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Dry season
The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The tropical rain belt lies in the southern hemisphere roughly from October to March; during that time the northern tropics have a dry season with sparser precipitation, and days are typically sunny throughout. From April to September, the rain belt lies in the northern hemisphere, and the southern tropics have their dry season. Under the Köppen climate classification, for tropical climates, a dry season month is defined as a month when average precipitation is below.
During the dry season, humidity is very low, causing some watering holes and rivers to dry up. This lack of water may force many grazing animals to migrate to more fertile spots. Examples of such animals are zebras, elephants, and wildebeest. Because of the lack of water in the plants, bushfires are common.
Data shows that in Africa the start of the dry season coincides with a rise in the cases of measles—which researchers believe might be attributed to the higher concentration of people in the dry season, as agricultural operations are all but impossible without irrigation. During this time, some farmers move into cities, creating hubs of higher population density, and allowing the disease to spread more easily.
The rain belt reaches roughly as far north as the Tropic of Cancer and as far south as the Tropic of Capricorn. Near these latitudes, there is one wet season and one dry season annually. At the equator there are two wet and two dry seasons, as the rain belt passes over twice a year, once moving north and once moving south. Between the tropics and the equator, locations may experience a short wet and a long wet season; and a short dry and a long dry season. Local geography may substantially modify these climate patterns, however.
New data shows that in the seasonal parts of the South American Amazon rainforest, foliage growth and coverage varies between the dry and wet seasons—with about 25% more leaves and faster growth in the dry season. Researchers believe that the Amazon itself has an effect in bringing the onset of the wet season: by growing more foliage, it evaporates more water. However, this growth appears only in the undisturbed parts of the Amazon basin, where researchers believe roots can reach deeper and gather more rainwater. It has also been shown that ozone levels are much higher in the dry than in the wet season in the Amazon basin.


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13 Met Gala 2019 Fashion Looks That Nailed the Camp Theme (PHOTOS)
Stars showed up in their best at the 2019 Met Gala on Monday (May 6) night. This year's Met Gala theme is "Camp: Notes on Fashion."
New York City is playing host to every kind of celebrity from fashion icons to musicians, influencers, and actors. The event benefits the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute. Donations from the event benefit the Costume Institute (fashion department).
This year's co-chairs include Vogue's Anna Wintour (who serves as a chair every year), Harry Styles, Gucci's creative director Alessandro Michele, Lady Gaga, and Serena Williams.
In playing with the "campy" theme, the red carpet this year is actually pink. The official hashtag for the event even features a flamingo emoji.
One of the first stars to hit the carpet, Lady Gaga stunned with four different looks where she changed on the red carpet in front of photographers.
Billy Porter was carried onto the pink carpet via golden servants who carried him on a throne. His look included literal golden wings and a headdress.
30 Seconds To Mars frontman, Jared Leto, even carried a mannequin head resembling himself.
Celine Dion looked like a vision as an almost Las Vegas showgirl with a stunning headdress and silver fringe galore!

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Israeli teenagers unearthed a hoard of 425 ancient gold coins while volunteering at an archeological site during their summer vacations. The two youths were helping the Israel Antiquities Authority with an excavation in the central part of the country when they noticed something shimmering in the ground.
"It was amazing," said Oz Cohen. "I dug in the ground, and when I excavated the soil, saw what looked like very thin leaves. When I looked again, I saw these were gold coins. It was really exciting to find such a special and ancient treasure."
The coins, which date back to the Islamic Abbasid period about 1,100 years ago, had been buried in a clay jar. Their combined weight was 845 grams (about 30 ounces) and would have represented a small fortune for a family living at the end of the 9th century.
"The person who buried this treasure 1,100 years ago must have expected to retrieve it and even secured the vessel with a nail so that it would not move," noted Israel Antiquities Authority directors Liat Nadav-Ziv and Dr. Elie Haddad. "We can only guess what prevented him from returning to collect this treasure."
"With such a sum, a person could buy a luxurious house in one of the best neighborhoods in Fustat, the enormously wealthy capital of Egypt in those days," added Dr. Robert Kool, a coin expert at the Israel Antiquities Authority.
The pure gold coins were found in pristine condition due to the unique properties of the precious metal, which resists corrosion and does not oxidize when exposed to air.
The cache of gold coins included 270 small gold cuttings, which are fractional pieces of the original dinars that served during this period as "small change."
Of particular interest to the directors was a cutting that depicted the Byzantine emperor Theophilos (829 – 842 CE). The fractional coin was minted in the empire's capital of Constantinople. This was a surprising find since all the other coins in the vessel were minted by the Islamic Abbasid Caliphate, which stretched from Persia to North Africa and whose center of government was in Baghdad, Iraq. The mix of coinage presented some evidence that the rival empires had continuous connections — either via war or trade — during this period.
"This rare treasure will undoubtedly be a major contribution to research, as finds from the Abbasid period in Israel are relatively few," Kool added. "Hopefully, the study of the hoard will tell us more about a period of which we still know very little."
Credits: Hoard photos by Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority. Photo of Byzantine coin fragment by Robert Kool/Israel Antiquities Authority.
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Why Email Encryption Should Not Be Overlooked
Email is the most used communication tool in the business and the vulnerabilities of email should not be overlooked. Implementing the right email encryption solution can be an easy way to secure sensitive corporate data, avoid breach costs and meet regulatory obligations.
Download this eBook to discover:
- The importance of email encryption;
- Compliance drivers for email encryption;
- How to find the right solution.


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Council on General Affairs
From 31 March until 2 April 2009, the Council on General Affairs was held in the building of the Academy of International Law in The Hague. The Conclusions and Recommendations have been published shortly after the meeting and are accessible here.
See also items 163 and 164 of the News and events section, which are related to the 2009 Council.


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Accomplishing Your True Calling
Align Yourself To Your Passions And Take On The World With Your Power!
If you take a minute to design your day, write up your to-do list, or consider what action to choose next, stop and inquire, "Where is the course with a heart and soul?" This is potent as it will help you right away dispose of the choices that don't have a heart and soul.
If you're sitting at home, attempting to determine how to spend your night, ask yourself the heart and soul question. Observe how particular options feel hardhearted and void, while other courses bring about a tingle of fervor when you think about them.
Let your heart and soul help you discover the correct course. Take note that the word courage is in the word encouragement. Once we identify the course with a heart and soul, we feel boosted to get moving.
Table Of Contents
Chapter 1: Heart and Soul Query
Chapter 2: Preparation
Chapter 3: Training
Chapter 4: Commit Beforehand
Chapter 5: What Bravery Does For You
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After reading about Dean Edwards star-light syntax highlighting library on phpblogger.net,
I decided to turn the results of their tutorial into a WordPress Plugin called Snippet-Highlight.
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During your engagement shoot or portrait session I will assist and direct you through posing and expression to get you and your fiancée / partner comfortable in front of the camera so we can incorporate both posed and natural moments on your special day.
I love trying creative things in a fast paced environment. I adapt to any given situation and try to bring the beauty out that is already there. This is your day, lets have fun with it and make memories.
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Travel CT Technologist - $2,503 per week
Company: Jackson Therapy Partners
Location: Watertown
Posted on: July 8, 2024
Job Description:
Jackson Therapy Partners is seeking a travel CT Technologist for
a travel job in Watertown, New York.Job Description &
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destinations that include tourist spots, mountain locales, major
cities, and rural regions. What is a traveling CT Tech?--Learn more
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We deeply value your commitment to impacting others, that's why we
offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package starting
your first day.
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Since 2006, Jackson Therapy Partners has provided allied and
therapy staffing for over 1,300 rehab facilities, schools,
outpatient clinics, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities
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A. Parthasarathy
Living is an art, a skill, a technique. You need to learn and practise it
as you would a game or musical instrument.
A. Parthasarathy, popularly known as Swamiji, is a pre-eminent philosopher. He is acclaimed as the greatest living exponent of Vedanta, the ancient philosophy of India. In a life of selfless service over six decades, Swamiji's exceptional contribution has been the translation of subtle philosophical themes into a practical technique of living. An exercise that has brought about mental solace and material prosperity in society.
Swamiji's stature and achievement has been profiled in four books:
- 101 Great Indians who have made India proud in the last century
- 101 Great Indian Authors and Poets
- 101 Great Indian Saints
- The Mind of the Guru, foreworded by H. H. The Dalai Lama, as one of the twenty eminent gurus of the world.
A. Parthasarathy has a multi-disciplined academic base with postgraduation from London University. Renouncing a lucrative shipping business early in life he has dedicated his life to study, research and propagation of Vedanta. His writings, discourses and corporate seminars have been widely acclaimed and featured in international press and television media including TIME, New Yorker, Businessweek, CNBC, Sky, Sunday Times London, the New York Post, The Times of India. While business, sport and film celebrities regularly seek his counsel.


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Your Child and His New Sibling: Baby Love?
Your Child and His New Sibling: Baby Love?
NEVER leave your baby alone or unwatched where your older child can reach her. Your baby's room should be not only babyproof, but childproof as well, preventing your older child from going into the room without adult supervision.
You can't force your older child to love (or even like) your baby, so don't even try. Because your child will feel jealous and resent the baby much of the time, it will be difficult for him to have many (if any) warm feelings toward the baby. Try to understand this and acknowledge your child's right to see the baby as a royal pain. But at the same time, suggest that some day (hopefully) your child and your baby may get along well enough to play with each other and, who knows, maybe even like each other.
If the baby already likes him, your child will find it much easier to like the baby. So try to help your child feel that the baby likes him. By the third month, it should be relatively easy for your child to get the baby to smile at him. Make a point of noticing and milk it for all it's worth.
No matter what he feels, give your child free rein to express his emotions, especially those regarding the baby. Try to avoid making him feel guilty about hating the baby. In fact, if he's three or older, your child may feel an excessive amount of guilt about hating the baby all on his own. So give him permission to say it out loud for all to hear, and let him know that you understand his feelings and that he need not feel guilty. (Of course, you also might want to add that you hope those feelings will change as the two of them get to know each other better.) Your child has a right to his feelings and they should not be regarded as shameful. After all, they are perfectly normal and understandable. (Just think how you would feel if your partner brought a new spouse home.)
Of course, just because your child has leave to express his emotions in words doesn't mean you should allow him to act them out. Make it clear from the start that though you welcome his verbal expressions of feelings, your child is not allowed to harm the baby in any way. You can give him at least three good reasons:
- you won't like it and will certainly discipline him for it;
- your baby certainly won't like it and will cry, meaning you will need to pay even more attention to her; and
- your child won't like it, at least not for more than a moment. Even a toddler will feel guilty about hurting a baby
Try to do more than merely defusing tense situations that might cause your older child to strike out at the baby. Do your best to remove the opportunity for your child to hurt the baby. If possible, aim to prevent your child from inflicting even accidental harm on your baby. Toddlers and preschoolers still have a magical belief in wish-fulfillment. So even if your child hurts the baby by accident, he may feel a tremendous sense of guilt. After all, that may have been just what he was wishing for.


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Does SAS Airlines have Online Check-in?
Yes, SAS Airlines' online check-in allows you to check-in up to 22 hours before your flight departs.
What are the requirements for using Online Check-in?
- Check-in 60 minutes-22 hours before your flight is scheduled to depart.
- You are not traveling from the U.S.
- You have confirmed the airport from which you are departing allowed Online Check-in.
- You are not a special needs passenger (ie. Unaccompanied Minor).
Make sure you leave enough time at the airport to get through security, check your bags etc.
Can I use Online Check-in if I have bags to check?
Yes, you will be able to print your boarding pass at home but will have to drop your bags at an SAS Airlines Check-in counter at the airport before the cut-off time.
Can I change/select my seat with Online Check-in?
Yes, when you use Online Check-in you can change/select your seat.
If I plan to check in at the airport, how much time should I allot?
For domestic travel:
- SAS recommends you arrive at the airport at least 90 minutes before your flight.
- The cut-off for checking in is 45 minutes before departure time.
For international travel:
- SAS recommends you arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight.
- The cut-off for checking in is 60 minutes before departure time.
When do I need to be at the boarding gate?
- Domestic passengers: at least 20 minutes before flight departure.
- International passengers: at least 30 minutes before flight departure (there may be some exceptions).


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SDK for .NET 1.1.2
OpenKM SDK for .NET is a set of software development tools that allows for the creation of applications for OpenKM. The OpenKM SDK for .NET include a Webservices library.
This Webservices library is a complete API layer to access OpenKM through REST Webservices and provides complete compatibility between OpenKM REST Webservices versions minimizing the changes in your code.
SDK for .NET is licensed under the terms of the EULA - OpenKM SDK End User License Agreement as published by OpenKM Knowledge Management System S.L.
This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the EULA - OpenKM SDK End User License Agreement for more details.
SDK for .NET version 1.1.2 should be used:
- From OpenKM Professional version 6.2.19 to 6.2.28.
- From OpenKM Community version 6.3.0 and upper.
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Dolby Vision, combines fascinating colors, contrast and brightness to turn your television viewing experience into fun.
With this feature that redefines colors, you will not miss any details while watching
With the ULTRA HD 4K with a high number of pixels, you are one step closer to reality
Explore thousands of movies, shows, games and get answers to your questions on the big screen with Android TV
Enjoy lifelike, authentic images with real colors that evoke the emotion in every scene with Wide Color Gamut Technology
Google Play Movies makes finding and watching movies & TV shows easier than ever.
Algorithm to solve the artifacts of low resolution video upscaling.
Algorithm for better contrast and vivid picture quality. This is provided by deep analysis of each pixels, realizing dark and bright regions and applying separate backlight.
Chromecast built-in is a technology that lets you stream your favorite entertainment and apps from your phone, tablet or laptop right to your TV


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The continuers level languages are designed for students who have studied the language for 400 to 500 hours by the time they have completed Stage 2, or who have an equivalent level of knowledge.
About the subject
In this subject students interact with others to share information, ideas, opinions and experiences. They create texts in language to express information, feelings, ideas and opinions. They analyse texts to interpret meaning, and examine relationships between language, culture and identity, and reflect on the ways in which culture influences communication.
Stage 2 Modern Greek at continuers level consists of three themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics.Themes:
Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
School-based Assessment | Weighting |
Folio | 50% |
In-depth Study | 20% |
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Examination | 30% |
Information on the External Assessment
The examination consists of:
The oral examination will take 10–15 minutes and consists of two sections:
The written examination has three sections:
The examinations will be graded by external assessors with reference to performance standards.
The Locally Assessed Languages at Continuers Level Subject Outline includes performance standards, which describe five levels of achievement that are reported with the grades A to E at the student's completion of the subject.
The school-based assessments and the external assessment will be graded with reference to the performance standards.
Students and their families are encouraged to download the Darwin High School Compass app to their smart phone/tablet device. Compass app allows you to stay up to date with announcements and events, complete a range of e-forms for student absences and excursions and easily contact us via phone or email direct from the app.
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