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Broadside condemning Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "The Woman's Bible" and the fight for women's suffrage. Published in 1895, Woman's Bible discusses Stanton's views that Christianity and masculine theology were some of the leading factors in keeping women from gaining rights. Although highly criticized both before and during its publication, Woman's Bible was a bestseller and was reprinted twice in the year after its publication. The broadside here was printed approximately 25 years after the publication of Woman's Bible, likely during the time that the debate on the ratification of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution was underway.
The broadside excerpts passages from Stanton's work in an attempt to prove that fears around women's suffrage leaders are founded. The unknown author also implicates suffrage leaders Carrie Chapman Catt and Alice Stone Blackwell, even though neither had a hand in the publication of The Woman's Bible.

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In compliance with these commitments, ATALIAN's employment policy focuses on 4 themes:
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ATALIAN is particularly committed to gender equality within the company and includes 56% of women and 44% men amongst its employees .
In 2012 ATALIAN negotiated an agreement with its social stakeholders, in favour of diversity and equal professional opportunities for women and men. These agreements set the objectives of guaranteeing gender equality in recruitment and in our different service lines, guaranteeing the same conditions for access to employment and professional training and to ensuring that pregnant women work in suitable conditions (converting work-spaces, temporary posting, and interview before and after maternity, adoption or parental leave).
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Thomas Dale DeLay (born 1947) was a Republican politician from Texas who served as United States Congressman (1978–2006), Majority Whip (1994–2002), and House Majority Leader (2002–2005).
[edit]- So many minority youths had volunteered...that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like [myself].
- On why he and Dan Quayle did not fight in the Vietnam War at the 1988 Republican National Convention. Tim Fleck, January 7, 1999, "Which Bug Gets the Gas?" Houston Press.
- We have a small faction, and they are a minority, who believe they are there to govern. Then there is the majority of us who believe that indeed we are there to govern but more importantly we are there to be an opposition to the Democratic philosophy and the only way to do that is through confrontation.
- On bipartisanship ~ From the Houston Chronicle 1991 April 14.
- The EPA, the Gestapo of government, pure and simply has been one of the major claw-hooks that the government maintains on the backs of our constituents.
- Associated Press 1995 July 29. [specific citation needed]
- It's never been proven that air toxics [sic] are hazardous to people.
- From the Houston Chronicle 1990 October 27.
- I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution.
- From Talk Back Live on CNN 1995 December 19.
- Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour [the minimum wage in 1996] are hard to resist. Fortunately, such families do not exist.
- From the Congressional Record, H3706 [1996 April 23] [1].
- Newt Gingrich is an incredible leader. He is a leader of our time, and he's going to lead us into the future. And we're going to accomplish the things that we've all dreamed of.
- As reported from "Late Edition" on CNN 1997 April 6.
- The judges need to be intimidated. They need to uphold the Constitution. (If they don't behave) we're going to go after them in a big way.
- On checks and balances ~ From the Washington Post 1997 September 14.
- Our school systems teach the children that they are nothing but glorified apes who are evolutionized out of some primordial soup of mud.
- on floor of House of Representatives, quoted in "Capitol Sketchbook; In a Bitter Cultural War, An Ardent Call to Arms". The New York Times. 1999-06-17. Retrieved on 2011-10-10.
- Words originally written by Addison Dawson, read into the Congressional Record by DeLay (June 16, 1999).
- on floor of House of Representatives, quoted in "Capitol Sketchbook; In a Bitter Cultural War, An Ardent Call to Arms". The New York Times. 1999-06-17. Retrieved on 2011-10-10.
[edit]- Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes.
- From a speech made to bankers March 12, 2003 [citation needed]
- I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church.
- To a TV preachers' Congressional luncheon, July 2001. [citation needed]
- You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget.
- Meet the Press, December 12, 2003
- Kofi Annan's kangaroo court...a clear and present danger to the war on terrorism and Americans fighting it all over the world.
- On the International Criminal Court ~ AP [July 16, 2004][2]
- My friends, there is no Palestinian-Israeli conflict. There is only the global war on terrorism.
- On the State of Israel (August 31, 2004)
- I have seen these liberal psychologists and sociologists talk about there is no need for the man in the family. The woman can take care of it. A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide structure. To provide stability. Not that a woman can't provide stability, I'm not saying that... It does take a father, though.
- [3]On the role of women in the home ~ From a radio interview. His wife, Christine DeLay, quickly asked to "edit this out," then turned to Tom and said: "This is not a good thing for you to be saying."
- Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?
- On the refugees of Hurricane Katrina ~ As reported in the Washington Post, (September 10, 2005)
- I have notified the speaker that I will temporarily step aside from my position as majority leader pursuant to rules of the House Republican Conference and the actions of the Travis County district attorney today.
- On his indictment for conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme (September 28, 2005)
- I am the Federal Government.
- To a waitress who asked him to put out his cigar because smoking in a restaurant in Washington is against Federal law.[citation needed]
- After many weeks of personal prayerful thinking and analysis, I have come to the conclusion that it is time to close this public service chapter of my life. It's time to begin opening new chapters and pursuing new opportunities to engage in the important cultural and political battles of our day from outside the arena of the U.S. House of Representatives...I refuse to allow liberal Democrats an opportunity to steal this seat with a negative, personal campaign....I just realized that my constituents don't deserve this, they deserve a Republican. I think I could have won this seat but it would have been nasty, it would have cost a fortune to do it. The challenge has always been in the interest of the constituents' cause and the Republican majority. I'm more interested in growing the Republican majority than my own future.
- Announcing his resignation from the House of Representatives, April 4, 2006)
- I've been indicted for rules that don't even exist.
- Interview with The Hill, (December 11, 2006)
- It's the fault of the liberals and the media and the Democrats, that from the very beginning have tried to undermine the will of the American people to fight this.
- Appearing on Hannity and Colmes, (December 12, 2006)
- If we had those 40 million children that were [aborted] over the last 30 years, we wouldn't need the illegal immigrants to fill the jobs that they are doing today.
- From a speech at the 2007 College Republican National Convention in Washington, DC.
[edit]- We've already found a secret memo coming out of the Justice Department. They're now going to go after 12 new perversions, things like bestiality, polygamy, having sex with little boys and making that legal. Not only that, but they have a whole list of strategies to go after the churches, the pastors, and any businesses that tries to assert their religious liberty. This is coming and it's coming like a tidal wave.
- . (2015-06-30). Steve Marlsberg Show , quoted in Kyle Mantyla (2015-07-01). Tom DeLay Knows Of Secret DOJ Memo To Legalize '12 New Perversions,' Including Bestiality And Pedophilia. Right Wing Watch. Retrieved on 2015-07-03.


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JAMB SYLLABLE FOR BIOLOGY COURSES. The aim of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination syllabus is to prepare the candidates for the Board's examination. It is designed to test their achievement of the course objectives. In this article. I will be giving you a complete list of jamb syllables for all courses.
The aim of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) syllabus in Biology is to prepare
the candidates for the Board's examination. It is designed to test their achievement of the course objectives, which are to:
- demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the concepts of the diversity interdependence and unity of life;
- account for continuity of life through reorganization, inheritance and evolution;
- apply biological principles and concepts to everyday life, especially to matters affecting living things, individual, society, the environment, community health and the economy.
1. Living organisms: a. Characteristics b. Cell structure and functions of cell Components c. Level of organization i. Cell e.g. euglena and paramecium, ii. Tissue, e.g. epithelial tissues and hydra iii. Organ, e.g. onion bulb iv. Systems, e.g. reproductive, digestive and excretory v. Organisms e.g. Chlamydomonas 2. Evolution among the following: a. Monera (prokaryotes), e.g. bacteria and blue green algae. b. Protista (protozoans and protophyta), e.g. Amoeba, Euglena and Paramecium c. Fungi, e.g. mushroom and Rhizopus. d. Plantae (plants) i. Thallophyta (e.g. Spirogyra) ii. Bryophyta (mosses and liveworts) e.g. Brachmenium and Merchantia. iii. Pteridophyta (ferns) e.g. Dryopteris. |
Candidates should be able to: i. differentiate between the characteristics of living and non-living things. ii. identify the structures of plants and animal cells. iii. analyse the functions of the components of plants and animal cells. iv. compare and contrast the structure of plant and animal cells. v. trace the levels of organization among organisms in their logical sequence in relation to the five level of organization of living organisms. Candidates should be able to: i. analyse external features and characteristics of the listed organisms: ii. apply the knowledge from (i) above to demonstrate increase in structural complexity . iii. trace the stages in the life histories of the listed organisms. iv. apply the knowledge of the life histories to demonstrate gradual transition from life in water to life on land. v. trace the evolution of the listed plants. |
iv. Spermatophyta (Gymnospermae and Angiospermae) – Gymnosperms e.g. Cycads and conifers. – Angiosperms (monocots, e.g. maize; dicots, e.g. water leaf) e. Animalia (animals) i. Invertebrates – coelenterate (e.g. Hydra) – Platyhelminthes (flatworms) e.g. Taenia – Nematoda (roundworms) – Annelida (e.g. earthworm) – Arthropoda e.g. mosquito, cockroach, housefly, bee, butterfly – Mollusca (e.g. snails) ii. Multicellular animals (vertebrates) – pisces (cartilaginous and bony fish) – Amphibia (e.g. toads and frogs) – Reptilia (e.g. lizards, snakes and turtles) – Aves (birds) – Mammalia (mammals) 3.a Structural/functional and behavioural adaptations of organisms. b. adaptive colouration and its functions c. Behavioural adaptations in social animals d. Structural adaptations in organisms. |
Candidates should be able to: i. trace the advancement of the invertebrate animals. ii. determine the economic importance of the insects studied. iii. asses their values to the environment. i. trace the advancement of multi-cellular animals. ii. determine their economic importance. Candidates should be able to: i. describe how the various structures, functions and behaviour adapt these organisms to their environment, and way of life Candidates should be able to: i. Categorize countershading in fish, toads and snakes and warning colouration in mushrooms. Candidates should be able to: i. Differentiate various castes in social insects like termites and their functions in their colony hive. ii. Account for basking in lizards, territorial behavior of other animal under unfavourable conditions (hibernation and aestivation). Candidates should be able to account for adaptation in organisms with respect to the following: i. Obtaining food (beaks and legs of birds, mouthparts of insects, especially mosquito, butterfly and moth.) ii. Protection and defence (stick insects, praying mantis and toad) iii. Securing mates (redhead male and female Agama lizards, display of fathers by birds). iv. Regulating body temperature (skin, feathers and hairs) v. Conserving water (spines in plants and scales in mammals). |
B: FORM AND FUNCTIONS 1. Internal structure of a flowering plant i. Root ii. Stem iii. Leaf b. Internal structure of a mammal 2. Nutrition a. Modes of nutrition i. Autotrophic ii. Heterotrophic b. Types of Nutrition c. Plant nutrition i. Photosynthesis ii. Mineral requirements (macro and micro-nutrients) d. Animal nutrition i. Classes of food substances; carbohydrates, proteins, fats and oils, vitamins, mineral salts and water ii. Food tests (e.g. starch, reducing sugar, protein, oil, fat etc. iii. The mammalian tooth (structures, types and functions) |
Candidates should be able to: i. identify the transverse sections of these organs. a. relate the structure of these organs to their functions. b. Identify supporting tissues in plants (collenchyma) sclerenchyma, xylem and phloem fibres) c. Describe the distribution of supporting tissues in roots, stem and leaf Candidates should be able to: i. examine the arrangement of the mammalian internal organs. ii. describe the appearance and position of the digestive, reproductive and excretory organs. Candidates should be able to: i. compare the photosynthetic and chemosynthetic modes of nutrition; ii. provide examples from both flowering and non- flowering plants iii. compare autotrophic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition. Candidates should be able to: differentiate the following examples: – holozoic (sheep and man) – Parasitic (roundworm, tapeworm and Loranthus) – saprophytic (Rhizopus and mushroom) – carnivorous plants (sundew and bladderwort) – determine their nutritional value. Candidates should be able to: i. Differentiate the light and dark reactions, and state conditions necessary for photosynthesis. ii. determine the necessity of light, carbon (IV) oxide and chlorophyll in photosynthesis. iii. detect the presence of starch in a leaf as an evidence of photosynthesis. Candidates should be able to: i. identify macro-and micro-elements required by plants. ii. recognise the deficiency symptoms of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Candidates should be able to: i. indicate the sources of the various classes of food; ii. relate the importance and deficiency e.g. scurvy, rickets, kwashiorkor etc. of each class; iii. determine the importance of a balanced diet. Candidates should be able to detect the presence of the listed food items from the result of a given experiment. Candidates should be able to: i. describe the structure of a typical mammalian tooth; |
iv. Mammalian alimentary canal v. Nutrition process (ingestion, digestion, absorption, and assimilation of digested food. 3. Transport a. Need for transportation b. Materials for transportation. Excretory products, gases, manufactured food, digested food, nutrient, water and hormones) c. Channels for transportation i. Mammalian circulatory system (heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries) ii Plant vascular system (phloem and xylem) d. Media and processes of mechanism for transportation. 4. Respiration a. Respiratory organs and surfaces b. The mechanism of gaseous exchange in: |
ii. differentiate the types of mammalian tooth and relate their structures to their functions.
iii. compare the dental formulae of man, sheep, and dog. Candidates should be able to: i. relate the structure of the various components of the alimentary canal and its accessory organs (liver, pancreas, and gall bladder) to their functions. Candidates should be able to: i. identify the general characteristics of digestive enzymes; ii. associate enzymes with digestion of carbohydrates, proteins and fats; iii. determine the end products of these classes of food. Candidates should be able to: i. determine the relationship between increase in size and complexity and the need for the development of a transport system in plants and animals. Candidates should be able to: i. determine the sources of materials and the forms in which they are transported. Candidates should be able to: i. describe the general circulatory system; ii. compare specific functions of the hepatic portal vein, the pulmonary vein and artery, aorta, the renal artery and vein Candidates should be able to: i. identify the organs of the plant vascular system. ii. understand the specific functions of the phloem and xylem. Candidates should be able to: i. identify media of transportation (e.g. cytoplasm, cell sap, body fluid, blood and lymph); ii. know the composition and functions of blood and lymph; iii. describe diffusion, osmosis, plasmolysis and turgidity as mechanism of transportation in organisms. iv. compare the various mechanisms of open circulatory systems, in animal transpiration pull, root pressure and active transport as mechanism of transportation in plants. Candidates should be able to: i. examine the significance of respiration; ii. describe a simplified outline of the chemical process involved in glycolysis and krebs cycle with reference to the role ATP iii deduce from an experimental set up, gaseous exchange and products, exchange and production of heat energy during respiration. Candidates should be able to: i. describe the following respiratory organs and surfaces with organisms in which they occur; body surface, gill, trachea, lungs, stomata and lenticel. Candidates should be able to: i. describe the mechanism for the opening and closing of the |
i. Plants ii. Mammals c. Aerobic respiration d. Anaerobic respiration 5. Excretion a. Types of excretory structures: contractile vacuole, flamecell, nephridium, Malpighian tubule, kidney, stoma and lenticel. b. Excretory mechanisms: i. Kidneys ii. lungs ii. skin c. Excretory products of plants 6. Support and movement a. Tropic, tactic, nastic and sleep movements in plants b. supporting tissues in animals c. Types and functions of the skeleton i. Exoskeleton ii. Endoskeleton iii. Functions of the skeleton in animals |
ii. determine respiratory movements in these animals. Candidates should be able to: iii. examine the role of oxygen in the liberation of energy for the activities of the living organisms; iv. deduce the effect of insufficient supply of oxygen to the muscles. Candidates should be able to: i. use yeast cells and sugar solution to demonstrate the process of fermentation. ii. know the economic importance of yeasts. Candidates should be able to: i. define the meaning and state the significance of excretion; ii. relate the characteristics of each structure with functions. Candidates should be able to: i. relate the structure of the kidneys to the excretory and osmo-regulatory functions. . identify the functions and excretory products of the lungs and the skin. Candidates should be able to: i. deduce the economic importance of the excretory products of plants, e.g carbon (IV) oxide, oxygen, tannins, resins, gums, mucilage, alkaloids etc. Candidates should be able to: i. determine the need for support and movement in organisms; ii. identify supporting tissues in plants (collenchyma, sclerenchyma, xylem and phloem fibres); iii. describe the distribution of supporting tissues in roots, stem, and leaf. Candidates should be able to: i. relate the response of plants to the stimuli of light, water, gravity and touch; ii. identify the regions of growth in roots and shoots and the roles of auxins in tropism. Candidates should be able to: i. relate the location of chitin, cartilage and bone to their supporting function. ii. relate the structure and the general layout of the mammalian skeleton to their supportive, locomotive and respiratory function. iii. differentiate types of joints using appropriate examples. Candidates should be able to: i. apply the protective, supportive, locomotive and respiratory functions of the skeleton to the well being of the animal. |
7. Reproduction a. A sexual reproduction i. Fission as in Paramecium ii. Budding as in yeast iii. Natural vegetative propagation iv. Artificial vegetative propagation. b. sexual reproduction in flowering plants i. Floral parts and their functions ii. Pollination and fertilization iii. products of sexual reproduction c. Reproduction in mammals i. structures and functions of the male and female reproductive organs ii. Fertilization and development. (Fusion of gamates) 8. Growth a. meaning of growth b. Germination of seeds and condition necessary for germination of seeds. 9. Co-ordination and control a. Nervous coordination: i. the components, structure and functions of the central nervous system; ii. The components and functions of the peripheral nervous systems; iii. Mechanism of transmission of impulses; iv. Reflex action b. The sense organs i. skin (tactile) ii. nose (olfactory) iii. tongue (taste) iv. eye (sight) v. ear (auditory) c. Hormonal control i. animal hormonal system – Pituitary – thyroid – parathyroid – adrenal gland – pancreas – gonads ii. Plant hormones (phytohormones) |
Candidates should be able to:
i. differentiate between asexual and sexual reproduction ii. apply natural vegetative propagation in crop production and multiplication. iii. apply grafting, budding and layering in agricultural practices. Candidates should be able to: i. relate parts of flower to their functions and reproductive process. ii. deduce the advantages of cross pollination. iii. deduce the different types of placentation that develop into simple, aggregate, multiple and succulent fruits. Candidates should be able to: i. differentiate between male and female reproductive organs ii. relate their structure and function to the production of offspring. Candidates should be able to: i. describe the fusion of gametes as a process of fertilization. ii. relate the effects of the mother's health, nutrition and indiscriminate use of drugs on the developmental stages of the embryo up to birth. iv. Modern methods of regulating reproductive on e.g. invitro fertilization and birth control Candidates should be able to: i. apply the knowledge of the conditions necessary for germination on plants growth. ii. differentiate between epigeal and hypogeal germination. Candidates should be able to: i. apply the knowledge of the structure and function of the central nervous system in the coordination of body functions in organisms. ii. illustrate reflex actions such as blinking of the eyes, knee jerk etc. iii. differentiate between reflex and voluntary actions as well as conditioned reflexes such as salivation, riding a bicycle and swimming. Candidates should be able to: i. associate the listed sense organs with their functions. ii. apply the knowledge of the structure and functions of these sense organs in detecting and correcting their defects. Candidates should be able to: i. locate the listed endocrine glands in animals. ii. relate the hormone produced by each of these glands to their functions. Candidates should be able to: i. examine the effects of various phytohormones (e.g. auxins, gibberellin, cytokinin, and ethylene) on growth, tropism, |
d. Homeostasis i. Body temperature regulation ii. Salt and water regulation |
flowering, fruit ripening and leaf abscission.
Candidates should be able to: i. relate the function of hormones to regulating the levels of materials inside the body. |
1. Factors affecting the distribution of Organisms
i. Abiotic ii. Biotic 2. Symbiotic interactions of plants and animals (a) Energy flow in the ecosystem: food chains, food webs and trophic levels (b) Nutrient cycling in nature i. carbon cycle ii. water cycle iii. Nitrogen cycle 3. Natural Habitats (a) Aquatic (e.g. ponds, streams, lakes seashores and mangrove swamps) (b) Terrestrial/arboreal (e.g. tree-tops of oil palm, abandoned farmland or a dry grassy (savanna) field, and burrow or hole. |
Candidates should be able to:
i. deduce the effects of temperature; rainfall, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, altitude, salinity, turbidity, pH and edaphic (soil) conditions on the distribution of organisms. ii. use appropriate equipment (e.g. secchi disc, thermometer, rain gauge etc) to measure abiotic factors. Candidates should be able to: i. describe how the activities of plants/animals (particularly human) affect the distribution of organisms. Candidates should be able to: i. determine appropriate examples of symbiosis, parasitism, saprophytism, commensalism, mutualism, amensalism, competition, predation and cooperation among organisms. ii. associate the distribution of organisms with food chains and food webs in particular habitats. Candidates should be able to: i. food chains and webs Candidates should be able to: i. describe the cycle and its significance including the balance of atmospheric oxygen and carbon (IV) oxide and global warming. Candidates should be able to: i. assess the effects of water cycle on other nutrient cycles. Candidates should be able to: i. relate the roles of bacteria and leguminous plants in the cycling of nitrogen. Candidates should be able to: i. associate plants and animals with each of these habitats. Candidates should be able to: i. relate adaptive features to the habitats in which an organisms lives. |
4. Local (Nigerian) Biomes) a. Tropical rainforest b. Guinea savanna (southern and northern) c. Sudan Savanna d. Desert e. Highlands of montane forests and grasslands of the Obudu, Jos, Mambilla Plateau. 5. The Ecology of Populations: (a) Population density and overcrowding. (b) Adaptation for survival i. Factors that bring about competition ii. Intra and inter-specific competition iii. Relationship between competition and succession. (c) Factors affecting population sizes: i. Biotic (e.g. food, pest, disease, predation, competition, reproductive ability). ii. Abiotic (e.g. temperature, space, light, rainfall, topography, pressure, pH, etc. (d) Ecological succession i. primary succession ii. secondary succession 6. SOIL a) (i) characteristics of different types of soil (sandy, loamy, clayey) i. soil structure ii. porosity, capillarity and humus content iii. Components of the soil i. inorganic ii. organic iii. soil organisms iv. Soil air v. Soil water Soil fertility: i. loss of soil fertility ii. Renewal and maintenance of soil fertility |
Candidates should be able to:
i. locate biomes in regions ii. apply the knowledge of the features of the listed local biomes in determining the characteristics of different regions of Nigeria. Candidates should be able to: i. determine the reasons for rapid changes in human population and the consequences of overcrowding. ii. compute/calculate density as the number of organisms per unit area. Candidates should be able to: i) Relate increase in population, diseases, shortage of food and space with intra- and inter-specific competition. Candidates should be able to: i) Determine niche differentiation as a means of reducing intra-specific completion. Candidates should be able to: i) Relate competition to succession. Candidates should be able to: i. deduce the effect of these factors on the size of population. i. determine the interactions between biotic and abiotic factors, e.g. drought or scarcity of water which leads to food shortage and lack of space which causes increase in disease rates. Candidates should be able to: i. trace the sequence in succession to the climax stage of stability in plant population. Candidates should be able to: i. identify physical properties of different soil types based on simple measurement of particle size, porosity or water retention ability. ii. determine the amounts of air, water, humus and capillarity in different soil types experimentally. Candidates should be able to: i. relate soil characteristics, types and components to the healthy growth of plant. Candidates should be able to: i. relate such factors as loss of inorganic matter, compaction, leaching, erosion of the top soil and repeated cropping with one variety. Candidates should be able to: i. apply the knowledge of the practice of contour ridging, terracing, mulching, poly-cropping, strip-cropping, use of organic and inorganic fertilizers, crop rotation, shifting cultivation, etc to enhance soil conservation. |
7. Humans and Environment
(a) Diseases: (i) Common and endemic diseases. ii. Easily transmissible diseases and disease syndrome such as: – poliomyelitis – cholera – tuberculosis – sexually transmitted disease/syndrome (gonorrhea, syphilis, AIDS, etc. b. Pollution and its control (i) sources, types, effects and methods of control. (ii) Sanitation and sewage (c) Conservation of Natural Resources (d) Game reserves and National parks |
Candidates should be able to:
i. identify ecological conditions that favour the spread of common endemic and potentially epidemic disease e.g. malaria, meningitis, drancunculiasis, schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis, typhoid fever and cholera etc. ii. relate the biology of the vector or agent of each disease with its spread and control. Candidates should be able to: i. use the knowledge of the causative organisms, mode of transmission and symptoms of the listed diseases to their prevention/treatment/control. ii. apply the principles of inoculation and vaccination on disease prevention. Candidates should be able to: i. categorize pollution into air, water and soil pollution. ii. relate the effects of common pollutants to human health and environmental degradation. iii. determine the methods by which each pollutant may be controlled. Candidates should be able to: i. examine the importance of sanitation with emphasis on solid waste sewage disposal, community health and personal hygiene. ii assess the roles and functions of international and national health agencies (e.g. World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), International Red Cross Society (IRCS), and the ministries of health and environment. Candidates should be able to: (i) apply the various methods of conservation of both the renewable and non-renewable natural resources for the protection of our environment for present and future generations. (ii) outline the benefits of conserving natural resources, prevention of desertification. (iii) identify the bodies responsible for the conservation of resources at the national and international levels (e.g. Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria National Parks, World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and their activities. (iv) asses their activities. Candidates should be able to: i. Know the location and importance of game reserves and National parks in Nigeria |
(I) Variation In Population a. Morphological variations in the physical appearance of individuals. (i) size (height, weight) (ii) Colour (skin, eye, hair, coat of animals, scales and feathers. (iii) Fingerprints b. Physiological variation (i) Ability to roll tongue (ii) Ability to taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) (iii) Blood groups c. Application of discontinuous variation in crime detection, blood transfusion and determination of paternity. 2. Heredity a) Inheritance of characters in organisms; i) Heritable and non-heritable characters. b) Chromosomes – the basis of heredity; (i) Structure (ii) Process of transmission of hereditary characters from parents to offspring. c) Probability in genetics and sex determination. a) Application of the principles of heredity in: i) Agriculture (ii) Medicine |
Candidates should be able to:
i. differentiate between continuous and discontinuous variations with examples. ii. relate the role of environmental conditions, habitat and the genetic constitution to variation. Candidates should be able to: i) measure heights and weight of pupils of the same age group; ii) plot graphs of frequency distribution of the heights and weights. Candidates should be able to: i) observe and record various colour patterns in some plants and mammals. Candidates should be able to: i) apply classification of fingerprints in identity detection. Candidates should be able to: i) identify some specific examples of physiological variation among human population. ii) categorize people according to their physiological variation. Candidates should be able to: i) apply the knowledge of blood groups in blood transfusion and determination of paternity. ii) use discontinuous variation in crime detection. Candidates should be able to: i. determine heritable and non-heritable characters with examples. Candidates should be able to: i. illustrate simple structure of DNA Candidates should be able to: i. illustrate segregation of genes at meiosis and recombination of genes at fertilization to account for the process of transmission of characters from parents to offsprings. Candidates should be able to: i) deduce that segregation of genes occurs during gamete formation and that recombination of genes at fertilization is random in nature. Candidates should be able to: i. analyze data on cross-breeding experiments. ii. apply the principles of heredity in the production of new varieties of crops and livestock through cross-breeding. iii. deduce advantages and disadvantages of out-breeding and in-breeding. iv. analyze elementarily the contentious issues of genetically modified organisms (GMO) and gene therapy and biosafety. Candidates should be able to: i) apply the knowledge of heredity in marriage counselling with |
b. Sex – linked characters e.g. baldness, haemophilia, colour blindness, etc. |
particular reference to blood grouping, sickle-cell anaemia and the Rhesus factors.
ii) examine the significance of using recombinant DNA materials in the production of important medical products such as insulin, interferon and enzymes. Candidates should be able to: i) identify characters that are sex linked. |
1. Theories of evolution a) Lamarck's theory b) Darwin's theory c) organic theory 2. Evidence of evolution |
Candidates should be able to: i.) relate organic evolution as the sum total of all adaptive changes that have taken place over a long period of time resulting in the diversity of forms, structure and functions among organisms. ii.) examine the contributions of Lamarck and Darwin to the theory of evolution. iii.) know evidences in support of organic evolution Candidates should be able to: i.) provide evidences for evolution such as fossil records, comparative anatomy, physiology and embryology. ii.) trace evolutionary trends in plants and animals. iii.) provide evidence for modern evolutionary theories such as genetic studies and the role of mutation. |
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Odunfa, S.A. (2001) Essential of Biology, Ibadan: Heinemann
Ogunniyi M.B. Adebisi A.A. and Okojie J.A. (2000) Biology for Senior Secondary Schools: Books 1 – 3, Macmillan Ramalingam, S.T. (2005) Modern Biology, SS Science Series. New Edition, AFP
Stan. (2004) Biology for Senior Secondary Schools. Revised Edition, Ibadan: Heinemann Stone R.H. and Cozens, A.B.C. (1982) Biology for West African Schools. Longman Usua, E.J. (1997) Handbook of practical Biology 2nd Edition, University Press, Limited
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Crux Tal'Darim Altar
Map Information
Spawn Positions:
4 at 2,5,8,11
*Tal'Darim Altar
- Tal'Darim Altar LE
1v1 Ladder:
2011-03-23 — 2013-01-03
Tal'Darim Altar is a large, rotationally symmetric, four-player map which made its debut in the Global StarCraft II Team League. One of the first maps not made by Blizzard to be played in the GSL, its size and number of expansions contrast strongly with maps such as Steppes of War which it replaced.
After balance testing in Gisado's Star Challenge, version 1.0 appeared in GSTL 1. The revised version 1.1 was used in GSL March and TSL 3.
A draft of the map had been published earlier as Amoroso.
Blizzard incorporated their own edition of the map, Tal'darim Altar LE, into the ladder pool with patch 1.3. That edition was then adopted in GSL May.
An old copy of the map, here referred to as version 0.9, was mistakenly used in the first two weeks of the North American Star League.
An early baneling timing can be a good viable strategy in ZvZ on this map (compared to 15 hatch) according to Sheth.[1]
Blizzard Map Description[edit]
There are two easily defendable expansions in front of your main base. There are multiple paths to navigate around the center, so make use of the Watch Towers.
Notable Features[edit]
- At cross positions, the rush distance is significantly longer than any Blizzard map, including Desert Oasis.
- In version 1.0, the third has 8×750 mineral patches and 2×1250 gas geysers.
- In version 1.1, the third has 5×1500 mineral patches and 1×2500 gas geyser.
- Due to every version not having a ramp from the main to the natural, in a Protoss versus Protoss, the 4 Warpgate Rush Strategy is often the go-to tactic.
- In LE versions, a pylon placed outside the depression behind the third will give vision for Stalkers to blink down and then up into the main.[2]
Symmetrical distances are not shown to improve clarity
- Version 0.9 – 1.0
- Removed center gold bases.
- Removed rocks blocking expansions.
- Removed rocks constricting the entrance to the main and made this choke unbuildable.
- Moved one of the natural geysers away from the cliff edge where it could be sieged from low ground.
- Narrowed the ramp at the third.
- Version 1.0 – 1.1
- Removed one geyser at the third. The remaining geyser now contains a full 2500 gas.
- Changed the mineral patches at the third to 1500 per patch and reduced the total amount to five patches.
- Version 1.1 – LE
- Widened the natural choke to prevent walling with e.g. two barracks and one depot.
- Made the entrance to the main buildable.
- Added an area of low ground between the main and third accessible only by cliff-walking, etc.
- The third now has a full 8×1500 mineral patches and 2×2500 gas geysers and is blocked by destructible rocks. These were removed with season 9.
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Tal'darim Altar LE[edit]
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Map | # | Σ | % | Σ | % | Σ | % | |||||||||
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Smartphone Kill Switch Could Become Federal Law
Smartphone Theft Protection Act would require mobile phone makers to include a way to disable communications devices remotely to deter theft.
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A week after California State Senator Mark Leno (D-CA) proposed a bill requiring a kill switch for smartphones sold in the state, federal lawmakers have put forward a similar bill.
On Thursday, US Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced national legislation to require a way to disable smartphones remotely. The goal is to deter theft and protect consumers, but this defense against thieves might come with greater vulnerability to hackers, according to a mobile industry trade group.
Certainly, mobile phone theft is a serious problem. Mobile phone thefts account for 30% to 40% of all robberies in major cities nationwide, according to the FCC, and that figure is said to be as high as 50% in markets like San Francisco. According to Consumer Reports, 1.6 million Americans were victimized by smartphone thieves in 2012.
"Cell phone theft has become a big business for thieves looking to cash in on these devices and any valuable information they contain, costing consumers more than $30 billion every year and endangering countless theft victims," Senator Klobuchar said in a statement. "This legislation will help eliminate the incentives for criminals to target smartphones by empowering victims to take steps to keep their information private, protect their identity and finances, and render the phone inoperable to the thieves."
[Smartphones will only become more ubiquitous. Read 1 Billion Smartphones Shipped In 2013.]
The text of the Smartphone Theft Protection Act is not yet available online and a call to Senator Klobuchar's office was not immediately returned.
Law enforcement officials, notably San Francisco district attorney George Gascón and New York State attorney general Eric Schneiderman, have been pushing phone makers to adopt kill switches since last year. But mobile carriers have resisted, according to Gascón, because they make billions annually from selling theft insurance to their subscribers.
The mobile industry says a kill switch requirement could increase the chance of being hacked. The CTIA, a telecom industry group, points out that a kill switch would necessarily be triggered by the remote transmission of a kill message and the technical details involved would be widely known among mobile operators. Inevitably, the group argues, hackers would learn how to send these messages maliciously, thereby shutting down phones permanently -- a kill switch is no good if it's reversible because thieves would presumably be able to use the same recovery tools as theft victims.
"[A kill switch] could be used to disable entire groups of customers, such as Department of Defense, Homeland Security or emergency services/law enforcement," says the CTIA, which has been promoting software tracking and data erasure options for smartphones alongside theft prevention measures and phone insurance.
The urge to create electronic tethers to protect property has moved beyond mobile phones in Europe, where authorities reportedly have been developing a kill switch for cars as a defense against dangerous car chases.
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We again took a significant presence at SPE Offshore Europe and was rewarded with a steady stream of new enquiries and important meetings with existing customers looking to explore our extended range and industry-leading customer service.
Whilst the number of visitors was down on previous years, there appeared to be a lot more focused delegates who were asking our three-strong team about how our products could be used in a host of applications.
Angus Hogarth, Sales Director at AWI, explained: "SPE Offshore Europe is very targeted at the North Sea oil and gas industry and it was encouraging to see actual enquiries being placed here at the show."
He continued: "The branding and appearance of our stand was again praised and you can see people actively seek us out to see what innovations we are bringing to market. We feel the touchscreen viewer has been a great addition to our exhibition and tells perfectly the story of what we do."
In addition to the expected oil and gas enquiries, AWI also received interest for its super duplex alloy and from a Chinese visitor who wanted our electrical resistance wire for the manufacture of resistors in the Far East.
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Old Man Winter is settling in for a long chilly season. Before the temperatures dip too far south, follow these simple guidelines to winterize your home and save money on utilities.
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- Have your furnace system serviced to ensure it's working efficiently and not emitting carbon monoxide.
- Clean permanent furnace filters and replace paper or disposable filters.
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- If you have a wood stove or fireplace, have your chimney swept thoroughly. It should be cleaned before the soot build up reaches one-fourth inch thickness inside the chimney flue.
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- Check the attic to see if insulation needs to be added or replaced. This is the most significant area of heat loss in many homes, so it is also important to see that it has proper ventilation. Inadequate ventilation could lead to premature deterioration of the insulation materials. You may also need to check insulation in exterior walls, crawl spaces and along foundation walls.
- Check all windows and doors for air leaks. Install storm windows and putty, caulk or add weather stripping as needed.
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- Store or cover outdoor furniture, toys and grill.
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- Rake and compost leaves and garden debris, or put out for yard-waste pickup.
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- Seal driveway and walkway cracks, if needed, before ground freezes regularly.
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Temple and Shrine are different. Here is how to go and visit to Japanese Shrine.
Wash your hands and mouth. Take a water scoop on right hand and scoop water. Wash your left hand first, then wash right hand. Then Then wash your mouth. Don't directly wash your mouth from the scoop. Pour water on your hand then wash. Don't drink OK. This means cleaning your body and mind before you enter Shrine.
Don't enter the gate from the center. Center is for only Gods. You should walk the right side of the gate and the pass.
Ring the bell and athrow money inton offertory box. The bell call the God of the shrine. Make two deep bowing. Make your wish in your mind. Then make two claps. Then one more deep bowing.
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Jeanie Madison is the girl everyone in Accounting can depend on. She might be the girl-next-door but that doesn't stop her from having naughty thoughts about Steve, the hot guy from Audit who is leading her latest out of town assignment. When her boss passes her over for a promotion in favor of a colleague's son, she hits her limit on patience. Just when she thinks her week couldn't get worse, her due diligence reveals instances of fraud. At least the fraud gives her an excuse to work closely with Mr. Hottie.
Steve Waltman is the sexy Auditor all the girls swoon over. After getting burned in a previous relationship both personally and professionally, he decided he would never date another co-worker. That rule has kept him focused and helped him move up in the company. He hasn't once considered breaking it until he meets Jeanie.
Jeanie and Steve work together to document evidence of fraud. They make a good team despite the sexual tension that sparks between them every time they get close. Steve has her back when her boss forces her to choose between following orders and doing what is right for the company but what she really needs is a night of steamy sex to ease some of the stress she's built up.
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Good Public Cloud Candidates
Being stateless
- There is no warm up and cool down periods required. Newly started instances are immediately ready to work
- Work dispatching is very simple when any instances can do the work
- Cloud computing enable quick deployment of a lot of CPU to work on you problem. But if it requires to load large amount of data before the CPU can start their computation, the latency and bandwidth cost will be increased
- Although cryptography technology is sufficient to protect your data, you don't want to pay the CPU overhead for encrypt/decrypt for every piece of data that you use in the cloud.
- Now you don't need to provision inhouse equipment to cater for the peak load, which sits idle for most of the time.
- The "pay as you go" model save cost because you don't pay when you are not using them
- You don't need to take the risk of over-estimating the popularity of your new application, and buy more equipment than you actually need.
- You don't need to take the risk of under-estimating the popularity and ends up frustrating your customer because you cannot handle their workload.
- You can defer your big step investment and still be able to try out new ideas.
Bad Public Cloud Candidates
Demand special hardware
- Most of the cloud equipment are cheap, general purpose commodities. If you application demands a certain piece of hardware (e.g. a graphic processor for rendering), it will just not work or awfully slow.
- Most of the cloud providers disable multicast traffic in their network
- If there is legal or business requirement demanding your server to run in a physical location and that location is not covered by cloud providers, then you are out of luck.
- Bandwidth cost across cloud boundary is high. So you may endup have a large bill when loading large amount of data into the cloud
- Loading large amount of data also takes time. You need to compare that with the overall time of the processing itself to see if it makes sense
- Legal, liabilities, auditing practices hasn't catched up yet. Companies running their core business app in the cloud will face a lot of legal challenges
- Since you have no control about the location of where the machines are residing, latency is usually increase when you run your app in the cloud residing in a remote location
- If you are using a machine without shutting down, then many cost analysis report shows running the machine inhouse will be cheaper (especially for large enterprise who already have data center setup and a team of system administrators)
Hybrid Cloud
I personally believe the real usage pattern of public cloud for large enterprise is to move the fluctuating workload into the public cloud (e.g. Christmas sales for e-commerce site, Newly launched services) but retain most of the steady workload traffic in-house. In fact, I think enterprise is going to move in and out their application constantly based on the change of traffic patterns.
It is much appropriate to do the classification at the component level rather than at the App level. Instead of saying whether the App (as a whole) is suitable or not, we should determine which components of the app should run in the public cloud and which should stay in the data center.
In other words, an Application is running in a hybrid cloud mix, which span across public and private cloud.
The ability to move your application "frictionless" across cloud boundaries and manage the scattered components in a holistic way is key. Once you have this freedom to move, then the price of a particular public cloud provider has less impact on you because you can easily move to any cheaper provider at any time.


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The new D100-based RPG by Alephtar Games is here. It proposes a new approach to percentile-based role-playing games, while keeping the unique flavour of the classic D100 engine. In the book you will find: class-less and skill-based character generation; an intuitive percentile resolution method; lethal combat; supernatural powers; and many more of the hallmarks which made D100 games so popular.
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- Four sample power types: Arcane Magic, Divine Magic, Psionics and Weird Science.
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TRAS IDAS Y VENIDAS, y tras haber denunciado la política de Bush que antes había apoyado, Andrew Sullivan vuelve a subirse al carro vencedor. Zozobras aparte, lo que escribe hoy es impepinable:
I think even the fiercest critics of president Bush's handling of the post-liberation phase in Iraq will still be thrilled at what appears to me to be glacial but important shifts in the right direction in the region. The Iraq elections may not be the end of the Middle East Berlin Wall, but they certainly demonstrate its crumbling. The uprising against Syria's occupation of Lebanon is extremely encouraging; Syria's attempt to buy off some good will by coughing up Saddam's half-brother is also a good sign; ditto Mubarak's attempt to make his own dictatorship look more democratic. Add all of that to the emergence of Abbas and a subtle shift in the Arab media and you are beginning to see the start of a real and fundamental change. Almost all of this was accomplished by the liberation of Iraq. Nothing else would have persuaded the thugs and mafia bosses who run so many Arab nations that the West is serious about democracy.(hat tip: Pablocelan)


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ST PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 18, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Bill Keller, the world's leading Internet Evangelist and the founder of LivePrayer.com, with over 2.4 million subscribers worldwide reading the daily devotional he has written every morning for 12 years on the issues of the day from a Biblcial worldview, is calling out Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow, Ellen DeGeneres, the media, and gutless pastors for the suicide of a Canadian teen who claimed to be "gay."Last Friday, a 15-year-old Ottawa boy Jamie Hubley, committed suicide after documenting his hardships of being "gay." Liveprayer's Bill Keller said that while the media wants to demonize anyone who dares call this CHOICE of sexual activity what God calls it in the Bible, a sin, it is those in the media who glamorize and promote this choice as normal and acceptable, along with gutless pastors too afraid to speak out against this sin, along with faux churches that glorify this deviant, unnatural, and unhealthy choice of sexual activity, who are most responsible for Hubley's death.Keller stated, "Sadly we deal with the loved ones of those who commit suicide every day. Suicide is a desperate and selfish act that is ultimately the sole responsibility of the person who made the choice to end their life. Everyone who commits suicide has reasons that led them to make such a horrible decision. The fact is, suicide is exponentially higher amongst those who choose the homosexual lifestyle, and while those in the media want to blame people like myself who take a Biblical stand on this issue, the fact is, they are the ones most responsible!"Keller goes on, "A 15-year-old has no real understanding of sexuality, and most are still trying to figure out life and how they fit in. It is the homosexual community and media who promote this lifestyle to society, forcing it to validate legally and ethically this choice of sexual behavior and relationships to our children as normal, even desirable behavior!" He adds, "The Bible says in the last days the truth will become a lie, and the lie the truth."Over the past 20 years, Liveprayer has helped thousands of men and women make the choice to turn from the sin of homosexuality. Keller says, "Homosexuality is a bondage like alcohol, drugs, gambling, or anything else people get addicted to. The great lie the homosexual community has successfully sold is that people are 'born gay.' There is absolutely ZERO legitimate studies to support this claim. People are born with black skin or white skin, with blue eyes or green eyes, taking off your pants to have sex is a CHOICE!"Keller concluded, "It is the God in the Bible, not Bill Keller, that calls homosexuality a sin. It is sad to see children, those who don't even know what sex is, being brainwashed by our modern society that engaging in sex with a person of the same sex is a wonderful thing. God created sex between a man and a woman in the bonds of marriage. All sex outside of God's plan is not only a sin, but destructive. We are fortunate to see God's grace daily working in the lives of men and women who have been in bondage to the lie of homosexuality, as they find freedom, true joy, and true peace, living as God created us."
About Live Prayer: In 1999 Bill Keller launched LivePrayer.com. It has gone on to become the most successful online Christian ministry in the history of the internet. Each morning, Bill Keller's Daily Devotional that he has written every morning for over 12 years is emailed to over 2.4 million subscribers worldwide. Information on Liveprayer is available at www.LivePrayer.com.


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Bangkok (Thailand) – December 14, 2017 (travelindex.com) – X2 Vibe Pattaya Seaphere, the stylish new hotel designed to appeal to "Gen Z" travellers on Thailand's idyllic Eastern Seaboard, has been officially unveiled at a press conference in Bangkok. Bespoke Hospitality Management Asia (BHMA), the international specialist in hotel and resort management, joined forces with Habitat Group Company Limited, one of Thailand's leading property developers, to shed light on this chic and modern new hotel, which is nestled on the coast in Na Jomtien, Pattaya.
Along with the facilities and concept of this exciting new design hotel, the partners also unveiled a catchy slogan: 'Stay, Chill, Enjoy'. This is designed to appeal to X2 Vibe's target market of Generation Z and millennial travellers, who will be attracted by the hotel's contemporary architecture, stylish amenities, smart technology and chilled out vibe.
Anthony McDonald, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BHMA, said; "We are delighted to launch this new-wave hotel in Pattaya, which we expect to become the top choice for millennials. With our modern décor, serene beachfront setting and easy-going ambience, X2 Vibe Pattaya Seaphere, is now ready to serve guests from across the globe, including young domestic travellers seeking a stylish staycation.
"While travellers now have a wide choice of hotels, only those that understand the needs of their guests and provide the necessary facilities and services will succeed. This is where we have the edge on our competitors. Our amenities and service standards are comparable to many five-star resorts, but our vibe is relaxed and in tune with our guests' mindset, promising absolute relaxation. We also have a great location on the beach and just a short distance from many attractions, such as the Cartoon Network Amazone Waterpark, Underwater World Pattaya, Pattaya Floating Market, Nong Nooch Garden, Buddha Mountain, beachfront seafood restaurants, and more.
"With BHMA's extensive experience in the field of international hotel management, we are confident that the hotel will receive great feedback from guests – especially those in the Gen Z and millennial markets. We expect an average occupancy for the first year of 65%, rising to 80% from 2018 onwards," Mr MacDonald added.
X2 Vibe Pattaya Seaphere Residence is an outstanding new-wave hotel that features a modern yet functional design. Located in the up-and-coming seafront area of Na Jomtien, the hotel offers 65 residences which range from 35-55 square metres in size and feature a cutting-edge design and full range of amenities. Separate living and kitchen areas feature panoramic windows and large private terraces, overlooking the gardens or Gulf of Thailand. Under the 'Stay, Chill, Enjoy' concept, each room features IPTV and high-speed Wi-Fi, allowing guests to connect with the world 24/7. In addition, there is an all-day dining restaurant and bar, 4K Café and Sky Vibe Pool & Roof Bar, with an 8th floor swimming pool offering infinity views of the glittering gulf and its golden sunsets.
Chanin Wanichwong, Chief Executive Officer of Habitat Group, commented; "Our company has committed 300 million baht (approx. US$9.2 million) to build this exciting new hotel and accommodation project on Na Jomtien Beach, a prime location in Pattaya, under the X2 Vibe brand. This design hotel concept connects with the lifestyle of our targeted customers, Generation Z travellers who love spending time in Thailand.
"X2 Vibe Pattaya Seaphere Residence is located in an area surrounded by many attractions, including shopping and entertainment in Pattaya and local activities for all ages, such as kite-surfing on the beach or cycling through the idyllic Thai countryside. Restaurants in the area also offer a wide range of cuisines, from local Thai dishes and fresh seafood to world-class gastronomy. Our guests can choose to experience the floating market, unwind with a spa treatment or have a fun-filled day at the Cartoon Network Amazone Waterpark, before relaxing with a memorable party at our stylish rooftop bar. No matter what our guests desire, X2 Vibe Pattaya Seaphere Residence will be able to cater for their needs," Khun Chanin added.
X2 Vibe Pattaya Seaphere Residence is now open and welcoming guests. Rates start from just THB 2,600++ per room per night. For reservations, please call 038 237 815.
About X2 Vibe Pattaya Seaphere
Located approximately a one-and-a-half hours' drive from Bangkok, X2 Vibe Pattaya Seaphere is a new hip resort in up-and-coming Na Jomtien, a short stroll from the beach. The hotel offers 65 one-bedroom rooms with garden or sea views, featuring a sleek modern living space set-up, including kitchen facilities, panoramic windows and a private balcony. The 4K Café features all-day dining fusion cuisine overlooking the infinity pool on the 8th floor while the trendy rooftop bar – Sky Vibe Pool & Roof Bar – offers guests the perfect spot to sip a cocktail, listen to some tunes and watch the sun idly dip into the Gulf of Thailand.


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Oliver Otis Howard thought he was a man of destiny. Chosen to lead the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War, the Union Army general was entrusted with the era's most crucial task: helping millions of former slaves claim the rights of citizens. He was energized by the belief that abolition and Reconstruction, the country's great struggles for liberty and equality, were God's plan for himself and the nation. To honor his righteous commitment to a new American freedom, Howard University was named for him.
But as the nation's politics curdled in the 1870s, General Howard exiled himself from Washington, D.C., rejoined the army, and was sent across the continent to command forces in the Pacific Northwest. Shattered by Reconstruction's collapse, he assumed a new mission: forcing Native Americans to become Christian farmers on government reservations.
Howard's plans for redemption in the West ran headlong into the resistance of Chief Joseph, a young Nez Perce leader in northeastern Oregon who refused to leave his ancestral land. Claiming equal rights for Native Americans, Joseph was determined to find his way to the center of American power and convince the government to acknowledge his people's humanity and capacity for citizenship. Although his words echoed the very ideas about liberty and equality that Howard had championed during Reconstruction, in the summer of 1877 the general and his troops ruthlessly pursued hundreds of Nez Perce families through the stark and unforgiving Northern Rockies. An odyssey and a tragedy, their devastating war transfixed the nation and immortalized Chief Joseph as a hero to generations of Americans.
Recreating the Nez Perce War through the voices of its survivors, Daniel J. Sharfstein's visionary history of the West casts Howard's turn away from civil rights alongside the nation's rejection of racial equality and embrace of empire. The conflict becomes a pivotal struggle over who gets to claim the American dream: a battle of ideas about the meaning of freedom and equality, the mechanics of American power, and the limits of what the government can and should do for its people. The war that Howard and Joseph fought is one that Americans continue to fight today.
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Like a summer action movie that's panned by critics but a blockbuster at the box office, the Volkswagen Jetta is experiencing fantastic sales despite receiving mostly bad reviews by car experts. The fact that the Jetta's 2011 base price is $2,400 cheaper than it was the year before certainly doesn't hurt the sales figures.
Consumer Reports, for instance, isn't a fan of the 2011 Jetta. The handling, braking, interior, and mpg are all bashed by CR in this YouTube video review:
Authorities like Car & Driver also rated the Jetta poorly. But a CNN Money story on the 2011 Jetta's runaway success indicates that many car buyers don't give much weight to what the experts say. In the same way that moviegoers often may not care about cinematography or even whether a plot is remotely logical, car buyers don't necessarily car about the same things fretted about by obsessive automobile enthusiasts. The CNN Money posts quotes Car & Driver editor Eddie Alternman saying as much:
"The things we look at very closely, things like the architecture and the sophistication of chassis components, are often lost on mainstream car buyers," Alterman said.
The Jetta's strong sales certainly show that critics and car buyers care about different things, and for many consumers, the newly cheaper sticker price (starting at $15,365) outweighs anything regarding the vehicle's chassis or architecture, or even the handling and brakes.
What's really interesting, though, is that while it's safe to assume most Jetta buyers are firstly attracted by the low sub-$16K price, the average Jetta sold is actually a more pimped-out version, with options and upgrades bringing the total up to around $26K. That's roughly $1,000 more than the average Jetta purchased a year ago, despite the lower base sticker price for the 2011 model.


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Manasseh. 1a Now as for the lot that fell to the tribe of Manassehb as the firstborn of Joseph: since Manasseh's eldest son, Machir, the father of Gilead, was a warrior, who had already obtained Gilead and Bashan, 2the allotment was now made to the rest of the Manassites by their clans: the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida; these are the other male children of Manasseh, son of Joseph, by their clans.
3c Furthermore, Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4These presented themselves to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua, son of Nun, and to the leaders, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us a heritage among our relatives." So in accordance with the command of the LORD a heritage was given them among their father's relatives. 5Thus ten shares fell to Manasseh apart from the land of Gilead and Bashan beyond the Jordan,d 6since these female descendants of Manasseh received each a portion among his sons. The land of Gilead fell to the rest of the Manassites.
7Manasseh bordered on Asher.* From Michmethath, near Shechem, another boundary ran southward to include the inhabitants of En-Tappuah, 8because the district of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, although Tappuah itself was an Ephraimite city on the border of Manasseh. 9This same boundary continued down to the Wadi Kanah.e The cities that belonged to Ephraim from among the cities in Manasseh were those to the south of that wadi; thus the territory of Manasseh ran north of the wadi and ended at the sea. 10The land on the south belonged to Ephraim and that on the north to Manasseh; with the sea as their common boundary, they reached Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
11f Moreover, in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh was awarded Beth-shean and its towns, Ibleam and its towns, the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns (the third is Naphath-dor). 12Since the Manassites were not able to dispossess these cities, the Canaanites continued to inhabit this region. 13When the Israelites grew stronger they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not dispossess them.
Protest of Joseph Tribes. 14The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, "Why have you given us only one lot and one share as our heritage?g Our people are too many, because of the extent to which the LORD has blessed us." 15Joshua answered them, "If you are too many, go up to the forest and clear out a place for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaim, since the mountain regions of Ephraim are so narrow." 16For the Josephites said, "Our mountain regions are not enough for us; on the other hand, the Canaanites living in the valley region all have iron chariots, in particular those in Beth-shean and its towns, and those in the valley of Jezreel." 17Joshua therefore said to Ephraim and Manasseh, the house of Joseph, "You are a numerous people and very strong. You shall not have merely one share, 18for the mountain region which is now forest shall be yours when you clear it. Its adjacent land shall also be yours if, despite their strength and iron chariots, you dispossess the Canaanites."
* [17:7] Manasseh bordered on Asher: only at the extreme northwestern section of Manasseh's territory. The boundary given in the following sentences (vv. 7–10) is a more detailed description of the one already mentioned in 16:5–7, as separating Manasseh from Ephraim.
b. [17:1] Gn 41:51; 46:20; 48:18; 50:23; Dt 3:13, 15.
f. [17:11] 1 Chr 7:29.
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My Dutch VMUG 2012 presentation: Software Defines Virtually Everything – Storage
Last week I did a presentation at the Dutch VMUG event around SDDC with a techical focus on the storage bits and pieces you could build inside the hypervisor to accomodate this. I want to share this presentation with you together with a little background on the subject.
Software Defines Virtually Everything
VMware has taken a big step towards the Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC). This is where things are going for sure (also see my related post Cool Tech Preview: VMware's distributed storage). The idea is that since "everything" runs on x86 anyway, you can potentially run all code on a common platform. From that view, everything will run in software. Read the rest of this entry »


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12th WORLD DAY OF CONSECRATED LIFE
Vatican Basilica
Saturday, 2 February 2008
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I am very pleased to meet you on the occasion of the World Day of Consecrated Life, a traditional gathering whose significance is enhanced by the liturgical context of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. I thank Cardinal Franc Rodé, who has celebrated the Eucharist for you, and with him the Secretary and the other collaborators of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. With great affection I greet the Superiors General present and all of you who form this unique assembly, an expression of the varied richness of the Consecrated Life in the Church.
In his account of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, at least three times the Evangelist Luke emphasizes that Mary and Joseph acted in accordance with "the Law of the Lord" (cf. Lk 2: 22, 23, 39), moreover they always appear to be listening attentively to the Word of God. This attitude is an eloquent example for you, men and women religious; and for you, members of Secular Institutes and of other forms of Consecrated Life. The next Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will be dedicated to The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church: dear brothers and sisters, I ask you to make your contribution to this ecclesial commitment, witnessing to the importance, especially for those who like you, the Lord calls to a more intimate "sequela", of placing the Word of God at the centre of all things. In fact, the Consecrated Life is rooted in the Gospel. Down the centuries, the Gospel - as it were, its supreme rule - has continued to inspire it and the Consecrated Life is called to refer constantly to the Gospel, to remain alive and fertile, bearing fruit for the salvation of souls.
At the root of the different expressions of Consecrated Life there is always a strong Gospel inspiration. I think of St Anthony Abbot who was moved by listening to Christ's words: "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me" (Mt 19: 21) (cf. Vita Antonii, 2, 4). Anthony listened to these words as if they were addressed to him personally by the Lord. St Francis of Assisi in his turn affirmed that it was God who revealed to him that he should live according to the form of the holy Gospel (Testament, 17; Franciscan Omnibus 116). "Francis", wrote Thomas of Celano, "who heard that Christ's disciples were supposed to possess neither gold, nor silver, nor money, nor purse; were to have neither bread nor staff, were to have neither shoes nor two tunics... rejoicing in the Holy Spirit said: "This is what I want! This is what I ask! This is what I want to do from the bottom of my heart!'" (I Celano 83; Franciscan Omnibus 670, 672).
The Instruction Starting Afresh from Christ recalls: "It was the Holy Spirit who sparked the Word of God with new light for the Founders and Foundresses. Every charism and every Rule springs from it and seeks to be an expression of it" (n. 24). And indeed, the Holy Spirit attracts some people to live the Gospel in a radical way and translate it into a style of more generous following. So it is that a work, a religious family, is born which with its very presence becomes in turn a living "exegisis" of the Word of God. The Second Vatican Council says that the succession of charisms in the Consecrated Life can therefore be read as an unfolding of Christ down the ages, as a living Gospel that is actualized in ever new forms (cf. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, n. 46). The mystery of Christ is reflected in the works of Foundresses and Founders, a word of his, an illuminating ray of his radiant Face, the splendour of the Father (cf. Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Vita Consecrata, n. 16).
In the course of the centuries the proposal of the following of Christ without compromise, as it is presented to us in the Gospel, has therefore constituted the ultimate and supreme rule for religious life (cf. Perfectae Caritatis, n. 2). In his Rule St Benedict refers to Scripture as the "most exact rule of human life" (n. 73: 2-5). St Dominic, whose words and works proclaimed him a man of the Gospel at all times (cf. Libellus de Principiis Ordinis Praedicatorum, 104: in P. Lippini, San Domenico visto dai suoi contemporanei, Ed. Studio Dom., Bologna, 1982, 110) desired his brother preachers also to be "men of the Gospel" (First Constitutions or Consuetudines, 31). St Clare of Assisi imitated Francis' experience to the full: "The form of life of the Order of the Poor Sisters", she wrote, "is this: to observe the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rule, I, 1-2; Franciscan Omnibus, n. 2750). St Vincent Pallotti said: "Since the life of Jesus Christ is the fundamental rule of our small Congregation... we must aim at what is most perfect always and in everything" (cf. Complete Works, II, 541-546; VIII, 63, 67, 253, 254, 466). And St Luigi Orione wrote: "Our first Rule and life is to observe the holy Gospel, in great humility and in loving sweetness and on fire with God" (Letters of Don Orione, Rome, 1969, Vol. II, 278).
This rich tradition attests that Consecrated Life is "deeply rooted in the example and teaching of Christ the Lord" (Vita Consecrata, n. 1) and can be compared to "a plant with many branches which sinks its roots into the Gospel and brings forth abundant fruit in every season of the Church's life" (ibid., n. 5). Its mission is to recall that all Christians are brought together by the Word, to live of the Word and to remain under its lordship. It is therefore the special duty of men and women religious "to remind the baptized of the fundamental values of the Gospel" (Vita Consecrata, n. 33). By so doing their witness imbues the Church with "a much-needed incentive towards ever greater fidelity to the Gospel" (ibid., n. 3) and indeed, we might say, is an "eloquent, albeit often silent, proclamation of the Gospel" (ibid., n. 25). This is why, in my two Encyclicals as on other occasions, I have not failed to cite the example set by Saints and Blesseds belonging to Institutes of Consecrated Life.
Dear brothers and sisters, nourish your day with prayer, meditation and listening to the Word of God. May you, who are familiar with the ancient practice of lectio divina, help the faithful to appreciate it in their daily lives too. And may you know how to express what the Word suggests, letting yourself be formed by it so that you bring forth abundant fruit, like a seed that has fallen into good soil. Thus, you will be ever docile to the Spirit and you will grow in union with God, you will cultivate fraternal communion among yourselves and will be ready to serve your brethren generously, especially those in need. May people see your good works, a fruit of the Word of God that lives in you, and glorify your Heavenly Father (cf. Mt 5: 16)! In entrusting these reflections to you, I thank you for the precious service you render to the Church and, as I invoke the protection of Mary and of the Saints and Blesseds, Founders of your Institutes, I wholeheartedly impart the Apostolic Blessing to you and to your respective religious families, with a special thought for the young men and women in formation and for your brothers and sisters who are sick, elderly or in difficulty. To all, I assure you of my remembrance in prayer.
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