Why Doesn't the Church Offer More Teaching on Dreams, Deliverance or Miracles?
Why doesn't the church have more teachings on the supernatural?
Why doesn't the church have more teachings on the supernatural? (iStock photo )
Question: Why doesn't my church take dreams seriously? I have lots of dreams.
In the Bible, God gave dreams that provided counsel, guidance, gifts and promises. I want this! Why isn't there more training on it? I don't want to have to go to the New Age movement to learn about the supernatural.
Answer: "Western Christianity" has chosen to reduce Christianity to a reasoned, logical theology about a God who lives "up there." Dreams aren't rational or logical. Dreams constitute a direct encounter with the Living God (Acts 2:17).
Therefore, dreams are ignored. The same goes for working miracles, casting out demons, speaking in tongues, heavenly encounters and every other spiritual experience recorded in Scripture. Why would the church do this, and is there a way out of this mess?
Part 1 – Losing Heart Revelation
 1. Where Did This Rational Approach to Christianity Come From?
 2. Why Would the Church Strip Spiritual Encounters From Its Experience?
 3. Did You Know Satan Has Stolen the Bible From Conservatives as Well as Liberals?
Where Did This Rational Approach to Christianity Come From?
Thomas Aquinas: Even though the Bible says that man's thoughts are not God's thoughts (Is. 55:9), and Jesus rebuked "man's reasoning" every time it showed up in the Gospels (Matt. 16:5-12; Mark 2:5-12, 8:15-18), and James declared man's wisdom comes from below and is natural, sensual and demonic (James 3:13-17), the church has decided to follow the philosophy laid out by Thomas Aquinas: to limit spiritual experiences and replace them with reasoned theology.
True Knowledge! Amazingly, the word "theology" does not even appear in the Bible! "Doctrine" would be the closest word to theology, and the word doctrine only shows up 15 times in the NASB. Half the time, doctrine was rebuked because it was man's doctrine and the other half it was considered good doctrine because it was received as revelation from God. Paul called the truth he received by revelation, "true knowledge" (Col. 3:10; 2:2-23 NASB) as opposed to "knowledge." I don't believe I had ever drawn a distinction in my mind between knowledge and true knowledge. That's interesting.
Truth: A "Who" or a "what." Pilate wanted to know, "What is truth?" (John 18:38). The answer is that truth is not a what. Truth is not a reasoned set of concepts. Truth is a Person. Jesus said, "I am Truth" (John 14:6). I experience God's truth every time I have exchanges with Jesus, through the Holy Spirit (John 14:16,17). This is revelation-based, God-breathed, living truth, applied correctly and directly to the moment I am living. Jesus said, "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing" (John 6:63).
Nothing? Really?
Words or Power? The kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power (1 Cor. 4:20). Wow! So truth comes from illumination, empowering and transformation, which we experience every time we take a walk with God in the cool of the garden and He speaks.
Epistemology: The following introduces you to the basics of a Christian philosophy of "knowing." If you have already read my books on this topic, this will serve as a short summary review, and if not, this will serve as an introductory overview.
Yuck! I guess that because I took a religion-philosophy major while at Roberts Wesleyan College, my head has been geared to think philosophically about learning. While in college, I did not recognize the value of studying philosophy, as philosophers begin with the question, "Do I exist?" and then get into discussions concerning the fact that the miracles in the Bible are myths and not to be believed. I found the entire discussion repugnant, so I figured I would just set philosophy aside.
Maybe not so bad? Now, looking back over my life and seeing that I have written many books on establishing a revelation-based Christian philosophy for knowing, I realize that the philosophy courses in college trained me to ask a question that many people have never bothered to ask, which is, "What is God's approach for knowing truth?" What I have learned is that God's approach to discovering truth is completely different from what the Western culture believes, and even from what my Bible college and church taught me.
A Christian philosophy of knowing: May I present to you what God has taught me concerning establishing a biblical epistemology? I like the word epistemology as it is one of the biggest words I learned in college, and it just has such a nice ring to it! It means "system for knowing." Do you know what your system for discovering truth is?
Why Would the Church Strip Spiritual Encounters From Its Experience?
Plato: Early church fathers had fit Christian thought and experience into Plato's philosophy. Plato was a well-known philosopher who embraced spiritual encounters as a valid means for discovering truth.
Aristotle: In trying to make Christianity acceptable to Aristotle's philosophy, (which was sweeping Europe in the 1200s, and which did not accept divine encounter as a way of knowing truth), Thomas Aquinas spent his entire life laying out a logical, rational approach to Christianity.
Scholasticism: When Protestantism was formed, it adopted the scholasticism (i.e. a method of critical thought) of Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274). He was the author of more than 80 works, including the Summa Theologica, which was accorded special honor at the Council of Trent. In adopting scholasticism, Western Christianity adopted a very academic religion, which limited supernatural experiences and was counter to Plato's philosophy and to the Bible's own stated approach for discovering truth.
It's all straw! However, at the end of his life, the Lord granted Thomas Aquinas a triple dream experience (i.e. a spiritual, non-rational, supernatural experience), and it so profoundly affected him that when urged to write about it, he stated, "I cannot, because all that I have written seems like straw to me." He would write no more, and within four months he was dead. Yet today, we have embraced his writings, which he felt were straw and essentially rejected divine encounter, which fills the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
A protest movement: Also, since Martin Luther was embattled with and reacting to the sale of indulgences along with other Papal abuses, the movement was dubbed, "Protest-ant." Admittedly, whenever we are in a protesting mode, we generally push one side of truth, rather than the whole truth. Jon Ruthven has an easy-to-read book, What's Wrong with Protestant Theology? in which he explores the fight Protestants were in and why they were forced into creating such a one-sided "gospel."
Spiritual experiences lost! Scripture records over 50 dreams and visions, whose stories and outworkings reflect a full one-third of the Bible. Yet, if you checked out 1000 churches today, how many do you think would be offering a course on Christian Dream Interpretation? Perhaps none, or maybe one or two! So the question is: What gives our churches the right to reject one-third of the Bible and not even offer a Sunday school class on it?
We ate the straw! How tragic that we have chosen to major on what Thomas Aquinas considered "straw," (i.e. man's rational abilities), rather than on the supernatural lifestyle demonstrated throughout Scripture!
Let God be God! I suppose today some pastors would like to keep Christianity rational as they believe it is just "flakes" who hear God's voice. And then, of course, there is the whole issue of undermining the pastor's authority. My suggestions are, "If you train and shepherd well on how to hear God's voice, you will greatly reduce the number of flakes. As far as authority goes, true authority comes from God's spoken word, and not from any title one might have." All sheep get to hear His voice (John 10:27).
Liberals such as Rudolf Bultmann use demythologization to explain that the miracles are simply myths that are not to be believed or sought after. Conservatives rightly reject such a position, but then go on to offer their own justification for a life devoid of the supernatural, using dispensationalism to explain why God no longer has direct encounters with individuals.
Psychotic, really! Some liberal commentaries have gone as far as to say those who have dreams are psychotic! Some conservative groups have gone so far as to not ordain pastors in their denominations if they believe God speaks through dreams! Lord, forgive us!
Good old scorn! As a fundamentalist, I used to scorn the liberals because they did not believe the Bible was the inerrant Word of God (i.e. my scorning was done before God showed me that I


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Greenwood strongly believes that students need to develop their hidden talents and deserve every opportunity to do so. At previous schools many Greenwood students have never had a chance to develop their creative abilities; they were pulled out of fine arts classes in order to receive more individualized academic instruction. For this reason, Greenwood has developed a strong fine arts program that encompasses art, music, and drama. Each fine arts class is taught by professionals in their respective fields, who also enjoy working with young people
While many schools question the role that the arts have in education, Greenwood has seen how:
- It encourages creative problem solving and self-expression.
- It fosters patience and confidence in handling unfamiliar materials and assignments.
- It helps students improve their visual-spatial skills.
Although the object of art classes is to develop imagination and skill, the therapeutic benefits, such as the enhancement of fine motor skills, cannot be ignored. Many of our students have been found to possess superior talent in this discipline.
A typical Greenwood student's class week includes two art classes. Drawing, sculpture, pottery, watercolor painting, and pen-and-ink techniques are taught. In addition, a popular student-drawn calendar is distributed to all on our mailing list each year. Crafts are also offered as extracurricular activities and as part of the Village Program.
Music is a valued and required course at Greenwood. We provide regular instruction in music appreciation and drumming, with private instruction for students who are studying an instrument. Our more advanced students perform as a rock band. It is our belief that developing a sense of rhythm, meter, and pitch is important for all students and may have significant benefits for those whose learning is hampered by auditory or kinesthetic difficulties.

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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmastmast /mɑːst $ mæst/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 TTWa tall pole on which the sails or flags on a ship are hung2 British EnglishTCB a tall metal tower that sends out radio and television signals a radio mast3 DTBa tall pole on which a flag is hung half-mast
Examples from the Corpus
mastI wanted to jump down from a mast and land right in her, but I kept my promise to Remi.He stood there like a mast.In addition, mast cells in normal colon, adenoma, or carcinoma samples consistently showed strong positive staining for cytochrome P450 3A.And, rotors are smaller than masts and sails.When Nick proposed an improved way of setting the masts in place, Mr Ching balked at the suggestion.On Brother and Toyota machines, just let the yarn hang between the yarn mast and the edge of the knitting.


Tuesday, December 16, 2008
1 Kings 18 - Elijah versus Prophets of Baal and Rain Comes
Warning: this lesson has been taught twice, once by Kim and once by Daesha, for different groups of kids. I (Daesha) prepared WAY TOO MUCH for my lesson (#2). I think there was more than 2 hours of material there. For a 45 minute lesson. Oh well! I tell you this to let you know that you CANNOT do all things listed. Pick your favorites.
Lesson: The Rainmaker
Scripture: 1 Kings 18
Bible Lesson #1
Wise Word: Prayer
Picture: cloud
Who is Elijah?
Ravens > widow > prophet > Baal
Did King Ahab like Elijah?
Ahab was EVIL!!!!
No rain for 3 years
Bible Lesson: "I love the Bible..."
Part 4 flip chart
1. How long was the rain stopped?
2. After Mount Carmel contest, what did Elijah tell Ahab to do? (eat, drink – sound of rain)
3. What did Elijah do? (pray on mountain)
4. What did he tell servant to do? (look towards sea)
5. How many times did the servant look before he saw anything? (7)
6. What did he finally see? (small cloud)
7. What did Elijah warn Ahab? (hitch chariot and go down before rain)
8. Did rain come? (yes)
Does it work?
Always the first time?
God will take care of us. He loves us.
Color, add drops
Journal about praying on the back.
Bible Lesson #2
Wise Word: prayer
Picture: cloud
Opening: color worksheet of Elijah near his altar with sacrificed bull on it.
Also, could color prophet/king worksheet
Review: good kings, bad kings, prophets to each – attach each name to correct side of T-chart
Read first half of Arch book – the rain maker
Bible lesson: "I love the Bible..."
Teach lesson from Bible to children
Pick stick (tongue depressor) from jar. Sticks numbered 1-14.
1. Who was the king? Ahab
2. Who was his wife? Jezebel
3. Who did Ahab and Jezebel worship? Baal
4. Who came to Mount Carmel? Prophets of Baal and Elijah, Israelites
5. What did they build at Mount Carmel? 2 altars
6. Which altar was burned? God's altar
7. What happened to all prophets of Baal? They were killed
8. Elijah prayed to God. What appeared in the sky? Cloud
9. What did Baal's prophets try to do to get Baal's attention? Danced, yelled, cut themselves
10. Who did Israelites believe was true God after fire came down? God
11. How many times did Elijah's servant check the sky? 7
12. How big was the cloud he saw? Big as a man's fist
13. How fast did God answer Elijah's prayer about fire? Immediately
14. Who is the true God? God
Build small altars in the classroom. Review what Baal's prophets were doing, and what Elijah did. Compare and contrast.
 - Have children draw fire on a ½ piece of paper. Finish coloring worksheet they started when they came in. Cut worksheet in half through the calf, brad halves together at bottom of paper with fire underneath all layers. (see photo). Have children tell you why you set it up that way (can see fire coming from heaven, consuming bull and altar.)
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 Thank you for your great lesson ideas. I love the idea of blogging your lesson afterward - I do it with my ADULT lessons for them to review, but never thought to do it with kids lessons to share with others! Your church is truly blessed to have you!
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Reading the thread about self defense made me think about Tom Crum's example of real communication in "The Magic of Conflict."
To paraphrase, he talks about 2 people wanting an orange. Being reasonable people they discuss it and come to the conclusion that they would cut the orange in 2 and each have half.
So they cut the orange in half and were sort of ok with the decision.
Then the first man peeled his orange and ate the fruit and the other man zested the skin and threw out the fruit.
With just a little more communication they both could have all of what they wanted.
When uke attacks with intention and commitment and nage responds with the same we can both have all that we want. It takes work and the willingness to be truthful but the results are good.
How do you explain some of what Morihei Ueshiba is supposed to have said? For example, according to Admiral Takeshita's diary, Ueshiba supposedly said, "Aiki is a means of achieving harmony with another person so that you can make them do what you want." To me, if I apply that to your example, if one man used aiki, he would have the orange while the other man did not. How do you see Ueshiba's words in your example?


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My baby is 3-1/2 months old and has a cold. We think it was due to exposure to cold weather because we had to go out in the snow just two or three days before she got it. The doctor told us that it's a virus and we can bathe her, take her out, or do whatever we want. Will bathing her when she's having cold aggravate the condition, and was her cold caused by exposure to cold weather?
Doctors usually say that colds are caused by viruses and not by exposure to the cold, and parents often believe the other is true. To a certain extent, I think both are right. We've learned a lot from the experience of scientists stationed in McMurdo Station in Antarctica. There, they are very very cold and catch no colds at all... unless someone with a cold arrives. Then it spreads very quickly.
Exposure to cold weather changes the way that our bodies fight off viruses. The protective mucus and cilia in the respiratory tract do not function as well. So if you get exposed to a virus in those conditions you're more likely to catch it. Breathing cold air seems to be the toughest on the system.
Bathing your baby is okay, as long as she doesn't get too chilled.
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FRANK JAMES JEMMETT
Not much is known about him. He was killed on Malta 22 April, 1942. The following anecdote about him was found:
Other sources suggest that Frank had to scramble without his parachute because it had been stolen. A gibbet was erected afterwards to warn people of the consequences of any similar occurrence of items being stolen from the base. Frank was shot down, made a crash landing and was later pulled from the burning plane by another pilot and some army personnel. He later died in hospital.


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The United Arab Emirates isn't known for its aversion to fossil fuels.
The country has made its money from the stuff, and rapidly expanded in the last four decades into the vastly wealthy, oil-rich nation it is today.
Yet as of December last year, McDonalds delivery trucks in the country have reached the 800,000-mile mark on a different sort of oil--recycled cooking oil.
100 percent of the used oil from the UAE's McDonalds restaurants is turned back into biofuel, through biodiesel producer Neutral Fuels. The fuel is left completely unblended with regular fossil fuels, making it 100 percent biodiesel.
The scheme has been running in the UAE for 17 months. As Design News reports, McDonalds is one of the biggest companies to attempt such a scheme thus far.
In the UAE, Neutral fuels collects over 6,600 gallons of used oil per month, in trucks already running on biodiesel. Those same trucks also deliver new oil and other supplies to the restaurants.
The UAE isn't the only country the company is operating the system in. McDonalds vehicles in the UK get 100 percent of their fuel from recycled cooking oil-based biodiesel. In Europe as a whole, 80 percent of the company's waste oil is turned into biodiesel, and 37 percent of the total fleet is run on the fuel.
Even in the U.S, 75 percent of eligible restaurants recycle their cooking oil, contributing an average of 1,450 gallons of used oil every year.
Not only does using waste oil ensure products are recycled, but it's also significantly cheaper than biodiesel made from feedstock.
Neutral Fuels estimates that up to 95 percent of biofuel production costs are feedstock--and of course, the recycling aspect means that overall impact is lower than growing crops specifically for fuel.
Not every company can access enough cooking oil to power its own fleets, but it's comforting to know that such a large company as McDonalds is prepared to make the effort--even if you're more of a Burger King fan...
[Hat tip: GeorgeK52]


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With the right equipment and programming, you can turn a box of beets into an actual "beatbox." Thus, you can play with vegetables before you have to consume them.
Advancements in technology have made it possible for people to create many interesting things in the world. One would think that anything considered to be low-tech ends up being obsolete. However, low-tech is far from being obsolete for the most part. In fact, advancements in technology tends to add a bit of "sweet and spice" to all things low-tech. With low-tech things combined with modern technology, you can make anything to bring forth any form of entertainment. This includes a box of beats which has become an actual "beatbox."
A beatbox is an instrument where percussion-like sounds are made. Humans are able to do the same thing; as a result, these people are known as "human beatboxes." When it comes to hip-hop when extended to "freestyling," human beatboxers are instrumental to creating the beats let alone the pace and tempo.
This beet box turned beatbox is the creation of Scott Garner. It was made possible using a small credit-card sized computer called the "Raspberry Pi." It is made by a charity called the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The Raspberry Pi is a very small computer that is the size of a credit card. This is perhaps the most important component when making this instrument happen. Asides from the box to hold in the beets, other parts are a capacitive-touch sensor and an audio amplifier. However, this isn't just comprised of organic and electronic hardware. There is programming involved as well to make this instrument happen.
The drawback is that you need to buy new beets as the previous ones will decay over time. According to Garner, this was mainly a course project and not a project to sell. In this respect, you can make the same thing or something similar. With this instrument, you can play with your food before you have to eat it.


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Irxti Modern Alphabet (I.M.A.) Ushela Nexiel (Irxti Modern Alphabet)
Simon Halfdan Hvilshøj Andersen invented the Irxti Modern Alphabet for an alien civilization which will appear in a short Sci-Fi novel he's currently writing. It's used to write Mixil, Oxtelans and Utshien. These three languages are interrelated as the two latter are descendants from the Mixil.
Notable features
Irxti Modern Alphabet
Irxti Modern Alphabet
Irxti numerals
Irxti numerals The I.M.A. has only eight digits as the Irxti numbering system is octal. Digits are grouped in fours and these groups are separated by a space. The integer part and decimal part of a number is separated by a coma. The Irxti digits are written with the least significant digit on the left; the opposite to the standard Western way.
(1,457.5)10 = (2,661.4)8 = 4,1662
(45,154)10 = (130,142)8 = 2410 13
Irxti punctuation
Irxti punctuation
Sample text in Mixil in the Irxti Modern Alphabet
Sample text in Mixil in the Irxti Modern Alphabet
Shiel belavalas ve tolien o adien tun rient o jieden gatelin. Antiel ienti o kasado keli, Ve oro ve dexteo antiel na tun kadexes boxens teni.
(Extoien Oro ve Belavalas tun Semira)
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
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This study explored the gendered nature of STEM higher education institution through a feminist critical discourse analysis of STEM course syllabi from a Midwest research university. I explored STEM syllabi to understand how linguistic features such as stance and interdiscursivity are used in the syllabus and how language and discourses used in the syllabus replicate the masculine nature of STEM education. Findings suggest that the discourses identified in the syllabi reinforce traditional STEM academic roles, and that power and gender in the STEM syllabi are revealed through exploration of the themes of knowledge, learning, and the teaching and learning environment created by the language used in the syllabus. These findings inform and extend understanding of the STEM syllabus and the STEM higher education institution and lead to recommendations about how to make the STEM syllabus more inclusive for women.
Critical Discourse Analysis, Feminist Research Methods, Poststructuralism, Syllabus, Syllabi, STEM Education
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Gum elastic bougie (GEB), a useful device for difficult airway management, has seldom been used for nasotracheal intubation. Among 632 patients undergoing dental procedures or oral surgery, GEB was used successfully in 16 patients in whom conventional nasal intubation had failed because of anatomical problems or maldirection of the tip of the tracheal tube. We recommend that GEB should be applied from the first attempt for nasal intubation in patients with difficult airways.
In conventional nasal intubation, a tracheal tube is gently introduced into the nostril, followed by direct laryngoscopy. If the glottis cannot be visualized or the tube does not enter the glottis, the patient's head may be extended or flexed, or use of Magill forceps may be required.1
However, despite multiple attempts, occasionally the tube cannot be passed into the trachea because the tip of the nasotracheal tube does not advance anteriorly into the larynx and trachea but courses posteriorly into the esophagus, or it could be passed between the vocal cords but not through the subglottic region because of anatomical reasons. In these cases, the gum elastic bougie (GEB) can be used as an intubating aid and allows rapid and successful tracheal intubation. This application of GEB for nasal intubation was performed in 16 patients whose tracheas could not be intubated by conventional technique, among 632 patients undergoing dental procedures or oral surgery. The use of GEB for difficult oral intubations is well documented,2–,6 but GEB is seldom applied for nasal intubation. We report the clinical application of GEB for difficult nasal intubation.
When nasal intubation by the conventional technique as mentioned above is unsuccessful, a tube is placed into the nose and the other nostril, and the mouth is occluded by hand. The tube is connected to an anesthetic circuit, and the lungs are manually ventilated. After adequate oxygenation, the circuit is disconnected. Direct laryngoscopy is performed in the usual fashion. The nasal tube is pulled back until only the tip of the tube is visualized in the pharynx (Figure 1). Spraying 8% lidocaine into the tube facilitates smooth insertion of a GEB. The tip of the GEB is pointed toward the glottis or the area where the glottis is likely to exist. The GEB is advanced through the vocal cords with the use of Magill forceps if required (Figure 2). After the correct position of a GEB has been visualized, the tracheal tube is gently threaded down into the trachea over the GEB. Finally, the GEB is withdrawn, and the correct position of the tracheal tube is confirmed. Capnography may be used to confirm tracheal intubation, along with auscultation of bilateral breath sounds.
With this technique, the crucial point is that the tip of the GEB has to protrude approximately 4 to 5 cm beyond the tip of the tube, which makes it easy to maneuver the GEB. The GEB and the nasal tube are then inserted into the trachea with a single movement. On the contrary, when the tip of the nasal tube is located near the laryngeal inlet, the movement of the GEB is limited.
Use of several mechanical aids, including suction catheters, nasogastric tubes, stylets, and nasal flexible laryngeal masks, for nasal intubation has been reported.7–,10 When mouth opening is limited or prohibited, and therefore intubation by direct laryngoscopy is not usually possible, fiberoptic intubation represents an effective approach to intubation. However, fiberoptic intubation is often time consuming. In our experience with use of these methods, this GEB technique is very quick, safe, inexpensive, and easy to perform. Thus, we recommend the use of GEB from the first attempt for nasal intubation in patients with difficult airways.


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According to?? research at MIT, our ability to discern and differentiate what we hear affects our ability to read. Dyslexic people have greater difficulty identifying the voices of speakers of their own language than non-dyslexic people. Non dyselxic people are better at this, but only in their own language. They are as bad as dyslexic people when listening to a foreign language, or so it seems.
What is not clear is whether people are dyslexic because they have trouble discerning differences in what they hear, or whether they have trouble discerning some aspects of what they hear because they are dyslexic. What causes what? I wonder if activities to improve hearing discernment in relation to language input could improve their reading skills, for example lots of listening and reading.
I have always found an emphasis on listening to be essential to my reading skills in foreign languages. Lots of prior listening provides a number of advantages to reading in a foreign language. We gain some familiarity with the subject. We get a little rhythm or momentum for our reading and almost end up hearing the text as we read it quitely to ourselves. Lots of listening, as well as deliberate vocabulary acquisition, are at the core of LingQ.
I have often suggested that the LingQ approach could work for literacy improvement in one's native language. All my approaches to individuals and groups involved in literacy education have been met with indifference. Perhaps this research should make these people think again. Maybe I am reading too much into the research.


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Numerous physical and chemical changes occur in the products during the baking process. These changes may affect the migration mechanism of water and the drying behaviour of the product. In the present study temperature effects on the drying behaviour of raw thin biscuits of 7x5x0.25 cm dimensions were studied in a laboratory oven by applying constant or linearly decreasing oven temperatures between 100 and 195-degrees-C. With constant oven temperatures a falling rate drying model, and with linearly decreasing oven temperatures a constant rate drying model stimulated these processes. Final moisture contents are one of the major properties determining the shelf life of the biscuits. These models may be used as simple methods for calculating the baking times.


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Ant colony optimization and parameter selection for evacuating the mobility-challenged in a short-notice disaster
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We address an Over-burdened Vehicle Routing Problem (OBVRP) model developed for evacuating mobility-challenged people who cannot self-evacuate before a short-notice disaster. Hurricane Katrina made it very clear that such evacuation assistance is needed. This OBVRP generates routes for multiple heterogeneous vehicles to evacuate people with differing transportation needs to minimize the number of people that cannot be evacuated due to limited time and vehicles. We improve upon a previously developed Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm through formal experimentation of the parameter settings using a Nearly-Orthogonal Latin Hypercube experimental design, and then constructing regression models using the results to determine the best parameter combinations. Our results show that the parameter settings can significantly affect the performance of the ACO algorithm and also show extensive interactions between the parameters. We compare our results to existing literature on ACO parameter selection and interactions, providing a great deal of insight not seen in prior literature.
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Specific Cases When Your Quartz Watches Might Run Slower Than Normal
Time is not only money but precious too.
And with this in mind, many people ask whether a Quartz watch will run slowly in some instances.
The answer is yes and the following are some reasons why:
1. Exposure to strong magnetism
The watch will run slower when near a strong magnetic field.
Good examples include being near powerful speakers, laptops, tablet, phones, body scanners, and handbag or purses.
This is because the unit features a motor/ coil that uses the power of magnetism.
The good news, however, is that this situation is temporary as the watch will operate normally when away from the magnetic forces.
In fact, the Quartz movement performs much better than automatic and mechanical types in regards to resistance to magnetism.
2. Aging or faulty battery
It will start running slower than before when the battery loses charge or develops a fault.
The battery delivers power to the coil or stepper motor.
Nevertheless, it will lose charge over time or due to corrosion or degradation.
A good way to know if it's the battery and not something else is by holding it vertically.
If the chromo or second-hand struggle moving from the 6 to 12 o'clock position while they are okay from the 12 to 6 o'clock position, then it's most likely the battery.
The general recommendation is to install high-quality batteries and also replace them after 2 years regardless of whether they are still functioning okay.
3. Presence of moisture, dirt, dust in the internal mechanism
Moisture, water, dirt, dust and other debris inside the mechanism will interfere with movement.
Corrosion, dust particles, and stickiness will cause more friction and this will slow down movement.
Also, it may interfere with the internal magnetic force due to blockage or increased resistance.
To avoid this, you shouldn't expose the watch to a very dusty or wet environment.
It's also important to prevent mishandling (excessive abrasion, banging, knocking, falls….) or exceeding the recommended depth in case of waterproof/ water resistant pieces.
4. Internal Damage
Quartz movement features very delicate parts and mechanism.
And while the top manufacturers try their best to provide good protection, poor operation or handling will still damage the watch.
The hands will move slower if they are out of alignment, the contacts are broken, loose or rusty, or the magnetism is weak.
A quartz timepiece will last for a long time if handled properly.
This entails regular cleaning, minimizing exposure to dirt, water, oils, grease, excessive vibrations, or dust, and also going for high quality and genuine battery replacement.
It also pays to take the timepiece to a specialist rather than trying to do the service or repair yourself especially if you have limited skills and knowledge.


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IEW Intro to Public Speaking
These IEW-approved lesson plans help you take full advantage IEW's Intro to Public Speaking course. In this twelve-week course, middleand high-school students learn memory and delivery techniques as they write and present five speeches: self-introductory, narrative, expository, persuasive, and impromptu. Students evaluate recorded speeches in preparation for self-evaluation. This self-explanatory program empowers teachers to help students become competent and confident public speakers.
What you get with each lesson plan:
- 1 semester of IEW-recommended assignments
- Check boxes for your students to check off as they complete their assignments, giving them a sense of accomplishment and you a permanent record of their achievement.
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- Note: You decide whether to apply the updates.
Actual curriculum is not included and should be purchased separately.
Please note: These lesson plans are subject to copyright laws and cannot be used beyond those in your household. By "household" we mean a person or persons sharing the same single family housing unit such as a home, apartment, mobile home or condominium. You may reach us with any questions at _EMAIL_.
- Automatic rescheduling of assignments when "life happens"
- "Daily Digest" email reminders to help you and your child stay on track
- Grade your student's work to recognize or reward completion.
- Track attendance for states where this is required.
- Generate reports, reminders, and much more!


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The Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree program was established in 1975 as a Department with the aim of producing highly skilled Dental Surgeons comparable to those trained in the developed countries. The first set of Dental students started their clinical training in 1977 and the program attained full accreditation by the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council in 1978.The single Dentistry Department was split into four autonomous departments in August 1981.
The Development Committee of the Senate of the University of Ibadan approved the creation of these departments in 1985 and four departments in Dentistry were accorded full Faculty status in April 2002. The Department would have been split into two at the creation of the four departments but for the low staff strength. Department of Preventive Dentistry in 1981 was one of the four departments at that time consisting of four different discipline/units namely: Periodontology, Dental Public Health, Paedodontics and Orthodontics.
The first Acting Head of Department was Dr. M.O. Noah and the current is Dr. Modupe O. Arowojolu.The staff strength in the department then increased to eight (8) and this has also brought up the€€ need for a split of the department to ensure compliance with the normal academic structure, the world over and as recommended by National University Commission (NUC) minimum standards. The department was then officially split into two departments (Preventive Dentistry and Child Oral Health) in the year 2004.
- Didactic and clinical teachings to Dental students.
- Laboratory instructions to Dental students.
- Community Health Program.
- Primary Health Program was established in Idikan area of Ibadan and Igboora for the purpose of teaching dental students in community.
- Dentistry, for carrying out research and for rendering services to patients in a Primary Health Care Setting.
- The Department also conducts planned visits to Schools and Community.
- Research projects are assigned to students in their final year.


Applying To College
College Essay Writing and Interview Skills
Writing College Application Essays: The Failure of Faking It
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writing college essays - the failure of faking itLet's get this out of the way – Never fake it.
Don't make stuff up when you're writing your college application essay.
I could spout off like a stuffy old aunt and tell you it isn't right and that it's not the assignment (it's not), but let me give you a better reason – it can affect your chances of getting into the college of your dreams.
Why? Colleges can tell?
Yes. Often. If you've read thousands of college essays, you'd develop a nose for these things, too.
So let's talk about the obvious question: Why do some students feel like they need to make it up?
1. They think it's what colleges want to hear.
2. They think they don't have anything to say.
3. Writing is hard! Making it up sounds better.
Here's the truth:
1. Colleges want to hear about YOU. They want to discover the world through your eyes – who you are and how you think. So take them on that journey, not some warmed-over version of what you think they want, or who you think they want. Just give them you.
2. You are important enough and you do have something to say. College essay writing can be intimidating. Often, students think they don't have anything to say because they've never had anything "big" happen to them, like a life-changing event or a special vacation or trip. But that's a myth. You don't need anything big to write about. Colleges get that. They just want to learn what's meaningful to you.
3. Writing IS hard. That's the assignment. You're not going to polish it off in one draft. Making it up might speed up the process, but it won't make it a successful one. You'll miss important details you could only write about if they happened. Unfortunately, the colleges will miss those details, too.
 An Example of Why Faking it Fails:
 A student didn't want the colleges to think he was part of a losing football team. "We're having a great season!" he wrote. "The offense is like a brick!"
That's what he thought the schools wanted to hear.
The truth was, the team was having a poor season and the student was affected by that. He even thought about quitting but decided to stick with it and worked to improve the team.
Since he faked it, the student didn't have a chance to show how he helped his teammates work through a bad situation.
If you were a college reader, what would help you decide to admit this student – hearing him brag, or learning how he demonstrated resolve and teamwork during a tough time?
Real life is better when you don't fake it.
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Basic Rat Terrier Information
- Lifespan: 12 - 16 years
- Height: - inches
- Weight: - pounds
Medical Conditions Seen in Rat Terriers
Rat Terrier Traits
- Jogging Partner
- Lap Dog
- Good with Children
- Warm Weather
- Cold Weather
- Grooming Requirements
- Ease of Training
Rat Terrier History
- The rat terrier's ancestors may have included Manchester terriers, smooth fox terriers, and perhaps whippets. Later breeds that may have played a role included the beagle, Italian greyhound, miniature pinscher and Chihuahua.
- Mixes of these breeds came from dogs brought to America by working class immigrants from Britain in the late 1800s.
- Rat terriers were used for both vermin control and for rat pit contests, where men bet on how many rats in a pit a dog could kill in a certain time period. A rat terrier holds the rat killing record of 2501 rats in a seven hour period in an infested barn.
- President Theodore Roosevelt hunted with these dogs and even kept some in the White House. He is credited with naming them rat terriers.
- The Rat terrier has traditionally been viewed as a strain, rather than a breed, of dog, which means that crossing to other breeds and mixes has been permissible throughout most of its history. The modern incarnation of this practice is probably the feist, a strain of small terrier-like hunting dogs used to catch squirrels and other rodents.
- Because it has been bred as a strain with used to hunt game of varied size, the rat terrier comes in a great range of sizes.
- Rat terriers were popular farm dogs by the early 1900s; in fact, although no statistics are available, they were probably among the most popular dogs in America.
- With the advent of pesticides in the 1950s, the rat terrier's popularity as a working vermin hunter declined. By that time, however, the breed had a following because of it attributes as a companion.
- Several breed clubs now exist, but they disagree about what the best course is for the future of the breed.
- The National Rat Terrier Association has maintained breeding records for decades and is opposed to recognition by major kennel clubs.
- The United Kennel Club recognized the rat terrier in 1999.
- The Rat Terrier Club of America is working toward AKC recognition. It is recognized by the AKC Foundation Stock Service, which makes it eligible to compete in many AKC performance events.
Rat Terrier Behavior Concerns
- Makes a loyal and energetic companion.
- Playful and very good with children.
- Somewhat reserved with strangers
- May be cocky and even scrappy with other dogs.
- May not be good with small pets, and is especially ill-advised around rodents.
- Does best with reward-based training involving food or games.
- Eager to please, and learns quickly, but is easily bored and distracted.
- Some may bark a lot.
Rat Terrier Suggested Exercises
- Makes an alert housedog.
- This is a very active and playful dog. A daily walk around the block, coupled with several play sessions, will help meet its exercise needs.
- May not do well in dog parks unless large dogs are segregated from small dogs. Even so, some rat terriers may bully other small dogs.
- Games and tricks provide needed mental exercise.
- Its thin coat and small size makes it vulnerable to chilling.
Rat Terrier Grooming
- Coat is smooth, hard and short.
- Brushing once a week will remove dead hair.
- Shedding is average.
Suggested Rat Terrier Nutritional Needs
- Rat terriers tend to stay in good weight or be slightly overweight.
- Small snacks can cause weight problems in very small dogs.
- Tiny rat terrier puppies should be fed often to prevent hypoglycemia, a serious condition to which very small puppies are prone. Frequent small meals of high protein, fat, and complex carbohydrates may help guard against this condition.
Did you know?
- Grapes and raisins are harmful to dogs.
- Some dog parasites are transferable to humans.


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Intro to Survival Skills:
you know what to do in an emergency situation? Where can you find water? Is it safe to drink? How can you create a shelter? Signal for help? Using a compass, and methods of starting a fire. Find wild edibles to eat, and how to prepare them. Cost is $5 NNC members, $10 for non-members This will include time inside and outside on the grounds.
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What is the largest heritage tree in Singapore?
S/N Species Height (m)
1 Adansonia digitata (Baobab) 5
2 Adenanthera pavonina (Saga Daun Tumpul) 8
3 Alangium ridleyi (Mentulang Daun Lebar) 2
4 Albizia lebbekoides (Tekik) 40
How many heritage trees are there in Singapore?
The Heritage Tree Register currently has a record of 257 Heritage Trees all over Singapore.
What are heritage trees Singapore?
Heritage trees in Singapore are individual mature trees specially selected for protection by law under the Heritage Trees Scheme adopted on 17 August 2001.
Where is the oldest tree in Singapore?
Tallest And Oldest Existing Trees
Some trees from this family grow to a height of over 40m at the Bukit Timah Reserve. One Seraya tree (Shorea curtisii) from the Dipterocarp family, believed to be about 360 years old, is the oldest tree in Singapore.
What are the big trees in Singapore?
Tembusu. The Tembusu is one of Singapore's most distinctive trees. This native of Singapore is a large, evergreen tree that grows up to 40m in height.
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What is the most common tree in Singapore?
Rain Tree. One of the most iconic trees in our city, the Rain Tree (Samanea saman) can be identified by its distinct umbrella-shaped and wide spreading crown, which creates a "great tunnel" effect when planted in rows along our streets. Its compound leaves fold up at night or during rainy days when the sky is overcast.
Why is it called Rain Tree?
It provides plenty of shade with its big umbrella-shaped crown. When it blooms, the crown of this tree is covered in clusters of pink-white flowers, like small upturned brushes. The leaves fold up before rainy weather – this is why it is called the Rain Tree.
Can trees be heritage listed?
This is a list of places, trees, natural formations, and buildings of cultural heritage significance. … Listing on the State Heritage Register means that the heritage item is legally protected as a heritage item under the NSW Heritage Act and requires approval from the Heritage Council of NSW for major changes.
Where is Saga tree in Singapore?
Saga (Adenanthera pavonina)
The sole Heritage Tree can be found at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, near the Lady On A Hammock sculpture.
Is tembusu native to Singapore?
The Tembusu is one of Singapore's most distinctive trees. This native of Singapore is a large, evergreen tree that grows up to 40m in height. … This Heritage Tree is reportedly more than 150 years old.
What is the oldest tree in the world?
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus Longaeva) has been deemed the oldest tree in existence, reaching an age of over 5,000 years old.
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Are rain trees native to Singapore?
The Rain Tree originates from South and Central America. … It was introduced to Singapore in 1876, and by the mid-1900s, it was planted throughout the tropics.
What are the biggest trees in the world?
The largest tree in the world is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in California's Sequoia National Park. Called General Sherman, the tree is about 52,500 cubic feet (1,487 cubic meters) in volume.
What is Singapore national bird?
The National Bird Of Singapore, Crimson Sunbird.
Is it illegal to pick flowers in Singapore?
The public is not allowed to harvest from state land managed by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) or NParks, according to an ST report in 2017. This is unlike countries overseas, such as Germany, where one can pluck fruits or plants on public land.
Do oak trees grow in Singapore?
Conservation status: A critically endangered, native tree. Local distribution: Lithocarpus conocarpus thrives on clay-rich soils of primary forests. The tree is cultivated in Singapore. Interesting Note: The species was once quite common in Singapore, hence its common name — Singapore Oak.
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Protecting your Lung Health during the COVID 19 Pandemic
As the COVID 19 crisis unfurls, I have been paying close attention to the research and words of advice from a few well respected functional medicine doctors in the field.
Recently I watched Dr Ben Lynch, an author and well known methylation and nutrigenomics specialist, loose his cool in a video he put out on social media pertaining to why so many older people are dying of COVID 19. Dr Ben Lynch emphatically stated that one of the main reasons why both people with fragile immune systems and older people seem to be getting sicker is tied to the inability to regulate pro-inflammatory chemicals or cytokines. This is especially evident with the COVID 19 pandemic and its effects on the lungs.
As most people are aware at this time COVID 19 has a propensity for lung tissue and can create a perfect storm leading to pneumonia. Given this information, it would make great sense at this time to put in place nutritional support for your lungs and respiratory health as we make our way through this uncharted terrain.
Studies and peer reviewed articles suggest that there are several nutrients that can be taken to support lung health to help regulate the inflammatory cytokines for the long term.
One critical nutrient that will support lung health to regulate this inflammatory process is glutathione.
Glutathione is a amino acid combination that acts as a major antioxidant and cellular protector. It is found throughout the body in high concentrations in the liver lining of the respiratory tract and nasal cavities. Glutathione is especially beneficial for protection against lung oxidant stress, injury and inflammation.
How does Glutathione Work?
Our bodies use glutathione to regulate our innate immunity and inflammation and without it in proper amounts, the inflammatory cascade can become overwhelming to the body. In general, lung conditions and diseases are characterized by chronic inflammation and oxidant /antioxidant imbalance. This amino acid combination is used in the body to help regulate the inflammatory process.
In essence, glutathione comes to the aid of tissues needing repair and protection and will call off the gaurds (immune system) to help keep a situation( inflammation) from getting out of hand.
Given the fact that younger and healthier people tend to have higher glutathione stores, they are going to be receiving a level of protection from their immune system that older and immunocompromised people are not.
Studies show people with normal levels of glutathione will be better able to regulate the pro-inflammatory cytokines which will regulate the inflammatory response in the body. Without that regulation switch, your body is more likely to undergo unchecked inflammation and this is where people start to get really sick, really fast.
Other nutrients that support to calm and regulate the immune response with specific lung benefits include:
Vitamin C
This vitamin supports the immune system through various cellular functions of both the innate and adaptive immune system. Specifically in regards immune lung health, Vitamin C stabilizes mast cells. When mast cells are upregulated they create more of an immune response. Ie. Fluid in the lungs. 2000 mg 2x a day for a preventative strategy.
This micronutrient helps to control infections by inhibiting a protein that prevents excess inflammation. ZInc supplementation is also used to shorten the duration of upper respiratory infections. Zinc is helpful for preventing the docking and replication process of a viurs. Zinc chelate is ideal for absorption and 30 mg on an empty stomach is ideal.
Fat soluable vitamins
Vitamin A
Vitamin A plays a large role in innate immunity and a Vitamin A deficiency is linked with the lung and GI infections. While there is controversy around the correct form of Vitamin A to take and how much, I use both a food based form through spirulina powder ( which is loaded with A as well as many other vitamins and minerals) as well as liquid fat soluable when immune system function is lower.
Vitamin D3
This fat soluable vitamin modulates the immune system by reducing the expression of inflammatory cytokines. It also stimulates the expression of potent antimicrobial peptides in the body. Vitamin D levels naturally go down in winter and with chronic inflammation and disease processes. Vitamin D occurs in fatty fish, cold liver oil, egg yolks and beef liver. 2000-5000 IU daily
Note on Self Care
Please take time to care for your self during this extremely challenging time. With so much change in the air, it is difficult to stay grounded and feel safe. I am encouraging all those experiencing this strain to take time to ground out. I now get up in the morning to meditate or walk by myself. I also recommend gardening if at all possible. If you cannot get outside, spend a few minutes in meditation to clear your head. Mantras may be helpful if your thoughts are running the show. Warm baths can be helpful also. These ideas may sound basic, but if there was ever a time to get back to basics it would be now.
Due to the financial strains of the time, I am offering 15% discounts for all Fullscript supplements sold through the store on my site. Contact me if you have any dificulty logging on and I will send you a direct link.
I am also offering zoom video telemedicine calls and phone calls for nutritional consults specific for your immune system needs. Please visit radiantrealitynutrition.com for more details.
Wishing you a Radiant Reality!
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With the onset of democracy in Bhutan in 2008, socio-economic development activities of the nation have accelerated. To be proactive in ensuring a safe future for the BNC and to use them as ambassadors for the conservation of other species and their habitats, during the next three years, RSPN and ICF wish to undertake a series of activities in each of the three regions where cranes spend their winter. Under the species based conservation program of RSPN, the conservation of two flagship species in the country, White bellied Heron (Ardea insignis) and BNC, are prioritized. Subsequently, a memorandum of understanding was signed between RSPN and the Department of Forest and Park Services to enhance knowledge, identify and implement appropriate conservation measures of the two species and their habitats. The MoU further stated to promote biodiversity and ecosystem conservation through collaboration in the field of species and habitat, water resource management and research between participants.
To increase foraging grounds of BNC in Bumdeling through restoration of degraded paddy fields.
 1. To reduce local threats to BNC
 2. Enhance knowledge on wintering BNC ecology in Bhutan
 3. To promote crane conducive livelihood activities of the local communities
 4. Promote community engagement in BNC conservation
 1. Phobjikha
 2. Bumthang
 3. Trashiyangtse
Expected Outcome:
 - Additional foraging grounds for BNC available and used by the cranes.
 - Dog population increase controlled (Phobjikha, Bumdeling and Bumthang).
 - Reduction of Crane casualties due to electric lines.
 - Appropriate interventions/recommendations for BNC conservation and protection identified from the BNC ecology study
 - Awareness on BNC generated among community and stakeholders in Phobjikha and Bumthang and improved cooperation and harmonization of BNC conservation among the habitat areas.
 - Preliminary idea on waste management for Phobjikha framed through consultation meetings.
 - Community participation in BNC conservation improved in Bumthang and Bumdeling
Given the current scenario of supporting Black-necked Crane conservation program in the country through project tied funding, RSPN wishes to establish an endowment fund which would ensure the sustainability of the conservation program and long term impact. To constantly carry out the conservation work for BNC and their habitat, RSPN has developed a 5 year action plan in consultation with all the stakeholders. This would require an estimated amount of US $ 100,000 annually, and can only be possible with an endowment fund of US $ 2 million at 5% annual investment interest. So far, we have raised US $ 30,000 through individual and institutional donors.
At RSPN, we believe a single grain of sand can tip the scale. You can be the grain that tips the scale towards improved environmental conditions and conservation efforts in Bhutan. RSPN has set a target to raise US$ 1.5 million for next 10 years.


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A University of Central Florida research team has made a substantial inroad toward establishing extreme ultraviolet light (EUV) as a primary power source for manufacturing the next generation of computer chips.
The team, led by Martin Richardson, university trustee chair and UCF's Northrop Grumman professor of X-Ray optics, successfully demonstrated for the first time an EUV light source with 30 times the power of previous recorded attempts – enough to power the stepper machines used to reproduce detailed circuitry images onto computer chips.
The successful use of EUV light for this purpose marks a milestone in an industry-wide effort to create the most efficient and cost-effective power source for the next generation of chip production. Chips are now manufactured using longer-wavelength ultraviolet light sources.
The UCF breakthrough came as a result of a collaboration between Richardson and Powerlase Ltd., a company based in England. The company provided UCF with a powerful Starlase laser to combine with the specialized laser plasma source technology that the UCF team has developed. The unique technology combines the high conversion of laser light to EUV and effectively eliminates the neutral and charged particles that are associated with existing EUV plasma sources. If allowed to stream freely away from the source, those particles can harm the expensive optics used in EUV steppers.
The short wavelength, only 13.5 nanometers, and an uncontaminated light source are critical components for the stepper's ability to project ever-smaller circuitry onto chips.
In order to keep up with Moore's Law, a computer industry dictum written in 1965 that estimates a doubling of the number of transistors on a computer chip about every two years, significant technological changes have to be made in chip production, Richardson said.
"We must use a light source with a wavelength short enough to allow the minimum feature size on a chip to go down to possibly as low as 12 nanometers," Richardson said. The current industry standard for semiconductor production is approximately 65 nanometers. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter; a sheet of paper is about 100,000 nanometers thick.
Richardson's EUV Photonics Laboratory, part of a broader effort on high-power laser applications that he runs, is focused on developing the EUV light source and advanced X-ray optical systems. Team members include graduate research assistant Kazu Takenoshita; graduate students Tobias Schmid, Simi George, Robert Bernath and Jose Cunado; and engineer Somak Teerawattanasook.
Research efforts have been aided by a 2004 donation of intellectual property and equipment valued in excess of $22 million to UCF's College of Optics and Photonics to support Richardson's EUV program.
Continued collaboration with industry groups such as Powerlase is allowing the work to advance exponentially, Richardson said.
"We are very excited to be able to collaborate with world-leading academic experts in the field of extreme ultraviolet sources," said Samir Ellwi, Powerlase's vice president of strategic innovations. "Our high-power, high-repetition short pulse Starlase laser is an ideal driver for the laser produced plasma EUV source."
Richardson will be presenting results of his collaboration with Powerlase at the 5th International EUV Lithography Symposium Oct. 15 to 19 in Barcelona, Spain.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Natal Volunteer Units: Stanger Mounted Rifles _PHONE_
The Stanger Mounted Rifles were inaugurated in November 1875, with:
Joel Lean Captain
H Warren 1st Lieutenant
F Addison 2nd Lieutenant
On 1 December 1878 the Corps was mobilized; the 36 members were:
Captain Friend Addison OC *
Trumpeter J W Colenbrander **
A B Gielink
J W Gielink
W C Robbins
Further men joined subsequently, bringing the total to 43 members.
Anglo-Zulu War 1879:
The Stanger Mounted Rifles marched to Thring's Post where they were met by the Victoria Mounted Rifles and the Buffs; they proceeded to the Lower Drift and were joined by the Alexandra Mounted Rifles, Durban Mounted Rifles and the Natal Hussars, collectively named the Natal Volunteer Force. They formed the southern flank under Captain P H S Barrow, 19th Hussars, of Colonel Pearson's 3rd Buffs (3rd Regiment of Foot).
The battle of Inyezane and the relief of Eshowe followed.
* Friend Addison born 1848 in Kent, came to Natal on the Lalla Rookh in 1849.
** Johan Wilhelm Colenbrander born 1856, Pinetown Natal, of Dutch parents who emigrated from Java to Natal in 1854. Their indigo venture failed and the family founded the settlement of New Guelderland near Stanger. Johan married Mollie Mullins in 1883, and after her death, Yvonne Nunn in 1902. His third wife was Catherine Gloster. He founded Kitchener's Fighting Scouts during the Anglo-Boer War.
Note four members of the Gielink family: the Gielinks were among the New Guelderland settlers.
Uniform: Navy blue cloth, yellow facings and helmet. Badge was monogram S.M.R. surmounted by a crown, all in white metal, worn on the front of the helmet and on the ammunition pouch. The buttons also carried the monogram and crown. The kepi was worn in undress order. The Corps did not adopt a collar badge and had no motto. Officers carried swords and revolvers.
In the early stages members carried the Terry and Snider carbine, and later the Swinburn-Henry carbine.
In 1887 the Corps was absorbed into the Victoria Mounted Rifles with Captain Friend Addison as commanding officer.


%. To improve the accuracy you can also increase the number of epochs.
Assessing The Model Performance
We will now see the accuracy of our model on testing data.
score = CNN.evaluate(X_test_gray_norm, y_test)
print('Test Accuracy: {}'.format(score[1]))
Test Accuracy: 0.8225653171539307
We will get the dictionary keys here so that we can use them for image visualization.
accuracy = history.history['accuracy']
val_accuracy = history.history['val_accuracy']
loss = history.history['loss']
val_loss = history.history['val_loss']
So now, we will see how the training and validation loss changes with the number of epochs.
epochs = range(len(accuracy))
plt.plot(epochs, loss, 'ro', label = 'Training loss')
plt.title('Training and validation loss')
Text(0.5, 1.0, 'Training and validation loss')
Training and validation loss
Now we will see Training and validation accuracy changes with the increase in epochs.
epochs = range(len(accuracy))
plt.plot(epochs, accuracy, 'ro', label = 'Training accuracy')
plt.plot(epochs, val_accuracy, 'r', label = 'Validation accuracy')
plt.title('Training and validation accuracy')
Text(0.5, 1.0, 'Training and validation accuracy')
training and validation accuracy
Next, we will draw a heatmap using a confusion matrix. It will be a massive matrix since we have 43 different classes of images.
predicted_classes = CNN.predict_classes(X_test_gray_norm)
y_true = y_test
from sklearn.metrics import confusion_matrix
cm = confusion_matrix(y_true, predicted_classes)
plt.figure(figsize = (25, 25))
sns.heatmap(cm, annot = True)
Output plot:
heat map
since it is a huge matrix the image is not much clear but you will get a similar matrix when you run the code.
Finally, we will see how our model predicts the labels of the images.
L = 5
B = 5
fig, axes = plt.subplots(L, B, figsize = (12, 12))
axes = axes.ravel()
for i in np.arange(0, L*B):
 axes[i].set_title('Prediction = {}\n True = {}'.format(predicted_classes[i], y_true[i]))
plt.subplots_adjust(wspace = 1)
prediction vs original
So here, we can see that most of the images are correctly predicted which means our model is successful. So we are able to do the traffic sign classification using TensorFlow in Python language.
Note: You can increase the accuracy by increasing the number of epochs and trying different layers in CNN. So try this while training the model.
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Traditional Pentecostals were among the first in our nation to embrace the baptism of the Holy Spirit. But have they kept in step with the Holy Spirit since? Charisma takes a comprehensive look at the classical Pentecostal community—both past and present.
Over the years, the Pentecostals have been called by various names. Although many of the first Pentecostal churches in the United States were known as "Holiness" churches, the first strictly Pentecostal groups used variations of the name "Apostolic Faith." This was the name chosen by Charles Parham for his small group in Topeka, Kan., when Pentecost fell in 1901. When Parham's African-American follower and friend, William J. Seymour, opened the famous Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles in 1906 he also used the name Apostolic Faith.
In the years that followed, other names such as "Full Gospel," "Pentecostal" and "Latter Rain" were used. At times, the public scornfully called these Spirit-filled believers "holy rollers," a name universally rejected by adherents of the movement. Many of the new denominations used the word "Pentecostal" in their names, while others adopted more doctrinally neutral names such as Assemblies of God, Church of God, Church of the Foursquare Gospel, and Church of God in Christ.
For many decades, the Pentecostals were the outcasts of religious society. One reason for this rejection was that most of the first Pentecostal churches were planted among the poor and disinherited classes.
Despite being cast out of the mainline churches, the Pentecostals grew, especially in the years following World War II. A fertile ground for growth was found among blacks and poor whites in the South and Midwest. Many Pentecostals mirrored the stereotypes of the Oklahoma families who fled the dustbowl of the 1930s to find new opportunity in California. Indeed, the central family in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath was based on a Pentecostal Holiness family, the Tathams from Sallisaw, Okla.
In fact, the first region of the world where the Pentecostals became a mass grass-roots movement was in the American South. The headquarters cities of these churches say much about their origins. These include such Southern and Midwestern cities as Cleveland, Tenn.; Memphis, Tenn.; Oklahoma City; St. Louis; and Springfield, Mo.
Despite their economic poverty, the Pentecostals soon sent missionaries all over the world and in time began to grow faster than most other Christian denominations. Although they grew especially fast in Third World countries, they also made surprising inroads in Europe and North America.
After World War II, the Pentecostals began to prosper and rise into the middle class. With this new prosperity came greater social acceptance than ever before. The skyrocketing growth rates of Pentecostal churches also forced the major mainline denominations to take a new look at them and what they believed.
There are now more than 100 Pentecostal denominations in the United States and thousands of smaller fellowships and independent churches. As a rule of thumb, for every congregation that is part of an organized denomination, there exists an independent Pentecostal congregation. Thus the number of unaffiliated independent Pentecostal churches in the U.S. roughly matches the number of churches in the major denominations such as the Assemblies of God.
The first American Pentecostal churches began with deep roots in the Wesleyan-Holiness movement that had spread across America during the 19th century. For decades holiness teachers and preachers had taught that there were two "blessings" offered to believers. The first, justification by faith, was also called a "new birth." This crisis of conversion was a common understanding and experience for most evangelical believers in America.
The Wesleyans, however, claimed a "second blessing" that was eventually called "entire sanctification"—an instant experience that gave the believer victory over sin and perfect love toward God and man. Most of the first generation of Pentecostals were from this holiness stream that had its roots in Methodism.
When the Pentecostal movement began, these "Holiness-Pentecostals" simply added the baptism in the Holy Spirit with tongues as "initial evidence" of a "third blessing" that brought power for witnessing to those who had already been sanctified. The historic Azusa Street testimony was: "I am saved, sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost."
These early Pentecostals also stressed instant divine healing "as in the atonement" and the premillennial second coming of Christ to rapture the church at the end of the age. This was known as the "fivefold gospel" of Parham, Seymour, Azusa Street and the first Pentecostal denominations.
These churches also adopted strict "holiness codes" that forbade their members to use tobacco or alcohol, or to attend movies, theaters or other places of "worldly amusement." Also outlawed were professional sports, "outward adornments" such as lipstick or "bobbed hair," and immodest dress.
The first family of American Pentecostal churches, therefore, could be classified as Wesleyan Pentecostals due to the basic Arminian perfectionist theology that was inherited from the Holiness movement. For the memberships of the major Wesleyan Pentecostal denominations (and the other denominations' memberships listed in this article), I consulted the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010, which contains the latest data available.
Some of the major Wesleyan Pentecostal churches with their 2010 memberships include Church of God in Christ (5.5 million); Church of God, Cleveland, Tenn. (1.1 million); Pentecostal Holiness Church (330,000); Church of God of Prophecy (89,674); United Holy Church (50,000); Congregational Holiness Church (25,000).
Baptistic Pentecostal Churches
The Holiness-Pentecostal churches were the first organized Pentecostal churches in the world. But as the movement exploded around the nation and the world, thousands of converts were attracted to the movement who did not have roots in the Wesleyan theological stream. Many of these new Pentecostals were from Baptist, Presbyterian or other reformed backgrounds. Soon, some of these seekers went directly from conversion to the baptism in the Holy Spirit without the intervening "second blessing" of sanctification.
The first man to challenge the "three blessing" theology was William H. Durham of Chicago. A longtime Holiness preacher prior to his Pentecostal experience, he stopped preaching instant sanctification as he searched for a new theology. By 1911, he fashioned what he called the "finished work of Calvary" theology, which denied the necessity of a "second blessing" experience prior to speaking in tongues.
For Durham, sanctification was a gradual process that began at conversion followed by a progressive growth. This teaching, so revolutionary for the times, opened a wide theological rift in the Pentecostal movement with leaders such as Parham, Seymour and other major Pentecostal leaders denouncing the "finished work" teaching as a threat to the survival of the movement.
In time, independent Pentecostals who agreed with Durham joined together to form the Assemblies of God in 1914 under the leadership of E.N. Bell. Most of the Pentecostal churches in the world that were formed subsequently affirmed the Durham view. The major American denominations in this category with their 2010 memberships include Assemblies of God (2.9 million); International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (255,773); Pentecostal Church of God (98,579); Open Bible Churches (45,000).
The Oneness Pentecostals
Known as the "one blessing" Pentecostals, a third stream of American Pentecostalism was the "Oneness" movement, which is non-Trinitarian while remaining basically evangelical and Pentecostal. Often pejoratively called the "Jesus Only" movement in the early days, insiders preferred the labels "Oneness," "Jesus Name," or "Apostolic." While the Holiness Pentecostals taught three blessings and the Finished Work Pentecostals two blessings, the Oneness Pentecostals taught a "one blessing" approach where everything—salvation, finished-work sanctification and baptism in the Holy Spirit with tongues—was received in the waters of baptism by immersion in the "name of Jesus."
According to Oneness teaching, the only valid baptism was in "Jesus' name" and not "in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost." Trinitarian baptism was seen as a Roman Catholic error forced on the church with the Nicean Creed in A.D. 325. Therefore anyone who received Trinitarian baptism was not fully Christian. Also, these were the only Pentecostals in the world who taught that speaking in tongues was necessary to salvation. Without tongues, they taught, baptismal regeneration was impossible.
Because of this theology, the Oneness Pentecostals launched a determined campaign to rebaptize all Pentecostal members using the Jesus Name formula. At first they were spectacularly successful, even rebaptizing the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, E.N. Bell. In a short time, however, Trinitarian leaders were able to swing the Assemblies of God back into the Trinitarian fold. Led by J. Ros


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The subtitle for Ask.
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 2. Raise your hand, share your voice, and let the answers fall to you
 3. Who do you want to be?
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The University of Wisconsin is at it again with the renewal of horrific "maternal deprivation tests." Recently in hot water for their horrendous experiments on cats, the UW's psychological tests on monkeys top the list of sadistic treatment of sentient beings.
What do the tests do?
Infant monkeys are immediately removed from their mothers after birth and kept in total isolation. They will be given "surrogate" materials known to provoke heightened anxieties. For 42 days, the confused infants will be subjected to relentless fear and panic-inducing tests while totally isolated. These tests include being intentionally terrified by human researchers, being left alone with a live King snake, and being left alone in a strange room with a strange monkey. They will then be killed and dissected.
Haven't we done this before?
A 10-year study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has already determined that isolating infant monkeys leads to self-mutilation. Surely we could establish this common-sense observation without tormenting monkeys. Mammals, particularly primates, rely upon their mother for safety and nurturance crucial to their psychological well-being. One only needs to observe humans, or animals in the wild, to see that distressing experiences, while deprived of one's mother, are terrifically destructive. There is no justification for continually frightening baby monkeys and depriving them of basic care.In the late 1950s, Harry Harlow's infamous University of Wisconsin tests, in which he psychologically tortured baby monkeys by separating them from their mothers, caused a public outcry. Yet, here we go again. continue reading…


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Let$\:$ $T=\{\varphi \in \Pi_1: PA+Con(PA) \vdash \varphi\:\:and\:\: PA\nvdash \varphi \}$. $\:$By the facts presented here Are undecidable consequences of Con recursively enumerable? by Andreas Blass and Emil Jerabek, we know that:
$(1)$ $T$ is $\Pi_1$-hard.
However it seems we can also prove that
$(2)$ $Cn(PA+Con(PA)) = Cn(PA+T)$
Let $\varphi$ be such that $PA+Con(PA) \models \varphi$. Obviously $Con(PA) \in T$, therefore trivially $PA+T \models \varphi$.
In the other direction, let $\varphi$ be such that $PA+T \models \varphi$. Since this is a first-order theory, by completeness and compactness we can infer that in the proof of $\varphi$ from $PA+T$ we use finitely many formulae, namely: $\phi_1, \phi_2, \dots \phi_n$. All of them either belong to $PA$ or belong to $T$ or can be inferred from $PA+T$. In particular they are implied by $PA+Con(PA)$. If so, they can be used in the proof of $\varphi$ form $PA+Con(PA)$, so $PA+Con(PA) \models \varphi$.
But from the work of Jeroslow _URL_ (Corollary 4) we find out that:
$(3)$ $Cn(PA+\{\varphi \in \Pi_1: \mathbb{N} \models \varphi \})$ is not $\Delta_2$
Since $(1)$ and due to the fact that the set above (I mean: $\Pi_1 \cap Th(\mathbb{N})$) has got its own truth definition and is $\Pi_1$ we infer that it is reducible to $T$.
So it seems that $Cn(PA+T)$ should also be "hard" and "not learnable" (in the sense of not being $\Delta_2$ ).
However we also know that $Cn(PA+Con(PA))$ is $\Sigma_1$. Since $(2)$ however $Cn(PA+T)$ is the same set of formulae.
So my question is: did I make any mistake in the reasoning above and one of $(1)$, $(2)$, $(3)$ is false or it can be the case that when we close some "hard" set up logical consequence, we can get an "easier" set. If so, the question is: how come?
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I don't see any mistakes. A good chunk of the complexity of T comes from excluding certain sentences; specifically, those sentences provable in PA. But adding PA and then closing under consequence restores those sentences. That's why the complexity decreases. – Dan Turetsky Jun 5 '13 at 23:48
Thanks. You're right, but let's look at the theory I mentioned: PA+(Set of true Pi_1-sentences) which closed under consequence gives us nonlearnable theory. I don't "see", how - having a computable reduction of Set of true Pi_1-sentences to the set T- we obtain theories with different complexities? – mtg Jun 6 '13 at 0:15
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The $\Pi_1$-hardness of $T$ comes from the clause $PA\not\vdash\varphi$. But when you consider $Cn(PA+T)$ its influence vanishes.
As $$T\subset Cn(PA+Con(PA))$$ we have $$Cn(PA+T)\subseteq Cn(PA+Cn(PA+Con(PA)))=Cn(PA+Con(PA)).$$ On the other hand $Con(PA)\in T$ therefore $Cn(PA+Con(PA))\subseteq Cn(PA+T)$.
Thus we have the equality $Cn(PA+T) = Cn(PA+Con(PA))$ indeed.
This also does not contradict Jeroslow's results as in $PA+\Pi_1(\mathbb{N})$ there are all $Con(X)$ (not just $Con(PA)$) and which is a sourse of complexity of this theory.
It is not very suprising that Cn operator can decrease the complexity of a set of sentences - you can always add a negation of a sentence of any given set to obtain an inconsistent theory i.e. primitive recursive. But it is a nice example how it can decrease it to something higher than just PR.
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I understand that a miner is the only one who can vote for a certain BIP, but I'm wondering, how do they technically do that? How do they submit their vote? I found out that they are doing it through the coinbase transaction, but I couldn't find any details on it.
See my answer here to address some of your misconceptions. TL;DR: miners signal support in blocks for certain rule changes in order to coordinate activation, not to determine whether it is accepted or not.
As for the actual mechanism used to signal, a number have been used in the past:
Time based: BIP16, BIP30
Early softforks (up to mid 2012) used a simple time based activation mechanism: node software that implements these proposals enforced the new rules on all blocks with a timestamp after a certain date. In the case of BIP16, this date was determined (and modified) in response to miner signalling, but this signalling was just for human interpretation; nodes took no automatic actions in response to it.
Specifically, the signalling used here was to put a string with a support message in the coinbase transaction's scriptSig field, which is otherwise free for miners to put anything in.
Block-version signalling: BIP34, BIP65, BIP66
A later generation of softforks used the block header's nVersion field for signalling (up to the year 2015). Each of those used a subsequent version numbers (BIP34 used version 2; BIP66 used version 3; BIP65 used version 4).
Whenever 750 out blocks number N-1000..N-1 (so 75%) had the proposal's version number of higher, block N would be subject to the proposal's rules. Whenever 950 out of blocks number N-1000..N-1 (so 95%) did, the next block would be required to also signal for it - resulting in a final lock-in.
Versionbits-based signalling: BIP68/112/113, BIP141/143/144, BIP91
The rollout of relative locktimes (BIP68/112/113) and Segregated Witness (BIP141/143/144) used a different mechanism, which had its own document, BIP9. It specifies using one specific bit of the block header's nVersion field for each proposal, and a finite state machine to determine when to signal and when to activate. Its purpose is/was to permit multiple concurrent proposals to activate, without needing to have one completed before the next one can roll out. This was a downside of the previous mechanism, as it would be impossible to activate the proposal with version 4 without also signalling for activation of the proposal with version 3.
Due to various reasons, segwit was not entirely uncontroversial, and eventual activation happened through a meta-proposal, BIP91. BIP91 itself used BIP9 to activate, which then on its turn made signalling for BIP141/143/144 mandatory, resulting in its activation in August 2017.
The future?
There are a variety of mechanisms available these days, and there is active discussion on what to use for the (likely) next softfork, specified in BIP340/341/342 (Taproot). This includes a variant of the BIP9 versionbits mechanism, called BIP8. An article on the various possible schemes can be found here.
Disclaimer: I am a (co-)author of several of the listed documents in this post (BIP9, BIP30, BIP66, BIP141/143/144, BIP340/341/342).
 - Thank you for your answer. Good luck in your future work on BIPs – ddavi031 Jul 17 '20 at 10:50
 - Thank you for your answer, but I edited the question and added "technically" word. I'm interesting in how do they technically vote? Where they add their "yes" or "no"? – ddavi031 Jul 16 '20 at 18:08
 - They put yes or no (a piece of code) inside the coinbase transaction – Hamita Jul 16 '20 at 18:26
 - As part of the scriptSig? – ddavi031 Jul 16 '20 at 18:29
 - take a look at the third point of this site and it wil explain it for you [_URL_.sohn/… – Hamita Jul 16 '20 at 18:45
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 I downvoted. I think this answer misses the point: what miners do in typical softforks is not voting, it is signalling readiness. If the community wants proposal to happen, they can demand it from miners (see BIP148 for example), but things go smoother if miners deploy faster rather than later. See BIP8, BIP9, for modern activation mechanisms. – Pieter Wuille Jul 16 '20 at 19:09
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The study aimed to investigate the time-course of electromagnetic field (EMF)-induced effects on human cognitive and behavioral performance and on tympanic temperature.
Following a double-blind paradigm, subjects were tested on four performance tasks:
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 - a visual search task,
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