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Although most dogs usually have the same color fur for their entire lives, the same cannot necessarily be said about Shih Tzus, the uber-fluffy toy dogs from China. If your Shih Tzu puppy is a certain color on one given day, there's no assurance it'll stay the same the next.
Maturity and Coat Color Change
Shih Tzu coat changes usually don't occur at random. They typically occur when Shih Tzus are about to become adults -- around 12 months in age. It's common for their coats to become paler, and at the same time, it's also common for them to darken. Note, too, that this color change doesn't take place in any and all Shih Tzus. You could bring a bouncing Shih Tzu puppy home, expect his fur color to change -- only for it never to do so.
No Change in Black and White
Not all color schemes of young Shih Tzus change, however. Shih Tzus born with white and black fur are the sole exception in this situation. If a Shih Tzu enters the world with this specific coloration, he's going to stay that way for good.
Shih Tzu Colors
As far as the color spectrum goes, Shih Tzus pretty much run the gamut. Some Shih Tzus are entirely one color, while others are multi-colored. Some color schemes available in the breed are white and red, off-white, black, blue, golden, white and silver, gray, white and golden and reddish-brown. Certain colors, like blue, are a lot less common than others. With Shih Tzus, it's helpful to remember refrain from using fur coloring as a determining factor regarding which puppy you want to bring home. Remember, the puppy you select could start out black only to appear a lot more grayish in just a few short months.
You can never be 100 percent sure about a young Shih Tzu's eventual "permanent" coloring, but you can usually be sure about one thing -- his future coat texture. With proper grooming and regular maintenance, Shih Tzus often possess lengthy, sumptuous and thick fur, either straight or a little wavy. It's crucial to comb or brush Shih Tzu coats every day, beginning during the puppy stage.
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Little Bull: The Story of Little Bull
Ellen Foley James, Author, Karl Ammann, Photographer
Ellen Foley James, Author, Karl Ammann, Photographer Sterling Publishing (NY) $13.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8069-2098-6
Reviewed on: 11/30/1998
Release date: 12/01/1998
Ammann sets his stunning photographs of a baby elephant against a backdrop of the Kenya plains. James's poetic text describes newborn Little Bull ""wrapped like a cabbage in his big elephant ears,"" and follows his travels with his mother and their herd led by the matriarch, Grandmother Torn Ear. Readers follow Little Bull as he experiments with ""his favorite toy,... his own wriggly trunk,"" chases egrets and encounters both benign curiosities and true perils (""zebras with wavy stripes"" and a group of lionesses with ""six bright eyes staring""). Although the passage of time is unclear (Little Bull seems to have been born during the rainy season, which is followed by a drought; he sprouts tusks by book's end), and some readers will wonder why Little Bull's father is so aloof (""He stood in the shadows all night long. By morning he was gone""), most will revel in the gorgeous pictures of the African wildlife. Based on a Discovery Channel film, James's text takes on a narrative rhythm, poignance and humor (toddlers will delight at the young elephant's attempts to stand on his head, for instance), and brings cohesion to Ammann's landscapes, portraits and action photographs. Except for one aberration--a hand-drawn picture illustrating the night sky's ""bowl of bright stars""--this book stands as more than a mere adjunct to a film. Ages 5-up. (Aug.)
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text: When cells attach to the extracellular matrix (ECM) a proliferation permissive signal is engaged. The mechanism involves activation of the integrin/PI3K/Akt signal pathway. FoxO3a is a transcriptional activator and inhibits cell proliferation via upregulating the expression of the cell cycle inhibitor p27. Furthermore, it is known that activated Akt can suppress FoxO3a function. However, it is not known whether integrin interaction with the ECM regulates FoxO3a function. We examined whether the β1-integrin-mediated signaling pathway promotes fibroblast proliferation via FoxO3a suppression. We found that when fibroblasts are attached to collagen, PTEN protein expression and activity are inhibited due to promotion of PTEN degradation. This decrease in PTEN function permits FoxO3a suppression via the PI3K/Akt pathway. In contrast, the inhibition of PI3K/Akt or reconstitution of PTEN restores FoxO3a expression on collagen. Furthermore, we found that the serine/threonine phosphatase PP2A also regulates FoxO3a. PP2A expression/activity is low when fibroblasts are attached to collagen, and PP2A overexpression augments FoxO3a levels. Thus the mechanism involves a coordinated decrease in PTEN and PP2A phosphatase activity and increase in PI3K/Akt activity. We show that β1-integrin-ECM interaction decreases FoxO3a protein levels via caspase-3-mediated cleavage. Our novel finding indicates that during fibroblast interaction with ECM, activation of β1-integrin/PI3K/Akt by inhibiting PTEN in combination with low PP2A phosphatase activity synergistically inhibits FoxO3a, promoting fibroblast proliferation.

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Development at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg has potential in ADAS, conservation and environment.Chair of Multimedia Communications and Signal Processing at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany, has developed an intelligent camera that achieves not only high spatial and temporal but also spectral resolution.
The camera has a wide range of applications that can improve environmental protection and resource conservation measures as well as autonomous driving or modern agriculture. The findings of the research have been published as an open access publication.
"Research up to now has mainly focused on increasing spatial and temporal resolution, which means the number of megapixels or images per second," said lecturer Dr. Jürgen Seiler. "Spectral resolution has largely been adjusted to match human sight during the development of cameras, which merely corresponds to measuring the colors red, green and blue.
"However, much more information is hidden in the light spectrum that can be used for a wide range of tasks. For example, we know that some animals use additional light spectra for hunting and searching for food."
One camera; three resolutions
Seiler, who is an electrical engineer, has developed a high-resolution multi-spectral camera that enhances human perception with his team at the Chair of Multimedia Communications and Signal Processing, led by Prof. Dr. Kaup at FAU. It combines all three resolutions — spatial, temporal and spectral — in a cost-efficient solution.
"Up to now, there were only extremely expensive and complex methods for measuring the ultraviolet or infrared ranges of light or individual spectral bands for special industrial applications," said Seiler. "We looked for a cost-efficient model and we were able to develop a very cost-effective multi-spectral camera."
The researchers connected several inexpensive standard cameras with various spectral filters to form a multi-spectral camera array. "We then calculated an image in order to combine the various spectral information from each sensor," said Nils Genser, research associate at LMS. "This new concept enables us to precisely determine the materials of each object captured using just one single image."
At the same time, the new camera is greatly superior to existing systems in terms of its spatial, temporal and spectral resolution. As the surroundings are recorded by several "eyes" as is the case with human sight, the system also provides a precise indication of depth. This means that the system not only precisely determines the color and certain material properties of objects it captures, but also the distance between them and the camera.
Autonomous driving, environmental applications
Autonomous driving is a potential application for these new intelligent cameras. "A whole range of solutions to various problems has now opened up thanks to our new technology," said Seiler. "In the infrared range, for example, we can differentiate between real people and signposts using the thermal signature. For night driving, we can detect animals crossing the road with sufficient warning."
The high-resolution, multi-spectral cameras could also be used for protecting the environment and conserving resources. "Several plastics differ significantly from each other in various ranges of the spectrum, which is something the new intelligent camera can reliably detect," said Genser. "Large amounts of plastics are simply burned instead of separated for recycling as they have a similar appearance. We can now separate them reliably."


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Weather Averages and Climate in Panama
In Panama the Days are hot and nights are much cooler. Temperatures usually range from 32 degrees Celsius (90° Fahrenheit) during the daytime to 21 degrees Celsius (70° Fahrenheit) in the evening. These temperatures are found practically year-round. However temperatures can vary according to geography. The climate is less tropical at higher ground. In mountain areas the average annual temperature ranges from 10ºC to 19ºC (50-66ºF). In Panama humidity is very high at about 80 percent. The rainy season takes place between October and November, and the best months to visit are December until March.
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Server Programmer vs. Graphics Programmer
Learn what a server programmer does versus a graphics programmer from gaming industry expert Anthony Castoro in this Howcast video.
The difference between a server programmer and a graphics programmer is a
good question because they're really on opposite ends of the spectrum on
programming. A server programmer is someone who works on the logic and code
in an online game that is in the server set, and controls everything that
happens behind the scenes. Whereas, a graphics programmer is someone who works on
the code that runs on your computer or on your console and displays all of the
different graphics: controls the special effects, the animations, all the rendering that's going on.
If you're looking to be a programmer in the game industry, you
have to ask yourself, What you really want to be involved in? Are you really
good at 3D math? Do you know what left hand versus right hand means when
it comes to mathematical formulas, or do you really like Linux and
distributive computing and you really want to be in that part of the
If you're really thinking about getting in, and you have some aptitude for
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Standard ML is a general-purpose programming language designed for large projects. This book provides a formal definition of Standard ML for the benefit of all concerned with the language, including users and implementers. Because computer programs are increasingly required to withstand rigorous analysis, it is all the more important that the language in which they are written be defined with full rigor.One purpose of a language definition is to establish a theory of meanings upon which the understanding of particular programs may rest.
This collection of original essays reflects the breadth of current research in computer science. Robin Milner, a major figure in the field, has made many fundamental contributions, particularly in theoretical computer science, the theory of programming languages, and functional programming languages.
Following a brief biography of Milner, the book contains five sections: Semantic Foundations, Programming Logic, Programming Languages, Concurrency, and Mobility. Together the pieces convey a seamless whole, ranging from highly abstract concepts to systems of great utility.

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-Dual-function toy which helps babies coordinate and refine their movements, developing their logical association and music awareness skills.
-Two modes of use: 1. electronic tambourine to be played with their hands or with the drum stick. 2. first slot-in blocks, with 3 different colored shapes to be inserted into the corresponding holes.
-Its particular shape also allows it to roll around, encouraging babies to crawl after it.
-Battery included (2x AA 1,5 V )


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TY - JOUR T1 - Out of the frying pan into the air—emersion behaviour and evaporative heat loss in an amphibious mangrove fish (Kryptolebias marmoratus) JF - Biology Letters JO - Biol Lett M3 - 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0689 VL - 11 IS - 10 AU - Gibson, Daniel J. AU - Sylvester, Emma V. A. AU - Turko, Andy J. AU - Tattersall, Glenn J. AU - Wright, Patricia A. Y1 - 2015/10/21 UR - _URL_ N2 - Amphibious fishes often emerse (leave water) when faced with unfavourable water conditions. How amphibious fishes cope with the risks of rising water temperatures may depend, in part, on the plasticity of behavioural mechanisms such as emersion thresholds. We hypothesized that the emersion threshold is reversibly plastic and thus dependent on recent acclimation history rather than on conditions during early development. Kryptolebias marmoratus were reared for 1 year at 25 or 30°C and acclimated as adults (one week) to either 25 or 30°C before exposure to an acute increase in water temperature. The emersion threshold temperature and acute thermal tolerance were significantly increased in adult fish acclimated to 30°C, but rearing temperature had no significant effect. Using a thermal imaging camera, we also showed that emersed fish in a low humidity aerial environment (30°C) lost significantly more heat (3.3°C min−1) than those in a high humidity environment (1.6°C min−1). In the field, mean relative humidity was 84%. These results provide evidence of behavioural avoidance of high temperatures and the first quantification of evaporative cooling in an amphibious fish. Furthermore, the avoidance response was reversibly plastic, flexibility that may be important for tropical amphibious fishes under increasing pressures from climatic change. ER -


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First time back to the Shala
- Make sure you read the corona-policy and the class-schedule.
- Make sure you and your house-mates do not have a cold, cough or fever. If one of you do have a cold, cough or fever, do a home practice.
- Enter at the front-door and follow the green signs. Make sure you wear a face-mask.
- Take your shoes off and store them below the shoes-sign.
- Look at the explanation at the wall (same info as the corona-policy)
- Enter the Shala using the first door.
- If your yoga mat and blanket are in the dressing-room, you are allowed to enter to fetch them.
- Clean your hands with the available paper and detergent.
- Pick a spot (and keep it the entire class).
- Choose your guidance card.
- Enjoy your practice (breath). You are allowed to remove the face-mask during your practice.
- When finished, clean your spot with the available paper and detergent.
- Leave the Shala using the second door. You have to take your yoga mat and blanket home with you. Also wear the face-mask after your practice until you left the building.
- Follow the orange signs.
- Pick up your shoes.
- Exit, as you always did, at the side-door.


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Building the Foundations: 1864
Built by convicts on a grant of six acres, this splendid example of Australian Gothic architecture first opened its doors in 1864, as the Convict Establishment Fremantle Lunatic Asylum and Invalid Depot.
All inmates were under the punitive control of prison rules and regulations and, over time, the asylum became the depository for any social problem, such as alcoholism, prostitution and the elderly.
The Gold Rush: 1890 onwards
During the gold rush of the 1890s, miners and Chinese labourers were admitted suffering the effects of sunstroke and Opium smoking. The death of a Mrs Clifford in 1900, at the hands of a violent patient, finally sparked a public scandal.
At the time of Mrs Clifford's death, 219 patients were residents in the asylum, with 17-20 occupying one room. An official inquiry finally resulted in the appointment of a medical superintendent and a trained mental health nurse.
Women's Home: 1909 onwards
In 1909, in order to solve the problem of a decaying Government Home for Women, Fremantle's asylum was declared a Poor House – to be known as the Women's Home.
A year later, in a bid to solve an epidemic social problem, the building was also chosen as the site for WA's first maternity training school. The business of maternity moved to the newly built King Edward Hospital for Women in 1916.
Until 1941, the buildings remained home to poor and elderly women. Problems with young girls escaping, men quarrying holes in the limestone and one of the women continually riding her three-wheeler bike into town are just some of the colourful stories of this era in the building's history.
Darker stories tell of several adolescents, suffering from venereal disease, who were kept under lock and key on the upper floor in 1930s. Protests in 1941 by several women's groups concerning the condition of the home finally resulted in its closure.
During WWII: 1942 onwards
In March 1942 a group of 12 American naval servicemen fleeing the Japanese invasion of the Philippines arrived in Fremantle and were given billets in the old Women's Home. Within the old asylum site, 22 additional buildings were erected during the course of the war and a total of 21 officers, 139 enlisted men and 102 civilians were employed in the activities of the depot.
Fremantle Technical School: 1946 onwards
After the war, Fremantle Technical School was opened on the site. Then, in 1953, students from the overcrowded Princess May Girls School and Fremantle Boys School attended classes in pre-fabricated buildings in the grounds, awaiting the completion of John Curtin High School in 1955.
Refurbishment and Restoration: 1958 onwards
In 1958, the old Fremantle Lunatic Asylum was finally threatened with demolition and was saved largely through the efforts of Sir Frederick Samson, then Mayor of Fremantle. His vision for the site was to establish both a Mariners' Museum and an Arts Centre. The building was restored and the museum stage was finally completed in 1970.
Fremantle Arts Centre: 1973 onwards
Fremantle Arts Centre opened in 1973, with Ian Templeman as Founding Director. Templeman relied on minimal resources and skeleton staff for support and, over his 17 years at the helm, developed Fremantle Arts Centre's first programs and services, including Fremantle Arts Centre Press. In 1978, Fremantle Arts Centre received its first annual operating funding from the State Government. That funding continues


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Inspired by a rare archival detail, the Interlocking G Horsebit print defines this scarf, mixing with a geometric ribbon motif. Symbolic House codes continue to be reimagined throughout the latest collections.
- Interlocking G Horsebit and ribbons print navy organic silk twill
- Green borders
- This product contains organic silk where the sericulture and manufacturing process restrict the use of chemicals, eliminate pesticides or artificial fertilizers and incorporate methods that respect biodiversity, improve soil quality, and reduce water consumption.
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California Senate Bill (SB) 188 seeks to provide a broader definition of "race" in California's anti-discrimination law. The bill defines "race" as "inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles." The bill is expected to become law, and employers may want to plan accordingly.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has long held that the meaning of "race" is not limited to skin color. Color discrimination is itself a protected category, which can be defined as discrimination based on pigmentation, complexion, or skin shade or tone. "Race" has a broader meaning and can include physical characteristics associated with race (such as a person's hair, facial features, and height and weight), as well as cultural characteristics related to race (including a person's name, cultural dress and grooming practices, or accent or manner of speech).
Recently, the New York City Commission on Human Rights released new guidance regarding the application of the New York City Human Rights Law to situations involving characteristics and cultural practices closely associated with race. The commission focused in particular on discrimination against hair texture and hairstyles associated with being Black because of the frequency of such discrimination. The commission explained that "[r]ace discrimination based on hair and hairstyles most closely associated with Black people has caused significant physical and psychological harm to those who wish to maintain natural hair or specific hairstyles but are forced to choose between their livelihood or education and their cultural identity and/or hair health." California's SB 188 further reflects this development in civil rights law.
SB 188 makes a series of findings and declarations, including that discrimination against "'blackness,' and the associated physical traits" is pervasive in society and has "permeated societal understanding of professionalism." The bill states that this "Eurocentric image of professionalism... disparately impact[s] Black individuals." Accordingly, the bill expressly includes protections of traits historically associated with race, including protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists.
Key Takeaways for Employers
California employers are likely to see this new standard become law, so they may want to consider taking steps to ensure that their discrimination and harassment prevention programs, as well as their grooming policies, comply with this new standard. For example, companies could train management that the following policies and practices would likely violate the standards set forth in SB 188:
- Having a grooming policy that prohibits twists, locks, braids, cornrows, Afros, Bantu knots, or fades—all of which are commonly associated with Black people
- Having a grooming policy that requires employees to alter the state of their hair to conform to the company's appearance standards, including a policy that requires employees to straighten or relax hair (which involves the use of chemicals or heat)
- Having a grooming policy that bans hair that extends a certain number of inches from the scalp, thereby limiting Afros
- Having a grooming policy that requires "professional hair" or "clean and tidy hair" but is applied to mean that employees cannot wear Afros, locks, twists, or braids
- Forcing Black people to obtain management approval prior to changing hairstyles but not imposing the same requirement on other people
- Requiring only Black employees to alter or cut their hair or risk losing their jobs
- Telling Black employees with locks that they cannot be in a customer facing role unless they change their hairstyle
- Refusing to hire a Black applicant with cornrows because his or her hairstyle does not fit the image the company is trying to project to customers
- Mandating that Black employees hide their hair or hairstyle with a hat or visor
Instead, employers may want to consider adopting the following policies and practices:
- Adopting a grooming policy based on rules that are valid, nondiscriminatory, have no disparate impact, and are uniformly applied
- For example, the policy may include a race-neutral rule requiring employees to keep their hair neat and clean.
- Similarly, a company could adopt a rule requiring all employees to secure their hair for bona fide safety or hygienic reasons.
- Revising discrimination and harassment prevention policies to broadly define race to include physical and cultural characteristics associated with race
- Supplementing harassment prevention training programs with hypotheticals that further illustrate the broad meaning of race-based harassment and discrimination
- These examples may include, as the EEOC has explained, unfair height and weight standards that have an adverse impact on Asian Americans and hairstyling rules that have an adverse impact on Black women.
- Emphasizing that a respectful workplace does not condone teasing or joking about traits that have historically been associated with one's race or ethnic identity in harassment prevention trainings


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|A Number Pyramid is composed of the 10 different numbers 0-9 with
a top row of 1 number resting on a second row of 2 sitting on a third row
of 3 supported by a bottom row of 4. For example, a Number Pyramid
3 4 5
6 7 8 9
Given the clues below, can you determine the composition of Number
- The number at the top of Number Pyramid 6 minus the leftmost
number in row 2 equals 6.
- Both the four leftmost numbers in each row and the three numbers in row
3 sum to 17.
- In the bottom row of the pyramid, the second number from the left minus
the leftmost number equals 5.
- The rightmost number in row 3 minus the rightmost number in row 4
- The four numbers in the bottom row sum to 19.


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What can microscopic yeast cells teach us about cancer? Can we use tiny electrical currents generated in the brain to power nano-devices? How did a protein from a luminous jelly fish revolutionise the way we look into the working of living cells?
A-Level pupils from across Wales and the border counties had the opportunity to discover the answers to these questions and many more at the University's annual Science in Health Live event (17 March).
More than 500 young people - including 40 from schools located in some of the most disadvantaged areas of Wales - gathered at the Heath Park campus for Science in Health Live.
The annual event, now in its 17th year, is designed to give pupils an insight into the science behind medicine, and see first hand the range of career options open to them in health, biomedical and scientific fields. Considerable efforts are made to ensure that pupils registered on the University's "Step-Up to Health" scheme are able to attend.
The event included laboratory tours, interactive exhibition areas, stand-up science comedy and a series of talks on various topical medical issues. There will also be a range of cutting-edge technology on display, including imaging cameras that enable you to see chemical processes in live cells to revolutionary modelling software that aids drug design.
Katie Weeks, Science Policy Officer at the Welsh Assembly Government, also attended the event. Speaking afterwards, she said: "Science in Health Live is an excellent event. The science is quite complex and serious, however the event manages to deliver the messages in an interesting, accessible way to youngsters.
"This is a valuable event which is inspiring the next generation of scientists. It encourages them to take up science courses for future rewarding careers in science. It enabled the students to see that science can be found in many work environments; economics, business, NHS, academia and government."
Science in Health Live is organised by the University's Public Understanding of Science in Health (PUSH) committee. Professor Anthony Campbell, Welsh School of Pharmacy and Chair of PUSH, said: "Our aim is to excite young people about the science at Cardiff University that is having a real impact on medical research and clinical practice.
"We are hoping that this event will allow pupils to discover how an amazing diversity of basic science, developed here at Cardiff, has led to discoveries about the mechanisms that cause diseases, and how these are being used to find new ways of preventing them, or to develop new treatments."
The event involves more 150 members of staff at all levels, from postgraduates to Professors, representing the Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Healthcare, Dentistry and Optometry.
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The endogenous lectin of Xenopus laevis oocytes, unfertilized eggs, and blastula-stage embryos was immunohistochemically localized using a highly specific antiserum. Each tissue was examined with several techniques, including paraformaldehyde or glutaraldehyde fixation, frozen or plastic sections, and immunofluorescence or immunoperoxidase staining. In oocytes and unfertilized eggs, lectin was detected in association with yolk platelets, cortical granules, and the vitelline envelope. In embryos, cortical granules had disappeared and lectin was found in the cleavage furrows between the embryonic cells. The distribution of the lectin suggests that it plays more than one role in this developing system.
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Orange Marmalade II
Recipe type: Marmalade
- 12 Seville Oranges
- 2 lemons
- 5.5kg (12 lb) sugar
- 7l (12 pints) of water
- Peel the lemons and the oranges.
- Slice the peel as thinly as possible and place in a large bowl.
- Pulp the flesh of the oranges and lemons, and remove the pips.
- Add the mashed fruit to the large bowl.
- Add 6.5l (11½ pints) of the water, and leave the bowl to stand for 24 hours.
- Pour the remaining 500ml (1/2 pint) of water into a small bowl and add all the pips from the fruit. Leave this for 24 hours too.
- Strain the water and pips through a muslin bag, keeping the water and adding it to the bowl containing the fruit.
- Pour the fruit mix into a preserving pan and boil until the peel is really tender - about 2 to 3 hours.
- Add the sugar whilst constantly stirring and bring to the boil.
- Cook on a rolling boil until the juice becomes clear and glossy, and a test sample of the marmalade will set.
- Pour into jars and seal.
To make the marmalade more bitter crush the pips before adding to the water. Hitting them with a hammer works well.


text: The effects of unions on productivity and firm performance have been the topic of extensive research. Existing studies have, however, primarily focused on firm-level bargaining and on markets that are characterised by a small and fixed number of identical firms. This paper studies how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a monopolistic competition model with heterogeneous firms and free entry. While centralised bargaining induces tougher selection among heterogeneous producers and thus increases average productivity, firm-level bargaining allows less productive entrants to remain in the market. Centralised bargaining also results in higher average output and profit levels than either decentralised bargaining or a competitive labour market. From the perspective of consumers, the choice between centralised and decentralised bargaining involves a potential trade-off between product variety and product prices.


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Marathon running might be in some people's genes, according to a new study, which shows that a genetic mutation that boosts muscle endurance has spread widely in some human populations.
There are two types of skeletal muscle fibers. Fast fibers, which use sugars for fuel and do not require oxygen, kick in for tasks that require maximum force and quick action, such as sprinting. Slow fibers, which employ oxygen-using (or aerobic) pathways, power activities that require endurance, such as long-distance running. A protein called alpha-actinin-3 is made mostly by fast fibers and is implicated in their capacity for rapid force generation. About 18% of people of European descent do not produce the protein at all due to mutations in both their copies of the gene ACTN3, which codes for alpha-actinin-3. Previous studies have shown that endurance athletes such as long-distance runners have higher frequencies of this mutation, whereas sprinters and athletes in other sports that require quick muscle strength have lower frequencies.
Researchers led by geneticist Kathryn North of the Institute for Neuromuscular Research in Sydney, Australia, decided to investigate how ACTN3 affects muscle activity so dramatically. The team first created mice that lacked a functioning gene. The researchers found that the mice's fast fibers contained much higher levels of several enzymes associated with aerobic metabolism, suggesting that the absence of alpha-actinin-3 caused the fast fibers to work more like slow fibers. Moreover, on a treadmill, the altered mice could run about 33% farther before becoming exhausted than could control rodents, indicating that the ACTN3 mutation enhances endurance.
To trace the gene's evolutionary history in humans, the team sequenced a segment of DNA that includes ACTN3 in 96 people from Europe, Asia, or Africa. Earlier work had found that the frequency of the mutant gene varies in human populations, ranging from an average of 10% in Africans to about 50% in Europeans and Asians. North and her co-workers found that the region surrounding the mutant version of the gene showed less variability than did other parts of the genome, a sign of positive natural selection. The authors suggest that the mutation might have had an adaptive advantage for modern humans, who migrated out of Africa into Europe and Asia beginning about 60,000 years ago. The research appeared online 9 September in Nature Genetics.
Michael Nachmann, a geneticist at the University of Arizona, Tucson, says that the team's experiments are "a great test" of ACTN3's role and support the conclusion that the mutation "affects some kind of athletic ability." Marcio Pie, an evolutionary biologist at the Federal University of Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil, calls the study a "beautiful piece of work." Although North and her colleagues declined to speculate on why the frequency of the mutation differs among human groups and what its adaptive role might have been, Pie says that this question "would be interesting to explore further."


The Sri Lanka Easter bombings that killed more than 350 people including foreign nationals raise several pertinent questions
 1. Why did the bombings received far less foreign media coverage than Christ Church terrorist attack and Notre Dame fire?
 2. Why was the intelligence warning which came on April 4 was ignored and even withheld according to Sri Lankan minister Lakshman Kiriella
 3. It was India which gave the intelligence warning. How did India get this information?
 4. Why little known group National Thowheeth Jama'ath was named in the intelligence report?
 5. Why did Sri Lanka's booming tourism industry was attacked?
 6. Why ISIS which is not heard of in Sri Lanka claimed the responsibility after three days of the terrorist attacks?
 7. How ISIS which is decimated in the Middle East manged to carry out such a massive coordinated attacks in Sri Lanka where they do not have any strategic interest?
 8. Why ISIS?
 9. Why the persecuted Muslim minority in Sri Lanka carry out a terrorist attack on another minority group?
 10. Who benefits?
I hope that the journalists who report the Sri Lanka terrorist attacks will keep these questions in mind while filing their report. Reporters should not be stenographers.
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 1. Thanks to Binu for posing these pertinent questions when so many "media" just want to cause even more dissension and damage than already exists.
 2. These are very legitimate questions. Indeed, in the highly conflated political environment of Sri Lanka and the complex geopolitical rivalry where both have an interest in seeing instability in Sri Lanka, real story behind this most dastardly and tragic act may never be found out unless of course, an independent proble made of experts drawn from countries that have no vested interest in the island country and headed by the UN or Vatican (and this is because the target were Christians) are carried out.
 3. a rouge nations fingerprints are all over this mass murder they have committed to further their interests in the region
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text: The axon initial segment (AIS) is a highly specialized neuronal compartment that plays a key role in neuronal development and excitability. It concentrates multiple membrane proteins such as ion channels and cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) that are recruited to the AIS by the scaffold protein ankyrin G (ankG). The crucial function of ankG in the anchoring of AIS membrane components is well established, but a reciprocal role of membrane partners in ankG targeting and stabilization remained elusive. In rat cultured hippocampal neurons and cortical organotypic slices, we found that shRNA-mediated knockdown of ankG membrane partners (voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) or neurofascin-186) led to a decrease of ankG concentration and perturbed the AIS formation and maintenance. These effects were rescued by expressing a recombinant AIS-targeted Nav or by a minimal construct containing the ankyrin-binding domain of Nav1.2 and a membrane anchor (mABD). Moreover, overexpressing mABD in mature neurons led to ankG mislocalization. Altogether, these results demonstrate that a tight and precocious association of ankG with its membrane partners is a key step for the establishment and maintenance of the AIS.


"The Relational Conceptions of War Powers"
Author(s): Mariah Zeisberg
Editor(s): Stephen Macedo, Jeffrey Tulis
The Limits of Constitutional Democracy
Constitutional democracy is at once a flourishing idea filled with optimism and promise--and an enterprise fraught with limitations. Uncovering the reasons for this ambivalence, this book looks at the difficulties of constitutional democracy, and reexamines fundamental questions: What is constitutional democracy? When does it succeed or fail? Can constitutional democracies conduct war? Can they preserve their values and institutions while addressing new forms of global interdependence? The authors gathered here interrogate constitutional democracy's meaning in order to illuminate its future.
The book examines key themes--the issues of constitutional failure; the problem of emergency power and whether constitutions should be suspended when emergencies arise; the dilemmas faced when constitutions provide and restrict executive power during wartime; and whether constitutions can adapt to such globalization challenges as immigration, religious resurgence, and nuclear arms proliferation (Princeton University Press).
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Book Title: The Limits of Constitutional Democracy
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year of Publication: 2010


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The membership and order of rows in a keyset-driven cursor are fixed when the cursor is opened. Keyset-driven cursors are controlled by a set of unique identifiers, keys, known as the keyset. The keys are built from a set of columns that uniquely identify the rows in the result set. The keyset is the set of the key values from all the rows that qualified for the SELECT statement at the time the cursor was opened. The keyset for a keyset-driven cursor is built in tempdb when the cursor is opened.
Changes to data values in nonkeyset columns (made by the cursor owner or committed by other users) are visible as the user scrolls through the cursor. Inserts to the database made outside the cursor are not visible in the cursor unless the cursor is closed and reopened. Inserts made through the cursor using an API function such as the ODBC SQLSetPos function are visible at the end of the cursor. @@FETCH_STATUS returns a "row missing" status when an attempt is made to fetch a row deleted after the cursor was opened. An update to a key column operates like a delete of the old key value followed by an insert of the new key value. The new key value is not visible if the update was not made through the cursor; it is visible at the end of the cursor if the update was made through the cursor using either an API function such as SQLSetPos or the Transact-SQL WHERE CURRENT OF clause and the SELECT statement did not contain a JOIN condition in the FROM clause. The new key value is not visible if the insert contained a remote table in the FROM clause. Attempts to retrieve the old key value get the same missing row fetch status as a deleted row.
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How Do You Use a USB Data Logger?
A usb data logger allows precise recording and analysis of data from computers within minutes. Thanks to the convenient USB connection, data can be analysed using the proper software and then written directly onto the computer. These devices are very popular with many different industries, including financial, health care and IT. The data can be written out as a file, image, text or report. The most common use for these tools is to log data from a computer or network to a spreadsheet or other data management application that can then be viewed by anyone who has the right software.154
Most modern usb data loggers can also export data in a cabled format which can be imported into other applications. This type of software is widely used in manufacturing, retail, customer support and inventory control. If you need to track your computer or network activity, you will find this a significant investment.
There are two types of USB data loggers that you can purchase. You will either need a USB hub and a PC or Mac compatible device. The PC or Mac compatible option provides a standard USB port equipped with the software needed to connect to and record data. It is good to go with one of these if you have an older computer or a network that does not have the latest usb ports. Older equipment might not have the latest version of usb ports which would prevent it from picking up a new web data logger.
The other type of usb data logger to look at is the monitor/logger model. This is connected directly to a computer via the USB port. When the data logger is turned on, a monitor will start working. It will show all activity, as seen through the computer's window. This is an excellent way to set up an initial setup to monitor activities.
The monitor/logger version from also has some advantages over the stand-alone version. First, you won't need to connect to a monitor to see what's going on. This makes for easy installation. You can even select different needs for different types of logging. There are multiple colours available for both the LEDs and the computer's monitor.
Some other advantages include the ability to see dimensional drawing and graphs. With the stand-alone data logger models, it's impossible to see dimensional drawing unless you plug the logger into a computer with a monitor. With the monitor/logger model, all required is to view a.GIF file through a gif viewer. This also makes it easy to set up a specific time frame within a report for viewing and graphing.
There's another benefit to using an USB data logger over a stand-alone version. In a stand-alone version, it's easy to lose track of the data you're logging. You can do certain things periodically – for example, check an account — but there are chances that you forget to do certain things automatically. Using an el USB data logger, however, you can easily see all your metrics in real-time.
These are just a few of the advantages of using el USB ports. You can quickly set up and monitor your accounts from your computer (or even from your smartphone). If you use specific software, you can export reports and charts to Excel. Finally, some drivers for USB data loggers will automatically put it into Windows software, making it easy to import any of your findings into the office environment.
There are lots of benefits to using el USB data loggers. However, there are also lots of different types. For example, you might need a logger that has a higher data rate or higher memory capacity. Some use data loggers also have special features such as monitoring multiple devices at once (for the high-traffic network such as a private cloud) and others have advanced monitoring capabilities and reporting and graphing capabilities.
When looking for a USB data logger, make sure it meets or exceeds your criteria. The most important thing to consider is whether it has a self-monitoring mechanism. Some have alarms with email or telephone alerts when the temperature falls below a pre-determined threshold. Others will send an email or text message to you whenever a drop in temperature is detected. And lastly, look for windows software which you can run from your computer.
For a USB data logger, you have to make sure it can be used on Windows or Linux. Most people use windows software because this is the platform that most people have used and familiar with. Windows software comes with default sensors that allow them to detect the operating temperature range for your computer and other devices. You also have to select a logging interval. The maximum and minimum logging interval values must be configured so that the computer receives accurate thermal data during all periods.


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No Holiday As Joyous
Tu B'Av (The Fifteenth of Av) is no longer the well-known holiday on the Jewish calendar that it was in ancient times. In fact, in Talmudic times it was said: "There were no holidays so joyous for the Jewish People as the Fifteenth of Av…" (Ta'anit 26b).
On Tu B'Av, the unmarried maidens of Jerusalem would go out to the vineyards to dance together under the gaze of the unmarried men (sort of a Sadie Hawkins Day!). Each young lady would be dressed in white clothing borrowed from her neighbor so that those who came from wealthy families would not stand out and none would be embarrassed.
As they danced, the ladies would call out: "Young man, lift your eyes and choose wisely. Don't look only at physical beauty–look rather at the family [values], 'For charm is false, and beauty is deceitful. A God-fearing woman is the one to be praised…'" (Proverbs 31:30).
While in ancient times the same ceremony also took place on Yom Kippur, the day of Tu B'Av was specifically set aside for this celebration because it was the anniversary of the date on which inter-tribal marriages were permitted after the Israelites had entered the Land of Israel.
Today is Tu B'Av.
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The Arson Prevention Program for Children (TAPP-C)
is an intervention program to reduce fire setting and other fire involvement, and promote fire safety, among children from two to 16 years of age. This guide provides a conceptual framework and useful techniques for mental health providers working with children, teens and their families.
The TAPP-C manual is divided into four main parts: Part 1 explains the program; Part 2 consists of caregiver modules; Part 3 consists of child modules; and Part 4 gives information about special issues, such as dealing with adolescents and children living in group homes or residential facilities.
Each of the caregiver and child modules includes:
- background information for the clinician
- psychoeducational content about the session theme to convey to the client in-session and home practice exercises
- suggestions and opportunities to help families review session content and work through exercises together
- worksheets to photocopy
- ISBN 978-0-88868-444-8 • 212 pages • spiral-bound
- $29.95 • published 2004 • product code PG116


Scrisoarea 3
Link to the whole text (romanian original)
"Scrisoarea 3" means "Letter 3" (and not "The third Letter") There are five letters written by Eminescu and this is the most renowned one, although "Scrisoarea 1" has to be studied in the school ("Scrisoarea 1" is the story of a genius").
The poem consists of three parts: (I've numbered empty lines also and the definitions of parts are my own).
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There are lots of empty lines. So: Now it comes to the second part. And now to the last part:


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standard for electrical signals in CMOS circuits used to
provide higher data transfer speeds with smaller voltage
swings [compared with what?].
The GTL signal swings between 0.4 volts and 1.2 volts with a
reference voltage of about 0.8 volts. Only a small deviation
of 0.4 volts (or thereabouts) from the reference voltage is
required to switch between on and off states. Therefore, a
GTL signal is said to be a low voltage swing logic signal.
Gunning Transceiver Logic has several advantages. The
resistive termination of a GTL signal provides a clean
signalling environment [what?]. Moreover, the low terminating
voltage of 1.2 volts results in reduced voltage drops across
the resistive elements. GTL has low power dissipation and can
operate at high frequency and causes less electromagnetic
GTL/BTL: A Low-Swing Solution for High-Speed Digital Logic.


irrevocable letter of credit (L/C)
Firm commitment by an issuing bank to pay an accepting bank a specified sum in a specified currency, provided the conditions included in the L/C document are met within a specified timeframe. This L/C cannot be canceled (or its terms amended) without the seller's (beneficiary's) prior written approval, and comes usually as a confirmed irrevocable letter of credit. Also called irrevocable credit.
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- Edward Carpenter, _PHONE_: Prophet of Human Fellowship by Chushichi Tsuzuki
Cambridge, 237 pp, £15.00, November 1980, ISBN 0 521 23371 2
The British were the only people who went through both world wars from beginning to end. Yet they remained a peaceful and civilised people, tolerant, patient and generous. Traditional values lost much of their force. Other values took their place. Imperial greatness was on the way out: the welfare state was on the way in. The British Empire declined: the condition of the people improved. Few now sang 'Land of Hope and Glory'. Few even sang 'England Arise'. England had risen all the same.


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ELKHART -- In about 90 percent of all births, the baby smoothly
transitions from the womb to the world. About 10 percent of the time,
an infant requires special assistance after delivery.
Some babies need stimulation or a little bit of oxygen when they are
born. And every now and then a baby requires intubation, medication,
or other extensive resuscitation measures.
Area hospitals such as Elkhart General Hospital are constantly working
to provide their medical personnel with the best training possible for
situations like this. And now, a new tool will assist them in
accomplishing that task.
The Elkhart General Hospital Foundation recently donated a
computerized infant simulator, or high-tech sim baby, to the
hospital's neonatal unit to provide greater life-like training for
nursing staff who may need to resuscitate a newborn.
The training tool cost about $25,000.
"When things go wrong, it can happen in an instant," said Michaela
Nufer, an Elkhart General neonatal nurse practitioner. "That's why
it's so important we make training scenarios as realistic as


Climate-controlled storage: do you need it?
Placing your things into storage facilities is no easy task. After you spend so much time, money, and effort to do this, you want to keep your stuff in one piece. Climate-controlled storage is a great way to do this. Many people might think that climate is not essential when you plan to store some of your things. That is simply not the case. You can find many storage facilities in Texas that will be able to keep all your things in one piece.
Protect your things from the temperature extremes with climate-controlled storage
Many parts of the country get the temperature that goes over 100 degrees in the summer. There are also parts with freezing winters too, some parts of the country can have both. You need to protect your things from these temperature extremes. If you plan to store expensive furniture or musical instruments, temperature extremes can be problematic. You do not want any of these things to warp, crack, or split because of the constant temperature changes.
That is why you need to find climate-controlled storage. These are not the only things that get ruined in these conditions since documents, art, or books can get ruined too. So if you plan to store some documents for your office, it is a good idea to take care of the temperature of the storage facility.
Climate-controlled storage
Climate control is the best way to protect your things from the temperature extremes while in storage
If you get climate-controlled storage, your storage will always have fresh air
Another great thing about climate-controlled storage is the fresh air. That might not sound like a big advantage, but it is. That will let you avoid all the unpleasant smells that might accumulate. That is extremely important if you do not visit your storage facility often. Breathing in too much dust is not healthy at all. Fresh air is also vital if you plan to store some electronics or documents.
The excellent air quality will help you out if you plan to visit the storage facility often. You will have an easier time when you have to get some things from the storage or if you want to reorganize your things. If you have trouble with this, you can always hire moving companies in Lewisville TX. Most of these companies can take care of your storage problems.
Fresh air is very important when you plan to visit your storage facility often
Get rid of the dust with climate-controlled storage
Dust in the storage facilities is a huge problem when you want to store your things. It is incredibly healthy to breathe this stuff in. There is a reason people get rid of the dust at their home. Climate controlled storage units are very well insulated. That means there is another barrier that protects your things from the dust. That means you will have to clean your storage unit less often since there will be nothing too clean.
If the storage facility is well insulated, there will also be not pests running around your things. A clean storage facility without any dust or pests is significant if you plan to store electronics, documents, furniture, etc. If you have a lot of things to store, you might want to find good local movers Texas. That will make placing things into storage almost effortless.
Dust can ruin the things you place into storage
You might have to pay a little more for extra protection for your items in storage
Climate-controlled storage is a great way to keep your items extra safe while they are in storage. You will have to spend much less time on the maintenance too. The only drawback of the storage facility with a controlled climate is the fact that it costs more than regular storage. This means it might not be the best type of storage for people who are moving on a budget. But you need to remember to take care of your things that can be damaged by extreme temperatures. Maybe take some expensive things to your home during the coldest parts of the winter. If you can afford to take your things to better storage facilities, you should definitely do it so your things stay safe.
Humidity control at storage facilities
Most climate-controlled storage facilities also feature humidity control. You might not think that humidity is important when you store things, this is simply not the case. There is a huge amount of things that can get ruined by moisture. Things like furniture, electronics, clothes or rugs can get damaged over time if they stay at a facility that is too moist. This is why you need to look for storage facilities with humidity control. Too much humidity can be bad for your things, but the same is true for no humidity in the air. Wood can get ruined if it stays at a facility with air that is too dry. Humidity control does not remove all the moisture it keeps it at 55%, which means you will not have to worry about your furniture drying out and splintering.
Humidity can be terrible for electronics you plan to store
Looking for a storage facility that is right for you is no easy task. Everyone wants to keep their things safe, but this is not an easy task. This is especially true if you do not want to pay a little bit more for a better service. If you spend a little bit more money on climate-controlled storage you will have fewer things to worry about. Do not be one of those people who do not take care of their things properly and regret it later.


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The comparability of linear and nonlinear latent variable analyses of skewed dichotomous items
Factor-analytic methods founded on the multivariate linear model are often employed to scale behavior rating instruments. When items are scored as dichotomies and endorsements are skewed, the data violate the assumption of a multivariate normal distribution (MND). While the mathematical ramifications of such have been widely characterized, an empirical evaluation of MNDand non MND-based latent variable solution concordance has not been reported. This research investigated whether MND-based latent variable models employing previously-reported latent dimension extraction and item retention restrictions yielded a solution which was supported by two methods which do not assume a MND: (a) bi-factor analysis, and (b) latent class analysis. Standardization data of the Bristol Social Adjustment Guides, an instrument which evaluates social adjustment in school, were randomly divided into scaling (N = 1,505) and confirmatory (N = 1,000) samples. Scaling methods included: (a) first-order principal component analysis (PCA) and common factor analysis (CFA), (b) second-order CFA, and (c) confirmatory, oblique, principal-component cluster analysis. Bi-factor and latent class models evaluated the goodness-of-fit of confirmatory sample data to the item structure and behavior styles indicated via MND-based linear scaling. One solution comprising four first-order and two second-order latent dimensions, overactivity (OVER) and underactivity (UNDER), was derived and supported by both confirmatory methods. The bi-factor model was superior to simple structure for OVER and UNDER items, $X\sp2$ difference: OVER (39, N = 1,000) = 67, $p <.005$; and UNDER (33, N = 1,000) = 100, $p <.005$. A three-dimensional (over-, under-, and normoactivity) confirmatory latent class model was fitted, $X\sp2$ (4, N = 1,000) = 1.29, $p >.80$, while alternative oneand two-class models were rejected at the $<$.01 alpha level. PCA and CFA yield concordant solutions with dichotomous, skewed, item data under accepted extraction and retention criteria. Latent structures identified through MND-based linear factoring are, under these circumstances, supported by models which do not assume a MND. ^
Education, Tests and Measurements|Statistics|Psychology, Psychometrics
Irene Debra Feurer,
"The comparability of linear and nonlinear latent variable analyses of skewed dichotomous items"
(January 1, 1997).
Dissertations available from ProQuest.


I define the function:
 w[q_, n_, a_] := q/(4 Pi n r^2) (1 - Exp[-2 r/a] (2 (r/a)^2 + 2 (r/a) + 1))
I then want to solve:
 q = 1.6*10^(-19);
 n = 8.85*10^(-12);
 a = 0.529*10^(-10);
 Solve[w[q, n, a] == 1000, r]
This does not work and I do not understand why. I think there is a solution. Any ideas?
Use Reals option with Solve since you did not use exact numbers. You'll get an answer (also with Solve::ratnz) along with it
Solve[w[q, n, a] == 1000, r, Reals]
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Clyde H. Lewis, Adjunct Faculty Member/ African Diaspora Program Coordinator presented the results of his dissertation pilot study at the Annual American Education Research Association (AERA) conference in Chicago, IL on April 20, 2015. AERA is the largest and most competitive gathering of education scholars in the field with only about 30% of the nearly 50,000 proposals submitted annually being accepted for presentation. The highly competitive conference asks experts from the field to review submitted proposals in order to ensure they fit the annual theme and that they maintain academic rigor.
The presentation, The Big Reveal: How Generational Status Influences Educational Experience examined the experiences of first generation students as they progressed to and through their doctoral studies. This study examined how first generation students were able to navigate the often exclusive system of American education, which is typically reserved for a small portion of the population. The study found three themes as significant for first generation student success: parental expectation, community involvement, and educational journey. The theme of Parental Expectation found that while participants' parents may not have understood the value or process of higher education, they did not stop the participants from pursing higher education. This finding could play a role in the ways education leaders from all levels, reach out to, and involve parents in education. The second theme, Community Involvement provides an important consideration for educational leaders as they develop programs aimed at educating community members. Finally, Education Journey provided an interesting position, as it suggested that both positive and negative experiences propelled participants to continue pushing through education.
Overall the involvement of both presenting and attending other presentations allowed for a greater understanding of the breadth of current approaches to improving education at all levels.
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Greater Boston is no longer one of the country's 10 largest metro areas. How did that happen?
Census reports metro Phoenix overtook Boston in population
A view of Boston's Back Bay skyline from a Brookline rooftop.
A view of Boston's Back Bay skyline from a Brookline rooftop.Lane Turner/Globe Staff
Forget the suddenly mediocre football team in Foxborough. Or the latest failed bid for the White House by a Massachusetts pol.
The region has quietly suffered an even bigger dent to its standing. For the first time in decades, if not all of US history, Greater Boston has lost its perch among the top 10 largest US metro areas. Knocked aside by the booming Phoenix metro area.
So much for Hub of the Universe.
According to US Census Bureau data released earlier this year, Boston was the 11th largest metro area in 2019 with nearly 4.9 million people living in a region that includes five counties in Eastern Massachusetts and a swath of southeastern New Hampshire. Boston had been the 10th largest metro area in recent years.
While the region's population has grown by 7 percent since 2010, it hasn't kept pace with hotter metro areas, like Phoenix, which grew by 18 percent during the same period.
Experts cite various explanations. The population of the United States has continued to shift south and west in recent decades. That migration saw Massachusetts lose a congressional seat in 2012, while states like Texas and Florida picked up seats.
Greg Slayden, who has created a web site that documents the history of US metro areas by population, said in an e-mail that there has broadly been a "strong movement of population to cities with vibrant economies, favorable climates, and room for expansion," for at least a half-century.
"Boston has a strong economy based on knowledge workers and renowned educational institutions, but the cold winters and hot summers are a minus to many people," Slayden said. "And, as an old city, it is hemmed in by existing suburban jurisdictions with long histories of land-use policies that make it hard to easily build vast new residential or commercial developments, as can be done in, say, Houston or Phoenix."
It's a far cry from 1680, when the City on a Hill was believed to be the largest community in the colonies, a rank it maintained through at least 1740, according to Slayden's site, or 1790, when Boston was the third largest American city, behind New York and Philadelphia.
Boston proper — not counting the suburbs — has fallen even further on the list of larger cities as it failed to expand its borders as aggressively as some other cities. The latest census data show that it ranked 21st in population, behind cities such as Jacksonville, Fla.; Columbus, Ohio; and Indianapolis, which didn't even exist when Boston patriots were fighting the Revolutionary War.
While Boston's metro area has continued to grow, the growth has been slower since 2017. Some of the factors behind the slow-down are typical for places throughout the US, especially in New England: a combination of rising deaths and falling births due to its aging population, said Susan Strate, a senior program manager for the population estimates program at the UMass Donahue Institute in Hadley. But more people also left the state than moved in from other parts of the country, while international immigration has slowed.
If the trend continues, warned Strate, Greater Boston could even see a population decline, something that has not happened since the 1970s, during another period of slow international immigration.
Thomas Vicino, a political science professor at Northeastern University, said while Greater Boston getting bumped from 10th to 11th is a trivial move, the region's ranking does "highlight some challenges that our region faces" and poses an obvious question: Why is the population growing more rapidly elsewhere? The region, he said, continues to wrestle with familiar and longstanding issues: a high cost of living, a shortage of affordable housing, and — at least before the pandemic — terrible traffic.
"These sorts of issues are bread and butter issues for people when they think about where they're going to live," he said.
The three biggest metro areas — New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago — have remained relatively stagnant in terms of growth in the post-World War II era. Nowadays, more growth is seen in the country's Sun Belt in places like Dallas and, yes, Phoenix.
"That's a function of where the jobs are and where people move," he said.
The good news, he said, is that the Massachusetts capital remains economically competitive and attractive to both people and jobs. The region boasts some of the world's most renowned universities and research hospitals, along with one of the country's biggest biotech hubs.
"It's a moment to reflect on what national trends we see and what we do to keep our region competitive in the future," Vicino said.


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The weight of loss, joy, and a violent understanding of human history mark this diverse trio of composers. The music of Richard Wagner is the center-piece between two extremely different artists: Czechoslovakian artist Erwin Schulhoff (_PHONE_) and American-born Steve Reich (b. 1936). Schulhoff's life and rich career had an abrupt end in a Bavarian concentration camp during World War II. His vast catalog is difficult to summarize since it takes so many twists and turns, and the featured piece, Sonata Erotica, is no exception. Far ahead of its time in 1919, the composition may be immediately recognizable as the musical interpretation of a woman's orgasm. Transcending the idea of human pleasure, the piece takes on newfound poignancy in the context of both the "blood poetry" of the gifted yet fascist-approved Wagner elsewhere in the program, as well as Schulhoff's own tragedy. Ultimately the idea of beauty emerges from the inherent darkness of the pairing. Providing deeper insight into Schulhoff's abilities, the composition Sextet will also be performed, a less experimental but no less affecting work.
Steve Reich is perhaps more fortunate than Sculhoff, but addressed the plight of his Jewish heritage through the piece Different Trains. The sound of the work references the darker implications of the industrial trudge across war-torn Europe, however the idea came to Reich in the relative comfort of traveling by train across the United States.


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THE LOST PALM WEAVERS OF SONORA
Join the search in for the descendants of Opata palm weavers and explore the surviving tradition.
The Opatas were probably the largest aboriginal group in what is now Sonora, Mexico but by the 1950s anthropologists could not locate a single speaker of the native language. While the people may be extinct, the Opatas left behind numerous traditions. Join the search in Buena Vista, Sonora for the descendants of Opata palm weavers and explore the tradition of native palm weaving that has survived through the centuries. The women still weave in "hookies" - small underground cellars that provide the cool and humid climate needed to maintain the elasticity of the palms for weaving.


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Answer: How do I find the length of a string?
contributed by vroom
length($string) returns the number of characters in a string.
$foo = "quux"; $foolen = length $foo; # in this case, 4
Answer: How do I find the length of a string?
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Since Perl 5.6, Perl has had Unicode support, which manifests itself as UTF-8 encoded strings. If you want to find out how many characters a string has, simply use length($string). It just works.
However, if, for some reason, you need to find out how many bytes a string uses (which may be different from how many UTF-8 characters the string has):
use bytes; my $len = bytes::length($string);
Unless you know what you are doing, better steer clear of the latter. Use the former. (See perlunicode for more information.)
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Gender, health and alcohol use
Gender and health information sheet
Globally, alcohol has nearly the same disease burden as tobacco. Alcohol use and drinking patterns differ significantly between men and women, and the burden of disease attributable to alcohol use is higher in males compared to females. Yet, treatment programmes tend to be focused on men and sometimes overlook the needs of women with alcohol use disorders. This information sheet presents evidence about sex, gender and alcohol use and points out research gaps as well as policy implications.


47) Will there be live loons in the National Loon Center?
Neither adult loons nor chicks survive well in captivity. They are best observed under natural conditions in the wild. Loons are relatively easy to observe in the wild on many lakes in central and northern Minnesota.
Source: Carrol Henderson, National Loon Center Board of Director
It should be noted that loons can be maintained in captivity for only relatively short periods of time (e.g. for research and rehabilitation purposes.) Their susceptibility to aspergillosis, a fungal disease of the respiratory tract, precludes their being held captive for long periods of time. This is significant because it rules out the possibility of integrating live loons in the National Loon Center's programming.
Source: Kenow et al. 2014
48) What will be in the building?
There will be educational displays, virtual reality immersion, classrooms, a water testing lab, meeting rooms, offices, and a snack and gift shop.
Source: National Loon Center
49) Will there be a floating classroom?
There will be opportunities for people to observe the life of loons on the water. The floating classroom will allow visitors to test water quality, and to learn about the importance of clean unpolluted water for humans and wildlife.
Source: National Freshwater Institute
50) I would like to volunteer. Whom do I contact?
There will be a need for volunteers as the project nears completion.
Contact _EMAIL_ to be added to our list.
51) Where can I donate money?
Contact: _EMAIL_ for more information.


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Mean Girls…or Violent Girls? A recent national survey (the National Survey on Drug Use and Health) found that more than one-quarter (26.7%) of girls age 12 to 17 reported engaging in some kind of violent behavior in the last year. Whaaat? There's more…in this age group:
- 18.6% got into a serious fight at school or work in the past 12 months.
- 14.1% participated in a group-against-group fight.
- 5.7% attacked others with the intent to hurt them seriously.
So what does this have to do with drugs? The study also found that violence and drug use are linked: girls who engaged in violent behaviors were two to three times more likely to have binged on alcohol or used marijuana or other illicit drugs in the past month. Girls engaging in violent behavior were also more likely to report missing school and getting bad grades. To read more about the study, visit SAMHSA News.


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Foreword by Alberto Villoldo
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What happens to water under high pressures without possibility of escape?
It depends on what you mean for high pressure and on the temperature, however water phase diagram can help you to understand what will happen. This is from wikipedia User Cmglee:
You can see that at high pressure water assumes a solid form (ice): you will have ice X at 100 GPa and ice XI at 1 TPa (temperature range 0° to 650 °K) these sort of ices have different lattice and internal energies.
What would happen to water as pressures increase towards infinity without possibility of the water escaping confinement?
Unfortunately chemists don't deal with infinity, basically however there will be a point where the water molecule wont longer exist all the bonds will brake. After that probably you will have something called electron-degenerate matter have a look here, here is all about quantum mechanics, Pauli exclusion principle and black holes so on more Physic S.E. stuff.
Could triple points in water play a role in keeping temperatures low under high pressures via fluid thermodynamics?
You can also note that there are others triple points like (100 k, 62GPa) this however don't directly affect the properties of water but are the properties of water that determine where are the triple points. In a close system kinetic energy is constant so I think that fluid thermodynamics doesn't matter in this case is more related to equilibria.
More info about water phase diagrams here.


Too Wild to Drill
Some places are just Too Wild to Drill
TWTDOur last remaining wild places are threatened by pressures from oil, gas and mineral extraction on public lands. Oil and gas drilling scar the landscape, disrupt wildlife and release dangerous chemicals into the environment. Dust and toxic chemicals from mining pollute our air and water.
Though the threats from drilling and mining are gravely concerning, we can succeed in our fight to protect exceptional wild places.
Why this issue matters
Energy companies already have massive control of public lands and more leases than they can use. Of the 27 million acres currently under lease to oil and gas companies, more than half are sitting idle. Why give them more? There ought to be a few places deemed Too Wild To Drill.
Bureau of Land Management-managed public lands already open to oil and gas leasing.
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Emissions from oil and gas development on public lands are equivalent to 20% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
What we're doing
 1. Fighting industry proposals
 We fight industry proposals to destroy some of the best wild places in America for short-lived commercial gains.
 2. Increasing visibility of these issues
 We rally supporters and increase media visibility and awareness by highlighting these iconic landscapes threatened by drilling and mining and telling stories of the people fighting to protect them.
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Abstract: Energy consumption is a growing concern, driving legislation requiring manufacturing of more fuel-efficient cars and more transparent scales to convey fuel-efficiency. However, consumers' understanding of fuel efficiency and its cost when expressed on different scales is unclear. Expanded scales of fuel use (e.g. over 10,000 miles) lead consumers to perceive greater differences between cars than contracted scales (e.g. fuel use over 1 mile). Katherine Burson and co-authors provide empirical evidence of scale expansion amplifying differences in attribute values using both constant-multiplication and inverse-ratio (e.g., miles per gallon vs. gallons per ten thousand miles) expansions in a conjoint design. Choice of fuel-efficient cars is systematically impacted by these manipulations. Expanded scales also increase attribute importance weights derived from conjoint partworths. However, these realized changes in importance weights cannot be distinguished from changes in consumers' internal representations of attribute values, and thus should be interpreted with care. Additionally, they show that expansions are moderated due to diminishing sensitivity. The same patterns appear when they examine choices of food. Their findings suggest important implications for both marketing academics as well as policy makers trying to shift choice toward fuel-efficient options.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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History of the Indian Tribes of North America (Vol. I)
Call number: Rare Books Folio E77.M13
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The text identifies Tshusick an Ojibway Indian. This "extraordinary woman" spoke fluent English and French in addition to her native language and traveled alone from Detroit to Washington when her husband died. According to the author, Tshusick believed that the "Great Spirit" was angry with her for failing to worship him "in an acceptable mode," and she sought to "be properly instructed and baptized." Reverend Mr. Gray, the rector of Christ Church in Georgetown, baptized Tshusick in 1827.
Indian Tribes of North America
In the society's rare book collection, a remarkable compilation of images is found in History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by Thomas McKenney and James Hall. Published between 1836 and 1844, the three folio volumes contain the historical background of various tribes, biographical sketches of Indian leaders, and lithographs of 120 Native Americans. The lithographs stem from portraits that were commissioned by McKenney and painted when the subjects visited Washington, D.C. Charles Bird King (1785–1859) painted many of the portraits; others were done by James Otto Lewis (1799–1858).
Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785–1859) was named superintendent of Indian trade in 1816, and then-Secretary of War John C. Calhoun appointed McKenney head of the newly established Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1824. McKenney commissioned portraits of many members of the various Native American delegations to Washington and arranged for the paintings to hang in a gallery in the War Department. Some years later, the portraits were transferred to the Smithsonian Institution. When President Andrew Jackson removed McKenney from office in 1830—perhaps over a dispute involving Jackson's Indian Removal Act—McKenney teamed with James Hall (1793–1868) to work on the book that would take years to complete. A lawyer, author, and editor, Hall wrote sympathetic tracts on Native Americans in the 1830s. He also transcribed Native American oral sources and collected paintings of Indian culture. Hall wrote much of the text for the three-volume History of the North American Tribes of North America.
Although McKenney's name is attached to the publication, the editors completed the project without his participation. The hand-colored lithographs that appear in the History of the Indian Tribes of North America were modeled on copies of the War Department portraits created by Henry Inman (1801–1846). Most of the original portraits were lost to a fire in the Smithsonian in 1865; Inman's copies and the lithographs represent the surviving images for many of those paintings. McKenney, a resolute Whig, sought a political position after President Jackson left office, but when he was spurned he became a public speaker on Native American affairs. Gradually, McKenney fell into obscurity and poverty; outliving his wife and his son, he died penniless in Brooklyn, New York. The publication he instigated, however, remains an important collection of Native American images and nineteenth-century American art, as well as an early ethnographical study.
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