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Game 1: Farmingdale State - 10, Mount Saint Vincent - 3 (9-inning)
Game 2: Farmingdale State - 7, Mount Saint Vincent - 1 (7-inning)
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State baseball team swept the College of Mount Saint Vincent today with a 10-3 and 7-1 win in a Skyline doubleheader today in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams evened their record at 8-8 overall, 2-0 in conference play with the wins, while the Dolphins dropped to 0-11, 0-2.
In game one, Mount Saint Vincent scored three runs in the top of the first, before Farmingdale State tied it 3-3 on two hits in the bottom of the inning. Senior right fielder Terrence Bohonan (Patchogue, N.Y.) knocked in two runs with a single to center, while senior first baseman Ron Remi (Massapequa, N.Y.) sent home the third run of the inning with an RBI single to center.
The Rams scored six runs over three innings to hold a 9-3 advantage, while holding the Dolphins to just two hits the rest of the way. Junior pitcher Chris Dragone (Hicksville, N.Y.) got the win for Farmingdale State, improving to 1-1 as he allowed just two hits over five innings with two strikeouts.
Bohonan was 3-for-4 at the plate with four RBI and two runs scored with two stolen bases. Remi batted 2-for-4 with two runs batted in, while senior left fielder David Zilnicki (Riverhead, N.Y.) and junior centerfielder Edward Bergmann (East Meadow, N.Y.) were each 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
In game two, Bohonan led off the bottom of the second with a triple to center and later scored on a Remi sac bunt to take a 1-0 lead. Farmingdale State increased their lead to 2-0 on a two-out triple to right field by Remi which scored freshman first baseman Dalton McCarthy (Manorville, N.Y.).
In the top of the fourth, the Dolphins cut the deficit to 2-1 on an RBI single to left field by junior right fielder Chris Sideli (Brooklyn, N.Y.). In the bottom of the fifth, the Rams used back-to-back walks with the bases loaded to increase their advantage to 4-1. Farmingdale State added three runs in the fifth inning to cap off the Skyline sweep.
McCarthy had two hits and three runs scored, while sophomore designated hitter Ryan Levine (West Babylon, N.Y.) was 1-for-3 with two RBI. Remi was 1-for-2 at the plate with two runs scored, two RBI and two stolen bases. Junior pitcher Matthew DeRamo (Smithtown, N.Y.) improved to 1-1 on the season, after allowing one run in four innings of work. Freshman Jorge Ruiz (Shirley, N.Y.) recorded the save after throwing a scoreless inning and a third to secure the win.
The Rams next will travel to Old Westbury for a conference doubleheader on Sunday, March 24th at Noon.


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About Us
We are a family-owned company from 1976
We are a Danish design company with roots deeply grounded in Scandinavian design and tradition for good craftsmanship. We are owned by Jesper and Vibeke Panduro, who live with their two children in the Northern harbour city of Aalborg. This is where Skagerak was founded too, back in 1976, when the first dreams of making long-lasting design took form.
We know that Skagerak [ˈsɡæjɐʁaɡ] can be a little hard to pronounce; so allow us to explain what it means. From the northern tip of Denmark runs a strait connecting our little country with our Scandinavian neighbors: Sweden and Norway. That strait is called Skagerrak (with two Rs) – and historically it's been a crucial factor in developing the Nordic region.
We like to think of ourselves as similar to the strait: forever the same – unchangeable – yet always on the move and presented in new ways. We are old and traditional, but also new and experimenting – constantly mixing state-of-the-art ideas and methods with longstanding knowhow and virtues deeply embedded in the Nordic culture.
So, welcome to Skagerak!
We craft long-lasting design
For more than 40 years we've been crafting long-lasting furniture and accessories with a modern, Nordic touch – and when we say long-lasting, we really mean it!
All of our products are meant to live on for generations – designed with a timeless expression and from the best quality materials only. That's why we have a proud collection of benches, stools, cutting boards and much more. At Skagerak, classics are living side-by-side with brand new designs yet to write their own history.
Knowing that good quality comes from good partnerships – we take pride in building up long- standing and honest relationships with our designers, employees and suppliers. That's shown in our design collaborations with more than 30 international and Danish designers today; all sharing our vision for durable design crafted with a purpose.
We have a global supply-chain
We endorse transparency when it comes to production and sourcing of materials in the design industry, and we encourage everyone to start thinking more about where their products are made, what they are made of and not least under what circumstances. That's why we've taken the first step towards a more transparent supply-chain with the creation of this interactive world-map, highlighting all the countries we are producing in, and what materials they mainly process there.
We are a certified B Corp
In 2016 we joined the B Corp movement – looking for new ways to use our business as a force of good. B-corps are certified 'benefit corporations' meeting the highest standards for social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.
For us to join B Corp, the goal is not to compete to be the best in the world – but to help each other becoming the best FOR the world. As a globally operating company, we have a great responsibility for today's development – for good and for worse. That's why we strive to keep the utmost quality in three aspects: design, production and our relation to people and the planet. We don't think of sustainability and profit as contradictions. To us, these two concepts are each other's most important prerequisites. And therefore, we embrace the idea of a triple bottom line, measuring our success not just on economic performance but also in relation to people and the planet.
Today, there is a growing community of more than 2,600 Certified B Corps from 60 countries and over 150 industries working together toward 1 unifying goal: to redefine success in business.
Check the B Corp website
to learn more and join the quest
We produce responsibly
The quality of design should not only be measured by the quality of materials, looks and functions – true quality is only achieved if it's made under responsible conditions; not harming people or the planet. One important tool when trying to ensure a responsible production of all of our designs is our Code of Conduct (CoC).
The CoC is an agreement between us and our suppliers and it contains a multitude of requirements which they, their employees and sub-suppliers are expected to meet. In 2017, we joined Amfori's Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) – a common CoC shared amongst more than 2.000 European businesses. This gives us an even stronger and more consistent voice in ensuring proper labour rights and environment policies.
BSCI's Code of Conduct is founded on internationally-recognised standards and principles such as the UNGP, OECD and the UN Global Compact – a principle-based initiative and framework for responsible business. Having been a member of UN Global Compact Denmark since 2010, we've pledged to take part in working for a more sustainable future.
Through UN Global Compact and BSCI's Code of Conduct, we are engaged in activities related to Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-corruption. You can read more about these activities, goals and results in our recent UN Global Compact Communication on Progress (COP) report.
Our CoC is based on these 11 principles:
- The Rights of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
- Fair Remuneration
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Special Protection for Young Workers
- No Bonded Labour
- Ethical Business Behaviour
- No Discrimination
- Decent Working Hours
- No Child Labour
- No Precarious Employment
- Protection of the Environment
We support sustainable wood sourcing
One important step towards a more sustainable design industry is to support responsible wood sourcing and forest management. That is why we endorse the Forest Stewardship CouncilTM by increasing the total share of FSCTM-certified wood in our production. Doing so, we help making sure that no more trees are felled than the forest can reproduce – and that local communities, biodiversity and forest workers are treated with respect. Since the FSCTM certification is covering some areas of the world more thoroughly than others, we also take in PEFC-certified wood from Canada and the like. The share of FSCTM-certified wood in our total production is currently 71% and we are working towards ensuring a 100% coverage by the end of 2025. We got our first FSC-certificate in 2003 and are proud members of FSC Denmark today as well.
Furthermore, we adhere to EU's Timber Regulation from 2013. This means that the we perform due diligences on all shipments covered by the EUTR, to ensure that the wood comes from legal sources.

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and making them feel comfortable.
In reading Kevin Mumford's brilliant book, Interzones, I learned that the
Urban League and the NAACP are historically rooted in making
sure that country Negros from the south, who moved to the north,
didn't make aspiring middle class Black folks look bad.
These two groups monitored Negro behavior on the streets, went door to
door teaching folks about "personal cleanliness" and monitored Black sex
I am excited about #Happyblackgirl day because it is about us
affirming ourselves and not looking to mainstream media to do so.
I am grateful that @Sistatoldja took the time to make it happen.
The 7th day of every month is now, Happy Black Girl Day. Wooter.
Last week I tweeted "Black women are awesome on 55 million different
levels. CNN can't capture that and I don't expect them to. It ain't they job, its ours."
I see those reports and roll my eyes because I know that when CNN does their
Negro reports they are simply doing their job, which is to serve the interests
of the shareholders and of the white power structure.
Don't get me wrong, if CNN was like, can you come on and talk about
Black women's sexuality, global economy or gentrification, I would roll,
but I highly doubt that phone would ring, lols. Renina the pundit. Ha!
Back to the hair. Black women needing to straighten their hair to increase
their chances of getting a job or a mate, is a manifestation of structural domination.
In other words, if White women had to go through what we did ever 4-6 weeks
to turn their hair into naps, in order to try and ensure their survival as employees
then the conversation about Black hair would be different.
Last fall when Alison Samuels was talking shit about Zahara Jolie-Pitts napps,
all I could think was can this child live? Can I live? Sidebar I haven't combed
my hair since late December, I never just rocked the fro, and it has been an
illuminating experience. I am more self-conscious, always touching it, and
it's just really BIG and unruly and I get stared at. Who knew? Talking
about the self presentation of Black girls the politics of respectability, Samuels writes,
But even the mothers who spare the hot comb still have to put time and effort into keeping hair healthy: Any self-respecting black mother knows that she must comb, oil, and brush her daughter's hair every night. This prevents the hair from matting up, drying out, and breaking off. It also prevents any older relatives from asking them why you're neglecting your child and letting her run around looking like a wild woman. Having well-managed hair is not just about style, it's about pride, dignity, and self-respect. Keeping your daughter's hair neat is an unspoken rule of parental duties that everyone in the community recognizes and respects.
Hair that is nice, neat, and cared for also gives African-American girls the confidence that they can fit into the world at large without being seen as completely different.
There is a lot to unpack here, so first lets have a little primer on whiteness.
George Yancy Writes in Feminism and the Subtext of Whiteness, "whiteness
goes unmarked" yet "it assumes to speak with universal authority can truth."
He goes on to say,
Whiteness assumes the authority to marginalize other identities, discoursesWhen we think about assimilation we have to think about whiteness because
perspectives and voices. By constituting itself as the center, non white voices
are Othered, marginalized and rendered voiceless.
the two are related, in this country. Furthermore, what are the political, social
and spiritual consequences for a Black person assimilating into a system
that is historically rooted in oppressing that person. Yancey goes on to write
quoting Ruth Frankenberg,
First whiteness is a location of structural advantage or race privilege. Second, it is aNow that we have a working definition of whiteness laid out, we can get into Zahara
standpoint a place from which white people look at ourselves, at others and at society.
Third "whiteness" refers to a set of cultural practices that are usually unmarked,
and assimilation.
Black peoples respectability politics make my ass itch and Samuels comment
is the embodiment of Black respectability politics.
There is no greater freedom than being about to be yourself, and I cannot be
myself assimilate for Whites at the same time. Or perhaps I should say it is a
tenuous challenge to do so. Don't get me wrong, I understand that it is a dance
and I have changed my self presentation in order to pursue opportunities
throughout my life.
We constantly adjust our Blackness in order to make White folks
feel more comfortable.This is the essence of Quest Loves piece about
about "The Little Things" and the ways in which he adjust's his presentation of
Black masculinity in the presence of White folks.
We do what we have to do in order to survive. Wigs, perms,
weaves and God knows what else. Jonzey says that I put too much on White
perception of our hair in the workplace. And I may, however, if it comes down
to me and another candidate and her straight blond hair is perceived as more
attractive then my black napps, twists or straight hair, then I lose, and this, is
structural domination.
What would our hair look like if we didn't need to straighten it in order to keep
a job?
The Gods to honest truth is that Zahara Jolie-Pitt, for all intents and purposes is
a member of the American elite, and one of the benefits of being member of the
elite is that your "deviance" is not susceptible to being punished the same way
that it would be if you are low income. Which brings me to the social costs of
Assimilation has a price. This is one of the reasons why I liked the conversation
around "Bitch is the New Black" because I would frame it as a one about the
social costs of assimilation.
As I read the article I thought, class wise, do working class heterosexual and
queer Black women have the same dating and marriage statistics and challenges?
Do affluent queer and heterosexual Black women and have the same dating
and marriage statistics and challenges?
When I hear middle class heterosexual folks talk about the "dearth" of similarly
position Black men to date, I think of public education. What does it mean for
heterosexual Black women when Black boys are placed by a White
school system on a punishment/jail track at six years old, in first grade, and
what are we going to do about it? Why in the name of apartheid is this acceptable?
Historically, America has been premised on both the notion of Democracy and
the material reality of Black oppression and the denial full citizenship to
all African Americans. Peniel Joseph's new book from Black Power to Obama
gets into this. The fact that we have been denied full citizenship is why the "Are
West Indians/Black beef is so deep?" This is why all immigrants are compared to
American Blacks.
The notion is, if you can't BE White you sure as hell don't want to be Black.
Which leads me to ask, when can we just be, just simply be able to live and be ourselves?
We were never meant to survive, so for us to be talking about Happyblackgirlday is
revolutionary on levels that I lightweight can't articulate right now but I am trying.
When will we be able to be happy, joyous and free?
As Black women we put our lives on hold for our lovers, our mommas, our families,
our kids, guess what, that life will never come unless we claim it. Sitting in Tuesdays,
waiting for the Chicken Bone Bus on New Years Eve, White dude who Loves Black
women strikes up a conversation with the me. He brings up the "Bitch is the New
Black" article. I listen. And then while talking about his Black women friends, he
says something profound, when he mentions that we "seem to put our lives on hold."
I get that sometimes we have to do it, to push through. However, every time we put our
lives on hold for someone or something else, this is a willful act. We are not objects,
we are human.
I could give a fuck about what a Steve Harvey or anyone else has to say about
Black women's marital statistics. Anyone paying their rent talking shit about us
can miss me with those. Rather than tell our story and reduce Black men to
being only worth what they can pay for on a date or in rent, how about writing
about his OWN relationships with his family members, his mother, his daddy,
his children, his narrative, his journey. Hmmp.
Happy Black Girl Day.
With Love, Resistance and Desire.


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A simple spinner that is equally likely to land on Red or Black. Useful if tossing a coin, dropping it, and rummaging about on the floor have lost their appeal. Needs a modern browser; if IE then at. . . .
This interactivity invites you to make conjectures and explore probabilities of outcomes related to two independent events.
All you need for this game is a pack of cards. While you play the game, think about strategies that will increase your chances of winning.
Four fair dice are marked differently on their six faces. Choose first ANY one of them. I can always choose another that will give me a better chance of winning. Investigate.
Is a score of 9 more likely than a score of 10 when you roll three dice?
The King showed the Princess a map of the maze and the Princess was allowed to decide which room she would wait in. She was not allowed to send a copy to her lover who would have to guess which path. . . .
Can you design your own probability scale?
How do you describe the different parts?
If two of these unusually numbered dice are thrown, how many different sums are possible?
Which of these ideas about randomness are actually correct?
Can you generate a set of random results? Can you fool the random simulator?
Some people offer advice on how to win at games of chance, or how to influence probability in your favour. Can you decide whether advice is good or not?
This article explains how tree diagrams are constructed and helps you to understand how they can be used to calculate probabilities.
What are the likelihoods of different events when you roll a dice?
Alison and Charlie are playing a game. Charlie wants to go first so Alison lets him. Was that such a good idea?
Think that a coin toss is 50-50 heads or tails? Read on to appreciate the ever-changing and random nature of the world in which we live.
The beginnings of understanding probability begin much earlier than you might think...
In the time before the mathematical idea of randomness was discovered, people thought that everything that happened was part of the will of supernatural beings. So have things changed?
Fancy a game of cricket? Here is a mathematical version you can play indoors without breaking any windows.
This article, written by Nicky Goulder and Samantha Lodge, reveals how maths and marimbas can go hand-in-hand! Why not try out some of the musical maths activities in your own classroom?
Uncertain about the likelihood of unexpected events? You are not alone!
Explore this interactivity and see if you can work out what it does. Could you use it to estimate the area of a shape?
Here are some examples of 'cons', and see if you can figure out where the trick is.
In a race the odds are: 2 to 1 against the rhinoceros winning and 3 to 2 against the hippopotamus winning. What are the odds against the elephant winning if the race is fair?
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K-8 Teacher Certification with Middle School Endorsement '06
"I'll never use math" is something you won't be hearing from the students of Marcia West's class at Lynnwood's Brighton School. From attaching functional wings on constructed turkeys to creating working catapults, West teaches her students in unique and innovative ways. As a result, the middle school teacher was recently named "Teacher of the Year" by the Nobel Learning Community.
Prior to teaching, West spent twenty years working as a landscape artist and also served as a military officer with the Army National Guard, Corp of Engineers. Becoming a teacher had always been a dream of Marcia's, and in 2005 her admission to the University of Washington Bothell made that possible.
West chose UW Bothell for several reasons. Among these was that the education program was innovative and provided its students with the skills and tools needed to become successful teachers.
UW Bothell faculty members Kathleen Martin and Jane VanGalen were attributed for helping shape her awardwinning educational approach. Professor Kathleen Martin focused on creative math teaching, something Marcia now incorporates into the curriculum for her own students. "Professor Jane VanGalen was simply amazing with research and applied technologies," says West.
Marcia credits her fellow staff, parent support and the mentality of being a "middle school student herself" for receiving the Teacher of the Year award. To prospective educators Marcia encourages, "Don't be afraid to try crazy ideas. Just be sure to make a point with them."
Marcia earned her teaching certificate from UW Bothell in elementary education with middle-school endorsements in both math and science.


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2 cups flour
3/4 cup cranberries*
3/4 cup blueberries*
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup sour cream
2 eggs, at room temperature
5 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour or use cooking spray with flour one loaf pan. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add egg and sour cream, combine thoroughly. Add the flour and baking powder, mix thoroughly. Slowly fold in both berries. Pour into prepared loaf pan. Bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out basically clean. Place on a wire rack to cool, removing the bread from the pan after about 10 minutes. After removing the bread, continue to cool about 15 additional minutes.
*If the berries are frozen and not fresh, be sure not to defrost them. The colors will run in the batter if they are defrosted.
My thoughts:
I wanted to make something patriotic this year for the fourth of July and what is more American than quick bread? The cranberries and blueberries provide the red and the blue and the simple batter the white. Luckily, it was so hot today, I didn't even notice the heat from the oven.


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SimonO necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 48 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
ATS Australia
ATS Australia Pty Ltd is a small company that represents overseas based manufacturers in the aviation industry. Companies who are based in say the US or Europe, who sell products to airlines in Australia and NZ, often don't want to set up an office in the region, so look to a company like ATS to act on their behalf.
Customers: Airline engineers, purchasing executives, aircraft operators
Principals: Company owners, senior management, sales managers etc
Many of the products ATS Australia looks to represent are safety oriented, and most things to do with aircraft / aviation are of a relatively serious nature, thus many people we deal with are serious in nature and can lack any sort of sense of humour!
There are other companies named ATS in the field, so we need to differentiate our company by incorporating "Australia" into the main company name and logo. It is not necessary to include the "Pty Ltd" in the main logo, but if it is, it should not be prominent.
As the nature of the business is aviation and often safety related, the logo needs to represent the company correctly. Attributes of the company:
- Sensible
- Responsible
- Effective
- No nonsense
- Capable
The logo will mainly be used on stationery (business cards etc) and on the web page.
Please have a look at our (old) website to show what we currently have: http://www.ats-australia.com.au
You will see the current logo does not incorporate the word "Australia". I would be happy to stay with a similar blue colour so as it's not too far removed from where we currently are.
Besides that, no restraints!
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Bottled Up Designs Antique Mason Jar Rectangular Glass Earrings
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Two thick rectangles of ice blue antique glass, actually from the broken remains of a World War II Era Mason Jar! Remember those old blue canning jars from your grandmothers house? Reclaimed from old glass dumps in wooded habitats and rural farmlands in an effort to help the environment and wildlife, they are remade into these lovely glass earrings of the most striking color!
The glass measures 1/4" in width x 1" in length and hangs from sterling french ear wires. Total hang length including the wires is approx 1 1/2". Due to the handmade nature of the product and antique glass, expect variations in waves, hues, and bubbles. After being handcut and carefully smoothed, the glass is hand drilled and given a wrap of pure sterling.
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Okay so this is my first post and therefore expect nobody to see it. However, I thought I would make one anyway as I haven't done an outfit post yet and to see how weird blogging like this is. So basically I will use this to blog about anything, and it will be more personal than my tumblr and may include too much writing. I will get on with my post about things i bought recently then :)
|jumper which i've worn already, bought it on sunday from primark and it was only like £15. i have to admit i normally dislike these preppy cardigans and the baseball jackets but this one was so cute, plus didn't look too tacky so yeah.
|shorts from forever 21, they are like wool they're so cute. but in store there was another pair that i loved, may have to go back and buy them too. i really do own too many pairs of shorts though :(
|it's like a sweater/ holey jumper from primark, it has fringing at the bottom but you can't see :/ mm it's cute me gusta
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Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham
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Ibn al-Haytham is sometimes called al-Basri, meaning from the city of Basra in Iraq, and sometimes called al-Misri, meaning that he came from Egypt. He is often known as Alhazen which is the Latinised version of his first name "al-Hasan".
In particular this name occurs in the naming of the problem for which he is best remembered, namely Alhazen's problem:
Given a light source and a spherical mirror, find the point on the mirror where the light will be reflected to the eye of an observer.We shall discuss this problem, and ibn al-Haytham's other work, after giving some biographical details. In contrast to our lack of knowledge of the lives of many of the Arabic mathematicians, we have quite a number of details of ibn al-Haytham's life. However, although these details are in broad agreement with each other, they do contradict each other in several ways. We must therefore try to determine which are more likely to be accurate. It is worth commenting that an autobiography written by ibn al-Haytham in 1027 survives, but it says nothing of the events his life and concentrates on his intellectual development.
Since the main events that we know of in ibn al-Haytham's life involve his time in Egypt, we should set the scene regarding that country. The Fatimid political and religious dynasty took its name from Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. The Fatimids headed a religious movement dedicated to taking over the whole of the political and religious world of Islam. As a consequence they refused to recognise the 'Abbasid caliphs. The Fatimid caliphs ruled North Africa and Sicily during the first half of the 10th century, but after a number of unsuccessful attempts to defeat Egypt, they began a major advance into that country in 969 conquering the Nile Valley. They founded the city of Cairo as the capital of their new empire. These events were happening while ibn al-Haytham was a young boy growing up in Basra.
We know little of ibn al-Haytham's years in Basra. In his autobiography he explains how, as a youth, he thought about the conflicting religious views of the various religious movements and came to the conclusion that none of them represented the truth. It appears that he did not devote himself to the study of mathematics and other academic topics at a young age but trained for what might be best described as a civil service job. He was appointed as a minister for Basra and the surrounding region. However, ibn al-Haytham became increasingly unhappy with his deep studies of religion and made a decision to devote himself entirely to a study of science which he found most clearly described in the writings of Aristotle. Having made this decision, ibn al-Haytham kept to it for the rest of his life devoting all his energies to mathematics, physics, and other sciences.
Ibn al-Haytham went to Egypt some considerable time after he made the decision to give up his job as a minister and to devote himself to science, for he had made his reputation as a famous scientist while still in Basra. We do know that al-Hakim was Caliph when ibn al-Haytham reached Egypt. Al-Hakim was the second of the Fatimid caliphs to begin his reign in Egypt; al-Aziz was the first of the Fatimid caliphs to do so. Al-Aziz became Caliph in 975 on the death of his father al-Mu'izz. He was very involved in military and political ventures in northern Syria trying to expand the Fatimid empire. For most of his 20 year reign he worked towards this aim. Al-Aziz died in 996 while organising an army to march against the Byzantines and al-Hakim, who was eleven years old at the time, became Caliph.
Al-Hakim, despite being a cruel leader who murdered his enemies, was a patron of the sciences employing top quality scientists such as the astronomer ibn Yunus. His support for science may have been partly because of his interest in astrology. Al-Hakim was highly eccentric, for example he ordered the sacking of the city of al-Fustat, he ordered the killing of all dogs since their barking annoyed him, and he banned certain vegetables and shellfish. However al-Hakim kept astronomical instruments in his house overlooking Cairo and built up a library which was only second in importance to that of the House of Wisdom over 150 years earlier.
Our knowledge of ibn al-Haytham's interaction with al-Hakim comes from a number of sources, the most important of which is the writings of al-Qifti. We are told that al-Hakim learnt of a proposal by ibn al-Haytham to regulate the flow of water down the Nile. He requested that ibn al-Haytham come to Egypt to carry out his proposal and al-Hakim appointed him to head an engineering team which would undertake the task. However, as the team travelled further and further up the Nile, ibn al-Haytham realised that his idea to regulate the flow of water with large constructions would not work.
Ibn al-Haytham returned with his engineering team and reported to al-Hakim that they could not achieve their aim. Al-Hakim, disappointed with ibn al-Haytham's scientific abilities, appointed him to an administrative post. At first ibn al-Haytham accepted this but soon realised that al-Hakim was a dangerous man whom he could not trust. It appears that ibn al-Haytham pretended to be mad and as a result was confined to his house until after al-Hakim's death in 1021. During this time he undertook scientific work and after al-Hakim's death he was able to show that he had only pretended to be mad. According to al-Qifti, ibn al-Haytham lived for the rest of his life near the Azhar Mosque in Cairo writing mathematics texts, teaching and making money by copying texts. Since the Fatimids founded the University of Al-Azhar based on this mosque in 970, ibn al-Haytham must have been associated with this centre of learning.
A different report says that after failing in his mission to regulate the Nile, ibn al-Haytham fled from Egypt to Syria where he spent the rest of his life. This however seems unlikely for other reports certainly make it certain that ibn al-Haytham was in Egypt in 1038. One further complication is the title of a work ibn al-Haytham wrote in 1027 which is entitled Ibn al-Haytham's answer to a geometrical question addressed to him in Baghdad. Several different explanations are possible, the simplest of which being that he visited Baghdad for a short time before returning to Egypt. He may also have spent some time in Syria which would partly explain the other version of the story. Yet another version has ibn al-Haytham pretending to be mad while still in Basra.
Ibn al-Haytham's writings are too extensive for us to be able to cover even a reasonable amount. He seems to have written around 92 works of which, remarkably, over 55 have survived. The main topics on which he wrote were optics, including a theory of light and a theory of vision, astronomy, and mathematics, including geometry and number theory. We will give at least an indication of his contributions to these areas.
A seven volume work on optics, Kitab al-Manazir, is considered by many to be ibn al-Haytham's most important contribution. It was translated into Latin as Opticae thesaurus Alhazeni in 1270. The previous major work on optics had been Ptolemy's Almagest Ⓣ and although ibn al-Haytham's work did not have an influence to equal that of Ptolemy's, nevertheless it must be regarded as the next major contribution to the field. The work begins with an introduction in which ibn al-Haytham says that he will begin "the inquiry into the principles and premises". His methods will involve "criticising premises and exercising caution in drawing conclusions" while he aimed "to employ justice, not follow prejudice, and to take care in all that we judge and criticise that we seek the truth and not be swayed by opinions".
Also in Book I, ibn al-Haytham makes it clear that his investigation of light will be based on experimental evidence rather than on abstract theory. He notes that light is the same irrespective of the source and gives the examples of sunlight, light from a fire, or light reflected from a mirror which are all of the same nature. He gives the first correct explanation of vision, showing that light is reflected from an object into the eye. Most of the rest of Book I is devoted to the structure of the eye but here his explanations are necessarily in error since he does not have the concept of a lens which is necessary to understand the way the eye functions. His studies of optics did led him, however, to propose the use of a camera obscura, and he was the first person to mention it.
Book II of the Optics discusses visual perception while Book III examines conditions necessary for good vision and how errors in vision are caused. From a mathematical point of view Book IV is one of the most important since it discusses the theory of reflection. Ibn al-Haytham gave [1]:-
... experimental proof of the specular reflection of accidental as well as essential light, a complete formulation of the laws of reflection, and a description of the construction and use of a copper instrument for measuring reflections from plane, spherical, cylindrical, and conical mirrors, whether convex or concave.Alhazen's problem, quoted near the beginning of this article, appears in Book V. Although we have quoted the problem for spherical mirrors, ibn al-Haytham also considered cylindrical and conical mirrors. The paper [36] gives a detailed description of six geometrical lemmas used by ibn al-Haytham in solving this problem. Huygens reformulated the problem as:-
To find the point of reflection on the surface of a spherical mirror, convex or concave, given the two points related to one another as eye and visible object.Huygens found a good solution which Vincenzo Riccati and then Saladini simplified and improved.
Book VI of the Optics examines errors in vision due to reflection while the final book, Book VII, examines refraction [1]:-
Ibn al-Haytham does not give the impression that he was seeking a law which he failed to discover; but his "explanation" of refraction certainly forms part of the history of the formulation of the refraction law. The explanation is based on the idea that light is a movement which admits a variable speed (being less in denser bodies) ...Ibn al-Haytham's study of refraction led him to propose that the atmosphere had a finite depth of about 15 km. He explained twilight by refraction of sunlight once the Sun was less than 19° below the horizon.
Abu al-Qasim ibn Madan was an astronomer who proposed questions to ibn al-Haytham, raising doubts about some of Ptolemy's explanations of physical phenomena. Ibn al-Haytham wrote a treatise Solution of doubts in which he gives his answers to these questions. They are discussed in [43] where the questions are given in the following form:-
What should we think of Ptolemy's account in "Almagest" Ⓣ I.3 concerning the visible enlargement of celestial magnitudes (the stars and their mutual distances) on the horizon? Is the explanation apparently implied by this account correct, and if so, under what physical conditions? How should we understand the analogy Ptolemy draws in the same place between this celestial phenomenon and the apparent magnification of objects seen in water? ...There are strange contrasts in ibn al-Haytham's work relating to Ptolemy. In Al-Shukuk ala Batlamyus (Doubts concerning Ptolemy), ibn al-Haytham is critical of Ptolemy's ideas yet in a popular work the Configuration, intended for the layman, ibn al-Haytham completely accepts Ptolemy's views without question. This is a very different approach to that taken in his Optics as the quotations given above from the introduction indicate.
One of the mathematical problems which ibn al-Haytham attacked was the problem of squaring the circle. He wrote a work on the area of lunes, crescents formed from two intersecting circles, (see for example [10]) and then wrote the first of two treatises on squaring the circle using lunes (see [14]). However he seems to have realised that he could not solve the problem, for his promised second treatise on the topic never appeared. Whether ibn al-Haytham suspected that the problem was insoluble or whether he only realised that he could not solve it, in an interesting question which will never be answered.
In number theory al-Haytham solved problems involving congruences using what is now called Wilson's theorem:
if p is prime then 1 + (p - 1) ! is divisible by p .In Opuscula ibn al-Haytham considers the solution of a system of congruences. In his own words (using the translation in [7]):-
To find a number such that if we divide by two, one remains; if we divide by three, one remains; if we divide by four, one remains; if we divide by five, one remains; if we divide by six, one remains; if we divide by seven, there is no remainder.Ibn al-Haytham gives two methods of solution:-
The problem is indeterminate, that is it admits of many solutions. There are two methods to find them. One of them is the canonical method: we multiply the numbers mentioned that divide the number sought by each other; we add one to the product; this is the number sought.Here ibn al-Haytham gives a general method of solution which, in the special case, gives the solution (7 - 1)! + 1. Using Wilson's theorem, this is divisible by 7 and it clearly leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Ibn al-Haytham's second method gives all the solutions to systems of congruences of the type stated (which of course is a special case of the Chinese Remainder Theorem).
Another contribution by ibn al-Haytham to number theory was his work on perfect numbers. Euclid, in the Elements, had proved:
If, for some k > 1, 2k - 1 is prime then 2k-1(2k - 1) is a perfect number.The converse of this result, namely that every even perfect number is of the form 2k-1(2k - 1) where 2k - 1 is prime, was proved by Euler. Rashed ([7], [8] or [27]) claims that ibn al-Haytham was the first to state this converse (although the statement does not appear explicitly in ibn al-Haytham's work). Rashed examines ibn al-Haytham's attempt to prove it in Analysis and synthesis which, as Rashed points out, is not entirely successful [7]:-
But this partial failure should not eclipse the essential: a deliberate attempt to characterise the set of perfect numbers.Ibn al-Haytham's main purpose in Analysis and synthesis is to study the methods mathematicians use to solve problems. The ancient Greeks used analysis to solve geometric problems but ibn al-Haytham sees it as a more general mathematical method which can be applied to other problems such as those in algebra. In this work ibn al-Haytham realises that analysis was not an algorithm which could automatically be applied using given rules but he realises that the method requires intuition. See [18] and [26] for more details.
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Routine peer benchmarking to lower antibiotic prescription in primary care – a pragmatic randomised trial to evaluate a complex intervention
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Background: Excessive use of antibiotics may raise bacterial resistance, an increasingly serious problem in Europe. In absolute terms most antibiotics (AB) are prescribed in primary care.
Aim: To evaluate the effect of a continuous postal and web-based peer benchmark system of individual AB prescription rates to lower AB prescription in primary care physicians in Switzerland.
Methods: We plan a randomized, controlled, pragmatic intervention trial in primary care providers of Switzerland above the median of AB prescription rates that are enlisted with social health insurance companies that provide invoice data to the Santésuisse. The primary endpoint is the prescription rate of AB as defined daily doses (DDD) per 100 consultations at 12 and 24 months. Secondary endpoints are costs-savings from the intervention, acceptability of the program, prescriptions fulfilling quality criteria by the European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption.
Intervention: Quarterly postal and electronic feedback for 24 months on the crude number of AB prescribed, a population adjusted benchmark-profile in comparison to other primary care physicians, and evidence-based guidelines for the use of AB in primary care. Physicians in the control group receive no information.
Expected results: We expect a 5% reduction of AB prescription rates between the intervention and control groups after 12 months and the intervention program to be cost-saving. Analysis will be by intention to treat with appropriate adjustment for patient case mix and self-dispensation. We will randomise 1,427 physicians each for the intervention and control group. The web-platform will be presented.
Significance: This trial will investigate if a web-based benchmark system results in a long-term reduction of AB prescription practices. In addition, the feasibility of a web-based interface as communication tool to primary care physicians will be assessed. If effective, the system could be easily employed for other interventions.


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I'd been interested in microdermals for a while before I finally got one. I love their flexibility and permanance and I think they are really pretty. I originally wanted one on my face but I changed my mind when I realised I could have a pretty prominent scar if I decided to remove it - which I knew I'd have to do eventually as the career I'm interested in don't take too kindly to obvious body mods. I put the idea aside and ended up getting a nape piercing and a tattoo before my dermal desires resurfaced.
The more research I did, the more I like the look of a little gem at the top of my cleavage. There were a few occasions when I very nearly got it done but I always chickened out. I like to get my mods on impulse because I tend to change my mind if I leave it too long so I decided to ignore the idea for a while longer. In the end, it was only about a week later that I finally went through with it. I had some time to kill while waiting for some pictures to be developed and I knew that Body Points, a studio across the street, did microdermals. I was a little dubious of them as I had actually spoken to them on the phone during my original microdermal research and found them to be a little brisk and unfriendly. Unfortunately, it was too late and the bug had got me. I decided to go ahead with it. I'd got a short-lived lip piercing there before so at least I knew they were safe and clean.
The woman behind the counter advised me to get a numbing cream and come back another time but I lied and said I was allergic because I don't like using them for piercings and I've heard they're not a good idea. She told me it was going to be really painful but I put on a brave face and said I didn't mind. I filled out the consent form and followed her through to the room. She marked me up but neither of us were happy with the original placement and she re-did it. In hindsight, the original marking would probably have been better but it's not a big problem.
I lay on the bed and she made a pocket with the needle. This bit was fine and I actually said 'oh wow, that was much less painful than my nape' before I realised the worst was still to come. Next came getting the jewellery in. This bit was REALLY painful. I can't lie, it was definitely the worst pain I've ever felt. It took a long time because the hole was a bit small and she had to get the needle out to make it bigger and the whole time I was shouting out in pain. She kept having to stop so I could calm down it was so bad. Eventually, I heard a really loud popping noise, which was the jewellery fitting into place. This was quite unnerving but I was so relieved it was over. It took quite a while to screw the top (a clear crystal to match my nose and nape) in place but by this point I was pretty out of it and was just happy the pain had stopped. Although the procedure was horrible, to her credit the piercer did talk me through everything the entire time.
When it was done, I sat up really slowly and caught a quick glimpse of my new addition in the mirror. I fell in love instantly, although as the piercer pointed out it was a little crooked due to the swelling. I paid her £50, which from my research seemed to be a pretty standard price for microdermals so I thought it was reasonable. She told me to just leave it alone and to gently push the jewellery in if it seemed to be sticking out a bit. As I walked out of the shop, every step was agony. You underestimate how much your boobs move when you walk and everytime my top brushed against the dermal I winced! I went and bought myself some zinc supplements as I'd used them with my nose piercing and found healing to be problem free. I hadn't taken them when my nape was healing and although I know that's a harder piercing to heal anyway, I think it would have been better with the zinc so I thought I'd try it again.
When I got home, I finally got to inspect my microdermal properly. I noticed that when my boobs were fully pushed together, it did go towards the right side, but this was only a problem if I was wearing a super push-up bra. The whole area around the piercing was really red and tender and there were even nail marks on my chest from where the piercer had been pushing the jewellery into place. Touching it was absolute agony at first but after an hour or so it wasn't so bad. I tried to gently clean the blood around the jewellery but it started bleeding so I left it.
Healing so far has been okay. I'm used to religiously cleaning my piercings so at first it was weird not doing anything to it at all. I've just been running warm water over it in the shower and trying not to get anything in it. The area around the jewellery was red and itchy to begin with which wasn't very comfortable but hopefully that's just because it's healing. Originally, I noticed when I lay flat that the right side of the dermal was slightly sticking out but it didn't seem to be a big problem so I wasn't too worried.
About two weeks after it was pierced, I noticed it was really crusty and gross so I decided to give it a sea salt soak just to get it clean. To my horror, the top of the microdermal fell out leaving a scary hole in my chest. My Dad drove me straight to the studio where the woman who'd pierced me was more than happy to screw it back in. The jewellery seemed to sit a lot better after this and it's never fallen out again.
I'm constantly paranoid that it's going to fall out again so I check it's secure at least twice a day. It's been a around four months now and it doesn't hurt anymore, although the post does occasionally appear to stick quite out a bit even though the jewellery is fully screwed in. I've read that this can happen though so I'm not overly concerned.
My microdermal gets a lot of mixed reactions and I've lost count of the amount of times I've been asked 'Oh my God, is that a piercing? How does it stay in?!' but I love it. I probably wouldn't go back to Body Points because although the woman was nice, from the stories I've read it shouldn't have taken as long and been as traumatic. I think I'll stick to my usual studio in future.
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Dogs name is Athena. She's approximately 8-10 months old. A friend gave her to me due to his allergies shortly before he died in an accident a little while back. Recently she started dropping weight, and wasn't looking good. So we got her an appointment with the local vet.
By the time they seen her she was looking pretty bad. She had severe weight loss, no appetite, a fever, and alot of mucus that would have to be cleared from her nostrils every day in order for her to breathe. She had pretty much every sign of distemper. The vet just wanted to charge $600 for a few xrays but didn't want to do anything else. Told them just what they could do with their xrays and walked out.
Found another vet the next town over that looked at her, and he had no clue what the problem was, and didn't want to run any test. I mentioned distemper numerous times, and told him that I wanted her tested, but he wouldn't do it because he felt like the test wouldnt wotk since she has been vaccinated. Tried telling him that there are test specifically for dogs that have already had their vaccinations, but he didn't want to listen.
The vet prescribed Ampicillin and Prednisone and just said that that he had no clue if it would have any effect, and that we'd know after the weekend if she was going to die or not.
Within a day or two of taking the medicine she was doing way better, but I knew that it was probably only temporary. Called the vet after the weekend as requested, but they wouldnt set a follow up appointment. Now it's been another week and her pills have ran out. She's starting to look tired again, and I had to start cleaning her nostrils again.
After allot searching, I've read a bit about the Newcastle vaccine, and I'm close to ordering a bottle. I can't keep giving her steroids to mask the real problem, and if she gets the vaccine and it's not distemper, then no harm, and at least I tried.
Not sure what else to do at this point.
My dog needs help and the vets around here are worthless.
Talk about diets, exercise, and disease.
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Re: My dog needs help and the vets around here are worthless.
I would keep vetting vets...you have had your share of incompetents. There has to be a decent vet somewhere near you, ask around , who do your friends use?
It sure would be nice if Miss Kiwi would come back for medical direction...
It sure would be nice if Miss Kiwi would come back for medical direction...
Re: My dog needs help and the vets around here are worthless.
Any update on this? I'd really like to know if a diagnosis was ever found and if your dog is doing better?
Re: My dog needs help and the vets around here are worthless.
I'm sorry for such a long delay. I've been without internet. She's doing much better. I had to clean a nostril only once or twice in the past 2 months. Her eyes do tend to get a little runny though.
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The outstanding work of chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain, who died by suicide at age 61 on June 8, wasn't forgotten by the Television Academy. His CNN travel show Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown was nominated for six Emmys, among them Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program, and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program.As part of the show's accolades, Bourdain himself received two posthumous Emmy nominations, one for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program for the show's Southern Italy episode, and one as executive producer in the Outstanding Informational Series or Special category. The show, which debuted in 2013, has already won five Emmys.The Explore Parts Unknown website, which features videos of Bourdain exploring locations like Little Ethiopia in Los Angeles, also received a nomination for Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series."The famed chef, who previously hosted Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, was known for traveling to dangerous destinations or anywhere his food-loving instincts took him.Joel Keller, an entertainment journalist who's written for The New York Times and Decider, told The Daily Meal that he wasn't surprised to see Parts Unknown receive these nominations."Bourdain was one of the smartest, most incisive writers on TV. He and the crew at Zero Point Zero Productions took pains to make every episode of their shows cinematic and atmospheric, in order to foster a closer connection between the viewer and the people and region Bourdain was profiling," he said.Keller also commented on the approach the Kitchen Confidential author took to the show, which made it stand out from similar fare. "Bourdain was one of the finest at making the viewer feel like he's with them in a particular country or region, relating to the people there through food, drink, conversation and experiences. One of the sad byproducts of his death is that we won't see this combination of host, writer, and filmmaker again in many of our lifetimes," Keller said.The last currently announced episode of Parts Unknown, in which Bourdain explores Bhutan, aired in late June. Bourdain was filming season 12 at the time of his death in Kaysersberg, France.
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Carly Fiorina has more money than the other Republicans who wants to replace Democrat Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Senate and she wants Republican voters to know it.
Fiorina is running television spots which you will probably see tonight or tomorrow. Her opponents are not.
That's why Fiorina says she has the stronger campaign and the best chance to beat a well-financed incumbent. Fiorina has given her campaign $3.6 million of her own money, and isn't shy about it.
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"My campaign has raised more money than Tom Campbell's or Chuck Devore's combined," she said. "We are the only campaign up on television today because we have the resources to be on TV. And yes, we are in people's mailboxes (too)."
That's a reference to Campbell's mail campaign.
He's reaching out to absentee voters through the mail as he tries to secure his frontrunner status with three weeks left until primary day.
Polls show him leading among the Republicans and they suggest he is most electable in a head-to-head matchup with Boxer.
Fiorina argues that it will take her kind of money to finish Boxer off. Boxer had nearly $9 million in her coffers earlier this year.
She won't have to spend any of it until after the primary. Fiorina says hers is the only campaign that has shown it can keep the pace when it comes to resources.
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When you visit Croix des Bouquets, the area of town known for Haitian metal art in the capital of Port-Au-Prince, you are met with a cacophony of tink, tink, tink as ball peen hammers strike sheets of steel. The sheets are cut from steel drums colored by oil and other liquids the drums at one time held. The process of turning sheets of metal into beautiful wall art is all done by hand, from cutting holes that become edges of trees and leaves, to accenting each lizard with a texture of scales, to painting or lacquering the final design. The artists are proud of their work, signing the pieces on the back side, leaving a raised, reversed signature on the front.
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The confused deer who is living in the pasture with our goats has grown up into a handsome buck.
If only I could convince all his fellow deer to move out of our gardens and into the pasture with him.
Well now, that's a good reason for him to pass on his genes, isn't it?
And he certainly is a splendid fellow! Let's just hope that the ladies think so too; )
I guess if you think about it–how would he know he's not a goat. I'm sure he doesn't have a mirror handy. I always wondered if my neighbor's horse knew he was different , sitting in a field full of donkeys……


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Since the SA Kitchen has been a success and everybody has such great recipes, it was brought to my attention to consider making an official SA cookbook, either in paperback or hardback ?
What's your thoughts on it everyone? If most of you like I'll see what we might be able to do to put it together !