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Intersections – One Year Curriculum
One-year curriculum that challenges students to move past simply knowing the Word to living God's story.
52 completely downloadable and easy-to-use lessons. Includes parent guides, media and graphics and experiential activities.
Why Intersections?
It's so easy to go through our day just checking boxes. We've forgotten that we've been invited to join an epic story—an adventure that unfolds as the Bible confronts our lives. Intersections is a year-long curriculum (52 lessons) that challenges students to move past simply knowing the Word to living God's story.
Throughout Intersections, students will revisit familiar themes with the perspective of Scripture's big picture—from God's creation of the world, to what went wrong, to his plan to save it. They will also grow to understand their calling as citizens of Heaven living on Earth. Stepping into God's epic story will bring them to many crossroads between God's invitation and the world. When those moments come, help them choose.
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Deep Discipleship Curriculum
Intersections is a Deep Discipleship Curriculum. Deep Discipleship is a Multi-Year Strategic Curriculum to grow deep faith. Every Deep Discipleship Curriculum focuses on the core of the gospel, using the gospel thread: the 8 Roots of Deep Discipleship. Throughout each year of Deep Discipleship content, you'll teach and reinforce these core truths of the gospel and avoid graduating students with critical gaps in their knowledge of the faith.
The 8 Roots of Deep Discipleship
 1. Rescue—What is God's core plan for salvation? Why do we need to be saved, and what are we saved to?
 2. Knowledge—Who is this God we serve? What is he like, and what is his opinion of us?
 3. Kingdom—What does a life of discipleship look like? How is it different from the way the world operates?
 4. Outreach—What is God's purpose for us as disciples? What responsibility do we have with the lost and the least of this world?
 5. Apologetics—How do disciples communicate God's truth in a world that hates him? How do our stories fit into God's grand story?
 6. Worship—How do disciples interact with God once they start following him? How does his majesty influence everything we do, not just our Sunday mornings?
 7. Community—What does it mean to be a part of God's family? What does it look like to trade in an "I, me" mentality for an "us, we" attitude?
 8. Identity—At the most basic level, who are we as human beings, children of God, and disciples of Christ? How does our new identity in Christ change the way we see the world?
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I'm going to try and generate black and white NTSC video, using a micro-controller. According to this:
It is possible to do it using two pins of Atmel Mega644. I looked at the datasheet and noted that the IO is 1.8 V. For NTSC you just need three voltages sent at the correct time, 0V, 0.3V, and 1V.
What I don't understand is how does this circuit generate the 0,.3 and 1V. When I do the calculations it doesn't really add up.
I simulated this using TI TINA simulator, 2 batteries and switches inplace of the IO ports, and trying all four combinations of the IO, I can get 0,.3V but not 1V.
Can someone using math explain how you can get 0 V,.3 V, and 1 V using the circuit shown in the link above. I also, I guess what I don't understand is the uC IO equivalent circuit for simulating in a SPICE program, is it just a battery set to the IO voltage? Or maybe an OP AMP with the output set to the IO voltage can someone please explain this.
Any help is appreciated.

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Therapeutic Gardens and Expressive Therapies
Therapeutic Gardens and Expressive Therapies
Therapeutic Gardens and Expressive Therapies
Theresa L. Scott
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Humanity's affiliation with the natural world is deeply ingrained in the human psyche, and human understandings of the healing power of nature date back to antiquity. According to a growing body of research, contact with nature promotes physical, emotional, social, mental, and spiritual well-being. Companion animals have been a part of human experience for thousands of years, and recent research documents the positive impact that domesticated animals have on older adults' health, psychosocial well-being, and cognitive functioning. Music has also been used for centuries to heal and to promote well-being. Music taps human emotion and memories, and is often a shared experience. This chapter discusses the impact of gardens and therapeutic horticulture, animal-assisted therapy, and music therapy in positively affecting older adults' well-being, and improving social, psychological, physical, and vocational adjustment across a variety of settings and populations.
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The egress is in the back.
An example of egress is the exit at a movie theater.
- the act of going out or forth; emergencealso egres′sion
- the right to go out
- a way out; exit
Origin of egressClassical Latin egressus ; from past participle of egredi, to go out ; from e-, out + gradi, to step, go: see grade
- The act of coming or going out; emergence.
- The right to leave or go out: denied the refugees egress.
- A path or opening for going out; an exit.
- Astronomy The emergence of a celestial body from eclipse or occultation.
intransitive verbe·gressed, e·gress·ing, e·gress·es
Origin of egressLatin &emacron;gressus, from past participle of &emacron;gred&imacron;, to go out : &emacron;-, ex-, ex- + grad&imacron;, to go; see ghredhin Indo-European roots.
From Latin ēgressus, from ex- + gressus
(third-person singular simple present egresses, present participle egressing, simple past and past participle egressed)
- From Latin egressum, past participle egredi.

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Can't fight your feelings Thursday
Can't Fight your feelings Thursday
Create a picture that represents how you are feeling today. You can use colours, textures, shading and images to give your picture meaning and representation. You can use any materials you choose such as pens, crayons, paints, collage, etc. You can choose whether to add the feeling word to your picture or leave the viewer guessing. Upload your learning to Seesaw or Tapestry when you have finsihed.


TFW – Know Everything About it Here
What is TFW? Why do you need TFW? TFW – know everything about it here because it is something that's going to change your social media life!
As you can see, many new and weird things are getting viral these days over the web. This not only is happening with images or videos but, also to the words and slangs. Social media today have reached each and everyone and thus spreading good or bad things isn't that difficult.
If we talk about the acronym TFW, many people over the internet are using this. But many on the other hand are still looking for its meaning and searching about what TFW means. TFW is just a slang that has been used by the people over the internet. The acronym TFW stands for "That feels when", which is usually used by almost every one of us.
People use TFW in order to share their feeling with the other person. it is basically used in a context that is relatable for the other person online so that he or she can understand what you want to say and how you have felt at that moment of time or situation.
For example:-
 1. TFW your mom cooks your favorite dish, but you have just came from a party with a completely filled belly.
 2. TFW you propose a girl and on the same day, your have got your real love back.
The examples given above must have explained you everything.
Usually, TFW is used in the beginning, followed by the sentence where you are explaining your situation. This acronym is almost on an everyday basis with some or the other sentence.
Though, as per Grammar rules, the acronym is absolutely incorrect but, people of all ages today are using it and they are so obsessed with TFW that they are using it even with the sentences that doesn't have to do anything with TFW.
For example:-
"TFW u be a nice gf and run the bf a bath and u come back to ur skyrim game and ur characters naked and he's emptied all of ur stuff"
This acronym can be best used with the sentences where you really want to share your feeling that you have faced recently. This Acronym is very similar to the slang "I Know That Feel Bro". Just by reading it you will get a picture in mind that one guy is hugging the other guy patting at the back and he actually is feeling what the other one is felt.
TFW is the acronym which is used commonly by the people of younger ages who usually doesn't have to do anything with Grammar, the text speaks, correct spelling and other things. They are the ones who just have to send messages to the other person.
Today, the internet has become a place where you can share anything like image, videos or emojis and you can even expect them to go viral over the internet. all thanks to social media. Today social media is a place that can make someone's life in just one night. Social media have really made the internet world visual. Same is the case with TFW, a small group of people has started using this, but today almost everyone on the social media is using it.
This acronym is most famous for Twitter and the reason can be because you are bounded by a word limit while making a tweet and so everyone tries to use such acronyms.
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What is a Gum Lift?
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"Gum Lift" was coined as a term in 1989 by Dr. Parsa Zadeh in order to describe the surgical procedure that is most often performed in an effort to reduce the appearance of a "gummy smile". This is a procedure that is performed as an outpatient surgery. Technically speaking, a gum lift is a crown lengthening through apically positioned muco periosteal flap as well as well as osseous recontouring. Simply stated, when the existing gum becomes separated from the underlying bone, the additional bone is trimmed and the gum tissue is placed back and stitched at a higher level. The result of this procedure is stable, biologically, and an acceptable proportion of the bone and gum become far less visible.
Is the Excess Gum Tissue Cut off?
A gum lift is a procedure that is completely different from a gingivectomy or the cutting off of excess gum tissue. A gingivectomy is able to be achieved via either if the following: surgical knife, radio-surgery or a laser. You will need to note that the cutting off of the gum edge while retaining useful indication is very limited in regards to what it is able to achieve. When the biological restriction are violated, the gum will either develop a permanent state of gingivitis or the gum will regrow. The singular option for permanent and stable improvement of the underlying bone is the proper reduction of the bone itself' a gum lift.
Is it Painful?
The procedure itself will last an average of 2 to 3 hours and can be done under a local anesthetic. There are dentists that, due to the fact that a local will not make the procedure painless, will utilize some degree of sedation. Given that a gum lift is a minor surgery, it is accompanied by all of the same delicacies, limitations and discomforts of any other wound that your body would encounter.
Post-surgery, you will (typically) be prescribed two types of pain medications that can be taken as needed for comfort. The vast majority of patients that have undergone such a procedure have reported that they have experienced a level of numbness on the site of the operation as opposed to pain. The most of the discomfort that is felt is derived from the swelling within the area as opposed to the actual wound.
Recovery Time
Generally, recovery will take upwards of ten days. This recovery time can be extended should you not follow the express instructions provided by the dentist.
How Many Visits Do the Gum Lift Take?
A gum lift is completed within a single visit. Most dentists will want to see you for a follow-up within a few days of the procedure. During this secondary visit, the doctor will check to ensure that the tissues are properly holding up.
Are Stitches Involved?
You will have stitches that will need to be removed after six days. There is the option of having resorbable stitches used, that will not require removal by a dental professional.
Possible Complications
There are basically zero complications associated with this procedure. Should you follow the instructions provided by the doctor, properly take the prescribed antibiotics, rest properly, etc. there is nothing that can go wrong. There are a handful of consequences that are associated with a gum lift procedure and they are as follows:
For the first few months there will be some level of teeth sensitivity. Should it not dissipate after the first few months of the procedure, notify the dentist immediately. It can upwards of a year for the aforementioned gum numbness to go away. It can take approximately 10 to 14 months for the spacing between the teeth to fill with gum. This is as long as the gum is kept healthy during this time.
Will there be a Need for Crowns or Veneers?
There is a possibility that you will require crowns or veneers after the procedure has been completed. This decision is contingent on the preexisting condition of your gums and teeth as well as how much of a lift you are having done. In most cases, patients only need a gum lift in order to accomplish a perfect smile. There are cases in which a gum lift can only slightly improve upon a smile, therefore additional restorative procedures will be needed. This is a matter that will need to be discussed in detail with your dentist.
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The Name You Trust.
The Name You
The Name You
What information is needed in a prescription drug crime defense?
No matter the circumstances of the prescription drug crime arrest, all Florida residents who are accused of prescription drug possession will have the right to a criminal defense. In order to successfully defend against a prescription drug crime, though, a defense attorney will require specific documentation from his or her client. Sometimes, this information is personal in nature.
First, your defense attorney will request that you provide him or her with the arrest record relating to your prescription drug possession charges. Each time you are arrested, the police prepare a special arrest report. This report is vital to the defense of your case because it indicates the nature of your arrest and the circumstances under which your arrest occurred.
Your defense attorney will also want a copy of your police file, which will contain pictures, notes, maps and information from interviews relating to your arrest and charges. The police file will also contain additional information that was uncovered by authorities during the investigation of your alleged crime. It will further contain details about the evidence that authorities have collected and plan to use against you in court.
Your criminal record will be important because, if you have been arrested before, this could negatively affect your case and elevate the severity of your potential charges in the event that you are convicted. Conversely, if your criminal background is clean, it could help you in your case. Finally, your medical records will be essential to any prescription drug defense. In some cases, for example, prescription drug crime charges can be easily defended against with proof of a valid prescription for the medication from your Florida doctor. Further, proof that you suffered from a medical condition requiring you to take the medication could also support your case.
Source: FindLaw, "Getting Arrested: Documents Your Attorney Will Need", Accessed on April 7, 2015
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 Reflections of a Design MFA Student
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 Ed. note: This article was originally published on Mitch Goldstein's MFA blog and has been modified slightly for this forum.
 In Which I Write a Letter to Myself in the Future, From Myself in the Present
 Dear Future Mitch,
 This is Mitch (you) in graduate school. As I write this we are in our first year of the MFA in Visual Communications program at Virginia Commonwealth University, and I am writing you this letter to remind you to think about your role as a designer, educator and critic. I recently finished Sandra Wheeler's "Survey of Design Criticism" seminar, and she suggested I do this. Sandy says hi, by the way.
 It is time to consider a big question: How are you going to wear all three hats of designer, educator and critic? In some ways they are nearly the same thing, and in other ways they are vastly different. You need to decide what it is to be a design critic who is also a practicing designer and a design educator. In that seminar class we read many things, written by many critics: from the greats like Walter Benjamin and Herbert Muschamp, to the newer voices like Rob Giampetro and Alexandra Lange. It is time to ask ourself: What are these critics doing? What are they contributing? This is what we wrestle with—the difference between talking big and doing big. By definition a critic is someone who expresses a value judgment. A critic is someone who casts an opinion on someone else's work. It is in a critic's very nature not to create, but to judge. Is this a valuable activity? Is the ability to critique work as valuable as the act of making it? Do you have to be a designer in order to be a good design critic?
 It is easy to say that a critic is simply a person with an opinion and a medium with which to broadcast their judgment, but criticism is more than that. Good critics, valuable critics, critics who have something to say that is of significant interest, are far more than just people with egos and big mouths. A good critic has a depth of knowledge and an understanding of context that makes what they say not just a personal opinion, but more of a researched, scrutinized thesis about that which they critique. For example, look at something as common as a movie review. There is a tremendous difference between your roommate who hated the latest Judd Apatow film, and a critic such as Roger Ebert, who has such an immense depth of knowledge about film and culture that his opinions are not just his, but are a result of the opinions of everyone who has ever come before him. Ebert is merely the current mouthpiece of a long history of film and cinema. Without Muybridge, Eisenstein, Capra, Hitchcock, Coppola, et. al., Ebert would simply not exist. A critic like Ebert is a person with a very well-informed opinion.
 What about making? Ebert could not make a brilliant film any more than Muschamp could design a building, yet their voices are important in their fields. I think of them as the control, the surface against which the makers bounce off their ideas. Critics provide the accountability that is needed to make good work better and see bad work more clearly. The value of a critic of this caliber is not one of doing it better oneself but of helping those who do, do better. Through critiques by Michael Kimmelman and Daniel Mendhelson, we can understand what is good and what is bad, what is working and what is not, what is engaging and what is vapid, what is yes and what is no. There was a time when I felt that only those who make have a right to judge that which is made, but I have changed this opinion. You see, Mitch, some of the best critiques you and I have received as a design student have not been by excellent designers, but rather by excellent critics of design.
 You wear two more hats, Mitch: you are also a designer and teacher. How does integrating criticism into your professional work change the game for you? Think back to our seminar class, what were many of the discussions about? Complaining. Intelligent, interesting complaining based on thought and reflection, but complaining nonetheless. We are all aware of the shortcomings in our profession. You and I have written about it more than once—remember that whole _USER_ thing we did? Unlike a Steven Heller or a Rick Poynor, in that seminar class we simply did not have the breadth of knowledge or the research to be really, truly informed critics. Our criticism—good and interesting as some of it may be—came down to a personal opinion based on a small amount of anecdotal evidence. We did not have a thoroughly researched, deep vertical knowledge of the subject. And like everyone else, we like to complain more than we like to praise, and complain we did.
 However, you and I have something the big-name critics do not: the talent and skill to make design. This puts us in a very interesting position because we can criticize through our making. We can approach design and the process of creating with a critical perspective. How we look at what we make, how we make design decisions and how we interact with other designers and clients can be a critique of the profession itself. What we are not doing in graduate school is the same thing we did before graduate school. We are looking to infuse our investigative and introspective attitude of thinking into the work we do. Being critical is a part of that. We manifest our opinions of design through our designs. How exactly do we do this? I am just starting to try to figure that out. I do know that I approach design now in ways that are conscious and intentional. You and I have never just "let stuff happen" even if we like to think we did. No… we have always created the conditions to help make stuff happen. We have written about best practices of good design and designers, and these ideas are always in the back of our head when we sit down to start making, affecting what we do.
 And what about education? The students we teach are individuals, and we do not want to merely push and evangelize our own ideas onto them. Criticism is born of an opinion, and we ask students to have opinions of their own. We push students to take a critical stance on their work and their education. A large part of what we are developing during graduate school and beyond is a refinement of our own ideas and opinions. We become more informed, gain deeper knowledge, and provide our students the same. What is really important—the thing to keep in mind during and after graduate school—is to constantly develop and refine our opinions. We cannot be one-dimensional. Being a rule-breaker just for the sake of breaking the rules is one of our biggest fears, and a quality we do not want to pass on to our students. This is why in our role as an educator we relish the opportunity for research. Remember one of your favorite lessons from graduate school: you do not want to be critical just for the sake of criticism itself, so you need to intimately know what you are reacting against.
 Mitch, maybe our role as a designer, educator and critic is to be a dissenter. We have found, time and again, that taking risks—going against the flow, asking the unasked questions—has always paid off. Unfortunately, just being different is no longer good enough for us. Now we need to find out why being different is beneficial to us as a designer. Deep reflection on how and why we choose to disagree with design is one way we will act as a critic in our profession. Maybe this analysis of design will provide the very basis for our thesis research (you know what we did for our thesis; right now I do not).
 The catch is, I do not know how to do any of this yet. Maybe by the time you read this you will have it all down, but right now I am excited and more than a little frightened about where I am heading. Discomfort aside, I know that design is something we care about deeply, and much like John F. Kennedy's attitude towards heading to the moon. We are designers not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
 Thanks for listening,
 Graduate Student Mitch
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- Duration 6-8 hours (single day)
 - Format Interactive group activities
 - Batch Size up to 20 people
 - Charges Write to for our corporate packages
 - Instructor Puneet Gupta (Director / Playwright)
 - Training Team Mad Hats Theatre
What is the workshop about?
This is a workshop designed especially for corporates and uses theatre as a medium to improve life-skills that can play a vital role in the day to day well-being of employees in their professional lives. In particular, our focus is on the following corporate skills:
1. Team building
2. Building trust and openness
3. Conflict management
4. Effective communication
We combine the use of creative, self-exploratory and interactive activities that allow the participants to learn how to express openly with team-mates, conquer their challenges and experience techniques that they could apply to many situations in professional life. Mad Hats Theatre accomplishes all of this in a light and enjoyable day-long workshop. We guarantee it to be much more than any outing to a resort would ever achieve! Request more details by writing to
MHT organizes basic theater workshops focused on understanding the fundamentals of theater in a creative, exploratory and interactive manner. The participants shall learn to express, conquer their inhibitions and discover a part of self that they had not yet embraced. The techniques and performances from this workshop would be applicable to many real-life situations. Mad Hats Theater aims to accomplish all of this in a light and enjoyable manner. We do workshops for corporates, educational institutes and individuals…


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Henry Fairfield Osborn was an American naturalist, notable for his involvement in and contribution to many environmental organizations.
Osborn was born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1887. He attended both Princeton and Cambridge Universities, after which he worked in a variety of jobs, including as a soldier in World War I.
Having followed his paleontologist father on archeological digs, however, Osborn became interested in science as a career. He soon became secretary of the New York Zoological Society and went on to serve for many years as its president. He also worked
to support the creation of the Marine Aquarium at Coney Island, New Jersey, and the upkeep of the Bronx Zoological Park. Concerned for endangered species, in 1947 Osborn also founded the Conservation Foundation, an adjunct to the New York Zoological Society and later part of the World Wildlife Fund.
Osborn took his environmentalism to Washington, D.C. He served on the
Conservation Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of the Interior and on the Planning Committee of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Osborn was also concerned about the effect of population growth on the supply of natural resources, and he worked for solutions to this problem. He wrote two books, Our Plundered Planet (1948), and The Limits of the Earth (1953). He was a member of many other environmental organizations
including the Save-the-Redwoods League and the International Council for Bird Preservation. Henry Osborn died in 1968.


This course is for women who want to learn the Aroma Freedom Technique (AFT) for self-guided sessions and personal growth. Anyone can learn AFT!
Using this training, you'll be able to practice the Aroma Freedom Technique on your own, whenever you need it!
You'll gain vital skills to discover, process, and resolve difficult emotional blocks, so you can finally move forward in freedom.
What the Aroma Freedom Technique is and why it works
What women can learn from the moon about trauma, emotional health, and empowerment
Why you haven't been able to change your responses to certain triggers yet
LUNAR goal-setting for women who are daring to dream freely again
The Steps of the Aroma Freedom Technique and how to effectively apply each step
How to create an effective intention statement for your sessions
How to identify the specific lies you subconsciously still believe
Why holistic freedom involves more than just knowledge and cognitive awareness
How to listen to your emotions and understand what they're telling you
The difference between feeling words and judgment words – and why it matters
Why taking conscious thoughts captive is just the tip of the iceberg – and HOW to take subconscious thoughts captive
How essential oils work so effectively with the brain to calm and recalibrate the nervous system
How and when to use your essential oils throughout your AFT session to clear emotional blocks
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child in our Inventors Lab creates something fabulous each week, tied into the theme. On levers week, she built this seesaw.
Building toys: We also have one room called "The Construction Zone" where we put out various building blocks or other supplies. This week we had giant tinker toys. In the picture at the top of this post, you can see what a dad and child created… it was a see-saw like balance scale, but notice that on the end near the child there are free-floating discs. Those are weights that can be slid back and forth to adjust the power of the lift.
Snack: Use scissors to cut something – like pita bread. Use forks or chopsticks to eat with.
Book: In circle time, we read How Do You Lift a Lion? (Wells of Knowledge Science Series) by Wells, our favorite Simple Machines book. More book recommendations here.
Video: This short video offers a really nice illustrated overview of Levers: _URL_
 1. […] Building a balance scale: We built balance scales. This photo shows an initial test… our final product involved: cutting three holes in a popsicle stick, punching two holes each in two Dixie cups. Tie one cup to one end of the stick, and the other to the other end. Then stick a pencil or dowel through the center hole. (For more ideas on building balance scales, see my post on levers.) […]
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Core Self-Evaluations and the Hierarchical Model of Approach/Avoidance Motivation
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In the current dissertation I examined the relation between a new personality trait, core self-evaluations (CSE), and job performance, using the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance motivation as a theoretical framework. The hierarchical model of approach and avoidance motivation proposes that the effects of distal personality traits on performance outcomes are mediated through mid-range approach and avoidance motivational mechanisms. However, some controversy exists surrounding whether CSE is best conceptualized as an antecedent of approach or avoidance motivation. As such, prior to examining the CSE-performance relation, I examined whether CSE is best conceptualized as an indicator of approach or avoidance temperament. In Study 1, using confirmatory factor analysis, I demonstrated that mean CSE scores loaded more strongly on a latent avoidance temperament factor than on a latent approach temperament factor. Study 2 provided further evidence for the avoidance nature of CSE by examining the relation between CSE and a motivational construct: achievement goal orientations. In particular, using structural equation modeling, CSE was negatively related to performance-approach, performance-avoid, and mastery-avoid achievement goal orientations, and unrelated to a mastery-approach goal orientation. Such a pattern of results is consistent with the relation between achievement goal orientations and other indicators of avoidance temperament. Having demonstrated that CSE is best conceptualized as an indicator of avoidance temperament, in Study 3 I used the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance motivation as a framework for examining the relation between CSE and job performance. The results indicated that the effect of CSE on job performance was mediated through avoidance, but not approach, goals. The results of the three studies are discussed in terms of their implications for the conceptualization of CSE. As well, the application of the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance motivation framework to organizational behavior is discussed.
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Douglas Lance Ferris (2008). Core Self-Evaluations and the Hierarchical Model of Approach/Avoidance Motivation. UWSpace. _URL_


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Casey '09 and Owen Publish Paper
"Good News, Bad News, and Consumer Confidence," by Greg Casey '09 and Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics of Ann Owen, was published in the March issue of Social Science Quarterly.
The paper examines how consumer confidence responds to changes in economic circumstances. According to Owen, "It finds that consumers respond asymmetrically to economic news, but it does not find evidence for a systematic negativity bias once you allow for consumers to respond differently to different news.
"For example, consumers have a strong negative reaction to increases in the unemployment rate, but not a corresponding positive reaction to decreases in the unemployment rate. However, they also react positively to decreases in gas prices, but there is no evidence that they react negatively to increases in gas prices.
The paper suggests that part of the explanation for these asymmetric reactions is that consumers respond to changes in economic fundamentals relative to their expectations."
The paper grew out of Casey's senior honors thesis in economics, which Owen supervised. Casey is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in economics at Brown University.


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UK Germination Toolbox - about the database
The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership has successfully collected and stored seed samples from around 90% of the United Kingdom's native seed plant species, as a hedge against extinction and as a conservation resource. The 'missing' species produce either no seeds at all; or seeds that cannot be stored conventionally; or are too rare, or fruit too infrequently for seed collections to have been made without threatening their survival. As well as further collecting to increase bio-geographic and genetic coverage of those species already in the bank, efforts are also continuing, to locate and bank collectable samples from those last few, elusive species.
In this database, the naming and definition of UK native species follows the PLANTATT database (Hill, Preston and Roy, 2004); and includes species designated there as native (N), native endemic (NE) or archaeophyte (AR; introduced before 1500AD) – 1442 species. At present casuals, aliens and more recent introductions are not included.
Germination tests are central to the routine management of seeds collected for the purpose of their conservation. As well as being the most useful means of monitoring seed viability over time in storage; they also provide essential information towards the propagation of new plants. Ultimately, seeds in a bank, even though they may be perfectly viable, will be of little use if we do not know how to grow new plants from them.
The MSBP aims to promote conservation by enabling the sustainable use of seeds in the bank, not least for the re-introduction of native species and restoration of degraded natural and semi-natural vegetation. Consequently, this database is intended as a resource for all those who need to propagate UK native species from seed: researchers; conservationists attempting to restore native species and vegetation; horticulturalists, including those commercial nurseries specialising in growing and supplying UK native species. It will also be useful for researchers in comparative and evolutionary ecology, seeking germination trait data. The 'toolbox' is comprised of information on germination from up to three available sources.
1. MSB germination tests
The main purpose of this database is to share the MSB's germination data on UK species with potential users. So, wherever they are available, a search returns a summary of the conditions applied in successful MSB germination tests.
By and large the conditions (mostly temperatures) returned by a search for a particular species will be those that resulted in at least 75% germination (i.e. the MSB viability standard is passed). The tests 'accepted' by the MSB are usually those that are easiest to apply and repeat; wherever possible avoiding complicated temperature regimes, or the application of dormancy-breaking chemicals, for example.
Please note that the successful germination conditions presented almost always DO NOT result from designed experiments with controls. Thus, they do not exclude other potentially equally successful conditions that have not been tried; nor are unsuccessful conditions reported at present. In a few cases the successful germination conditions result from tests on collections of species native to the UK, but originating elsewhere, usually in Europe.
2. Information from published literature
Despite the MSB's high coverage of UK native species, successful germination conditions are not yet available for some of them. This is sometimes due to as yet intractable dormancy problems in certain species – and research continues on these. More frequently, the collections currently held of those species are too small (<500 seeds) to commit any of them to germination testing, without jeopardising the value of the conservation collection.
In such cases, where there is published information available, the database will return a summary of the conditions found to be successful in other laboratories. This part of the database currently relies heavily on the extensive compilation and analysis of published literature by Baskin & Baskin (1998), with further updates to 2001 kindly provided by the authors (cf. Baskin & Baskin, 2003a). Updates beyond that date are from the MSB's own literature searches, which are ongoing, and will be added to the database in due course. Some published germination treatments for UK native species is for material not collected in the UK.
3. Predicting likely successful temperature regimes
Worldwide, around one third of all wild species studied are not exacting in their germination requirements; and this is probably also true of UK species. So long as they have sufficient moisture and a broadly favourable temperature, they are relatively easy to germinate fully. The remainder possess varying degrees of several different kinds of dormancy, presumed to result from evolution to ensure that seedlings emerge when they are most likely to survive, and often also to ensure that emergence is spread over time ('bet hedging'). Synchronous germination to a high percentage is often quite difficult to achieve for these species. However, optimal germination temperature and dormancy breaking conditions are often related to local climatic conditions; and these can suggest likely successful germination conditions.
For example; seeds of tropical dry-land species, shed at the beginning of the dry season, often require an extended period of relatively high temperature in the dry state before germination occurs in the subsequent rainy season. This requirement appears to be an adaptation to avoid germination in response to sporadic, unreliable rainfall during the dry season, when emerging seedlings would probably be killed by drought. Similarly, cool temperate species shed in autumn may delay germination until temperatures begin to rise in the early spring, by having a requirement for an extended period at low temperature ('cold stratification') before germination can occur, mimicking the passage of winter and the risk of frost damage to sensitive seedlings.
Application of temperature regimes related to seasonal climate cycles forms the basis of 'move-along' experiments (e.g., Baskin & Baskin, 2003b); in which seeds, imbibed on a moist substrate, are transferred between a succession of incubators, running at temperatures that approximate to local conditions at the source of the seeds. The start point in the temperature regime is set at the conditions pertaining when seeds are shed naturally (≈ collected) in the field.
To help users predict likely successful temperature sequences, they are able to enter the latitude and longitude of the source of their seed collection (if known; input restricted to decimal degrees at present), as well as month of collection. The system will return the monthly mean minimum and maximum as well as corresponding median temperatures. This facility is mainly to allow users to make predictions of likely germination conditions in the absence of information from MSB germination tests MSB. However, they can also be used in conjunction with MSB records and published data, where they exist.
The temperature values are provided by 'WORLDCLIM' (Hijmans et al., 2005); which uses an algorithm to compute interpolated, or modelled, temperature and rainfall data from real data compiled from weather station records worldwide, at high (1km) spatial resolution. Properties of the algorithm and uneven distribution of climate stations mean that uncertainty is highest for small islands and mountainous regions.
The database currently does not return interpolated monthly rainfall amounts for UK locations, as rainfall appears to have very limited value in predicting germination period in the UK. Especially in seasonal climates, rainfall amounts can give an indication of relatively dry periods (when germination would be less likely); or relatively moist periods, when seedling emergence is likely to take place in the field. Rainfall is more evenly distributed throughout the year in the UK; and though observed mostly in spring and autumn, newly emerged seedlings of some species can be seen at any time of the year, even during mild weather in winter. Worldwide, observations of species' seedling emergence timing are scarce or mostly non-existent; whereas it is often quite well documented for UK species (e.g. ECOFLORA).
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In this step, you create the necessary relationships that allow the user to create related objects to the features in the map. Before advancing to this step, you must first create all feature and object classes that participate in relationships. Use table 3 in the worksheet to determine which relationships need to be created.
Relationship autoupdaters are assigned in a later step.
The steps below create a standard Fiber relationship. Your relationship may vary.
- To create a relationship, right-click the geodatabase and select New > Relationship Class.
- Give the relationship a name (e.g., Airblown_Tube) and select the Origin (e.g., Airblown) and Destination (e.g., F_Tube) tables. Click Next.
- Most, if not all, relationships are Simple. Click Next.
- No fiber relationships propagate any messages. Click Next.
- Select a cardinality for your relationship. In this example, a single AirBlown feature can contain multiple F_Tube objects for a one-to-many (1 - M) relationship. All fiber relationships are either one-to-many or one-to-one. Many-to-many relationships are not supported. Click Next.
- All fiber relationships are non-attributed. Click Next.
- In the Primary Key field, select Global ID.
- In the Foreign Key field, select FiberParent. Click Next.
- Review the summary and click Finish.
- Repeat these steps for each unique relationship on your
worksheets. In the example below, relationships are duplicated on
the worksheet because they are shared by two objects. They need to
be created only once each.
So far, we've used the example of Air Blown Fiber. Our sample Air Blown Fiber (Airblown) feature contains a tube (F_Tube) and that tube contains fiber strands (F_Strand). This means that AirBlown has a parent relationship with F_Tube (and object class). F_Tube has a child relationship with Airblown and a parent relationship with F_Strand (also an object class). F_Strand has a child relationship with F_Tube.
So, Table 3 for each object may look similar to the following.


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|sci.lang.japan FAQ / 9. Names|
|Japanese names on a noticeboard|
|Photo credit: Angie Harms|
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Japanese people have two names, a surname and a given name. The surname is usually inherited from the father, and women usually change their surname upon marriage. In Japanese, the surname comes before the given name. Thus, a person with surname Yamamoto and given name Sanae is referred to as Yamamoto Sanae. In the name order of English, this would be "Sanae Yamamoto".
Japanese names are usually written in kanji (Chinese characters, see 1.2. Kanji). Surnames are almost always in kanji. Given names are usually in kanji. Some given names are in hiragana or katakana (see 1.1. Hiragana and katakana).
Japanese people do not have middle names, and middle names are not recognized in Japan, except for foreigners.
There are a great number of possible surnames in Japan. The enamdict electronic dictionary of Japanese names contains more than 138,500 surnames.
Japanese surnames are written in kanji (Chinese characters). A typical Japanese surname consists of two characters, such as Suzuki (鈴木) or Yamamoto (山本). They may also have one kanji, like Hara (原) or Tokoro (所), or more than two.
Most surnames are relatively easy to read, but there may be more than one way to read the same kanji spelling. For example 中田 may be read either as Nakata or Nakada. Some are very difficult, such as 八月一日, which appears to read hachigatsu tsuitachi, "the first of August", but is read Hozumi. Many Japanese also insist on using traditional forms of characters in their surnames rather than the modern simplified forms (see 1.2.12. Why do some kanji have alternative forms?).
Many surnames are also place names, and the rules for forming names follow similar patterns.
Some of the typical kanji used in surnames are
|yoko||横||side||Yokoyama (横山), the tyre manufacturer|
|kita||北||north||Kitano (北野), the surname of film director and comedian "Beat Takeshi".|
|kuro||黒||black||Kurosawa (黒澤), the film director's surname, meaning "black swamp"|
|ishi||石||stone||Ishibashi (石橋) "stone bridge", the name of the founder of the "Bridgestone" company.|
|yone||米||rice||Yonekura (米倉) "rice store", the surname of model and celebrity Ryoko Yonekura.|
|hayashi, bayashi||林||woods||Kobayashi (小林), "small woods", the name of a famous Japanese physicist, Nobel prizewinner in 2008.|
|ue, kami||上||upper||Murakami (村上), the surname of novelists Haruki Murakami and Ryu Murakami.|
|shita, shimo||下||lower||Matsushita (松下), "under the pine tree", the common surname and name of the big electronics company.|
|hashi, bashi||橋||bridge||Hashimoto (橋本), "near the bridge", the surname of the ex-prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.|
|mori||森||forest||Morita (森田) "forest rice field", the surname of Akio Morita, founder of Sony.|
|tsuka||塚||mound||Tezuka (手塚), "hand mound", the surname of comics artist Osamu Tezuka.|
|mizu||水||water||Mizutani (水谷), the husband and wife authors of Japanese textbooks.|
|moto||本, 元||near||Morimoto (森本), "near the forest"|
|naka||中||in||Nakata (中田), "in the rice field", the surname of the professional footballer|
|yama||山||mountain||Yamamoto (山本), "near the mountain"|
|oka||丘, 岡||hill||Okada (岡田)|
|saka||坂||slope||Sakamoto (坂本), the surname of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the musician|
|no||野||plain||Noguchi (野口), the surname of Hideo Noguchi, the scientist featured on 1,000 yen banknotes.|
|ike||池||pond||Koike (小池), "small pond", the surname of celebrity Eiko Koike.|
|kawa||川||river||Kawabata (川端), "river edge", the surname of novelist Yasunari Kawabata, who wrote "Snow Country".|
|tani||谷||valley||Tanizaki (谷崎), "valley edge", the surname of novelist Junichiro Tanizaki.|
|sawa, zawa||沢 (澤)||creek||Ozawa (小澤), "small creek", the surname of conductor Seiji Ozawa.|
|ta, da||田||ricefield||Honda (本田), the car manufacturer (named after its founder).|
|shima, jima||島 (嶋)||island||Matsushima (松島), the surname of Japanese actress Nanako Matsushima, star of "The Ring"|
|saki, zaki||埼||cape/edge||Kawasaki (川崎), the company famous for motorcycles|
The character 藤, meaning "wisteria", is often used, pronounced either as fuji, as in Fujiwara (藤原), the surname of actress Norika Fujiwara, or as tō/dō as in Kondō (近藤) and Satō (佐藤).
In Japan, the given name is used very rarely except for children. Most of the time, people are referred to using their surname only.
Japanese personal names are usually written in kanji, although some people, usually women, may have all or part of their name in hiragana or katakana. Some name kanji are ateji chosen to match the syllables of the child's name. (See 1.2.6. Why do some gairaigo words have kanji? for more about ateji.)
Many Japanese personal names are difficult to read or ambiguous. Forms which require filling in of a name usually also require a phonetic guide to be written, called furigana (see 1.3.3. What is furigana?). Japanese politicians often use hiragana versions of their names, rather than kanji ones.
The kanji which may be used in personal names are regulated. The Jinmeiyō and Jōyō kanji lists are the basis of characters which are permitted (see 1.2.4. What are the jōyō kanji?). Registration of some names has been refused, for example one family was refused when they tried to name their son Akuma (悪魔), meaning "demon". However, there is no regulation on what pronunciation may be given to the kanji names.
Names ending in hiko, such as Katsuhiko (勝彦), suke, such as Keisuke (慶介) or hei, such as Junpei (淳平), are usually male. Male names also often end in o, written in kanji as 夫, 雄, or 男, as in Teruo (輝夫) or Akio (昭雄), or shi, as in Atsushi (敦). Male names tend to contain characters such as 勇, meaning "brave", 勝, meaning "win", or 正, meaning "correct".
Boys may be named by a numbering system, with the Chinese character for "one" appearing in the name of the first son, the character for "two" appearing in the second son's name, and so on. Novelist Kenzaburo Oe (Oe Kenzaburō (大江健三郎) is the "third son".
|1||一 (one)||ichi, kazu||Ichiro (一郎), Tomokazu (友一)|
|2||次 (next), ニ (two)||ji||Jirō (次郎), Kōji (浩二), forename of soccer player Koji Nakata.|
|3||三||zabu, zō||Kenzaburō (健三郎), Zenzō (善三)|
Eichi, Gen-ichi, Jun-ichi, Ju-ichi, Ken-ichi, Koichi, Kyoichi, Ryoichi, Ryuichi, Seiichi, Sen-ichi, Shin-ichi, Shoichi, Shuichi, Shun-ichi, Yoichi, Yu-ichi, Akikazu, Hidekazu, Hirokazu, Masakazu, Nobukazu, Shigekazu, Takakazu, Tomokazu, Toshikazu, Yasukazu, Yoshikazu
Sometimes succeeding sons are named using the same kanji characters plus the numbering.
Other Japanese male names include
Akihiko, Akihiro, Akihito, Akira, Fumio, Fumihiko, Hideaki, Hidek


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The C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, operated by the University of Memphis, is on the grounds of a Mississippian Culture Mound Complex. Exhibits cover Native Americans from prehistory to the present, a hands-on archaeology lab, nature trail and more.
The C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa is a prehistoric American Indian archaeological site dating back to the 15th century. The site was occupied, abandoned and reoccupied several times throughout its history, spanning from 1000 to 1550 A.D. The museum, named after its founding director, curates an extensive collection of artifacts recovered during a 40-year period of systematic excavations. The site features a Mississippian mound complex, nature trail and arboretum, hands-on archaeology lab, and exhibits that explore the history and life-ways of Native Americans of the historic and prehistoric southeastern United States.


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A "DisasterCam" for the ISS
June 27, 2012: Of all the hundreds of spacecraft and satellites in Earth orbit, few can match the International Space Station for its view of the big blue marble below. Scientists would like to put that spectacular view to good use – by having the ISS photograph disasters, both natural and manmade, in progress on the Earth below.
Thanks to a collaboration between the NASA/USAID program known as SERVIR within NASA's Applied Sciences Program, and NASA's ISS program, the station will be outfitted with a new instrument – part of a system called ISERV1 – and equipped with a prototype automated camera which could image areas threatened by floods, landslides, forest fires, or other disasters.
At this point, ISERV is specifically intended to help scientists gain the experience and expertise to deploy an operational system in the future, and to inform its design. Ideally, a future operational system, and perhaps ISERV Pathfinder itself, will be able to monitor Earthly disasters.
"Let's assume an earthen dam gives way in Bhutan," says Burgess Howell, a science lead for SERVIR. "With an instrument like Pathfinder, we could show disaster officials where the bridge is out, for example, or the hospital is gone, the road washed out, or the power substation inundated. We could also estimate the number and location of structures destroyed and the amount of agricultural land affected. All of this information is critical to focus and speed rescue efforts."
ISERV's Pathfinder camera will be installed this summer in the ISS Destiny module, with a view through its 20-inch Earth-facing window. Pathfinder's special software knows where the space station is at each moment as well as its attitude, direction, and path. With this information it calculates the next chance to view a particular area. If there's a good viewing opportunity, the SERVIR team will send instructions to the camera. Pathfinder will take a series of high-resolution photographs of the area at 7 frames per second for 6 to 8 seconds, totaling 40-60 images per pass.
"The camera's nominal resolution is 2.8 meters. That's about the size of a cow, although we may be able to sense the presence of smaller targets, down to the size of a person."
An operational system with Pathfinder's optical characteristics could, in many cases, acquire near-real-time images of areas on the ground and transmit them within hours of the event.
"In ideal conditions, the party requesting the data could receive them within 3 hours," says Howell. "But in some cases, because of the station's varying orbit, it might be 3 days before a viewing opportunity arises. Even then the data could be used to analyze environmental changes the disaster causes, and this is vital information."
SERVIR is a Spanish acronym meaning "to serve." Also known as the Regional Visualization and Monitoring System, the program serves by providing satellite data and tools to environmental decision makers in developing countries. ISERV, short for ISS SERVIR Environmental Research and Visualization System, is the program's first exclusive space asset.
Howell expects to acquire valuable information about how a more capable future system2 might operate –a system that would be mounted outside the space station and equipped with more and better instruments.
"By going outdoors and removing the physical and optical constraints of looking through a window, the sensors would be able to'see' all the way to edge of the Earth, and with much greater spectral range. The glass in Destiny's window can diminish the incoming energy and is opaque to some of the wavelengths of energy of primary interest to Earth science."
Once its primary mission is satisfied, the current system could be used to acquire image data for general use. At first, these data would be used only by SERVIR and its hubs in East Africa and the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region. After proving itself, ISERV could then be made available for the entire NASA science community and possibly other entities.
The SERVIR team is excited about ISERV's potential to help people on Earth. Howell is eager to learn, through ISERV, more about how to use this kind of system so they can do it even better in the future.
ISERV is targeted to launch to the space station in July and will be one of the least expensive long-term operating payloads ever to ride on the space station.
But the return, in the long run, could be priceless.
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville manages the program for NASA.
See _URL_ more information about SERVIR.
(1) The system will go in the Window Observational Research Facility (WORF) adjacent to the Destiny module window. WORF is the modified EXPRESS rack that facilitates access to the window. It provides an enclosed light-safe volume, a payload support shelf, access to the controller for the external Destiny window shutter, and access to ISS power and communication systems. Before WORF was installed, astronauts' favorite perch for Earth-gazing was this optical quality window, which boasts the highest quality optics ever flown on a human-occupied spacecraft. Astronauts Tom Jones and Marsha Ivins said it was so clear on orbit they felt they could fall through it like it wasn't there.(2) "First, we would like to have a better imager that could be substituted into the present system. We want an instrument that would give us access to the near infrared so we can see changes in vegetation – this could tell volumes about the state of vegetation such as forests, crops, and even near-surface vegetation in bodies of water. Ultimately, I'd like to see an external array consisting of three instruments -- two collocated hyperspectral pushbroom sensors (one for visible/near infrared; one for mid infrared) on a pointable mount, and a passive microwave array. Together, these three instruments could, for instance, facilitate estimates of biomass quantity and moisture content, which would allow us to determine available fuel loads for forest fires. They would also let us examine atmospheric aerosols and particulates, and even estimate hurricane wind speeds over water."


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The multi-cultural family /
- Publication info:
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.
Osgoode Hall Law School Library
On the Shelf
Report of the seminar on the political, historical, economic, social, and cultural factors contributing to racism, racial discrimination, and apartheid, Geneva (Switzerland), 10-14 December 1990 : implementation of the Programme of action for the second decade to combat racism and racial discrimination.
K 3242 R44 1991
- The multi-cultural family / edited by Ann Laquer Estin.
- Other Authors:
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2008
- Physical Description:
xxvii, 575 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9780754626480 (alk. paper)
Table of Contents
- Toward a multicultural family law / Ann Laquer Estin
- Taking multiculturalism seriously: marriage law and the rights of minorities / Patrick Parkinson
- Muslim maghrebian marriage in France: a problem for legal pluralism / Edwige Rude-Antoine
- Migrant women caught between Islamic family law and women's rights. The search for the appropriate 'connecting factor' in international family law / Marie-Claire Foblets
- Rationality and cultural pluralism in the non-recognition of foreign marriages / John Murphy
- Citizenship on trial: Nadia's case / Unni Wikan
- Blaming culture for bad behavior / Leti Volpp
- The reconstruction of the Constitution and the case for Muslim personal law in Canada / Syed Mumtaz Ali and Enab Whitehouse
- Muslim women and 'Islamic divorce' in England / Lucy Carroll
- Jewish marriage and civil law: a two-way street?/ David Novak
- Balancing minority rights and gender justice: the impact of protecting multiculturalism on women's rights in India / Pratibha Jain
- - A critical analysis of customary marriages, bohali and the South African Constitution / R. Songca
- Women, religion and multiculturalism in Israel / Ruth Halperin-Kaddari
- A cross cultural perspective on reproductive rights / Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer
- An Islamic perspective on domestic violence / Azizah Y. al-Hibri
- Indigenous peoples and family law: issues in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Jacinta Ruru
- Evolving indigenous law: Navajo marriage; cultural traditions and modern challenges / Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
- Valid-where-consummated: the intersection of customary law marriages and formal adjudication / Lona N. Laymon
- Children between cultures / John Eekelaar
- Complicating culture in child placement decisions / Annie Bunting
- Understanding sending country's traditions and policies in international adoptions: avoiding legal and cultural pitfalls / Jini L. Roby
- Placing the 'gift child' in transnational adoption / Barbara Yngvesson
- Cross-cultural dispute resolution: the consequences of conflicting interpretations of norms / Alison Dundes Renteln
- Constructing an Islamic institute of civil justice that encourages women's rights / Marie Egan Provins
- Building a bridge: lessons learned from family mediation training for the Hmong community of Minnesota / James R. Cohen.


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Volvo I-Shift Synthetic Transmission Fluid to Maximize the Potential Fuel Economy Benefits
A completely synthetic SAE 75W-80 transmission oil is designed specifically for Volvo I-Shift automated manual gearboxes. I-Shift transmission oil is certified for drain intervals up to 500,000 miles depending on the vehicle and application. All Volvo-powered trucks designed for the North American market now come standard with Volvo I-Shift gearboxes.
The 75W-80 viscosity grade of Volvo Trucks' I-Shift transmission fluid helps preserve fuel economy by reducing viscous churn, better gear meshing, and simpler pumping and filtration, according to Volvo Trucks. Furthermore, the company claims that its high viscosity index enables low-temperature fluidity for faster starts, easier shifts, and less wear during cold start-ups, while simultaneously producing powerful lubricating coatings at higher temperatures.
Volvo transmission fluid also optimizes friction properties for smooth and rapid gear shifting, reducing stress on the driveline and tires, while shear stability and load carrying capacity help maintain effective viscosity and film strength for better wear protection under all operating conditions, according to the company. According to Volvo, the transmission fluid has thermal durability and oxidation resistance, which helps prevent deposit formation and adds to long seal life and oil drain intervals.
Let's have a look at some of the features of Volvo I-Shift Transmission Fluid:
- Designed to provide the optimal frictional reactions, material compatibility, and viscosity grade for improved fuel efficiency and fluid durability.
- Reduced viscous churn, smoother gear meshing, and simpler pumping and filtering all contribute to increased fuel economy.
- Better protection for heavy loads: Whether you're transporting massive machinery across the nation or navigating rough roads with loaded trailers, Volvo I-Shift Transmission Fluid protects against early wear.
- Shear stability, load bearing capability, thermal durability, and oxidation resistance are all optimized.
- Improved fuel economy: I-Shift Transmission Fluid reduces viscous churn, resulting in smoother gear meshing, easier pumping, and improved filtering, all of which contribute to improved fuel economy.
- Quicker starts, simpler shifts, and less wear are all advantages during cold starts. The viscosity index of I-Shift Transmission Fluid is high, which indicates it will flow easily regardless of temperature.
- Excellent thermal and oxidation stability: Protects against sludge, varnish, lacquer, and hazardous deposit building in important transmission components by being formulated for high temperature performance and superior oxidation resistance.
- Fewer deposits: I-Shift Transmission Fluid has outstanding thermal durability and oxidation resistance, reducing deposits. As a consequence, longer drain intervals and increased seal life are feasible.
- Volvo I-Shift Transmission Fluid is designed to reduce friction, reduce driveline stress, and improve fuel economy, resulting in smoother and faster shifting.
- With Volvo I-Shift Transmission Fluid, you can extend fluid drain intervals up to 500,000 miles / 60 months, which means longer uptime and lower total cost of ownership.
- Furthermore, Volvo claims that the transmission fluid has excellent thermal endurance and oxidation resistance, which helps to prevent deposit development and adds to long seal life, as well as longer oil drain and service intervals.
- This is the ideal transmission fluid for the Volvo I-Shift, which is currently standard on all Volvo-powered trucks.
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The 75W-80 viscosity grade of Volvo I-Shift transmission fluid helps it keep its fuel economy benefits by reducing viscous churn, better gear meshing, and simpler pumping and filtration. Volvo claims that the high viscosity index provides for excellent low-temperature fluidity, resulting in faster starts, easier shifts, and less wear during cold start-ups, while also delivering strong lubricating coatings at higher temperatures.
SAE 75W-80 I-Shift Fully Synthetic Transmission Lubricant is a premium full synthetic, heavy-duty, automated manual transmission fluid designed exclusively for Volvo I-Shift and Mack gearboxes.
SAE 75W-80 I-Shift Fully Synthetic Transmission Fluid is a premium heavy-duty automated manual transmission fluid with excellent fluid shear stability and exceptional frictional qualities for smooth, uncomplicated shifting. The high-performance additives offer excellent rust and corrosion resistance while being compatible with a wide range of ferrous and yellow metals. Get it today!


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This was written in response to the Daily Athenaeum article, "Ending our dependence on paper will better the environment."
Last Wednesday, The Daily Athenaeum published an editorial urging West Virginia University to go paperless as a response to the devastating impact paper production has on the environment. While paperless is ideal, it is not realistic. There is however a way to make paper that doesn't use wood. Paper can be made from a renewable, cheap, and fast growing resource; hemp.
The USDA reported that one acre of hemp produces as much paper as four acres of trees. And unlike trees, hemp can be harvested annually. Hemp paper can also be recycled several times over (wood-based paper can't).
The North American Industrial Hemp Council reports that hemp paper is pulped using less chemicals than wood. Traditionally, the process of turning wood pulp into paper necessitates the use of whiteners such as chlorine and bleach, which contaminate local water supplies. Wit
Students for Sensible Drug Policy agrees that using electronic means to deliver coursework is a great forward-thinking idea. We all should be willing to work towards that goal, which will no doubt reduce paper waste at West Virginia University. However, a completely paperless university could never exist, and the problem of where our paper comes from keeps coming up. We need to look for more sustainable, and more environmentally friendly sources. It's time for West Virginia to seriously consider hemp.
Make sure to leave comments on the original article on the Daily Atheneaum's website! Ending our dependence on paper will better the environment
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Marva - Meaning of Marva
What does Marva mean?
Meaning of the name MarvaMeaning of the name Marva
[ 2 syll. mar-va, ma-rva ] The baby girl name Marva is pronounced as MAARVaa- †. Marva is used mostly in the English language, and its language of origin is Aramaic, Old French, and English. From Old French roots, its meaning is miracle. Its meaning is derived from the element'merveille'.
In addition, Marva is a derivative of the English, German, Greek, and Scandinavian name Martha.
Marva is also a derivative of the English name Marvina.
The English Marvella, the English Marvina, and the English Marvis are derivatives of the name. Another variant of Marva is the English pet form Marvie.
Marva is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked modestly in 1936 with 0.032% of baby girls being given the name Marva. Its ranking then was #334. The baby name has since markedly declined in popularity, and is currently of sporadic use. Among all girl names in its group, Marva was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2012.
Baby names that sound like Marva include Maarva, Manroop, Marav, Marfa, Marvie, Maurvi, Mayrav, Merav, Merphy, Merva, Morfudd, Murfi, Murfie, Murfy, Murphee, Murphey, Murphi, Murphie, Murphy, and Manerva.
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Construction paper (sugar paper) is a tough, coarse, coloured paper. The texture is slightly rough, and the surface is unfinished. Due to the source material, mainly wood pulp, small particles are visible on the paper's surface. It is used for projects or crafts.
The origin of the term "sugar paper" lies in its use for making bags to contain sugar. It is related to the "blue paper" used by confectionery bakers from the 17th century England onwards; for example, in the baking of Regency ratafia cakes (or macaroons).
The term "construction paper" was associated with the material in the early 20th century, although the general process for creating the paper began in the late 19th century when industrialized paper production and synthetic dye technology were combined. Around that time, construction paper was primarily advertised for classroom settings as an effective canvas for supporting multiple drawing mediums. The process for creating the paper involved a machine oriented process that exposed the paper to dyes while it was still pulp, resulting in a thorough distribution and brilliance of colour. The primary dyes involved in producing construction paper were abundant until Germany, the main producer of aniline for dyes at the time, became involved in World War I and ceased its exports. The shortage marked a period in which construction paper was created using substitute colouring methods.
One of the defining features of construction paper is the radiance of its colours. Before the methodology behind construction paper's colouring was introduced, most paper was coloured by pigments and vegetable oil, which had weaker staining capabilities. Synthetic dyes were later developed, which provided a wider range of colours, stronger dyeing strength, and had lower costs. However, the colours given by synthetic dyes tend to fade over short periods of time, an effect often seen in construction paper, noted by greying colours and brittleness.
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Raising the Dead: Bringing Ghosts to Life, October-December 2007
How do you commission portraits of species the world has dismissed as extinct, species no one has seen in decades? That was the conundrum we at Bay Nature faced when it came time to solicit illustrations to accompany Presumed Extinct: Lost Species of the Bay Area.
To reanimate these lost species, Bay Nature tapped the minds and resources of natural history museums, herbaria, universities, and state and federal agencies throughout the country. With their invaluable help, and the unflagging efforts of their predecessors—the naturalists that braved Bay mud, house cats, and swarms of gnats on the road to discovering these species—we were able to fill in the puzzle pieces necessary to breathe life into the nine plant and animal species featured in Presumed Extinct. From there, the Bay Nature editorial staff worked closely with illustrator Devin Cecil-Wishing to turn back the clock 20, 50, sometimes 100 years or more to a time when these plants and animals were still clinging to survival.
In the case of the Strohbeens' Parnassian and lotis blue butterflies, Bay Nature looked to the collections of Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology and New York's American Museum of Natural History for digital photographs of specimens dating as far back as 1879. Devin was able to turn those pinned specimens into lifelike butterflies with guidance from U.C. Davis Professor Arthur Shapiro, author of the new Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions(UC Press).
The biggest difficulty Devin faced with the butterflies was ensuring the nondescript Strohbeen's Parnassian wasn't overshadowed by its showy host plant, the vibrant western bleeding heart. "The Parnassian was tricky," he says, "trying to keep the attention on the butterfly. You have this dull beige butterfly on an incredibly bright pink flower. It was a trick to keep people from focusing [too much] on the flower."
For the thicktail chub and Clear Lake splittail, we relied on a hybridization of preserved specimens (from Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology and the California Academy of Sciences) with photographs of similar-looking fish species, the tui chub, Chihuahua chub, and Sacramento splittail. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ecologist Robert Leidy and U.C. Davis fisheries biologist Peter Moyle helped us navigate the murky waters that make these species unique, a tall order considering the wan, sickly orange specimens we had to work with. "Frankly, given the species is extinct," Moyle quipped, "you have quite a bit of latitude on color!" Leidy reminded us that he was about two years old when the last thicktail chub was caught in the Delta. "I am not sure anyone knows what they look like alive," he said. "You'll have to wait until I find one to be sure!"
The sooty crayfish was resurrected from the terse text of its original description—"color blackish"—coupled with several taxonomic keys, a single pre-1958 black and white photograph, some pickled specimens from the Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology (the sooty's type specimen was lost in the great 1871 Chicago Fire), and photographs of its state and federally endangered cousin, the Shasta crayfish. Since the sooty was last seen in the late 1800s, Leidy, Brigham Young University's Keith Crandall, Carnegie Museum of Natural History's James Fetzer, and the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences' Ray Bouchard helped us figure out what made the sooty crayfish so "sooty."
Despite its obscurity and small size, the San Francisco horseshoe shrimp was one of the easier subjects to illustrate. With the original description at hand, together with a sketch by shrimp-seeker Rich Mooi (featured in the new book,
Animals of San Francisco Bay: A Field Guide to Its Common Benthic Species) and photographs and illustrations of other cephalocarids, Devin was able to illustrate the San Francisco horseshoe shrimp larger than life without getting his hands dirty.
In the wildflower department, Devin was fortunate enough to be able to view the Pitkin Marsh Indian paintbrush "in the flesh" (it is the only species we covered that survives in captivity). This paintbrush survives today at the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley due to the foresight of botanists in the field who were forced to stand by as the last few paintbrushes faded into extinction.
In anticipation of this incipient extinction, Larry Heckard of the Jepson Herbarium developed tissue cultures of the remaining plant as part of an eventual effort to reintroduce the species back into the wild. To date, researchers have successfully hybridized the Pitkin Marsh Indian paintbrush with another related species of paintbrush, but plans for reintroduction have yet to be realized.
With the cooperation of the botanical garden curator Holly Forbes, Devin was able to time his visit to catch the Pitkin Marsh Indian paintbrush in bloom. "It was a trip to think that this was the last one," says Devin, "and they were wheeling it out for me!" Restorationist Rocky Thompson, who participated in eleventh hour protection efforts for the last wild plants, lent us a critical eye before Devin put the finishing touches on the paintbrush painting.
The phantom Palo Alto lost thistle was revegetated with the help of California Polytechnic botanist David Keil and California Department of Fish and Game botanist Mary Ann Showers. With so little to go on, both deferred to the original 1918 type description (in Latin) and the Harvard University Herbaria's pressed holotype specimen upon which the description was based, as well as theFlora of North America's key to the Asteraceae family.
The closest we came to a charismatic megafauna species (and the species Bay Nature staff grew most fond of) was our neighborhood Berkeley kangaroo rat. The k-rat was appropriately realized through another hybridization of photographs, this time between general k-rat photos and East Bay Regional Park District biologist Joe DiDonato's photographs of his presumed extant Berkeley kangaroo rats from Ohlone Regional Wilderness. DiDonato and k-rat hunter Gary Beeman helped us refine the morphological features specific toberkeleyensis; the genetic makeup we'll leave to the experts.
From the project's inception, Devin worked hard not only to recreate these species, but also to create a sense of their place—or, rather, their placelessness—in history. "One thing I'm drawn to in general is older natural history paintings like Audubon's. I was trying to get an old-timey feel, like these animal may be gone, to evoke a mysterious quality to the project."
All of the illustrations were done in oil on gessoed wood panels. Starting from the reference material we provided, Devin made line drawings of each species to determine layout and proportions. Since capturing the right colors was critical, Devin relied on a digital trick, scanning each sketch to a digital file that he could print out and paint on, over and over if need be, until he hit upon the right color combinations. Once the preliminary color sketches were approved by Bay Nature and our host of on-call experts, Devin went back to the drawing board—literally—starting each illustration from scratch on individual wooden panels. Each panel was prepared with gesso, a painting surface consisting of plaster of Paris and glue. Then Devin took his original pre-scan sketches and transferred them to panels using carbon graphite paper. From there, it was simply a matter of painting the final portraits using his sketches as guides.
In addition to the above-mentioned experts, special thanks are also in order to the following individuals and their institutions who helped us acquire the necessary type and non-type specimen photos, historical literature and background material, species descriptions and illustrations, and taxonomic keys critical to the background research that went into both the article and the illustrations: Karsten E. Hartel, Ardis Johnson, Van Wallach, Phillip Perkins (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University), David Grimaldi (American Museum of Natural History), Richard Arnold (Entomological Consulting Ltd.), Margriet Wetherwax (Jepson Herbarium), Jerry Powell (University of California, Berkeley/Essig Museum of Entomology), Jon Fong (California Academy of Sciences), Drew Murphy (University of Nevada, Reno), and Robert Preston (Jones & Stokes).


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What: Beta Vulgaris (Beet) Root Extract is an extract of the roots of the beet, a plant in the Chenopodiaceae family. It is best known in its numerous cultivated varieties, the most well known of which is probably the red or purple root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet (Wiki). Beets provide a good source of anthocyanadins, natural antioxidants that contribute to its deep red color, a natural source of vitamins and minerals.
The color of red/purple beet root is due to a variety of betalain pigments, unlike most other red plants, such as red cabbage, which contain anthocyanin pigments. Beet extract is often used for a nice red color in cosmetics and other cosmetic products. Some of the betalains in beets are betanin, isobetanin, probetanin, and neobetanin (the red to violet ones are known collectively as betacyanin). Other pigments contained in beet are indicaxanthin and vulgaxanthins (yellow to orange pigments known as betaxanthins). Indicaxanthin has been shown as a powerful protective antioxidant for thalassemia, as well as prevents the breakdown of alpha-tocopherol (Vitamin E) (Wiki).
Products Found In: hair color and bleeching, facial moisturizer/treatments, anti-aging, acne treatemetn, toners, astringents, masks, shampoo, exfoliant/scrubs, moisturizers, lip balms (EWG).
Alternative Names: Beet Extract, Rote Beete -Extrakt, Rote Rübe, Beetroot Red, Extractum Radicis Betae Vulgaris.


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Water formation by reaction of H2 and O on silicate surfaces as a first step towards generation of interstellar ice mantles is possible thanks to the activation of H2 due to interacting with Fe2+ ions and accelerated by quantum tunnelling effects
Water is the most abundant molecule in the solid state of the interstellar medium, and its presence is critically important for life in space. Interstellar water is thought to be effectively synthesised by reactions occurring on the surfaces of interstellar grains, as gas-phase reactions are not efficient enough to justify its high abundance. In the present work, DFT simulations have been performed to investigate the formation of interstellar water through the O + H2 → H2O reaction on olivinic silicate surfaces that contain Fe2+ cations. The surfaces have been modeled adopting both periodic and cluster approaches. This study focuses on: (i) the stability of the surface models as a function of the electronic states (i.e., quintuplet, triplet and singlet) arising from the presence of the Fe2+ centers, (ii) the adsorption of H2 on the silicate surfaces and its likely activation due to the Fe2+/H2 interactions, and (iii) characterising the energy profiles of the H2O formation reaction complemented with kinetics that include tunneling effects. The results indicate that quintuplet is the most stable electronic state in all the bare surface models. H2 adsorption, however, does not show a clear trend on the relative stabilities of the H2/surface complexes with the electronic states, which is in general more favourable on singlet state surfaces. Finally, reactions simulated on the periodic surfaces show elementary high energy barriers but the reaction is kinetically feasible (considering the long lifetime of interstellar clouds) due to the dominance of tunnelling. In contrast, in the nanocluster models, tunneling effects cannot contribute due to the presence of endoenergetic elementary steps. It is predicted that the reactions on the nanoclusters are only possible if the energy released during the adsorption of the O atom is used to overcome the energy barriers.
This work has been published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021
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Rev Julian Mann: How many police officers does it take to arrest a vicar who sticks to theological orthodoxy?
The question that arises from the claim by a British values monitor on BBC Radio 4 that 'if you speak it (the opinion that homosexuality is wrong) out loud, you might be breaking the law' is this:
If speaking against homosexual practice did become illegal in Britain, what should happen to individuals who transgressed?
Or, to put the question another way, how many police officers should be deployed in an arrest against, for example, an Anglican vicar who preached on 1 Corinthians 6v9-11 in his church?
At what time of the day should, say, 13 police officers enter the vicarage?
Should the BBC be informed in advance of the arrest and a helicopter deployed?
And what should happen to the offender? How many hours of diversity training should he be subjected to in his cell?
And should he be allowed access to a Gideon Bible whilst in custody or indeed whilst he was on parole?
These are surely pressing questions that cannot be avoided in the light of recent developments in the administration of British criminal justice.
TCW readers must judge for themselves from their own reading of the New Testament whether it allows sex outside heterosexual marriage for Christians. The judgement of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer in its Solemnisation of Matrimony is that it does not, describing extramarital sex as 'fornication'.
Some Anglicans may consider that the insights of 'recent scholarship' should lead the Church of England to revise its doctrine on this question. But given that such revision goes against the plain meaning of the Bible, such an approach would involve imposing an extra-biblical authority on the Church.
For those Anglicans who agree with the historic teaching of the Church of England that the Bible is the supreme and final authority in matters of faith and conduct, the criminalisation of verbal opposition to homosexual practice would certainly broaden their experience of modern British policing.
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The answer may help you absorb more nutrients from snacks and meals
Q: Do I need to soak nuts, seeds, and grains before eating them to remove anti-nutrients?
A: Soaking these foods in water for 12 is 24 hours is a common strategy to reduce their phytic acid content. Phytic acid is often pitched as a nutrition boogey man of sorts, preventing the absorption of key nutrients with growth-stunting consequences in third-world countries. What is interesting about phytic acid is that despite its "anti-nutrient" properties, the only thing it might be is a nutrition boogey man after all. Let's explore...
Phytic acid is how certain grains "store" phosphorus and can make up as much as 7 percent of the dry weight of seeds and cereal grains. We can't digest phytic acid because our bodies lack the necessary enzymes to break it down, and when it enters our digestive system, it can potentially cause problems.
The acid has the strongest affinity to multivalent metal ions (high school chemistry flashback alert!). In layman's terms, that means it likes to bind to essential minerals such as calcium, zinc, iron, and magnesium, forming an insoluble compound that is poorly absorbed by your GI tract. Hence, deficiencies in these essential minerals could happen.
However, nuts, seeds, and cereal grains are not the only sources of these nutrients, and most often they aren't even a key contributor in your diet. The major sources of iron, calcium, magnesium, and zinc for most Americans are:
Iron: Red meat, seafood, nuts, dark green vegetables
Calcium: Dairy, dark green vegetables, beans
Magnesium: Spinach, nuts, and seeds (I recommend supplementing with extra magnesium anyway)
Zinc: Seafood (shellfish), meat, nuts
If you follow a diet that restricts some of the above food groups, such as a vegetarian or vegan diet, or you live in an area where getting in the bare minimum of essential nutrients is the major focus of your diet, then soaking your nuts, seeds, and cereal grains is probably warranted in order to free the essential minerals from the indigestible grips of phytic acid.
Otherwise, I'd skip the soaking. It is an unnecessary extra step and despite all the bad PR phytic acid gets, it has some potential health benefits. Research in animals shows that phytic acid can decrease risk factors for heart disease such as cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Its ability to bind with iron may be a benefit, as iron is a pro-oxidant and excessive levels can have negative effects on your health. Preliminary research also shows that it can stop growth of certain breast cancers.


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Religion and Economics: Trust, Hell, and Keep it Minimal
Robert Barro, an economist at Harvard, and his wife, Rachel McCleary have returned to the question of the Weber thesis with rigorous statistical analysis, a pop article has some of their conclusions.
They found that the trust generated by a close knit community makes more money (and that is why the financial scandals have sent such a shiver in the community). Hell is a better motivator to attend services than theism, mere belief in God does not give enough incentive to waste time on religion. Long term literacy and skills raise income. And one need a certain ideal type of hell-less theism to create the world of Silicon Vally.
Does this explain why learning Torah is an activity that many value but don't spend much time on? Since most Modern Orthodox don't have a clear sense of hell, do they have a sense of punishment that keeps 'em coming or is that why the community seems minimal at times. Is the tight knit social grouping all that is actually valued? What other applications does their reach have for the practices of the Jewish community?
Most strikingly, if belief in hell jumps up sharply while actual church attendance stays flat, it correlates with economic growth. Mere belief in God has no effect one way or the other. Meanwhile, if church attendance actually rises, it slows growth in developing economies.


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Form and Size:
The leafy stems of sweet William are 18 – 28 inches long. The flower head is daisy-like with fringed petals protruding out from a center disc. There are many blooms that cluster tightly together on one stem.
5 – 10 days
Remove any leaves from the bottom of the stem that will fall below the water line, cut stems under water and place in fresh water with flower food.
History and Usage:
A member of the Caryophyllaceae (pink) family, sweet William originated in southern Europe. Its botanical name comes from the word "di" which is Greek for of Zeus or Jove and "anthos" which is Greek for flower. There are various stories that attempt to explain how it got its popular name. One story states that the name came from the word "oeillet" which is French for eye. This is in reference to the eye of the flower, which is often a different color than the petals. It was then shortened to "Willy" and then in English, William. Another explanation states that it is named that in honor of St. William or William Shakespeare.
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Relatives of sweet William include carnation, babies breath, silene, chickweed and snow-in-summer. To Victorians, sweet william represents childhood, memory, gallantry, finesse and dexterity.


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The attractive or repulsive interaction between any two charged objects is an electric force. … The magnitudes of the forces are then added as vectors in order to determine the resultant sum, also known as the net force. The net force can then be used to determine the acceleration of the object.
What is net force explain with an example?
The total sum of forces acting on a body is known as net force. Eg. If the wheels of a car push it with a force of 5 newton and drag it 3 newton the net force is 3 newton.
What is the formula for force of attraction?
The mathematical formula for gravitational force is F=GMmr2 F = G Mm r 2 where G is the gravitational constant.
What is net force Class 9?
The net force is the force which is the sum of all the forces acting on an object simultaneously. Net force can accelerate a mass. Some of the other forces act on anybody either at rest or motion.
What is a real life example of net force?
You are walking : You are exerting a net force on the road with your feet and the road as a result of friction exerts and equal and opposite force which helps you to walk.
What is G in F MG?
F=mg – F is force, m is mass, g is acceleration due to gravity. It would be mass (m) times gravity (g) = Force (F) According to Newton's Law of Univeral Gravitation – Gravitation is the force that attracts objects toward each other.
What is value of g in physics?
In the first equation above, g is referred to as the acceleration of gravity. Its value is 9.8 m/s2 on Earth. That is to say, the acceleration of gravity on the surface of the earth at sea level is 9.8 m/s2.
What is the use of coulombs law?
The Coulomb's law equation provides an accurate description of the force between two objects whenever the objects act as point charges. A charged conducting sphere interacts with other charged objects as though all of its charge were located at its center.
What is net force 8th grade?
The net force acting on an object is the combination of all of the individual forces acting on it. If two forces act on an object in opposite directions, the net force is the difference between the two forces. … If two forces act on an object in the same direction, the net force is the sum of the two forces.
What is an example of friction speed and net force in your life?
The driver plants his foot on the accelerator and with the force applied by the engine, the car starts accelerating. But the faster it goes, the more friction there is. The wind pushes harder against it, the friction in the drivetrain increases. So the net force applied by the engine decreases.
What are 10 examples of balanced forces?
Examples of balanced forces:
- The weight of an object and the normal force acting on a body are balanced. …
- A car that is pushed from opposite sides with equal force. …
- A lizard on a wall in a vertical position. …
- A ball hanging by a rope. …
- A weighing balance where the weight in both of the pans is exactly equal.


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- Create your own unique papers
- Learn the process of simple papermaking with ingredients found around the home and outdoors.
- Be inspired by the possibilities as you create alongside of others
- Use the equipment provided to make your creations.
Saturday, September 19
10 am - 3:30 pm
6724 - 86 St, Edmonton
- Create about 10 - 15 unique pieces of paper out of recycled watercolor paper, fabric, and "fluffy" seeds (from a choice of thistle, cattail, fireweed, foxtail, poplar, down feathers, onion skin).
- All supplies are included, including some infusions (i.e. pressed leaves and flowers)
- Help create the 6 vats of pulp in the morning at 2 meters apart
What to bring:
- a mask for when we are creating the paper in the afternoon
- a bag lunch or plan on going to the nearby Tm Hortons for the hour lunch break.
- (optional) your own infusions