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EARTHWORM: Pheretima posthuma
(Dr. Girish Chandra)
The earthworms are long cylindrical worms of brownish colour which live in burrows in moist earth particularly that contains decaying vegetation or humus. They are also common in agricultural fields where they increase the productivity of crops. The life span of earthworm is 3-10 years.
An adult worm measures about 15-30 cm in length and is dark brown in colour due to the presence of a pigment porphyrin in its skin. The body is made of 100 to 120 segments, of which the first segment is divided into an anterior prostomium and posterior ring-like peristomium. Segments 14-16 form a girdle-like thick band of glandular tissue called clitellum that secretes mucus, albumen and cocoon inside which eggs are laid. All segments of body except the first, last and clitellum have chitinous setae embedded in each segment. The setae are used in anchoring and in locomotion. Genital papillae are two pairs of protuberances on segments 17 and 19 on ventral surface. Each papilla bears a shallow cup-like depression on top which functions as sucker during copulation. On 18th segment there is one pair of male genital openings on the ventral side.
The body of earthworm is partitioned by transverse septa which are formed by double layers of peritoneum and bundles of muscle fibres. The septa are both perforated and non-perforated type. Septa are lacking in the first four segments and the coelom is continuous. There are transverse and oblique septa anterior to clitellum while in the posterior region all septa are porous. The coelomic compartments are filled with coelomic fluid which is milky in colour and consists of plasma and four types of nucleated corpuscles, namely, phagocytes, nucleated cells, mucocytes and chloragogen cells. When the worm burrows in soil, its posterior muscles contract, forcing the coelomic fluid towards the anterior end. The hydraulic force of the fluid transforms transverse septa into oblique and oblique septa into transverse type. This makes the anterior four segments very hard for burrowing into the soil. Earthworm does not have hard skeletal parts but hydraulic force creates hard skeleton-like anterior end.
The locomotion is brought about by an increase in the hydrostatic pressure of the anterior ten segments of the body and at the same time contraction of circular muscles begins at the anterior end and the wave passes backwards, resulting the anterior region to extent forward. The anterior end grips the substratum and setae act as anchors on the soil. Then the circular muscles relax and longitudinal muscles of the anterior segments contract in a wave beginning from the anterior end, which shortens the anterior end and causes the posterior part of body to pull forward. Again a wave of contraction of circular muscles starts from the anterior end and reaches the posterior end. Alternate contractions of circular and longitudinal muscles causes wave of thickening to pass backward. The coelomic fluid serves as hydraulic skeleton and setae cause the body to anchor firmly in soil.
Earthworm feeds upon organic matter found in soil by eversion of the buccal cavity that helps in ingesting the food along with soil through the mouth by sucking force of pharynx.
The alimentary canal is a straight tube. Mouth opens into buccal cavity that leads into pharynx in segments 3 and 4, followed by oesophagus that leads to a thick-walled, muscular gizzard in which food is ground by muscular contractions. The salivary glands secrete mucin which lubricates food and protease which digests proteins. The stomach lies in segments 9-14. The wall of the stomach carries calciferous glands that neutralize humic acid. The intestine is wide tube and is divided into pretyphlosolar region in segments 15-26 and post-typhlosolar region after segment 26. The role of the typhlosole is to increase the surface of absorption. Intestinal caeca in segment 26 carry digestive glands which secrete digestive enzymes. The glandular cells of intestine secrete pepsin, trypsin, amylase, lipase and cellulase. Undigested food and soil are eliminated through anus to the outside in the form of castings.
Respiratory organs are lacking and gaseous exchange takes place through the skin which is richly supplied with blood vessels and has to be kept moist by excretion of coelomic fluid through the dorsal pores. Carbon dioxide also diffuses from blood to the skin from where it is eliminated.
The blood vascular system is closed type. Blood contains haemoglobin dissolved in plasma. There are many types of corpuscles which are colourless and nucleated. There are two longitudinal blood vessels, the dorsal and the ventral running on the dorsal and ventral sides of the gut. Another longitudinal vessel, the subneural vessel, runs longitudinally below the nerve cord and splits into two, the two branches running on the lateral side of the stomach, oesophagus and pharynx. The dorsal and ventral vessels are connected to each other in segments 7, 9, 12 and 13 by means of paired pulsatile hearts. The hearts in 12th and 13th segments are called lateral oesophageal hearts while the anterior pairs in the 7th and 9th segments are called lateral hearts. There are also two pairs of non-pulsatile loops in segments 10 and 11, which connect the supra-oesophageal vessel to the lateral oesophageal vessels.
Embedded in the pharyngeal nephridial mass in segment 4–6 there exist blood glands which manufacture blood corpuscles and haemoglobin.
Blood collected by the dorsal vessel through the intestinal vessels and commissural vessels is distributed to the anterior part of the gut and through the hearts to the ventral vessel. In the ventral vessel the blood flows backward and is distributed to the body wall and to the organs in coelom, and through the ventral intestinal vessels to the alimentary canal.
The subneural vessel receives blood via the lateral-oesophageal vessel from the anterior region and supplies it to the dorsal vessel through the commissural vessels. The lateral oesophageal vessels also send blood through the anterior loops to the supra-oesophageal vessel, which then passes it through the lateral oesophageal hearts to the ventral vessel.
Nephridia are the excretory organs of earthworm, which are of three types, namely, septal, integumentary and pharyngeal.
Septal Nephridia
A typical septal nephridium consists of Nephrostome or ciliated funnel that drains coelom. Body of nephridium consists of a short straight lobe and a long twisted lobe with a narrow apical part. Lobes are made of syncytial mass, inside which run coiled ciliated tubules that end up in a narrow terminal excretory duct that opens into the segmental excretory canal and eventually into the intestine.
Integumentary Nephridia
These nephridia lie scattered in the body wall of each segment, except the first two. There are 200-250 nephridia in each segment but on clitellum their number increases to 2000-2500 per segment which is called the forest of nephridia. These nephridia lack nephrostomes and their terminal ducts open on body surface.
Pharyngeal Nephridia
These nephridia are located on either side of pharynx and oesophagus in segments 4–6. Each nephridium consists of hundreds of coiled branched tubules that lack nephrostomes. The nephridial ducts of 4th and 5th segments open into pharynx, while those of 6th segment open into buccal cavity. Ammonia and urea are the excretory products.
The nervous system of earthworm is well developed and consists of a pair of cerebral ganglia forming the brain situated in the third segment above the pharynx. Circum- pharyngeal connectives encircle the pharynx and meet with a pair of subpharyngeal ganglia below the pharynx. The ventral nerve cord runs from the subpharyngeal ganglia to the last segment of the body in the middle on the ventral side. In each segment there is one fused paired ganglion called segmental ganglion, from which arise 3 pairs of peripheral nerves. It includes the nerve plexuses situated in the wall of the alimentary canal and some other internal segment.
The sense organs or receptors of earthworm are as follows:
The earthworms are monoecious or hermaphrodite but protandrous, i.e. their testes mature earlier than ovaries to avoid self fertilization.
Male reproductive organs
There are two pairs of whitish testes in segments 10 and 11 which are enclosed in thin-walled coelomic spaces called testis sacs. Spermiductal funnels are attached to each testis sac that continues with the vas deferens that eventually lead to prostate gland of its side on 18th segment. One seminal vesicle is also attached to each testis sac in which maturation of sperms takes place. They lie in segment 11 and 12.
Prostate glands that extend from 16th to 21st segment are made of glandular and non-glandular parts. Ducts of prostate glands open to the exterior independently by a pair of male genital pores on the ventral side of the 18th segment.
On segments 17 and 19 is a pair of accessory glands which open to the exterior by a number of ducts on two pairs of genital papillae. Their secretion helps in holding the two worms together during copulation.
Female reproductive organs
A pair of small white ovaries lies in 13th segment on either side of ventral nerve cord. Each ovary is whitish made of finger like lobules in which ova are arranged in various stages of development. An oviductal funnel lies immediately behind each ovary in 13th segment and it leads behind into a short oviduct. The two oviducts run backwards and open to the exterior by the female genital aperture.
There are 4 pairs of small pear shaped bilobed spermathecae which receive sperms from another worm during copulation and store them in their diverticula in Pheretima and in ampullae in other earthworms.
July to October is the breeding season of earthworms. During copulation two earthworms come to lie close together with their anterior ends pointing in opposite directions. In this position the male genital apertures of each worm lie opposite to the spermathecal openings of the other and genital papillae help the worm to hold each other in this position. Mutual exchange of sperms takes place between the two copulating worms. Copulation lasts for about an hour after which the worms separate.
Cocoon formation
The cocoon secreting glands located on 14-16th segments secrete a girdle like cocoon around the clitellum, inside which ova are released. Albumen glands release albumen into the cocoon. Then the worm starts withdrawing itself from the girdle. As the cocoon passes over the spermathecae sperms are released through spermathecal pores and ova are fertilized to form zygotes. As the cocoon is released from the anterior end of body, the elasticity of its walls closes its two ends and the cocoon is deposited in a moist and protected place.
A cocoon contains many fertilized eggs but only one embryo completes development while other ova serve as nurse cells. The development is direct without free larval stage. After development of 2-3 weeks the young worm crawls out of the cocoon.


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Hull City 2-2 Arsenal
FA Cup semi-final, March 22, 1930. Elland Road.
Scorers Howieson, Hapgood o.g. (Hull). Jack, Bastin (Arsenal)
Probably Arsenal's most famous meeting with Hull City came at Elland Road at the semi-final stage of the 1930 FA Cup. Arsenal would go on to lift the Cup for the first time at Wembley a month later.
But they had to get past the Tigers first...
Hull were at the bottom of the Second Division and were relegated to the Third a month later. It was also their first FA Cup semi-final.
Quite what they were doing there was anyone's guess, but most knowing observers put it down to the wily management of Bill McCracken, the full-back who had perfected the offside game ten years before. All the interest was in the other semi-final between the two Yorkshire giants, Huddersfield Town and League Champions Sheffield Wednesday (between them they had won five of the seven most recent championships).
This was indeed to be a famous match; with Huddersfield leading 2-1 a Wednesday shot entered the net just as the whistle blew for full time. The referee disallowed the goal but many of the crowd went home not knowing whether there would be a replay or not.
Back at the supposedly less interesting semi-final at Elland Road, shocks were in store. After 15 minutes Dan Lewis cleared a ball from the edge of his area. It was a poor kick, travelling only 30 yards or so, and it went straight to the Hull inside left Howieson. He lobbed it straight back on the volley and it flew over Lewis' head into the net from a full 45 yards out.
After 30 minutes Eddie Hapgood sliced a Duncan shot into his own net and Arsenal were 2-0 down at half-time. In the second half, the goals just wouldn't come. And it was not until 20 minutes from the end that whichever gods control football ended their little joke.
Those last few minutes are among the most important in the Club's history, and they bear a remarkable similarity to the last minutes of the 1971 semi-final against Stoke City at Hillsborough, when the Gunners also came back from a 2-0 deficit with two Peter Storey goals and went on to perform the Double. In both 1930 and 1971, the semi-final result was vital to the history of the Club, just as vital as the finals themselves.
Firstly Alf Baker got Joe Hulme away on the wing, he crossed and David Jack finally defeated McCracken's offside trap and converted the centre. Twelve minutes later Cliff Bastin picked up a ball from Alex James, took on the defenders in a solo run and hit the ball into the top right hand corner.
Bastin, the scorer, tells the story: 'I hadn't even touched the ball for 20 minutes and it was agony standing on that wing when we needed a goal that badly. Then Alex James gave me the ball. I took it past Mills, the Hull right-half, and cracked it in to the top right-hand corner of the net.'
Arsenal were unlucky not to get a third, but the teams met again for a midweek replay at Villa Park.
Hull seemed bitter about being robbed so late in the first game and the tackling was fierce. So much so that, in the second half, the Hull centre half Arthur Childs became the first (and for another 50 years the only) man to be sent off in a semi-final. He was despatched for taking a kick at Jack Lambert.
That was the end for Hull. Soon afterwards Joey Williams (taking the place of the injured Hulme) hared off down the right wing, pulled the ball back from the goal-line and David Jack connected with a right foot volley to score the game's only goal (pictured above).
Arsenal were at Wembley for the second time in four years, Huddersfield were there for the fourth time in a decade.
Arsenal Lewis, Parker, Hapgood, Baker, Seddon, Jones, Hulme, Jack, Lamberet, James, Bastin.
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Olie Carpenter was the first college-trained African American librarian in Kentucky. She was a graduate of Hampton's library program, and specialized in medical librarianship. Carpenter was first employed at Kentucky State University, from 1929-1930. She was next employed at the Louisville Municipal College for Negroes when it opened in 1931. She was also a librarian at Maryland State College [now University of Maryland Eastern Shore]. Olie Atkins Carpenter was born in Winston, NC. She was an older sister to Eliza Atkins Gleason, their parents were Simon Green Atkins and Oleona Pegram Atkins. In 1892, Simon Green Atkins was the founder of what is today Winston-Salem State University, and his wife Oleona Atkins was a teacher and assistant principal at the school. For more see Library Service to African Americans in Kentucky, by R. F. Jones; Louisville Municipal College photographs and records at the University of Louisville University Archives & Records Center; Who's Who in Library Service. A biographical directory of professional librarians in the United States and Canada, 4th ed., edited by L. Ash; and The Black Librarian in the Southeast by A. L. Phinazee. For more on Simon G. Atkins, see the chapter "For Service Rather than Success" in Winston-Salem by F. V. Tursi. * Additional information for this entry was provided by Professor J. G. Carew at the University of Louisville, she is the daughter of Dr. Eliza A. Gleason.
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Rehabilitation robots improve detection of post-stroke impairments and can enhance the type and intensity of therapy required for recovery, according to a study presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress.
Researchers studied 185 subjects -- 87 recovering from stroke and 98 people unaffected by stroke -- and found that tests using a robot better measure patients' sense of limb position, speed and direction of limb movement. Patients were assessed approximately 15 days after stroke.
"For years, therapists have known that limb awareness is very important to predicting a person's outcomes after stroke. Yet we have never before been able to quantify it," says lead researcher Dr. Sean Dukelow. "Identifying these deficits opens the door to the next step: how do we treat it?"
Until now, rehabilitation experts have relied on their judgment and subjective rating scales to assess impairment after stroke. Robotic technology standardizes these measurements.
"Awareness and control of our limbs' location allows us to do everyday things like reach for a coffee cup while watching television," Dr. Dukelow says.
In the Calgary study, a robotic frame moved each patient's stroke-affected arm at a preset speed and direction while they attempted to mirror its movement with their unaffected arm. Participants were not able to rely on their vision for assistance.
Dr. Dukelow and his team found:
- 20 per cent of the stroke patients failed to acknowledge that the robot had moved their affected arm;
- 70 per cent of stroke patients took significantly longer to react to the robot's movements;
- 78 per cent of stroke patients had significantly impaired sense of movement direction; and
- 69 per cent had diminished ability to match movement speed.
The final goal of precise assessment is more patient-specific treatment, a concept Dr. Dukelow calls "personalized medicine." Ideally, robotics will be used to guide patients through the repetitive movements and personalized treatment plans required to remap the brain and restore function.
"Rehabilitation is an important part of recovering from stroke," says Ian Joiner, the director of stroke for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, who is also a physiotherapist. "Robotic technology is very useful supplement to traditional rehab. The end result - the one we're all working toward - is better patient care and improved recovery."


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Schmidt was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal this past weekend, and the interview was a wide ranging one, from the success of Android, to Google's controversial stand on net neutrality, and beyond.
Most interesting, though, and most frightening, was Schmidt's vision of the future of Google's search capabilities. The interviewer notes that one day the Google search box will "no longer will be at the center of our online lives." The interviewer then asks Schmidt how Google will respond to that. Schmidt's answer starts off thoughtful, and ends up chilling:
"We're trying to figure out what the future of search is. I mean that in a positive way. We're still happy to be in search, believe me. But one idea is that more and more searches are done on your behalf without you needing to type."I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next."
I don't know about you, but the last thing in the world I want Google to do is to tell me what I should be doing next. I'm perfectly capable of doing that by myself. Just the idea that Schmidt believes Google will be able to gather enough information about you --- including where you are right now, and what you've been doing for the last several hours --- is frightening enough. But the thought that he believes that Google could then figure out what you want to do next, before you yourself know, is far more frightening still.
Lest you think that Schmidt is somehow being misunderstood, he elaborates on his answer. Here's what the Wall Street Journal reports:
Let's say you're walking down the street. Because of the info Google has collected about you, "we know roughly who you are, roughly what you care about, roughly who your friends are." Google also knows, to within a foot, where you are. Mr. Schmidt leaves it to a listener to imagine the possibilities: If you need milk and there's a place nearby to get milk, Google will remind you to get milk. It will tell you a store ahead has a collection of horse-racing posters, that a 19th-century murder you've been reading about took place on the next block.
George Orwell's dystopic imagination in 1984 couldn't ever venture this far. He imagined a government knowing everything about you. Even he didn't see that it might be private industry one should instead be scared of.


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The company, known for its genetically engineered corn, soybeans and other crops as well as the popular Roundup herbicide, also announced authorization of a $10 billion share repurchase and cited strong progress on a new farm data business platform.
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Asbestos in Stucco Ceiling?
Just moved into a house (built in 1967 in Atlantic Canada) that had a stucco ceiling throughout. Not really thinking, I scraped off the high spots and drywalled over it.
Now I'm thinking there may have been asbestos in the stucco. I have no idea why, but the more I read, the more worrisome I become.
The stucco looks like this:
So to me, this looks just like someone used plaster.
Any ideas?
Stucco is used outside.
Just looks like plaster or drywall texture to me.
Little late now to be worried about it.
Most of the Asbestos was used in Pop Corn type thextures.
So you dry walled over it? No big deal. here is the jist of asbestos. it has to be desturbed i.e. busted up and dust in the air to be a problem and that is just plaster. Don't sweat it.
A lot of textured ceilings in that era used asbestos. You are in Canada, home to plenty of asbestos mines. It's a little late for worry at this point, but if you ever tear down any ceilings, you may want to have it tested and act appropriately.
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I'm always interested in popular culture's portrayal of nuns, which often bends to the cheapest stereotypes of grumpy, wrinkly, ruler-wielding disciplinarians (none of whom I've ever met), so I couldn't help but pause and review this American Greetings birthday card on my way to the grocery store check-out.
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The Detroit Lions apparently aren't shying away from their beloved "Wide 9" defensive scheme.
The team has hired former Philadelphia Eagles defensive line coach and wide 9 proponent Jim Washburn as a defensive assistant according to USA Today's Mike Garafolo, who tweeted the news.
Perhaps the team hopes Washburn can help restore the scheme's reputation, which took a hit as the defensive struggled mightily in 2012.
The wide 9 allegedly places the team's defensive ends in a better position to get after the quarterback, but the alignment technique can sometimes be vulnerable to the run. In 2012, the Lions had issues against both the run, while ranking 20th overall in sacks.
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'Gamers' should be buying the Tarantula, which has a 'battle-dock' connector which up until now is even more useless than an Ipod connector, because no battle-dock accessories have been released. The accessories slated for release include an over-hand lamp for key-illumination and a web-cam. As a gamer, I'd take the Ipod dock, given the choice.
If it sounds like I'm disagreeing with you or defending Razer, let me say that I agree with Tater's original assessment, and would add crappy drivers/firmware to Razer's list of fallacies.
That mouse looked sexy as hell, and I was thinking the same thing about the keyboard untill i saw the ipod plug.
Really.... why make something that costs so much and then limits itself to something so... Especially considering that this is something aimed towards the gaming community. (You know... the group that holds the stigma as I that iPods are overratted and their hold on the market is retarded.)
Just kinda seems like they could have used the space more efficiently.
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|Well, the music player quick-access button always tried to open iTunes if it was available, instead of opening the music player that was selected, and then the shuffle key didn't work in either WMP11 or iTunes. I expected more from a high-end product like the Pro|Type. I wasn't too impressed with the overal feel of the Pro|Type. Though it looks very nice, it felt like a somewhat less expensive keyboard. Even the Dell keyboard I was using before felt more 'solid'. One thing about many 'high-end' products both here and elsewhere in the consumer electronics market is that their price is usually set just a little higher than it needs to be, in order to add exclusivity to the product -- that is, if you've got the money to purchase it, you're 'in'. I get the impression that with a lot of Razer's input peripherals, they have excellent styling and thoughtful features that reflect attention to detail, but they don't feel particularly durable, or of exceptionally high material quality. They're just 'decent' in that regard.
I didn't quite catch the 'driver issues' negative on the Pro|Type - all I caught was that the shuffle button didn't do what it was supposed to - was there something else?
Also, do you know of any way to save Pro|Type profiles on your PC, rather than relying on the boards memory? 5 profiles will probably suffice in an office environment, but in the Tarantula's case, I would have thought that Razer would allowed users to save profiles for later use - this is one area where Logitech kicks ass and takes names.
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Glass floors are made with transparent glass when it is useful to view something from above or below; whereas translucent glass is used when there is no need to view through. In either case, toughened glass is usually chosen, for its durability and resistance to breakage.
Glass as a flooring material is used in both residential and commercial structures. Special hollow glass blocks known as '"glass pavers" are often used in combination with a metal frame. Glass floors are often lit from below with natural or artificial light, or may be treated as ordinary floor surfaces illuminated from above.
A German manufacturer of squash court floors has diversified into making glass floors for other sports, such as basketball. Their glass floors usually are translucent rather than transparent, and the line markings are indicated by illumination with LEDs below the floor.[1]
On occasion, transparent display cases are built into the floor, such as in the Museum of Sydney (in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), where the remains of drains and privies are shown in their original context, along with other archeological artifacts.[2]
Tourist attractions[edit]
Usually made of a toughened glass which is also laminated for structural strength, a transparent floor is most commonly used as a tourist attraction. Glass-bottom boats are popular for allowing a better view into the water.
At 4000 feet (1219 m), the highest glass floor above ground is the novel outdoor application of the Grand Canyon Skywalk, operated by the Hualapai Indian tribe.[citation needed] The highest above ground level in a freestanding structure is in the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario at 1122 feet (342 m).[citation needed]
In May 2014, the top layer of a glass floor spontaneously shattered in "the Ledge", a popular tourist attraction more than 1,500 feet (460 m) above street level, near the top of the Willis Tower in Chicago. Spokespersons for the architect (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) and the tower management said that the broken glass was a protective layer, and that two other slabs of glass beneath it were strong enough to prevent anybody falling through.[3][4]
Some new planetariums now feature a glass floor, which allows spectators to stand near the center of a sphere surrounded by projected images in all directions, giving the impression of floating in outer space. For example, a small planetarium at AHHAA in Tartu, Estonia features such an installation, with special projectors for images below the feet of the audience, as well as above their heads.[5]
Use for study[edit]
Scientific studies of locomotion and gait have used glass floors to enable views from all angles.
Glass floors have also been used by artists to study foreshortening. The surrealist painter Salvador Dalí had one built to help him with the dramatic perspectives in his artwork.[6]
Observatories with glass floors[edit]
Calgary Tower, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- ^ "The Floor of the Future". ASB GlassFloor. ASB Systembau GMBH. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- ^ "Museum of Sydney Guidebook". Sydney Living Museums. Historic Houses Trust of NSW. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
Underfloor: The remains of first Government House's drains and privies are exposed below the floor. Also displayed is a selection of relics, ruins and rubbish from the house retrieved by archaeologists in the 1980s.
- ^ Campbell-Dollaghan, Kelsey (May 29, 2014). "The Willis Tower's 103rd Floor Glass Skydeck Cracked Last Night". Gizmodo. Gizmodo.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- ^ Coating on Willis Tower Skydeck's Ledge Cracks Under Tourists
- ^ Aru, Margus (March–June 2012). "Under One Dome: AHHAA Science Centre Planetarium". Planetarian: Journal of the International Planetarium Society. 41 (2): 57. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- ^ Ades, ed. by Dawn (2000). Dalí's optical illusions : [Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, January 21 - March 26, 2000 : Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, April 19 - June 18, 2000 ; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, July 25 - October 1, 2000]. New Haven CT: Yale Univ. Press. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-0300081770.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's housing boom will grind to a halt next year, stopped by price declines in the condominium-saturated markets of Toronto and Vancouver, according to a Reuters poll, raising the risk of a broader economic slowdown.
On a national basis, Canadian house prices are expected to rise 2.0 percent this year before stalling next year with a negligible 0.5 percent gain, according to median results of the poll, which was conducted last week.
House prices have increased 37 percent since their trough in January 2009, The Canadian Real Estate Association index showed. All 15 respondents in the poll said the market was expensive, by varying degrees.
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|Santa Fe River at High Springs, Fl.: $50 (6 person minimum)
|The Santa Fe goes underground at High Springs,
emerging about 3 1/2 miles away. At this point, it is
mainly spring-fed.
We paddle and float downstream for approximately
five hours, starting north of Poe Springs, passing
dozens of springs along the way to the take-out point.
We stop for lunch; can swim; observe fish, turtles, or
otters, and a large variety of birds.
There are over 40 natural springs that feed the river, and one section, Ginnie Springs, is
famous for a number of underwater caves attracting divers from around the world. This area
seems to have the clearest water on Earth.
For this tour, we usually have 6-8 people. There are a number of hotels, motels, campgrounds
in the area, restaurants and antique stores in High Springs. Gainesville is only 23 miles
away...see the fine arts museum; an outstanding natural history museum; many restaurants;
shopping; etc.
Most people choose to combine the Santa Fe River tour with the paddle down Ichetucknee
Springs as it is only 9 miles up the road.
Enjoying the weekend by leisurely paddling the Santa Fe on Saturday, taking off to window
shop, see antiques or museums, and then taking in the pristine Itchetucknee on Sunday morning
is truly a pleasure. You'll come back home with memories of the prettiest and purest parts of
The tour is led by a skilled kayaker, trained by the Red Cross in first aid and CPR. We supply
quality kayaks, paddles and life-vests, and can loan you a windbreaker and drybag / box to help
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A new study confirms infants fed formula reconstituted with fluoridated water are at greater risk of developing discolored teeth (dental fluorosis). The American Dental Association (ADA) warned dentists about this in 2006 but has done little or nothing to inform the nearly 200 million Americans who live in communities with fluoridated drinking water.
The study by Levy et al. confirms Levy's earlier studies, which show "[F]luoride intakes during each of the first 4 years were individually significantly related to fluorosis on maxillary central incisors, with the first year most important," and that "[I]nfant formulas reconstituted with higher fluoride water can provide 100 to 200 times more fluoride than breastmilk, or cow's milk."
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 32% of American children have dental fluorosis, an increase of 23% from the 1980s. Black and Hispanic populations have even higher rates. Dental fluorosis is a visible sign that a child was overexposed to fluoride.
"The message from Dr. Levy's work is loud and clear: Don't give babies fluoridated water," says Paul Connett, PhD, Executive Director, Fluoride Action Network (FAN). "Unfortunately the ADA has known about these risks for more than four years. Researchers are telling dentists; but dentists are not telling parents."
This and other little-known adverse fluoride health effects led Connett to co-author, "The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics that Keep it There," with James Beck, MD, PhD, professor emeritus of medical physics, University of Alberta and Spedding Micklem, DPhil, professor emeritus at Edinburgh University.
A recent review in The Lancet describes fluoride as "an emerging neurotoxic substance" that may damage the developing brain. The National Research Council (NRC) has identified fluoride as an "endocrine disrupter" that may impair thyroid function. A recent Harvard University study links fluoride to bone cancer.
"Approximately half of the newborns and infants I see in practice are fed formula reconstituted with fluoridated water, which I find alarming since the blood-brain barrier is not even developed until 6 months of age, placing these young infants at risk for neurotoxic effects that can be severe and permanent," says Dr. Yolanda Whyte, a pediatrician in Georgia. "Parents should be warned not to give fluoridated water to babies and children, and they should know that fluoride is also present in juice and other water-reconstituted beverages. I diagnose dental fluorosis on average 5 times daily, but fluoride doesn't only affect teeth, it can potentially affect the brain and nervous system, kidneys, bones, and other tissues in young children during their critical stages of organ development. A public awareness campaign is urgently needed."
FAN will launch a campaign in November to urge water companies and public-health officials to inform parents that fluoridated water should not be mixed into infant formula.
FAN is the leading science and advocacy group focused on health issues surrounding fluoride in water, food, air, pesticides, and industrial exposures. Dr. Connett was an invited presenter at the initial meeting of the NRC panel and FAN researchers submitted extensive scientific information throughout the panel's proceedings.


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Saturday, July 05, 2008
My Favorite Time To Go Fishing
In days of old, and I was taking care of my four children while recovering from a broken back, the first sign of the afternoon school bus was when the old man got up, stumbled around a bit, and once the kids hit the bathroom, we'd jump in the car and drive five miles to a small lake adjacent to the dirt road.
We could park along side the road, and it looked like one of those circus clown tricks when four kids and a crippled old man began tumbling out of the car. I'd grab the can of worms, set the bobber at three feet, and we'd go fishing. Well… they fished and I was the official hook baiter. It was an important job for me.
One after another of the kids would hook a bluegill, crappie or sunfish, and I'd sit there on the road shoulder and unhook fish and bait them up again. A wire mesh container held the fish in the water, and it didn't take the kids long to catch a good mess of fish.
We'd fish for two or three hours or until they carried on about being starved, and we'd go home. The fish would be cleaned, and it didn't take long to cook up a big mess of panfish. I'd keep cooking as long as they kept eating, which four growing kids did very well. They sometimes eat the old man's fish as well/.
Going fishing on a schedule is what I've had to do for many years as a full-time outdoor writer. Meet a charterboat at 5:30 a.m., and head out onto Lake Michigan for chinook salmon as I'll be doing soon. Come in, rest up a bit during the middle part of the day, and head back out in the late afternoon and early evening for more salmon fishing.
It was like working in a factory. Be here at a certain time, eat lunch at another time, and punch out at a different time. Much of fishing is regulated a good bit like being in military service.
Been there, done that, and now that I'm a bit older, I'll play the fishing-by-schedule game when it's necessary but frankly, I enjoy going fishing when it suits me. Give me a four-hour respite from pounding the keyboard to write my daily blogs and my Sunday Traverse City Record-Eagle stuff, and I'm as likely to slide out for two or three hours of bluegill fishing, chasing brook trout, or fishing for salmon of steelhead, depending on the time of year.
Over many years of fishing for a variety of game fish, I've learned one important thing. Fish do not wear wrist watches, never look at clocks, and have absolutely no concept of time. They feed when hungry, and don't feed when they are not.
It's not a bad life except small fish always run the risk of being eaten by a larger fish, and I suppose that is a bummer, but fish don't think like we do. They react to instinct and stimuli, and when the belly rumbles, they go looking for dinner.
There are exceptions to every basic rule. Fish often feed well in the early morning, as we hope to prove tomorrow with a good catch of chinook salmon, and also feed well as daylight fades into darkness. Those are commonly accepted times, but the spring Hendrickson hatch is a gentleman's insect. They get going in the early afternoon at a reasonable hour, and are unlike the Hex hatches that occur about the time most people are heading for bed.
Fishing is a sport with many wonders, and I'm a firm believer in trying to learn something new every time I go fishing. Sometimes I do, and on occasion, I'm not only skunked by the fish but fail to stick a little tidbit of fishing knowhow in some hidden recess of my brain.
Fishing, to me and to many people, is not a competitive thing. Most of us find little necessity in catching more fish than the next person. We fish because we enjoy areas where fish are caught, and feel better about life when we have a pleasant day on the water.
Most of all, we learn that fishing on an unscheduled basis can be fun. What do I have left to prove? That I can catch more or bigger fish than someone else?
Naw, that's not me. Fishing is supposed to be a contemplative pursuit, where being there is every bit as important as catching fish, and in some cases, more important. So, for me, it's every bit as much fun to fish when the mood strikes rather than when other people think we should.
In my dotage, I'm become a bit more like the fish. I eat when I need to, sleep when I must, and spend the rest of the day outside enjoying the best that nature has to offer.
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Rough underground plumbing for basement bathroom
What is the correct location for the vent tie-in to the underground plumbing? We originally had underground plumbing installed in the basement for a future bathroom, but we are changing the floor plan and need to re-arrange the underground plumbing. The new layout is: a 3" PVC pipe coming off the main sewer (underground) with the toilet at the end. From the toilet end, it is first the tee for the tub drain, then the tee for the sink/vanity drain before hooking up to the main sewer. Is the vent supposed to be between the last tee and the main sewer? Does it matter where the tee is for the vent along 3" pipe?
Yes, it matters where vents are located in relation to the traps that they're venting.
Check with your Building Inspection Department for local codes, permit and inspection requirements for this plumbing work. Then you know that it will be right.
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Concord's National Political Director Phil Smith will address ACES (Achieving Chief Executive Success) in Marietta, Georgia. ACES is a young professionals group affiliated with the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce and strives to make a positive impact in the personal and business development of emerging leaders. Phil will give a chart talk and speech encouraging the attendees to get active and become better educated about the long term fiscal challenges facing the United States.
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States bypass Bush on greenhouse gas emissions
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America's north-eastern states are on the brink of a declaration of environmental independence with the introduction of mandatory controls on greenhouse gas emissions of the kind rejected by the Bush Administration.
In the first regional agreement of its kind in the US, nine states are expected to announce a plan next month to freeze carbon dioxide emissions from big power stations by 2009 and then reduce them by 10 per cent by 2020.
The region stretches from New Jersey to Maine and generates roughly the same volume of emissions as Germany.
On the other side of the continent, California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico and Arizona are exploring similar agreements, a clear break between state governments and Washington over global warming.
The outline of the north-eastern states' draft agreement was published in The New York Times, and its main features were confirmed by Dale Bryk, a lawyer at the Natural Resources Defence Council, who has been monitoring progress of the regional initiative.
The 2009 freeze and the 10 per cent reduction by 2020 were "a done deal", Ms Bryk said. "They plan to have a memorandum of understanding by the end of September."
She added: "It's huge. It's a drumbeat, and more and more states and regions are heading down this road. It's going to change the discussion at the federal level."
The Bush Administration withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change in 2001, and restated its opposition at the Group of Eight summit at Gleneagles, Scotland, last month, arguing that its mandatory emissions targets would devastate the US economy.
Last month Washington signed a separate pact with Australia, Japan, China, India and South Korea that did not fix emissions targets but instead set out to encourage the private sector of green technologies and their transfer to industrialising countries.
"We welcome all efforts to help meet the President's goal for reducing greenhouse gas intensity by investing in new, more efficient technologies," Michele St Martin, a spokeswoman for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said.
"We believe it is a better approach than regulatory mandates that would increase already high energy bills for consumers, put people out of work or achieve reductions simply by buying more energy from, and shifting emissions to, other states and other countries."
The US response to global warming has split the Republican Party. Two powerful Republican state governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger in California and George Pataki in New York, have played leading roles in the regional initiatives.
The regional greenhouse gas initiative, as the north-eastern plan is titled, will allow for emissions trading, so that power stations in one state with lower emissions than their mandatory ceiling could sell the rest of their allowance in other states. The same system is being used to curb greenhouse gases in Europe.
The north-eastern pact is less ambitious than the Kyoto accord, which freezes emissions at the 1990 level and imposes a 7 per cent reduction by 2012.
The plan will initially apply only to power stations with an output of more than 25 megawatts, of which there are about 600 across the region, but could be extended to large manufacturing plants.
The states are New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island and Delaware, all of which voted Democrat in last year's presidential election.
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Are Gas-Powered Cars Going Away?
Are you ready to give up that gas guzzler? Several industry observers say gas-powered vehicles could be displaced within 30 years. Auto industry consultant David Stivers says we're already taking steps in that direction right now.
"If you take a look, for example, in Los Angeles," Stivers explains, "they're talking about adding special lanes on the freeway that are only open to electric cars or hybrid vehicles."
Because the supply of oil is finite, Stivers says electric power is the future. It may take decades, but gas-powered cars will be faced out.
"Gas vehicles ultimately will be recessed," he says. "They will sell fewer of them, and the reason is because the country is moving in the direction of electric power."


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Florida Supreme Court Seeking 63 More Judgeships
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Supreme Court is asking the Legislature to create 63 more trial-level judgeships.
The justices on Thursday cited high workloads due to prior budget cuts that have reduced staffing.
They acknowledged that a falling crime rate has taken some of the pressure off the courts but wrote that judges still are dealing with a backlog of mortgage foreclosure cases.
The high court has made similar requests in each of the past six years, but lawmakers have authorized no additional judgeships in that span.
The request is for 47 new county judges, whose duties include misdemeanor and traffic cases, including 11 in Miami-Dade County and six in Broward County.
The justices are seeking 16 additional circuit judges, who handle felony cases as well as foreclosures and large lawsuits.
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CableTV.com Recommends that your Best TV Service Option is DIRECTV
When you want to find and compare cable companies or other television services available in your area, independent consumer surveys are a great resource. That's why data from independent consumer surveys was the basis for our ranking of DIRECTV as the number one provider in Medora. This means—out of all the satellite TV and cable companies in Medora, IL— DIRECTV earned recognition as the best TV service provider.
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX may open lower after Fed hints at early taper
August 7 (Reuters) - Canada main stock market looked set to open lower on Wednesday after U.S. Federal Reserve officials hinted the central bank would trim its monetary stimulus program as early as next month. TOP STORIES
* The Bank of England said it planned to keep interest rates at a record low until unemployment falls to 7 percent or below, something unlikely for another three years.
* Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc raised its full-year adjusted profit outlook and reported a second-quarter profit, boosted by sales in its skincare acquisitions.
* Air Canada reported a jump of nearly three-fold in second-quarter operating profit as margins improved, and said capacity will increase in the current quarter.
* Brookfield Property Partners LP will buy a privately held U.S. real estate company from Japan's Kajima Corp in a C$1.1 billion deal that will increase its industrial real estate portfolio.
* Glencore Xstrata and JPMorgan Chase & Co face a U.S. lawsuit, along with the London Metal Exchange, alleging they artificially inflated aluminium prices, in the second legal challenge related to metal warehousing in a week.MARKET SNAPSHOT
* Canada stock futures traded down 0.2 percent
* U.S. stock futures , , were down around 0.3 percent to 0.19 percent
* European shares, were down COMMODITY PRICE MOVES Continued...


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Domestic violence: A Bedford man was charged with domestic violence Feb. 23 after police said he punched his wife in the face and pushed her out of a car while it was moving on North Aurora Road near Fairview Drive. He also was charged with possession of a controlled substance, and was taken to the Portage County Jail. The woman declined medical attention.
Warrant arrests: A Garfield Heights woman was picked up Feb. 25 on a failure to appear in court for a theft charge. She posted bond and was released. On Feb. 21, another Garfield Heights woman was picked up on a failure to appear warrant for driving under suspension, posted bond and was released.
Scam averted: An Aurora man reported Feb. 19 that he received a call from an unknown female asking for bond money. The call was disconnected. The man was advised that it was a scam and never to give personal information over the phone.
Forced entry: A Sherwood Drive woman reported Feb. 23 that she noticed a rear door in her home was broken and it appeared that someone forced it open to gain entry. Nothing was reported missing or out of place in the home or garage.
Stray dog: A stray dog was reported Feb. 24 in the area of East Boulevard. The owner was located and picked up the animal.
Suspicious person: Someone reported Feb. 25 a woman was sitting in a parked car crying on Page Road. An officer discovered she had just learned of the death of a friend and didn't want her children to see that she was upset. She eventually continued home.
Suspicious vehicle: Someone reported Feb. 26 that a parked vehicle was running on Barrington Boulevard. An officer discovered the driver was having transmission problems and was letting the car warm up before continuing on his way.
Deer struck: A woman reported Feb. 24 she hit a deer on South Bissell Road and it was injured on the side of the road. Police destroyed the animal and the service department was summoned to dispose of it.
Failure to yield: An Aurora man was cited Feb. 19 after he backed out of a private driveway onto East Boulevard and struck an Aurora woman's passing car. No injuries resulted.
Improper backing: A Florida man backed from a parking space at 30 Shawnee Trail on Feb. 21 and struck a Michigan man's vehicle which was stopped on the road. No injuries resulted.
Minor mishap: Police said a Mantua man, who was stopped in traffic on South Chillicothe Road waiting to turn left into a driveway, was struck on the bumper by a Maple Heights man's vehicle, causing minor damage to the tail light area. No citation was issued.
Road blocked: A person reported Feb. 20 that a utility trailer was blocking Kimberly Drive. The driver was contacted by police and moved the unit.


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Mom of frozen baby gets 50 years
April 06, 2013 10:19 AM
by HEATHER CARLSON
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois woman who admitted leaving a newborn daughter to freeze to death along a rural roadway in 2004 was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison.
Katie Stockton, 32, faced up to 60 years in prison for the death of the infant, who became known as Baby Crystal around the Rock River Valley after her frozen remains were found. Winnebago County prosecutors dropped 11 remaining murder charges in exchange for her guilty plea in February to a single count of first-degree murder.
Stockton hid her pregnancy and gave birth to the baby in secret on Dec. 17, 2004. Afterward, she stuffed the baby and soiled clothing into an orange shopping bag and placed it along a dead-end road near her parents' Rockton home.