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The Archaeology of Ocmulgee Old Fields, Macon, Georgia
Publication Year: 2005 A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication A
17th-century trading post and Indian town in central Georgia
reveal evidence of culture contact and change. Ocmulgee Old
Fields near Macon, Georgia, is the site of a Lower Creek village
and associated English trading house dating from the late 17th
and early 18th centuries. It was excavated in the early 1930s as
part of a WPA project directed by A. R. Kelly, which focused
primarily on the major Mississippian temple mounds of Macon
Plateau. The specific data for the Old Fields was not analyzed
until nearly 30 years after the excavation. Part of the
significance of this site lies in its secure identification with
a known group of people and the linkage of those people with
recognizable archaeological remains. The Old Fields site was
among the very first for which this kind of identification was
possible and stands at the head of a continuing tradition of
historic sites archaeology in the Southeast
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Circles in a Square Date: 09/15/2001 at 14:00:48 From: Ash
Thotambilu Subject: Circles and squares A circle of radius 1 is
inside a square whose side has length 2. Show that the area of
the largest circle that can be inscribed between the circle and
the square is (pi(17 - 12sqrt(2))). Date: 09/15/2001 at 15:03:25
From: Doctor Jubal Subject: Re: Circles and squares Hi Ash,
Thanks for writing Dr. Math. The little circle is inscribed in
the corner of the square so that it touches the big circle and
both sides of the square. Its diameter lies along one of the
square's diagonals. Draw in that diagonal of the square, and
label the following points: A: the center of the big circle B:
where the diagonal intersects both the big and the little
circles. The two circles are tangent at this point C: the center
of the little circle D: where the diagonal intersects the little
circle, opposite B E: the corner of the square that the little
circle is inscribed in A,B,C,D,E should lie on the diagonal in
that order. The square h
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The Clinton administration and Congress are discussing how to
best help Colombia win a narco-guerrilla war. The White House
has proposed a $1.3 billion aid package over the next two years,
which includes funds for judicial and economic reforms.
Republicans in Congress want most of the package devoted to
military spending. A third voice opposes all military aid for
Colombia, arguing that it will only intensify the fighting and
lead to more human rights abuses. This opinion is shared by U.S.
human rights groups and liberal think tanks. What to do?
Colombia is a tough problem, but it is one the United States
cannot afford to ignore. This is because both countries share a
drug problem. Colombia provides the United States with 80
percent of its cocaine and an increasing portion of its heroin.
The United States provides Colombia with consumers who crave
illegal drugs and have the means to buy them. Thus, the jungles
of Colombia and the streets of America interact every day. The
drug trade also has strengthened Colo
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Just days after the nation's governors, state commissioners of
education, school administrators and education experts proposed
draft common core standards for K12 in English and math, major
education groups responded. The National Education Association,
the National School Boards Association and the Alliance for
Excellent Education tout the new standards as promoting 21st-
century skills of collaborating, problem solving and critical
thinking. "This will be a Good Housekeeping seal of approval,"
says Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent
Education. "This will say to businesses that want to relocate or
parents considering to where they might move, 'This district,
this state adheres to the very rigorous standards recognized
across the country.'" On March 10, the state-led effort
coordinated by the National Governors Association (NGA) Center
for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School
Officers (CCSSO) proposed the two drafts: one for math, which is
71 pages long, and one for English-langu
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07/22/2004 10:00 AM ET Cooperstown's myth endures By Barry M.
Bloom / MLB.com Based on current knowledge, the National
Baseball Hall of Fame probably shouldn't be nestled in
Cooperstown, N.Y. But the out-of-the-way hamlet, just 70 miles
west of Albany, the state's capital, remains the small town at
the heart of baseball. Cooperstown was bestowed with that honor
because of the mistaken belief that, sometime around the middle
of the 19th century, a local resident named Abner Doubleday was
the first American to turn the English game of "rounders" into a
semblance of what would eventually become baseball. "The
Doubleday thing is a total myth. We've got proof in writing.
We've got all the papers here," said Ted Spencer, vice president
and chief curator of the museum since 1982. The Mills committee,
convened in 1905 at the behest of early baseball owner and
sporting goods merchandiser Albert G. Spalding, commenced a
three-year study of the matter and endorsed Doubleday as
baseball's founder. Three decades later, th
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From the Farm of Harvey Firestone Aug 20, 2012 It’s a place
where Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison would hold
gentlemen’s camp outs. The 400-acre property in Columbiana, Ohio
was deeded to the Firestone family by President Thomas Jefferson
and in 1952 was established as the Firestone Test Center. Today,
the grounds are used for testing by Firestone Corporation as
well as leased to a local farmer for production. Many of the
tests are head-to-head comparisons of new Firestone tires vs.
the previous design as well as new Firestone tires vs. the
competition. With the facilities, Firestone test engineers can
simulate four years of wear and use in three months.\ The tests
are run 12 months a year on the indoor equipment as well as the
five circles with concrete, black top and limestone surfaces.
The test circles are the site for wear and durability tests, and
the test tractors are run without an operator. The equipment is
mounted with the tires for testing, the steering is locked in
position, and usin
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Posted on Wednesday 27th July 2011 Professor Carole Torgerson
from the School of Education, has led a major evaluation of
Every Child Counts (ECC), a numeracy programme that was
introduced into English primary schools in 2008. The evaluation
project, conducted by Researchers from the Universities of
Birmingham, Durham and York for the Department for Education,
has shown a positive short term effect on children’s numeracy
skills and equated the improvement to seven additional weeks’
progress in numeracy skills for each child. Every Child Counts
(through the Numbers Count intervention) provides intensive
support to the lowest-achieving Year 2 children. Children are
taught on a one-to-one basis by a specialist teacher for half an
hour a day over the course of a term. The programme is currently
being provided to over 20,000 children in about 1700 schools. A
randomised controlled trial (RCT) involving 409 children in 44
schools across England assessed the effect of receiving Numbers
Count (NC) teaching compared wi
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In an effort to solve a problem in rechargeable lithium (Li)-ion
batteries that prevents them from quickly accepting or
discharging energy, engineering researchers at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute intentionally engineered defects in a
sheet of graphene, resulting in a graphene anode material that
can be charged or discharged 10 times faster than conventional
anodes used in current li-ion batteries. “Li-ion battery
technology is magnificent, but truly hampered by its limited
power density and its inability to quickly accept or discharge
large amounts of energy. By using our defect-engineered graphene
paper in the battery architecture, I think we can help overcome
this limitation,” said Nikhail Koratkar, the John A. Clark and
Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer. “We
believe this discovery is ripe for commercialization, and can
make a significant impact on the development of new batteries
and electrical systems for electric automobiles and portable
electronics applications.” According to
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Decades: 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s
1520s 1530s 1540s Years: 1488 1489 1490 1491 1492 - 1493 - 1494
1495 1496 1497 1498 January 4 - Christopher Columbus leaves the
New World, ending his first journey March 15 - Christopher
Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
November 19 - Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to
go ashore on an island he only saw for the first time the day
before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto
Rico). June 14, Ermolao Barbaro Frederick III, Holy Roman
Emperor
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The Field of Motion and the Equation of Continuity The Field of
Motion. Among vector fields the field of motion is of special
importance. Several of the characteristics of the field of
motion can be dealt with without considering the forces which
have brought about or which maintain the motion, and these
characteristics form the subject of kinematics. The velocity of
a particle relative to a given coordinate system is defined as ν
= dr/dt, where dr is an element of length in the direction in
which the particle moves. In a rectangular coordinate system the
velocity has the components The velocity field can be completely
described by the Lagrange or by the Euler method. In the
Lagrange method the coordinates of all moving particles are
represented as functions of time and of a threefold multitude of
parameters that together characterize all the moving particles.
From this representation the velocity of each particle, and,
thus, the velocity field, can be derived at any time. The more
convenient method by Euler
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Translate network | into French | into German | into Italian |
into Spanish Definition of network 1an arrangement of
intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. a complex system of
roads, railroads, or other transportation routes:a network of
railroads 2a group or system of interconnected people or
things:a trade network a group of people who exchange
information, contacts, and experience for professional or social
purposes:a support network a group of broadcasting stations that
connect for the simultaneous broadcast of a program:the
introduction of a second TV network [as modifier]:network
television a number of interconnected computers, machines, or
operations:specialized computers that manage multiple outside
connections to a network a local cellular phone network a system
of connected electrical conductors. verb [with object] connect
as or operate with a network:the stock exchanges have proven to
be resourceful in networking these deals link (machines,
especially computers) to operate interactively: (as a
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Sex and the After Shock June 1, 2010 Sex: it’s such a small
word, but has so many meanings, feelings, opinions, beliefs and
consequences, both positive and negative, attached to it. Most
people, no matter what their age or level of maturity, find it
difficult to discuss sex and often shy away from doing so.
Parents often reduce a discussion of sex to the “birds and the
bees” talk, when in fact it is a wonderful umbrella topic for
sexuality, reproductive health, relationships, interpersonal
dynamics, intimacy, body image, gender roles, broken hearts,
abuse, violence, unwanted sexually transmitted diseases (STDs),
pregnancy, addiction and growing up in general. Sex is laden
with religious and spiritual beliefs, cultural upbringing, media
imaging and peer review. Because sex is a complex human
interaction, the effects of becoming sexually active vary
depending upon whether the sex was truly consensual, made under
pressure, exploitive, honest, protected against STDs and
pregnancy, and aligned with one’s internal
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"This scientific collaboration between the United States and
Australia represents another important step in our quest to gain
a better understanding of the human genome," said NHGRI Director
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. "As we build on the success of
the Human Genome Project, it has been increasingly clear that
one of the best tools for identifying crucial elements in the
human genome is to compare it with the genomes of a wide variety
of other animals." Comparing the human genome sequence with
those of other organisms, such as the roundworm, mouse or
kangaroo, enables scientists to identify regions of similarity
and difference that can provide clues about the structure and
function of genes vital to human health and development. The
type of kangaroo chosen for sequencing is the tammar wallaby
(Macropus eugenii), a relatively small member of the kangaroo
family found on islands along Australia's southern and western
coasts. Researchers are studying the tammar wallaby to gain
insights applicable to human re
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I have a pseudo random counter that looks like below. Briefly
what it does is to generate a "random" number every time the
system is clocked. I say "random" and not random because the
register values in the counter follows the same pattern every
time, if you start from 0. If the feedback to the first register
is done correctly throe the three XNOR logical blocks, the next
number that appears in the register will not be similar to any
other you can generate. Meaning that if you have 12 bits, you
get 2e12 different combination's. With one exception, the very
last clock is not correct, so it has to be skipped. So what you
end up with using a counter like this is 4095 pseudo random
numbers reaching from 0 to 4094 in binary. What I want to do is
to calculate how many clock cycles it took to reach any of the
values that can be in the 12 bit register. This can be done with
a lookup table. Or with logical block working like a transform
from the scrambled numbers to the binary order [00 0000 0000],
[00 0000 0001], [00
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||Issue Date: 12 / 2007 Elephant Grass for Biomass Energy
Developments in Brazil Elephant Grass or Pennisetum Purpureum at
the Hawaii Ecosystems at Risk project. FOREST & KIM STARR(USGS)
Click image to enlarge. Sugarcane is gradually being edged out
of pole position for biofuel efficiency, as studies by the
Agrobiology Centre at the state Brazilian Agricultural Research
Corporation (Embrapa) are finding that elephant grass has even
greater potential. Its dry biomass, burned in ovens, can
generate 25 times as much energy as the amount of fossil fuel
used to produce it, while sugarcane converted into ethanol only
produces nine times as much. But these two energy balance
leaders face different challenges and must travel down different
paths before they can compete, for instance, as fuels for
electricity generation. Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum)
has only recently captured the interest of large energy
consumers and companies, after decades of scientific research.
It is a cane-like species of grass, brought
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Fracture patterns and their origin in the Upper Devonian Antrim
Shale gas reservoir of the Michigan basin: A review Robert T.
Ryder Open-File Report 96-23 PATTERNS OF GAS PRODUCTION AND
CHEMISTRY OF ASSOCIATED RESERVOIR WATER The influence of
fractures on gas production is demonstrated by a plot of
fracture frequency, measured from fracture-detection logs in
three wells in Otsego County, against gas production from these
wells (Decker, 1992). The plot shows a direct relationship
between fracture frequency and gas production. The three wells
used in the plot were also used in fracture studies by Decker
and others (1992) and Caramanica (1993). Gas production from the
three wells, measured over 24 hours, ranged from 243 to 500
thousand cubic feet of gas per day (MCFGPD). Accompanying water
production from the wells ranged from 25 to 85 barrels of water
per day (BWPD). All the wells are vertical, received similar
stimulation treatment, and were tested for their gas yield at
similar times in their production histo
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BioCongresswoman Frederica Wilson brings with her to congress
more than a decade of service in the Florida State Legislature,
as a State Representative (1998-2002) and State Senator
(2002-present), Representative Wilson has already represented
many of the communities making up Congressional District 17. She
has also served the community as a teacher, principal and school
board member. Throughout her career, Congresswoman Wilson has
stood up for those without a voice. As a school principal she
stood up for her students and their families and fought against
an environmentally dangerous composting plant that was built
across the street from her school. She won the battle, and the
Miami Dade County Commission was forced to close the plant. She
also took a stand when Haitian refugees were incarcerated in a
local detention center in 1984. Wilson personally and tirelessly
lobbied Congress for the fair treatment of these refugees. And
because of her efforts, all of the women held in the detention
center were released
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|Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 2000. 38: Copyright © 2000 by .
All rights reserved 5.4. Obscured populations ISO and SCUBA
observations of the HDF and other fields have revealed an
energetically important population of dust-obscured objects.
Interpretation of these results has been the subject of
considerable debate, because of ambiguities in source
identification and in distinguishing starbursts from AGN. The
ISOCAM (6.7 and 15 µm) and SCUBA (850 µm) observations bracket
but do not sample the wavelength regime 100 < p < 200 µm near
the peak of the far-IR emission, making it difficult to assess
reliably the source contribution to the global emissive energy
budget of galaxies. Although strong mid-IR emission accompanies
vigorous star formation in many nearby galaxies, the
unidentified IR emission bands carry most of the energy in the
wavelength range sampled by ISOCAM at z ~ 1. The bulk of re-
emitted radiation, however, emerges near p, and there is
considerable diversity in f (10 µm) / f(100 µm) flux ratios am
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Does your church want to respond to current global issues and
crises that are affecting children? From Guatemala to Ghana and
Bangladesh to Bolivia, there are countless, timely ways your
church can provide love, healing, nourishment and restoration to
children who are desperate for hope. The State Department's 2012
"Trafficking in Persons" report has been released, which
estimates 21-27 million people are forced into servitude around
the world. Washington, DC — The State Department's 2012
"Trafficking in Persons" report has been released, which
estimates 21-27 million people are forced into servitude around
the world. "Victims of modern slavery are women and men, girls
and boys, and their stories remind us of what kind of inhumane
treatment we are still capable of as human beings," said
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Types of slavery include sex
trafficking, forced labor, bonded labor, involuntary domestic
servitude, forced child labor and the use of child soldiers.
Child traffickers often gain poor fami
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The Peace Corps The Peace Corps was founded in 1961 by President
Kennedy to challenge our nation to look beyond our borders and
to serve our country by serving the people of other nations.
Fifty years later, we are reminded of the power of service and
how we can best invest in development, public diplomacy and our
global community. Peace Corps Response is a program within the
Peace Corps that has specialized short-term, high-impact
assignments ranging in length from three to twelve months.
Volunteers arrive in the field with the language, technical and
cross-cultural skills identified by our host country partners.
Peace Corps Response grew out of an effort established in 1996
at a White House ceremony by President Clinton. The President
announced the establishment of Crisis Corps, a program designed
to quickly mobilize Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and provide
short-term disaster relief and humanitarian aid to countries in
need. The name changed to Peace Corps Response in 2007 to
reflect the program’s expan
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The pioneering British photographer Eadweard Muybridge
(1830-1904) will be the subject of a major retrospective at Tate
Britain in autumn 2010. Bringing together around 150 works, this
exhibition will demonstrate how Muybridge broke new ground in
the emerging art form of photography. From his iconic images of
animals and humans in motion to depictions of the sublime
landscapes and life of the dynamic America of the later
nineteenth century, the exhibition will explore the ways in
which Muybridge created and honed his remarkable images that
continue to resonate powerfully with artists and photographers.
Born in Kingston upon Thames in April 1830, Muybridge studied
photography in Britain and built his career in America. Perhaps
best known for his extensive photographic portrayal of animals
and human subjects in motion, he was also a highly successful
landscape and survey photographer, documentary artist, inventor,
and war correspondent. Muybridges revolutionary techniques
produced timeless images that have prof
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It's Only Natural: Evaluating Natural Language Dialogs Your
decision on whether to use a natural dialog approach instead of
a directed dialog in an IVR application will directly affect the
cost, effort and maintenance of the system. This article will
give you a process that you can use to make the right decision.
Natural Dialogs versus Directed Dialogs A natural dialog is one
in which the prompts, grammars and dialog flow are modeled and
designed to more closely simulate a real conversation between
two people. Natural dialogs allow the human to participate in
controlling the dialog flow. Directed dialogs on the other hand
use a pre-defined set of steps and usually occur in a
sequential, linear fashion. Directed dialogs are modeled in a
dialog-flow fashion, similar to a call-flow for touch tone IVRs.
Natural dialogs, on the other hand, typically utilize a finite
state model where dialogs are executed based on the state of one
or more variables. There isn't a clear dividing line between
directed dialogs and nat
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Project Leader: Tiziano Bandiera, PhD The natural cannabis-like
substance, anandamide, is produced in injured tissues and
activates specialized receptors on pain-sensing terminals,
called cannabinoid receptors, which prevent the access of pain-
carrying signals to the brain. Working with research groups in
the USA and Italy, we identified compounds that selectively stop
the degradation of anandamide, caused by the enzyme fatty acid
amide hydrolase (FAAH), outside the brain. By doing so these
compounds produce profound analgesic effects in animal models of
pain. Indeed, even though fact these molecules do not enter the
brain and spinal cord, their pain-killing actions are equal or
superior to those of centrally active analgesics such as
morphine. Because of their remarkable efficacy and favorable
safety profile, these compounds have been advanced to
preclinical development for post-operative and nociceptive pain.
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THE EXCITING WORLD OF Introduction to Preliminary Physics This
material can be used as the basis of a first lesson to Year 1.
Write down three things you know about physics or what
physicists do. 2. Name three famous physicists (and say what
they did). 3. Is physics the same as WHAT IS PHYSICS? see a
World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold
Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.
William Blake’s “Songs of Innocence” Picture Above: A beautiful
frangipani flower in my garden at home. asks the why and how
questions and therefore is the process of questioning, not the
acquisition of information. We must always begin by asking
questions, not by giving answers. We must create interest in
things, phenomena and Victor F. Weisskopf "The Privilege of
Being a Physicist", W.H. Freeman & Co., New York, 1989. Picture
Above: The Globular Cluster called Omega Centauri look at our
universe with open minds and hearts and strive to describe and
understand the intricate interrelationships th
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Origin of Species Present distribution cannot be accounted for
by differences in physical conditions Importance of barriers
Affinity of the productions of the same continent Centres of
creation Means of dispersal by changes of climate and of the
level of the land, and by occasional means Dispersal during the
Glacial period Alternate Glacial periods in the North and South.
In considering the distribution of organic beings over the face
of the globe, the first great fact which strikes us is, that
neither the similarity nor the dissimilarity of the inhabitants
of various regions can be wholly accounted for by climatal and
other physical conditions. Of late, almost every author who has
studied the subject has come to this conclusion. The case of
America alone would almost suffice to prove its truth; for if we
exclude the arctic and northern temperate parts, all authors
agree that one of the most fundamental divisions in geographical
distribution is that between the New and Old Worlds; yet if we
travel over the va
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The increasing reliance on online courses at California’s
community colleges is contributing to the grade gap between
Latino and white students, according to a recent study that
examined millions of student records. The study, conducted by
Raymond Kaupp, director of workforce development in Cabrillo
College near Santa Cruz, found that while Latino students lag
behind white students in the grades they get in regular courses,
the gap is far wider in online courses. Kaupp’s findings cast a
shadow over the impact of online courses, which have become a
standard feature of campus offerings and are growing in
popularity at California’s 112 community colleges. (See this
website on “California’s Virtual Campus” for online courses
offered at community colleges and CSU and UC campuses.) The
performance of Latinos on online courses is especially
worrisome. Almost two-thirds of college-bound Latino high school
graduates start their college education at a community college.
Because many of them work and have families, they
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|Scientific Name:||Acipenser sinensis| |Species
Authority:||Gray, 1835| |Taxonomic Notes:||The Chinese Sturgeon
Acipenser sinensis is restricted to the main channel of the
Yangtze and the Pearl rivers and the East and South China Seas.
Though there is still disagreement about the taxonomy of the
Pearl and Yangtze River populations, Chinese scholars commonly
divide Chinese Sturgeon into two populations; one is the Pearl
River Chinese Sturgeon, which spawns in spring, and is close to
dying out. The other is the Yangtze River Chinese Sturgeon,
which spawns in autumn and still maintains a certain amount
below the Gezhouba Dam.| |Red List Category &
Criteria:||Critically Endangered A2bcd; B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v);
C2a(ii) ver 3.1| |Reviewer/s:||Pourkazemi, M., Zhang, H., Du, H.
& Smith, K.| The Chinese Sturgeon is a large anadromous species.
This species was historically recorded in southwestern Korea and
in western Kyushu, Japan and in the Yellow, Yangtze, Pear,
Mingjiang, and Qingtang rivers in China, but has been ex
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The Future Lies in Wood Pulp There are so many good things to
say about nano-crystalline cellulose, it's hard to know where to
begin. It's lightweight, it conducts electricity, it's strong as
Kevlar, it's not harmful to humans, and it's made cheaply from a
resource we've got in spades. And as of July, it's being
produced at a Wisconsin factory run by the U.S. Forest Service's
Forest Products Laboratory, the third of its kind and the first
in the United States. Executives from IBM, Ecolab, and Lockheed
Martin attended the opening of the $1.7 million facility in
Madison, which is expected to support the burgeoning
nanocellulose market and contribute to what the USDA thinks will
be a $600 billion industry by 2020. In this video from the local
NBC news station, experts predict a "domino effect across all
industries," and called the plant a "game-changer." So what is
it exactly? NCC is composed of tiny fibers of cellulose, the
most common organic compound on Earth, which is found in
abundance in all plant material
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Second-generation Americans—the 20 million adult U.S.-born
children of immigrants—are substantially better off than
immigrants themselves on key measures of socioeconomic
attainment, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of
U.S. Census Bureau data. They have higher incomes; more are
college graduates and homeowners; and fewer live in poverty. In
all of these measures, their characteristics resemble those of
the full U.S. adult population. Hispanics and Asian Americans
make up about seven-in-ten of today’s adult immigrants and about
half of today’s adult second generation. Pew Research surveys
find that the second generations of both groups are much more
likely than the immigrants to speak English; to have friends and
spouses outside their ethnic or racial group, to say their group
gets along well with others, and to think of themselves as a
“typical American.” The Pew Research surveys also find that
second-generation Hispanics and Asian Americans place more
importance than does the general public on
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for National Geographic News Cuttlefish have been captured on
film exhibiting sophisticated camouflage strategies at night,
according to scientists who are using new high-resolution
cameras to bring these dramatic changes into focus. They are
also using underwater spectrometers to measure color wavelength
to determine how other marine creatures perceive these shifts.
The findings are helping to crack the code of cephalopods,
including cuttlefish, which also employ shape-shifting
strategies to conceal themselves as coral or algae. For the last
nine breeding seasons, Roger Hanlon, senior scientist at the
Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and a
National Geographic Society grantee, has closely studied their
camouflage strategies. (National Geographic News is owned by the
National Geographic Society.) His work takes place at a
cuttlefish spawning site—a five-mile (eight-kilometer) stretch
of shallow, flat reef—in Spencer Gulf, Australia. This summer
Hanlon went back to Australia with colla
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By Arthur Max, Associated Press AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Only a
few years ago, oil from palm trees was viewed as an ideal
biofuel: a cheap, renewable alternative to petroleum that would
fight global warming. Energy companies began converting
generators and production soared. Now, it's increasingly seen as
an example of how well-meaning efforts to limit climate-changing
carbon emissions may backfire. Marcel Silvius, a climate expert
at Wetlands International in the Netherlands, led a team that
compared the benefits of palm oil to the ecological harm from
destroying virgin Asian rain forests to develop lucrative new
plantations. His conclusion: "As a biofuel, it's a failure."
Scientists and policymakers from more than 100 countries are
meeting in Brussels, starting Monday to report on the impact of
global warming, including storms, flooding and the extinction of
plants and animals. Then in May, the group intends to issue
recommendations on how best to fight it, through new
technologies and possible use of alterna
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With the exception of 2001, these data have been created for
Vision of Britain by re-districting statistics originally
reported for other units. We have also had to deal with
variations in the categories and classifications used in
statistical reporting over the years. - 1841: The data come from
the Occupational Abstract of the 1841 census, which the project
has computerised in full. The calculation of numbers in each of
the six sectors used here was based on the occupations listed in
the census report data having already been assigned to the
occupation units used by the 1921 census occupational tables,
using the 'Alphabetical List' (pp. 91-191) in Census 1921.
Classification of Occupations (London: HMSO, 1924). We then
assigned these occupation orders to social classes by following
table A, 'Occupational Mortality, Legitimate Fertility and
Infant Mortality', pp. ciii-cxiv in the Registrar General's
Decennial Supplement for 1921, Part II. Occupational Mortality,
Fertility and Infant Mortality (London: HMSO, 1
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Peanuts are among the most common allergy-causing foods, and
they often find their way into things you wouldn't imagine. Take
chili, for example: It may be thickened with ground peanuts.
Peanuts aren't actually a true nut; they're a legume (in the
same family as peas and lentils). But the proteins in peanuts
are similar in structure to those in tree nuts. For this reason,
people who are allergic to peanuts can also be allergic to tree
nuts, such as almonds, Brazil nuts, walnuts, hazelnuts,
macadamias, pistachios, pecans, and cashews. What Happens With a
Nut or Peanut Allergy? The body's immune system normally fights
infection. But, when someone is allergic to tree nuts or
peanuts, the immune system overreacts to proteins in these
foods. Every time the person eats (or, in some cases, handles or
breathes in) a peanut or tree nut, the body thinks the proteins
are harmful invaders. The immune system responds by kicking into
high gear to fend off the "invader." This causes an allergic
reaction, in which chemicals
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Radar during World War II Radar during World War II It has been
said that radar won the war for the Allies in World War II.
While that’s an overstatement, it is true that radar had a huge
impact on how World War II was fought on both sides. Radar is,
in essence, a very basic way of obtaining information. That very
simplicity makes it highly adaptable—during the war scientists
and engineers found dozens of ways of using it. During World War
I (1914-1918) airplanes played a relatively small role, being
used mainly for reconnaissance. But as airplanes increased in
size, range, and speed in the 1920s, it became clear that they
would become major weapons in future wars. Bombing was the major
concern. Airplanes might carry enormously destructive bombs, and
there was little to prevent enemy aircraft from reaching a
nation’s cities. The words of British Prime Minister Stanley
Baldwin, spoken in 1932, were well known: “the bomber will
always get through.” The threat of bombing revived interest in a
technology that had
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The Australian Literature Resource AustLit is now available free
of charge to all Australian schools. Enquiries about access
arrangements should be directed to your school's education
authority. Contact us if you have access difficulties. As a
professional development tool AustLit provides teachers with up-
to-date information on the publication of Australian literature
and related critical texts. Teachers at all educational levels
can use AustLit in preparing to teach Australian literary texts
whether at primary or secondary schools, or university. Students
can also use AustLit to find out about authors whose texts they
are reading, and to explore the ways Australians tell, retell,
and think about stories The TAL Resource stores information
about the teaching of Australian literary texts and the contexts
in which they are taught at universities and tertiary
institutions around Australia and internationally. It provides
links to AustLit records, some teaching resources, and allows
teachers to consider the ways
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- Adaptation of hepatitis C virus to mouse CD81 permits
infection of mouse cells in the absence of human entry factors
(2010) - Hepatitis C virus (HCV) naturally infects only humans
and chimpanzees. The determinants responsible for this narrow
species tropism are not well defined. Virus cell entry involves
human scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI), CD81, claudin-1
and occludin. Among these, at least CD81 and occludin are
utilized in a highly species-specific fashion, thus contributing
to the narrow host range of HCV. We adapted HCV to mouse CD81
and identified three envelope glycoprotein mutations which
together enhance infection of cells with mouse or other rodent
receptors approximately 100-fold. These mutations enhanced
interaction with human CD81 and increased exposure of the
binding site for CD81 on the surface of virus particles. These
changes were accompanied by augmented susceptibility of adapted
HCV to neutralization by E2-specific antibodies indicative of
major conformational changes of virus-
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Best of the Web “A History of New York in 50 Objects” If you ask
50 people “What happened?” you will likely get 50 slightly
different stories. The facts and the context of the story may be
the same, but how one relates to the facts and the context
determines one’s own version of the story. So there is something
to the notion of there’s my version, there’s your version and
there’s the truth. The New York Times enlisted historians and
museum curators to find 50 objects that could embody the story
of New York. They included a 13,000-year-old mastodon tusk that
was discovered in the Bronx in 1891; a boombox like the one
Radio Raheem carried everywhere in Spike Lee’s movie “Do the
Right Thing”; and a jar of dust from the 9/11 site where two jet
planes were flown into the World Trade Center towers by
terrorists. Though inanimate, the objects provide a glimpse into
the history and culture of New York City. With so many new
methods and media for storytelling, “Story(us)” was founded in
the belief that shared stories
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County Structure & Powers There is a fundamental distinction
between a county and a city. Counties lack broad powers of self-
government that California cities have (e.g., cities have broad
revenue generating authority and counties do not). In addition,
legislative control over counties is more complete than it is
over cities. Unless restricted by a specific provision of the
state Constitution, the Legislature may delegate to the counties
any of the functions which belong to the state itself.
Conversely, the state may take back to itself and resume the
functions which it has delegated to counties (e.g., state
funding of trial courts). Types of Counties The California
Constitution recognizes two types of counties: general law
counties and charter counties. General law counties adhere to
state law as to the number and duties of county elected
officials. Charter counties, on the other hand, have a limited
degree of “home rule” authority that may provide for the
election, compensation, terms, removal, and salary o
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Destinations in Indonesia The Sade Village, the Sasak of Lombok
and their Way of Life The Sasak are the indigenous people of the
island of Lombok. Like many ethnic groups in Indonesia, they
belong to the Austronesians who migrated from mainland Asia some
5,000 years BC to populate South East Asia all the way to the
South Pacific Islands. Today 85% of the Lombok population is
Sasak. Although Bali has greatly influenced Lombok, yet unlike
in Hindu Bali, most Sasak embrace Islam. A distinct feature of
religion here is what is known as Wektu Telu, a syncretic belief
of Islam intertwined with elements of Hinduism, Buddhism, and
ancient traditional beliefs, unique to Lombok. Many Sasak have,
nonetheless, also come to embrace the Wektu Lima, or the
mainstream Islamic obligatory five time prayers in a day. There
is also a small minority whose faith is called Bodha, a
syncretic belief of animism and Buddhism. Nonetheless, despite
differences in religious beliefs, the Sasak live in harmony
among themselves. The most an
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Tree of life (biblical) - See also Tree of life for other
cultural interpretations, and Tree of life (disambiguation) for
other meanings. The tree of life (Heb. עץ החיים Etz haChayim) in
the Book of Genesis is a tree planted by the Abrahamic God in
midst of the Garden of Eden (Paradise), whose fruit gives
everlasting life, i.e. immortality. Together with the tree of
life, God planted the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
(Genesis 2:9). According to some scholars, however, these are in
fact two names for the same tree. In the biblical story, the
serpent, who is regarded as Satan in Christianity but not in
Judaism, tempted Eve into eating a fruit from the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil. Eve and Adam both ate the fruit,
despite God's warning to Adam that "in the day that you eat from
it you shall surely die" (Genesis 2:17). As a consequence of
their transgression, the land, the Serpent, Adam, and Eve were
each cursed by God. To prevent them access to the tree of life,
God cast Adam and Eve out of th
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Every ten years or so, environmental problems come to the fore
and governments use a lot of energy trying to find solutions to
problems such as global warming, global cooling, natural
resource extraction and over-fishing. We are going through one
such phase at the moment. As Catholics, we should of course
think of the needs of future generations and we should care for
the created universe. Indeed, our own local Bishops conference
published a document on the environment in 2002 though it left
much to be desired. There are three concepts in Catholic Social
Teaching that are often held in constructive tension and that
are relevant to environmental issues. The first is the primacy
of private property and the autonomy of individuals and
families. Secondly, there is the universal destination of goods
and the recognition that private property, though very
important, is not sacrosanct. Thirdly, there is the notion that
government should always behave in such a way that promotes the
common good: generally through supp
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What LEED Measures LEED is a voluntary certification program
that can be applied to any building type and any building
lifecycle phase. It promotes a whole-building approach to
sustainability by recognizing performance in key areas: Choosing
a building’s site and managing that site during construction are
important considerations for a project’s sustainability. The
Sustainable Sites category discourages development on previously
undeveloped land; minimizes a building’s impact on ecosystems
and waterways; encourages regionally appropriate landscaping;
rewards smart transportation choices; controls stormwater
runoff; and reduces erosion, light pollution, heat island effect
and construction-related pollution. Buildings are major users of
our potable water supply. The goal of the Water Efficiency
credit category is to encourage smarter use of water, inside and
out. Water reduction is typically achieved through more
efficient appliances, fixtures and fittings inside and water-
wise landscaping outside. |Energy & At
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Over 1 million individuals, in the United States, are affected
by kidney stones each year. The pain in your Kidney, abdomen, or
flank is some of the worst you can have. Just ask anyone whose
ever had a kidney stone. It isn’t surprising the lengths people
will go to – to avoid kidney stones. Recently studies have
looked at the reason why certain people get kidney stones and
others don’t. Genes are only partly to blame. Often kidney
stones form when urine becomes too concentrated. This pushes
substances together, such as calcium and other materials link
together and soon crystallize. The resulting kidney stone
begins. Diet, of course, plays a significant role in kidney
stone formation. Water intake, Sodium intake, Excessive caffeine
or soda. – Just to mention a few. Treatment for kidney stones
often depend on the size of the stone and the amount of pain.
Often, a recommendation to just let the stone pass is the most
prudent. But in some cases, surgery is required. After treatment
– often patients forget about t
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Date: 25 Aug 2009 The Cassini spacecraft looks down on the north
pole of Dione and the fine fractures that cross its trailing
hemisphere. The north pole of Dione lies on the terminator
between shadow and light, about halfway down the left side of
the image. This view is centered on terrain at 66 degrees north
latitude, 224 degrees west longitude. Lit terrain seen here is
on the trailing hemisphere and anti-Saturn side of Dione (1,123
km, or 698 miles across). Last Update: 17 Jun 2011 (AMB) Credit:
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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The search textbox has an autosuggest feature. When you enter
three or more characters, a list of up to 10 suggestions will
popup under the textbox. Use the arrow keys to move through the
suggestions. To select a suggestion, hit the enter key. Using
the escape key closes the listbox and puts you back at the
textbox. The radio buttons allow you to toggle between having
all search items start with or contain the text you entered in
the search box. Helicobacter pylori (HEEL-ih-koh-BAK-ter py-LOR-
ee) A type of bacterium that causes inflammation and ulcers in
the stomach or small intestine. People with Helicobacter pylori
infections may be more likely to develop cancer in the stomach,
including MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma.
Also called H. pylori.
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Combat is an ancient human and even pre-human practice, and is
certainly among the oldest of human social endeavors. That's
correct, social. The two basic types of combative behavior-
affective and pseudo-predatory-have very primary social aims:
establishing position within the group hierarchy for the former,
and protecting the group (and self) from enemies in the case of
the latter. Today, in polite society, affective combative
behavior is, of course, frowned upon as being socially
dysfunctional, while pseudo-predatory combative behavior is
generally not even acknowledged by anyone other than the
professionals who deal with it. However, the pseudo-predatory
combative behavior of the professional is the only appropriate
form of combative behavior for law enforcement and the In spite
of combat's negative political correctness, its audience appeal
obviously continues unabated from well before the era of
gladiatorial combat in the arenas of the Roman Empire. Combat as
entertainment has been found in most cultures
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Swimmer's ear is an infection of the ear canal. Doctors call it
external otitis. Symptoms of swimmer's ear include: - Itching of
the ear canal - Redness of the skin of the outer ear or ear
canal - Drainage from the ear canal (often yellow, green or
possibly cheesy) - Pain when touching the ear or moving the jaw
while chewing or talking - Decreased hearing from debris that
clogs the ear canal Swimmer's ear can be caused by bacteria or
fungi. It is called swimmer's ear because it is associated with
frequent swimming. Long and frequent exposure to water makes the
skin of the ear canal more susceptible to infection. Warm and
humid conditions can do the same thing. That's why swimmer's ear
is most common in the summer. Sometimes swimmer's ear can be
treated by clearing the ear canal of debris and keeping it dry.
However, doctors usually prescribe ear drops to promote quicker
healing. The most commonly used drops combine medications to
fight the infection and calm the inflammation. Many products
combine an antibiot
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Each year, millions of women learn that they have developed
breast cancer. Despite most commonly being found in women,
breast cancer can also be diagnosed in men. That is why breast
cancer is often considered one of the most common types of all
diagnosable cancers. Fortunately, if you are diagnosed as having
cancer, there are a number of treatment options that may help
you become cancer free. However, before that can occur, you need
to be diagnosed as having breast cancer. When it comes to being
diagnosed with breast cancer, a large amount of focus is placed
on the signs and symptoms. While it is important to focus on the
symptoms of breast cancer, they are not the only things that you
should keep in mind. Although an exact cause of breast cancer
has yet to be determined, there are a number of risk factors
associated with the cancer. Determining whether or not any of
these risk factors apply to you is one of the best ways, aside
from regularly e
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The definition of gruesome is something unpleasant or causing
horror.(adjective) An example of something that would be
described as gruesome is a violent murder scene. See gruesome in
Webster's New World College Dictionary Origin: < dial. grue, to
shudder (< ME gruwen, akin to MHG < IE base *ĝhreu-, to grind
down > grit) + -some See gruesome in American Heritage
Dictionary 4 Origin: Obsolete grue, to shudder (from Middle
English gruen, from Middle Dutch grūwen or Middle Low German
gruwen) Origin: + -some1. Learn more about gruesome
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An Australian-led research team said Thursday they had made a
technological breakthrough in the race for a quantum
supercomputer that could revolutionise data encryption and
medicine. Engineers make quantum devices at the Australian
National Fabrication Facility at the University of New South
Wales in Sydney in this undated photo. The Australian-led
research team said they had made a technological breakthrough in
the race for a quantum supercomputer that could revolutionise
data encryption and medicine. Engineers from Sydney's University
of New South Wales said they had created the first working
quantum bit or qubit -- the fundamental unit of a quantum
supercomputer -- with the findings published in the latest
edition of Nature. Lead researcher Andrew Dzurak said the team
used a microwave field to gain unprecedented control over en
electron bound to a single phosphorous atom that was implanted
in a silicon transistor device. They were able to both write and
read information using the electron's spin, or magne
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We easily understand how beating a child may damage the
developing brain, but what about the all-too-common
psychological abuse of children? Because the abuse was not
physical, these children may be told, as adults, that they
should just “get over it.” But as developmental
neuropsychiatrist Martin H. Teicher reveals, scientists are
discovering some startling connections between abuse of all
kinds and both permanent debilitating changes in the brain and
psychiatric problems ranging from panic attacks to posttraumatic
stress disorder. In these surprising physical consequences of
psychological trauma, Teicher sees not only a wake-up call for
our society but hope for new treatments. We know that the abuse
or neglect of children is tragically common in America today.
Nor are most of us surprised when studies point to a strong link
between the physical, sexual, or psychological maltreatment of
children and the development of psychiatric problems. To explain
how such problems come about, many mental health professio
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Basic Feline Genetics The following statements are generally
true but there are exceptions. This information is not meant to
be a complete manual on cat genetics. For more information,
please refer to books on the subject. When the term COLOR is
used, it refers to color only (blue, cream, black, red, etc.).
When PATTERN is used, it refers to pattern only (tabby, shaded,
smoke, etc.). When both are affected, the statement will contain
the term - Male kittens always obtain both color genes from the
dam. The male offspring in a litter will always be either the
color of the dam (or one of the colors in the case of parti-
colors) or the dilute form of the dam's color. See the statement
on dilutes for more information (see #21 & #24). - Female
kittens take one color gene from each parent. The color of the
female kittens in a litter will always be either a combination
of the sire's and dam's colors, or the dilute form of those
colors (see #21 & #24). - To obtain any of the red or cream
color/patterns in female kitten
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After a month-long run on American banks, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt proclaimed a Bank Holiday, beginning March 6, 1933,
that shut down the banking system. When the banks reopened on
March 13, depositors stood in line to return their hoarded cash.
This article attributes the success of the Bank Holiday and the
remarkable turnaround in the public's confidence to the
Emergency Banking Act, passed by Congress on March 9, 1933.
Roosevelt used the emergency currency provisions of the Act to
encourage the Federal Reserve to create de facto 100 percent
deposit insurance in the reopened banks. The contemporary press
confirms that the public recognized the implicit guarantee and,
as a result, believed that the reopened banks would be safe, as
the President explained in his first Fireside Chat on March 12,
1933. Americans responded by returning more than half of their
hoarded cash to the banks within two weeks and by bidding up
stock prices by the largest ever one-day percentage price
increase on March 15--the first tra
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Wood plastic composite material In this study some of the
important properties of experimentally manufactured wood–
plastic composites (WPC) were determined. Specimen having 60%
and 80% particle and fibre of radiata pine (Pinus radiata ) were
mixed with polypropylene (plastic) and four different additives,
namely Struktol TR 016 which is coupling agent, CIBA
antimicrobial agent (IRGAGUARD F3510) as fungicide, CIBA UV
filter coating (TINUVIN 123S), CIBA blue pigment (IRGALITE), and
their combinations. Based on the initial finding of this work
static bending properties of the samples enhanced as above
chemicals were added into both particle and fibre-based
specimens. Thickness swelling of the samples were also improved
with having additives in the panels. Micrographs taken on
scanning electron microscope (SEM) revealed that coupling agent
and pigment resulted in more homogeneous mixture of wood and
plastic together. Two surface roughness parameters average
roughness (Ra) and maximum roughness (Rmax) used to eva
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I have the same problem when I am listening to something
challenging(i.e. not the undergraduate math club). For me, one
of the most helpful things I can do is that once a definition is
given, I construct both examples and constructions that almost
fit the definition but do not fit one of the criteria. I then
check how these work(or fail) with the theorems presented and
the claims made. If you find a simple example and are having
trouble following, the person lecturing will probably be happy
explaining how the concepts presented relate to your example.
Another idea that helps is for me to read all the material
beforehand, no matter how confused I am. Then I can pay
attention to how it is structured in class. Even if I do not
understand the lecture, contrasting the structures of the
reading and of the lecture can give me deeper understanding of
the material. In addition, since I (like to think I ) understand
how to structure a lecture, it gives me something I can
understand to pay attention to. Lastly, I think
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 Growing economies provide the means for
people to enjoy higher living standards and for more of us to
find work. However what is economic growth and the best way for
a country to accomplish it? Defining Economic Growth Economic
growth is best defined as a long-term expansion of the
productive potential of the economy. Sustained economic growth
is supposed to lead higher real living standards and rising
employment. Short term growth is measured by the annual % change
in real GDP. Growth and the Production Possibility Frontier An
increase in long run aggregate supply is illustrated by an
outward shift in the PPF. Posted on Wednesday, 16th of May,
2012.
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December 28, 2010 > Empowering students to save lives Empowering
students to save lives Story and Photos by Miriam G. Mazliach An
excited group of 160 students piled into the multi-use room at
Walters Junior High in Fremont on the morning of December 16.
Throughout the day, the school's 7th graders would take part in
CPR training. What they were about to learn had the potential to
save many lives. Jamie Hintzke, Community Relations Coordinator
for Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, explained that
in 2007 Alameda County tested a pilot program with both 7th and
10th grade students. The results showed that twice as many 7th
graders participated or did outreach to community members than
10th grade students; the 7th graders trained an average of five
family members and friends. As a result, it was determined that
the CPR7 program would focus on 7th graders. Developed by the
American Heart Association and manufactured by Laerdal Medical,
a "CPR Anytime Kit" (retail value of $34.95) is used for
training dem
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Hazelwood Fogging Mosquitos to Minimize West Nile Virus Risk
With indications that the recent West Nile virus outbreak is the
largest seen in the U.S., Hazelwood officials want residents to
know that the city has taken proactive measures to control the
mosquito population and the likelihood of a West Nile virus
epidemic breaking out in the community is minimal. “We’ve been
fogging for mosquitoes twice a week covering the whole city
since the month of May,” said Paul Williams, Hazelwood Street
Maintenance Department supervisor. “The extreme heat and drought
conditions we had this summer cut down on the number of
mosquitoes in our area because there was very little standing
water where their larvae could hatch. But the milder
temperatures may cause the mosquito population to grow which is
why we’re prepared to continue our mosquito fogging efforts
until October.” In addition to fogging, the City of Hazelwood
has been using “dunks” which are products that kill mosquito
larvae. Most mosquitoes lay their eggs in s
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The present financial crisis poses two main questions: whether
it is similar to past crises and how central banks should
intervene to preserve the stability of the system. Bagehot,
central banking, and the financial crisis Xavier Vives, 31 March
2008 The Need for an Emergency Bank Debt Insurance Mechanism
Javier Suarez, 27 March 2008 The so-called subprime crisis that
started in the Summer of 2007 has created an unprecedented
situation in global money markets. Essentially all market means
for the short and medium term financing of banks (from
traditional interbank deposits to the most ingenious forms of
securitization) exhibit large spreads and shrunk volumes of
transactions. Lessons from Northern Rock: Banking and shadow
banking Willem Buiter, 4 March 2008 Two highly readable reports
on the lessons learnt from the Northern Rock debacle have been
published recently. The first is the Treasury Committee Report
The Run on the Rock published on January 26. Not (Yet) a `Minsky
Moment' Charles W Calomiris, 23 Novem
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Drink-walking: An examination of the related behaviour and
attitudes of young people in Queensland O'Connor, Erin L., Tay,
Richard S., Watson, Barry C., Edmonston, Colin J., & Lang,
Cathryne P. (2004) Drink-walking: An examination of the related
behaviour and attitudes of young people in Queensland. In The
NSW Local Government Road Safety Conference, September 2004.
This is the latest version of this eprint. While huge inroads
have been made into the drink driving problem in Queensland over
the last decade, the prevalence of alcohol-related pedestrian
crashes has been steadily increasing. Young people (17-29 years)
are over-represented in this type of pedestrian crash. A study
of 534 people, including 328 participants aged 17-24 years old,
was conducted to examine the issue of drink-walking as part of a
larger program of research examining youth and risk-taking
behaviour. The study involved breath testing and surveying
patrons as they left selected licensed premises. Survey items
addressed past experiences of
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A big brother allows the baby sitter to misunderstand his little
sister in this Scottish import. Small Jessie is just learning
words, and when she says “please” it sounds just like PEAS. Mum
and Dad are off to a ceilidh (Dad's in his kilt and Mum's in her
dancing boots), and they tell Rachel, the baby sitter, to give
Jessie anything she asks for, as she is just getting over a
cold. So when she asks for “Orange juice peas” Rachel gamely
finds some leftover cooked peas in the fridge and drops a few in
the juice. Jessie is not pleased, and she asks for a “Boon
peas!” Ben translates “spoon” but not the other, so Jessie gets
a spoon with peas, which she uses to get the peas out of her
juice. Alas, though, now the orange juice tastes of peas.
“Yack!” says Jessie. This continues. While Ben tries to hold in
his giggles, Jessie grows ever more frustrated, and Rachel gets
increasingly mystified. There are peas all over the place.
Finally, Ben explains that Jessie means “please,” not that she
wants peas with everything.
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The Earth in its orbit at the solstices and equinoxes. Click on
image for full size The Seasonal Merry-Go-Round The tilt of
Earth's rotational axis and the Earth's orbit work together to
create the seasons. As the Earth travels around the Sun, it
remains tipped in the same direction, towards the star Polaris.
This means that sometimes the northern half of the Earth is
pointing towards the Sun (summer ), and sometimes it is pointing
away (winter ). These points in the Earth's orbit are called
solstices Notice that when the northern hemisphere is tilted
towards the Sun, the southern hemisphere is tilted away. This
explains why the hemispheres have opposite seasons. Halfway in
between the solstices, the Earth is neither tilted directly
towards nor directly away from the Sun. At these times, called
the equinoxes, both hemispheres receive roughly equal amounts of
sunlight. Equinoxes mark the seasons of autumn and spring and
are a transition between the two more extreme seasons, summer
and winter. Shop Windows to t
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Using static and non static synchronized method for protecting
shared resource is another Java mistake we are going to discuss
in this part of our series “learning from mistakes in Java”. In
last article we have seen why double and float should not be
used for monetary calculation , In this tutorial we will find
out why using static and non static synchronized method together
for protecting same shared resource is not advisable. I have
seen some times Java programmer mix static synchronized method
and instance synchronized method to protect same shared
resource. They either don't know or failed to realize that
static synchronized and non static synchronized method lock on
two different object which breaks purpose of synchronizing
shared resource as two thread can concurrently execute these two
method breaking mutual exclusive access, which can corrupt
status of mutable object or even cause subtle race condition in
Java or even more horrible deadlock in java. Static and non
static synchronized method Java For
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Wildlife Costa Rica – 9 Truths About Raccoons Raccoons are
medium-sized mammals that learned to live close to humans. And
have a reputation of nocturne thieves. In real life they are
just animals trying to adjust to the changes men are producing.
They are found throughout different landscapes of Costa Rica
such as rainforests, cloud forests and beaches. Here are some
things that will make you understand them a little bit better:
1. The dense under-fur is almost 90% of the raccoon’s grayish
coat. Two of its most distinctive features are its black paws
and its facial mask. 2. Females often share a common area, while
unrelated males live together in groups of up to four animals to
maintain their positions against foreign males during the mating
season and other potential invaders. 3. Although captive
raccoons have been known to live over 20 years, their average
life expectancy in the wild is only 1.8 to 3.1 years. 4. After a
gestation period of about 65 days, two to five young are born in
spring. The kits are ra
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Electricity and magnetism The dot product Introduction to the
vector dot product. The dot product ⇐ Use this menu to view and
help create subtitles for this video in many different
languages. You'll probably want to hide YouTube's captions if
using these subtitles. - Let's learn a little bit about the dot
product. - The dot product, frankly, out of the two ways of
multiplying - vectors, I think is the easier one. - So what does
the dot product do? - Why don't I give you the definition, and
then I'll give - you an intuition. - So if I have two vectors;
vector a dot vector b-- that's - how I draw my arrows. - I can
draw my arrows like that. - That is equal to the magnitude of
vector a times the - magnitude of vector b times cosine of the -
angle between them. - Now where does this come from? - This
might seem a little arbitrary, but I think with a - visual
explanation, it will make a little bit more sense. - So let me
draw, arbitrarily, these two vectors. - So that is my vector a--
nice big and fat vector. - It
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LESSON PLANS AND TIMES MATERIALS FOR TEACHING: The Academy
Awards The Film Industry Film in Language Arts Film in Social
Studies/History Film in Fine Arts Technology in Film Lessons on
these pages are for grades 6-12, written in consultation with
Bank Street College of Education. Each one is paired with a
Times article. Learning Network Features Selected Times Articles
on Film Adaptations Resources on the Web LESSONS ON THE ACADEMY
AWARDS: The Envelope, Please Investigating the Cultural Context
of Oscar-Winning Films in the Past and Present And the Oscar
Goes to... Examining and Creating Criteria for Oscar-Worthy
Films And the Winner Is... Exploring the Role of the Academy
Awards and Film in American Society LESSONS ON THE FILM
INDUSTRY: Creating Film Festivals that Inform and Entertain
Audiences The Sundance Kids Exploring What Makes the Independent
Film Industry So Attractive to So Many The Raid on Raters
Exploring the Current Movie Rating System Minding the Media
Examining Ethical Questions About Media Rat
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MSP430 Microcontroller BasicsBy - John Davies, Glasgow
University, UK - John Davies, Glasgow University, UK The MSP430
microcontroller family offers ultra-low power mixed signal,
16-bit architecture that is perfect for wireless low-power
industrial and portable medical applications. This book begins
with an overview of embedded systems and microcontrollers
followed by a comprehensive in-depth look at the MSP430. The
coverage included a tour of the microcontroller's architecture
and functionality along with a review of the development
environment. Start using the MSP430 armed with a complete
understanding of the microcontroller and what you need to get
the microcontroller up and running! 1.Embedded Electronic
Systems and Microcontrollers; 2. The Texas Instruments MSP430;
3. Development; 4. A Simple Tour of the MSP430; 5. Architecture
of the MSP430 Processor; 6.Functions, Interrupts and Low-Power
Modes; 7.Digital Input, Output and Displays; 8. Timers; 9.
Mixed-Signal Systems: Analog Input and Output; 10. Commun
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A video conference is a live communications connection between
people in separate locations involving audio, video, and often
data transmission (text, graphics, PowerPoint presentations,
sharing Word or Excel documents, etc.). At its simplest, video
conferencing provides transmission of static images and text
between just two locations. At its most sophisticated, it
provides transmission of full-motion video images and high-
quality audio between multiple locations. Video conferencing
systems typically consist of cameras, microphones, a codec
(coder-decoder, which handles the video, audio, and data
signals), network access equipment, a network, and other
specialized equipment. It is important to distinguish between
conferences with only two remote sites and those conferences
where a larger number of sites are involved. A point-to-point
video conference is only between two sites. A multi-point video
conference includes more than two sites, and requires some
method for each site to receive the communications fro
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There is nothing more fascinating than yesterday's vision of
tomorrow — especially when it comes to city design. Here are
some of the most incredible futuristic cities imagined by great
European designers of the twentieth century and before. We hope
that they came to fruition in some alternate timeline. Le
Corbusier: Contemporary City For Three Million Inhabitants, 1922
This was the world-famous architect's first big urban project,
exhibited at the 1922 Autumn Salon in Paris. The city is a
series of concentric belts. In the center was the administrative
and business section (24 60-floor towers). Ilidža (now the
suburb of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the future, 1909
It was "one of the prettiest places on the Earth", as E.B. Lanin
wrote in 1894 in The Contemporary Review. France in the year
2000 postcards, made between 1899 and 1910 by famous French
artists In the French cities the houses and the clothes are the
same in 2000, but everyday life is packed with way more cool
gadgets than ever before. From
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Living > Health Banning tobacco product displays Out of sight
out of mind. When it comes to smoking, does it work? Research
says it does. A recent study found that keeping tobacco products
hidden and out of sight makes it less likely underage youth will
purchase them. Cigarettes and tobacco products have been banned
from television and radio ads since 1971. Still, you can hardly
go to a gas station or convenient store without being bombarded
by tobacco ads - cigarettes, cigarellos, smokeless tobacco. In
2011, 14% of Lorain County youth said they smoked sometime in
the past 30 days and of those, 60% said they tried to quit,
according to the 2011 Community Health Assessment. What might
help them quit? How about a little less temptation? In fact,
removing tobacco products and displays out of sight can make a
huge difference. A recent study found that 85% of adolescents
were likely to purchase tobacco products when they were openly
displayed. But when the products were hidden away, only 32%
purchased them. The st
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The human body has twelve pairs of ribs; ten pairs attach to the
spine and wrap around to attach to the sternum in the front of
the chest, and the two lower pairs only attach to the spine in
the back. The ribs serve to protect the internal organs, lungs,
heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, from injury. The bones have a lot
of nerve endings so when damage occurs, pain is significant. A
patient with an isolated rib fracture or a minor costochondral
separation usually has a history of falling on the side of the
chest, being struck by a blunt object, coughing violently or
leaning over a rigid edge. The initial chest pain may subside,
but over the next few hours or days pain increases with
movement, interfering with sleep and activity and becoming
severe with coughing or deep inspiration. The patient is often
worried about having a broken rib, and may have a sensation of
bony crepitus or abnormal rib movement. Breath sounds
bilaterally should be normal unless there is substantial
splinting or a pneumothorax or hemothor
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Ever had an urge to once in a Blue Moon buy me an Icom-706?
Well, lands sake & glory be, your time opportunity has arrived!
On New Years Eve we will be treated to a Blue Moon. The current
definition of a Blue Moon is a second full moon in a calendar
month. Blue Moons occur every two and a half to three years, the
next one being on August 21, 2012. New Years Eve Blue Moons are
more rare, the last being in 1971. Where the term “Blue Moon”
originated no one knows, but it dates to the days of
Shakespeare. Back then it had little to do with the calendar
cycle, but with an actual visibly blue moon appearance, which of
course signaled global calamities in the near future. Sort of a
Middle Ages version of Y2K, the 2012 Mayan calendar end of the
world & Global Warming. So enjoy the moon and thank you in
advance for my new radio. I hope you had the opportunity to
participate in the Graduate Storm Spotter Training webinar that
was held earlier this month. It was very well done and very
informative. If you missed it, the
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Diversity Keeps Grasslands Resilient to Drought Climate Change
For much of the year drought has been plaguing American
grasslands. But a recent study found that grasses do not appear
to be losing the turf war against climate when it comes to
surviving with little precipitation. The Kansas State
University-led study looked at the drought tolerance of 426
species of grass from around the world. The goal was to better
understand how grasslands in different parts of the world may
respond to the changes in frequency and severity of drought in
the future. Grasslands have several important ecological
functions, according to Joseph Craine, research assistant
professor of biology and the study's lead author. Grasslands
convert and store carbon dioxide, are a food source for grazing
animals like cattle and bison, and help cool the surrounding
atmosphere. "The idea is that if you maintain a diverse
grassland, you'll have a large number of drought-tolerant
species ready to take over critical functions if there is a
chang
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AFRICA: One step nearer to cure for river blindness NAIROBI, 12
March 2002 (IRIN) - It is bacteria inside parasitic worms, and
not the worms themselves, that cause river blindness, according
to the latest research published by British-based Nature
magazine. Onchocerciasis, more commonly known as river
blindness, earned its name because of its most extreme
manifestation. Its variety of symptoms range from serious visual
impairment, including blindness; rashes, lesions, intense
itching and de-pigmentation of the skin; lymphadenitis, which
results in hanging groins and elephantiasis of the genitals; and
general debilitation. The World Health Organisation reports that
of the 36 countries where the disease is endemic, 30 are in sub-
Saharan Africa (plus Yemen) and six in South America. An
estimated 17 to 18 million people suffer from it. The minute
offspring of parasitic worms - carried by black flies endemic in
fertile riverside areas - called microfilaria were believed to
cause the disease, Nature reported, with
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The Regionalist art movement reflects a distinct period in U.S.
history, including the efforts by artists to define a uniquely
American style. This concentration on a specific geography and
culture would emanate, in its purest form, from the American
Midwest of Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, and Grant
Wood. Regionalism and the Art of the WPA includes works by these
and other artists who drew their inspiration from their
immediate surroundings, both rural and urban. In a collaborative
endeavor between GVSU and the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Art
Gallery will host this exhibition of more than 40 works drawn
from the MMA’s collection. The collaboration is in conjunction
with the MMA’s hosting of 1934: A New Deal for Artists,
organized and circulated by the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, D.C., and scheduled in Muskegon for February 16
through May 6, 2012. A series of interdisciplinary programs are
planned for students and the public at the GVSU Art Gallery, the
Hauenstein Center for Preside
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The Chirkeiskaya hydro-electric power plant is located on the
Sulak river (15km upstream from the Miatlinskaya hydro-electric
power plant) in Dagestan. It is the largest power plant in the
North Caucasus and the highest arch dam in Russia. The Sulak
river, the dam of the Miatlinskaya hydro-electric power plant
and its reservoir. The Chirkeiskaya hydro-electric power plant
has been built in the gorge 200m deep (the width of the gorge in
its lower part is 15m, in the upper one – 300m). The conditions
of the construction were rather hard due to the uneven relief.
The construction works were started in 1966. During the
construction of the power plant, for the first time in the USSR,
there was widely applied a blasting by presplitting method.
Grade 8 earthquake in 1970 became a serious interruption of the
building work and it was suspended nearly for a half of a year.
Thanks to a high scale of the building mechanization there was
achieved the highest efficiency of that time – 12 m3 per 1. The
Chirkeiskaya hydro-el
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The Millennium Development Goal on water has been met. This is a
major global achievement and we should all feel pride in the
part that our governments have played to get us to this
milestone. That over 2 billion people have gained access to
clean water to drink since 1990 shows that aid is working. This
essential service is transforming lives. Nadia from Rwanda is
just 16; she sums it up well when she says, "before this pump
was working we had to get our water from the swamp, it was far
away and we would get tired going there. I had to collect water
when I was pregnant, which was difficult. We would get sick a
lot, we would often get worms. Before all the little children
would always fall sick, and I was worried that my baby would
also have fallen sick. The clean water has made a big
difference. The future is brighter for me and my son". While
this and countless other stories provide meaning to this
success, there is no time for complacency. We cannot forget that
783 million people are still without access t
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If you wear headphones or watch TV while you exercise, you could
be missing out on one of the most valuable benefits of working
out: the opportunity to boost your brain health. That’s also
true if you stick to the same fitness routine until you can
perform it on New scientific evidence shows that physical
fitness is the key to staying mentally sharp as you age—but it’s
crucial to pay attention to what your body is doing, says
Michael Gonzalez-Wallace, author of Super Body, Super Brain and
and body fitness expert. “There’s lots of research showing that
at any age, physical movement boosts brain health and memory,
but to get the best cognitive results, you need to be mentally
focused and engaged during your workout,” reports Gonzales-
Wallace, who recommends exercises that use several muscles at
once, requiring precision and coordination. “Traditional
exercises, such as biceps curls, are boring because you only use
a very limited area of the brain, while more complex movements,
such as simultaneously raising you
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The arrival of the Prophet Joseph Smith in Kirtland, Ohio,
marked the beginning of a period of rapid growth in the
membership of the Church. By early June 1831, the Church had
grown to about two thousand members. Among those who joined the
Church at this time were Sidney Rigdon’s mother and oldest
brother; Luke S. Johnson, one of the first missionaries in the
Church; and Ezra Booth, who joined the Church after witnessing a
miracle. Civic leaders, ministers, newspaper editors, and
parishioners joined together in an effort to stop the conversion
of their neighbors to the new religion. The Prophet recorded,
“Many false reports, lies, and foolish stories, were published
in the newspapers, and circulated in every direction, to prevent
people from investigating the work, or embracing the faith”
(History of the Church, 1:158). During these trying times of
slander and abuse, the Lord blessed the Saints with revelations
of comfort, peace, and assurance. One of these revelations was
section 45, of which the Prophet wro
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Finished wood products such as cabinets, floors, or furniture,
plywood, particle board, fiberboard, or even paper do not
present an obvious environmental hazard. Wood is plentiful at
our homes and workplaces, provides us with warmth and stability,
and can be highly useful in several industries. However, wood
manufacturers must embrace extreme methods to make wood product
manufacturing less harmful for their employees and prevent
accidents. In October of 2005, a wood products plant exploded in
Schofield, WI killing one worker. According to OSHA statistics
in 2009, 21 fatalities occurred in the Wood Industry alone. OSHA
also reports that “since 1980, more than 130 workers have been
killed and more than 780 injured in combustible dust
explosions.” Using robots in the wood industry allows wood
manufacturers to remove their employees from these dangerous
environments and utilize them more effectively, while at the
same time trim production costs. Wood manufacturing hazards
include dust inhalation during sanding an
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The Fossil Record Verifies Creation: Stasis In The Fossil Record
Paleontologists conducting research in ancient strata encounter
very important fossils that are millions of years old, yet the
duplicates of living spiders, flies, frogs, turtles and fish.
According to the theory of evolution, these life forms should
have exhibited changes over the course of millions of years.
They lived in the most ancient periods in the most complex
forms, and have come down unchanged to the present day. In other
words, they never evolved. There is a stasis or stability in the
fossil record, which—according to evolutionists—should not be
there at all. Darwin foresaw that life forms that had remained
the same for untold millions of years would represent a major
difficulty for his theory, and he frequently referred to this.
These special species were even given the name of "living
fossils" by Darwin himself! The evolutionist paleontologist
Peter Douglas Ward emphasizes this problem of Darwin's: Still,
Darwin's central tenet was
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04.12.2012Migration as a Topic in German MuseumsFrom the
Periphery to the Center With a surfeit of history on their
hands, many German museums are only now discovering migration as
a theme. It's a step in the right direction, says Austrian
historian Regina Wonisch, but isn't enough. An interview by
Klaudia Prevezanos Why does the issue of "migration" belong in a
museum? Regina Wonisch: Because immigrants are a very important
part of our society. And when a museum fully understands itself
as an institution that addresses societal questions, then
migration is a very important component of our history – and
therefore of the museum's content, as well. As a theme, has
migration been traditionally handled differently in Germany than
in other countries? Wonisch: In Germany, France and the Anglo-
American countries it was approached very differently. In
Germany, the topic surfaced via a wide range of organizations
dealing with various aspects of immigration. These organizations
wanted to bring their own particular his
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Supermoon Saturday Pics Submit your supermoon photos! The moon
was about as close as possible to Earth, making it appear bigger
and brighter than the average full moon Saturday evening, May 5,
2012. The so-called “supermoon” happens when the moon turns full
and it is at its closest approach to earth at 221,802 miles
away. The combination of the two effects results in a supermoon.
NASA says the supermoon May 5 would appear up to 16 percent
larger and 30 percent brighter than a usual full moon. Unusually
high and low tides are expected in the days surrounding the
supermoon. The bright moonlight might make it more difficult to
see the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which is also peaking at the
same time. NASA still predicted up to 60 of the brightest
meteors will still be visible each hour Saturday night into
early Sunday. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower happens when the
Earth passes through a stream of debris left behind by the famed
Halley’s comet, and will be visible until May 28.Submit Your
Photo
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|Is BPA to blame for a lack of friends?| In a new study,
researchers at the University of Virginia and University of
Missouri found that mice exposed to BPA weren’t as social as
other mice. The scientists injected a dose of BPA into maternal
mouse plasma and evaluated their offspring’s behavior. The dose
reflected the concentrations that can be found in the blood of
most Americans. Starting with the first generation of offspring
– and lasting the next four generations of mice – the BPA-
exposed mice weren’t interacting as much with their peers,
didn’t want to spend as much time with adult males when they
were juvenile males. Since BPA is an endocrine-disrupting
chemical, these results are to be expected, according to the
researchers. The endocrine system regulates chemicals such as
oxytocin, which helps us trust others. If that system is
disrupted, social behavior may be affected. More research is
needed to see if human exposure to BPA produces similar
outcomes, of course. Source: Fast Company Air purifiers to
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What a Positive Test Result Means A positive test result means
your body is leaking fetal fibronectin, a sign that your body
may be getting ready to deliver. There is an increased chance
that your baby is going to arrive early — but not everyone with
a positive test result delivers early. The test can be repeated
as often as every two weeks to monitor your ongoing risk.
Developing a plan of action Knowing this information will help
you and your doctor prepare for a possible preterm birth, and
take appropriate steps to help manage your pregnancy. Depending
on what week of pregnancy you are in, some recommendations your
doctor may suggest include: - Limiting activities - Reducing
stress - Bed rest - Finding and treating any undiagnosed
infection(s) - Watching for cervical changes that would signal
onset of labor - Consulting with a high-risk pregnancy
specialist - Tocolytic drugs, which are used to alleviate
preterm contractions - Corticosteroids, which may aid in your
baby's lung development - Monitoring for o
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Source: Economic and Political Weekly 7 October 2012 | EN India
needs to improve implementation of its Biodiversity Act. Ten
years after introducing a Biodiversity Act, India is yet to put
it to serious use although several large "development" projects
have invited controversy for their likely impact on
biodiversity, say Shalini Bhutani and Kanchi Kohli. A National
Biodiversity Authority (NBA) was created in 2003, but the
government is not bound by its recommendations. The Act was
meant to "provide for the conservation of biological diversity,"
in line with the primary objective of the Convention of
Biodiversity (CBD). But, given the reality in which it operates,
the question is whether the Act will come anywhere near
effecting biodiversity justice. The central government is
required by the CBD and the Act to develop national strategies,
plans and programmes for conservation and sustainable use of
biological diversity. Between 2000 and 2003, a civil society
group was commissioned to help prepare India’s Natio
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One of the more surprising aspects of the early missions of the
NX class Enterprise during the 2150s was the number of hostile
alien species which the ship encountered. One of the more
mysterious of these incidents came in 2151, during the ship's
first year of exploration. Enterprise was deploying Subspace
Amplifiers to expand Earth's communications network when an
alien vessel approached. The ship refused all attempts at
communication, simply observing Enterprise for a short time
before departing. Over the next few days the vessel returned
several times, but on subsequent visits it scanned Enterprise
and then launched a series of unprovoked attacks on the ship.
The alien vessel was fitted with a defensive energy screen which
Enterprise's torpedoes had little impact upon. The initial haste
to get Enterprise out of dock in time to return the Klingon
courier Klaang to his home world had meant that there was no
time to install the ship's most powerful weapons - three five
hundred Gigajoule phase cannon. The engi
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The January 2008 issue of Scientific American includes an
interesting article by Michael Shermer, Evonomics: Evolution and
economics are both examples of a larger mysterious phenomenon.
In it Shermer writes, As with living organisms and ecosystems,
the economy looks designed — so just as humans naturally deduce
the existence of a top-down intelligent designer, humans also
(understandably) infer that a top-down government designer is
needed in nearly every aspect of the economy. But just as living
organisms are shaped from the bottom up by natural selection,
the economy is molded from the bottom up by the invisible
hand.SKUs are Stock Keeping Units, a measure of the number of
types of retail products available. The correspondence between
evolution and economics is not perfect, because some top-down
institutional rules and laws are needed to provide a structure
within which free and fair trade can occur. But too much top-
down interference into the marketplace makes trade neither free
nor fair. When such attempt
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By David Wald and Juan Reardon, MD, MPH This article originally
appeared in the November 6, 1995 edition of Microtimes It's
hardly unusual when computer technology and medical technology
are joined. In Cuba, computerized information technology is
coming to the rescue of physicians and medical workers. Project
InfoMed is the embodiment of this development. Cuba's long-term
involvement with health care was bolstered in the early `70s
when President Fidel Castro proclaimed his objective that "Cuba
will become a world medical power." To a considerable degree
this has come to pass (with fifty-seven thousand physicians,
Cuba has one doctor for each 192 inhabitants.) Based on a high
level of general and specialized education Cuba has invested
heavily in medical technology--biotechnology, pharmaceuticals,
and medical instrumentation, as examples. Maintaining the
effectiveness of a sophisticated medical system requires the
efficient dissemination of medical data, including the ability
to search and locate specific inf
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Christmas became a national holiday in 1870. In 1889, the first
indoor decorated Christmas tree was placed in the White House,
and in 1895, electric lights were added. In 1923, the first
National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony was held. In 1953, the
first White House Christmas card was created by President Dwight
Eisenhower who was also an artist/painter. President Kennedy’s
1963 Christmas card was the first to include an explicitly
Christian aspect: the nativity. In 1982, Ronald Reagan said, “My
fellow Americans, the Christmas and Hanukkah decorations are up
around the country, and in a moment we’ll be lighting the
National Christmas Tree here in the Nation’s Capital… Some
celebrate the day as marking the birth of a great and good man,
a wise teacher and prophet, and they do so sincerely. But for
many of us, it’s also a holy day, the birthday of the Prince of
Peace, a day when ‘God so loved the world, that He sent us His
only begotten son to assure forgiveness of our sins.’” (John
3:16) In 2001, the first
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Sir James George Frazer (18541941). The Golden Bough. 1922. and
plants could not be fertile without the real union of the human
sexes. At the present day it might perhaps be vain to look in
civilised Europe for customs of this sort observed for the
explicit purpose of promoting the growth of vegetation. But
ruder races in other parts of the world have consciously
employed the intercourse of the sexes as a means to ensure the
fruitfulness of the earth; and some rites which are still, or
were till lately, kept up in Europe can be reasonably explained
only as stunted relics of a similar practice. The following
facts will make this plain. For four days before they committed
the seed to the earth the Pipiles of Central America kept apart
from their wives in order that on the night before planting they
might indulge their passions to the fullest extent; certain
persons are even said to have been appointed to perform the
sexual act at the very moment when the first seeds were
deposited in the ground. The use of thei
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Though the exact details of his life and expeditions are the
subject of debate, John Cabot (or Giovanni Caboto, as he was
known in Italian) may have developed the idea of sailing
westward to reach the riches of Asia while working for a
Venetian merchant. By the late 1490s, he was living in England,
and gained a commission from King Henry VII to make an
expedition across the northern Atlantic. He sailed from Bristol
in May 1497 and made landfall in late June. The exact site of
Cabot's landing has not been definitively established; it may
have been located in Newfoundland, Cape Breton Island or
southern Labrador. After returning to England to report his
success, Cabot departed on a second expedition in mid-1498, but
is thought to have perished in a shipwreck en route. John
Cabot's Early Life Giovanni Caboto was born circa 1450 in Genoa,
and moved to Venice around 1461; he became a Venetian citizen in
1476. Evidence suggests that he worked as a merchant in the
spice trade of the Levant, or eastern Mediterranean,
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Evidence is growing that trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral
therapy (TF-CBT) is an effective treatment for sexually abused
children, including those who have experienced multiple other
traumatic events. This article reviews the research that has
examined treatments for sexually abused children and suggests
future research priorities in this regard. Most of the studies
that have evaluated TF-CBT have been well designed. This
treatment model represents a synthesis of trauma-sensitive
interventions and well-established CBT principles (Cohen et al.,
2001; Deblinger and Heflin, 1996). Trauma-focused cognitive-
behavioral therapy was jointly developed by two groups of
researchers who have recently worked together to conduct
multisite, treatment-outcome studies for sexually abused and
otherwise traumatized children. The therapy was developed to
resolve posttraumatic stress disorder, and depressive and
anxiety symptoms, as well as to address underlying distortions
about self-blame, safety, the trustworthiness of othe
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are chemicals found in many
household products; examples of VOCs include acetone,
formaldehyde, xylene, and toluene. Exposure to volatile organic
compounds may cause symptoms such as headaches; nausea; and eye,
nose, and throat Products that may contain volatile organic
compounds include: Volatile organic compounds may cause serious
symptoms, such as loss of coordination, liver damage, and damage
to the central nervous system. Some volatile organic compounds
are suspected to cause cancer in humans and are known to cause
cancer in animals. The level and length of exposure to volatile
organic compounds determine the health effects. Controlling
exposure or only using household products with adequate fresh-
air ventilation may prevent serious health effects. September
23, 2011 Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine & Peter
Rabinowitz, MD, MPH - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
How this information was developed to help you make better
health decisions To learn more visit Heal
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Nutrient to Know: Vitamin B12 by Dana Angelo White in Nutrients
to Know, June 5, 2012 - Comments (1,103) There are a lot of
misconceptions about this vitamin. Get the facts about B-12.
What is it? Less commonly known as “cobalamin” this water-
soluble vitamin is almost always found in multi-vitamins and
B-complex supplements. Unlike most other water-soluble
vitaminss, B-12 requires stomach acid for absorption. It’s also
stored within the body for many years, unlike others like
riboflavin and thiamin that are quickly passed in the urine. Why
is it good for you? Your body needs B-12 to help form DNA, to
build your nervous system and keep red blood cells healthy.
Since the body likes to store B-12, large amounts of supplements
are often not necessary – there’s just one catch. B-12 is mostly
found in animal products, so folks that follow a long-term vegan
diet might need to consider a daily supplement. Since you need
stomach acid for absorption, your ability to break it down
decreases with age. Folks who take a lo
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This 2009 photo by Nature Iraq shows drying marshes with boats
stranded in the water. Conditions are even worse now. For more
photos, see the Facebook link on the story. The Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta is not the only major watershed experiencing water
shortages, sociopolitical tension and environmental degradation.
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers, source of Mesopotamia and the
world's Abrahamic religions, are also in sociopolitical and
environmental crises. “Mideast crisis” conjures up images of
U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan combating terrorists while
Israel and its adversaries seek a peaceful settlement of the
perpetual Palestinian problem. For Sacramento State Professor
Michelle Stevens, it means protecting the Tigris and Euphrates
watershed, upon which so many of the region’s residents depend.
Stevens has traveled to the region several times during the last
decade, meeting with her scientific counterparts and urging
collaborative actions to rehabilitate the Mesopotamian Marshes
in southern Iraq. A
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Science Fair Project Encyclopedia Industrial Design is an
applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of products may
be improved. Design aspects specified by the industrial designer
may include the overall shape of the object, the location of
details with respect to one another, colors, texture, sounds,
and aspects concerning the use of the product ergonomics.
Additionally the industrial designer may specify aspects
concerning the production process, choice of materials and the
way the product is presented to the consumer at the point of
sale. The use of industrial designers in a product development
process may lead to added values by improved usability, lowered
production costs and more appealing products. Product Design is
focused on products only, while industrial design has a broader
focus on concepts, products and processes. In addition to
considering aesthetics, usability, and ergonomics, it can also
encompass the engineering of objects, usefulness as well as
usability, market placement, and other
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Teaching the Importance of Voting Tue November 6, 2012 Mock
Election Helps Fenwick Elementary Students See Value In Voting
Inside the Fenwick Elementary School cafeteria, elections
officials set up a table with ballots ready to hand out to the
youngest of the nation’s patriots, student voters. Here the
elementary children cast their ballots in a mock election, while
in the nearby gym, adults are doing the real thing. "I firmly
believe that we have fought to have the right to vote and to
choose our representatives,” said Dr. Tambrey Ozuna, who is the
principal at Fenwick. “And I want my students to take that
message with them when they get older. I want them to have that
instilled in them." At Fenwick, 400 students from pre-K to fifth
grade participated in the voting process, and Ozuna has held
mock elections at other campuses where she worked. Angela
Calderon greets the student voters and hands them their ballot.
"Well, it's kind of an honor to be a part of this voting because
voting is important to a lot of
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Chicken feathers, as unlikely as it seems, have turned out to be
a wonderfully useful material. Among other things, researchers
have found they make for great circuit boards and cheap,
efficient storage tanks for hydrogen. Now it turns out they
could also be used to create biodegradable, petroleum-free
plastics. Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln say
that the protein keratin in chicken feathers, which is strong
and durable, as well as the fact that so many of them end up as
unused waste, is what makes them such an appealing material.
When making the plastic, the scientists heat-treated the
feathers to clean them and then pulverized them into a fine
powder. They then added chemicals that made the keratin
molecules join together into long chains and create a polymer.
The resulting plastic was stronger than other bioplastics made
of soy beans or starch and it stood up to water. The material is
a thermoplastic which means that heat can be used to mold it
into various products and can be melted and
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contains adult stem cells. In the not-too-distant future, those
stem cells might be used for growing new islet cells to cure
diabetes. The problem is, how to keep the teeth nice and fresh
until that hoped-for day. That's where Provia Laboratories comes
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healthy tooth is a candidate for banking. Researchers have been
able to recover s
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