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IN THIS ARTICLE There is no known way to prevent most types of
leukemia. Most people with leukemia do not have known risk
factors. A risk factor is anything that raises your chances of
getting a disease. Some types of leukemia may be prevented by
avoiding high doses of radiation, exposure to the chemical
benzene, smoking and other tobacco use, or certain types of
chemotherapy used to treat other types of cancer. During
treatment for any stage of leukemia, there are things you can do
at home to help manage the side effects of leukemia or its
treatment. Home treatment may be all that is needed to manage
the following common problems. If your doctor has given you
instructions or medicines to treat these symptoms, be sure to
use them. Eating a balanced diet and getting enough sleep and
exercise may help you feel better. Dealing with your emotions If
you have recently been diagnosed with leukemia, you may have
many different emotions. There is no "normal" or "right" way to
react. But if your reaction is interferin
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We are seeing an alarming number of dogs (and cats) who have
been given paracetamol (sold in supermarkets and pharmacies
under brand names such as Panadol, Panamax etc.) for pain and
fever relief. You should never give Panadol to your dog or cat.
While you may be tempted to try to provide some relief for your
pet by using your own medicines, or any over-the-counter
painkillers you might have in your own medicine cabinet, the
reality is you may be killing your pet. Paracetamol is
particularly toxic to cats and dogs. If it doesn’t kill them
immediately, the toxic substances can be stored and accumulated
in internal organs. The effects of paracetamol poisoning may not
be immediately evident. In some cases you will think that the
medicine has produced no immediate side effects. You might even
feel that the paracetamol has helped in relieving your dog’s
pain and fever. But the toxic effects will accumulate in your
dog’s system and in time can lead to kidney and liver damage,
and stomach ulcers or anaemia. Paraceta
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So I wanted to learn how to pronounce the name al-Khwārizmī. So
I searched YouTube, and stumbled across Science and Islam hosted
by Physicist Jim Al-Khalili, a BBC documentary series consisting
of three parts: The Language of Science, The Empire of Reason,
and The Power of Doubt. I did not expect to enjoy the
documentary as much as I did; I would like to buy the series on
DVD, but I have not found a way to do this. It really opened my
eyes: in spite of my western education, I knew something of the
golden age of Islamic scholarship, but I failed properly
appreciate its importance to the modern world. I say “in spite
of my western education” because many students would recognize
the names of Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato, but not al-
Khwārizmī, al-Haytham, or al-Biruni. And yet, the contributions
of these Islamic scholars are in many ways more lasting and more
profound than the Greeks. After all, al-Khwārizmī made large,
foundational contributions to Algebra, which is more widely
taught than Greek philosophy. T
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A report by the Constitutional Litigation Clinic at Rutgers
School of Law–Newark recommends a series of actions by the State
Legislature, school boards, and high school administrators and
guidance counselors to help students and their families make
informed decisions about military enlistment. The report, titled
“Should You Enlist?: What Everyone Should Know About Military
Recruiting, Military Life, and Veteran Affairs Before
Enlisting,” is an update of a report published by the Rutgers
clinic in 2008. “Should You Enlist?” was prepared by Clinical
Professor Penny Venetis and her students. The report discusses
the military’s aggressive and well-funded recruiting tactics;
how these efforts are imported to high schools under the federal
No Child Left Behind Act; and the impact of military action on
service members and veterans. The report also provides extensive
information about scholarships that are available to students
who are interested in pursuing college rather than joining the
military. Along these same
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Icebergs form when chunks of ice calve, or break off, from
glaciers, ice shelves, or a larger iceberg. Icebergs travel with
ocean currents, sometimes smashing up against the shore or
getting caught in shallow waters. Photo of the Day Icebergs off
the coast of St. Anthony Enter Our Contests! Check out our
contest page and enter for your chance to win great prizes!
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Barley is a major cereal grain, a member of the grass family. It
serves as a major animal fodder, a source of fermentable
material for beer and certain distilled beverages, and as a
component of various health foods. It is used in soups and
stews, and in barley bread of various cultures. In a 2007
ranking of cereal [...]Read more › Post Tagged with: "grain"
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa (Asian rice)
or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). As a cereal grain, it is the
most important staple food for a large part of the world’s human
population, especially in Asia and the West Indies. It is the
grain with the third-highest worldwide production, after maize
(corn) and wheat, according to data for 2009.Read more › Wild
rice (also called Canada rice, Indian rice, and water oats) is
four species of grasses forming the genus Zizania, and the grain
which can be harvested from them. The grain was historically
gathered and eaten in both North America and China. While it is
now something of a delicacy i
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 2009. Statistics and
Monitoring. New York: UNICEF. Available online at:
http://www.unicef.org/statistics/ Children undernourished is the
percent of children under 5 who are moderately or severely
underweight. A moderately underweight child is defined as having
a weight-for-age ratio that is minus 2 standard deviation from
the median, while a severely underweight child is minus 3
standard deviations from the median. The median is derived from
an international reference population defined by the World
Health Organization. The source of the data comes from several
household surveys developed and implemented by UNICEF as well as
official national data reported to WHO.
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Editors' Note: Guest Blogger Tico Almeida is a civil rights
litigator and served as ENDA's lead counsel in the U.S. House
from 2007 to 2010. June is a popular month for celebrating
weddings and an important month for advancing civil rights for
all Americans. Seventy Junes before New York adopted marriage
equality in 2011 and almost three decades before Stonewall in
June 1969, Bayard Rustin - a gay African-American man who lived
in the East Village of New York City - helped organize a 1941
march on Washington so successful that it never even took place.
Exactly 70 years ago today, on June 25, 1941, President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt signed an executive order barring military
contractors from discriminating against African-American
workers. The president did not originally want to create these
workplace protections. His signature was conditioned upon a
promise from civil rights leaders that they would cancel the
massive march that Rustin and others had planned for July 1,
1941. According to historian Conrad Bl
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Submitted to: Veterinary Parasitology Publication Type: Peer
Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: October 1, 2000
Publication Date: N/A Interpretive Summary: Sarcocystis neurona
is a single-celled parasite of companion animals. It causes a
fatal neurologic syndrome in horses in the U.S., called eqine
protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). Its full life cycle is not
known. Opossums are its reservoir (definitive) host and horses
are considered aberrant hosts. Scientists at the Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center and the Montana State University
describe the ultrastructure of Sarcocysti neurona stages
(schizonts) found in tissues of horses. These results will be of
interest to biologists and parasitologists. The ultrastructure
events associated with nuclear division were studied in
schizonts of Sarcocystis neurona. Merozoites developed by type 2
endopolygeny in which numerous merozoites began development
internally and later budded at the schizont surface. The nuclear
envelope remained intact during all
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Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 4.3% (2008)
Definition: This entry gives the percent of children under five
considered to be underweight. Underweight means weight-for-age
is approximately 2 kg below for standard at age one, 3 kg below
standard for ages two and three, and 4 kg below standard for
ages four and five. This statistic is an indicator of the
nutritional status of a community. Children who suffer from
growth retardation as a result of poor diets and/or recurrent
infections tend to have a greater risk of suffering illness and
death. Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted,
information in this page is accurate as of February 21, 2013See
Also © 2013 IndexMundi. All rights reserved.
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The Bachelor of Science in Human Services Administration - Human
Factors in Aviation The landscape of the aviation industry
continues to change as economic, governmental, and global
opportunities dictate how we educate and prepare students.
Recognition of the human element in aviation through this
academic model addresses the multiple variables for a systematic
approach to critical situational management and effective
aviation training. Human Factors in Aviation is offered in two
concentrations: Basics in Aviation and Professional Development
in Aviation. These programs are designed to provide students
with a comprehensive understanding of the human factors
associated with flight and include problem-solving skills,
decision making, communication, attention, stress management,
and physical condition adaptation. About the Degree
Concentrations I. Basics in Aviation Concentration - In this
concentration, students gain the training necessary to become
aviators and obtain a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Pr
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"Random" Samples of Media and Textbook Descriptions of Darwinian
Evolution In his Autobiography, Charles Darwin stated, "There
seems to be no more design in the variability of organic beings
and in the action of natural selection, than in the course the
wind blows." It is thus quite odd that a ScienceDaily.com
article earlier this year with the headline "New Findings
Confirm Darwin's Theory" should go on to say "Evolution Not
Random." This study may be confirming some theory, but it isn't
Darwin's theory. This tactic to push evolution to the public as
"non-random" appears to be part of an ongoing campaign on the
part of Darwinists to make neo-Darwinism appear more appealing
to the public (which tends to be religious). While there are
non-random components to natural selection, evolutionary biology
textbooks have made it clear that other aspects of Darwinian
evolution are quite random. Last summer, Anika Smith exposed how
a Newsweek science quiz claimed that Darwinian evolution was not
random. According to Smi
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Designing energy plants the smart way A critical review of the
expected spectrum of operating loads, including the maximum
design, average, low, and minimum loads, is necessary to develop
a generating plant design. By Grahame E. Maisey, PE, Building
Services Consultants, Wyncote, Pa. Low-load control is essential
for efficient operation of heating and cooling plants and
providing comfort during low-load and changeover conditions
between heating and cooling. Complaints from occupants to
maintenance personnel often peak during times of low load.
Generally, low-load and changeover conditions occur for many
hours during a year, many more times than high and low design
loads. Low-load and changeover occurs when the outside
temperature is between 45 and 75 F. Philadelphia, for example,
has approximately 1800 hours annually of low-load and changeover
operation during office hours compared with 150 hours of high-
load operation. This is equivalent annually to 160 working days
of low loads compared with 13 days of high
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When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed With
a word she can get what she came for Ooh, ooh, and she's buying
the stairway to heaven The “Word” is one of Christ’s Names.
According to “Gospel of John — Chapter 1”, the word is the
antecendent event of the universe. If she hasn’t found entry
with her payment to priests, the Name of Jesus may work for her.
She thinks when she arrives at the Gates of Heaven, if her good
deeds won’t get her in, her belief in God/Jesus will. The
Protestant Reformation evolved to believe that only faith in
God/Jesus would get one in heaven. This deviated away from the
Catholic belief that salvation could come through
indulgences/good behavior. “Word” is used in the Bible to
symbolize God and Jesus (John 1:1) — “In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was
with God in the beginning.” (John 1:14) — “The Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the
glory of the One and Only, who came from the F
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This trip marked the first time a white man had entered present-
day Saskatchewan. Kelsey's journal of the trip, which opens with
some curious, rhyming doggerel, describes buffalo, grizzly bears
and a Native group - possibly the Sioux or Gros Ventres. The
company's hold on the bay was tenuous, and Kelsey twice
negotiated surrender of York to Pierre Le Moyne d' IBERVILLE
(1694 and 1697). His reward for loyal service was his
appointment as chief trader at Albany (1705) and governor of all
the bay posts (1717). The Kelsey Papers, a single, paperbound
volume dated 1693, were not known to historians before 1926, and
mysteries still surround them. Author JAMES MARSH
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Many of the ads are about immediate, if improbable, fixes for
those in financial straits. They’re just digging a hole, the ads
say. But some 575 students at A.C. Jones High School now are
discovering that proper management of their grades is just as
important as managing their finances. That’s because the new
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) mark a
significant change in the way students are tested. Under the
previous TAKS system, ninth- and 10th-grade students who took
the tests did not worry about their scores, because tests
administered to those grades didn’t count. However, under the
STARR system, every student must take end-of-course (EOC) tests
in math, social science, science and English in order to pass.
Instead of taking only four tests under the TAKS system,
students now are expected to take — and pass — 12 tests in those
four disciplines. In order to be graduated, students must pass
their courses but also pass the STAAR test. Over three years,
that entails passing tests in Al
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Why doesn't everyone use recycled materials? In many areas,
recycling is a relatively new technology, and the companies that
use the technology tend to be fairly small. Many people don't
know about the full range of products made with recycled
material, and education is costly. This is especially the case
with plastics. The basic problem is one that is common to many
new technologiesthe world as we know it came to be in an earlier
time, before current recycling opportunities became commonplace.
Where recycling technology is relatively new, it has to overcome
many institutionalized barriers to change. Part of the problem
is that potential end-users rely on industry standard-setting
organizations, like the American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) or the American Association of State Highway
and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), which write standards
that sometimes shut out recycled materials. - Plastic lumber, a
promising construction material, isn't generally being
purchasedin part because the ASTM h
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Researchers have discovered changes that take place in the
brains of people who have Alzheimer's disease. These brain
changes may cause the memory loss and decline in other mental
abilities that occur with Alzheimer's disease. It's not fully
understood why these brain changes occur in some people but not
in others. Alzheimer's disease gets worse over time, but the
course of the disease varies from person to person. Some people
may still be able to function relatively well until late in the
course of the disease. Others may lose the ability to do
everyday activities very early on. - The disease tends to get
worse gradually. It usually starts with mild memory loss. It
progresses to severe mental and functional problems and eventual
death. - Symptoms sometimes are described as occurring in early,
middle, and late phases. It's hard to predict how long each
phase will last. - The average amount of time a person lives
after developing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease is 8 to 10
years. A person with severe dementia b
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The 2003 US Census report shows Northwest Arkansas` population
boomed between 2002 and 2003 as the Arkansas Delta continued to
lose residents. overall, the state saw a .72 percent population
gain. Arkansas had an estimated 2,725,714 residents in 2003.
Benton County was the state`s fastest-growing county, at 4.08
percent growth. Lee County led the state in population decline
with a -3.07 percent population loss. Among the state`s larger
cities, Bryant recorded the highest population growth between
2002 and 2003 at 15.83 percent. Census estimates showed Bryant
had more than 12,000 residents in 2003. Little Rock, the state`s
largest city, had .22 percent growth from 2002 to 2003.
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Dragons are creatures with nearly unlimited life spans. They can
survive for long periods of time, and no one has found a dragon
that has died of old age. Adolescence is usually marked by the
growth of a hatchling’s wings, although not all breeds of
dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that
indicate the beginning of maturation. Once they hit adolescence,
hatchlings change quickly, maturing to their full forms in only
2 years. Dragons don’t communicate with each other verbally, but
they will growl to scare off predators and frighten prey. Young
dragons will emit an extremely high-pitched squeal when they are
frightened. To communicate, they use telepathy with each other
and to speak to other creatures. Sunstone dragons are named
after the orb on their tails, which resembles the gem of the
same name. Their social structure resembles a lion pride, with
one dominant male and several females banded together with their
young. They prefer arid climates where they can blend in and dig
for minerals and
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It is telling that swords are so often named. Excaliber,
Charlemagne's Flamberge, Beowulf's Hrunting, the Sword of
Damocles .... How many other weapons or objects for that matter,
carry the weight or significance of a sword? In the 600-odd
years that firearms have made their noisy presence felt, few, if
any, of them carry the aura or mystique of the blade. The sword
carries a power, elegance and personality within it, reflecting
the user. The sword is, above all, a personal weapon, wielded up
close, not remote or distant, whether on a battlefield, a
dueling ground or a piste, it reflects the personalities behind
them. Swords have always been symbols: of power, of choices, of
status and honor, of elegance, skill, romance and justice. And
of death and resolution. Richard Cohen, Olympian and five times
U.K. National Saber champion, has written a book that amply
demonstrates that, while the pen maybe mighter then the sword,
the sword has an abiding fascination and magic. By The Sword is
a memorable and evocative
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January is the month where everyone is focused on healthy eating
and feeling better. A big part of staying healthy is to help the
body maintain its balance of water, nutrients and pH levels. In
this three part series we will look at how drinking more water,
avoiding acidic foods and eating alkalizing foods can help
alkalize and keep our body. pH: the measurement of acidity and
alkalinity For those of us who have forgotten high school
chemistry, the pH scale is used to measure the acidity or
alkalinity of a substance. It measures the potential hydrogen in
a substance. The pH scale ranges from 1 to 14; levels 1.0 to 6.9
are acidic, 7 is neutral and 7.1 to 14.0 is alkaline. Most parts
of the body want an alkaline condition for optimal health. But
due to our modern diet of sugar, processed foods most people
will find that they are too acidic. This acidic state can make
us feel tired, lethargic, nausea, malaise, aches and pains,
headaches, joint pain and even weight gain. Acidic environments
are also where microor
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Friday, August 21, 2009 Medical Reports: Saving Little Lungs
Babies born too early often have trouble breathing because their
lungs are not fully developed, but now a tool used on adults is
saving lives. 7''s Richard Lemus has more in today's Healthcast.
WSVN -- Martina McCloud: "It was just scary at that point." When
a baby comes early it's a scary time for parents. Martina
McCloud: "There were so many risks and we had no clue." Twins
Dallon and Damon were born almost three months premature.
Martina McCloud: "It could go hour by hour or day by day, but
you just got to stick in there. The toughest battle for doctors
is helping the babies breathe. Ventilators keep them alive, but
in 20 to 50 percent of cases, the pressure damages their lungs.
Dr. Mario Rojas: "Every baby that has respiratory problems gets
put on mechanical ventilation. I think that we're doing more
damage at this point with that technology than benefit." But
now, instead of ventilators, doctors use a low-tech machine many
adults use for sleep
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Demography, Migration and Multiculturalism in South Korea Andrew
Eungi Kim More than a million foreigners reportedly reside in
South Korea now, with unskilled migrant workers accounting for a
majority. Although the country’s reliance on imported foreign
labor is likely to continue unabated, the country prides itself
as an ethnically homogenous society and insists on almost zero-
immigration policy. However, this paper shows that Korean
society is rapidly becoming a multicultural society and this
process is inevitable and irreversible. In support of this
argument, the paper examines various social factors that are
contributing to the making of a multiethnic Korea, including the
continuing influx of migrant workers, rapid aging of the
population, low fertility rate, and shortage of brides. The
paper also assesses the applicability of various theories and
trends of migration to the Korean context. The Korean case
suggests a need for a paradigm shift in understanding
multiculturalism. This is because the dominant
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a. How does Java's speed today compare to C++? Difficult to
measure. It's worth noting that a major part of the speed of an
implementation, it's memory allocator, are very different
algorithms in Java and C++. The non-deterministic nature of the
collector makes it extremely difficult to obtain meaningful
performance data in comparison to the deterministic memory
management of C++, because you can never be certain what state
the collector is in. This means that it's very hard to write a
benchmark that might meaningfully compare them. Some memory
allocation patterns run much faster with a GC, some run much
faster with a native allocator. What I would say, however, is
that the Java GC has to run fast in every situation. A native
allocator, however, can be swapped out for one that's more
appropriate. I recently fielded a question on SO about why a C#
Dictionary could execute in (0.45 ms on my machine) compared to
an equivalent std::unordered_map which executed on (10ms on my
machine). However, by simply swapping
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psql is a terminal-based front-end to PostgreSQL. It enables you
to type in queries interactively, issue them to PostgreSQL, and
see the query results. Alternatively, input can be from a file.
In addition, it provides a number of meta-commands and various
shell-like features to facilitate writing scripts and automating
a wide variety of tasks. Print all input lines to standard
output as they are read. This is more useful for script
processing rather than interactive mode. This is equivalent to
setting the variable ECHO to all. Switches to unaligned output
mode. (The default output mode is otherwise aligned.) Specifies
that psql is to execute one command string, command, and then
exit. This is useful in shell scripts. command must be either a
command string that is completely parsable by the server (i.e.,
it contains no psql specific features), or a single backslash
command. Thus you cannot mix SQL and psql meta-commands. To
achieve that, you could pipe the string into psql, like this:
echo "\x \\ select * fro
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Russians arrived on the western shores of North America after
crossing their Eastern Ocean in 1741. After an initial period of
exploration, they settled down for a full century until
relinquishing their colonies to the United States. From 1799 to
1867, the colonies were governed by the Russian-American
Company, a for-profit monopoly chartered under the deathbed
instructions of Catherine the Great. The Russian-American period
has been treated unkindly by historians from both sides. Soviet-
era accounts, though acknowledging the skill and courage of
Russian adventurers, saw this Tsarist experiment at building a
capitalist, American society as fundamentally flawed, casting
the native Aleuts as exploited serfs. American accounts,
glossing over our own subsequent exploitation of Alaska's
indigenous population and natural resources, sought to emphasize
that we liberated Alaska from Russian overseers who were worse,
and would never be coming back. Careful study of primary sources
has convinced me that these interpret
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Let’s say that you saw the price of Skippy peanut butter,
Tropicana orange juice, and Quaker oatmeal went up. Would you be
concerned about inflation? In a recent paper, researchers from
Yale and the University of Chicago said it is a bit more
complicated than that. Stores, they said, were very aware that
certain consumers tended to be “loyals” while others were
“shoppers.” The “loyals” bought the same brand, no matter what.
“Shoppers,” by contrast, were bargain hunters. If Peter Pan
peanut butter were on sale, they would not only buy it (and
abandon Skippy), but they would also stock up with extra jars.
Knowing the character of their clientele, supermarkets adjusted
prices to optimize purchases from “loyals” and “shoppers.” They
made sure, for example, that sales were carefully scheduled so
that they would minimize lost revenue from their “loyals.”
Fluctuations in price, then, do not only reflect increasing
costs of production or changes in the money supply. Instead,
they might just be an example of business
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IKONOS (1m) Satellite Image of Nikumaroro Island (Gardner
Island) in the Republic of Kiribati (Copyright © GeoEye and
Courtesy of Satellite Imaging Corporation. All Rights Reserved.)
New evidence reported by The International Group for Historic
Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), a non-profit foundation promoting
aviation archaeology and historic aircraft preservation shows
that Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan possibly
landed and eventually died on Gardner Island, now Nikumaroro in
the Republic of Kiribati. TIGHAR concluded that 57 of the 120
signals reported at the time are credible, triangulating
Earhart’s position to have been Nikumaroro Island. Reports show
that Amelia Earhart radioed their position, then landed on a
reef at uninhabited Gardner Island, a small coral atoll now
known as Nikumaroro Island that might have caused caused the
“Electra” airliner to be swept away and that they lived for a
time as castaways only to eventually perish on the uninhabited
island. Other evidence and artifacts found
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SAN ANGELO, Texas — Everyone is well aware that we're in a
historic drought. Thanks to the lack of rain, stifling heat and
strong winds, Texas has been drier in the past seven months than
it has been in more than a century. Anyone who has spent time
out in the hot, dry weather knows it's hard to handle, and
creates a mighty thirst for some cool water. Plants need water
to live just as we do, and they have a hard time withstanding
the weather as well. Those who have well designed, mature
landscapes are lucky enough to see the great benefits that
plants provide during times like these: pleasant shade, energy
conservation by cooling the home, beauty and added value to
property. But to keep landscape plants alive and thriving they
will need additional attention during drought conditions. Plants
need water to do photosynthesis, a process using sunlight,
carbon dioxide and water to create food (carbohydrates) for
energy. They also need water to keep cool; similar to the way
humans sweat to cool down, plants have a
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Skip to main content More Search Options A member of our team
will call you back within one business day. A healthy spine
supports the body while letting it move freely. It does this
with the help of three natural curves. Strong, flexible muscles
help, too. They support the spine by keeping its curves properly
aligned. The disks that cushion the bones of your spine also
play a role in back fitness. The spine is made of bones
(vertebrae) and pads of soft tissue (disks). These parts are
arranged in three curves: cervical, thoracic, and lumbar. When
properly aligned, these curves keep your body balanced. They
also support your body when you move. By distributing your
weight throughout your spine, the curves make back injuries less
likely. Strong, flexible back muscles help support the three
curves of the spine. They do so by holding the vertebrae and
disks in proper alignment. Strong, flexible abdominal, hip, and
leg muscles also reduce strain on the back. The lumbar curve is
the hardest-working part of the spin
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Every year, thousands of babies die in their sleep for no
obvious reason. This is known as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or
'cot death'. Now scientists have come up with a special pyjama
suit – known as Mamagoose - that can send out a warning if the
baby stops breathing. The pyjamas are based on a 'smart' suit
that was developed to monitor the motion of astronauts in the
early 1990's. The suit includes five sensors that continuously
monitor babies while they sleep. Three of them check the
infant's heartbeat and two more monitor breathing. The sensors
are built into the cloth and have no direct contact with the
body, so there is no discomfort for the baby. The sensors are
linked to a miniaturised computer. At the first sign that the
baby has stopped breathing, the computer sounds an alarm to
alert the parents. The pyjamas are made of two parts. The
lining, which comes into direct contact with the baby, can be
machine-washed. The other part, which contains the sensor
system, can be washed by hand. The pyjamas co
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A Tour of AOP The AOP Implementation The AOP implementation
performs two logical steps: It first combines the individual
concerns using the weaving rules, and then it converts the
resulting information into executable code. AOP implementation,
thus, requires the use of a processor—weaver—to perform these
steps. The weaver can be implemented in various ways. A simple
way is through source-to-source translation. Here, the weaver
processes source code for individual classes and aspects and
produces woven source code. A regular language compiler may then
process the formed code. The aspect compiler then feeds this
converted code to the base language compiler to produce the
final executable code. Using this approach, a Java-based AOP
implementation converts individual source input files into woven
Java source code and then lets the Java compiler convert it into
the byte code (in fact, this implementation technique was used
in early implementations of AspectJ). This simple approach
suffers from several drawbacks as
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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has urged greater
use of neglected traditional grains, saying that there is global
overreliance on just a handful of staple foods. Speaking at the
“Crops for the 21st Century” seminar in Córdoba, Spain this
week, FAO director-general José Graziano da Silva said that most
of the global population’s calories come from four crops: Wheat,
maize, rice and potatoes – and our diets have become more
homogenous with increased globalisation. This has led to the
loss of many traditional foods, as well as less agricultural
biodiversity. “‘Neglected’ crops that are currently
underutilized by farmers can play an important role addressing
the food and agriculture challenges of the future and should be
re-evaluated,” he said. "…Currently there are about 870 million
hungry people in the world, a world that produces enough food
for everyone. Globalisation has created an abundance of food in
some parts of the world, but has failed to end the chronic
shortages that exist elsewhere. " G
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Google chips in to preserve endangered languages A newly
launched partnership between academic institutions and Google
aims to preserve endangered languages. There's a language known
as Aragones, spoken in northern Spain. If you don't recognize
it, that's understandable. The language has fewer than 10,000
native speakers. Aragones is one of thousands of endangered
languages worldwide. A newly launched partnership between
academic institutions and Google aims to preserve those
languages. "A language is endangered when it's not being passed
on to the next generation," says Antony Aristar. He directs the
Endangered Language Project and says as the world becomes more
connected, languages are getting left behind. "People typically
want their children to live modern lives and that means wealth,
and wealth means jobs. Jobs often require that you speak the
dominant language in the area, and that means that some parents
feel the best way to make sure the children actually have good
lives is to have them abandon their
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How wolves became dogs JAN 22 2010 We can imagine wild wolves
scavenging on a rubbish tip on the edge of a village. Most of
them, fearful of men throwing stones and spears, have a very
long flight distance. They sprint for the safety of the forest
as soon as a human appears in the distance. But a few
individuals, by genetic chance, happen to have a slightly
shorter flight distance than the average. Their readiness to
take slight risks -- they are brave, shall we say, but not
foolhardy -- gains them more food than their more risk-averse
rivals. As the generations go by, natural selection favours a
shorter and shorter flight distance, until just before it
reaches the point where the wolves really are endangered by
stonethrowing humans. The optimum flight distance has shifted
because of the newly available food source.
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The adrenal glands (a small pair of walnut shaped organs sitting
on top of the kidneys) are crucial for health and well-being,
yet the stresses of modern life frequently deplete their energy.
What are the causes and symptoms of adrenal fatigue and what can
you do to help yourself? The causes of adrenal fatigue There are
increasingly high levels of stress in the 21st century world.
However, our physiology was not designed to cope with the
duration and relentlessness of modern stress. For most of
humankind’s history, our bodies were only put under stress
because of physical circumstances e.g. the need to run away from
a dangerous predator. It’s called the fight or flight response
and, in such circumstances, the adrenal glands pump out
adrenaline (sometimes called epinephrine), which has these
effects: - Directing blood towards the muscles (enabling us to
run away from danger) - Heart rate increases to give us more
energy - Reflexes become razor sharp as we scan our environment
for information - Directing blood
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NOIR AND THE POSTWAR ERA After World War II, the joy of victory
melted into new fear as the world witnessed the awesome power of
United States' not-so-secret weapon, the atom bomb. That the
human race could wipe itself out entirely was now a real
possibility. World War II had revealed the world as a "cockeyed
place"; the blissful innocence of prewar appeasement-policy had
been exposed as the dangerous naiveté it was. If there had been
any doubt before, the horrors of war, the concentration camps,
the cities in rubble, and the millions dead and displaced made
clear that the human race was capable of great evil. If film is
the subconscious of a society trying to work itself out, then
film noir is nightmare. Shot in stark black and white, with
intricate symbolism and calculated use of light and shadow, many
took place in cityscapes as twisted as the lurking fears in the
American subconscious. This site is not a genre study, but
rather a look at America's postwar paranoia as refracted through
noir's The films cho
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|Introduction | Modeling small pixels | Comparing the SNR of
cameras with different resolutions | Real-life comparisons |
Conclusion| This Insight uses specific DSLRs to demonstrate the
technique for objectively comparing noise for cameras with
different levels of resolution. Such comparisons conclusively
show better results overall for high-resolution sensors, despite
the increase in noise. You like the look and feel of your old
camera, but you want to upgrade it to a higher resolution. If
you keep the same optics, the same sensor size (and therefore
the same field of view), what will be the result? Basically, the
same amount of light captured by the optics will be shared by
more pixels, and since each individual pixel will receive less
light, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) will be lower. In short,
you will end up taking photos with more noise. Two questions
naturally arise: Consider, for example, the Canon EOS 350D, a
model released in February 2005 and a very good camera for
expert amateurs, and the Canon
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Marriage customs differ for different cultures and societies but
whatever the customs may be, marriage is a symbol of unity,
happiness and prosperity. It is a message for beginning a new
life based on sharing and togetherness. This is the prime reason
why the institution of marriage and the marriage traditions have
evolved and grown over the hundreds and thousands of years.
Marriage customs and wedding traditions are important part of
the marriage as they are helpful for the well-wishers to convey
their good luck to the couple as well as a mean for the couple
to promise and convey their commitment, feelings and emotions
for each other. Marriage customs: Common traditions and customs
of marriage Though marriage customs and traditions differ across
cultures and societies, there are some common customs and
traditions that are more or less uniformly followed. Exchange of
wedding rings is one of such custom which symbolizes everlasting
love and commitment between the couples. Presence of the
religious leader or a
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Statistics Terms to Know when Using Excel 2007 Data Analysis
Tools Part of the Excel 2007 Data Analysis For Dummies Cheat
Sheet With the data analysis tools available in Excel 2007, you
can create spreadsheets that show the details of any statistic
you can create a formula to find — and you can find any number.
It helps to know what you’re looking for and what to expect, and
the terms in the following list help you understand what kinds
of statistics you can produce. average: Typically, an average is
the arithmetic mean for a set of values. Excel supplies several
average functions. chi-square: Use chi-squares to compare
observed values with expected values, returning the level of
significance, or probability (also called a p-value). A p-value
helps you to assess whether differences between the observed and
expected values represent chance. cross-tabulation: This is an
analysis technique that summarizes data in two or more ways.
Summarizing sales information both by customer and product is a
cross-tabulation.
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Only a few years after Sigmund Freud received the Goethe Prize
for his contribution to psychology and German culture, the Nazis
rose to power and began attacking prominent Jewish
intellectuals, with Freud’s books prominently burned in mass
rallies. Following the annexation of Austria in 1938, anti-
Semitism in Vienna became openly acceptable, and violent. After
several visits from the Gestapo to their Vienna home, Freud and
his family left Austria for London in 1938. His four sisters
died in concentration camps. In 1993 the Jewish Museum Vienna
exhibited the photographs of Freud’s apartment and practice
recorded by Edmund Engelmann shortly before the family’s
emigration, which had around 1970 made possible a reconstruction
of the rooms as a museum.
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Fakir Mohan Senapati (13 January 1843 - 14 June 1918) born on
January 13, 1843, at Mallikashpur in Balasore, played a leading
role in establishing the distinct identity of Oriya, a language
mainly spoken in the Indian state of Orissa. Fakirmohan Senapati
is regarded as the father of Oriya nationalism and the morden
Oriya literaure. Born to father, Laxman Charan Senapati and
mother Tulsi Devi Senapatie, Fakirmohan dedicated his life for
the progress of Oriya language in the later 19th and early 20th
century. The story of Fakirmohan is indeed the story of the
'Renaissance' of Oriya literature. Besides he was a social
reformer and educator who used his pen to criticize and correct
the aberrations prevalent in the society. He is called the
father of Oriya fiction. He is aptly called as Thomas Hardy of
Orissa.[by whom?] Though he had translated from Sanskrit, wrote
poetry, and attempted many forms of literature, he is now known
primarily as the father of modern Oriya prose fiction. The four
novels of Fakirmohan, w
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As a result of the historic election of Barack Obama in the
U.S., other countries have started wondering whether a similar
occurrence would be possible in their nations — none more so
than the Obama-worshiping United Kingdom. Its press, race
industry, and political classes are all aflutter about whether
or not it would be possible for a minority to become prime
minister of the country. Britain has, unlike the U.S., already
had a female prime minister: Margaret Thatcher in the ’80s.
While Bejamin Disreali, a conservative prime minister of the
late 19th century, was Jewish, the debate is whether or not a
non-European minority would make it to Number 10 Downing Street
in the near future. The head of the Commission for Racial
Equality, Trevor Philips, has clearly stated that he thinks
“institutional racism” will prevent a non-white from ever being
prime minister of the United Kingdom. Much navel gazing and
self-examination resulted from his comments. Philips believes
Britain’s governing Labor Party would not let
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Consider the airlines’ marketing situation, particularly in the
United States. On a single city-pair one airline may predominate
flying, say, 50 per cent of all who travel to barcelona or
travel between those two cities by air even though it only
flies, say, 45 per cent of the seats. It has this extra market
share because it flies more flights each day than its
competitors and it has proved that frequencies are a dominant
force in attracting traffic. Maybe the airline is not making
money on that route for any one of a dozen reasons. Perhaps it
is breaking even or earning a bit, but not enough. It is
spreading some overheads which would have to be paid whether it
flew that route or not— and it might even be that rarity, a
profitable route. But there’s always room for improvement. How
about cutting costs? Well, it could fly bigger, more efficient
aircraft and cut its cost per passenger mile that way. But if it
does that it will have to reduce frequencies or it will be
flying more empty seats and be worse off th
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While not technically a research article I suppose, I thought
Nina L. Nilsson piece in April 08 issue of The Reading Teacher
was useful and interesting. Nilsson compares eight IRIs on a
variety of issues and discusses aspects of their validity. The
eight tests she looks at are: - Analytical Reading Inventory
(ARI; Woods & Moe, 2007) - Bader Reading and Language Inventory
(BRLI; Bader, 2005) - Basic Reading Inventory (BRI; Johns, 2005)
- Classroom Reading Inventory (CRI-SW; Silvaroli & Wheelock,
2004) - Comprehensive Reading Inventory (CRI-CFC; Cooter, Flynt,
& Cooter, 2007) - Informal Reading Inventory (IRI-BR; Burns &
Roe, 2007) - Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 (QRI-4; Leslie &
Caldwell, 2006) - The Critical Reading Inventory (CRI-2;
Applegate, Quinn, & Applegate, 2008). She concludes with a
section on picking a test to use.
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PROFESSOR THOMAS CARR - Tyrannosaurus rex and its immediate
relatives, the tyrannosauroids, are instantly recognisable with
their gigantic bodies, large heads, huge teeth, short arms, and
massive legs and tails. For a long time the question of how
those features developed during an individual’s growth was
unknown because juvenile specimens were not closely studied or
they were misidentified as pygmy adults of unique species. In
fact, the differences between juvenile tyrannosauroids and their
adult counterparts are so extreme that the growth changes in
these dinosaurs are as remarkable as the evolutionary
transformation that turned nonflying theropods into flying birds
over millions of years. It turns out that all of the best-known
large tyrannosauroids (Bistahieversor, Albertosaurus,
Gorgosaurus*, Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus*, and Tyrannosaurus)
share the same basic growth pattern – a pattern so similar that
it is difficult to tell the juveniles of the different genera
and species apart! It is only later in g
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Texas Public Schools, Texas Private Schools & Texas Public
School Districts Texas has 9,252 public schools and 1,398
private schools. The public schools are organized into 1,280
public school districts. This section of the Texas
HomeTownLocator Gazetteer provides basic information for Texas
schools including name, address, phone number, school district
contact information plus maps of school locations, attendance
zones or boundary maps where availiable. There are a variety of
tools to help you locate information: Search by a Texas address
to find School Attendance Zones (School Boundaries) Texas
Private Schools - Alphabetical Index of 1,398 Private Schools A
| B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q,
R | S | T | U, V | W, X, Y, Z Texas Public Schools - 9,252
Public Schools Listed by County
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Term: January 21, 1879 - January 16, 1883 Born: June 8, 1830
Died: December 1, 1892 Henry Martyn Hoyt was the third straight
Civil War general to serve in the state's highest office. Hoyt
was born June 8, 1830, on a farm in Kingston, Luzerne County, to
a Presbyterian family with Connecticut roots dating back to
about 1629. His father, Ziba Hoyt, was a farmer who had fought
at Lake Erie during the War of 1812, and his mother, Nancy
Herbert, is believed to have been related to General William T.
Sherman. Hoyt was educated at old Wilkes-Barre Academy, Wyoming
Seminary, Lafayette College, and Williams College
(Massachusetts). After graduating in 1849 from Williams, Hoyt
taught school at the Towanda Academy, followed by a school in
Memphis, Tennessee, and then was professor of mathematics at
Wyoming Seminary. At the same time, he studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1853. On September 25, 1855, he married
Mary Loveland and raised one son and two daughters. Hoyt was
active in the Whig Party, ran for district
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Your eyelashes serve a purpose in that they prevent debris from
entering your eyes. However, unlike the lashes, most body hair
does not appear to serve any health function. According to
theories of evolution, body hair is a remnant of our days as
hairy apes. The alteration of the body in attempts to make it
more pleasing in order to attract a mate is universal. What
differs across time and cultures is definitions of what is
beautiful and what is done to the body to achieve the standard.
Looking at Darwin's quote, if women with less body hair
represented the standard of beauty among our ancestors, then
they were more likely to acquire a mate. In acquiring a mate,
they would produce offspring who would have similar traits. If
this cycle was repeated over enough generations, then both male
and female offspring would have far less body hair than their
ancestors. In addition, female offspring would have less hair
than their male counterparts because secondary sexual
characteristics, such as the growth of body hair
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how we produce our information| Surgery| is usually the first
treatment for thyroid cancer. If the cancer is detected and
removed early, most people have a very good chance of being
cured. Your surgeon will explain the type of surgery that you
need. If the cancer has spread beyond the thyroid gland, surgery
alone may not cure the cancer and you’ll often need a
combination of treatments. Your surgeon may still recommend that
the thyroid gland is removed as this can help to control
symptoms. It isn’t always possible for the doctors to make a
diagnosis of cancer before surgery. In this situation, the
surgeon will remove the affected lobe of the thyroid gland so
that it can be examined under a microscope. If the diagnosis of
cancer is confirmed, the remaining lobe will often be removed as
well during a second operation. This means that treatment with
radioactive iodine is then possible. Most people have all of the
thyroid gland removed (total thyroide
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A misalignment of the eyes: the eye don't point at the same
object together. Crossed eyes (esotropia) are one type of
strabismus; "wall-eyes" (exotropia) are another. The exact cause
is unknown, but appears to be a problem with the eye muscles.
Strabismus can affect depth perception. For more information,
please see our amblyopia and strabismus articles.
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Freya Grand: Minding the Landscape Press Kit: Freya Grand Press
Release Founded to redefine traditional histories of art, the
National Museum of Women in the Arts is the only museum solely
dedicated to celebrating the achievements of women in the
visual, performing, and literary arts. The museum honors women
artists of the past, promotes the accomplishments of women
artists of the present, and assures the place of women artists
in the future. While traveling abroad, Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
and her husband, Wallace F. Holladay, admired a 17th-century
still-life by Flemish painter Clara Peeters. Upon their return
to the U.S., the Holladays sought information on Peeters, but
found that the definitive art history text (H.W. Janson’s
History of Art) made no reference to her, or any other female
artist. The Holladays began amassing works by women artists in
the 1960s, establishing what would become the core of the
museum’s collection. Mrs. Holladay incorporated the National
Museum of Women in the Arts in 1981 as a
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Together with agricultural enterprises in the Demmin Region of
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, DLR’s German Remote Sensing Data
Center (DFD) in Neustrelitz has been operating a long-term test
site since 1999 to validate remote sensing methodologies and
products. The common goal is to use satellite data as part of
the agricultural routine, with the farms supplying relevant data
for the purpose. Additional data is gathered during measurement
campaigns on the fields, for example on biomass, ground moisture
and vegetation height. These parameters can also be derived from
satellite or aerial data, with their precision being ascertained
by comparison with the ground measurements. An international
measurement campaign extending over several months, AgriSAR 2006
took place for the first time at the long-term test site DEMMIN.
Its purpose was to use the data collected to verify the
precision of algorithms which calculate such variables as ground
moisture, biomass and chlorophyll content from remote sensing
data. Other
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A Career in Pharmacy Are you interested in chemistry and its
uses in the treatment of illness and disease? You should
consider a career as a Pharmacist. Pharmacists are responsible
for dispensing, preparing and providing advice on the proper use
of prescription drugs or over the counter medications.
Pharmacists advise people including health professionals about
medicines (both prescription and over the counter medicines),
including appropriate selection, dosage and drug interactions,
potential side effects and therapeutic effects. What does a
Pharmacist do? There are six major areas of employment for
Pharmacists: Community Pharmacists are involved in dispensing
prescriptions, providing advice on drug selection and usage to
doctors and other health professionals, and providing education
and support to customers on the proper use of medicines.
Hospital Pharmacists operate as part of a health-care team,
monitoring medication usage, counselling patients, providing
drug information, conducting clinical trials and
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American women are taking around 2 ½ hours more to give birth
these days than women did five decades ago, according to a fresh
report. A team of researchers led by Dr. Katherine Laughon, an
epidemiologist with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National
Institute of Child Health & Human Development, gathered data on
as many as 40,000 women who delivered between 1959 and 1966, and
compared the data around 100,000 women who gave birth between
2002 and 2008. Researchers found that the typical first-time
mother in America is now taking 6 1/2 hours to deliver, while
her counterpart five decades ago labored for hardly 4 hours.
Researchers held older maternal age and increase in body-mass
index (BMI), a ratio of weight to height, responsible for a part
of longer labors. Explaining the reasons for longer labors, Dr.
Laughon said, "Older maternal age and increased BMI accounted
for a part of the increase. We believe that some aspects of
delivery-room practice are also responsible for this increase."
The longer labors will pro
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By Phyllis Weiss Haserot In a previous article I wrote, Got
Perspective? Without It, You Don't "Get It," I discussed how the
four generations in the workplace don't understand each other's
underlying perspectives and formational influences very well. As
a follow-up to that article, here I'll make some suggestions on
what to do about it. There are three main places where people
will gain the knowledge that gives them perspective: at home, in
school, and in the workplace. At home: Boomers and their
children (Generation Y and younger) need to reach out to each
other to raise the subjects of how they see the world and why.
How did things used to be? What's at risk? Why do you make the
choices you do? How have expectations in the workplace changed
and why? Despite the reportedly close relationships between
Boomers and Generation Y/Millennials, these types of vital
conversations have been lacking in many households, due to
overall time pressures and the tendency for each family member
to be engaged in individual wo
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Born May 31, 1918 in Philadelphia, Lloyd Albert Quarterman, a
chemist, was one of the few African American scientists and
technicians to work on the Manhattan Project, the top secret
effort to design and build the atomic bomb during World War II.
Quarterman developed an interest in chemistry from a young age
partly by using toy chemistry sets his parents gave him. He
attended St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, North Carolina
where he developed a reputation as a scholar and star football
player. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from St.
Augustine’s in 1943, he was quickly recruited by the War
Department to work on the Manhattan Project. Though he was only
a junior chemist on the project, Quarterman had the opportunity
to work closely with Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago
and with Albert Einstein at Columbia University. Quarterman was
a member of the team of scientists who isolated the isotope of
uranium (U 238) necessary for the fission process, which was
essential to the creation of the atom bo
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The New International Encyclopædia/Kinkajou |←Kinic acid||The
New International Encyclopædia |Edition of 1905. See also
Kinkajou on Wikipedia, and the disclaimer.| KINK'AJOU (probably
local native name), or Potto. A South American tropical
carnivore (Cercoleptes caudivovulus) of the raccoon family
(Procyonidæ), formerly classed with lemurs on account of its
woolly aspect, monkey-like dexterity, and strong prehensile
tail. Its body is about 18 inches long, and its tail 12 inches;
and it is clothed in soft fur, uniform yellowish-brown in color,
giving it a lemur-like prettiness, which, with its tamability,
makes the little animal an attractive pet. It feeds on the eggs
and young of birds, small animals, insects, honey and bees,
fruits, and the like; and uses its fore paws with a deftness
almost equal to that of a monkey. It is found from Central
Mexico to Southern Brazil.
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Maintaining a Great Organization Meetings are the means of
communicating, making decisions, setting goals, discussing
problems, planning action, strengthening the group, selecting
officers, and establishing committees. The literature on how to
conduct meetings provides some very useful suggestions which
will improve both the process and the product of meetings. Try
some of these suggestions as you plan your next function: - Make
certain a meeting is necessary to achieve the desired
objectives. Don’t call a meeting if the same results can be
obtained by contacting one or more individuals, making a
telephone call, or leaving a note. - Develop an agenda and send
it out in advance. The agenda generally tells participants why
they are requested to attend the meeting. Knowing the topics to
be discussed at the meeting will encourage participants to
develop their arguments, understand their expected role, and to
participate in the meeting. - Start the meeting on time.
Meetings must start on time so that participants
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Dec. 17, 2012 How can the immune system be reprogrammed once it
goes on the attack against its own body? EPFL scientists
retrained T-cells involved in type I diabetes, a common
autoimmune disease. Using a modified protein, they precisely
targeted the white blood cells (T-lymphocytes, or T-cells) that
were attacking pancreatic cells and causing the disease. When
tested on laboratory mice, the therapy eliminated all signs of
the pathology. This same method could be a very promising avenue
for treating multiple sclerosis as well. The scientists have
just launched a start-up company, Anokion SA, on the Lausanne
campus, and are planning to conduct clinical trials within the
next two years. Their discovery has been published in the
journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science).
To retrain the rebellious white blood cells, the researchers
began with a relatively simple observation: every day, thousands
of our cells die. Each time a cell bites the dust, it sends out
a message to the immune system. If
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Selective extraction of gold(III) in the presence of Pd(II) and
Pt(IV) by salting-out of the mixture of 2-propanol and water. -
PubMed: 18968825 The mixture of 2-propanol with water has been
employed to extract Au(III) along with other precious metals
such as Pd(II) and Pt(IV) by using NaCl in the concentration
range of 2.5-4.0 mol dm(-3). Upon the addition of NaCl within
this concentration range (2.5-4.0 mol dm(-3)) phase separation
was attained. Gold(III) in aqueous phase was quantitatively
extracted into the 2-propanol phase at 2.5-4.0 mol dm(-3) of
NaCl. The extraction of the other metals such as Pd(II) and
Pt(IV) was much lower than for that of Au(III). Thus a maximal
selective separation of Au(III) from these metals could be
attained using the mixture of 2-propanol with water. A reaction
mechanism involving the ion-pair of Na(+) and AuCl(4)(-) has
been proposed to explain this extraction.
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Naseer Ahmad MEE09:47, pp. 50. TEK/avd. för
telekommunikationssystem, 2009. ireless Communication is one of
the fields of Telecommunications which is growing with the
tremendous speed. With the passage of time wireless
communication devices are becoming more and more common. It is
not only the technology of business but now people are using it
to perform their daily tasks, be it for calling, shopping,
checking their emails or transfer their money. Wireless
communication devices include cellular phones, cordless phones
and satellite phones, smart phones like Personal Digital
Assistants (PDA), two way pagers, and lots of their devices are
on their way to improve this wireless world. In order to
establish two way communications, a wireless link may be using
radio waves or Infrared light. The Wireless communication
technologies have become increasingly popular in our everyday
life. The hand held devices like Personal Digital Assistants
(PDA) allow the users to access calendars, mails, addresses,
phone number list
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Tiny acorns that fuse together in pairs to form miniature
peanuts – Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing
peanut-shaped nanoparticles comprised of two different sulfur-
containing substances. The ends of the “peanuts” are made of
palladium sulfide and the center of cobalt sulfide, report
scientists working with Toshiharu Teranishi in the journal
Angewandte Chemie. Unlike “normal-sized” granules, the
structural characteristics – such as shape and size – of
nanoscale inorganic particles have a significant effect on the
physical and chemical properties of these tiny structures.
Therefore, there is great interest in the discovery of processes
for the controlled production of such particles. Things get
especially interesting when the nanoparticles are made of two
different substances to give two different functionalities in
one particle, such as luminescence and magnetism. Previous
synthetic methods resulted in either a random, unordered mixture
or defined core-shell structures in which one substance gro
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The Story of Passover During this time Exodus 12:1-13 is read
with brief comments and with the elements held up at the
appropriate moment. The Lamb Bone: The lamb was killed, its
blood spread on the doorposts and lintel of the house to protect
the home from the tenth plague, the slaying of the firstborn.
God said He would pass over the house when He saw the blood.
Jesus, God’s first born, the Lamb of God, shed his blood for us
so that death would pass us over. The Unleavened Bread: Dough
was not given time to rise since the Hebrews had to be ready to
leave quickly. No one knows the day or the hour Jesus will
return. We must be ready to go when He comes. The Second Cup:
Cup of Plagues “God poured our 10 plagues on Egypt, the last of
which, the slaying of the first born, convinced Pharaoh to let
the people of Israel leave the land.” As Christian, let us
recall the lives Jesus had delivered us from. After this
explanation the father invites he participants to recount these
plagues. He reads each passage aloud; T
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I wonder how many of us can remember the last time we were
either really hungry or thirsty ??? Like in the Psalm; "my soul
thirsts, my flesh faints, as in a dry and weary land where there
is no water." And in the time of Isaiahs writing when he people
of Israel were captive slaves in Babylon, hunger and thirst
would have been a common and life threatening reality. Slaves by
definition work hard and are given little in return. So when the
Prophet Isaiah writes; "Hey, everyone who thirsts, come to the
waters, you that have no money, come buy and eat! Come buy wine
and milk without money and without price." His words just may
have had some impact and relevance! The thirsty and the poor are
invited to drink. Neither ones need, nor ones ability to pay
will stifle this gift. Far more than water is on offer. Wine and
milk, delightful things are for the taking and at no cost.
Imagine the sort of crowd these words could attract. In Isaiahs
time, access to these was the preserve of landowners, those with
vineyards and
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Seizures are sudden bursts of abnormal electrical activity in
the brain that may affect a person's muscle control, movement,
speech, vision, or awareness (consciousness). The effects of
seizures depend on a person's individual response, as well as
the seizure type, frequency, and severity. Some seizures make a
person fall to the ground in convulsions, in which the muscles
stiffen or jerk out of control. Others may stare as if in a
trance, have only a few muscle twitches, or sense a strange
smell or visual disturbance not experienced by anyone else.
Sometimes a seizure is a symptom of another medical problem,
such as a high fever (especially in children), a stroke,
infection, low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), very low blood
pressure, or a brain tumor. eMedicineHealth Medical Reference
from Healthwise To learn more visit Healthwise.org © 1995-2012
Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every
health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of
Healthwise, Incorporated. Find out what women real
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I. The Plucked String Instruments The Lute family or p'i-p'a) -
four-stringed lute with 30 frets and pear-shaped body. The
instrumentalist holds the pipa upright and play with five small
plectra attached to each finger of the right hand. The pipa
history can be dated back at least 2000 years and developed from
pentatonic to full scales. This instrument has extremely wide
dynamic range and remarkable expressive about pipa ... ) -a
smaller version of pipa with four strings, which sound similar
to mandolin. Liuqin is played with a piece of spectrum, and is
used to be accompany instrument for folk songs and local opera.
However, in recent decades, Composer Wang Huiran made great
contribution to its making and composed many pieces such that
the Liuqin also becomes a soloist instrument. A long necked lute
with three strings without frets. In Chinese, "san" and "xian"
stands for " "three" and "strings", respectively. The sound-body
is made of round wooden box covered with snake skin, just like
erhu. A piece of plect
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Soil Fertility and Manure Management A soil fertility program
for corn silage should maximize yields of high quality forage
without using excess nutrients, which wastes money and can lead
to nutrient runoff or leaching. Corn harvested for silage
removes large amounts of nutrients (figure 1), resulting in
substantial fertilizer recommendations. Corn silage is often
grown in rotation with legume forage crops and on land that has
a history of manure applications. Therefore, it is essential to
consider the nutrient contributions of previous crops and
manures to avoid excessive fertilization and keep production
costs down. These soils may also have high residual levels of
phosphorus and potassium from repeated manure applications.
Consequently, soil testing is an essential aspect of soil
nutrient management for corn silage. Many state and private
laboratories can provide soil testing services and
recommendations. Good soil fertility management can improve the
forage quality of the silage. The protein content of co
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of Curriculum Design Zuga (1989) cites various researchers who
have attempted to categorize curriculum designs. Based on this
research, she groups the designs into the following categories:
- Academic curriculum design. These design usually focuses on a
body of knowledge grouped into disciplines, subject matter, or
broad areas. It is commonly used for school models. - Technical
curriculum design. The curriculum is organized around the
analysis of performance task and process sequencing rather than
- Intellectual process curriculum design. The goal of this
design is to increase learning efficiency and the transfer of
problem-solving skills to other content areas and life
experiences. The focus is on the development of cognitive
processes. - Social curriculum design. The focus is on
application of knowledge in real-world situations. The
curriculum provides opportunities for students to work on
projects in which they can change the environment, or it
provides information to help students learn what they will nee
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Getting Adequate Rest In The Last Few Weeks Of Pregnancy Could
Give You An Easier Birth "It is well known that sleep
disturbance and fatigue are associated with adverse physical and
psychological outcomes, but this is the first study of its kind
to associate sleep disturbance in pregnant women with adverse
perinatal outcomes," said lead author Kathryn Lee, RN, PhD,
FAAN, professor and the James and Marjorie Livingston Chair in
the UCSF School of Nursing. According to Lee, women often
complain to healthcare providers about sleep problems during
pregnancy, yet little is known about how sleep affects the lives
of childbearing women. It is generally accepted that seven to
eight hours of sleep per night is the average needed for healthy
adults, while six hours of sleep or less per night is considered
severe sleep restriction, she said. The study assessed sleep of
131 women in their ninth month of pregnancy. Study findings
showed that women who slept less than six hours per night had an
average labor of 29 hours co
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Oersted became interested in electrical phenomena in the year
1800 when he came to know about the invention of the electric
battery by Alessandro Volta. It was at this time that various
scientists were busy trying to find a connection between
magnetism and electricity. Oersted predicted a connection
between the two in the year 1813; unfortunately his prediction
was only based on philosophical grounds which were not enough.
It was during a class demonstration in the year 1819 that
Oersted found definite proof of the theory that electricity had
a magnetic field. He did not publish his discovery stating that
he wanted to investigate the matter thoroughly. Further
investigation into the subject led to the knowledge of the
magnetic field being circular and the needle always pointing at
a right angle. Oersted also discovered that if the flow of the
electric current was reversed then the opposite side of the
needle was attracted. It was in July 1820 that Oersted finally
published his discovery. Oersted’s published w
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|Happy, our class pet, the inspiration behind all our wonders|
This summer many of us at the Think Tank read A Place for Wonder
by Georgia Heard and Jennifer McDonough. We met a few times
throughout the summer to share our ideas, reflections, and
thoughts about the book. Jenny even started a wiki for us so we
could collaborate there. (I admit I have been terrible about
checking it once school started- but this summer I had the best
of intentions.) I finally got around to opening up the Wonder
Center during reading workshop. Right now, since we're not doing
reading groups yet in kindergarten (those start next week), the
center is teacher led. This has been great because I've been
able to sit with them, direct their attention, include
interactive writing activities, and set the expectation that
we're asking questions, looking at books to learn, and then
writing. Next week when I start doing guided reading they'll be
more independent (we hope). |Observing the parts as a scientist|
I'm dividing the center into 3
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Petroleum compounds, such as refined hydrocarbon distillates,
are generally a difficult-to-clean, oily, molasses-like
substance. Traditionally, these compounds are cleaned using
hydrocarbon solvents such as diesel fuel; however, this process
can be hazardous to personnel and can create environmental
disposal problems. In addition, some solvents are illegal due to
ozone depleting effects – and flammable solvents can only be
used in a Class I, Division II explosion-proof area. Converting
to an aqueous-based method can eliminate all of these concerns
and will be less costly. The question is: Will an aqueous system
clean as effectively as a solventbased system? The answer is
yes. Miele’s PG 8536 is the perfect solution. Effective aqueous
cleaning is based on a balanced interaction of four important
Factors: In general, hotter water provides better cleaning and
rinsing. Miele washers can heat wash and Dl water up to 95°C.
Additionally, wash and Dl water temperatures are independently
adjustable on Miele systems fo
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Boston University scientists claim to have identified a small
set of genetic variants that accurately predicts extreme
longevity in humans. The scientists, Paola Sebastiani and Thomas
Perls, examined the DNA of 1,055 centenarians living in New
England. They isolated 150 gene variants that were common in
this population. They subsequently examined a separate sample of
centenarians and found that 77% of them had many of the same
genetic variants. The centenarians in the original cohort had as
many disease-associated gene variants as shorter-lived people,
so the scientists reasoned that the genes they had identified
must protect against disease. This conclusion is at odds with
current thinking about extreme longevity which is predicated on
the assumption that long life is caused by the absence of
disease-causing gene variants, rather than the presence of
protective genes. To find the protective genes, the scientists
implemented a genome-wide association study, a technique that
had previously failed to meet expec
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|Maureen Sakala, who was diagnosed with HIV while pregnant,
practices preparing prophylactic antiretroviral medicine for her
newborn son, Christopher, held by midwife Grace Kayumba at the
Chelstone Clinic in Lusaka, Zambia.| By Amy Bennett NEW YORK,
USA, 8 May 2009 – Almost every minute of every day, a baby is
infected with HIV, passed on by his or her mother during
pregnancy, labour or delivery. For many of these babies, early
diagnosis is their only chance of survival. To help address
their situation, renowned model and UNICEF UK Ambassador Claudia
Schiffer is featured in a new public service announcement on the
importance of early testing and treatment to save the lives of
infants who have HIV. As Ms. Schiffer notes in the PSA, infants
who are diagnosed and treated early on have a far higher chance
of survival than those who go untested and untreated. Mothers
can also prevent HIV transmission – and protect their own health
– by being tested and treated themselves during pregnancy.
Access to care and treatm
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Doctors and researchers at the University of California, San
Diego Shiley Eye Center have launched the first large-scale
clinical trials in the United States of a futuristic “smart
contact lens” that measures internal eye pressure—a key risk
factor for glaucoma, the second leading cause of preventable
blindness in the world. Though the causes of glaucoma remain
murky, high intraocular pressure (IOP) or excessive pressure
within the eye appears to be causal in many individuals,
promoting deterioration of the optic nerve and progressive loss
of vision eventually leading to blindness. Doctors can slow or
prevent the progression of glaucoma by reducing IOP with drugs,
but their working knowledge of their patients' conditions
traditionally has been limited to an occasional pressure reading
obtained during an office visit. “It's a snapshot in time,” said
Robert N. Weinreb, MD., chair of the department of ophthalmology
at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of the
Shiley Eye Center at UC San Diego. “Cur
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- published: 03 Nov 2011 - views: 14966 - author: joj183 Dozens
of Tibetan protesters have been arrested in Nepal as they held a
prayer meeting. They had gathered to express their support for
nine Tibetans who had ... Self-immolation refers to setting
oneself on fire, often as a form of protest or for the purposes
of martyrdom or suicide. It has centuries-long traditions in
some cultures, while in modern times it has become a type of
radical political protest. Michael Biggs compiled a list of 533
"self-immolations" reported by Western media from the 1960s to
2002, though in this work his definition includes more than just
self-immolation by fire. The word "immolate" is used in the
English language to denote consumption by fire, whether
autonomously or imposed. The Latin-based English word immolate,
which for centuries was rarely used, means "sacrifice oneself",
without reference to burning, so more generally self-immolation
means suicide without specifying the method. The word comes from
the Latin "immolare",
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By Michael P. Neufeld Mountain Communities, CA – Unhealthy
relationships can begin early and last a lifetime. That why
DOVES (Domestic Violence Education and Services) is helping
spread the word about a very important subject — Teen Dating
Violence. The campaign began is December and involved art
projects at several local schools. During February — TEEN DATING
VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH — the artwork created by students will
be on display at various locations throughout Big Bear Valley.
Students — under the direction of DOVES’ Sarah Gallegos and
Laura Morales — portrayed their ideas of “healthy relationship”
on half of a purple heart and their idea of “unhealthy
relationships” on the other half of the heart. Gallegos, DOVES’
Teen Dating Violence Prevention Specialist, explained in a media
release that the “Our Purple Hearts” campaign was designed to
help both teens and the community become aware of the role that
DOVES has in helping young people develop healthy relationships
and to raise awareness about teen da
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You eat carrots regularly — but how much do you know about them?
Although they can be grown year-round, all root vegetables
thrive during the Winter season, protected from cooler
temperatures by the earth. Carrots are known for their vibrant
orange color, but there are also purple, red, yellow, and white
varieties — mostly grown as novelty crops. The root itself is
crunchy and sweet, while the leafy greens tend to be on the
bitter side. To learn more about carrots and discover new
dishes, just keep reading. So how do you choose which carrot is
best? The root should be firm, smooth, more or less straight,
and bright in color — a deeper orange means that more beta-
carotene is present. If the greens are still attached, they
should be bold and fresh; avoid any carrots with dry, wilted
greens. Carrots are packed with nutrients, particularly vitamin
A, which is notoriously good for vision. The benefits don't stop
there, though, because this common root vegetable is also rich
in other vitamins and antioxidants. Alth
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We now know that viruses are found as parastics in all types of
organisms. They can reproduce only within cells. Many diseases
of humans are known to be caused by viruses; some diseases of
agriculturally important animals and plants are also known to be
caused by viruses. Viruses infect fungi, bacteria and protists
as well. Advances in molecular biology techniques in the 1980s
and 1990s have led to the discovery of new human viruses.
Hepatitis C and Pestivirus which causes severe pediatric
diarrhea were discovered in the 1989. Public health officers are
concerned about health risks posed by thses new viruses and they
are also concerned that the ease of world travel and changing
enviroment will spread viruses to new areas. The 1993 outbreak
of a Hantavirus infection in the southwestern U.S.A illustrates
the potential for new infections to emerge at any time.
Hantavirus diseases is an acute, often fatal, respiratory
diseases.Although the virus had previously been isolated from
rodents, the disease had not been
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Resources for living well This booklet addresses the special
challenges for very large people who are physically active and
provides tips and ideas to become more active and healthier—no
matter what your size. Weight-Control Information Network (WIN)
These programs aim to assist parents in helping children manage
their weight and live healthy lifestyles with specific
activities and milestones. En español American on the Move is an
evidence-based nonprofit dedicated to helping you take small
steps and make small lifestyle changes for a healthier way of
life. This website will help you improve your health and quality
of life through healthful eating and active living. Includes an
online community, articles on making healthy choices, and more.
En español America on the Move (AOM) This program is designed to
help parents and caregivers of adolescents ages 9 to 13 improve
family eating and activity habits. The program toolkit focuses
on parents as role models and provides them with hands-on tools
to make small, sp
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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Raba Ben Joseph Ben Ḥama |←Raabe,
Wilhelm||1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 22 Raba Ben Joseph
Ben Ḥama |See also Rava (amora) on Wikipedia, and our 1911
Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer.| RABA BEN JOSEPH BEN ḤAMA
(c. 280-352), Babylonian rabbi or amora. He is closely
associated in his studies with Abbaye. The latter was head of
the Academy at Pumbeditha. Raba founded a new school at Maḥuza,
which eventually became so long as Raba lived the only academy
in Babylonia (Persia). The development of Talmudic Law (or
Halakhah) was much indebted to this rabbi, whose influence in
all branches of Jewish learning was supreme. His friendship with
the King Shapur II. enabled Raba to secure a relaxation of the
oppressive laws enacted against the Jews of Persia. See Graetz
History of the Jews; (Eng. trans., vol ii. ch. xxi.); Bacher,
Agada der Babyl. Amoräer, p. 108, &c. and 114-133. (I. A.)
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Famous historical and contemporary figures captured through
photography can be seen in a new Getty exhibition. Portraits of
Renown: Photography and the Cult of Celebrity, on view at the J.
Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, April 3–August 26, 2012,
surveys some of the visual strategies used by photographers to
picture famous individuals from the 1840s to the year 2000.
“This exhibition offers a brief visual history of famous people
in photographs, drawn entirely from the Museum’s rich holdings
in this genre,” says Paul Martineau, curator of the exhibition
and associate curator of photographs at the J. Paul Getty
Museum. “It also provides a broad historical context for the
work in the concurrent exhibition Herb Ritts: L.A. Style, which
includes a selection of Ritts’ best celebrity portraits.”
Photography’s remarkable propensity to shape identities has made
it the leading vehicle for representing the famous. Soon after
photography was invented in the 1830s, it was used to capture
the likenesses and accompli
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While the continual progress of efficiencies in solar and wind
seem to make these technologies ideal candidates to eventually
replace fossil fuels further into the future, one key element
stands in the way of their adoption. That element is variability
of the power source. While one solution would be to offset these
power sources with continuous power sources such as tidal or
geothermal, another option is storage. Currently, two primary
methods exist of storing power for later use -- rechargeable
batteries and ultracapacitors (other exotic methods have also
been proposed). Ultracapacitors are a growing, but not widely
known field. Ultracapacitors can be mixed with fuel cells and
batteries or used independently to provide power. While
expensive, ultracapacitors have numerous advantages over
batteries, including higher power capability, longer life, a
wider thermal operating range, lighter, more flexible packaging
and lower maintenance. Now a new breakthrough promises even
better ultracapacitors. A typical capa
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If you liked the post, Share on Facebook, Tweet and Google Plus
(use buttons above). You can also Subscribe to our feed via
Email for free. Computer Forensics as a Career Computer
forensics also known as Cyber Forensics or Digital Forensics is
pertaining to legal evidence found in computers & digital
storage media. Computer forensics is the analysis done to
collect evidence during crime investigations to detect illegal
or unauthorized activities or frauds which are done using
computers and internet. Demand For Computer Forensics Although
computer forensics is relatively a new field, Computer forensics
experts have been in high demand for jobs since this field first
appeared few years back(around 1985), but that demand is growing
even larger as both government security agencies and private
firms are recruiting cyber investigators in a huge amount. We
know that cyber crimes like Identity Theft, Email Hacking, Child
Pornography, Cyber-stalking, Copyright infringement, Spamming,
Cyber terrorism etc. are on a rise
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The following is from the Fair Trade Federation website. "Fair
trade is a system that not only aims to pay fair wages, but also
to support participatory workplaces; ensure environmental
sustainability; supply financial and technical support; respect
cultural identity, offer public accountability, and educate
consumers about the choices that they can make in their regular
shopping habits. Fair trade businesses foster long-term and
direct relationships with producers in the developing world,
because they know these connections are a highly effective way
to help producers help themselves. Fair trade is not about
charity; it uses a fair system of exchange to empower producers
and to create sustainable development". This is a great
definition of fair-trade and it accurately reflects what we do
each day. Running a fair trade business is very rewarding… not
financially, but emotionally. I know we are improving the lives
of many people in Nepal and India and we greatly appreciate your
help and support. What does that
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A UNC-led study finds that 75 percent of Cambodians believe the
Khmer Rouge trials will provide justice and promote
reconciliation, but more than 87 percent of people old enough to
remember the torture and murder during the Khmer Rouge era say
the trials will rekindle “painful memories. A new study offers
insight, but sustains the paradox: more than 75 percent of
Cambodians believe the Khmer Rouge trials, formally called the
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, will provide
justice and promote reconciliation, but more than 87 percent of
people old enough to remember the torture and murder during the
Khmer Rouge era say the trials will rekindle “painful memories.”
“Cambodians have high hopes that the Khmer Rouge trials will
deliver justice. However, they also have great fears of
revisiting the past,” says Jeffrey Sonis, M.D., M.P.H., an
assistant professor in the departments of Social Medicine and
Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill School of Medicine, lead author of
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New transparent solar cells could lead to ‘smart windows’ that
generate electricity Transparent polymer solar cells produced by
solution processing. Image by UCLA Imagine a day when the
windows in your home could generate electricity. Well,
researchers at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) say
they have developed a new type of transparent polymer solar cell
that could lead to giving windows in homes and other buildings
the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people
to see through them. The UCLA team has just had its research
findings published in the nanoscience and nanotech journal ACS
Nano. The scientists and engineers involved in the study hailed
from the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), the UCLA Henry
Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and UCLA's
department of chemistry and biochemistry. They are claiming to
have come up with a new type of polymer solar cell (PSC) that
produces energy by absorbing mainly infrared light, not visible
light. As a result, the
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Gynecologic Cancers may be treated with radiation therapy alone
or in combination with chemotherapy and surgery. There are four
main ways radiation therapy is used: - It can be the main
treatment to cure the tumor. - It can be combined with
chemotherapy. - It can be used to prevent recurrence. - It can
be used as a palliative treatment. It can be used that way for
both defined tumors and tumors that have spread. External Beam
Radiation Therapy The most common way to administer radiation is
to carefully focus a beam of radiation from a machine outside
the body. This is known as external beam radiation therapy. To
reduce the risk of side effects, doctors can carefully pinpoint
the exact dose needed and aim the beam with special techniques
such as IMRT or brachytherapy (see below). IMRT has
revolutionized radiation treatment. IMRT technology precisely
molds the radiation beam's intensity to the shape of the tumor.
As the dose is precisely conformed, it allows the physician to
deliver a higher dose to the tumor w
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Note: The ads you see below and at the bottom of this page are
screened for content and many fine companies do appear here.
Occasionally ads I don't want DO slip through, particularly for
pseudo-science, st*r-naming, ID, and other questionable sites.
Please understand that I cannot be held responsible for their
content. Do visit them if you wish, but as with all advertising,
be logical and use common sense. Pulsars are big, nasty, radio-
noisy beasts in the cosmic zoo. They are what's left over after
a massive star (say one that is at least eight times more
massive than the Sun) explodes as a supernova. Some of the
star's body (what hasn't been blasted out to space) falls back
in on itself in a seething mass of crushed neutrons. They're
superdense and they spin. As they whip around many times per
second, they send out beams of radio waves that sweep across our
field of view like the light from a lighthouse. We catch their
beams as pulses of radio waves; hence the name "pulsar." A group
of astronomers who study
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Rev. Alban Butler (171173). Volume VII: July. The Lives of the
Saints. 1866. St. Sisoes or Sisoy, Anchoret in Egypt AFTER the
death of St. Antony, St. Sisoes was one of the most shining
lights of the Egyptian deserts. He was an Egyptian by birth.
Having quitted the world from his youth, he retired to the
desert of Sceté, and lived some time under the direction of
abbot Hor. The desire of finding a retreat yet more unfrequented
induced him to cross the Nile and hide himself in the mountain
where St. Antony died some time before. The memory of that great
mans virtues being still fresh, wonderfully supported his
fervour. He imagined he saw him, and heard the instructions he
was wont to deliver to his disciples; and he strained every
nerve to imitate his most heroic exercises; the austerity of his
penance, the rigour of his silence, the almost unremitting
ardour of his prayer, insomuch that the reputation of his
sanctity became so illustrious as to merit the full confidence
of all the neighbouring solitaries. Som
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The year was 1827 and in Finland, the city of Abo (Turku in
Finnish) was destroyed by fire. According to The Times (London,
England) of 30 October 1827, “14 persons have perished on this
melancholy occasion, and 789 houses have been reduced to ashes.”
It goes on to say that, “From this eminence the city now only
presents to the view of the observer a vast field of ruins, an
awful forest of [chimneys?] is all that remains of a city which
not long since was [situated?] by the industry and activity of
14,000 inhabitants, of which 11,000 are now without an asylum.”
In Ireland, the population had grown from around 2.3 million in
1754 to 6.8 million as counted by the 1821 census, and the Penal
Laws, which didn’t allow Catholics to buy land, and which
restricted them in many other ways, encouraged this group in
particular to emigrate. In 1827, legislation restricting
emigration was lifted and in the ensuing ten years nearly
400,000 Irish emigrants left for foreign shores. Across the
ocean in America, the railroad i
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And it’s the Full Moon to boot. The moment of fullness is midday
Saturday, so you can see a “Full Moon” rising Friday night –
precisely due east, a few minutes before sunset – and again
Saturday night, a few minutes after sunset. Both times, yes, it
will look big. The Vernal Equinox happens the very next day,
Sunday. This correspondence between Earth’s straight-up-and-down
equinoctial orientation plus the Moon and Sun being on opposite
sides of the sky, plus the Moon’s extraordinary nearness, will
produce extremely high tides. In most places it takes a day or
two for the water to catch up to the Moon. For example, at the
Saugerties Lighthouse starting Monday morning, each day’s first
high tide will rise five feet or more beyond mean sea level.
That will bury its trails beneath two feet of water. This would
be a great time to visit the Bay of Fundy, especially the Minas
Basin of Nova Scotia. Already boasting the highest tidal range
of the world, its tides respond mostly to the Moon’s distance
rather than its F
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By Nick Clayton Electric cars are novel enough that nobody seems
to have thought about some of the shortcomings that could be
overcome fairly easily. We know they have a fairly short range
and charging points are few and far between, but how does an
owner pay for power they have used from a regular outlet? Also,
if somebody is charging a car overnight, how can they take
advantage of cheaper off-peak tariffs? These are the sort of
issues that an organization with a rock ‘n’ roll pun of a name
is setting out to address, as Green Car Reports explains.
Swedish automaker Volvo has announced its participation in the
Electric Vehicle Intelligent Infra Structure (ELVIIS) project,
to improve the electric-car charging process. Together with
Ericsson, Swedish utility company Göteborg Energi, and the
Viktoria Institute, Volvo Car Corporation is helping to develop
the future of smart charging. Essentially, smart charging is a
means of taking the charging process beyond simply plugging in
and forgetting about it. While one
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Dr Simon Crouch is from the Jack Brockhoff Child Health and
Wellbeing Program at the McCaughey Vichealth Centre for
Community Wellbeing. Professor John Hopper, Director of Research
from the Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and
Analytic Epidemiology at the University of Melbourne, a lead
investigator in the study, said these are surprising and novel
findings which could be pointing to the existence of a new
cancer genetic syndrome. “The results suggest there could
possibly be undiscovered genes causing breast cancer in these
young women, and perhaps other cancers in their families,”
Professor Hopper said. Every year in Australia, more than 300
women are diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 35
years. This is approximately one in 40 of all breast cancers. In
the largest population based study of its kind, scientists
studied 2200 parents and siblings of 500 women diagnosed with
breast cancer before the age of 35 from across three countries,
Australia, Canada and the United States. After excl
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Name: John CARPENTER Title: # 450 Change Date: 29 JUN 2001
Birth: 1730 in Hampshire, England Death: 1806 in Cosh.Co.Ohio
Married Name:<_MARNM> Carpenter Name Prefix:<NPFX> Mr. Name
Suffix:<NSFX> # 450 John Carpenter and his 2 brothers came to
America about 1750 from Hampshire, England, and it is thought
that John's brothers went east toBaltimore. John enlisted in
1755 at age of 19 years, 5'2 tall in military, 1755' In 1647 one
of his ancestors received a TITLE in Ireland. John Carpenterwas
b.1732 in Hampshire Co.Eng. to William Carpenter, on 1760 on
Morgans Run W. Va. he wed Nancy Beaver b.1734 in Hampshire
Co.Va., to John Beaver (see further) , she d.1806 in Cosh. Co.
Ohio, and John d.1806 also in Cosh.; Co. Ohio,both are buried in
the Prairie Chapel Cemetery,. John was a contemporary of George
Washington and was part of the retinue with Washington when he
traveled to the French forts in West. Pa. in 1753, he was a
Virginia rifleman and served in the French and Indian wars and
had command of a Virginia borde
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Download these brochures: OASIS English OASIS French OASIS
Inuktitut OASIS Cree Not much is known about the chemistry in
the air over the Arctic Ocean, and what happens to important
chemicals is hardly studied by the scientific community because
of the difficulty of working in this cold, inhospitable
environment. There is some evidence that many important
processes occur right at the ice surfaces and ice/open water
regions of the Arctic Ocean. This has to be confirmed and
understood if we are to explain how chemicals are deposited from
the air to the ice or water and how that might affect fish,
marine mammals and eventually human health. For example, mercury
(a toxic pollutant which can affect health) and ozone (an
important gas causing chemical reactions) can change properties
when exposed to salt from sea water in the Arctic. Carbon
dioxide (CO2), one of the most important greenhouse gases can be
trapped by the Arctic Ocean. Cloud covers the sky above the
Arctic Ocean and this is influenced by chemicals emi
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Swine flu updates Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the
last few days— and maybe you are starting to wish you did—you
have probably been locked on to the CDC Web site or the World
Health Organization (WHO) Web site for swine flu updates.
However, since you’ve had such a bombardment of info over the
last two days, we’ve tried to condense the relevant resources
and statistics. As of this morning: - There are twenty confirmed
deaths out of Mexico and 159 deaths likely to have been caused
by swine flu, according to the New York Times. The total number
of people believed to be infected is 2,498. - The CDC confirmed
the first death due to swine flu outside of Mexico, a 23-month-
old child in Texas. - There have been 66 confirmed cases in the
United States, according to the Times (although the CDC number
stands at 64), including 45 in New York City and 13 in
California, which has already proclaimed a state of emergency.
Other confirmed states include Texas, Ohio, Kansas, and Indiana,
as well as a suspected c
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basic function of the PARC is to equalize bass anomalies in the
room, commonly referred to as room modes. The most prominent
bass anomalies occur when two parallel walls (or floor and
ceiling) excite a particular frequency (an axial mode). The
distance between the two walls determines which frequency is
excited. The most problematic, or highest amplitude, is
generally ½ of a wavelength between two walls. The way to
calculate the distance is: ½ * speed of sound / distance between
walls = Frequency The speed of sound is 1130 feet per second.
Thus a room with 17 foot spaced walls would have a frequency
bump at: 565 / 17 = 33.2 Hz. This is considered the first mode
between those two walls. The second mode is for a full
wavelength, which would be at 66.4 Hz. The third mode would be
at 3/2 wavelengths, or 99.6 Hz. Each mode has lower amplitude
than the previous mode. However, imagine a room where the length
is 2 times the width. In this example 34 feet long. The first
mode for that room is at the same frequency of
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