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The Trust's research programmes gather information about the health of the River Eden and the results are used to target conservation work. See the Our Work page for details of all our projects.
Our main research programmes are: (click the headers for more info!)
Electrofishing Surveys: to establish the health of fish populations throughout the catchment. Around 200 sites are surveyed each year.
Crayfish Surveys: to establish the health of the native white-clawed crayfish populations in the Eden Valley. This is particularly focused on the Rivers Leith and Lyvennet near Penrith and the Hoff and Helm Becks near Appleby.
Eden River Invertebrate Monitoring Initiative: training anglers to monitor fly life.
Aerial Surveying: A combination of aerial photography, environmental modelling, ecological surveying and a Geographical Information System (G.I.S.) are used to give an overall picture of the catchment and to pin point areas that need restoration and conservation work.
Trout Stream Management: The first phase of our trout research project ended in 2010 and the project report will be available for download shortly. We also held a very succesful Trout STREAM Management Worskhop, as part of our Esmee Fairbairn funded project and details and presentations are available here.
Adaptive Land Use for Flood Alleviation (ALFA): It is an EU-funded project (INTERREG IVB NWE) which aims to protect people in the North West Europe region against the risk of flooding due to climate change. This will be done by creating new capacity for water storage within river catchments in Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom and The Netherlands. Partners of the ALFA project can learn from each others' flood and land management approaches. More details can be found on their website _URL_ The 2010 Association of Rivers Trusts autumn seminar was all about the ALFA project - see here.


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APR 122M : Metering Fundamentals II
Metering Fundamentals II
Standard letter grades
Contact hours total
This course is designed to instruct second year Meterperson Apprentices on the graphic representation of system parameters (i.e. currents voltages) and various transformer line-ups that create those parameters. Apprentices learn how to apply mathematical and vectoral approaches for deriving the values of Real, Apparent and Reactive Power in a electrical service. Additionally they learn about instrument rated three phase metering and refining what they have already learned about self-contained three phase metering.
1. Student will accurately perform power calculations using phasors.
2. Student will calculate various power values mathematically.
3. Student will compare mathematical results to vecotrial calculations.
4. Student will identify, install and know proper applications for all three phase instrument rated meters. (5s,6s,8s,9s)

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심하고 먹을 있다.
Answer꿀의 당분 농도가 유지될 maintaing sugar concentration of honey
MeaningIt is well known that honey is a food that is not easily deteriorated. Food rotting is due to microbial propagation, but microbes do not reproduce in honey. This is due to osmotic phenomena in which the liquid with a low concentration moves toward the higher concentration. Because honey has a very high concentration of sugar, when the microorganisms enter the honey, the moisture escapes from the cells of the microorganism, causing the microorganisms to dry out and die. Therefore, if you maintain the sugar concentration of honey, you can safely eat it even for a long time.
[32~34] 다음을 읽고 내용이 같은 것을 고르십시오. ( 2)
[32] 정의의 여신상 법을 대표하는 상징물로서 보통 손에는 저울을다른 손에는 칼을 쥐고 있다저울은 다툼의 정확하고 공정한 해결을 의미하고 칼은 사회 질서를 파괴하는 행동에 대한 강력한 제재를 나타낸다어떤 국가에는 어느 한쪽으로 치우치지 않는 공평한 판단을 강조하기 위해 눈을 안대로 가린 정의의 여신상도 있다 대신 법전을 들고 있는 경우도 있는데 법전은 오로지 법에 따라 심판한다는 의미를 가진다.
Answer어떤 정의의 여신상은 안대로 눈이 가려져 있다. Some Statues of Justice are blindfolded by eyemasks.
MeaningThe Statue of Justice is a symbol of the law, usually holding a scale in one hand and a sword in the other. The scale means an accurate and fair resolution of a quarrel, and the sword represents strong sanctions against actions that destroy social order. In some countries there is also the Statue of Justice that two eyes are blindfolded to emphasize impartial judgment that is not biased toward either side. In some cases, she holds a law book instead of a sword, which means that she judges only according to the law.
[33] 격구는 원래 말을 타고 막대기로 공을 치는 전통놀이였다그런데 조선 시대에는 격구가 무예를 단련하는 방법의 하나로 널리 활용되었다말을 상태에서 막대기를 이용해 공을 치는 행위가 창을 들고 목표물을 조준해 찌르는 것과 유사했기 때문이다하지만 17세기 이후 총이나 대포 같은 무기가 발달하면서 말과 창의 군사적인 효용성이 떨어지자 격구라는 전통놀이도 점차 사라지게 되었다.
Answer조선 시대에는 격구로 무예를 익히는 사람들이 많았다. During the Joseon Dynasty, there were many people who mastered martial arts by using dakgu (polo).
MeaningPolo was originally a traditional game of riding a horse and playing with a long stick. But in the Joseon era, polo was more widely used as a way to practice martial arts. Because playing the ball with a stick while riding a horse, this behavior is similar to holding a long gun and aiming at the target object. But after the 17th century, with the development of weapons such as guns or cannon, the military effectiveness of horses and spear has decreased, and the traditional game of polo has gradually disappeared.
[34] 한국의 전통 종이인 한지가 해외 문화재 복원에도 사용되고 있다종이로 문화재의 훼손된 부분을 보수하는 데에 쓰이는 것이다한지는 섬유질이 질긴 닥나무로 만들기 때문에 다른 종이에 비해 내구성과 보존성이 우수하다 잿물과 햇볕을 이용한 자연적 방법으로 하얗게 만들기 때문에 화학 약품을 종이와 달리 쉽게 변색되지 않는다이렇게 한지는 가치를 인정받으며 세계적인 예술가 다빈치의 작품 복원에도 사용되었다.
Answer한지는 닥나무로 만들어 시간이 지나도 쉽게 훼손되지 않는다.
Hanji is made of mulberry and is not easily damaged over time.
MeaningKorean traditional Korean paper is used to repair overseas artifacts. That is to repair the damaged part of the paper artifacts. Because hanji is made of tough mulberry, it has better durability and preservation than other paper. Also, it does not discolor easily unlike paper that uses chemicals because it makes it white in natural ways using lye and sunlight. Hanji was recognized for its value and was also used to restore works by world-renowned artist Da Vinci.
[35~38] 다음 글의 주제로 가장 알맞은 것을 고르십시오. ( 2 )
[35] 제품을 디자인할 아름다움을 우선적으로 생각하는 경향이 있다그러나 때로는 제품의 사용자가 누구냐에 따라서 우선시해야 하는 요소가 달라질 있다예를 들어 장난감을 디자인할 때는 아이들의 특성을 생각하여 입에 넣을 없는 크기로 만들어 안전성을 높여야 한다 고령자를 위한 제품은 조작 방법을 단순화하는 편의성을 고려해야 한다제품의 디자인은 사용자에 대한 분석과 이해가 바탕이 되어야 하는 것이다.
Answer디자인을 떄는 사용자의 특성을 고려할 필요가 있다. When designing, it is necessary to consider the characteristics of the user.
MeaningWhen designing products, we tend to think about aesthetics first. However, sometimes the factors that should be considered first are different depending on the user of the product. For example, when designing a toy, the characteristics of the child should be considered, and the product should be made into a size that cannot be swallowed to improve its safety. In addition, for products designed for the elderly, attention should be paid to the simplification of the assembly method to consider its convenience. Product design should be based on analysis and understanding of the user.
[36] 과거 시청자들은 수동적으로 방송을 수용하며 감상평 정도를 제한적으로 표현했다그러나 인터넷이 발달하고 자신의 생각을 드러내는 것이 자연스러운 시대가 되면서 시청자들이 의견 개진에 적극 나서고 있다방송 내용의 오류에 대해 수정을 요구하거나 방송 구성에 대한 새로운 방향을 제시하는 능동적 참여자가 되고 싶은 것이다제작진 역시 시청자들의 의견을 받아들여 방송 제작에 반영하는 경우가 많아지고 있다.
Answer방송을 대하는 시청자의 태도가 변화하고 있다. The viewer's attitude toward broadcasting is changing.
MeaningIn the past, viewers passively watched the show and expressed their feelings within certain limits. However, as the era of developed internet and natural expression of personal ideas comes, the audience is actively participating in the improvement opinions. The audience asked to modify the errors in the content of the program, or to propose new directions for the structure of the program, etc. They want to be active participants. Producers are also increasingly accepting viewers' opinions and reflecting them in broadcasting production.
[37] 한국 작품의 세계 문학상 수상이 이어지면서 한국 문학의 해외 진출에 대한


What Customers Want
Why Offer Fast Data Speeds?
A commentor on an earlier blog asked a great question. They observed that most ISPs say that customer usage doesn't climb when customers are upgraded to speeds faster than 50 Mbps – so why does the industry push for faster speeds? The question was prompted by the observation that the big cable companies have unilaterally increased speeds in most markets to between 100 Mbps to 200 Mbps. There are a lot of different answers to that question.
First, I agree with that observation and I've heard the same thing. The majority of households today are happy with a speed of 50 Mbps, and when a customer that already has enough bandwidth is upgraded they don't immediately increase their downloading habits.
I've lately been thinking that 50 Mbps ought to become the new FCC definition of broadband, for exactly the reasons included in the question. This seems to be the speed today where most households can use the Internet in the way they want. I would bet that many households that are happy at 50 Mbps would no longer be happy with 25 Mbps broadband. It's important to remember that just three or four years ago the same thing could have been said about 25 Mbps, and three or four years before that the same was true of 10 Mbps. One reason to offer faster speeds is to stay ahead of that growth curve. Household bandwidth and speed demand has been doubling every three years or so since 1980. While 50 Mbps is a comfortable level of home bandwidth for many today, in just a few years it won't be.
It's also worth noting that there are some households who need more than the 50 Mbps speeds because of the way they use the Internet. Households with multiple family members that all want to stream at the same time are the first to bump against the limitations of a data product. If ISPs never increase speeds above 50 Mbps, then every year more customers will bump against that ceiling and begin feeling frustrated with that speed. We have good evidence this is true by seeing customers leave AT&T U-verse, at 50 Mbps, for faster cable modem broadband.
Another reason that cable companies have unilaterally increased speeds is to help overcome customer WiFi issues. Customers often don't care about the speed in the room with the WiFi modem, but care about what they can receive in the living room or a bedroom that is several rooms away from the modem. Faster download speeds can provide the boost needed to get a stronger WiFi signal through internal walls. The big cable companies know that increasing speeds cuts down on customer calls complaining about speed issues. I'm pretty sure that the cable companies will say that increasing speeds saves them money due to fewer customer complaints.
Another important factor is customer perception. I always tell people that if they have the opportunity, they should try a computer connected to gigabit speeds. A gigabit product 'feels' faster, particularly if the gigabit connection is on fiber with low latency. Many of us are old enough to remember that day when we got our first 1 Mbps DSL or cable modem and got off dial-up. The increase in speed felt liberating, which makes sense because a 1 Mbps DSL line is twenty times faster than dial-up, and also has a lower latency. A gigabit connection is twenty times faster than a 50 Mbps connection and seeing it for the first time has that same wow factor – things appear on the screen almost instantaneously as you hit enter. The human eye is really discerning, and it can see a big difference between loading the same web site at 25 Mbps and at 1 Gbps. The actual time difference isn't very much, but the eye tells the brain that it is. I think the cable companies have figured this out – why not give faster speeds if it doesn't cost anything and makes customers happy?
While customers might not immediately use more broadband, I think increasing the speed invites them to do so over time. I've talked to a lot of people who have lived with inadequate broadband connections and they become adept at limiting their usage, just like we've all done for many years with cellular data usage. Rural families all know exactly what they can and can't do on their broadband connection. For example, if they can't stream video and do schoolwork at the same time, they change their behavior to fit what's available to them. Even non-rural homes learn to do this to a degree. If trying to stream multiple video streams causes problems, customers quickly learn not to do it.
Households with fast and reliable broadband don't give a second thought about adding an additional broadband application. It's not a problem to add a new broadband device or to install a video camera at the front door. It's a bit of the chicken and egg question – does fast broadband speeds promote greater broadband usage or does the desire to use more applications drive the desire to get faster speeds? It's hard to know any more since so many homes have broadband speeds from cable companies or fiber providers that are set faster than what they need today.
The Industry
Using Gigabit Broadband
Mozilla recently awarded $280,000 in grants from its Gigabit Communities Fund to projects that are finding beneficial uses of gigabit broadband. This is the latest set of grants and the company has awarded more than $1.2 million to over 90 projects in the last six years. For any of you not aware of Mozilla, they offer a range of open standard software that promotes privacy. I've been using their Firefox web browser and operating software for years. As an avid reader of web articles I daily use their Pocket app for tracking the things I've read online.
The grants this year went to projects in five cities: Lafayette, LA; Eugene, OR; Chattanooga, TN; Austin, TX; and Kansas City. Grants ranged from $10,000 to $30,000. At least four of those cities are familiar names. Lafayette and Chattanooga are two of the largest municipally-owned fiber networks. Austin and Kansas City have fiber provided by Google Fiber. Eugene is a newer name among fiber communities and is in the process of constructing an open access wholesale network, starting in the downtown area.
I'm not going to recite the list of projects and a synopsis of them is on the Mozilla blog. The awards this year have a common theme of promoting the use of broadband for education. The awards were given mostly to school districts and non-profits, although for-profit companies are also eligible for the grants.
The other thing these projects have in common is that they are developing real-world applications that require robust broadband. For example, several of the projects involve using virtual reality. There is a project that brings virtual reality to several museums and another that shows how soil erosion from rising waters and sediment mismanagement has driven the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw band of Indians from the Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana.
I clearly remember getting my first DSL connection at my house after spending a decade on dial-up. I got a self-installed DSL kit from Verizon and it was an amazing feeling when I connected it. That DSL connection provided roughly 1 Mbps, which was 20 to 30 times faster than dial-up. That speed increase freed me up to finally use the Internet to read articles, view pictures and shop without waiting forever for each web site to load. I no longer had to download software updates at bedtime and hope that the dial-up connection didn't crap out.
I remember when Google Fiber first announced they were going to build gigabit networks for households. Gigabit broadband brings that same experience. When Google Fiber announced the gigabit fiber product most cable networks had maximum speeds of perhaps 30 Mbps – and Google was bringing more than a 30-times increase in speed.
Almost immediately we heard from the big ISPs who denigrated the idea saying that nobody needs gigabit bandwidth and that this was a gimmick. Remember that at that time the CEO of almost every major ISP was on the record saying that they provided more than enough broadband to households – when it was clear to users that they didn't.
Interestingly, since the Google Fiber announcement the big cable companies have decided to upgrade their own networks to gigabit speeds and ISPs like AT&T and Verizon rarely talk about broadband without mentioning gigabit. Google Fiber reset the conversation about broadband and the rest of the industry has been forced to pay heed.
The projects being funded by Mozilla are just a few of the many ways that we are finding applications that need bigger broadband. I travel to communities all over the country and in the last year I have noticed a big shift in the way that people talk about their home broadband. In the past people would always comment that they seemed to have (or not have) enough broadband speed to stream video. But now, most conversations about broadband hit on the topic of using multiple broadband applications at the same time. That's because this is the new norm. People want broadband connections that can connect to multiple video streams simultaneously while also supporting VoIP, online schoolwork, gaming and other bandwidth-hungry applications. I now routinely hear people talking about how their 25 Mbps connection is no longer adequate to support their household – a conversation I rarely heard as recently as a few years ago.
We are not going to all grow into needing gigabit speeds for a while. But the same was true of my first DSL connection. I had that connection for over a decade, and during that time my DSL got upgraded once to 6 Mbps. But even that eventually felt slow and a few years later I was the first one in my area using the new Verizon FiOS and a 100 Mbps connection on fiber. ISPs are finally facing up to the fact that households are expecting a lot of broadband speed. The responsive ISPs are responding to this demand, while some bury their heads in the sand and try to convince people that their slower broadband


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Adjectives and Numerals
Ajectivs e numbrus
7.1 Attributive and Predicative Adjectives
A typical Tunisian adjective has three forms: a masculine singular, feminine singular, and plural. It must always agree with its head noun in number and gender when applicable. There is no formal morphological difference between attributive and predicative adjectives.
Compared to other Romance languages, Tunisian gender marking in the singular is much stronger than usual, while in the plural it is weaker than in other languages. In the plural, Tunisian has completely lost the formal gender contrast between masculine and feminine, which is retained in some form throughout the rest of the Romance languages. However, Tunisian lacks the ambigeneric singulars seen elsewhere, having spread explicit feminine marking to all adjectives, as in fil cúrteis "a polite boy" and faile cúrteise "a polite girl" (compare Spanish un niño cortés "a polite boy" and una niña cortés "a polite girl").
7.1.1 Declension Regular Declension
The vast majority of Tunisian adjectives are regular.
The masculine singular is unmarked, consisting of the bare stem and always ending in a consonant; ending in a long vowel (but not a short vowel) is allowed, but such adjectives are always irregular. The feminine singular adds the ending -e /ə/ to the stem. The plural adds the ending -s to the stem, pronounced [s] after voiceless consonants and [z] elsewhere. The citation form is the masculine singular.
Masc Sg Fem Sg Pl
nov "new" nov [ˈnov] nove [ˈnɔ.və] novs [ˈnovz]
saif "old" saif [ˈsajf] saife [ˈsaj.fə] saifs [ˈsajfs]
inèlt "high" inèlt [i.ˈneːlt] inèlte [i.ˈneːl.tə] inèlts [i.ˈneːlts]
fahil "easy" fahil [ˈfaː.xil] fahile [ˈfaː.xi.lə] fahils [ˈfaː.xilz]
virid "green" virid [ˈvi.rid] viride [ˈvi.ri.də] virids [ˈvi.ridz]
prim "first" prim [ˈpriːm] prime [ˈpri.mə] prims [ˈpriːmz] Irregular Declension
Irregular adjectives fall into two broad types: those with non-zero masculine singular forms, and those with a reduced stem in the masculine singular. The Nisbe
Tunisian only has one class of adjective with a non-zero masculine singular ending, but that class is very common and productive. These are the adjectives containing the so-called nisbe [ˈniz.bə]. This suffix, /iː/ in the masculine singular, is borrowed from the Arabic nisba suffix ـي, commonly used to form denominal adjectives. Its feminine singular form is -ie /je/ and its plural is -is /iz/.
In the vast majority of cases, the ending is stressed in the masculine singular, but retracts to a previous syllable in the feminine singular and plural forms (based on more typical Tunisian stress rules). This is unusual in Tunisian, where the stress is usually constant throughout a single adjective's declension. If the masculine singular ending is not stressed, however, the stress remains fixed in all forms.
Masc Sg Fem Sg Pl
ázulí "blue" ázulí [ʌ.zu.ˈliː] ázulie [ˈaː.zu.ljə] ázulis [ˈaː.zu.liz]
tèrí "young" tèrí [ti.ˈriː] tèrie [ˈte.rjə] tèris [ˈte.riz]
sèschí "sixth" sèschí [ˈsɛs.kiː] sèschie [ˈsɛs.kjə] sèschis [ˈsɛs.kiz]
embalí "annual" embalí [eːm.bʌ.ˈliː] embalie [ˈeːm.bʌ.ljə] embalis [ˈeːm.bʌ.liz]
nórtí "northern" nórtí [nɔː.ˈtiː] nórtie [ˈnɔə.tjə] nórtis [ˈnɔə.tiz]
cuprí "(made of) copper" cuprí [ku.ˈpriː] cuprie [ˈku.prjə] cupris [ˈku.priz]
However, the stress is fixed on the /i/ when the adjective is derived from a feminine noun ending in /ə/. In some respects this variation of the nisba acts less like a special class of adjective endings, and more like a suffix *-ijthat takes regular adjective endings. This results in a disyllabic feminine singular ending -íe /ˈijə/ and a long vowel in the plural ending -ís /iːz/ (from *-ij-iz?). The adjectives in the table below are derived from Ambricce [ˈaːm.bri.kə] "America", Rume [ˈru.mə] "Rome", and Ilmanie [ˈiːl.mʌ.njə] "Germany", respectively.
Masc Sg Fem Sg Pl
ambriccí "American" ambriccí [aːm.bri.ˈkiː] ambriccíe [aːm.bri.ˈki.jə] ambriccís [aːm.bri.ˈkiːz]
rumí "Roman" rumí [ru.ˈmiː] rumíe [ru.ˈmi.jə] rumís [ru.ˈmiːz]
ilmaní "German" ilmaní [iːl.mʌ.ˈniː] ilmaníe [iːl.mʌ.ˈni.jə] ilmanís [iːl.mʌ.ˈniːz]
For information on the use of the nisbe suffix in adjective derivation, see the chapter on Derivation. Stem Variations
Some adjectives undergo a stem transformation as they are declined, most commonly a reduced form in the masculine singular (where a former final consonant was lost, but is restored when an ending is added) or a stem alteration in the plural (typically caused by interaction with the final /s~z/). These fail into a moderately sized collection of different subtypes.
Most adjectives ending in a long vowel in the masculine singular shorten it and add /n/ in the feminine and /j/ in the plural.
Masc Sg Fem Sg Pl
cumú "common" cumú [ku.ˈmuː] cumune [ˈə] cumuis [ku.ˈmujz]
órdiná "ordinary" órdiná [ˈɔə.di.naː] órdinane [ˈɔə.di.nʌ.nə] órdinais [ˈɔə.di.najz]
vioá "rude, coarse" vioá [vi.ˈwaː] vioane [ˈvi.wʌ.nə] vioais [vi.ˈwajz]
This includes the common suffix -(i)á (feminine -(i)ane, plural -(i)ais), primarily used to form demonyms.
Masc Sg Fem Sg Pl
tenèsiá "Tunisian" tenèsiá [tə.ˈne.sjaː] tenèsiane [tə.ˈne.sjʌ.nə] tenèsiais [tə.ˈne.sjajz]
crestá "Christian" crestá [krəs.ˈtaː] crestane [krəs.ˈtaː.nə] crestais [krəs.ˈtajz]
yorupiá "European [person]" yorupiá [ˈjɔ.ru.pjaː] yorupiane [ˈjɔ.ru.pjʌ.nə] yorupiais [ˈjɔ.ru.pjajz]
ambriçiá "American" ambriçiá [ˈaːm.bri.ʃaː] ambriçiane [ˈaːm.bri.ʃʌ.nə] ambriçiais [ˈaːm.bri.ʃajz]
sħéniá "Chinese" sħéniá [ˈsˤeə.njaː] sħéniane


Bible Verses Like John 21:15
Bible verses related to John 21:15 (similar cross-references)
Matthew 26:33 - Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. (Verses like Matthew 26:33)
Mark 14:29 - But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. (Verses like Mark 14:29)
Isaiah 40:11 - He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. (Verses like Isaiah 40:11)
Matthew 26:35 - Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. (Verses like Matthew 26:35)
John 1:42 - And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. (Verses like John 1:42)
Genesis 33:13 - And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. (Verses like Genesis 33:13)
2 Samuel 7:20 - And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. (Verses like 2 Samuel 7:20)
2 Kings 20:3 - I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. (Verses like 2 Kings 20:3)
Psalms 78:70-72 - He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. (Verses like Psalms 78:70)
Jeremiah 3:15 - And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. (Verses like Jeremiah 3:15)
Jeremiah 23:4 - And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD. (Verses like Jeremiah 23:4)
Ezekiel 34:2-10 - Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. (Verses like Ezekiel 34:2)
Ezekiel 34:23 - And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. (Verses like Ezekiel 34:23)
Matthew 10:37 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. (Verses like Matthew 10:37)
Matthew 25:34-45 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. (Verses like Matthew 25:34)
Luke 12:32 - Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (Verses like Luke 12:32)
Luke 22:32 - But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. (Verses like Luke 22:32)
John 8:42 - Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. (Verses like John 8:42)
John 13:37 - Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. (Verses like John 13:37)
John 14:15-24 - If ye love me, keep my commandments.And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. (Verses like John 14:15)
John 16:27 - For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. (Verses like John


How 'nature deprived' neighborhoods impact the health of people of color
Green spaces make people healthier and happier, but decades of systemic racism have left many people of color living in areas without access to nature.
In March, Philadelphia-based emergency room doctor Eugenia South found herself deep in the throes of stress. The COVID-19 pandemic was spiraling out of control in the city, and more and more patients were pouring into the hospital where she worked, which was short of masks. South knew she had to protect her three young children at home and somehow keep herself calm and clear-eyed.
South had spent years doing scientific research on the powerful effects of nature on human health, both physical and mental. So every day, even in the damp chill of the waning winter, she walked down the street to a small park nearby and sat quietly for just a few minutes among the trees, letting her body relax.
That opportunity to take a moment in nature is something many researchers have increasingly identified as valuable for people's mental and physical health. But a new report underscores a reality that many Black and brown Americans have recognized for years: In the United States, people of color live in places with less immediate access to nature than white people do. The report, led by the Hispanic Access Foundation and the Center for American Progress, found that communities of color are almost three times more likely than white communities to live in "nature deprived" areas, those that have less or no access to parks, paths, and green spaces.
Historical racism in housing practices, city planning, and institutions has shaped the pattern, which has been well documented for decades. But its effects are particularly damaging this summer. During COVID-19-related restrictions, access to outdoor recreation has emerged as a crucial component of people's emotional and physical wellbeing. At the same time, it has become increasingly obvious that Black and brown Americans are unsafe in many of the country's public spaces.
"The distribution of these nature disparities is not an accident," says Shanna Edberg, one of the authors of the report and the director of Conservation Programs at the Hispanic Access Foundation. "It was a choice, made over generations, from redlining, to choosing to exclude minorities from certain neighborhoods, to choosing to put parks in certain neighborhoods, and choosing to pave over communities of color to build highways and coal plants."
Nature as medicine
Nature is good for us in many ways. It's definitely good for cities and towns, in a practical sense. Green spaces and urban nature play an often underappreciated role in keeping cities functional and safe. Natural spaces sop up stormwater, keeping floods at bay. Trees shade pavement and concrete, cooling cities in summer. Plants suck up heavy metals from the soil. The list goes on.
Less flooding means people won't be exposed to the stresses a flood might induce, or the mold that might get left behind. Cooler temperatures help people survive heat waves. Trees and plants help clean the air, too, which keeps lungs healthier—an effect that has extraordinarily important impacts now, says Jenny Rowland Shea, another author of the report and an analyst at the Center for American Progress. Just a tiny rise in the amount of pollution increased the likelihood of dying from COVID-19 by 8 percent, one study noted. Others have estimated even stronger effects.
Natural spaces are good for our brains, too. One study South led found that community members reported better mental-health status after vacant lots in their neighborhoods were cleaned up and carefully planted. The simple act of walking past a natural-feeling space, even if it's not pristine, can lower heart rates and reduce stress. Walks in nature, another study showed, left people with clinical depression feeling happier than they did after a walk in an environment with more concrete, and improved their short-term memory. Yet another study suggested that 90-minute nature walks could potentially help stave off depression.
Early exposure to the natural world can have profound effects on children, adds Luis Villa, the executive director of Latino Outdoors. The streets of his childhood neighborhood in Los Angeles were lined with fruit trees that birds fluttered around, and his family spent Sunday mornings at a nearby park. Even those small glimpses of the natural world influenced him profoundly, leading him toward conservation and environmental issues as a career path.
Some researchers have even put a dollar value on how much nature calms our minds and protects our bodies. One team found that urban trees in 55 cities across the U.S. help avoid $4 billion in health care costs each year because they clean the air around them, keeping people's lungs healthier. The Trust for Public Land estimated that the health benefits of natural spaces in just 10 U.S. cities combined could be valued as high as $69 million each year.
But in many communities across the U.S., being close to nature—and all of the benefits that come from it—is not a given. The report authors pulled together countrywide data about where humans had actively modified the land around them, from building roads to suburban development to building out oil and gas infrastructure or more. If a neighborhood had more human disturbance than the state average, they considered it "nature deprived." Then, they looked at who lived there.
In nearly every state in the nation, white neighborhoods are located somewhere that has less industrial development, agriculture, or oil and gas infrastructure, and fewer roads. Within some states, the disparities are even more drastic: In Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and New York, well over 90 percent of people of color live in heavily modified, nature-poor neighborhoods, the new report finds. Less than 15 percent of primarily white communities are so heavily nature deprived.
Across the country, 75 percent of all non-white families with children live in a census tract—essentially, a neighborhood—with less natural land than the state average.
It's no accident
An old truism says that someone's zip code is a better predictor of their health than anything else. And where people live has been shaped by a long history of racial discrimination, both explicit and implicit.
Starting in the early 20th century, in communities across the country, many property owners attached racially restricted "covenants" to their deeds, ensuring that the properties could only be sold to white buyers. Such covenants, as well as less formalized discrimination, drove racial segregation in cities and towns nationwide.
By the 1930s, the federal government joined in explicitly segregating communities with the development of "redlining" maps of city neighborhoods that were used to decide where to grant federally backed housing loans. Areas graded "A"—and outlined in green on the maps—were deemed suitable for investment. They almost always encompassed primarily white communities, and families there could build wealth via property ownership. Areas graded "D" and outlined in red were considered risky, and were almost always filled with communities of color.
Cities often invested heavily in improving the "A" neighborhoods—planting trees, building parks, beautifying—and neglected the redlined areas.
The nature gap, says Villa, "is directly correlated to the wealth gap."
The effects are clearly visible today, he says. For example, residents of Black neighborhoods across the country breathe, on average, about 20 percent more harmful particles than residents of white communities do, though they bear less responsibility for causing the problem by driving, consuming goods, or other actions that contribute to air pollution. Their lungs absorb a "pollution burden" far disproportionate to their impact on the planet.
Part of the cause for the extra exposure, the new study suggests, is that the kinds of landscapes that lead to cleaner air are generally ones full of trees and plants and far from industrial sites or highways, yet these amenities and natural spaces are concentrated within primarily white, affluent neighborhoods.
A summer when everyone could use some nature
The need for nearby nature is particularly acute this summer. As COVID-19 has severely limited mobility and activity, local parks and natural areas have become some of the only places people can spend time outdoors, and they provide an emotional and physical lifeline for many.
"As human beings, we're hardwired to be connected to natural spaces. For all of our evolutionary history, we were out there, in close contact with nature," says Villa. "The greatest evidence of that has come during the pandemic. Look how we've responded: One of the biggest things we've seen is this longing to be outdoors," he says. According to Google data, park visits have increased by 54 percent compared to the first few weeks of 2020.
Simultaneously, inequalities and injustices in the way people experience public spaces have been highlighted, with tragic consequences. Ahmaud Arbery, a Black runner in Georgia, was killed while jogging on a neighborhood street in February. Christian Cooper, a Black birdwatcher in New York City's Central Park, was threatened by a white woman in May when he asked her to obey the rules and leash her dog.
Everyone needs and deserves to feel safe in natural spaces, says South, and everyone deserves to have those spaces close by, welcoming, and accessible.
Nature: It's not just a nice-to-have amenity," she says. "It's a vital aspect of creating a healthy community. If we want to deal with, to reckon with systemic racism and the health disparities that come from that, well, nature, broadly defined, has to be a part of that."
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Stress Relief during Dorian
Looking for stress relief with Hurricane Dorian bearing down on us? Check out the video. Unfortunately we have to close the studio down for a couple of days due to the weather and want you to stay safe. For the time being I wanted to share a breathing technique called Alternate Nostril breathing – Nadi Shodhana. It is a simple technique that can be performed by anyone at any time and helps lower stress in the body, hence stress relief. It also helps clear the cobwebs and makes you feel good at the same time!
How to do alternate nostril breathing for stress relief:
This particular breathing technique can calm your nerves or give you energy – depending on how you regulate your breath. In our case we are looking to calm the body and soothe our nerves, so we want to make sure that our exhales are always longer than the inhales!
 1. Start out with the right thumb closing the right nostril, and take a deep inhale through the left nostril. Count to 4 or 5, whatever feels natural to you.
 2. Close the left nostril with your ring and pinkie fingers, suspend the breath for a second or two, and then exhale out of the right nostril counting to 6 or 7 (a number longer than your inhale). Then inhale again through the right nostril to a count of 4 or 5.
 3. Close the right nostril, suspend your breath, open the left nostril and exhale through the left nostril (longer count then the inhale). Then, inhale again through the left nostril for a count of 4 or 5.
 4. Close the left nostril, suspend your breath, open the right nostril and exhale long then the inhale.
I think you may be getting the hang of this now. The goal is to first exhale through the nostril, then inhale again. Then switch to the other nostril, exhale and then inhale and so on. In the beginning you may only do one minute. That is perfectly ok. As you practice this, you can increase the time spent nostril breathing to 5, 10 or even 15 minutes. Pranayama (breathing) is a great daily practice.
Use this technique anytime
In our case, we are looking for stress relief. You can use this breathing technique anytime, before a stressful situation like an exam or job interview or when you have a hard time falling asleep at night. Over time, you will naturally be able to increase the counts for your inhale, the count how long you suspend your breath and the counts for the exhale. So your inhale could be 8 counts, suspend 6 counts and exhale 12 counts. Try this during the hurricane to help calm the nerves and let me know if it helped you relief stress 🙂
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Introducing malayalam letters. Identify the words and sentences. Identify grammars of malayalam language. Malayalam basic formation,writing,reading and communication.
Introducing malayalam language basic formation.Define the history of malayalam language.
Now in this course, i am introduce the wide malayalam language. An i will teach each person,like younger and elder,And will include wonderful stories and poems. I am a student friendly teacher.
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Words and sentences. Introducing malayalam basic formation, like reading,writing and communication.
My name is Naseema. I am from kozhikode KERALA. I completed in Post Graduation in English Literature. And also completed in Montessori Teachers Training Course and Diploma in Early Childhood Education in IGNOU UNIVERSITY. Malayalam is my native language. I speak and write very well. Teaching is my life's passion.I am looking forward to getting to know you all and guiding you through a successful leaning. I have more than 3 years of experience in online tutoring.


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The Music Matters Project is a community-based music program for underserved youth, ages 6-18. The program is focused on providing three things, Music education, music appreciation and intervention for at-risk children.
The Project allows kids to experience not only knowledge and appreciation of music but a transformation of hope that will stay with them throughout their adult life, having a direct and positive effect on their well being and the well being of their community.
The purported benefits of music education have been well documented in hundreds of studies. The measured outcomes generally fall into one of two categories: pro social development and academic achievement.
Indicators of pro social development include:
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- Increased self-esteem
- More positive peer associations
- Reduced truancy
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- More resistant to peer pressure
- More hope for the future
- Reduced criminal activity
Measures of academic achievement include:
- Improved math ability
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- Increased interest in social studies
- Improved language skills
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From NIV, Luke 17:
One common interpretation here is that the "little ones" refers to children, however, this is not obvious in the context, and there are many other possibilities, including sinners, doubters, everyone, etc. Indeed, this may also hinge on what "to stumble" means here: whether it is to doubt their faith versus tempt to sin, or something else.
Is there a common agreement on who the "little ones" are here?
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If you want to really dig into what the words could mean iI would suggest migrating this to Biblical Hermeneutics but if you are looking for an overview of how different sects treat this, here is good but II would suggest editing aa little to highlight that focus... – Caleb Aug 28 '12 at 21:03
_USER_ frankly, I'm always surprised that these's such a gulf between "what the words could mean" and "how different sects treat this"... – Marc Gravell Aug 29 '12 at 5:58
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Matthew 18 also cites Jesus' words regarding little ones, and does so more frequently:
In this context, Jesus specifically identifies a child and speaks of children, then refers to children as "these little ones". So, interpreting Scripture in light of Scripture, it is pretty conclusive that "little ones" refers to children.
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It sounds to me like "one such child" means "whomever humbles himself like this child" – kurosch Aug 28 '12 at 21:15
Jesus starts to speak about the children after the proud disciples start to debate about who will be the greatest, and also forbid others from casting out demons in Christ's name just because they were not approved by the Apostles. The literal little children represents little disciples that were not considered great. – Mike Aug 29 '12 at 5:43
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If you look at Wesley's Explanatory Notes,
Wesley's Notes
17:2 Little ones - Weak believers.
However I would be interested in seeing what Hermeneutics says about this one too. I suspect that the original words can be translated a little differently - but similarly / same meaning.
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(+1) Of course he refers to weak believers the children are just symbols of his teaching as is almost everything in the gospels. The whole context of the narratives show his concern for the weak who like bruised reeds he would not break, or smoldering wicks he would not snuff. Those who keep the faith from baby Christians from growing are greatly warned. These are false prophets, etc. – Mike Aug 29 '12 at 5:37
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Haydock's commentary quotes venerable (is he not a saint yet?) Bede as pointing out the similarity in words used in the parable of the lost sheep
In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish. > Matthew 18:14 NIV
Here, little ones means sheep, which usually means whoever follows the shepherd. The shepherd being Jesus. The key component of sheep-hood is obedience and humility (at least the humility of knowing you're a sheep)
But, more to your question, there's nothing wrong with having lots and lots of explanations of the Bible. I think that Jesus is talking about real children here because He taught with examples all the time ("see that poor woman over there, she gave more than you bums"). So, the literal interpretation is little ones = little people and that should do a little to give any pedophile priest a bit of pause while reading that Gospel.
The metaphorical sense is that little one means freshly minted or potential Christ follower (which would include children) since hindering these folks on their spiritual journey could have gave consequences grave punishement is afforded the purpotrators.
The moral sense of "little ones" might be that little ones are those that it is incumbent on all the teachers of the faith to pass on to their students authentic teaching that will not confuse them or encumber their spiritual growth.
The eternal sense tells us of the punishement due to those who were given much but stink at passing it on. Which is why I approach each year of Catechism Class with fear and trembling.
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Japan's Speedy Egg Technology
Japan uses high tech technology to check and package eggs. The system used has a process of cleaning, checking for cracks and blood spots, and then packaging the eggs. As stated in the video, the whole process takes about ten minutes to complete. The cleaning process involves several steps to make sure the egg is completely safe, and proceeding that process red and blue lights check for any other spots that were missed. The next step is checking for cracks. Eggs are checked for cracks by the eggs being tapped 16 times by mini hammers. The final stage is the packaging process. This process involves the eggs being put into package and being labeled. The whole process takes up to ten minutes, and 33 packages of eggs can be produced in 1 second (Speedy and Safe – Japan's Egg Technology). That is a lot of packages for one second! Technology has allowed faster and more efficient packaging for factories.
Every country has some type of system they use to produce products, farm land, and much more. Not all use technology, but technology is being implemented at a fast rate in countries. Implementing technology will only benefit companies because of how fast products can be produced, and the quantity that can be produce in a single day. Japan has taken advantage of technology, and the egg factory uses the fastest technology available to package all the eggs. Japan is being smart and using technology to mass produce at a fast rate. Other countries and factories need to observe this and realize technology comes with a tremendous amount of benefits.
Speedy and Safe – Japan's Egg Technology. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 2013. Youtube Video.
The AgBot
A system that can completely control data and record, plus monitor farms and agriculture areas. This system for helping farmers is called AgBot. What are AgBots? An AgBot gathers and stores information to its computer system that can then be accessed online by using a smartphone or computer. AgBots are solar powered, compact, and robust, which means that it can be deployed for up to weeks at a time (agbot.org). This robot is a new system to help farmers on their land, and to keep information organized an accessible.
AgBots can perform a lot of duties to benefit farmers. These dues are monitoring irrigation and water levels, remotely turning pumps or appliances on and off, sending sms alerts during specific events, monitoring and recording rainfall, humidity, soil, air temperature, soil content, and electricity use, and recording upload or sms photos in real time (agbot.org). AgBots can perform numerous tasks, but this is only a small list of the tasks an AgBot can do. AgBots can operate independently for long periods of time because they are solar powered with rechargeable batteries. This device is all of the electronic luxuries we have in the world combined into one robot that can do all of the work on its own. As of right now, there are five AgBots available through order from Australia.
The five AgBots are WaterBot, SuperBot, SpyBot, ActionBot, and FieldBot. Each bot completes different tasks for its specific duties that are wanted. WaterBot, ActionBot, and SpyBot can be purchased for $199. While the FieldBot is $299, and the SuperBot is $599. These robots are a new technology movement to improve farmer's efficiency on the farm. It also improves that amount of accurate data farmers collect on a regular basis. Technology improves to help peoples lives become easier, and helps the ones the need the most help. Farmers need the most help because of the long days and nights they spend working. These systems can help a farmer in any way needed, but the biggest benefit is all of the stored information available to access on a computer or smartphone. Technology is the new helping hand for famers, and the implementation of it could lead to great success on the farm.
"AgBot." - Agricultural Robotics. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2014.


correct answer is given by examiner.
candidate answer is the answer I ticked as correct.
They said, "We pray everyday."
1) They said that they have been praying every day.
2) They said that they pray every day.
3) They said that they prayed every day.
4) They said that we prayed every day.
Correct Answer: They said that they prayed every day.
Candidate Answer: They said that they pray every day.
as praying is a habitual action,confirmed by everyday, so prayed is incorrect, i think.
In reported speech, the tense of the verbs in the reported speech is normally backshifted.
I am ready
He said he was ready
There are, however, exceptions. If the original statement is a general truth - "water boils at 100C" or is still true - "my name is Sarah", it is not necessary to backshift. In such cases, the backshift is optional: some people will prefer to do a backshift anyway, others will not.
He said that he was hungry - true yesterday - backshift always necessary
He said that he was/is always hungry - always true - backshift optional
Note that, whether it's a habitual action or not is irrelevant. If you were quoting somebody saying "I smoke 50 cigarettes a day", and that person is still smoking 50 a day, you could say:
He said that he smoked 50 cigarettes a day
He said that he smokes 50 cigarettes a day
If the person died recently (and therefore the statement is not still true), only the first option is valid, even though it was a habitual action at the time.
For the sentences in your question, if the speakers still pray every day, options 2 and 3 are correct. If the speaker died some time ago, only 3 is valid.
Without any information about whether the speakers still pray every day, there is no 'right answer' to this question. There isn't even a'sensible guess', as the examiners could simply be checking whether you know about backshifting, or they could be checking whether you know the exceptions. A multiple choice, single selection question that has two valid answers is a bad question.
I agree that options 2 and 3 are correct if they still pray every day and that only option 3 is correct if they no longer pray every day.
But the question as given is select the one which best expresses the same sentence.
I hate questions like this because they provide incomplete information.
 1. I personally believe that if they still pray every day that option 2 is more commonly used and, therefore, the best answer. (But I have no empirical evidence to prove that; it's only my subjective feeling. I can't state it to be the best answer from a grammatical perspective, only from a personal style perspective. However, style in cases like this is personal. While you can't prove yourself right, neither can somebody else prove you wrong.)
 Consider this dialog:
 "Did you ask them if they pray every day?"
 "I did."
 "What did they say?"
 "They said that they do." OR "They said that they did."
 In normal conversation, the first response is far more likely—as, I believe, is its option 2 equivalent.
 2. If you want to choose an option that best satisfies all possibilities then option 3 is the best option.
 3. If you assume that best is being used deliberately (as opposed to only) so as to indicate a choice, then that means that more than one option is actually correct. Therefore, they must still be praying—so refer back to my first item.
If I were forced to pick an option without any more information, I would pick option 3. (While I don't necessarily find it the best, I find it the least wrong among all possible scenarios.)
But I personally agree with your answer. Assuming that the praying is habitual and that it has not stopped, there are two correct answers and, stylistically, I believe yours is the better of the two. However, the instructor might not agree with this assumption. All you can do is try to offer such an explanation. It will at least demonstrate that, if you failed, it wasn't because of a lack of knowledge on your part but because of an incompletely worded test question.
(Unfortunately, I've rarely managed to convince past instructors of mine to correct a mark by pointing out things like this. I wouldn't rest your hopes on changing the mark—but it's still good to at least try.)
As a final note, I took a grammar course last year. As part of the course material, it mentioned reported speech versus direct speech. I knew, ahead of a test, that "backshifting" was expected. So, on the test, I made sure to follow that. But that expectation had already been set—and the examples I was given didn't present two possible answers.
 - I totally agree with this answer. I would probably choose the backshifted option just because I'd guess that's what the instructor wants me to pick. – Pedro A Apr 14 '18 at 12:14
I agree (sorry) that number 3 is probably the more test-worthy answer, while I would want number two to be correct. 2 is stylistically better, in that the ambiguity of completion better matches the lack of context. If the person reporting the speech is on the phone with the distant party, and the distant party is reporting about always, rather than the past, then 2 is correct and 3 sounds wrong. In that case, 3 adds (or seems to add, hence style) information which is not actually in evidence.
Yet in the context of a course which has taken pains to illustrate the point about back-shifting, number three is probably the sought-for answer. It is a poorly-phrased question.
Personally, I think 2 is right. Now I am sure that the instructor could bring all sorts of arguments proving me wrong. I would still walk away feeling right.
(As this answer is an alternative take on Jason Bassford's, please prioritize selecting his response over mine.)
 - Thank you for the acknowledgement. +1 from me to reward good intentions. :) – Jason Bassford Apr 14 '18 at 14:28
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The river is so shallow here that it is impassible to boats most of the year. In addition, the river has a hard rock bottom, so it is not possible to dredge a deeper channel. To enable boats to navigate past the Chain Of Rocks area, a 8.4 mile long canal was built from just north of downtown Saint Louis to just below the confluence with the Missouri River.
The reason for two bridges on each alignment is that the highways have two waterways to cross, the Mississippi River main channel, and the Chain Of Rocks Canal.
The old Chain Of Rocks Bridge was built in 1929, long before the canal was built. When the canal was dug in 1949, a bridge had to be built in this spot to provide access to the Illinois side of the Chain Of Rocks Bridge.
While this crossing is lightly used today, it still has to be high enough and long enough to allow riverboat traffic to pass without being a navigation hazard. The solution was to build a steel truss bridge to stand up to the long span, and a pair of trusses handling the approaches at either end of the bridge.
This bridge is called the Single Chain Bridge given that there is only one structure in the bridge, as opposed to the Double Chain Bridge just upstream, which has two bridges in parallel. The Chain Of Rocks Bridge was abandoned in 1970, so the Single Chain Bridge was largely ignored. It deteriorated to the point where it required major renovation in 1999. Today, it looks like a brand new bridge.
Did US-66 ever cross the Single Chain Bridge? As it turns out, US-66 crossed the Chain Of Rocks Bridge from 1936 to 1955. From 1955 to 1965, the Chain Of Rocks Bridge was officially Bypass US-66. So, the Single Chain Bridge hosted US-66 from the time it was built in 1949 to when US-66 was moved in 1955, a total of 6 years. It also carried the Bypass US-66 designation for 10 years.


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The votes have been counted, and the winner of the King Pigeon challenge is Alisa Davidoff! Her photo, taken by a friend in Israel is a true inspiration! Check it out below.
The Prize: Alisa will receive a personalized PVYU accelerated sequence designed to help her reach new and inspiring levels of bendiness. This sequence when combined with her obvious dedication to the practice will doubtless give her a leg up in the next challenge, so you'd better get practicing if you plan on keeping up!
The Wonders of the Central Axis
The term "centering" is often used in yoga classes to describe the mental act of re-establishing a connection to a deeper part of ourselves that isn't swayed by thought, distraction or destructive emotional states like fear or anxiety. Centering allows us to remain calm in the midst of challenge and helps us to reconnect to our sense of self when we are knocked off of balance. Physically speaking, positioning the weight of our body around a theoretical center can be helpful as well. Doing so helps us to experience balance and equilibrium in our postures, eliminates unnecessary muscle tension in flexibility enhancing poses, and creates a sense of effortless ease is strength enhancing postures.
The Central Axis
Since understanding how to stack the weight of the body closer to center can be difficult to understand if we don't know where our center lies, we expand our definition of "center" to encompass a vertical line of energy referred to as the Central Axis. The Central Axis is an imaginary line of energy that flows vertically downward through the body's center of mass in the upright standing position. To visualize the central axis, simply imagine a plumb line hanging from the center of the skull, threading downward through the rib-cage and exiting through the middle of the pelvic floor, and you will have a good idea of where the central axis lies.
The Central Axis is much like a beacon of light in the middle of a thick fog. It acts as a central reference point that shows us where to shift our focus as we practice, drawing our attention inward to our center and allowing us to radiate gracefully outward from a sense of inner connectedness and strength in our core. The Central Axis gives us a tangible landmark around which to position our body as we flow through our postures. Creating a solid mental map of the central axis takes a lot of the guesswork out of where the body should be positioned as we practice.
Once we isolate the position of the Central Axis from an upright vertical position, we can carry the image of its location into the rest of our practice, using it as a frame of reference for the large variety of yoga poses that we practice. Standing, supine, sideways and kneeling postural patterns can all be informed and brought into more efficient alignment by positioning the body around the central axis that we discovered in the vertical position.
How to Find Your Central Axis
Find a partner and use the following exercise to find your central axis:
- Have your partner come to a standing posture with the inner edges of their feet hip distance apart.
- Help your partner find the approximate location of their central axis by pressing one finger into the front and another into the back of the body. Start below the belly button (near the center of gravity). Approximate the point that is directly centered between the right and left side of the body and place the tip of your index finger at that point. Place your other index finger on same spot at the back of the body. Have your partner think inward to the point your fingers would meet if they could actually touch.
- Once this point is located, repeat at the navel, solar plexus, heart, manubrium and at the third eye center. This line that flows vertically through the body's center of gravity in the standing position is the central axis.
NB: When thinking of the Central Axis, it is important to recognize that it is an "imaginary" line of energy. Since the central axis doesn't consist of any bony masses, we can't actually consider it to be a supportive structure. As the central axis moves through the body, it may or may not encounter sections of the spinal column as the spine curves upward but it should not be considered to actually be the spinal column even if the spine and axis intersect in many places. Rather, the Central Axis can be considered to be similar to a laser beam directed from the middle of the skull downward through the pelvic floor. The beam simply flows through any bony junctures that it might encounter.


Carmichael, California AA Meetings
A suburb in the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area, Carmichael has its share of people who are struggling with an addiction to alcohol. The census-designated place (CDP) has Alcoholics Anonymous or AA meetings in place to help these residents. The drinking of alcohol is legal and widely accepted in society which makes alcohol abuse prevalent. It is a growing public health concern in America with millions of people diagnosed with alcohol use disorder. The factors that contribute to alcohol abuse are many. People resort to abusing alcohol for a lot of reasons from dealing with stress, coping with a loss, to dealing with trauma. Extended alcohol abuse usually takes a serious toll on a person's health and can result in long-term effects such as liver disease and brain damage among many others. Short-term effects of alcohol abuse like slow reaction time or restlessness can be just as damaging as long-term effects. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an effective support therapy that has helped millions of people combat alcohol abuse. AA facilitates meetings where people who are dependent on alcohol share their personal addiction journeys with others who may be going through similar issues. Our directory also lists other AA California meetings outside of AA meetings in Carmichael.
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Learn how to change the WFBS Scan Method from Conventional Scan to Smart Scan or vice-versa.
To select the scan method, do one of the following:
If WFBS was freshly installed
- Log on to the WFBS console.
- Click Security Settings.
- Click a Servers (Default) or Desktops(Default) group.
- Click Configure.
- Click Smart Scan or Conventional Scan.
- Click Save.
If WFBS was upgraded from lower versions
Conventional Scan is the default method. The Smart Scan and Conventional Scan buttons are also not present in the console. To activate Smart Scan, refer to this solution: Enabling or disabling the Smart Scan function in WFBS.


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REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Table of criteria: Everyday Depictions in a Sexualizing Context
Sexualized Everyday Depictions of Children
Quelle: I-KIZ-Zentrum für Kinderschutz im Internet
Unproblematic everyday depictions of children are often appropriated on the Internet and misused for sexual purposes. In order to shed light on the phenomenon, the competence centre at jugendschutz.net researched high-traffic Internet services and those which are relevant to the child abuse scene, in particular social networks, forums, blogs and websites.
Increasing opportunities for interaction on the Internet facilitate the transposition of everyday depictions to a sexual context. This can take place in many ways, in particular by the use of service-specific functions and structures. Linking up depictions with sexualized elements enables the perception of a child as a sexual object.
In order to identify typical elements that lead to the sexualisation of everyday depictions, the competence centre analysed around 400 sources and developed a grid that systematically records their characteristics. This is intended to simplify categorization and assist with assessment of the potential sexualisation of everyday depictions.
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A team of doctors from Heart Hospital in London working in cooperation with computer animators managed to develop a very realistic computer model that allows investigating theanatomy of human heart in perspectives that are not possible in real patients.
Thanks to specialists from the post-production company calledGlassworks, the computer model of the beating heart can be used to manipulate the image with the help of a computer mouse or keyboard.
One can rotate the virtual heart around any axis and observe the organ from both inside and outside. In addition, it is possible to set a normal beat of the heart, or imitate the effects of different conditions and diseases of the organ, informs New Scientist.
According to its developers, the computer model of human heart might also help medical students better understand the organ's features and should give a helpful reference tool for heart experts.
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Cyberbullying – a pre-teen or teen teasing, humiliating, threatening or targeting another using digital media such as Facebook or texting – is a troubling social phenomenon receiving much attention in the news media lately. Albert Wisner Public Library will offer a program on cyberbullying on Wednesday, November 17th from 6:30-7:50pm in the Storytime Room, off the Children's Room.
The program will be led by Denyse Altman Variano and Suzan Sussman, educators for Cornell Cooperative Extension – Orange County, in the area of Human Development & Family Studies. Working in close coordination with Orange County early childhood centers, schools, health and human service agencies, the faith community, area businesses and service organizations, Denyse and Suzan offer prevention-based education programs and training to individuals, families and educators.
This program will be an interactive presentation, including videos designed for teens and group discussion. Topics covered will include causes and consequences of cyberbullying; how to prevent it; how to handle it if it occurs; teens' and parents' roles in addressing it effectively.
All interested adults and teens of the Warwick Valley Central School District are invited. Please register by calling the Library's Help Desk at _PHONE_, ext. 3, or by stopping by the Help Desk at the Library.


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A flow sensor capable of measuring flow rate, fluid type, fluid pressure, fluid presence, and flow direction has been demonstrated. This research activity demonstrates a very simple cap fabrication and assembly process that enabled the realization of a flow sensor with multiple sensing capabilities. A surface micromachined process is employed to fabricate the pressure sensors as well as the cap that defines the fluid channel. The sensor was configured in a way to successfully demonstrate two differential pressure sensing modes (i.e. sensors within the cavity and sensors in the flow channel). Both flow rate and viscosity measurements are based on the differential pressure sensing principle. Fluid presence is determined using an interdigitated structure which can also sense the fluid type based on permittivity of the fluid. The flow rate measured successfully has been as low as 0.01 ml/hr and showed very good linearity when compared to the theoretical model. The diameter of the pressure sensor diaphragm utilized was as low as 100 microns and depended on the flow rate required to measure.
Sensors, 2008 IEEE
Date of Conference: 26-29 Oct. 2008


During a full switch deployment, the SwitchableLocalFileSystem must delete all file assets from the target site's inactive directory before updated content can be deployed from ATG Content Administration. On a large site, the deletion process can significantly delay updates to the live site. You can optimize deployment by configuring the SwitchableLocalFileSystem to enable background deletion: when switch deployment begins, the VFS simply moves the current inactive directory to a temporary directory and proceeds with deployment. Separately, it launches another thread that is responsible for physically removing files from the temporary directory—which it typically defers until system resources are more plentiful.
Note: By default, full deployment of file system assets is optimized through checksum verification, which minimizes disk reads and writes (see Cache Checksums for File Assets). This is usually faster than full deployment with background deletion, where checksum verification is disabled (see Requirements and Constraints), so all files eventually must be physically removed from disk. In general, full deployment with background deletion is appropriate when you must purge a target site of all file system assets.
Three SwitchableLocalFileSystem properties enable background deletion and control its behavior:
Requirements and Constraints
The following requirements and constraints apply to background deletion of file system assets:


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- What are substantive concepts?
- What is a basic concept?
- What is the main focus of history?
- What is a disciplinary concept?
- What are the 3 types of history?
- What is history concept?
- What is a first order concept?
- What are first order concepts in history?
- How do you identify a concept?
- What are the three components of historical thinking?
- What is the meaning of a concept?
- What are the key concepts?
- What are the six historical thinking skills?
- What is an example of a concept?
- What can history teach us?
- How do you write a key concept?
- What are the seven concepts of history?
- What are the 4 historical thinking concepts?
What are substantive concepts?
Substantive concepts are those concerned with the subject matter of history – the substance about which students are learning.
Some of these concepts (such as Calvinism or Menshivism) are highly specific to a particular period or place – and it is easy to recognise that their meaning needs to be explicitly taught..
What is a basic concept?
Basic concepts are the foundation of a child's education. They are words that a child needs to understand in order to perform everyday tasks like following directions, participating in classroom routines, and engaging in conversation.
What is the main focus of history?
The main focus of history is the relationship between continuity and change, and it is important that our children understand the difference between them.
What is a disciplinary concept?
Disciplinary literacies include the skills that are needed to understand, create, and communicate academic knowledge. This module is an introduction to disciplinary literacies. Module 2. Civic literacies include the ways of thinking that support students as they act in our democracy.
What are the 3 types of history?
Universal history in the Western tradition is commonly divided into three parts, viz. ancient, medieval, and modern time.
What is history concept?
History is the study of life in society in the past, in all its aspect, in relation to present developments and future hopes. It is the story of man in time, an inquiry into the past based on evidence. … Collingwood (1945) is particularly interested in this concept of history.
What is a first order concept?
First-order concepts refer to percepts that refer to objects; from this reference they derive their semantic value. There are two types of sentences: sentences about the world and sentences about language. Unfortunately, these types of sentence are sometimes confused with one another.
What are first order concepts in history?
First-order concepts are all the facts, terms and concepts found in history as an academic discipline.
How do you identify a concept?
Identify these from the paragraph: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How and list them. Then write a sentence or two using these terms. That can get you the main idea.Read the paragraph, then think of a question you could ask that would be answered by that paragraph. The question will be the main concept.
What are the three components of historical thinking?
Theoretical Background. Historical thinking is a complex metacognitive activity associated with processing various types of evidence from the past. As noted, the three heuristics include sourcing, corroboration, and contextualization (Wineburg 1991a).
What is the meaning of a concept?
noun. a general notion or idea; conception. an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct. a directly conceived or intuited object of thought.
What are the key concepts?
'Key' concepts are ones judged to be particularly important in a certain context. A similar term is 'big' concepts. This includes a sense of scale and range, as well as importance, within the subject. … Often, the concepts chosen as 'key' are complex and abstract, such as 'place', 'chronology' or 'grammar'.
What are the six historical thinking skills?
HISTORICAL THINKING CONCEPTSEstablish historical significance.Use primary source evidence.Identify continuity and change.Analyze cause and consequence.Take historical perspectives, and.Understand the ethical dimension of historical interpretations.
What is an example of a concept?
In the simplest terms, a concept is a name or label that regards or treats an abstraction as if it had concrete or material existence, such as a person, a place, or a thing. … For example, the word "moon" (a concept) is not the large, bright, shape-changing object up in the sky, but only represents that celestial object.
What can history teach us?
It teaches students and history enthusiasts an analytical empathy for the past that focuses on context and reflects careful reading of primary sources – practices which are widely transferable. History then can teach analytical and emotional abilities, and convey real knowledge about the real, contemporary world.
How do you write a key concept?
The key concept is usually the main idea in the essay question. A good technique for finding the key concept is to reword the question. Most essay questions will begin with an assertion or contention that you have to examine and either agree or disagree with based on your readings for the topic. Here is an example.
What are the seven concepts of history?
The seven key concepts in History are: perspectives • continuity and change • cause and effect • evidence • empathy • significance • contestability. The concept of perspectives is an important part of historical inquiry.
What are the 4 historical thinking concepts?
The historical thinking framework promoted by The Historical Thinking Project revolves around six historical thinking concepts: historical significance, cause and consequence, historical perspective-taking, continuity and change, the use of primary source evidence, and the ethical dimension of history.


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- What are words that sound like fuel line?
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Oak Wilt MaintenanceTo minimize the threat of oak wilt, do your oak maintenance work in late December, January and early February and always paint wounds.
Calvin R. Finch, Ph.D., County Extension Agent-Horticulture
Texas Cooperative Extension, Bexar County
Our South Texas oak trees don't need much pruning, they are most attractive and healthiest when they are left to grow in a natural shape. As with everything in the landscape, however, we compromise with nature on the oaks. We remove lower branches that have been shaded to the point that they cannot support leaves, we remove dead branches, and we remove hazardous branches. They are least susceptible to infection with the oak wilt fungus if pruned in January and February.
Oak wilt is a vascular disease caused by the fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum. All oaks can be infected by the pathogen; although red oaks are most susceptible and white oaks least susceptible to the disease. Live oaks fall in between the other oaks in vulnerability. The disease is spread by two routes: (1) bark beetles can pick up the spores from an infected red oak (Spanish oak, Shumard oak, and blackjack oak) and carry them to a newly inflicted wound on another oak and/or (2) the disease organisms can spread through interconnected root systems from one tree to another. The usual scenario in the Hill Country is for the disease to be spread from an infected Spanish oak by the beetle to a live oak and then from oak to oak by roots in the live oak thicket.
The disease stops the flow of nutrients and water from the roots to the leaves. Once symptoms appear, the Spanish oak may be dead in two weeks. A live oak can survive longer; two months to a year.
Veinal necrosis is a widely accepted, but not foolproof, symptom on live oaks. The interveinal areas on the leaves stay green while the areas directly adjacent to the veins die. Prior to the brown coloring, the dying area often is bright yellow or orange.
Red oaks infected with the disease will turn a brilliant red in early summer and lose all their leaves. On some infected Spanish oak trees, a fungal mat forms under the bark. It is this mat that attracts the bark beetles which carry the spores on to open wounds on other oak trees.
Oak wilt has appeared in Bexar County. It is not a major problem, but it has the potential of becoming one. Researchers have developed the chemical Alamo® to treat threatened trees and trees in the early stages of infection. It is an expensive and difficult process. Prevention is still best.
There are a number of effective measures that can be taken to minimize the threat of oak wilt.
- OAKS ARE SAFEST IF PRUNED IN THE WINTER OR LATE SUMMER. Any wound on an oak tree, when the bark beetle is active, is likely to get visited by the beetle. If the wound and the visit occur during the period of early February through May, when the fungus is also active, there is a chance that the tree will be inoculated with the disease. Prune unsafe branches as they occur.
- COVER ALL WOUNDS ON OAKS WITH PRUNING PAINT. The period of susceptibility is very short, perhaps only three days after the wound occurs, but it is safest to get in the habit of covering the wounds. Remember that pruning is only one of the ways trees get wounded. Automobile bumps, lawn mowers, string trimmers, wind and ice breakage, and bulldozers on roots are other common examples of wounds.
- MANAGE FIREWOOD TO AVOID INFECTION. It is not necessary to reduce the use of the fireplace in order to stop the spread of oak wilt. Smoke from infected wood burning is NOT a threat! The fungus is destroyed by heat and will not even survive in dry firewood. If you utilize red oak firewood, try to purchase wood from trees that have not been infected or killed from oak wilt. Only wood that has been cured for an entire summer should be stored in the vicinity of uninfected red or live oaks. If you bought oak firewood for this winter and are unsure of its age or origins, use it up before spring.
- DIVERSIFY YOUR SHADE TREE PLANTINGS. Large blocks of red and live oaks are susceptible to the spread of the disease. Plant cedar elm, chinkapin oak, bur oak, Chinese pistache, and bald cypress in addition to red and live oak. Parson's Archive has a list of outstanding landscape plants for all areas of Texas that suggests other alternatives.
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