.

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Scientists in South Korea have successfully cloned dogs, and a recent attempt has created five pit bulls from Booger, a pet dog's genetic material. The request was from an American woman who lost Booger to cancer and who sought to replicate him with his genetic material. Among animals that have been cloned successfully for commercial purposes are cows that produce higher yield and better quality milk, and racing horses known for their speed. Scientists are also trying to clone genetically modified pigs that pose the least threat of rejection when their organs are used to replace human ones — in a procedure that is referred to as xeno-transplantation — to save patients' lives when viable human organs are not available. However, the most useful application of animal cloning technology could be in the recreation of service animals that are trained to acquire special skills, some of which might get imprinted in their genes. The police and customs officials often rely on the expertise of trained dogs that are capable of sniffing out dope or detecting bombs and so help retrieving them before causing threat to human lives. Even more promising is the life-saving application of animal cloning in recreating animals that have the capability to detect diseases like cancer through their sophisticated sense of smell. Marine, a retriever in Japan, could sniff out the scent that cancer cells give off from a patient's breath or urine samples. Trained Labradors are known to have alerted patients an impending stroke. And who can deny the invaluable services of the friendly guide dog without whose assistance a visually challenged person might have to lead a very limited life? If these skills could be easily replicated in a cloned animal, the technique's commercial viability would increase manifold, helping to cut down costs that are high right now. Could the technique of cloning to recreate a loved one move from pets to human beings? It needs to be said here that a clone is not a perfect photocopy of the original, as things like upbringing, environment and perhaps even volition conspire to produce the characteristics of an individual. However, despite the current ban on efforts to clone human beings for reproductive purposes, the sheer desire to bring into being replicas of loved ones, coupled with advances in animal cloning, might one day make replication of the Booger experiment with human beings inevitable.

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“IQ” testing can be quite informative when trying to understand a child… Why, then, does the term “IQ” sometimes give me the chills..? Because using a score on a scale to define someone’s way of thinking is simply too reductionist!! Most importantly, keep in mind that interpreting an IQ test and/or speculating about one’s IQ often wrongly assumes that all other functions are relatively well functioning…. Does the child has hearing difficulties, where he can’t hear properly, or auditory integration difficulties, where he can’t distinguish well the words of the teacher through the sounds of the class, or non-verbal difficulties, where he doesn’t understand jokes, mixed messages or prosody of language – not referring to Asperger’s syndrome here, or some specific memory difficulties slowing his ability to recall the meaning of the words of a text. Then, is he able to pay attention in class? Is he too smart and bored? Is he too anxious to pay attention – fearing, with or without reason that he might miss the bus? Is he very preoccupied by recent peer rejection? Is he confused by the constant change of routine? Has he eaten this morning? Could he be a visual learner/thinker who would benefit a different type of learning? Let’s say he has attention difficulties, what do you mean? Sustained attention? Divided attention? Selective attention? How would you qualify his attention when he is reading, compared to listening? Have you noticed a difference? Can he read regular words? Irregular words? Non words? Manipulate syllables? How is his grammar? Is he making attention mistakes while writing? Is he writing sloppy? Is it because of fine motor difficulties? Or maybe he thinks faster than he writes? Can he plan the writing sequence appropriately? Did he ever “memorized” the sound of each letter? Is he perceiving and integrating the letters well? Once we have figured how the entry levels are functioning (i.e. verify that the vision, hearing, perceptual and attentional functions are well preserved) then we can venture in drawing conclusions about “higher level” cognitive skills, like reasoning and speculate about intelligenceS. But that is another can of worm. 🙂 To be continued… Dr Gagnon is a Neuropsychologist She teaches PSYC 310 Intelligence (3 credits) at McGill University

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13.15. Self Check¶ You have attempted of activities on this page Q-1: The theory of evolution is powerful because it explains , , and which are phenomena seen in the natural world that seem inexplicable initially. Q-2: To quantify the dispersion of a population, we can compute the mean of the distances between of . Q-3: To induce evolution, we need relationship between genotype and fitness, but it turns out that it can be relationship.

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One of the benefits of checking the leaves of various trees, and other plants, for leafmines is that, even when I don’t find them, I do find other things just as interesting, and this is one of those. I didn’t know what it was, of course, until I got home and checked my Field Studies Council Guide to plant galls in Britain fold-out guide. (If you’re not familiar with these, check the FSC online shop here. I have a few of these and find them really useful.) My guide informed me that these galls on the leaves of Ash trees were created by the larvae of Dasineura fraxini, a species of tiny midge. Few people have ever seen the adult midge but I did have a look at one of the galls that was partly open and spotted one of the miniscule orange larvae. These galls can be found from May through to October, at which time the leaves will fall to the ground, where the larvae will pupate and over-winter until emerging as adult midges in the springtime.

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Shaker Dances and Marches by Sister Lillian Phelps, Canterbury, New Hampshire. Many persons are curious as to the reason for using dancing or marching, in our earlier religious services. It is amazing how much sound reason is behind the thinking of the early Shaker leaders, and how much psychology was employed. It was the belief of the Shakers that every faculty should be used in the worship of God, and so, various forms of physical exercise were introduced, particularly the March. A group of eight or ten singers, occupied the center of the room, around which the members marched in perfect formation. It was with a graceful, rhythmic motion of the hands as the members marched to the slow or quick tempo of the music. Dancing, or the March, was not such a strange occurrence during a religious service of the early days of the Church. We have mention, in the Old Testament, of David and Miriam dancing before the Lord. Also there are 19 instances where dancing is mentioned in the Mosaic Law. There was also a definite psychological purpose behind the Shaker marches, seldom explained, and rarely understood by the general Public. The perfect rhythmic body motions, of a worshipper, who combined this activity with a deep mental and religious fervor, developed within himself, a great spiritual inspiration, almost impossible to understand or describe, by one who has never witnessed or participated in this form of worship. But if one could have been present, as I was, and could have seen the perfect spiritual union that was produced when a soul combined the physical motions, the singing voice and the dedicated heart, in giving praise and thanks to God—I’m sure you would have agreed that the physical motions added a still greater dimension to the expression of Prayer. However, as years passed, and older members were unable to join in these marches, the exercises were discontinued, as it was considered necessary to maintain a perfect union among the members, a service in which all may participate as One. Today, our Church Service is quiet and more formal, resembling, perhaps the Prayer meetings held in many of the churches of other denominations. This material is taken from Industries and Inventions of the Shakers: SHAKER MUSIC, A Brief History by Sister Bertha Lindsay and Sister Lillian Phelps (Canterbury, NH, United Society of Believers, 1961). A digital version of this booklet is available online.

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I Think Green teaches youth how living things interact with each other and their environment using interactive, hands-on learning. Choose from four tracks: Worms, Butterflies, Insects, or Nature Detectives. Each track has four 60-minute lessons where youth practice observation skills, conduct hands-on investigations with living things, explore life cycles, identify how living things change, and compare how living things interact with each other and with their environment. Choose one focus, or pick from all four to complete. Want more? Check out what it means to be a 4-H Citizen Scientist, and start making a difference in our nature world today. Audience: third through fifth grade students. - Develop skills in scientific observation - Increase their knowledge of concepts that explain how living things function, adapt, change, and interact within the environment - Understand the important role small things play in the web of life - Encourage youth to take small steps personally to protect the natural world. The program is free to all classrooms, after school, or partner agency groups which complete all four sessions and the evaluation survey. This program is funded by ADM through the Illinois 4-H Foundation.

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From the visualization lab at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, a consortium of more than 100 colleges and universities focused on research and training in the atmospheric and related Earth system sciences. UCAR manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research. "I was a little shocked just how closely 2015 resembles 1997 visually," says visualization creator Matt Rehme. The El Niño brewing in the tropical Pacific is on track to become one of the strongest such events in recorded history and may even warm its way past the historic 1997-98 El Niño. While it's too early to say if the current El Niño will live up to the hype, this new NCAR visualization comparing sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific in 1997 to those in 2015 gives a revealing glimpse into the similarities, and differences, between the two events. Sea surface temperatures are key to gauging the strength of an El Niño, which is marked by warmer-than-average waters. Even if this year's El Niño goes on to take the title for strongest recorded event, there's no guarantee that the impacts on weather around the world will be the same as they were in 1997-98. Like snowflakes, each El Niño is unique. Still, experts are pondering whether a strong El Niño might ease California's unrelenting drought, cause heatwaves in Australia, cut coffee production in Uganda, and impact the food supply for Peruvian vicuñas.

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“O Diamond, Diamond, thou little knowest the mischief thou hast done.” Isaac Newton supposedly spoke those words upon seeing his dog Diamond upset a candle and set fire to a manuscript he had been working on for 20 years. While the story of the mischievous dog is likely apocryphal, the fire was real. Newton was very interested in alchemy and had prepared an extensive manuscript on the subject. It was that work that mostly went up in flames, although parts survived. In 2020, three leaves of the scorched document sold at auction for over half a million dollars! If Newton did have a dog, he may very well have named it Diamond, however, because the world’s first truly great scientist was interested in diamonds. As Alexander Pope wrote in his famous couplet, “Nature, and Nature’s Laws lay hid in Night, God said, Let Newton be and All was Light.” Cleverly stated, since much of Newton’s work focused on light and how it traveled from one medium to another. His classic experiment showing that white light passing through a prism can be separated into the colours of the rainbow introduced the concept of refraction, the phenomenon of light being deflected as it passes from one medium into another. For the rest of this column: https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/the-right-chemistry-lab-made-diamonds-testify-to-chemists-ingenuity

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- The splitting (lysis) of molecules using electricity - Can also refer to Electroplating ? Main Electolysis Feedstocks - Produces Hydrogen and Oxygen - Often an alkaline powder is added to increase conductivity over pure water - There is a PILE of projects/build documentation on these devices, many of which are for Oxyhydrogen Pseudoscience related use cases, BUT the devices themselves may still be of use/worth investigating - Modern refining method (was more complex chemical wise, need to dig)

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U.S. Nuclear Experts Help Japan Earthquake disaster could help improve nuke safety everywhere Some 7,000 miles from a near nuclear disaster in Japan, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is monitoring the situation 24 hours a day from its headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. The agency, which oversees nuclear plants in the United States, is sharing its expertise with Japan. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11 damaged three Japanese nuclear power plants. One plant in particular is in danger of a meltdown. Multiple nuclear reactors at the plant are overheating and leaking radiation into the atmosphere. The area 19 miles around the power plant has been evacuated. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) told U.S. citizens in the area to evacuate a 50-mile radius of the plant. The NRC quickly sent experts to Japan and opened a 24-hour operations center in twin high-rise buildings in Tokyo. "We have experts in a wide range of technical areas and are well-suited to support the Japanese in bringing this crisis to closure," said Robert M. Taylor, technical assistant at the NRC office of public affairs. The agency regulates the 104 nuclear reactors in the U.S. and the safe use of all commercial nuclear materials. So far, 11 NRC experts are on the ground in Japan to analyze radiation leaks and offer advice. Taylor said that the Japanese are taking "reasonable actions to address the situation." "The events unfolding in Japan are the result of a catastrophic series of natural disasters," Taylor told the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps. "These include the fifth-largest earthquake in recorded history and the resulting devastating tsunami." The NRC is doing more than helping the Japanese. Experts will use the experience to learn how to better protect power plants in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. "The NRC will continue to carry out its mission to protect public health and safety," Taylor said. "After this crisis has been safely resolved, the NRC will assess all the available information and evaluate whether enhancements to U.S. nuclear power plants are warranted." U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein of California have called for safety inspections of two nuclear plants in Southern California. The Diablo Canyon Power Plant near San Luis Obispo and the San Onofre plant near San Diego are both on a major fault line. State lawmakers in the Golden State called on utilities to begin detailed seismic maps as part of a re-licensing process. For more about the Diablo Canyon plant, check out an interview with the plant's spokesperson by Kid Reporter Mimi Evans. EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN A magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck northeast Japan on Friday, March 11, causing a destructive tsunami that reached the west coast of the United States. Scholastic News Kid Reporters are collecting information about the quake and its aftermath and talking to people who have family and friends in Japan and looking into how kids can help with relief efforts. Find their stories in the Earthquake in Japan Special Report. NEWS FOR KIDS, BY KIDS Get the latest on national and international events, movies, television, music, sports, and more from the Scholastic Kids Press Corps.

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Born at Aldorf, near Nuremberg, Bavaria, 18 May, 1824; died in New York, 1885. He served in the Prussian army in his early manhood and then emigrated to the United States. Von Egloffstein has been called "The Father of Half-tone Engraving" in the United States for the reason that he was the first one to employ ruled glass screens, together with photography, to produce engravings. In 1861 he engaged Samuel Sartain, a steel engraver, to rule with wavy lines numbering 250 to the inch glass plates covered with an opaque varnish, and he was engaged in perfecting his experiments in this direction when the Civil War broke out. Abandoning his business, he joined the Union army as a volunteer from New York and was commissioned a colonel. While leading a skirmish in North Carolina , 17 April, 1862, he was severely wounded and retired from the service with the brevet rank of brigadier general. Under the patronage of Archbishop McCloskey he then took up his new system of engraving again, and one of Murillo's madonnas and a picture of the façade of St. Francis Xavier's College, New York, were produced by his patented process. Von Egloffstein thought to circumvent counterfeiting, so prevalent at that period, by having bank-notes engraved by his method. Through Baron Gerolt, Prussian Minister at Washington, he was introduced to a number of officials and prominent men, who organized The Heliographic Engraving and Printing Company, with a plant in New York City. There the von Egloffstein process of engraving was carried on in a secret manner. Each group of workmen was taught a part of the work, but no one was permitted to see the whole process. The United States Government refused to adopt von Egloffstein's method of engraving, and the company abandoned the project. The common method of engraving now is by means of ruled glass screens and photography. Glass screens ruled with wavy lines, such as von Egloffstein adopted in 1861, are also being used (1909). Von Egloffstein, as a member of the United States engineering department, later performed valuable services for the Government in the submarine work at Rock Island, Illinois, and in the blasting operations at Hell Gate in New York Harbour. The Catholic Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive resource on Catholic teaching, history, and information ever gathered in all of human history. This easy-to-search online version was originally printed between 1907 and 1912 in fifteen hard copy volumes. Designed to present its readers with the full body of Catholic teaching, the Encyclopedia contains not only precise statements of what the Church has defined, but also an impartial record of different views of acknowledged authority on all disputed questions, national, political or factional. In the determination of the truth the most recent and acknowledged scientific methods are employed, and the results of the latest research in theology, philosophy, history, apologetics, archaeology, and other sciences are given careful consideration. No one who is interested in human history, past and present, can ignore the Catholic Church, either as an institution which has been the central figure in the civilized world for nearly two thousand years, decisively affecting its destinies, religious, literary, scientific, social and political, or as an existing power whose influence and activity extend to every part of the globe. In the past century the Church has grown both extensively and intensively among English-speaking peoples. Their living interests demand that they should have the means of informing themselves about this vast institution, which, whether they are Catholics or not, affects their fortunes and their destiny. Copyright © Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company New York, NY. Volume 1: 1907; Volume 2: 1907; Volume 3: 1908; Volume 4: 1908; Volume 5: 1909; Volume 6: 1909; Volume 7: 1910; Volume 8: 1910; Volume 9: 1910; Volume 10: 1911; Volume 11: - 1911; Volume 12: - 1911; Volume 13: - 1912; Volume 14: 1912; Volume 15: 1912 Catholic Online Catholic Encyclopedia Digital version Compiled and Copyright © Catholic Online

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- Children’s feet change with age. Shoe and sock sizes may change every few months as a child’s feet grow. - Shoes that don’t fit properly can aggravate the feet. Always measure a child’s feet before buying shoes, and watch for signs of irritation. - Never hand down footwear. Just because a shoe size fits one child comfortably doesn’t mean it will fit another the same way. Also, sharing shoes can spread fungi like athlete’s foot and nail fungus. - Examine the heels. Children may wear through the heels of shoes quicker than outgrowing shoes themselves. Uneven heel wear can indicate a foot problem that should be checked by a podiatrist. - Take your child shoe shopping. Every shoe fits differently. Letting a child have a say in the shoe buying process promotes healthy foot habits down the road. - Always buy for the larger foot. Feet are seldom precisely the same size. - Buy shoes that do not need a “break-in” period. Shoes should be comfortable immediately. Also make sure to have your child try on shoes with socks or tights, if that’s how they’ll be worn. Properly fitting and structured shoes can help children avoid years of pain and future ailments. Click here for a list of children’s shoes that have been awarded APMA’s Seal of Acceptance.

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In only one night, the Basilica was destroyed by fire. appeal was launched by Pope Leo XII to all the faithful: the Basilica had to be rebuilt in an identical way, re-using the elements preserved from the fire, in such a manner that the Christian tradition could be maintained as it had been since Parts were moved, restored, demolished, and reconstructed. Not only did a multitude of Catholics respond to the appeal, but gifts arrived from all over the world. For example, blocks of malachite and lapis lazuli were donated by Tsar Nicholas I. These were going to be used for the construction of the two sumptuous lateral altars of the transept. King Fouad I of Egypt gave columns and windows of very fine alabaster as a gift, while the vice-king of Egypt, Mohamed Ali contributed by offering columns made of alabaster. Thus, it became the Church of Rome’s most important construction site of the 19th century. On December 10, 1854, Pope Pius IX (1846-1876) consecrated the “new” Basilica in the presence of a great number of Cardinals and Bishops, gathered in Rome from all over the world for the proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Letter Ad plurimas pasque gravissimas of 25 January 2) Architects like Valadier, then Belli and afterwards Luigi Poletti directed the work 3) A long list of all their names is engraved along the walls of the apse.

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(Using the book) On your answer sheet write the title of the book, the author,. the copyright date, the publishing company, and the call number. 1.Look in the Table of Contents and outline what is contained in this book. 2. Look in the Glossary and find five words that are new to you. Write the definition for each of the five words you chose. 3- If you were asked to research one chapter in this book which chapter would you choose?. Justify your choice by giving a minimum of three reasons.

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NEW ORLEANS, La. -- People who like to nap say it helps them focus their minds post a little shut eye. Now, a study from Georgetown University Medical Center may have found evidence to support that notion. The research, presented at Neuroscience 2012, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, found that when participants in a study rested, the right hemisphere of their brains talked more to itself and to the left hemisphere than the left hemisphere communicated within itself and to the right hemisphere - no matter which of the participants' hands was dominant. (Neuroscientists say right-handed people use their left hemisphere to a greater degree, and vice versa.) Results of this study, the first known to look at activity in the two different hemispheres during rest, suggests that the right hemisphere "is doing important things in the resting state that we don't yet understand," says Andrei Medvedev, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging at Georgetown. The activities being processed by the right hemisphere, which is known to be involved in creative tasks, could be daydreaming or processing and storing previously acquired information. "The brain could be doing some helpful housecleaning, classifying data, consolidating memories," Medvedev says. "That could explain the power of napping. But we just don't know yet the relative roles of both hemispheres in those processes and whether the power nap might benefit righties more then lefties." To find out what happens in the resting state, the research team connected 15 study participants to near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) equipment. This technology, which is low cost and portable, uses light to measure changes in oxygenated hemoglobin inside the body. The study participants wore a cap adorned with optical fibers that delivers infrared light to the outermost layers of the brain and then measures the light that bounces back. In this way, the device can "see" which parts of the brain are most active and communicating at a higher level based on increased use of oxygen in the blood and heightened synchronicity of their activities. "The device can help delineate global networks inside the brain -- how the components all work together," Medvedev says. "The better integrated they are, the better cognitive tasks are performed." To their surprise, the researchers found that left and right hemispheres behaved differently during the resting state. "That was true no matter which hand a participant used. The right hemisphere was more integrated in right-handed participants, and even stronger in the left-handed," he says. Medvedev is exploring the findings for an explanation. And he suggests that brain scientists should start focusing more of their attention on the right hemisphere. "Most brain theories emphasize the dominance of the left hemisphere especially in right handed individuals, and that describes the population of participants in these studies," Medvedev says. "Our study suggests that looking at only the left hemisphere prevents us from a truer understanding of brain function." The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health (grants # RR025786, GM103526 and EB006589). Medvedev and his co-authors report having no personal financial interests related to this study. About Georgetown University Medical Center Georgetown University Medical Center is an internationally recognized academic medical center with a three-part mission of research, teaching and patient care (through MedStar Health). GUMC's mission is carried out with a strong emphasis on public service and a dedication to the Catholic, Jesuit principle of cura personalis -- or "care of the whole person." The Medical Center includes the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing & Health Studies, both nationally ranked; Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, designated as a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute; and the Biomedical Graduate Research Organization (BGRO), which accounts for the majority of externally funded research at GUMC including a Clinical Translation and Science Award from the National Institutes of Health. In fiscal year 2010-11, GUMC accounted for 85 percent of the university's sponsored research funding.

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Dentist the Menace Here’s one more reason to dread your dentist: Many dental offices flush old fillings down the drain, washing the mercury inside them into the nation’s waterways. That makes dentists the single largest discharger of the toxic metal, according to a national study entitled “Dentist the Menace?” and published by a collection of health and environmental groups. All told, dentists use about 40 tons of mercury per year to make silver fillings, a practice they’ve been engaged in for some 150 years. While the mercury might not do damage in people’s mouths, it spends many more years in the natural environment, where it eventually breaks down and can cause nerve and brain damage if ingested. It is possible to use white plastic composites instead of mercury, but until recently, the dangers of washed-away mercury fillings had gone unremarked. Donate now to support our work.

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In 1823, the Monroe Doctrine was specifically directed at Imperial Russia when Czar Alexander was trying to colonize our Pacific coast. President James Monroe made his courageous declaration at a time when America had no standing army and our navy had only five sailing ships. But we had a proud sense of national identity and national security. During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the problem was Russia again. The American people fully backed President John F. Kennedy in forcing Khrushchev to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba. In October 1983, the Soviet Union tried to turn the island of Grenada into a Soviet base. The American people fully backed Ronald Reagan’s use of U.S. troops to counter this threat in the Western Hemisphere, and we can look back on Reagan’s rescue of Grenada as the turning point in official American policy toward Soviet Communism. The Monroe Doctrine is a great signpost of American foreign policy, and we need it still. Listen to the radio commentary here:

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Scientific classification. Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum: Chordata. Class: Actinopterygii. Order: Albuliformes. Family: Albulidae. Genus: Albula. Species: A. vulpes. Binomial name. Albula vulpes (Linnae... Taxonomic Notes: The nomenclature of the bonefish family Albulidae is ... Bill Curtis, a legendary professional bonefish guide and a member of the 2012 class Albula vulpes | Bonefish. ... Order - Albuliformes Family - Albulidae Genus - Albula Species - vulpes. Common Names .... Taxonomy. Linnaeus described the Fish Classification ... bonefish, & relatives Order Elopiformes - tarpons & ladyfishes Order Albuliformes - bonefishes & relatives Order Anguilliformes - eels The Bony Fish Class, also called "Ostheichthyes," is split into smaller groups, called ... to by checking the Classification Box at the bottom of each Species Rank, Species. Typetaxon of, Checked: verified by a taxonomic editor Albula Scopoli, 1777. Parent, Checked: ... verified by a taxonomic editor bonefish, [ Elopiform (order Elopiformes), Atlantic tarpon [Credit: Courtesy of Miami Seaquarium] ... (bobtail eels, swallowers, and gulpers), and Albuliformes ( bonefish). ... The earliest member of the extinct suborder Pachyrhizodontoidei is Class Osteichthyes includes all bony fishes. Like all fishes, Osteichthyes are cold -blooded vertebrates that breathe through gills and use fins for swimming. Fish Classification ... Order. ALBULIFORMES Bonefishes . ... Like tarpons, ladyfishes and true eels, the primitive bonefishes have a leptocephalus larval integrated taxonomic approach, using multilocus molecular, ecological, and .... explore these topics within the marine fish order Albuliformes (bonefishes) and ...

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Thyroid Replacement Can Be Effective Thyroid disease involves changes in the immune system that causes it to attack the thyroid gland. This is called autoimmune thyroid disease. Once the gland is damaged, it is unable to make enough natural thyroid hormone to meet the body’s needs. There are many important steps to getting thyroid health back on track, but for many, thyroid replacement is extremely vital. Thyroid replacement is taking thyroid hormones to compensate for what is not present. When done well, it can make up for the vast majority of thyroid symptoms. Thyroid replacement can be done with natural or synthetic versions of thyroid hormones. Natural thyroid hormone has the advantage of being the same as what the thyroid makes when it is healthy. This is also called Natural Desiccated Thyroid or NDT for short. Many ask, “What is thyroid hormone?” It is a group of hormones that control how much energy the body makes from its calories. When there is too little thyroid hormone, we burn fewer calories. This causes two changes at once. One is fatigue the other is weight gain. The fatigue comes from the lack of energy production. The weight gain comes from excess energy storage in the form of fat. When we are healthy, we can maintain our weight even with substantial fluctuations in caloric intake. Hibernating animals, for example, are able to gain fat even when they don’t have access to extra food. Laboratory studies have shown that they are also able to shed the fat in the spring even if they are forced to limit their movement and eat excessive amounts of food. What is thyroid hormone? It is what allows the animals to adjust their weight independent of their food intake. When humans have a lack of thyroid hormone, they gain weight more easily just like hibernating animals do. Thyroid replacement can help, when it is done effectively. Unfortunately for many, the types of thyroid hormones given are synthetic and only make up for 1 of the 3 important hormones needed. Natural thyroid hormones contain all 3 necessary hormones and give the body the greatest capacity to burn calories like it would when it was healthy. Some mistakenly believe that natural thyroid hormones are unsafe or poorly made. In reality they have been used safely for over a hundred years and are regulated as carefully as any other prescription medicine. Not only are they safe for those with autoimmune thyroid disease, but they are more effective at helping the immune response than synthetic versions of thyroid are.

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I have been reading this problem, Prove that of any 52 integers, two can always be found such that the difference of their squares is divisible by 100. Now, in my understanding, it says, any 52 integers. So I could just choose 0 and 100, from a random set of integers right? 100^2 - 0^2 = 10000 which is devisible by 100. What I am not getting here? I read the answers but I still cant figure out what exactly the problem is asking. Basically I am trying to understand the first answer: Look at your 52 integers mod 100. Look at the pairs of additive inverses (0,0), (1,99), (2,98), etc. There are 51 such pairs. Since we have 52 integers, two of them must belong to a pair (x,−x). Then x^2−(−x^)2=0(mod100), so that the difference of their squares is divisible by 100. So he creates a set, and in that set he has sets of cardinality 2. Then he says Since we have 52 integers, two of them must belong to a pair (x,−x). This is what I dont get. The integers can be (4, -9) or (15, 40) who says they need to be additive inverses. He just created a new set and made up some rules. I dont get it

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Zoroaster (zōrˈōăsˌtər) [key], c.628 B.C.–c.551 B.C., religious teacher and prophet of ancient Persia, founder of Zoroastrianism. Zoroaster, the name by which he is ordinarily known, is derived from the Greek form of Zarathushtra (or Zarathustra) [camel handler?], his Persian name. Zoroaster is believed to have been born in NW Persia. His youthful studies were crowned at the age of 30 by the first of a series of revelations of a new religion. His attempts to proselytize at home failed, and he fled east to ancient Chorasmia (now largely Iranian Khorasan), where he converted King Vishtaspa (who may have been Hystaspes, the father of Darius). The religion then spread rapidly through Vishtaspa's domain. The circumstances of Zoroaster's death are not known. See E. Herzfeld, Zoroaster and His World (1947); R. C. Zaehner, The Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism (1961). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

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People with eyesight often times have trouble making their way through the world as tend to trip, stumble or bump into things, even though we see them coming. Blind people probably have a much more difficult time getting around as they often need to seek the guidance of a cane to get them around safely. That’s why something like the robotic cane needs to be turned into an actual consumer product as it could help the blind or those with extremely poor vision walk around the world without getting themselves into trouble. Dr. Cang Ye is a roboticist at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and he’s come up with something he calls the “Co-Robotic Cane,” or CRC for short. The cane is equipped with a camera, laser detection and a ranging system that can help spot objects that are in the user’s path. If something is in their way, the cane will warn the user by way of an included earpiece. The cane’s tip can roll as well, which can move around to help guide the user around the obstacle. Hopefully the co-robotic cane will one day become an actual product both blind and those with impaired vision can use. Filed in blind.. Read more about

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Satellite Captures Night-time image of California’s Springs Fire From its orbit around the Earth, the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite or Suomi NPP satellite, captured a night-time image of California’s Springs Fire. The Suomi NPP satellite carries an instrument so sensitive to low light levels that it can detect wildfires in the middle of the night. The Day/Night band on Suomi/NPP produces Night-Time visible imagery using illumination from natural (the moon, forest fires) and man-made sources (city lights, gas flares). On May 3 and 4, 2013, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on Suomi-NPP acquired animated images of the Springs Fire blazing near Los Angeles, California. The animation clearly shows the fire as a bright white circular area on May 3 near Point Mugu State Park. As the light of the fire traveled through the smoke, it got scattered (like shining a flashlight through smoke) appears brighter on the satellite image. The bright spot disappeared on May 4 as the blaze was coming under control as a result of firefighting efforts. The animation was created with data from the instrument’s “day-night band,” which sensed the fire in the visible portion of the spectrum. According to Reuters news on May 6, the Springs Fire consumed as much as 28,000 acres of brush in the coastal area located northwest of Los Angeles. The fire started on Thursday, May 2, and by Sunday, May 5, the weather allowed firefighters to put containment lines around the fire. Image Credit: William Straka III, University of Wisconsin, CIMSS Text Credit: Rob Gutro, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

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Our bodies change with age. It may not be a pleasant thought, but at least most changes are gradual. One thing that does not change as the body ages is the need for physical activity. Physical activity promotes physical and mental well-being. Before you head out the door, learn why your risk for injury is higher as you get older. As we get older, tendons and ligaments lose some of their elasticity. This can lead to reduced range of motion in the joints, making these areas more prone to injuries. And unfortunately, older bodies tend to take a bit longer to recover from injuries. Aging can also mean a loss in muscle. This loss usually begins in the mid-40s (earlier if you are inactive) and may decline as much as 10% after the age of 50. This muscle loss can certainly mean a decline in physical abilities and make it easier to gain weight. Fortunately, regular exercise can significantly slow this muscle loss. If you do not use your muscles regularly, the tissues become weaker and less compliant. Although older adults accumulate a variety of injuries, the most common injuries involve sprains (stretching or tearing of a ligament) and strains (stretching or tearing of a muscle or tendon) around the shoulders, knees, and ankles. These injuries may only cause minor soreness or stiffness. People often do not recognize soreness as a problem, and they work through the pain. This may lead to more soreness and injury. Other common injuries include tennis elbow, Achilles tendinopathy, and shin splints. A few safety steps will help you keep safe while staying strong. If you want to live a longer, more productive life, you have to exercise most days of the week. You may need to exercise at a lower pace or for shorter periods of time than you did when you were younger. Remember that you may not be able to play hoops to the level of your 30-year-old colleagues, or play as many back-to-back tennis matches as you once could. Make modifications to your routine and play smart. Before you get started, follow these tips so you can avoid injury: Older age no longer means less activity. In fact, it means quite the opposite. The more active you are the better your body will age. Play smart, listen to your body, and you will find more abilities than limits. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Sports Med—American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Public Heath of Canada Healthy Living Effects of aging. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Ortho Info website. Available at: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00191. Updated September 2009. Accessed December 10, 2014. Making physical activity a part of an older adult's life. Center for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/getactive/olderadults.html. November 9, 2011. Accessed December 10, 2014. Physical activity guidelines for Americans. United States Department of Health and Human Services website. Available at: http://www.health.gov/PAGuidelines. Updated October 16, 2008. Accessed December 10, 2014. Sports injury prevention for baby boomers. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Ortho Info website. Available at: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00178. Updated August 2011. Accessed December 10, 2014. Last reviewed December 2014 by Michael Woods, MD Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Copyright © 2012 EBSCO Publishing All rights reserved. What can we help you find?close ×

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Cannery Row Theme of Wealth When we talk about "wealth" in Cannery Row, we mostly mean "debt." Surprised? Sure, they seem like they should be opposites. Either you're Scrooge McDuck splashing around in a swimming pool full of money or you've loaned out all your money and you're poor, right? But in Cannery Row, the "wealthiest" people don't have a lot of cash in the bank. That's because the most valuable currency isn't currency at all; it's other people's debts to you. In other words? Throw out all that talk of balanced budgets and deficits, and signs yourself up for a few shiny credit cards! (Oh. You mean, owing money to a multinational corporation isn't exactly the same as an informal network of obligation and favor binding a community together? Hmm.) Questions About Wealth - Do Mack and the boys really care as little about money as the narrator says? If they care so little about money, why are they always trying to get things for free? - Lee Chong makes bank (or at least thinks he will) when Mack and the boys can only pay for food in frogs. Is he a bad character? A good one? Somewhere in between? - Why is Steinbeck giving us little morality and economics lessons with his stories of the Malloys and the frogs? - Is the only difference between Cannery Row and the rest of Monterey that Cannery Row is poorer? Does poverty cause their attitude, or does their attitude cause their poverty? Chew on This Money isn't the only kind of currency in Cannery Row, or even the most important. Favors, kindness, and frogs can all pay back a debt. There's no job shortage in Cannery Row: anyone could go and start working at one of the canneries. There must be some other reason that Cannery Row residents don't have steady jobs.

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Let's consider as our first topics the topics of Regarding change, we'll consider the views of Heracleitus, who said that everything changes into something else, and Parmenides, who said that nothing every changes, and Aristotle, who said that sometimes things change into other things, sometimes they don't change, and sometimes they change without changing into something else. But first, I want to give you a brief account of the background of this dispute, by considering the ancient Greek philosophers and their discussions of nature and MATTER. I will not spend a lot of time on this subject or have much on it on the test; rather, I want to cover it as background material for the discussion of change. (The only philosophy we will study in this course is Western philosophy the philosophy of Western civilization, beginning in ancient Greece. We will not have time to go into non Western philosophy such as the philosophy of India and the philosophy of China. So we will concentrate on Western philosophy. But if any of you want to do research in non Western philosophy and apply it to your papers, do so.) And just as Western civilization began in ancient Greece, so Western philosophy also began in ancient Greece.) Now the earliest ancient Greek philosophers studied nature. In doing so, they were especially interested what things are composed of the matter or stuff they are made of. Now although most of the ancient Greek philosophers differed greatly among themselves, they all agreed in accepting what then seemed to their society to be the common sense view of the world (or the universe which for them was the same thing). That is, they thought that the earth was at the bottom of the world, the waters above that, the air above that, and the sky at the top of the world unless they believed that the world is round, in which case they though

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Attain (an objective or position) again: it changes behaviour so as to reattain the set body weight a point is reached where stability is reattained More example sentences - As soon as her telepathic abilities discern that we have reattained REM sleep, she cries again. - The only way we can reattain innocence is by glossing over our pasts, forgetting, and we're not always so good at that. - Especially in the realm of the technology of production, changes, if any, had been gradual over the centuries, and in some areas even ancient Roman standards had not been reattained. - Example sentences - After the state has reduced emissions of the offending pollutant and these programs have proven effective, it may apply for reattainment for the area. - It is not the attainment of a capacity that helps the hero conquer his (or her) challenges but the reattainment of it. For editors and proofreaders Line breaks: re|attain Definition of reattain in: What do you find interesting about this word or phrase? Comments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed.

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Posted by anthony on Friday, May 13, 2011 at 4:04pm. Select the letter of the item that makes the sentence UNTRUE: 1. The function of the body of the research paper is to: A. support the thesis statement with facts and examples. B. develop ideas related to the main point of the paper. C. summarize the main ideas presented in the paper. D. support the thesis statement with reasons, details, or incidents. - Writing - Writeacher, Friday, May 13, 2011 at 4:13pm Which ONE is saying something different from the others? - Writing - anthony, Friday, May 13, 2011 at 4:16pm - Writing - Writeacher, Friday, May 13, 2011 at 4:18pm The verbs are these: Which one is NOT saying anything about supporting the thesis? - Writing - anthony, Friday, May 13, 2011 at 4:20pm I'm sorry I thought it said the conclusion, it's C. - Writing - Writeacher, Friday, May 13, 2011 at 4:24pm Yes, C is correct. =) Answer This Question More Related Questions - us history - Write a five-paragraph essay that answers the following question: ... - writing - "Part 1: Write an exploratory essay in which you compare and contrast ... - Research Writing - How do you do this? I am lost. My topic I chose is Homeless. ... - English - I have to compare and/or contrast the forest in the scarlet letter for... - lynching - need any help available on writing a report on lynching. Need help ... - english - revision - Create a thesis statement for your research paper: My topic... - English- please revise - Create a thesis statement for your research paper: My ... - research writing - How do you plan to support your thesis with compelling ... - History (writing) - My college instructor is asking me to define and discuss one... - n&w - for my research paper on Diet and Diabetes, i need to write a thesis ...

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Amateur Radio Quiz: Ham Horizons By H. Ward Silver, N0AX Part 97.1 points out five bases and purposes of the Amateur Radio Service. The third principle -- encouragement and improvement of the Amateur Service through rules which provide for advancing skills in both the communication and technical phases of the art -- has been a hallmark of the Amateur Radio Service from the beginning. This quiz lists a few of those pioneers and their achievements -- feathers in every ham’s hat. 1) What amateur-invented AM mode is often heard around 14.230 MHz? a. Fast-scan TV b. Wide-band FM c. Slow-scan TV d. Working split 2) Amateurs are credited with the first documented observations of which unusual phenomenon? c. Long-delayed echoes d. Sprites and jets 3) Who was the first ham to transmit from space via Amateur Radio? a. Dave Garroway b. Owen Garriott c. Gary Owens d. Garrett Phillips 4) What type of preamplifier, invented by hams, does not include a transistor, tube or other active amplifying device? 5) Relegated to these in the early days of radio, hams found them to be prime radio real estate. a. Very Low Frequencies c. Quiet zones d. Short waves 6) VHF enthusiasts discovered and documented what unusual propagation mode? a. Transequatorial skip b. D-layer absorption c. Tropospheric propagation d. Continuous wave 7) Grote Reber (ex-W9GFZ) pioneered what scientific discipline? a. Kirilian photography c. Radio astronomy d. Quantum mechanics 8) What communication mode pioneered by amateurs has been revolutionized by a Nobel laureate ham’s software? c. Chordal hops 9) Hams created what worldwide network to distribute e-mail via Amateur Radio? 10) Bob Dennison, W0DX, led the “Gone Waki” team in the first example of what popular activity? a. Field Day b. Transatlantic DX QSOs Bonus Question: Which amateur-invented protocol lies at the heart of many commercial location tracking systems? 1. c -- Invented by Copthorne Macdonald, VE1BFL, in the early 1960s, SSTV is even incorporated in some handheld VHF radios. 2. c -- LDEs are spooky phenomena that are not completely understood, even today. 3. b -- W5LFL transmitted from the space shuttle in 1983. 4. a -- Parametric amplifiers use the nonlinearity of diode junctions to amplify signals. 5. d -- The infamous “200 meters and down” region was supposed to be an exile for amateurs. but it turned out to be quite the opposite! 6. a -- TE was not considered possible at VHF until amateurs found it. 7. c -- Grote combined a love of astronomy and Amateur Radio, creating an entirely new way of “skywatching.” 8. d -- Joe Taylor, K1JT, wrote the WSJT software that has brought EME (Earth-Moon-Earth. within reach of amateurs with modest stations. 9. c -- The Winlink system uses a network of “mailbox” stations linked to servers via the Internet to provide e-mail service to traveling hams and for disaster response communications. 10. d -- Bob’s 1948 “Gon-Waki” operation as VP7NG (Bahamas) was the first modern DXpedition. Bonus Answer: The Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) was invented by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR.

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February 28, 2012 - infantile (adjective) - What does it mean? - : of, relating to, or resembling infants or infancy; also : childish - How do you use it? - The students who started the food fight were all given detention and informed sternly that such infantile behavior would not be tolerated. - Are you a word wiz? Let's see how well you understand the meaning of "infantile." Which of the following is the best example of something that might be described as infantile?As our example sentence demonstrates, "infantile" is not generally a positive word. It's often used to describe behavior—like food fights and temper tantrums—that most people eventually grow out of. It's definitely not used to describe things—like colored pencils, puzzles, and flowers—that people of any age enjoy. "Infantile" comes from the word "infant," but that word doesn't share the negative feeling of "infantile." "Infant" comes a Latin adjective that means "incapable of speech"—something infants all are, but for which no one blames them.

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In Lisp, atoms are recorded in a straightforward fashion; if the implementation is not straightforward in practice, it is, nonetheless, straightforward in theory. The atom ‘rose’, for example, is recorded as the four contiguous letters ‘r’, ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘e’. A list, on the other hand, is kept differently. The mechanism is equally simple, but it takes a moment to get used to the idea. A list is kept using a series of pairs of pointers. In the series, the first pointer in each pair points to an atom or to another list, and the second pointer in each pair points to the next pair, or to the symbol nil, which marks the end of the list. A pointer itself is quite simply the electronic address of what is pointed to. Hence, a list is kept as a series of electronic addresses. |• Lists diagrammed:| |• Symbols as Chest:||Exploring a powerful metaphor.| |• List Exercise:|

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Worldwide bee population decline has motivated recent action by governments and activists. On April 29, the European Union announced a two-year suspension of three neonicotinoid insecticides, or "neonics," that pose "high acute risk" to bees. The ban was demanded in a large campaign by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and other environmental groups, along with more than 2.5 million people who signed a petition in support. On July 16, the EU added fipronil, another pesticide linked to bee kills, to the list of restricted chemicals. In the United States, the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency released a report in May on honeybee health, the result of collaboration among officials, researchers, beekeepers, and food producers. According to entomologist and beekeeper Dennis vanEngelsdorp, the report is more comprehensive than previous versions and recommends a shift from reactive to proactive policy. Ongoing scientific research identifies various causes behind the decline of bees, so the problem will require a variety of solutions, says vanEngelsdorp. Knowing the effects of chemicals on bees is complicated, he says, because multiple chemicals interact in the hive and "one plus one doesn't always equal two." VanEngelsdorp says individuals can do a lot to help. Growing flowering plants instead of grass is one easy step. Limiting pesticide use is another. "The people who use the most pesticides per acre are people who live in the city and backyard gardeners," said vanEngelsdorp. The province of Ontario has recently banned some pesticides. Oregon temporarily banned dinotefuran, a neonic, after 50,000 bumblebees died when ornamental trees were sprayed with the chemical. And corporate accountability group SumofUs is raising funds to send beekeepers to a conference for garden-store owners. They'll ask the store owners not to stock pesticides that kill bees. Other bee protectors are using the legal system. Four beekeepers, along with the Center for Food Safety, Beyond Pesticides, Pesticide Action Network, the Sierra Club, and the Center for Environmental Health, filed a lawsuit on March 21. They're charging the EPA with failing to protect honeybees from clothianidin and thiamethoxam, two of the neonics included in the EU ban. "America's beekeepers cannot survive for long with the toxic environment EPA has supported," said Steve Ellis, one of the beekeepers bringing the lawsuit. "It's time for the EPA to recognize the value of bees to our food system and agricultural economy."

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Adire is the name given to indigo dyed cloth produced by Yoruba women of south western Nigeria using a variety of resist dye techniques. Adire translates as tie and dye, and the earliest cloths were probably simple tied designs on locally-woven hand-spun cotton cloth much like those still produced in Mali. In the early decades of the twentieth century however, the new access to large quantities of imported shirting material made possible by the spread of European textile merchants in certain Yoruba towns, notably Abeokuta, enabled women dyers to become both artists and entrepreneurs in a booming new medium. New techniques of resist dyeing were developed, most notably the practice of hand-painting designs on the cloth with a cassava starch paste prior to dyeing. This was known as adire eleko. Alongside these a new style was soon developed that speeded up decoration by using metal stencils cut from the sheets of tin that lined tea-chests. Another method was to use sewn raffia, sometimes in combination with tied sections, while other cloths were simply folded repeatedly and tied or stitched in place. The basic shape of the cloth is that of two pieces of shirting material stitched together to create a women's wrapper cloth. Most of the designs were named, and popular designs included the jubilee pattern, (first produced for the jubilee of George V and Queen Mary in 1935), Olokun or "goddess of the sea", and Ibadadun "Ibadan is sweet." |Adire stencil, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto.| In the 1920s and 30s adire was a major local craft in the towns of Abeokuta and Ibadan, attracting buyers from all over West Africa but by the end of the decade problems over quality caused by the spread of synthetic indigo and caustic soda, coupled with an influx of new less skilled entrants into the craft, led to a collapse in demand from which it never really recovered. The more complex and beautiful starch resist designs continued to be produced until the early 1970s, but despite a revival prompted largely by the interest of US Peace Corp workers in the 1960s, never regained their earlier popularity. Today simplified stencilled designs and some better quality tie & die and stitch-resist designs are still produced, but local taste favours multi-coloured wax-resist cloth usually known as "kampala," though a few people still call this adire. Good examples of the older styles are getting harder and harder to find in Nigeria, and in a few years time these masterpieces of indigo dyeing may have disappeared altogether. |Adire eleko cloth in the classic Ibadandun design. Circa 1960.| Barbour,J. 1970. "Nigerian 'Adire' Cloths" - Baessler-Archiv, Neue Folge, Band XVIII - if you can find it this gives the most detailed account of cloth designs. Barbour,J. & Simmonds,D. eds. 1971. Adire Cloth in Nigeria. (Ibadan) Beier, U. 1997. A Sea of Indigo, Yoruba Textile Art (Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal) Byfield, J. 2002. The Bluest Hands: A social and economic history of women dyers in Abeokuta (Nigeria), 1890-1940 (Heinemann/ James Currey) Poliakoff, C. African Textiles and Dyeing Techniques (1982) Chapter 4 National Museum of African Art. (1997). Adire: Resist-Dyed Cloths of the Yoruba. |Click on the image to go to our gallery of Adire cloths for sale.|

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|Author: Syed Rizwan T 14 Apr 2011 Member Level: Gold Points : 4 (Rs 3) Voting Score: 2| Ferranti Effect occurs in transmission lines which carry electricity from one place to another. The receiving end voltage will be more than the sending end voltage. This is called ferranti effect. * It occurs in longer transmission lines due to the effect of Inductance and Capacitance. The longer transmission lines draw a sufficient amount of charging current during transmission. When this line is open circuited or lightly loaded, the reactive power supplied by the capacitors is combined with the voltage at the receiving end. Hence the voltage at the receiving end is higher than the sending end. By the use of shunt reactors and series capacitors, this effect can be reduced. |Author: Poonia Boy 14 Apr 2011 Member Level: Gold Points : 2 (Rs 1) Voting Score: 0| The answer given above is approximately correct but I would like to make just one change that it is not due to inductance or reactors it is just because of line capacitors (capacitive effect of long transmission line.) Let us assume that 800 kv is transmitted in a transmission line and if the load on the line is negligible then the received voltage at receiving end will be slightly more than 800 kV say 802 or 803 kV this is ferranti effect. |Author: praveen vaidya 04 May 2011 Member Level: Gold Points : 4 Voting Score: 2| The ferranti effect is the phenomenon of electric engineering and usually takes place in the long distance transmissions of electricity. We know that in all electric transmissions, the voltage drop at the transmitting end is always greater (because production of electricity takes place here) than the voltage drop at the receiving end (as the consumption of electricity takes place here). A long transmission electric power lines draw a large quantity of charging current. Some time a receiving end become open circuited due to various reasons or it is very lightly loaded, then the voltage at receiving end become greater than at sending end. This phenomenon is called as Ferranti effect. The Ferranti effect takes place because of voltage drop across the line inductance ( which is responsible for charging current) being in phase with the sending end voltages. The capacitance also equally responsible to occur phenomenon of Ferranti effect in medium distance transmission lines. Hence the Ferranti effect always takes place in medium line and long line transmission of electricity due to both inductance and capacitance respectively, when the circuit is open or weakly loaded.

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One example of how characters can be unsafe is if the user submits a comment on your page. If the comment form does not use HtmlEncode then anything the user has just typed will now be visible as a comment on the page. In that case, a hacker could submit a comment like the following: window.location = 'http://server.com/viruspage.asp'; For each subsequent user who loads the page, the script will run (because it hasn't been encoded with HtmlEncode), redirecting each user to a page with viruses. This is a very simple example, but there are many other ways to input malicious data, potentially even giving hackers administrative access to your databases.

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Survival in Extremophile conditions- Balloon Launches Working at NASA Ames, we had the good fortune of meeting Jack Cackler, who was trying to prototype small balloon launches to the stratosphere. Located at 10 to 50 kilometers above the ground, the stratosphere has conditions that are out of this world: a temperature range of -56 to -3°C (it actually increases as you ascend), and atmosphere 0.001 percent of that of earth’s sea level. To take advantage of this rare opportunity, we prepared two dried samples of S. pasteurii to be sent up in the balloon, to test the ability of the bacteria to withstand the extremes in temperature, depressurization and radiation bombardment. Note that the microbes we flew were not genetically altered, and all practice was done under proper FAA notification. Thorough Protocols for the preparation can be found here Our first balloon went up to 80,000 ft (24 kilometers), from which the curvature of the earth was visible. Unfortunately, our S. pasteurii cargo, as well as other biological samples, cargo, did not survive the first flight. The biocemented brick that accompanied the samples up suffered some mechanical damage, and a qualitative change in brittleness. It is suggested that the this structural change was influenced by the temperature change, and corresponding thermal contraction/expansion. Further experimentation will have to be done to isolate the cause of the structural change and investigate its implications for space applications. Our second balloon went up to 110,000 ft (33.5 kilometers), where the atmospheric pressure was slightly below that of Mars. During our second flight (accompanied by the BBC ), we prepared the S. pasteurii inside Whirlpak bags. Surprisingly enough, upon retrieval, the the samples inside the Whirlpak bags exhibited urease activity! The ones outside the bags did not, though mysteriously enough both samples grew back on Bang media plates in seemingly equal quantities. Further experimentation must be done to ascertain the exact nature of the survival. Our original grand plan was to have one final balloon flight, after our transformation of S. pasteurii with Newcastle 2009’s sporulation regulation gene, to see if induced sporulation could have increase the percentage of survivors. Unfortunately, difficulties in transforming S. pasteurii put this this plan on hold.

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS DAILY Avalanche Research Aids Search for Tastier Ice Cream from BBC News Avalanche experts are helping to study how ice cream's structure changes when it is stored in a household freezer. Samples of ice cream have been scanned with an X-ray machine more typically used to study the ice crystals which are key to avalanche formation. Nestle is hoping to reveal the exact conditions under which ice crystals merge and grow. When the crystals get big enough they change the texture of ice cream and alter how it feels when it is eaten. The study of ice crystal formation has been carried out with the help of scientists at the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Davos, Switzerland. Connect With Us: Audio: Using Computing to Advance Toxicology Chemicals have changed our lives, providing new products and capabilities, but sometimes causing harm to ourselves and the environment... (click the link above to read more). To view all multimedia content, click "Latest Multimedia." Receive notification when new content is posted from the entire website, or choose from the customized feeds available.

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Incandescent light bulbs might not be the new kid on the lighting block anymore, but the science behind them is as fascinating as ever. Traditional incandescent light bulbs operate under a pretty simple principle. When electricity is forced through a thin and resistant metal that metal produces heat–light is simple a very welcome by product of the process. In the above video Bill Hammond of EngineerGuyVideo delves into the science of light bulbs and why Tungsten, an unassuming and not particularly ductile metal, is the magic ingredient. Light Bulb Filament [YouTube]

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Can you work out which drink has the stronger flavour? Water freezes at 0°Celsius (32°Fahrenheit) and boils at 100°C (212°Fahrenheit). Is there a temperature at which Celsius and Fahrenheit readings are the same? The triathlon is a physically gruelling challenge. Can you work out which athlete burnt the most calories? Can you sketch graphs to show how the height of water changes in different containers as they are filled? Is it cheaper to cook a meal from scratch or to buy a ready meal? What difference does the number of people you're cooking for make? Can you rank these sets of quantities in order, from smallest to largest? Can you provide convincing evidence for your rankings? If I don't have the size of cake tin specified in my recipe, will the size I do have be OK? Andy wants to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats. Will he be able to eat enough to keep him going? Explore the properties of perspective drawing. Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs? When a habitat changes, what happens to the food chain? Explore the properties of isometric drawings. These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again? Can Jo make a gym bag for her trainers from the piece of fabric she has? Two trains set off at the same time from each end of a single straight railway line. A very fast bee starts off in front of the first train and flies continuously back and forth between the. . . . Investigate circuits and record your findings in this simple introduction to truth tables and logic. Can you visualise whether these nets fold up into 3D shapes? Watch the videos each time to see if you were correct. What shapes should Elly cut out to make a witch's hat? How can she make a taller hat? Examine these estimates. Do they sound about right? Make your own pinhole camera for safe observation of the sun, and find out how it works. Invent a scoring system for a 'guess the weight' competition. Formulate and investigate a simple mathematical model for the design of a table mat. Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calculate various quantities in biological contexts. Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations? What shape would fit your pens and pencils best? How can you make it? Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out. Learn about the link between logical arguments and electronic circuits. Investigate the logical connectives by making and testing your own circuits and fill in the blanks in truth tables to record. . . .

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Mobile banking (m-banking) — the use of mobile phones to conduct financial and banking transactions — represents a key area of financial innovation in recent times. Mobile banking allows banks’ customers convenient access to a variety of banking functions, and increases efficiency. Customers can access funds in their bank accounts at all times through mobile phones, and transaction costs are driven down. Even when individuals have access to bank accounts with low fees, m-banking can reduce the opportunity cost of financial transactions. Mobile banking has also been identified as a potentially significant contributor to financial inclusion by the G-20. While half the adults worldwide do not have access to formal bank accounts, it is estimated that more than 2 billion of those unbanked already own a mobile phone. Unbanked individuals cite difficulties in obtaining a bank account such as living too far away from branches, not possessing necessary documents, or high banking costs. All such barriers to finance can in theory be overcome through a pivot in business model that is supportive of m-banking. M-banking has flourished both in developed and developing countries in various forms in response to structural characteristics. The model of providing financial services through a mobile phone linked to a bank account is referred to in the literature as the additive model. The use of m-banking in developed economies often follows the additive model. This contrasts with the practice of using m-banking to target the unbanked - the transformative model. Under this model, non-banks issue electronic currency to offer costumers payment services and value storage services.

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Qiantang River in Haining Every year, thousands of visitors and tourists gather to watch the soaring tide on the banks of Qiantang River in Haining, eastern China's Zhejiang province. Tidal waves are seen each year at the river during the eighth month of the Lunar calendar, with the most violent tide reaching a height of nine metres (29.5 feet), according to the local media. Qiantang River is one of the few places in the world where the tidal phenomenon occurs, when an incoming tide forms a wave that travels up a river against the direction of the river's current. However, as Typhoon Nanmadol approaches eastern China, the tides and waves in Qiantang River recorded the highest level in 10 years on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Tropical storm Nanmadol headed for China on Monday, lost strength after drenching southern and eastern Taiwan, forcing evacuations, shutting businesses, disrupting transport but causing no major damage. Heavy rains and strong winds caused by Typhoon Nanmadol led to severe flooding and landslides in the northern Philippines on Saturday, killing two people while two others remained missing. Some of the latest pictures below show the soaring tides on the banks of Qiantang River and a few file photos depicting the unique tidal phenomenon.

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Crocodile Rocking Is For Real:Trivial Tuesday Some species of crocodiles are gastroliths, or animals that ingest rocks to aid their digestion. Gastrolith literally translates as stomach stone. While they have a tongue and teeth, they are used for capturing and swallowing prey, not for mastication. Instead they ingest rocks that aid in breaking up bones, hooves, shells, and claws. They do not, however, aid in digesting hair and crocodiles have been known to cough up hairballs. The rocks go into a special stomach called a gizzard. This is a sort of muscular second stomach where the food is broken up after passing through the main stomach. Other gastroliths include certain species of birds, lizards, fish, whales and seals. Laurie Kay Olson Animal News Blogger

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© Lene V. Hau. After the cooling process, all the atoms are in the lowest internal energy state which is state |1> in the figure. To slow light, we first illuminate the atom cloud with the coupling laser beam and then send the probe laser pulse into the cloud. The frequencies of the two laser fields match two different transitions in the atoms, both transitions connecting one of the lower states to the upper state |3>. If an atom actually ends up in state |3>, it will fluoresce and send out radiation in a random direction and decay to a lower state. However, with the coupling laser illuminating the atom, and as we turn on the probe laser field, the two laser beams together nudge the atom partly into state |2>—the more the probe laser field is turned on, the more the atom will be in state |2>. This process where the atom is partly transferred from state |1> to state |2> and ends up in a superposition of the two states—it is in both states at the same time—happens via the atom's absorption of a probe laser photon and the stimulated (rather than fluorescent) emission of a photon into the coupling laser field. (Unit: 7)

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Find over 200 print-friendly fact sheets about heart disease and related health topics. A subarachnoid hemorrhage is the bursting of a blood vessel in the brain. This results in sudden bleeding into the space between the middle lining of the brain (arachnoid membrane) and the brain itself. A subarachnoid hemorrhage causes sudden, severe head pain. This condition requires immediate medical care to prevent brain injury and January 3, 2013 E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine & Karin M. Lindholm, DO - Neurology To learn more visit Healthwise.org © 1995-2012 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.

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Living near a forest keeps the brain healthier, new research finds. Even city dwellers who lived closer to a forest had a healthier amygdala, an area of the brain where emotion and stress are processed. This suggests a link between living near trees and being able to cope with stress. Ms Simone Kühn, the study’s first author, said: “Research on brain plasticity supports the assumption that the environment can shape brain structure and function. That is why we are interested in the environmental conditions that may have positive effects on brain development. Studies of people in the countryside have already shown that living close to nature is good for their mental health and well-being. We therefore decided to examine city dwellers.” The study of healthy aging included data from 341 seniors between the ages of 61 and 82. They were given memory and reasoning tests as well as brain scans. Professor Ulman Lindenberger, study co-author, said: “Our study investigates the connection between urban planning features and brain health for the first time By 2050, almost 70 percent of the world population is expected to be living in cities. These results could therefore be very important for urban planning. In the near future, however, the observed association between the brain and closeness to forests would need to be confirmed in further studies and other cities.” → Explore PsyBlog’s ebooks, all written by Dr Jeremy Dean: The study was published in the journal Scientific Reports (Kühn et al., 2017).

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