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Can Wildlife Make Your Pet Sick?
If your pet spends time in the great outdoors, you may not give much thought to who he shares that space with—but you should. From deer and coyotes to foxes, skunks, bats, and raccoons, wild animals can pose a serious threat as they carry a variety of diseases that can be transmitted to pets and people.
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You're petting your cat or bathing your dog when—wait, what's that?
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If you're a pet owner, you know that deworming is an important step in your dog or cat's preventive care protocol. But what exactly are you preventing?
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It's February, and that means love is in the air—but are you loving your pet the right way? Here are five dos and don'ts to help you show your furry valentine some love this month and all year long.
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Unfortunately, this means they also endure a lot of wear and tear. Watch out for these paw problems—and catch any issues early by regularly checking your dog's digits.
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Colombia already has nine submarine fiber-optic cables
The Minister of ICT Diego Molano Vega attended the official presentation of the submarine cable AMX-1, with which our country multiplied by 50 its current capacity of international connections.
The Minister of ICT Diego Molano Vega was present in Barranquilla in the public presentation of the cable AMX-1, the ninth in our country that went from 5 to 9 submarine cables between 2010 and 2015. The AMX-1 multiplied by 50 the current capacity of international connections of Colombia. Thanks to the increase in Internet traffic, voice and data that provide the submarine cables Arcos-1 rehash , CFX-1, Maya-1, SAM-1, AMX-1, Globenet, SCCP and SAC-LAN, Colombia now has a network with more than 42,000 kilometers of fiber optic installed on the seabed and almost a hundred of stations for the Internet connection; in addition, 24,000 kilometers of fiber terrestrial. "This network of nine submarine cables connected to our country with the rest of the world and rank it as one of the best in international connectivity. We have given a great technological leap in telecommunications and ours is the only country in South America with cables across the waters of the Caribbean and the Pacific", said the minister Molano.
The new submarine cable AMX-1 has a length of 17,800 kilometers and connects to Colombia with Brazil, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Mexico and the United States through 11 touch points to earth and was installed by the operator of Internet and mobile telephony Clear, company with a presence in the seven countries that covers the transmitter of data. "The nine submarine cables were built thanks to public-private partnerships. As government we have worked in the implementation of policies aimed at strengthening the technological infrastructure; and the private company - that is to say, the operators-, have designed large investments to improve the quality of the service of Internet", noted the Minister.
Molano Vega who added that the investment and the deployment of this infrastructure in the country, reflect the strength and the growth that crosses the Colombian market, which has also generated an increase in competition, not only among the largest operators in Latin America, but also with local actors. "It is very gratifying to see how telecom operators are added to the objective of Live Digital Plan, which seeks to have a Colombia increasingly connected and massify Internet to reduce poverty and create employment," said Diego Molano Vega.
The AMX-1 cable The AMX-1 multiplied by 50 the current capacity of international connections of Colombia, expanding the speed and security in data services. This infrastructure complements the existing transmission grid company clear, that was his installation; thus, improving the output to the Internet for mobile services (4G) and fixed (high-speed internet). The total investment made by the company for the deployment of infrastructure is more than $500 million, distributed among the branches of the seven countries served by the submarine cable. This cable extends through the following cities: Barranquilla, Cancun, Cartagena, Fortress, Jacksonville, Miami, Puerto Barrios, Puerto Plata, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and San Juan.
What is a submarine cable? The system of fiber-optic submarine cable is a set of equipment designed to allow the interconnection between two or more points by passing the seabed. The system is composed of two parts, an overland portion and a marine portion. The teams that make up the overland portion are: terminal equipment, power supplies and maintenance equipment and control, the teams that make up the marine portion are: fiber-optic cable, especially designed to be lying on the seabed, equipment makers repeaters maintain the signal along the entire path of the cable, and the branching units or branching units that allow you to connect more than two sections or lengths of cable.

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Disney's My First Songbook Vol. 3 is a 2009 Disney songbook featuring songs from various Disney movies.
(Easy Piano Songbook). This deluxe songbook features 16 Disney classics: Heigh-Ho * I'm Wishing * Mickey Mouse March * Never Smile at a Crocodile * Some Day My Prince Will Come * A Spoonful of Sugar * When You Wish upon a Star * Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? * and more. Every page is beautifully illustrated with full-color art, making this a remarkable souvenir folio for anyone who loves Disney movies and music!
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Trade Flows in the Eurozone
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An interesting article (in French) written by André Grjebine on imbalances within the eurozone. I plan to write on this as well, in the next days.
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Some have called him a dreamer, others a genius. He is the mogul behind the Cilantro chain, the restaurateur behind La Bodega, the tourism wunderkid behind the Red Sea resort of El Gouna and most recently, the business whiz behind Egypt's leading property development company SODIC. Enigma's Annelle Sheline speaks exclusively to Maher Maksoud, the man with the Midas touch.
Listening to him describe the future, it's easy to forget he speaks of dreams rather than concrete reality. When your name is Maher Maksoud, the distinction between the two becomes blurry. Asked to reveal the secrets of his Midas-like success, Maksoud, the current Managing Director of Egypt's leading property development company SODIC quickly deflects attention, preferring to praise his mentor Samih Sawiris, his wife, his team, his right-hand man Yousef Hammad and even his country. Maksoud's voice crackles with excitement as he describes the post-revolution period of experimentation that made way for liberal government policies; Egyptians responded with an explosion of creativity and entrepreneurship that defies the stereotypes induced by economic suffocation. "SODIC's success is simply part of this phenomenon," says Maksoud. But do not be taken in by his modesty, Maksoud is not riding this wave; he is largely responsible for creating it. This entrepreneur has single-handedly brought Cairo's thousand year-old cafe culture into the 21st century and now hopes to take the whole city, including much of it's surrounding area, into the 22nd.
When pressed to explain his string of successes (La Bodega, Cilantro, El Gouna, SODIC and counting), he says what he does is not rocket science. He simply maintains what he calls "a mentality of openness." Education may have helped. His alma maters include Port Said School, the British International School, the American University in Cairo and the London School of Economics. His most influential lessons were those gained at Orascom Tourism, one of Egypt's largest tourism development companies, which Maksoud describes as a "school for pioneers." He credits his boss and mentor, Samih Sawiris, chairman of Orascom Hotels and Development, with creating a culture of positive thinking. "I was a 22 year-old with no experience, unwilling to enter the real world. I was about to work in Saudi Arabia when Samih called and said he was starting a project on the Red Sea and wanted to bring me on board. I tried to explain that studying economic development had nothing to do with deluxe resorts on the Red Sea, but Samih wouldn't hear of it. Within weeks I was managing huge budgets. Imagine being given the means to create a dream destination." Sawiris' dream became El Gouna, the crown jewel of the Red Sea's resort paradises.
Maher then tried his hand at the restaurant business; taking advantage of the slowdown of the early millennium to focus on smaller endeavours. The result was La Bodega, now a staple of Zamalek's nightlife scene. From there the success story turns to his most famous creation; Cilantro, the flagship Starbucks-style coffee chain that muscled its way into traditional ahwa culture. Looking back, he's happy to laugh at how launching Cilantro nearly bankrupted him. "I was about to get married and of course my future in-laws were pressuring me about how I was going to provide for their daughter. But my wife never complained… if she gets anything out of this marriage, it will be a sainthood."
After the first Cilantro opened in Zamalek, the next three locations failed. "The one at the World Trade Centre opened two months before Mobinil moved out and we lost all our customers," says Maksoud. "We opened one in a Metro supermarket thinking people would get a coffee while they shopped; we even had cup holders in the shopping carts. But no one wanted coffee on the run." The Metro experience taught Maksoud that Egyptians wanted a "destination". If someone was going to shell out 30LE for a latte, a waiter had better bring it to their table. "Failure represents a chance to learn and success represents a chance to improve," he says.
His ability to tune into the nuances of local market needs enabled SODIC to compete head-on with Gulf challengers, such as Dubai-based Emaar, who have entered the Egyptian real estate market in recent years. "Egypt is special. Applying a cookie-cutter approach will not work here. For example, the Gulf's harsh weather conditions restrict developments to air-conditioned shopping malls; in Egypt you can be outdoors nearly year-round. And yet the unique characteristics of Egyptian culture have been slow to materialise into profit because there hasn't been the necessary investment to secure a labour force that recognises quality. Thankfully this is now happening," explains Maksoud. Inspired by his fond memories of growing up in Zamalek, the father of two also hopes to one day orchestrate a revitalisation of downtown, but in the meantime he sees 6th of October City as a place where children can play on the streets safely.
Maksoud's words illustrate his vision; after listening, we hopped into a 4×4 and went to see SODIC's developments firsthand. Touring the site of Allegria, SODIC's flagship luxury residential development complex, we were transported to the future centre of Cairene society. And that society has already bought into the idea: when Allegria Phase IV launched in January, 80% of the units sold within weeks! Raking in sales of 100 million LE in the first 14 days, it appears Maksoud's Midas touch is even immune to the credit crunch.
Because Maksoud refuses to blow his own horn, I turned to his friend Yousef Hammad, SODIC's Chief Commercial Officer, for insight on Maksoud's secret. The answer? "He focuses on the solution rather than the problem. For example, when Maksoud arrived at SODIC people weren't making their payments for Beverly Hills; he simply changed the payment scheme and the problem disappeared."
To that Maksoud simply adds, "You have to recognise that sometimes people do not know what they want, so be willing to take a risk and show them something they never imagined." Spoken like a true dreamer…


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What will you be doing this fall if all your plans work out?
Please be specific about occupational or educational setting and activity.
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Before you can understand how TV signals are transmitted and received, you need to know the different systems used. Each system transmits signals in a different way.
Cable Television
Television programs are uploaded to satellites circling the planet. The channels compiled are sent to the satellite dish of the cable company. The data is broadcast along with channels that are local. The data is transmitted in compressed format to the cable subscribers. This is done via coaxial and fiber optic cables.
Satellite Television
Satellite TV works this way: satellites beam programming at a height of over 22,000 miles. These machines orbit at 0 degrees latitude. If you can see these satellites, they will appear to be standing still. It is this near-stationary movement that makes it possible for a dish to lock in on it. Adjustments to the satellite are made so it can receive the Ka, Ku and C radio bands. The data is converted to video and audio.
Antenna (over the air)
The antennas used by local TV stations work via over-the-air digital radio signals. These are transmitted from the station's transmitter towers. The information is received by your antenna. The antenna sends the signal to the cable where it is decoded. The signal is sent to your TV directly or a HD TV receiver box. Digital TVs have replaced analog as the standard across America.
What are Television Transmission Bands?
Bands / frequencies are used for transmission. Bands III to V are used in the US. The UHF and VHF signals are included here. Band I has the smallest bandwidth. Band II in the US transmits FM radio. It is optimized for audio signals; putting video on it will result in quality degradation.
Standard TV sets use bands III, IV, or V. These bandwidths have to carry video and audio. The video portions of television signals have 4MHz of video bandwidth. For audio it is 2 MHz, making for a total of 6 MHz. Every television channel has 6 MHz as per the FCC allocation. The lineup is as follows:
Band V – Channels 14 to 83 (470 to 890 MHz)
Band IV – Channels 7 to 13 (174-216 MHz)
Band III – Channels 2 to 6 (54 to 88 MHz)
UHF, VHF and Higher Bands
VHFs (very high frequencies) channels typically have the 2 to 13 channels. Channels 14 to 83 are in the UHFs (ultra high frequencies) level. UHF and VHF are very popular because of their extensive range. Bands at higher frequencies are less like radio waves and more akin to light waves. Satellite signals can use these frequencies but special utilities are needed.
NTC Standards
The National Television Standards Committee (NTC) is the regulatory body governing television signals in America. NTC specifications state that the resolutions for video lines have to be 525 lines and 3.58 MHz chroma carrier. The cycle has to be 60 per second.
The specifications also state frame displays have to be 30 fps. These standards were developed so television sets will have no trouble receiving signals. Note that these standards are for analog television signals.
While it is fairly easy to learn how TV signals are transmitted and received, the standards are more complicated. There are four digital television terrestrial broadcasting standards (DTTB). They are Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcasting (DTMB), Terrestrial Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (ISDB-T), Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DVB-T) and Advanced Television System Committee (ATSC). This means a universal standard is unlikely.
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I significantly analyzed two greenhouse gases amongst the idea of greenhouse warming and how one can affect the other in its total influence on the climate. This was accomplished by taking several different samples of carbon dioxide and water vapor data analyses, which I then evaluated and illustrated how they affect the global temperature and their attribution to the greenhouse effect. The data was analyzed to find out if the greenhouse gases: water vapor and carbon dioxide are linked in their affect or if it is more complex than it seems. I plan to further develop this data and to be able to unequivocally state that when water vapor and carbon dioxide are present, the global change is far greater effective than without the water vapor feedback.
The greenhouse effect is in no way an artificial result, exclusively brought about by mankind. Rather, it is the atmosphere's natural ability to store the heat radiated from the earth, which creates a warmer atmospheric layer near the ground. Therefore, the Earth experiences a "soft" springtime at +15 degrees C rather than an icy winter with a mean temperature of 18 degrees C. About one half of the solar energy that reaches the atmosphere's outer limits from space actually hits the surface of the earth. The other half of solar insulation is reflected by clouds and other gases, or is absorbed on its way through the atmosphere. It is thus, by the remaining half that reaches the ground, that the surface of the earth is heated. Every heated body, though, radiates by itself proportional to its temperature. This is not a bad thing. Without greenhouse gases, we would not be able to survive. By trapping the heat inside our atmosphere, the Earth's temperature is an average 60 degrees F. Without these greenhouse gases, Earth would be too cold to sustain life.
In 1827, Jean-Baptiste Fourier had suggested the existence of an atmospheric effect that was soe how keeping the Earth wrmer than it would otherwise be. He had been observing the ambient temperatures as well as conjecturing the temperatures in the troposphere. He found that there was some sort of cover that was capturing the heat, which would normally escape the earth's surface. He became the first person to use the analogy of a greenhouse, and this event marked the beginning of the term "greenhouse" gases. It was not until forty years later that a scientist by the name of John Tyndall published a paper describing how water vapor could be used as a greenhouse gas. That was the beginning of the search for greenhouse gases.
Under a clear sky, roughly 60-70 % of the natural greenhouse effect is due to water vapor, which is the dominant greenhouse gas in earth's atmosphere. Next important is carbon dioxide (20%), followed by methane, ozone, and nitrous oxide [IPCC 90, p 47-48]. Clouds are another big player in the game. Please don't confuse clouds with water vapor: clouds consist of water droplets or ice particles or both. Under a cloudy sky the greenhouse effect is stronger than under a clear sky. At the same time, cloud tops in the sunshine look brilliantly white; they reflect sunlight.
The effects of CO2 were first discovered and first worried about in the late 1890's by a Swedish scientist, Svante Arrhenius, and an American scientist, P.C. Chamberlain, whom independently considered the problems that might be caused by CO2 building up in the atmosphere. Both scientists realized that the burning of fossil fuels could lead to global warming, but neither suspected the process might already have started. However, by itself, CO2 is not enough to cause serious climate change. Most of the warming predicted in the models today come from a feedback involving water vapor. Hence, I decided to evaluate the two together. It is this idea of just evaluating one or the other and not both together that make so many people benevolent to what causes the greenhouse effect to increase. When CO2 concentrations increase, it leads to warmer temperatures, which, through the processes of water physics, leads to an increase in water vapor in the atmosphere. This increase in atmospheric concentrations leads to an even larger increase in the greenhouse effect.
As one can see, temperature and CO2 concentrations from 160,000 years to present were very similar in how their effects influence one another. The atmospheric concentrations of CO2 of the past were vastly different from current standards, as were the concentrations of water vapor. The best information about past climate variability comes from ice cores drilled miles deep in Antarctica and Greenland, which reveal that temperatures changed substantially over the past 400,000 years. Although most of these changes occurred over thousands of years, some rapid "warmings" took place over a period of decades.
To get at the concentrations of gases centuries ago we must turn to the ice. The ice cores trap carbon dioxide and methane, which shows that these gases were present in the atmosphere at their lowest levels during cold eras and at higher levels during warm eras. Carbon dioxide did not rise much above 280 parts per million by volume (ppmv) until the industrial revolution. By the end of the 20th century, it had reached 370 ppmv, with an average increase in the last two decades of 1.5 ppmv a year. Both carbon dioxide and methane are more abundant in the atmosphere now than at any time during the 400,000-year ice core record. (National Academics 1)
Lake Vostok is a sub-glacier lake, 250 x 50 km, in Antarctica. It is the purest, most uncontaminated lake in the world. Above this lake are 3539-3750 m of glacier ice that has been drilled and oxygen levels have been analyzed to determine the Earth's temperature for thousands of years. This is the most data ever retrieved on climate temperatures. (Science, 286, 2138-2147)
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Things one should think about in the process of understanding global warming and the greenhouse effect are: Is greenhouse warming occurring? If so, why? Are we the cause of this problem or has it been going on prior to the appearance of the Industrial Revolution? If global warming has been going on for more then a century, what was the atmosphere like back then? Can we see that the accumulation of CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels in addition to more water vapor in the atmosphere have lead to more warming? I would like to find out if the accumulation of CO2 in the air is influencing water vapor concentrations or if they are totally independent of each other. If they are dependent, do the effects of them working together out weigh the significance of them working alone? Has the work of scientists previously included both working together, or is that something that induces the uncertainty in climatic models? I would like to take you on a journey to find out if any of these statements hold any truth. The problem that I hope to solve is to hopefully determine if an increase in CO2 will correlate in an increase in water vapor.
Now you may ask how do we know if we are to blame for the intensifying greenhouse effect? Based on assumptions that emissions of greenhouse gases will accelerate and conservative assumptions about how the climate will react to that, computer models suggest that average global surface temperatures will rise between 2.5 and 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit (1.4 and 5.8 deg C) by the end of this century. With regard to the basic question of whether climate change is occurring, reports note that the temperatures at the Earth's surface rose by about 1 degree Fahrenheit (about .6 degrees Celsius) during the 20th century. This warming process has intensified in the past 20 years, accompanied by retreating glaciers, thinning arctic ice, rising sea levels, lengthening of the growing season in many areas, and earlier arrival of migratory birds. (National Academics 1) I think that is rather clear that global warming is occurring and it does not look like it is going to be leveling off any time soon.
The contribution of water vapor to the anthropogenic greenhouse effect (that portion of greenhouse warming caused exclusively by humans) is still controversial. At numerous environmental conferences, greenhouse gases such as CO2 and methane (CH4) are discussed primarily, while, many times the role of water vapor in both its natural and anthropogenic aspects remains unmentioned. Yet, water vapor not only holds the top position concerning the natural greenhouse effect, but also participates in the additional absorption of heat in the atmosphere.
Dr. Hays Cummins once said, "No one knows anything for sure and that's the greatness of science. It's an ever changing study and that's where the drive is to be continuously discovering new things." Barring that, all we can do is look at previous data and interpret the past to presume what the future will be. A dilemma we face is that we do not have a significant record of the Earth's temperature. Only for the past few hundred years have we actually recorded data of the Earth's temperature, however, we do not know the accuracy of this information for the pre-1900 years. You can only increase the accuracy by having more data samples. However, using the information (as reliable as it is) we have today, as well as ice cores, sediment cores, and CO2/volcanic ash readings, we can discover the temperatures of the past. By utilizing climate proxies, we can extrapolate data to determine what it was like in regards to a set point (a norm, usually from the year 1950). This allows scientists to view how the Earth responds to changes in the environment, and to help predict through model simulations what future temperatures will theoretically be. Our dilemma now though, is that there has never been a time in the Earth's history where we have seen similar high air temperatures, polar ice caps, and non-equilibrium (unstable) climate to possibly reflect what the future has in store for us (Crowley, 5). Therefore, we do not know how the Earth will react to the current levels of CO2; it's predicted rate of increasing, the influences of other greenhouse gases, the increase in Earth's temperature, and the increasing use of fossil fuels.
Data from years past have concluded that our mean temperature about 10,000 years ago was a shocking 16 degrees C cooler. (Broecker 5) To obtain temperatures of these drastic proportions, the atmosphere had to be able to allow the escaping of radiant heat from the earth's surface. Also, one must then realize that the water vapor content must have been much lower during glacial times. If that's the case, either the processes that deliver or those that remove water vapor from our atmosphere must have been much different then.
I'm not speculating that I would blow enormous amounts of water vapor into the air and enhance the greenhouse effect. On the contrary, the concern is for the secondary effects. That is, if the average temperature of atmospheric layers near to the ground (as a consequence of anthropogenic CO2 and methane emissions) is rising, then the evaporation of water is increased. If there is an increase in evaporation, then more water vapor will be produced in our atmosphere, which should then lead to an increase in the absorbance of heat.
It remains uncertain, though, which concentrations, at which locations, and at which altitudes in the troposphere will contribute the most to greenhouse warming. In addition, it is unclear how this surplus of water vapor will truly alter the warming process of the earth.
Another aspect that we must consider is why do we need to be concerned with water vapor? The answer is that water vapor is the atmosphere's most powerful greenhouse gas. If you wanted to cool the entire planet by 5 degrees C and could magically alter the water vapor content of the atmosphere, a 30% decrease would do the job. In fact, the major debate among atmospheric scientists regarding the magnitude of the coming greenhouse warming hinges on what's referred to as the water vapor feedback. (Broecker 5)
If the water vapor in the atmosphere were to remain exactly the same as it is now, then a doubling of CO2 would heat the planet only about 1.2 degrees C. However, when CO2 is doubled in these models, the atmosphere holds more water vapor, enhancing the warming to 3.5 degrees C +/- 1.5 degrees. This increase would certainly cause major problems for agriculture, especially where conducted in continental interiors. (Broecker, 5)
The debate scientists are concerned about is whether the models change the water vapor in the same way that it will change as CO2 rises in the real world. Crucially, for the models to be right and the feedback to happen, the free troposphere has to warm up. The feedback only works because a warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapor from the oceans. Because water is a very powerful greenhouse gas, that would multiply the effect of CO2 several fold and the overall effect would just snowball from there. But if the free troposphere didn't warm up, it wouldn't hold more water and the feedback wouldn't be triggered. And according to the models, it made a big difference. With the feedback, models predicted that temperatures would increase by up to 6 degrees C over the century. Without it, there wouldn't be much of a change at all, even if the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere doubled. We can see that one without the other wont produce anything it is the matriculation and the summation of the different aspects of greenhouse warming that lead to the increase in the global change. But we have to be careful with how we interpret data. Today many believe that the earth is warming. Back in the 1970's however, we were in a cooling state and many believed that this was the beginning of an ice age (NASA, 2).
Most scientists agree that right now the Earth is in a warming state, in a linear pattern for that matter. However, what goes up must come down. Theories are stating that this warming period is actually the cause for an ice age that will appear next. Studies show that this will not happen for another 10,000 years, longer than it took to reach the last ice age, but that this is due to the increase amounts of greenhouse gases. It is believed that as the greenhouse gases warm up the Earth, ice glaciers will melt, meaning more water that can be absorbed into the air as water vapor. As more water vapor is increased into our atmosphere, more precipitation will fall and ice will form, which cools the Earth's temperature. Eventually there will be more ice and cold water that will freeze and begin our new ice age.
In order to examine the effects of carbon dioxide and water vapor on greenhouse warming, several aspects including location, amount of data available, and the accuracy of data need to be considered. Location, we found out to be key. It is the one that determines the amount of data available and the accuracy of this data. For our purposes, we wanted an area where data on the fluctuations of the concentrations of CO2 and water vapor were BOTH available for at least the last 30 years, with no missing data or loopholes. However, we found that to be a very difficult process. It seems that there are no areas that contain a significant amount of CO2 data as well as water vapor data. Usually, it is just one or the other. Initially, we had chosen Boulder, Colorado as our site. It had a great amount of CO2 information, but no water vapor data was available. The next nearest place to contain water vapor information was in Carr, Colorado, but that was 100 miles away. It would be like comparing apples to oranges. And, since this atmosphere is in a continental region, it is not only affected by industry, automobiles, and human influences, but as well as the Rocky Mountains. The Rocky Mountains can condense water vapor as the air pushes over the mountains. Therefore, this is not an ideal environment to obtain accurate data.
So we decided to use a mixed atmosphere that would provide us with the proper sampling, and the most suitable place we found was American Samoa.
Using statview and excel, we developed statistical analysis of CO2 concentrations vs. Time and Water vapor concentrations vs. Time to see if these greenhouse gases are independent of each other or if there is a correlation. However, we faced the same dilemma here as we did in Boulder, Colorado. There was not enough data available to prove our goal. We wanted to be able to statistically and factually say that without the affects of CO2 and water vapor working together, we would not be able to see such deleterious effects on our planet. Instead an analysis of CO2 and water vapor concentrations has been develop to see how each influence global temperature individually. Our first goal is a great analysis question for future research.
After analyzing the CO2 concentration in American Samoa, it is evident that there has been a steady, nearly linear, increase in CO2 concentrations for the past 30 years. It ranges from 325 ppmV in the early 1970s to a varying 350-552 ppmV in the late 1990s. It has an average increase of 1.4 ppmV per year. We utilized a linear regression to discover a R^2 value to be .8, meaning it almost fits the line perfectly.
The analysis of the water vapor in American Samoa conflicted us with a great more difficulty. We were only able to find five data points representing two different years, 1986 and 1988. Therefore, we determine this data invalid and inaccurate in its total representation of water vapor concentrations in American Samoa. Just to reference it to the trend line in the CO2 concentration graph, we plotted one and discovered a negative slope with an R^2 value of .4. However, that indication means nothing because of the lack of data available.
We were able to see however, how sporadic and variable the water vapor concentration is throughout a day. We were able to conclude though that as the height increases, the amount of water vapor decreases in the atmosphere.
We do not have any information on how water vapor influences global temperature change from here.
For reference, we did not use a Spearman-Rank, ANOVA, or T-test, do to the lack of data available for water vapor concentrations. But we felt that we should convey the data that is out there so that further research can be done on it.
height of water vapor samples
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After analyzing the CO2 and water vapor data, it's easy to see that greenhouse warming is occurring, right now, at this very moment, and that it has been for a very long time, even before the industrial revolution. It's apparent though, that the most detrimental effects of this greenhouse warming has occurred ever since the industrial revolution, so it is safe to say that we are causing a much more than naturalistic increase in greenhouse gases. The question is now, what do we do about it, and are people willing to change their way of life to accommodate the environment?
Carbon dioxide, by itself, is not very harmful to the environment. The problem develops due to the abundance of CO2 that is produced and maintained in our Earth and atmosphere. Water vapor, is actually the most important and influential greenhouse gas, yet it seems to be the one most people ignore or forget about. Yet, water vapor is the one that does the most damage. Unfortunately, our evidence does not provide us with the fact that CO2 and water vapor concentrations are dependent on each other. Not because this is not true, but just because the research has not been done yet and accurate data is not available. Due to the physics of it though, the two should correlate. We know that individually, they affect greenhouse warming and increase global temperatures. There's no reason then why the two should not work together as a team, and influence each other, to get the same job done (even possibly at a greater extent).
In conclusion, we hope we provided you with a foundation of what greenhouse warming is, and how carbon dioxide and water vapor affect and influence it. We also wanted to provide you data that was not slanderous or biases. Too many times this issue becomes a political battle, and the true sight of what is really happening is forgotten or lost. Then again, with a President like Bush, no explanation is necessary. We're hoping though that more data will be available and that scientists set a standard, globally, to obtain accurate data. This is a long shot, but we can always hope for it. We have thousand of sites that we can use to obtain this information, but not even a quarter of them are being used anymore. And the bigger problem is that we do not even have data for the past 100 years, and on a geological time scale, that is not even a blink of an eye. So much is left to do. And we all need to take action and responsibility for it.
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[sound of marker on white board] DR. MIKE EVANS: Hi, I'm Dr.
Mike Evans and welcome to this visual lecture I'm calling,
"23 and a Half Hours". So I have a big interest in
preventive medicine, you know, which can mean
a lot of things from, you know, cancer screening,
to eating more fibre, to having a good social
network and I — I mean that in the old sense of the word. Weighing less, drinking less,
smoking less, controlling your blood
pressure, cholesterol, and so on and so forth. So all these things are
incredibly important and I wouldn't want you to
minimize your efforts in any one category. But I — I want to know
what comes first. What has the biggest
impact, what has the biggest
return on investment? [sound of cash register
ringing] What makes the biggest
difference to your health? So I did my research, and
I found an answer, at least for me. And it's tricky 'cause,
you know, all these things are sort of overlapping. But I picked out this
intervention and — because of its breadth. It worked for so many
different health problems, and that's what I found
so cool about it. So just to kind of walk
you through a quick list, so this intervention in
patients with knee arthritis who received one hour of
treatment three times a week reduced their rates of pain and
disability by 47 per cent. In older patients it
reduced progression to dementia and Alzheimer's
by around 50 per cent. For patients at high risk
of diabetes and coupled with other lifestyle interventions,
it reduced progression to Frank diabetes by 58 per cent. Post-menopausal woman who
had four hours a week of the treatment had a 41per
cent reduction in the risk of hip fracture. It reduced anxiety by 48 per
cent in a big meta-analysis. Patients suffering from
depression — 30 per cent were relieved with low
dose and that bumped to 47 per cent as we
increased the dose. Following over 10,000 Harvard
Alumni for over 12 years, those that had the
intervention had a 23 per cent lower risk of death than those
who didn't get the treatment. It's the number one treatment
of fatigue, and, of course, the kind of outcome of
choice or my favourite outcome is quality of life, which is
really all of the above, and really about making
your life better. And this treatment has
been shown over and over again to improve quality of life. So, the question is,
"What's –- what's the medicine?" And what is "23 and
a Half Hours"? So the medicine was
exercise, mostly walking. So not triathlons. And let me just put it
a different way. I think what I'm asking
you to do is if you think about your typical day, so
there's 24 hours, and so you might spend
most of your day, you know, this varies obviously, but,
you know, couch surfing, sitting at work, obviously
sleeping, and what the evidence that I am going to show
you kind of tells me is the best thing you
can do for your health is to spend half an
hour being active, maybe an hour and that if
you can do that you can realize all the benefits I've described
in the previous slide. So let's just take a quick walk
through some of the literature. So Stephen Blair, he is a
professor at the Arnold School of Public
Health at the University of South Carolina,
and he looked at this in what's called the Aerobic
Centre Longitudinal Study which followed over 50,000
men and women over time. And along the left side of
this graph is something called Attributable Fractions
which is a kind of fancy word, but it's the estimate of
the number of deaths in a population that
would have been avoided if that specific
risk factor had been erased. So for example, turning a
smoker into a non-smoker, or a couch potato into
a daily walker. And along the bottom is
the typical risk factors. You can see the hypertension's
incredibly important, and so on and so forth. But the one that was most
–- that kind of applied the most risk was this sort of
mysterious CRF which is Cardio-Respiratory Fitness
which is really low fitness. So low fitness was the
strongest predictor of death. And this is important. Most of the trails we see, to be
honest, are funded by Pharma, or other companies because
they've got a drug for hypertension or high
cholesterol or diabetes. And we rarely see fitness
thrown in to the mix. And so it's nice to see a
trial that's not so siloed. [sound of bicycle bell] Blair's work is interesting. He also did another trial
looking at obesity. What he found was, you
know, sort of two things. One is obesity and no exercise –
that's a very bad combination and that's where we saw many
of the negative consequences of obesity from a
health point of view. But if the –- if the obese
person was active, even if they didn't have
the weight loss, but were just active and
obese, that was much, much better and that the
exercise ameliorated much of the negative
consequences of obesity. So if exercise is the
medicine, what's the dose? So when I think of dose,
I think of how long, how often and how intense? I'm going to give you a
slightly mixed message, but essentially, more
activity is better. But I must say the rate of
return seems to decline after 20 or 30 minutes a
day so if you're being active less than 150 minutes a
week or more if you're a kid — an hour a
day if you are a kid, my flag goes up in the clinic. So my personal take on
this is that, you know, the literature draws
a very broad brush and so we see big
differences when somebody goes from not doing
anything to doing something. And after that the return
is more granular. So if we took the nurse's health
study, women who went from zero activity to just
one hour a week, reduced their heart disease
rates by almost half. So you can break it down
so it can be 10 minutes, 10 minutes, 10 minutes if
you want to do 30 minutes of exercise so it can be
broken into three. Higher intensity — it
looks like it's equivalent to less time with
lower intensity. But I think obviously the
clinical pearl is mostly of thinking about your style and
habits and your personal cues. So if you're only going to
do it if it is pre-booked with friends, you know,
I've couples who take a half hour walk every
morning or evening to organize their life. A dog is a great walking coach. [sound of dog barking] The data's showing
67 per cent of dog walkers achieve the 150 minutes a
week just with the dog walking. And finally, of course,
your commute. You know, getting off a
stop early, taking the stairs, and so on and so forth. So thinking about that, I'm
just going to walk you through some quick slices
of the literature. And the first one
comes from Japan. In the 90s, Japan required
all employers to conduct annual health screenings
for their employees. And so a large gas company
in Japan called Osaka used this to answer
a great question. So if people's walk to
work was longer, did that reduce their chance
of serious health problems? So in this example,
high blood pressure. And what they found is under 10
minute walk, no difference; 11 to 20 minute walk,
12 per cent reduction in rates of high blood
pressure or hypertension; and over 21 minute walk,
a 29 per cent decrease in rates of high blood pressure. So the authors calculated
that for every increase of 10 minutes in your walk to
work there was a 12 per cent reduction in the likelihood of
getting high blood pressure. The second exhibit is
looking at stents. So this is something we
commonly do now in medicine. So you can see on the left
that the artery is blocked; on the right, a vascular surgeon
has gone in and put a balloon, open it up and left
a stent to keep it open, which makes great sense. So a German researcher
named Rainer Hambrecht looked at this with about
100 cardiac patients. He got half the group to
exercise and by that I mean 20 minutes a day on
an exercise bicycle and then a once weekly 60
minute aerobics class. And the other half got the
high tech stent and just sort of normal activity. And after one year, 88 per
cent of the exercisers were event-free compared
to 70 per cent of the people that got a stent. So both worked, but I find it,
you know, sort of incredible that the low tech made a
bigger difference. And you have to remember
that the stent just fixes one part of the heart. The next way to think
about it is the reverse, so what I call
"sitting disease". We know that being sedentary
is bad for your health but a researcher
named Leonard Veerman wanted to quantify this
and he did so down in Australia in a big study
that he did there. They found comparative
persons who watched no TV; those that spent a lifetime
average of six hours a day watching TV can expect to
live about five years less. I mean that's incredible. But then I think, "Oh, who
watches 6 hours of TV?" It turns out the average
adult in the USA spends about five hours a day
watching TV or screens. So I find this fascinating
that we never think of the TV as something that's bad
for our health, but clearly it's as powerful
as many other risk factors for chronic disease. So I'm just going to
leave you with, well, I guess, two quotes. So one is Jerry Garcia, the
singer who is the lead singer for The Grateful
Dead, and he said, "Somebody has to do something. It's just incredibly pathetic
that it has to be us". And I think that's true, that
in some ways it has to be us. As Hippocrates said, "Walking
is man's best medicine". And so I'm going to finish
by asking you a question. And this may have some
personal challenges for you, so you know, you
might be very busy with work or kids or both and
— or you may be in pain or have other priorities,
but my question to you is, "Can you limit your
sitting and sleeping to just 23 and a half hours a day?" So, something to think about. Thank you very much. [sound of marker on white board]


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Resistance of the Iranian nation during the eight years of Sacred Defense and its post-war victories have changed assessment of the world, the Supreme Leader's representative to the Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili said on Thursday evening.
Addressing a ceremony commemorating wartime martyrs in Hamedan, Jalili referred to the efforts made by the world arrogant powers to stop the progress of the Iranian nation in different junctures.
Although arrogant powers had in the past supported the deposed Shah of Iran, he was finally expelled by the Islamic Revolution of the Iranian nation.
During the eight years of Iraqi imposed war against Iran (1980-1988), those powers also supported the dictator of Iraq Saddam Hussein by providing him with chemical weapons as well as deadliest arms, but eventually, it was the Iranian nation who emerged as victorious, Jalili said during a local ceremony in Tehran.
He further noted even in the present time, world arrogant powers attempted to deprive Iranians of accessing to peaceful nuclear energy but they have finally obtained the capability.
"Today, top officials of those governments admit that Iran has made a major progress and turned into a big power. They acknowlege that Iran's power is undeniable," said the official.
The Iranian nation has exposed the hollowness of the US and arrogant powers' might against the nations' belief in Allah, Jalili contended.
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They lined the sidewalks in their hundreds, tears streaming down cheeks in a final goodbye for a much-loved Truro son.
One elderly man offered a tearful salute as the fire truck, draped in black shrouds and bearing Skyler Lee Blackie's uniform, rolled down Prince Street, while many others wept openly.
A procession led by bagpipers and the Truro Police Service, followed by uniformed firefighters and police officers from far and wide, marched through a portion of the downtown before coming to a halt outside the Colchester Legion Stadium.
It was there Blackie's fellow firefighter Logan Daly fought through his own tears as he stood before thousands of onlookers, bidding his personal farewell to a dear friend.
"Let's all be a little more like Skyler," he said. "I love you, brother."
Earlier in his speech, Daly addressed Skyler's family and wife Erin, reassuring her that "he picked you and you picked him." He asked her to be thankful for the time she had with Blackie, saying it was by no means wasted, while acknowledging there was nothing he could say to ease her grief.
He spoke of Blackie's kind nature, sense of humour, zest for life and someone who could be trusted when the going was tough, describing his friend as a role model.
Daly urged Blackie's parents, other loved ones and friends to be proud of him.
"His smile lit up the room," said Daly. "His kindness, thoughtfulness and empathy were remarkable. You guys made him that way."
Firefighter Tom Malone recalled how he met an 18-year-old Blackie as a rookie recruit and how they were "inseparable," when they once shared a house together.
Malone paid tribute to Blackie as a courageous member of the Truro Fire Service who was not scared of anything.
"… Except when we came home one night to find a small garden snake in our living room," said Malone. He couldn't come inside, he was terrified of this thing. He ran in the shed, grabbed a shovel and the rest is history."
Back at work, the two friends enjoyed long chats in the gym and heated debates about the best firefighting tactics, or even teasing their captain, loving the fact they were placed on the same crew after they moved to the Truro department.
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|The newest hotel in the Commerce, Georgia area. Conveniently located near I-85 and exit 149. We are less than 0.5 miles from the Tanger Outlet Shopping Mall featuring some of the biggest names in retail. This all-suite hotel is also located within 1 mile of the Atlanta Dragway, home of NHRA races. Our Comfort Suites hotel offers 74 beautifully appointed suites, several offering whirlpool. We offer a 100 percent smoke-free facility featuring an indoor heated pool and hot tub, an exercise room and a complimentary business center. Our guests enjoy a complimentary deluxe continental breakfast with hot items each morning, and free high speed internet throughout the hotel. We look forward to seeing you. Pet accommodations: 25.00 USD per stay per pet. Pet limit: max 40 pounds, up to 2 pets per room.
|Room Information
Handicap room, Connecting rooms
|Miscellaneous Information
|Cancellation Policy
|Reservations not cancelled by deadline will be charged 1 night's stay, or full amount of stay for reservations requiring prepayment.
|Restaurant Information
|Applebee's Ruby Tuesday Restaurant Sonic Drive-In Burger King Subway Sandwiches Ryans Steakhouse Checker's Hamburgers Cracker Barrel Restaurant Denny's Restaurant Shoney's Family Restaurant Outback Steakhouse Sonny's BBQ La Hacienda Mexican Longhorns
|Recreation Information
Indoor pool


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One of the many things that I learned two months ago at the College Recruiting Bootcamp on AI at Google that College Recruiter organized and Google hosted was that employers need to be very, very careful about how they use artificial intelligence in their hiring decisions. Unfortunately, in a rush to make as much money as possible, many AI vendors are selling these employers on the efficiency of the technology and not adequately addressing the potential liability being created from the use and misuse of the technology.
One of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decisions was Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 401 U.S. 424 (1971), which made illegal a company's employment requirements which did not pertain to an employee's ability to perform the job if those requirements had the effect of disparately impacting African-Americans and other ethnic minorities. Duke Power had argued that requiring a high school degree for its higher paid jobs was not discriminatory because it applied the same requirement to all applicants regardless of race. The Court, however, recognized that a high school degree was not needed to perform the work and negatively impacted the ability of African-Americans to be hired because fewer of them had high school degrees.
So, what does this have to do with artificial intelligence? Turns out, a lot. The typical implementation of an AI hiring tool involves the employer uploading resumes and other data for its best employees and then telling the technology to find more people like that. On the surface, that makes sense. "Our best salespeople all came to us after selling cars, so our new AI hiring technology will find car salespeople for us."
But what if your hiring practices in the past have been discriminatory — perhaps unintentionally — and so your AI recommends more of the same candidates? For example, what if your best salespeople all had college degrees and so your AI only found or recommended salespeople with college degrees? A lot of employers — too many employers — would argue that would be a good thing. But would it be? What if you can't prove that having a college degree pertains to their ability to sell? And what if, as is the case, those with college degrees are far more likely to be Caucasian or Asian than African-American, Hispanic, or Native American? What if your engineers are all male and so your AI disregards females?
Artificial intelligence may prove to be one of the greatest advances in our history, but we must be careful with how we use it. And whether the matching technology being touted by your other job board partner is powered by AI or not, be equally as cautious about it and for the same reasons. Do you know how that job board determines which candidates are a good match? Do you know for sure that it isn't inadvertently discriminating against women? Minorities? Veterans? Disabled?
Thank you for submitting your request to College Recruiter for a proposal for how we can help you hire students and recent graduates of one-, two-, and four-year colleges and universities for part-time, seasonal, internship, and entry-level opportunities.
We will likely respond within a couple of hours and definitely within one business day. Should you need assistance even faster, please call us at 952.848.2211 or email us at [email protected].
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Sports Costa Rica
Costa Ricans are avid sports fans and interested in a variety of spectator sports.
The national game of Costa Rica is undoubtedly, soccer! Sports in Costa Rica form an integral part of the Costa Rican social life.
Some of the sports that can be practiced are tennis, running, sport fishing, trekking, boxing, motocross, swimming, baseball, basketball, diving, snorkeling, and of course surfing.
|Friday, January 26, 2007 - 5:30am
|Banana Bay Marina Invitational
|Monday, January 22, 2007 - 8:30am
|Harry Gray Fly Tournament
|Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 12:00am
|Chivas Regal Golf Classic
|Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 7:00am
|Los Sueños Signature Billfish Series
|Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 7:00am
|The Fourth Jungle Man Marathon
|Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 7:00am
|Golf Tournament Torneo Acuarios


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Gemini goes to Finishing School
Perfect binding, wiro binding, short or long run foiling, folding, cutting and creasing – the whole shebang is available in–house at Gemini Print, using the very latest equipment and materials. And that's very unusual these days as most printers farm out these specialist finishing jobs which can bump up your prices, of course. Also a rarity are the good old–fashioned skills we have on board here to tackle special jobs such as traditional bookbinding and specialist foiling.
Our people are conversant with just about every process ever invented for high quality printing and finishing. You really have to see them working to appreciate their skill, care and good humour (generally guaranteed by a regular intake of chocolate – hint!).
We consider delivery an essential part of our service to you, whereas we know it's all too often an expensive, hidden extra elsewhere. It's worth checking when you're asking for a quote.
You can also trust our experience. For example, we regularly distribute posters and leaflets to every theatre in the country without our client having to give the logistics a single thought.


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CO-FOUNDER of Winnington-based UK Container Maintenance, Emma Elston has been named female entrepreneur of the year 2014 at EN's north west 'Entrepreneur of the Year' awards.
The glittering awards ceremony was held at The Mere in Knutsford, hosted by impressionist Alistair McGowan and the evening enabled the region's finest entrepreneurs to be formally recognised for their outstanding contribution to business.
A hotly contested category, Emma was up against six other female entrepreneurs from the north west and was thrilled to hear her name announced as the winner by Professor George Holmes from the University of Bolton.
Emma said: "I am truly humbled to be named Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2014. For my achievements over the past few years to be recognised in this way is such an honour and my award will now take pride of place on my desk in the UKCM office."
"It's important that women in business find their voice within their industry - the waste and manufacturing industry has always been male-dominated, so for me I was keen for this to change and speak out about what I passionately believed in and I feel that this has helped me make a name for myself."
Emma and her husband Julian were determined to go into business and convinced they had spotted a gap in the market but were turned down by the banks and in 1998 they risked everything to get UKCM off the ground.
UKCM now turns over £5.1 million per annum and employs more than 60 people at its Cheshire-based headquarters.


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Courtesy of YouTube Originals
Justin Bieber is thankful for how far he's come in life.
In the past year alone, the singer wed Hailey Bieber, overcame Lyme disease and completed his sixth studio album, all things he apparently never thought were possible, namely because he didn't think he'd survive so long. In a tearful speech at his album listening party, the musician told the crowds, according to Variety, "I don't even think I should be alive never mind thrive."
He revealed he feels "hurt by the industry" and "the people" who he worked with from adolescence to even now. Variety says he didn't identify any specific instance or person who hurt him, but the publication reports he felt "unsure who to turn to or who to trust during those challenging times."
One person he knew he could trust, however, was Scooter Braun who he said "walked with me through a lot of s--t."


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Wednesday, 28 September 2011
LSNED 20th - 24th
9 comments:
- Sarah said...
More Fab pages!!! You will have a lovely book to look back on! Great to read about your day in Bournemouth, glad you all had a good time. Sorry I didn't get to chat much at the Craft Day! x
- 28 September 2011 at 14:45
- Lizzie said...
Oooh looooovely! I so like your LSNED album format this time. The double pages with little details - like lacey doileys - are just fab.
The "lessons" are fun to read and the pages are a great mish-mash of colour and ideas. Love it!
- 28 September 2011 at 14:54
- Julie Kirk said...
What lovely memories - I love the library time page. :-)
- 28 September 2011 at 16:27
- Sian said...
That's the way I feel about it too lol. I'm posting a few more tags tomorrow and that's it.
That's a real Rapunzel you have there :)
- 28 September 2011 at 17:01
- Louise said...
you will have a fab finished book by next week, great to look back on! and i've enjoyed sharing your pages xx
- 28 September 2011 at 20:16
- Alison said...
I know what you mean about LSNED...and I just blogged! Love your book and lessons!
Alison xx
- 28 September 2011 at 21:17
- Anne said...
I love your pages. The library one made me dream of this type of event at my local library when Dillon is a bit older.
- 29 September 2011 at 20:08
- Julie said...
Jennifer, I've just found your blog via Louise's, I love youre LSNED book and how you've created it from an old child's book.
I've been looking around for some sort of mini album to record my little ones adventures a playgroup and I think your idea would be fab.
Thank you so much for the inspiration and the most fantastic blog.
Ju x
P.S - I let you know how it turns out and link my blog back to yours xx
- 29 September 2011 at 21:22
- Veena said...
I like the album that you created Jen. Each pages is full of fun colours and stories.
- 27 October 2011 at 16:42


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A green oasis in the midst of streets, estates and inner city bustle, Culpeper Community Garden is one of the most valued green public spaces in Islington
Culpeper is a beautiful public open space which is both a city park and an environmental community project. Managed by and for local people, it is an award winning project where people from all walks of life come together to appreciate and enhance their environment.
Surrounded by roads and a busy shopping area, Culpeper is often described as 'an oasis'. Children and adults alike love to explore the pathways, ponds and wealth of plants. It's a perfect place for a picnic or simply for relaxing.
|How to find us
Culpeper Community Garden
020 7833 3951
Opening hours:
Closed to the Public
A communal effort
Our organic garden comprises a lawn, ponds, rose pergolas, ornamental beds, vegetable plots, seating and a wildlife area. It contains 50 plots including 2 raised beds for disabled gardeners: these small gardens are for community groups, children, and for people living nearby who do not have gardens. Tending the garden is a communal effort by garden members and volunteers.
Award winning
Over the years Culpeper has been recognised as a model of excellence. We regularly receive awards. In 2018 we won Gold at the Islington in Bloom and a special award for best wildlife garden. In 2017 we received an 'Outstanding' rating from the Royal Horticultural Society. In 2009 we were one of the first voluntary organisations in the UK to be given PCASSO level 1 certification for good governance. In 2014 on Culpeper was safeguarded as an open space 'in perpetuity' though a Fields in Trust initiative to celebrate the Queen's Diamond jubilee. This was with the full support of Islington Council who have always backed us, even if they have not been able to fund us for a good many years.
The Royal Horticultural Society, awarding us 'outstanding' in the London in Bloom competition, said, "Culpeper is an outstanding example of community gardening in the city… It's social and therapeutic horticulture at its best."
Support the garden with a donation and help keep the garden growing
Our registered charity number is 1176277


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How do you VM scan a MSSQL DB.
1. I don't see a MSSQL authentication option within the authentication section when creating a new option profile. Does that mean Qualys cannot authenticate to MSSQL for vm scanning?
2. In the online help menu, there is a statement when you try to configure authentication that MSSQL scanning is only configurable for compliance configuration scanning. Is this true
To clarify, it does not look like Qualys's UI intuitively allows for VM scanning MSSQL databases? Is this true?


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We have several full-colour posters with stunning photographs available. These are original artwork, and come in various sizes:
A4 – $6.50 and A3 – $12.00 each. These prices include postage and packaging. The A4 size is mailed flat, but the A3 needs to be rolled and posted in a tube (reduced cost for more than one). Larger sizes and laminates can be arranged, please inquire.
You can order items paying by internet banking into the MBNZT bank account with Kiwibank 38-9009-0654693-00 sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with details of your purchase, your name and delivery address. Please note that we are no longer able to accept cheques.
Prices are in NZ$. We are happy to send all items (except seeds) overseas, but will need to negotiate a special price depending on currency fluctuations and postage and packaging.
or you can buy from our TradeMe page:


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Welcome to Montessori West Christian School online! We invite you to look through all of our pages. Feel free to contact us for a site visit and see what a difference a Montessori education can make for your child. We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely, Ms. Wendy Meadows, Head of School
2018 Enrollment
On behalf of Montessori West Christian School, I would like to say "thank you" to our committed parents for your continued confidence in our school. We have had a very successful re-enrollment this year and we all appreciate the opportunity to continue teaching and loving your children.
Referral Incentive
Thank you for your continued confidence in Montessori West Christian School. "Word of Mouth" is our best advertisement and the community has certainly given us high reviews.
Our fall enrollment is up and we are off to a great start. Thank you for your support and trust. As always, if you refer a child to our school, a referral credit of $75.00 will be put toward your account after the student's first tuition payment is made. Continue to "spread the word!"