Abgar Surname
To learn more about the Abgar surname is always to learn about the folks whom probably share common origins and ancestors. That is one of the explanations why it is normal that the Abgar surname is more represented in one or higher nations for the world than in other people. Here you'll find out by which countries of the world there are many more people who have the surname Abgar.
The surname Abgar within the globe
Globalization has meant that surnames distribute far beyond their nation of origin, so that it can be done to locate African surnames in Europe or Indian surnames in Oceania. Exactly the same takes place in the case of Abgar, which as you're able to corroborate, it can be stated it is a surname that may be found in a lot of the nations regarding the globe. In the same way there are countries in which undoubtedly the density of men and women using the surname Abgar is more than far away.
The map of the Abgar surname
The chance of examining on a world map about which nations hold more Abgar in the world, helps us plenty. By putting ourselves on the map, for a tangible nation, we could begin to see the concrete number of people utilizing the surname Abgar, to acquire this way the particular information of all the Abgar you could currently find in that country. All this also assists us to comprehend not merely in which the surname Abgar comes from, but also in what way the individuals who're initially the main family that bears the surname Abgar have moved and relocated. In the same way, it is possible to see by which places they have settled and grown up, which explains why if Abgar is our surname, it seems interesting to which other nations associated with the world it is possible that certain of our ancestors once moved to.
Countries with additional Abgar worldwide
 1. Morocco (170)
 2. Belgium (69)
 3. Spain (19)
 4. Iran (11)
 5. India (9)
 6. Netherlands (6)
 7. Armenia (4)
 8. Russia (3)
 9. Denmark (1)
 10. France (1)
 11. Nigeria (1)
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US deploys F-15s to Iceland, Netherlands
US deploys F-15s to Iceland, Netherlands
The US has deployed 12 F-15C Eagles and around 350 airmen in Europe as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR), the Pentagon's demonstration of force designed to deter what the US calls Russian aggression against Europe.
The aircraft and troops were sent from the Barnes Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts and the Fresno Air National Guard Base in California for a six-month tour to Iceland's Keflavik and the Dutch Leeuwarden Air Base.
The American fighters "will conduct training alongside NATO allies and partners as part of OAR to strengthen interoperability, demonstrate US commitment to a Europe that is whole, free, at peace, secure, and prosperous and to deter further Russian aggression," the USAF said in a statement.
During the tour the aircraft will forward-deploy to the Eastern European nations of Bulgaria, Romania and Estonia.
The deployment is one of several planned by the Pentagon. Next month it is planning to send six F-15s to Finland, which is not a NATO member, but an active participant in many of the bloc's activities.
Iceland is the only NATO member that has no military of its own, although it has a small coast guard force. The country used to host a US airbase during the Cold War, but it was shut down in 2006. Two years later US warplanes started paroling Iceland's airspace.
The US and NATO are pushing for a stronger military presence in Europe, and particularly in Eastern Europe and the Baltic, close to Russia's border. They argue that such deployment is necessary to deter Russia from military aggression.
Moscow says Western hawks are simply using the perceived Russian threat to justify greater military spending.


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If we want to abandon the thoughts and belief systems of an oppressive racial hierarchy we will need new ideas and paradigms upon which to build a more accurate understanding of ourselves and of society. Waking up to Race is the place in this website where you can find White Awake's core assumptions about race.
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- Racism is alive: culturally, institutionally, and at the interpersonal level.
- Race is not biologically "real", but it is real as a social construction
- White is a racial identity.
- Questions of power, privilege, inclusion and exclusion are complex.
- With awareness comes the power to change.
- Race and racism are not personal issues but societal patterns.
- Rather than focusing on whether or not we are racist, white people can instead focus on building racial awareness and taking action for a just society.
- White supremacy affords material comfort and social privilege to white people, but this privilege comes at a cost. This cost can include a loss of connection to our own humanity.
- It is in our self interest, as white people, to eliminate racial oppression.
- In acting for ourselves, we act for the whole. In acting for the whole, we act for ourselves.

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Sibling Activity: Make Your Own Volcano!
I babysit siblings twice a week, and the age difference makes it pretty hard to find things we can all do together–18 months + 4.5 years = recipe for frustration. What to do if the older brother just wants to play with his beloved Legos but the younger brother wants to smash that Lego helicopter and chew on the pieces?
Last week, we made a volcano!
We made the base out of homemade play dough and, in case you missed this elementary school milestone, the eruption happens when you mix baking soda and vinegar. First, the base! We made ours out of homemade play dough with this fantastically wonderful recipe. [It really is the "squishiest," but double the recipe twice–it's proportioned for small amounts of different colors, about the size of what you'd get in a purchased play dough jar. You need a lot more than that for a good volcano! We did well with a recipe doubled once but could have used more.] Here's why making play dough was a great activity:
 - Play dough is fun to make and includes only food ingredients (flour, water, salt, cream of tartar, etc.). This means that both kids can measure and pour. The toddler loved doing this with me and the older one was thrilled to do it all by himself!
 - If the toddler sneaks something into his mouth, it's no big deal, provided you stop him before he consumes enough of anything to give himself a stomach ache. This little dude is a cuddle bear, so he doesn't mind sitting on my lap, which made this easier.
 - If you're talking to a preschooler with enough maturity to respect cooking safety, he can stir as the play dough "cooks." I asked this one to recite the rules before we turned anything on; his mom does a great job cooking with the kids, so he had had a lot of practice!
 - Measuring and pouring teaches the same skill set that kids use to do math and science.
 - We put a little food coloring in our play dough to try to make it brown–you could make it any color you want. We didn't want food coloring to transfer to our hands after the play dough was all done, though.
 - You can talk about the chemistry of cooking while it's happening, if you have a youngster as curious as my friend! Why does it form a ball? Because the water made everything dissolve together when it was wet, but it's not as wet now, is it? Why? Heat makes water turn to gas, as we can see from the steam, so the now stuck together ingredients are getting dry. And that is why it forms a ball in the pan! (Yes, he's a very smart kid who totally participated in that conversation. So much fun.)
 - While we cooked the play dough, the toddler was mostly happy playing with something else. Chemistry talk seems to bore him, understandably, and signal that it's time to entertain himself! he did sometimes enjoy watching the chemistry happen from the safety of my arms.
 - Tip: only make the play dough if you have a lot of time. If you're not pressed for time, you can stay calm and stay unattached to immediate success. Children just do very poorly with adult stress over perfection or time constraints. All of the play dough ingredients are inexpensive, and you can always start over. All of them are easy to clean up. None of them ruin clothes, so you can be playful about spills. If you do have to start over, mention that everyone who has ever cooked anything has had to start over.
 - The play dough cools off in about the time it takes to eat a good snack!
On to the volcano! As luck would have it, my toddler friend needed a nap after his snack. It was easier to make the "volcano" with just the two of us, but we did it in the backyard, so I suspect that if I had given the younger brother some play dough of his own or set him up with the sidewalk chalk, he would have been happy.
 - We made the volcano on a piece of cardboard so that we could move it around and used a baby food jar as the "mouth" for the eruption. Cutest thing C has ever said? "Won't the eruption wake up my brother?" I explained that this eruption was for eyes, not ears, because it didn't have fire like real volcanos. SO SWEET.
 - We put baking soda (lots–I let him pour) and food coloring (red + yellow) inside the baby food jar. Lots of baking soda turned out to be a great idea, because we could just pour some more vinegar inside every time we wanted a new eruption!
 - We used an ENTIRE GALLON of vinegar! I was so glad we had set up outside! C also experimented with putting baking soda on his hands, putting his hands in the puddles of vinegar we had made and feeling it fizz! He giggled with pure joy. He may even be interested in helping clean the bathtub, since I told him that I use the fizzy mixture to clean mine…
After the smashing success of our science project this week, I wanted a chemistry reminder, so I thought I'd include this for you:
[quote/]What actually happens is this: the acetic acid (that's what makes vinegar sour) reacts with sodium bicarbonate (a compound that's in baking soda) to form carbonic acid. It's really a double replacement reaction. Carbonic acid is unstable, and it immediately falls apart into carbon dioxide and water (it's a decomposition reaction). The bubbles you see from the reaction come from the carbon dioxide escaping the solution that is left. Carbon dioxide is heavier than air, so, it flows almost like water when it overflows the container. It is a gas that you exhale (though in small amounts), because it is a product of the reactions that keep your body going. What's left is a dilute solution of sodium acetate in water.[/quote] [typography font="Cantarell" size="12″ size_format="px"]Experiments By Students For Students[/typography]
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Women More Likely to Survive Melanoma Than Men: Study
Analysis found female patients had a 30% survival advantage
TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to surviving the skin cancer known as melanoma, nature appears to have dealt women a better hand than men, new research suggests.
By almost every measure, an analysis of four European studies found that women can expect a 30 percent better outcome than men following an early stage melanoma diagnosis. That gap, researchers say, may be rooted in basic differences in gender biology.
"The 30 percent advantage applies to survival," said study author Dr. Arjen Joosse, from the department of public health at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. "It also applies to having a metastasis [spread]: women have a 30 percent lower chance to experience a metastasis to the lymph nodes and to other organs."
Joosse and colleagues from Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and France published their findings in the April 30 online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
In an editorial accompanying the study, Dr. Vernon Sondak, chair of the department of cutaneous oncology at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., noted that just over 70,000 Americans were diagnosed with invasive melanoma in 2011, and about 43 percent of those were women. But, among the roughly 8,800 melanoma-related deaths that year, only 35 percent were female patients.
Joosse noted that the fact that women tend to fare better than men following a melanoma diagnosis is a well-established observation based on prior research, some of which was conducted by the current study team. However, the reasons behind the prognosis gap have remained elusive.
And the new research found an association between gender and melanoma survival, not a cause-and-effect.
To explore the question, Joosse and his team analyzed data concerning nearly 2,700 melanoma patients that was gleaned from four different melanoma treatment trials conducted in Europe.
All of the male and female melanoma patients had been diagnosed with either stage 1 (early) or stage 2 (localized) cancer. During and following treatment, all the patients were tracked for disease remission, relapse, spread and death.
The result: male melanoma patients were found to have worse disease characteristics at diagnosis and worse disease progression.
On the latter measure, female patients were found to have a "highly consistent and independent advantage" over men in terms of overall survival, both before and after menopause.
The sole exception was seen in cases of head and neck melanomas, where the gender differences disappeared. But the team cautioned that even this exception could ultimately be dismissed as misleading, due to key study peculiarities.
It is not that the initial tumor starts out worse in men than women, the authors stressed. Rather it is something gender-related that causes the cancer to unfold in a more deadly way in men.
In theory, estrogen level differences could play a role, although the team noted that the evidence so far suggests the hormone does not have much effect on melanoma.
Other possibilities include gender differences with respect to vitamin D metabolism, immune system function, male testosterone levels and what is known as "oxidative stress" in the body.
"However, our data could not support or disprove any of these hypotheses," Joosse acknowledged.
Sondak said that while the gender gap is probably real, it is likely a function of both biology and environment.
"I believe that the message here is that if you're a man, think like a woman," said Sondak. "And that's because most of us feel that a big part of this has to do with the fact that women are a little more likely to be paying attention to their skin and to notice something on their skin, and most importantly, to do something about it right away. And with melanoma, early detection is key," he stressed.
"So, I think in large part this is a behavioral issue, not a genetic issue," Sondak added. "However, that's not the whole issue. It is also the case that what we now call melanoma, one disease, may actually be many different diseases caused by many different things. And with that there may be genetic differences, all else being equal, in how men and women get these different diseases in the first place. This study didn't look at that. But that's another important aspect to consider."
For more on melanoma, visit the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
Source: SOURCES: Arjen Joosse, M.D., department of public health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Vernon Sondak, M.D., surgeon and chair, department of cutaneous oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa; April 30, 2012, Journal of Clinical Oncology, online
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Dives (Latin for rich).—The word is not used in the Bible as a proper noun; but in the Middle Ages it came to be employed as the name of the rich man in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Luke, XVI, 19-31. It has often been thought that in this lesson on the use of riches Christ spoke of real persons and events. The "House of Dives" is still pointed out in Jerusalem; but, of course, if such a house ever existed, it must have long since disappeared.
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This report describes test made in the Variable Density Wind Tunnel of the NACA to determine the possibility of controlling the boundary layer on the upper surface of an airfoil by use of the low pressure existing near the leading edge. The low pressure was used to induce flow through slots in the upper surface of the wing. The tests showed that the angle of attack for maximum lift was increased at the expense of a reduction in the maximum lift coefficient and an increase in the drag coefficient.
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Migratory birds declining, govt monitoring habitat
New Delhi: The population of endangered migratory bird species is either decreasing or stable, but the central government is working to protect them during their sojourn, says Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan.
The number of migratory birds arriving in India depends on various factors, including habitat quality, preference and human disturbances along their migratory routes, Natarajan said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha Tuesday.
However, as per the latest Asian Waterbird Census coordinated by the Wetlands International, the population of threatened migratory birds in the entire flyway region, which includes Central Siberia, Mongolia, Central Asian republics, Iran, Afghanistan, the Gulf and the Indian subcontinent, is either decreasing or stable.
Natarajan said the central government is providing financial and technical assistance to specialised institutions like the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) for conducting studies to monitor the populations of important bird species and their habitat.
WII, BNHS and SACON are monitoring migratory birds in the Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur in Rajasthan. BNHS is also working in Point Calimere in Andhra Pradesh.
In Himachal Pradesh's Pong Dam wetlands, one of the largest manmade wetlands in northern India, the BNHS is tracking the migratory routes of the barheaded goose and some duck species through satellite.
A study on the status of trans-Himalayan and Himalayan birds, including migratory ones, is being conducted by the WII.
Crossing national and international boundaries, millions of migratory birds descend in India to avoid the extreme winter chill in their native habitats.
According to "Handbook on Indian Wetland Birds and their Conservation", written by scientists of the Dehradun-based Zoological Survey of India, of the 1,230 species found in the Indian subcontinent, nearly 350 are migrants.
The most abundant winter migrants to the Indian subcontinent are ducks and geese. Both constitute about 85 percent of the population.
The book says the birds go by celestial navigation. The birds possess sensory objects that can trace the waves generated by earth's magnetic field. The migration starts when the winds are favourable, mostly at dusk.


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Et cetera, usually abbreviated etc., comes from the Latin et, meaning and, and cetera, meaning the rest. So et cetera literally means and the rest.
Etc. is best reserved for times when (a) there is no question of what's being omitted, or (b) when listing every item in a large group would be unnecessary. In this example, there's no mystery about what etc. indicates:
All non-human primates—monkeys, gorillas, chimpanzees, etc.—exhibit some form of tool use.
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For 99 cents, users can punch in their current mood (sad, tempted, worried, etc.). [Dallas News]
When the reader can't know what's being omitted and it's not clear that there are more items in the list, etc. may signal laziness or dishonesty. In lazy moments, some writers use etc. when they know of only one or two examples but want to create the impression that there are more. Any engaged reader can see through this trick. Here are a few examples:
Cool "student search" home pages could welcome China's students with identifiable inspirational figures, like animated cartoons, etc., that are of cultural Chinese importance. [Record Eagle]
Coaches lie all the time, and, as you see with Pete Carroll, Lane Kiffin, etc., can you really blame kids for changing their minds? [Courant]
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Treat etc. as you would the phrase and the rest. When it comes at the end of a list, put a comma before it if you use the serial comma and don't if you don't use the serial comma. (We won't get into the serial comma issue here.) When it's in the middle of the sentence, it doesn't need to be followed by a comma.
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The black mulberry is native to western Asia and was introduced to southern Europe by the year 1500. The common point with Blanca Morera is its sensitivity to frost.
In June or July its tasty and sweet red / black fruits with which you can prepare jam appear. The fruits can also be used to prepare a wine and are also used to color the wine (with its tannins). The dried leaves are infused effective against diabetes mellitus.


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PET Scan Improves Diagnosis of Parkinsonism: Study
Early identification then leads to better treatment, researchers say
MONDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that PET brain scans can diagnose which type of Parkinson's-related disease a person has.
Between 1998 and 2006, researchers scanned the brains of 167 patients who had signs of Parkinsonism but hadn't been specifically diagnosed. They used PET (positron emission tomography) technology.
The researchers found that the scans allowed them to differentiate between idiopathic Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy, although the diagnoses sometimes differed from those of doctors who assessed the patients.
According to the researchers, who report their findings online in advance of print publication in the February issue of The Lancet Neurology, early diagnosis helps doctors place patients in proper drug trials.
In an accompanying commentary, Professor Angelo Antonini of the IRCCS San Camillo, Venice, and Parkinson Institute in Milan, Italy, wrote: "The clinical and research relevance of these findings should not be underestimated. Neuroprotective and disease-modifying drug research is intensifying, and results mostly rely on accurate early diagnosis."
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Dream interpretation, particularly from an Islamic perspective, can be a confusing topic. Did you know that in Islam, white flowers are often seen as symbols of joy and purity? This article will guide you through the diverse interpretations and meanings of dreaming about white flowers within Islamic culture and dream analysis — demystifying its symbolic significance.
Dive in to discover what your dreams might be telling you!
- White flowers symbolize joy and benefits in Islamic dream interpretation, representing purity, innocence, and faith.
- Dreaming of white flowers can indicate happy events coming your way and peace in your future.
- White flowers in dreams are often associated with purity, innocence, and a deep connection to spirituality.
White Flowers in Islamic Dream Interpretation
Symbolize joy and benefits
White flowers in a dream bring joy and good things. In Islam, they stand for happy events coming your way. They may mean you will get a gift or have success at work. If you see white flowers in your dreams, it can hint about peace and calm times ahead.
Represent purity, innocence, and faith
White flowers hold deep symbolic meanings in Islamic dream interpretation. They are often associated with purity, innocence, and faith. Seeing white flowers in a dream can signify the presence of these qualities within oneself or in others.
It represents a sense of untainted goodness and spiritual purity. White is considered a color of holiness and virtue in Islam, and dreaming of white flowers can be seen as a reflection of one's sincere devotion to God and adherence to moral values.
This symbolism highlights the importance of maintaining a pure heart and staying faithful to one's beliefs in the face of challenges or temptations.
Possible Meanings of Dreaming of White Flowers
Dreaming of white flowers in Islamic dream interpretation can have several possible meanings. Firstly, it may symbolize purity and innocence. White is often associated with cleanliness and goodness, so dreaming of white flowers could indicate a desire for purity or a need to maintain one's innocence.
Secondly, dreaming of white flowers may represent faith and spirituality. Flowers are often seen as signs of beauty and growth, so dreaming of white flowers could signify a strong connection to one's religious beliefs or a deepening sense of spirituality.
Lastly, dreaming of white flowers could also suggest joy and benefits in the dreamer's life. Just like how real-life flowers bring happiness and positivity, dreaming about them can symbolize the presence of good things happening or coming into the dreamer's life.
Overall, when someone dreams about white flowers in an Islamic perspective, it can be interpreted as representing purity, innocence, faithfulness, joyfulness,and potential blessings or benefits in their life journey that lie ahead.
In Islamic dream interpretation, white flowers symbolize joy, benefits, purity, innocence, and faith. Dreaming of white flowers could represent these positive qualities in one's life or signify a deep connection to spirituality.
Understanding the symbolic meanings of flowers can provide insights into our dreams and help us navigate their significance in Islam.
1. What does it mean to dream of white flowers in Islam?
In Islamic dream interpretation, dreaming of white flowers can symbolize joy, benefits, faith and innocence.
2. How are red flowers seen in Islamic dream meanings?
Dreaming of red flowers in Islam may link to the dreamer's woman or a gay type woman.
3. What is the symbolism of planting white flowers in dreams?
Planting white flowers in dreams could mean you are creating purity and high energy experiences due to their symbolic meaning in Islam.
4. Does kissing a virtuous woman or seeing garlands made from white flower hold any meaning in dreams?
Yes, these types of dreams have significant meanings related to joy and benefits within traditional Islamic dream analysis.
5. Is there significance given to temporary dreams about flowers according to interpretations of dreams In Islam?
Yes, all kinds themes including temporary ones have defined meanings under the authenticity rules for interpreting dreams within an Islamic perspective.
6. Are symbols found only with color changes or type choices when looking at flower symbolism within an Islamic context?
No! There are many ways that flower symbolism applies beyond just color or breed variance within the realm collective wisdom known as "Islamic Symbolism Of Flowers.
blog. With a lifelong fascination for the nocturnal narratives that play out in our minds, Josh has dedicated years to understanding the intricate tapestries of dreams and their profound meanings. His passion for dream interpretation is not just academic; it's deeply personal. Each article penned by him is a testament to his commitment to helping others unlock the mysteries that lie within their subconscious.
From the most vivid nightmares to the most whimsical daydreams, Josh believes that every dream has a story to tell and a lesson to impart. Drawing from a rich blend of cultural, historical, and psychological insights, he deciphers these nightly tales, offering readers a unique perspective that bridges the gap between the mystical and the scientific.
When he's not unraveling the secrets of the dream realm, Josh can be found with a book on dream theories, attending workshops, or simply gazing at the stars, pondering the vastness of the universe and the dreams it might hold.
Join Josh on this captivating journey and discover what your dreams are trying to tell you.


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The American eel fishery is carefully managed in both the U.S. and Canada. State, provincial and federal governments promote sustainability by imposing a variety of conservation measures on the independent, licensed fishermen who catch eels along the North American coast. These include size limits, fishing seasons, regional closures, gear restrictions and harvest quotas.
As recently as October 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service concluded, "the eel's single population is overall stable and not in danger of extinction or likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future."
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AAMC Situation Judgment Test (SJT)
The AAMC Situational Judgment Test (SJT) was created to improve the admissions process by assisting medical schools to assess pre-professional competencies that have been shown to impact the long-term performance of an individual as a medical professional. If combined with pre-interview screening, the AAMC SJT has the capacity to:
- Assist in facilitating holistic review earlier in the screening process of the application
- Provide academic metrics that is balanced
- Determine applicants that have specific strong or weak pre-professional competence that may need additional review
- Widen the skills, experience, and demographic variation of the applicant pool considered for the next phase
Considering the long-standing commitment of the AAMC to serving the community of medical school admissions, they are uniquely positioned to create a program that is both efficient and trusted by vital stakeholders.
The AAMC has established a document that goes over this information this information at _URL_.
What is measured on the AAMC SJT exam?
It is a standardized exam that presents various hypothetical scenarios that students may pass through when they're in medical school and asks participants to evaluate the effectiveness of some behavioral responses to each scenario.
The AAMC has joined forces with experts in various subjects in the medical school community, including admissions officers, faculty, students, and diversity affairs officers to incorporate the exam for medical schools.
The response of those that are participating in the examination will offer insight into their knowledge of effective and ineffective qualities across eight important pre-professional competencies for new medical students.
The competencies were determined by medical educators as being vital for students to understand in order to be successful in medical school. They include:
- Capacity for improvement
- Resilience and adaptability
- Reliability and dependability
- Ethical responsibility to self and to others
- Cultural competence
- Social skills
- Service orientation
Research backing the AAMC SJT test
The AAMC has a multi-phase research plan to determine the competence of students in four areas, including psychometrics, fairness, predicting medical student performance, and community reactions. Research has engaged MCAT examinees, medical students, and medical school admissions officers to study the different forms of the SJT.
General results of these research studies have shown the AAMC SJT:
- Is valid and reliable
- Correctly predicts the performance of medical students
- Shows small to no group variations
- Adds value to the process of admissions above and beyond existing application data
The operational pilot for 2020
Together with two medical schools – University of Minnesota Medical School Twin Cities and University of California Davis School of Medicine – the AAMC will carry out a limited-scale operational pilot to show:
- How best to administer this type of assessment
- How to include it into the application process of undergraduates
- To have a better understanding of the ways in which it can be used to bring value to the admissions community
Throughout the 2021 medical school application and selection cycle that is approaching, both schools taking part in the pilot will strongly encourage applicants to complete the AAMC SJT during the application cycle of 2021. To get additional information on how these schools will apply the scores during the evaluation phase of admission, directly reach out to the admissions offices.
Applicants that are planning to apply to either school should visit the official website for additional details regarding the AAMC SJT pilot, including requirements for applicants of both pilot schools, frequently asked questions, and much more.
The exam is open only to applicants to the two pilot schools mentioned earlier for the AMCAS 2021 cycle, and applicants are strongly encouraged to complete the exam on one of the provided exam dates.
If scores are displayed to enhance the holistic review process of the schools, then the schools may consider them as one part of their admission decisions. The exam will be carried out in two testing windows across six dates. Appointments will be available throughout each test day starting at 8 a.m. local time.
Exam format & length
The exam is made up of written scenario sets that present hypothetical dilemma associated to eight vital competencies. The scenarios are based on real-world situations you may experience in medical school. They are set in health care, educational, or other real-life settings. This is similar to the CASPer exam.
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The scenarios were created for pre-health students, and prior health care experience is not needed to perform well on the exam. Following each given scenario are items that describe actions you could take in response to the dilemma presented in the scenario.
You will be asked to rate the effectiveness of each action using a 4-point scale:
- 1 = very ineffective
- 2 = ineffective
- 3 = effective
- 4 = very effective
There will be a total of 30 scenarios and 186 items on the test. Sample scenarios sets can be found online for practice, and a full-length practice exam will be available on or about Aug. 1, 2020, to help you become familiar with AAMC SJT scenarios and items.
Total session time may vary depending on the required technology check for remote-proctored, online exams. You may shorten the time needed by ensuring in advance of your exam check-in that your workspace is clear of prohibited materials, that your technology meets all the required specifications, and by closing all applications and programs. An overview of the time allocated is as follows:
- Examinee agreement: 4 minutes
- Tutorial (optional): 5 minutes
- Check-in: 5 to 10 minutes
- Exam time: 75 minutes
- Void question: 3 minutes
- Check-out: 2 to 5 minutes
- Post-test survey (optional): 5 minutes
- Total session: 90 to 105 minutes
How should students study for the exam & AAMC SJT sample questions
The exam is very similar to the CASPer exam, so we recommend that students do the MedSchoolCoach CASPer Prep & Simulation program to gain the confidence they need to do well on the exam. You should also look over the sample questions that AAMC has published, available here.


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Framingham State University Coordinated Program in Dietetics student Nicole Minnelli and Rebecca Drown partnered up with 7th grade health classes at Pollard Middle School in Needham, Massachusetts. As stated in Needham's wellness policy and in the health education curriculum, the goal of the program is to promote healthy behaviors and a dedication to wellness. Needham Nutrition Services supports nutrition education by offering unlimited fruits and vegetables with a meal.
Nicole taught the 7th grade students about food marketing through a lesson called "Design a Cereal." The lesson included an overview of how people are influenced, or deceived, by marketing on food products. Using cereal boxes, students worked in groups to discuss which marketing strategies such as colors, slogans or health claims were used to entice the buyer to purchase that specific cereal. The students were also asked, just by looking at the box, if they thought this was a healthy cereal choice.
Students learned what to look for when purchasing a cereal and how to read a nutrition facts label to detect a healthy cereal even when the outside of the box might disagree. Students discussed protein, fiber and sugar in relation to healthy cereals.
Each group then created a healthy cereal on their iPads using marketing strategies discussed. The creativity from these students made for a fun, interactive lesson while they used key nutrition information learned earlier in their lesson to design a healthy cereal.
Students stated they had fun during this lesson and felt like they learned something as well.
To find lesson plans and ways to incorporate nutrition education in the classroom, visit The John Stalker Institute Resource Center for ideas.
Submitted by: Nicole Minnelli, Food and Nutrition Student in the Coordinated Program in Dietetics.


Spiritual Power Words: Consequence
The Mundane Meaning of Consequence
Consequence is defined as "something produced by a cause or necessarily following from a set of conditions". We face natural, logical, and unintended consequences every day. But what does it mean to understand the spiritual meaning of "consequence"?
The Spiritual in Consequences
"We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them." (Sean Covey, The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens) and "We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make us." (Ken Levine, Game Developer). Seeing life through a spiritual lens means seeing the string of consequences that connect to make us how and who we are.
Natural consequences flow in expected ways because of the laws of nature and the science of life. If I choose to train my body to be stronger by lifting weights, then picking up heavier and heavier objects over the course of my training will be a natural and logical consequence. Being sought after to play on my high school football team by the coach who notices me at the gym would be an unintended consequence.
To be spiritual with this concept means addressing consequences as purposeful lessons that may easily span this lifetime as well as previous ones. Opening the mind to past lives opens us to dealing with consequences that may have a mundane explanation but crucial spiritual implications.
Spiritual Consequence in Mundane Explanations
Let me share a personal story to illustrate my point. I am adopted. My adoption was a consequence of my birth mother getting pregnant at a young age in a time when abortion was not legal (1968). She was from a family of means, so her pregnancy was managed by sending her to a "boarding school" where she could have me and put me up for adoption, leaving no "stain" on the family.
My adopting mother could not have children, so foster care or adoption were her only options. As a consequence of her infertility, she and my adoptive father had to pursue adoption to become parents. These two consequences merged in May of 1968 after my birth in April and I was adopted. My adoption was a blessing for me and resulted in a very positive and wonderful childhood, and largely successful life.
Through my life journey, and my professional practice, I have come to learn that my very positive childhood is much rarer than I presumed. With a spiritual view and many past life regressions, I have come to understand that my good life in this lifetime is a consequence of some very harsh past lives where I attempted to do my best for others but suffered greatly. While my adoption was the result of certain choices leading to certain consequences, my adoption by the people who gave me such a good life and tremendous love was a consequence of my soul's spiritual work and journey.
Navigating Negative Consequences to Grow the Soul
I meet clients at very hard times in their lives, when they are dealing with some very negative consequences because of unwise choices – trapped in a loveless or even abusive relationship, struggling with unsatisfying work, or dealing with loneliness and apathy. They are a mix of consequences of their own making and being caught in the wake of choices made by others. Much of the work we address is facing the consequences that brought them to their intersection with spiritual work as a way to address the consequences of their lives.
When we do not face the consequences of our choices, or we are not held accountable, not only do we suffer, but so does the world in both small and large ways. When we allow the consequences of other's actions to define us long after we become strong or aware enough to challenge those consequences, we fail to grow spiritually. Our soul atrophies. When we become conscious of the path of consequences in our lives, we can make more informed choices to lead to better and better consequences.
I have always been a helpful person, which I understand to be a quality of my soul and a consequence of my adoption, as I chose to understand it and interpret it through my youth and early adulthood. Being adopted, for me, was filled with a profound gratitude that made me willing to help others as a "payment" for the gift of my adoption, but I did not establish healthy boundaries to protect my spirit and psyche, causing me to have a breakdown in 2009, a consequence of me always saying yes to others even when I did not have energy for myself.
Shaping Consequences
After my breakdown, which lasted nearly four years, I learned from the consequences that brought me to the lowest place I have been in my life. Some were part of this lifetime and some were part of past lifetimes. I had to face the consequences of my choices as well as the consequences of the choices of people around me who affected my life. In a few cases, one of the epiphanies was to move certain people out of my life so I would not be swept up in the consequences of their decisions.
Ironically, I began to emerge out of my breakdown period when I started my spiritual advising practice in 2013. In the years that followed, I worked very hard to understand my purpose, which with each passing day of better understanding and practice, I began to see better and better consequences in my life – natural, logical, and unintended.
There Are No Shortcuts
Consequences exist to teach us. Whether we learn or not is often a matter of intelligence, awareness, and willingness. There is often a surprisingly fine line between blame and cause, between excuses and reasons, between victimhood and empowerment. At the spiritual level, there are actually no unintended consequences. This claim is not about fate, but about lessons. An unintended consequence is simply a natural and logical consequence we cannot see until "after the fact".
We live empowered when we are willing to "face the consequences" even if they are the result of someone else's actions. If we learn that the behavior of another person, by virtue of their power in our lives, rains consequences down on us, then we must find a way to change the consequences or accept them as necessary lessons if we cannot change them. My birth mother was forced to put me up for adoption and a host of consequences followed well before my consciousness and understanding of my adoption became part of my aware experience.
I am an adopted person and I could choose to be angry or hurt because of the consequences that resulted in that life path, not of my choosing. But I have had the pleasure to meet my birth parents and learn their stories, and see how my spiritual path is a consequence of their choices, while recognizing that I have worked hard to empower myself to be more and more in charge of my choices, and better able to face consequences in a way that gives me a positive life.
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Profiles of characters with first names that start with A.
 #40274 by Ailsa Alexander
NAME: Ailsa Alexander
Blood Statues: Witch
DATE OF BIRTH: July 22, 1982
EMPLOYER:Hogwarts Student
Gade: 5th year
Concept: Ailsa Alexander is someone who wants to make it out of Hogwarts one day and become a healer. She enjoys working with plants and learning new potions.
Other Eras & Jobs: Refromation Era Healer
Appearance: Ailsa has short choppy brown hair. Her eyes are round and blue. Most days, she wears square glasses. She loves to wear slacks and blouses on most days. When she is at home, she can be seen in pajamas.
Ethnicity: White
Personality: Ailsa is a bubbly, cheerful girl. She always waves and says hello to everyone that she meets. Ailsa hardly ever gets angry, and if she does, she chooses to walk away rather than deal with it.
Backstory: Ailsa Alexander was born on July 22, 1982, to Grace Alexander nee Aileanach, who's a half-blood witch, and Rory Alexander was is a muggle-born wizard. She came into this world quiet as a mouse but started to cry a few seconds later. Growing up, Ailsa lived with her mother, father, and three younger siblings as the oldest Ailsa was tasked with looking after them, which she never minded. At the age of three, in a fit of rage over her parents telling her that she would have another sibling, Ailsa made a book fall off the bookshelf. Her parents were pleased to learn that she was a witch, after all.
It shocked Ailsa that the book fell off the shelf, but she was excited to pick up the book. Ailsa had clapped when she went to get the book. The book looked interesting to her. It had a pretty plant on the cover, which started her journey into learning about plants. From then on out, she looked for plants where ever Ailsa went.
Ailsa spent her childhood summers when she didn't attend muggle school, helping her mother out at the local bookshop that her mother worked at. Her father, on the other hand, worked at the local food store. Money was always tight for them, but Ailsa never minded sharing her things with her siblings. From a young age, Ailsa enjoyed learning all about the plants around her.
At the age of eleven, Ailsa got her Hogwarts letter. She jumped up and down with joy. Finally, she wouldn't have to go to the muggle school each year. Her parents wanted her and her siblings to understand both worlds because of her father, a muggle-born. It's not that she didn't enjoy it, but nothing beat being able to attend Hogwarts like her parents before her.
Recent History:First Year of Hogwarts: While Ailsa had some friends before Hogwarts, it was hard for her to make friends at Hogwarts during her first year. Most of her days were spent in the library or greenhouses, learning all she could about plants. If she wasn't there, she was off studying potions or playing chess. Ailsa mostly kept to herself. She really didn't care about the person who escaped Azkaban. It was of no use to her.
Second Year of Hogwarts: She made a few friends after getting used to being back at Hogwarts. Ailsa realized there was more to life than just plants and potions. While at school, she did cheer on the Hogwarts champions. Ailsa didn't care who brought home the victory because it was a win for Hogwarts either way.
Third-year at Hogwarts: Ailsa was there to cheer on her brother Alec as he got sorted. She was thrilled to have one of her siblings there with her at Hogwarts. Ailsa spent the time trying to stay away from Umbridge. It was easy to keep her head down and do what was asked of her in class. Ailsa didn't want to cause any trouble. Her brother loved to follow her and her friends around. For the most part, Ailsa didn't mind it, but it did get on her nerves.
Fourth-year at Hogwarts: Entering her fourth year at Hogwarts, Ailsa took time to study more because she wanted to get better grades. Ailsa felt like she could do better in school. Add in the fact that her parents wanted her to do good knowing a war was coming and there was nothing they could do to stop it. It got to the point where she wouldn't spend time with her friends nor her brother, who was the second year. Dumbledore's death torn her up. She couldn't believe someone so powerful could die.
Fifth-year at Hogwarts: Her mother didn't want her to go back to Hogwarts because of the war. Ailsa's father went on the run to keep his family safe. It would be weird going back, but Ailsa felt she would be safest at Hogwarts than at home. Plus, her sister was starting her first year at Hogwarts. Plus, they were required to go back. Ailsa was going to keep her head down as best as she could this year. But she would do what she could to help out because she didn't want Voldemort to win.
Current Goals: Ailsa wants to survive the war and go on to do great things. She wants to protect and keep her family safe.
Hobbies: Ailsa loves to play chess. She also spends as much time as she can with her brother and two sisters. Ailsa enjoys brewing potions in her spare time. Another hobby is spending time learning all about healing or tending to plants.
Loyalties: Her loyalties lie with her family and the Order.
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Mental Weaknesses:
Magical Strengths: Herbology and Potions.
Magical Weaknesses: Defense Against The Dark Arts, Transfiguration, and History of Magic.
Strongest Childhood Memory: Ailsa was playing outside with her little brother Alec when he first showed signs of having magical powers.
Secret They'll Never Tell: She will never tell anyone that her brother is Trans because it's not her story to tell. It's her brothers.
Pets: Barn Owl named Otter
Wand: Beechwood and dragon heartstring 9"
Boggart: Her brother and sisters laying there dead.
Prized Possession: Her pet owl Otter.


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Sicilian Linen Towns
A few readers have written to us asking how and from where they can pick up old style tablecloths, bed linen and embroidered work in Sicily.
Our research has led us to the eastern side of the island and the towns of Sortino in the province of Siracusa, Vittoria in the province of Ragusa and Castiglione in the province of Catania.
The workmanship in this part of the island is known as'sfilato siciliano'. It is a technique which first appeared in the 15th century and was essentially the embellishing of white linen cloths with colorful threads.
The women of the time would remove threads of the linen and replace them with colored embroidery.
It must have been an intricate job and, in fact, it did become simplified over the years and only certain decorative areas were eventually reworked.
Many of the old techniques have disappeared but the craft itself was kept alive in the islands convents and specialist 'bottegas'.
A variation which is alive and well is practised at Erice in the west of Sicily. It is called 'frazzata' and involves the use of a hand loom to replace threads with extremely colorful cotton.
The cotton is inserted to form bright, geometric patterns often inspired by floral and Middle Eastern designs. The popularity of the 'frazzata' is such that what was once a craft practised in the home is now a recognizable industry.
What is there to see at Erice, Sortino and Castiglione?
Erice - The famous Temple of Venus which was uncovered following excavations in the Norman castle; a relic from the time when the city was destroyed by the Carthaginians in 260 BC. The tortuous medieval town was called Monte S.Giuliano until 1934.
Sortino - The necropolis of Pantalica built into the chalk rocks.
Castiglione - The old fortifications which look towards the coast at Taormina and Mount Etna in the south. The nearest town of Linguaglossa takes its name from a large tongue of lava which arrived in the area in 1634 and is commemorated by a memorial stone in the town hall
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The blooming of the Kyoto cherry blossoms is already a week earlier than average and 11 days earlier than if the climate crisis had not been exacerbated by human-induced climate change. This culturally significant event is already a symptom of the climate crisis. But how does climate change affect cherry blossoms?
Kyoto cherry blossoms reached full bloom a week earlier than all previous averages.
According to a study in the journal Environment Research Letters, the peak date of cherry blossoms in Kyoto has shifted a week earlier. The change is primarily due to climate change, with temperatures in the city center rising by several degrees since pre-industrial times. Climate change also aggravates the heat island effect, making cities more likely to experience warmer temperatures than their surroundings.
The early flowering dates of cherry blossoms in Kyoto are attributed to climate change, as the city has been warming up much more quickly than the rural area. Kyoto's central part warmed up faster than the rural areas so that now the cherry blossoms bloom 11 days earlier than previous averages. However, the difference between the two areas has leveled off since the middle of the 20th century, indicating that urban warming has been responsible for most of Kyoto's recent warming.
Rising temperatures are changing nature's timing.
Rising temperatures have affected the timing of the flowering of cherry blossoms across the world, and scientists believe the early flowering dates of this year are the result of urban warming and climate change.
Extreme droughts have reduced the number of cherry blossoms in some areas. However, extreme heat and drought have destroyed the natural habitats of many species.
They are a culturally significant event in Japan.
The climate crisis is causing Kyoto cherry blossoms to bloom earlier each year. Due to urbanization, buildings absorb heat more quickly than natural landscapes. This phenomenon is known as the "heat island effect" and contributes to rising temperatures. By the end of this century, scientists predict that the cherry blossoms in Kyoto will bloom an average of one week earlier than they do today.
The traditional peak of the cherry blossom season is at the end of March. But in 2021, the ancient capital of Japan has seen the blossoms bloom even earlier than usual. The cherry blossom season began on 11 March, four days earlier than usual in Kyoto.
They are a symptom of the climate crisis.
Scientists say that the early blooming of Kyoto cherry blossoms indicates a more significant crisis: global warming. The cherry blossoms typically peak in the spring months, but temperatures have increased earlier than last year. The cherry blossoms are especially sensitive to weather conditions.
They will reach full bloom an additional week earlier by 2100
By the end of this century, the Kyoto cherry blossoms are projected to begin blooming an additional week earlier than today. Scientists blame global warming and urbanization for the early flowering event. Buildings absorb solar radiation more efficiently than rural landscapes, leading to the "heat island effect" responsible for warming cities. Climate change also affects other areas, such as farming and land management practices. Because plants depend on one another for growth, changing one area can lead to a chain reaction.
The scientists used data from 58 benchmark cherry trees in Japan to estimate the full bloom date in Kyoto. Of these, 40 have already reached the peak bloom this year, and 14 have bloomed at the early record date. Typically, cherry trees bloom for two weeks. But because cherry trees are sensitive to changes in temperature, the timing of their blooming is crucial for climate change studies. Kyoto's average temperature has increased several degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times.


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small amounts of the titanium atrane catalysts described herein to the conventional catalysts such as antimony or germanium-based catalysts, in order to increase capacity. Even up to 10 ppm titanium atrane catalyst (2 ppm titanium) can increase polycondensation and esterification rates so as to increase capacity.
The following methods are used in the examples.
Intrinsic Viscosity Measurement
20 grams of resin pellets are ground using liquid nitrogen as coolant. The resulting powder is dried at 100° C. for 2 min. Solvent (Mixture of 50% o-Dichlorobenzene and 50% Phenol) is added to 250 mg of the dried powder in sufficient amount to result in a 0.5 g/dl concentration solution. The solution is heated at 130° C. for 30 minutes during stirring, and then cooled to 25° C. The resulting cooled solution is placed into a Schott Viscosimeter.
Measurements are performed with a Micro-UBBELOHDE-Viscosimeter Type No. 536 20 Capillary MII (corresponds with DIN 51 562 Part2). Number of drop time measurements is 3. Upper limit of accepted drop time deviation is 0.2%. Upper limit of temperature tolerance: 25° C.+-0.03 K. Calculation is according to BILLMEYER equation in dl/g.
Spectralphotometer LUCI 100 (Dr. Lange GmbH) with SPECTRAL QC softwareSpectral range: 380-720 nmPrinciple: diffuse reflection, d/8°Cuvette: 34 mm, height 25 mmMeasuring spot: 10 mmIlluminant: daylight D65/10
Black and white standards (LZM 128)
The equipment is used when the reference standards reach the following XYZ values. With bigger variation, a new calibration step on the LUCI 100 is necessary
TABLE-US-00001 black white X 3.75 ± 0.02 93.97 ± 0.02 Y 3.97 ± 0.02 99.21 ± 0.02 Z 4.36 ± 0.02 106.52 ± 0.02
The sample is measured as pellets. The cuvette must be clean and is filled to at least 3/4 full. The sample is measured eight times, and for each measurement the cuvette is filled with new pellets. The average value of all 8 measurements is calculated using SPECTRAL QC software
Acetaldehyde Generation Determination
The resin is processed on an ES 200-50 injection molding machine (Engel Co.) with a 30 millimeter diameter screw and a length:diameter ratio of 20. The dried resin is fed to the material hopper of the injection molding machine, to which a nitrogen curtain is applied. The resin is processed at temperature between 270° C. and 300° C. The resulting melt is then injected into a cooled mold under pressure. Processing parameters:
Instrument: circulated air drying oven UT20 by Heraeus Instruments.
Temperature: 120° C.
Duration; 12 hours.
Machine: ES 200-50 by Engel Co.
Cylinder temperatures: 277/277/277/277° C.
Screw speed: 42 rpm
Cooling time: 10 seconds
Dwell pressure time: 10 seconds
Melt retention time: 2.5 minutes.
The acetaldehyde content of the processed resins is determined according to the following method: At first, the various materials are ground with a 1 mm screen in a centrifugal mill by RETSCH Co. (ZM1) in the presence of liquid nitrogen. Approximately 0.1 g to 0.3 g of the ground material is put into a 22 ml sample bottle and sealed with a polytetrafluoroethylene seal. The sample bottles are heated under controlled temperature in a headspace oven (HS-40 XL headspace autosampler by Perkin Elmer) at 150° C. for 90 minutes, and subsequently analyzed through gas chromatography (XL GC AutoSystem by Perkin Elmer) with an external standard.
The calibration curve is prepared through complete evaporation of aqueous solutions of different acetaldehyde contents.
The equipment specifications for the acetaldehyde determination are as follows:
Headspace Autosampler Conditions:
Oven temperature: 150° C.
Needle temperature: 160° C.
Transfer line temperature: 170° C.
Retention Time: 90 minutes
Gas Chromatograph Conditions:
Column: 1.8 m×1/8 in. stainless steel
Packing: Porapack Q, 80/100 mesh
Carrier gas: nitrogen, 30 ml/min
Fuel gas: hydrogen
Air: synthetic air
Column temperature: 140° C.
Detector temperature: 220° C.
The trials are conducted in a 200 L batch reactor (Pisticci Mini Plant). This reactor is equipped with a spiral agitator with hydraulic drive (speed control system for constant speed/torque measurement) and an oil heating system (max. temperature 300° C.) for the reactor and a second heating system (275° C.) for the outlet valve/hole plate. The spiral agitator transports the product from the bottom up on the wall with a space to the wall of 1.5 cm. The filling level in the reactor is approx. 40%.
Titanium Atrane Catalyst Preparation
0.4 moles of titanium n-butylate are added under stirring to 500 mL n-butanol in a nitrogen atmosphere at room temperature. After this, 24 g glacial acetic acid (0.4 moles) are added at room temperature slowly to the solution of titanium n-butylate in n-butanol. The color of the solution changes to slightly yellow. It is stirred for additional 10 minutes. 59.67 g triethanolamine are added dropwise to the stirred solution. The temperature increases by about 2K during the addition of the amine. The mixture is stirred at room temperature. During this time a white precipitate forms. The mixture is stirred for a certain period of time (between 0.5 and 50 h).
The solvent (and reaction product) n-butanol is evaporated under vacuum at temperatures below 50° C.
The resulting off-white to amber solid is added to 500 ml toluene. It is boiled in this solvent to remove alcohol, ester and water traces. The resultant suspension is hot filtered, and the (white) filter cake was dried and stored under vacuum. The resulting atrane has a melting point of greater than 200° C. The yield is in the range of 60 to 90% (based on titanium).
PET Produced Using Titanium Atrane Catalyst
Recipe for trial using titanium catalyst:
Monoethylene glycol (MEG) (29.5 kilograms), 34.65 grams of an aqueous solution of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH, used to inhibit formation of diethylene glycol) (50 ppm), 15 parts per million (ppm) titanium as catalyst (added as 5.9 g titanium atrane), and a colorant comprising Polysynthren RBL (0.288 g or 4 ppm) and Polysynthren GFP (4 ppm), are fed into the paste mixer. Under stirring (2 stirrers at 3,600 min-1), 60.675 kilograms of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and 1.44 kilograms of isophthalic acid (IPA) are added into a paste mixer, which is a vessel used to mix the raw materials before being fed into a reactor. The reactor is purged with nitrogen for approximately 5 minutes. The MEG/PTA paste is then fed into the reactor. After esterification the pressure is decreased to 1.5 bar (absolute) in 10 minutes; followed by the addition of a phosphorous compound which is added as a stabilizer (2.675 g phosphoric acid or 10 ppm phosphorous.)
The set points for reactor temperature and pressure for the first step of esterification are approximately 235° C. and 2.6 bar (absolute). The stirrer speed is 80 min-1. In the column the gas phase is separated into ethylene glycol (EG) and water. The EG is recycled back to the reactor. The condensed water (at the top of the column) is collected in a tank. During the esterification time the product temperature increases to 270° C. The esterification run lasts approximately 200 minutes.
Melt Phase Polycondensation:
After esterification the absolute pressure of the reactor is decreased in four steps: 1. Decreasing the pressure to 1.5 bar (absolute) in 10 minutes; addition of the phosphorous stabilizer compound (phosphoric acid); 2. Decreasing the pressure to 1 bar (absolute). 3. Decreasing the pressure to 400 mbar (absolute) in 15 minutes. 4. Decreasing the pressure to 100 mbar (absolute) in 15 minutes followed by a fast decrease to 2-4 mbar (absolute).
The phosphorous compound is given into the reactor from a separate catalyst tank. The catalyst tank is purged with nitrogen before adding the solution of phosphoric acid in ethylene glycol. By a fixed value for the hydraulic pressure (5 bar) the stirrer speed is decreased to 35 min-


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American Legal History: The Search for National Identity
A historical approach to questions about American identity that have arisen regularly in the history of the Constitution. Are we a single people, or an uneasy gathering of different cultural groups? One republic, or a confederation? What are American values? Is a secular government appropriate, or should the American constitution reflect the spirituality of its people? The laws concerning citizenship and human rights are a record of answers given at different times.
State and Local Government
Examines the interaction between federal, state and local governments, with particular attention to resource management, pollution control, and human rights. The course also covers non-state jurisdictions such as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Indian Country.


text: The project aimed to setup an educational Video-on-Demand system that runs on top of a Community Wireless Mesh Network (CWMN) in a rural tribal village in Chiang-Rai province located in the northern part of Thailand. The system, 'Chiang-Rai MeshTV', brings easy-to-use Video-on-Demand capabilities to a remote rural community, which is lagged far behind modern urban cities. Rural ICT access for tribal ethnic groups required a specialized approach. Some of the tribal ethnic groups had very low ICT and Internet literacy. They may also not have good commands in English or even in a nation's official language, as they fluently communicate in their local language. Providing easy-to-use educational video contents along with intuitive user devices, such as tablet computers, to view Educational Videoon-Demand (E-VoD) contents can serve as an initial but highly significant path to connect these tribal people to the global digital economy while preserving their cultural heritage via video and other multimedia recordings.


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What is the difference to OLM / Crossplane?
The Operator Lifecycle Manager and Crossplane are both projects that manage installation, upgrade and deletion of Operators and their CustomResourceDefinitions in a Kubernetes cluster.
KubeCarrier on the other hand is just working with existing CustomResourceDefinitions and already installed Operators. As both OLM and Crossplane are driven by CRDs, they can be combined with KubeCarrier to manage their configuration across clusters.
What is the difference to KubeFed - Kubernetes Federation?
The Kubernetes Federation Project was created to distribute Workload across Kubernetes Clusters for e.g. geo-replication and disaster recovery. It's intentionally low-level to work for generic workload to be spread across clusters.
While KubeCarrier is also operating on multiple clusters, KubeCarrier operates on a higher abstraction level. KubeCarrier assigns applications onto single pre-determined Kubernetes clusters. Kubernetes Operators that enable these applications, may still use KubeFed underneath to spread the workload across clusters.


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The German gamma dose rate (GDR) network consists of about 1800 continuously measuring, automatic probes. In order to make data available to the public as soon as possible, the BfS publishes without prior examination of the data. Because of the large number of probes it may happen that some data is missing or shows strange signals due to failures or technical problems (see Information). It should be noted that such error can occur and that individual values may be corrupted at single stations, while the neighboring probes do not show these abnormalities.
The time series (averaged over one hour) are updated regularly every 6 hours. In the case of an exceptional increase of the GDR, the probes report their status and the measured dose rate immediately. This alerts the BfS on-call team, who check the values within a short reaction time. Often heavy rain showers provoke an increase of the GDR due to the fact that the derivatives of naturally occurring radon in the atmosphere are washed out and deposited on the ground. This may lead to short-term increases in the GDR visible in the measurements, which decays very quickly again. In any case, all new data is checked on a daily basis. This check takes place before 10:00 in the morning, thus older data is checked. The check ensures that data with technically induced errors are marked by a member of the team on duty. This marked data is not shown in the time series plots.
Note: Averaged (mean) values over one hour, partly unvalidated raw data!
Daily mean values
The time series plots represent the gamma dose rate at the station Dransfeld:
Legend for the time series
The measured dose rate depends primarily on the level of natural radioactivity in soil (terrestrial component) and on the intensity of the cosmic radiation (cosmic component). The site-specific threshold is marked as a horizontal line in the time series. If the threshold is exceeded at two adjacent stations in the network, the management centre will be alarmed to clarify the situation. Typical progressions of the gamma dose rate are summarized in the Information.


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A Web of Workers
This activity emphasizes the interdependence of workers in the community.
WHAT YOU NEED
Chalkboard or chart
WHAT TO DO
- Explain to children that for every worker there are other workers on whose
services the worker depends. Begin by using a school worker other than yourself as an example, such as a schoolbus driver or sports coach. Print the word SERVICES on the chalkboard, then draw a circle below it and print
SCHOOLBUS DRIVER in the center. Add to the web by including other workers whose
services are necessary to the bus driver's work -- for example, the mechanic who makes
sure the bus runs correctly, the person who plans the bus routes, etc.
- Ask children to think of other people whose services are related to the worker's
job. Add their suggestions to the web.
- Next create a PRODUCTS web that shows products that the worker in your web might use,
such as books, tools, computer software, or a telephone. Explain that many
other workers are needed to make these products.
Teams of children can work together to create webs that show the services and
products used in other occupations.
Create a bulletin board display for which children draw different workers
and the tools they use as they provide their services or products.
Use the PRODUCTS web as the basis of discussion of what resources are used to
create each product. Create a RESOURCES web.
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Continuing the topic on Lithuania's educational reforms from my last post, I will take a more detailed look at the student voucher policy for financing education in Lithuania. But first, some background on how the concept originated, what student vouchers are, and what are the pros and cons of the student voucher policy.
The origins of the student voucher idea can be traced back to 1792, when Thomas Paine, a British economist, proposed a "voucher scheme" – a special allowance of 4 pounds per year for each child up to the age of 14 – in order to finance education. The first education financing policy that most closely resembled student vouchers was implemented in the state of Vermont, in 1869. This policy allocated funding for rural families who wanted to send their kids to schools in other regions, essentially giving them school choice; a similar policy was adopted in Maine soon after, in 1873. Finally, the first one to define and describe the modern concept of student vouchers in detail was the American economist Milton Friedman, in his article on "The Role of Government in Education" in 1955. Even though the US is the biggest proponent of free market principles, and even though it has the two oldest student voucher policies in VT and MA, the policy is not widely implemented throughout the country today, with only 12 states employing a partial student voucher policy.
Despite the different definitions and implementations of student vouchers, the basic common premises behind the concept are the following:
- School choice – allowing parents, as the "true customers of the service of education", to choose freely to which school to send their children.
- Competition between schools – introducing more effective implementation of funds, improving the quality of education, and creating a wider variety of educational options.
- Higher degree of parental involvement – increasing the personal interest of parents in the educational process and making them more responsible for their children.
- Better access to education for underprivileged and special-needs families.
The first two premises are highly influenced by free market principles, extending competition and efficiency to the realm of education. However, there are many criticisms of using economically based market principles in education, leading to controversy and debate.
Pros and Cons
The debate on student vouchers as an educational financing policy can be summarized in the list of pros and cons below.
|More effective allocation of funds in schools due to competition||In the long term, only the popular schools benefit, while the least popular ones incur higher costs|
|Increased transparency of educational financing, due to the elimination of individualized subsidies and the need for lobbying||Due to the need to attract as many students to a school, administrators and teachers are more willing to "give more slack" to underperforming students or even create fictitious students to maintain funding|
|Increased quality of education due to competition||The intended increase of quality of education due to competition might backfire, especially when the options of schools to choose from are limited|
|Emergence of private schools and the ability of public schools to learn better practices from the private sector||Underprivileged or special needs students might still not be able to choose better private schools due to their entrance requirements|
|Increased variety of schools in terms of informal education options||Higher curricular freedom of private schools might undermine the national educational goals and strategies|
|School choice||Increased social inequality|
|Increased response of school administrators to the needs and wishes of students and parents||Any fluctuations in student numbers and, hence, funding, creates a feeling of instability and employment uncertainty for teachers|
|Higher parental involvement in the educational process of their children|
The student voucher educational reform was introduced in Lithuania starting 2001, with a voucher of 1521 LTL (~570 USD) per student. This amount has more than doubled to 3800 LTL (~1430 USD) for the 2012-2013 school year; however, this does not reflect the dramatic decrease in the numbers of students in schools in the emigration-age of post-global-financial crisis and free migration within the EU.
The effects of the student voucher policy in Lithuania are seen to be more negative, or insignificant, than positive. The main critics of the policy are teachers and teachers unions, who experience chaotic and unstable working conditions with the decline in student numbers, especially in rural areas. In small towns and villages, there are not enough schools that could benefit from competition, causing the disappearance of small schools and firing of teachers.
Moreover, the actual distribution of student voucher funds is questioned, as school administrators use the funds not for professional teacher training, but for general expenses, such as remodeling facilities or paying utilities. The current main allocation of student voucher funds – 95% for teacher salaries – is also questioned, with some political attitudes to completely abolish the student voucher policy.
All in all, it is very important to consider the specific context of a country when trying to implement such policies as student vouchers. It is reassuring that the policymakers of Lithuania are aware of all the pros and cons of student vouchers and that a critical debate on the issue is present.


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To ensure proper air quality, base the diameter of the tube on the fan's air-throwing capacity, not its size, says Brotzman, who works with fellow veterinarian Ken Nordlund and UW-Madison agricultural engineering colleagues to provide farms with design specifications for supplemental positive-pressure ventilation systems.
One farm they worked with did not follow the design specs they were given. They ended up with the tube being the same diameter as the fan.
"So if the fan was a 12-inch fan, they put a 12-inch tube in (which wasn't) designed to meet the air produced by that fan," Brotzman recalls. "Although another 12-inch fan may have worked, that one was producing more air than what should have gone through that type of tube."
Bottom line: When you're going over the blueprints with the builder or ordering fans yourself, focus on the cubic feet per minute of airflow provided by the fan, not its diameter in inches.
"We certainly recommend that they go to someone who's been through one of our training programs or come to our group (at the vet school) to have a system designed," Brotzman says.
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The tubes used in a positive-pressure ventilation system have holes in them. Making sure these holes are properly sized and spaced is important for good air distribution along the entire length of the tube.
Again, this goes back to making sure that you account for static pressure, aperture ratio and discharge coefficient during the design process.
"The holes need to be designed so that we have a balanced discharge speed throughout the whole length of the tube and so the air coming from the tube goes a certain distance," Brotzman says.
The material that the tube is made of is an important consideration, too.
Tubes can be made of hard-walled material, like a PVC duct or a smooth-interior drain tile duct, or a flexible plastic or cloth-like material. However, when the wind is whipping around, the tubes — particularly those made of flexible material — tend to sway more and thus become more prone to breaking or developing tears.
Hasel Farms in Lake Mills, Wis., headed off this problem by hanging an extra chain in the center of each tube, says Heather Schuld, calf manager at the farm. This has helped keep the tube from swaying so much.
"We ordered the two-cable tube and added a chain at the center of each tube which went from each cable to the rafters to help (stabilize) the tube," Schuld says. "If the tube is swinging in the wind," Schuld says, "it's not going to be doing 100 percent of the job."


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What languages can the verb speak?
Currently, the verb is able to properly pronounce words from several languages, provided the language parameter is set. For example:
 Hola mono.
Currently, suports the following languages:
- English with an American accent (en)
- English with a British accent (en-gb)
- Spanish (es)
- French (fr)
- German (de)
- Italian (it)
The default language is English with an American accent (en).
To learn more about the verb, and to see more code samples, please see the TwiML documentation for .