School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, UK, and Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa; Jessica Karalus, MSc, Winnicott Research Unit, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, UK; Merryn Voysey, MBiostat, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, UK; Lucy Willetts, MSc, PhD, Cathy Creswell, DClinPsy, PhD, Winnicott Research Unit, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, UK.
BACKGROUND: Promising evidence has emerged of clinical gains using guided self-help cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for child anxiety and by involving parents in treatment; however, the efficacy of guided parent-delivered CBT has not been systematically evaluated in UK primary and secondary settings.
AIMS: To evaluate the efficacy of low-intensity guided parent-delivered CBT treatments for children with anxiety disorders.
METHOD: A total of 194 children presenting with a current anxiety disorder, whose primary carer did not meet criteria for a current anxiety disorder, were randomly allocated to full guided parent-delivered CBT (four face-to-face and four telephone sessions) or brief guided parent-delivered CBT (two face-to-face and two telephone sessions), or a wait-list control group (trial registration: ISRCTN92977593). Presence and severity of child primary anxiety disorder (Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV, child/parent versions), improvement in child presentation of anxiety (Clinical Global Impression-Improvement scale), and change in child anxiety symptoms (Spence Children's Anxiety Scale, child/parent version and Child Anxiety Impact scale, parent version) were assessed at post-treatment and for those in the two active treatment groups, 6 months post-treatment.
RESULTS: Full guided parent-delivered CBT produced superior diagnostic outcomes compared with wait-list at post-treatment, whereas brief guided parent-delivered CBT did not: at post-treatment, 25 (50%) of those in the full guided CBT group had recovered from their primary diagnosis, compared with 16 (25%) of those on the wait-list (relative risk (RR) 1.85, 95% CI 1.14-2.99); and in the brief guided CBT group, 18 participants (39%) had recovered from their primary diagnosis post-treatment (RR = 1.56, 95% CI 0.89-2.74). Level of therapist training and experience was unrelated to child outcome. CONCLUSIONS: Full guided parent-delivered CBT is an effective and inexpensive first-line treatment for child anxiety.
Cogn Behav Ther. 2011;40(3):159-73. doi: 10.1080/_PHONE_.2011.576699. Epub 2011 Jul 20. Guided internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial.
Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. _EMAIL_ Abstract
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has been effectively treated with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in face-to face settings. Internet-delivered CBT could be a way to increase the accessibility and affordability of CBT for people suffering from GAD. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of guided Internet-delivered CBT for GAD in a controlled trial with a wait-list control group. A total of 89 participants were included following online screening and a structured psychiatric telephone interview. Participants were randomized to either an 8-week treatment group (n = 44) or a wait-list control group (n = 45). Treatment consisted of a self-help program based on CBT principles and applied relaxation along with therapist guidance. The main outcome measure was the Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Ratings of clinical improvement and symptoms were included as well as secondary outcome measures dealing with anxiety, depression, and quality of life. Among the treatment group participants, 13.6% did not complete the posttreatment measures. The treatment group showed significant improvement compared with the control group on all outcome measures. Large effect sizes (Cohen's d > 0.8) were found both within the treatment group and between the groups in favor of the treatment on all outcome measures except on a measure of quality of life. *Results at 1- and 3-year follow-up indicated that treatment results improved or were maintained.* The authors conclude that Internet-delivered CBT with therapist support can reduce symptoms and problems related to GAD.
Published last week. Actually investigates and supports CBT therapy through PHYSIOLOGICAL research and the way it changes the brain.
JAMA Psychiatry. 2013 Aug 14. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.234. [Epub ahead of print]
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
IMPORTANCE Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for social anxiety disorder (SAD) is thought to enhance cognitive reappraisal in patients with SAD. Such improvements should be evident in cognitive reappraisal-related prefrontal cortex responses.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether CBT for SAD modifies cognitive reappraisal-related prefrontal cortex neural signal magnitude and timing when implementing cognitive reappraisal with negative self-beliefs.
DESIGN Randomized clinical trial of CBT for SAD vs wait-list control group during a study that enrolled patients from 2007 to 2010.
SETTING University psychology department.
PARTICIPANTS Seventy-five patients with generalized SAD randomly assigned to CBT or wait list.
INTERVENTION Sixteen sessions of individual CBT for SAD.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Negative emotion ratings and functional magnetic resonance imaging blood oxygen-level dependent signal when reacting to and cognitively reappraising negative self-beliefs embedded in autobiographical social anxiety situations. RESULTS During reactivity trials, compared with wait list, CBT produced (1) greater reduction in negative emotion ratings and (2) greater blood oxygen-level dependent signal magnitude in the medial prefrontal cortex. During cognitive reappraisal trials, compared with wait list, CBT produced (3) greater reduction in negative emotion ratings, (4) greater blood oxygen level-dependent signal magnitude in the dorsolateral and dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, (5) earlier temporal onset of dorsomedial prefrontal cortex activity, and (6) greater dorsomedial prefrontal cortex-amygdala inverse functional connectivity.
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Modulation of cognitive reappraisal-related brain responses, timing, and functional connectivity may be important brain changes that contribute to the effectiveness of CBT for social anxiety. This study demonstrates that clinically applied neuroscience investigations can elucidate neurobiological mechanisms of change in psychiatric conditions. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00380731.
Ment Health Fam Med. 2010 Mar;7(1):49-57.
Feasibility of guided cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) self-help for childhood anxiety disorders in primary care.
Creswell C, Hentges F, Parkinson M, Sheffield P, Willetts L, Cooper P.
Clinical Research Fellow.
This study aimed to examine the feasibility of guided CBT self-help in primary care for childhood anxiety disorders, specifically in terms of therapist adherence, patient and therapist satisfaction and clinical gain.Participants were children aged between five and 12 years referred to two primary child and adolescent mental health services (PCAMHSs) in Oxfordshire, UK, who met diagnostic criteria for a primary anxiety disorder. Of the 52 eligible children, 41 anxious children were assessed for anxiety severity and interference before and after receiving CBT self-help delivered via a parent (total therapy time = five hours) by primary mental health workers (PMHWs). Therapy sessions were rated for treatment adherence and parents and PMHWs completed satisfaction questionnaires after treatment completion. Over 80% of therapy sessions were rated at a high level of treatment adherence. Parents and PMHWs reported high satisfaction with the treatment. Sixty-one percent of the children assessed no longer met the criteria for their primary anxiety disorder diagnosis following treatment, and 76% were rated as'much'/'very much' improved on the Clinical Global Impression-Improvement (CGI-I) scale. There were significant reductions on parent and child report measures of anxiety symptoms, interference and depression. Preliminary exploration indicated that parental anxiety was associated with child treatment outcome. The findings suggest that guided CBT self-help represents a promising treatment for childhood anxiety in primary care.
Wish I had full text for this one which is specifically for "personality disorders." Heh, looks like it's published next month. These are so fresh.
Psychol Psychother. 2013 Sep;86(3):262-79. doi:
10.1111/j.2044-8341.2011.02060.x. Epub 2012 Feb 20.
Three-week inpatient Cognitive Evolutionary Therapy (CET) for patients with personality disorders: Evidence of effectiveness in symptoms reduction and improved treatment adherence.
Prunetti E, Bosio V, Bateni M, Liotti G.
Casa di Cura Villa Margherita, Vicenza, Italy Scuola di Psicologia Cognitiva S.r.l., Rome, Italy Associazione Psicologia Cognitiva, Rome, Italy.
Objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Cognitive Evolutionary Therapy (CET) in an intensive short residential treatment of a wide range of severe personality disorders (PDs) that resulted in a reduction


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I'm trying to partition a network into one or more parts based on a set of critical vertices. I've got code that I believe solves my problem (at least, it has for the cases I'm interested in), but for the sake of ensuring correctness in general, I'm looking for the name of what I'm doing from graph theory, or even a reference on an equivalent algorithm or process.
The input network is a directed graph with a single source and sink vertex. The resultant partitions must have the same property as the original (directed graphs, single source vertex, single sink vertex), with the additional requirement that each partition should only have two vertices that are in the critical set, and they must be the initial and terminal vertices.
If the source and sink are the same vertex, the resultant sub-graph would contain a cycle. Existing code is available to detect and remove such cycles..
In this case a diagram is worth 1000 words, I've drawn up a simple graph, the colored vertices represent the critical vertices, and the dotted lines are the partitions of the graph.
In this case, the intention is to find any possible partitions between 1-1, 1-3, 1-7, 3-1, 3-3, 3-7, 7-1, 7-3 or 7-7. Only the partitions 1-3, 3-3 and 3-7 actually exist (see image below). Additionally, because the 3-3 partition is invalid, the graph has been relabeled to remove the inconsistancy.
If it helps, my python-eque psuedocode works by performing a series of forward and backward graph traversals to identify all of the possible partitions.
def graphTraversal(graph,srcid,endids): ''' Given a graph, start a traversal from srcid, stopping search along a branch any time a vertex is in endids. Return the visited subgraph ''' closed = set() open = set([srcid]) while len(open)!= 0: i = open.pop() for j in graph.succ(i): if (i,j) not in closed: if j not in endids: open.add(j) closed.add( (i,j) ) return = graphFromList(closed) def findAllValidPartitions(graph,srcids): res = for n in srcids: g2 = graphTraversal(graph,n,t) g2rev = reverseEdgesInGraph(g2) for s in srcids: g3 = graphTraversal(g2rev,s,t) g3rev = reverseEdgesInGraph(g3) g3rev = removeCycles(g3rev,s) if len(g3rev.E) > 0: res.append(g3rev) return res

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January 5, 2012 -
A cold-related die-off of manatees in early 2011 set the stage for a third straight year with high numbers of deaths for the species. Biologists with the research arm of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) documented 453 manatee carcasses in state waters in 2011.
During the past three years, biologists documented the highest levels of cold-related manatee deaths, with the "cold stress" category accounting for 112 in 2011, 282 in 2010 and 56 in 2009. In the previous five years, cold stress accounted for an average of 30 manatee deaths per year.
The total number of reported manatee deaths in 2011 was the second-highest on record. Biologists documented a record 766 manatee deaths in 2010 and recorded the third-highest total of 429 in 2009.
"We are concerned about the number of manatee deaths the past three years, including those resulting from exposure to cold weather," said Gil McRae, director of the FWC's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. "Over the next few years, we will use data from monitoring programs to better understand any long-term implications for the population. We will continue to work with our partners to enhance the availability of natural warm-water sites, which are important habitats for the species' survival," McRae said.
FWC researchers, managers and law enforcement staff work closely together to evaluate mortality data and identify necessary actions. Managers focus on actions that can reduce risks to manatees and protect foraging and warm-water habitats. The FWC's Division of Law Enforcement, in cooperation with partner agencies, uses knowledge of local boating habits, well-posted speed zones and up-to-date manatee information as part of its on-the-water enforcement operations. Informing boaters about manatee conservation and enforcing manatee-protection zones are priorities for the FWC.
To learn more about manatee conservation, go to _URL_.
Florida residents can help manatees by purchasing the manatee specialty license plate, available at county tax collectors' offices. The funds collected for these plates go directly to manatee research and conservation.
To report a dead or distressed manatee, call the FWC's Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC (3922).
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Family Activity: Gods in Ancient American Art
Find out more about how the beliefs of ancient American people translated into their works of art. Includes an art-making activity.
Ancient Mesoamerican and Andean region civilizations believed in cults of gods that displayed both human and animal traits. These gods became symbols of the behaviors valued by the people of ancient America.
For example, the god whose body stretches over this Nazca ceramic vessel has a face that is both human and catlike. His spiky fins recall those of a shark or killer whale.
The Nazca people knew that felines and killer whales were fierce predators at the top of the food chain. The ruling Nazca warrior class associated itself with the images and characteristics of these powerful creatures as it expanded and defended Nazca land.
- Cardboard cylinder, such as an oatmeal container
- Choose an animal with whom you share certain qualities. If you like to swim, for example, pick an animal that enjoys the water. If you enjoy running, choose a fast land animal, such as the jackrabbit.
- Use a pencil, watercolors, and paper to create a composition that combines animal traits with your own self-portrait (see example A).
- If you'd like, make an ancient American pot by wrapping your painting around a cardboard cylinder and taping the ends (see example B).
Andean region (n)
territory defined by the Andes Mountains in western South America. It is common to describe as Andean those people who developed complex societies in this vast region, especially those of coastal and upland Peru and Bolivia. The term may also be extended to include the ancient people who lived in present-day Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, and the northern highlands of Chile and Argentina.
geographical area between North and Central America comprised of the modern nations of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and El Salvador as well as the ancient cultures of the Olmec, Teotihuacanos, Maya, and Aztec. The term is used to define the cultural and historical context of the people who have inhabited this area for millennia.


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This course introduces students to the PowerBuilder 9 development environment. Each component of the PowerBuilder 9 IDE is covered in the context of using PowerBuilder to develop GUI-based client/server business applications. A series of written and lab exercises will be used to reinforce the classroom education.
This intensive hands-on course is designed for application programmers responsible for the design and implementation of client/server applications using PowerBuilder 9.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Use the System Tree create workspaces and targets.
- Use the Application Painter to create application objects.
- Use the Window Painter to create windows.
- Use the PowerScript language to write scripts to perform required processing.
- Create user functions and user events.
- Use the Menu Painter to design menus and connect them to windows.
- Use the Database Painter to define extended attributes and manage database tables.
- Use the Query Painter to interactively construct and edit SQL statements.
- Use the DataWindow Painter to create Data Windows and select appropriate presentation styles and data sources.
- Design and test PowerBuilder reports.
- Debug PowerBuilder applications.
- Package a PowerBuilder application for distribution.
Basic knowledge of the Windows operating system. Introduction to SQL, or equivalent experience. Experience in a programming language, such as COBOL, PASCAL, or BASIC.


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MellophoneThe mellophone is a brass instrument that is typically used in place of the french horn in marching bands.
Like the horn, the mellophone has three valves. However, the valves are pressed with the right hand for mellophone, instead of the left for a concert horn. Also, although some of the mellophone fingerings are the same as those of the concert horn, they generally resemble trumpet fingerings more than horn fingerings. Mellophones are typically pitched in the key of F, like concert horns.
The main reason that the mellophone is used in place of the concert horn for marching is the weight of the concert horn, which makes it all but impossible to march with. The mellophone is also a bell-front instrument, so that the sound goes in the direction that the player is facing. This is especially important in drum corps-style marching, in which the audience is typically standing or sitting on only one side of the band. The direction of the bell, as well as the much-reduced amount of tubing (as compared to a concert horn) makes the mellophone look like a large trumpet. In fact, most mellophones use trumpet-style parabolic ("cup") mouthpieces rather than the smaller, lighter, conical ("funnel") mouthpieces used on concert horns.
Although the terms mellophone and marching French horn are often used interchangeably, these are actually two different instruments. The marching French horn is typically larger than the mellophone, plays in the key of B flat, and uses french horn fingerings and mouthpieces.


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|Resources for Teachers|
As a Teacher, you have the ability to make a tremendous impact on waste reduction in the Salinas Valley. You can contribute to your community's efforts to reduce waste by educating your students about the 3RS (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) and by modeling these practices in your classroom.
On this website, you can find information about bringing the highly interactive and informative school assembly program RecycleRama to your school. The Kids Section has lots of great information for your students and plenty of links to curriculum resources for you.
The SVSWA can provide resources to help you start recycling or to improve your current program. We also provide free waste assessments to schools that are interested in saving money and modeling environmentally responsible behavior for their students. Contact us today!
RecycleRama is an exciting show brought to you by the Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority. This 25-minute, highly interactive and informative school assembly program engages the audience, uses multimedia, and incorporates easily accessible learning tools. Recycling starts with our youth...and this inspirational event is perfect way to motivate students to learn about Recycling.
About The Show
"Recyclerama - The Recycling Game Show" is for audiences of all ages, but is specifically geared towards elementary and middle school students.
The show uses visual and oral recognition practices to easily get the message out. Much like call and response, the students are encouraged to answer questions directly related to facts they learned earlier in the show. In the Activity Round, students are asked to correctly identify the recyclable product and match it with its recycled counterpart. This use of tactile props further instills the association and direct correlation between the reusable/reused products.
The show itself is built around a gameshow theme, much like the events one sees on Nickelodeon. High energy and audience participation play integral parts in its success. This is not your ordinary assembly. It is bells, whistles, music and laughter provide education through entertainment; otherwise known as "Edu-tainment".
US EPA Resources for Teachers
These resources will assist you in teaching your students about the waste we generate in our schools, homes, and communitiesâ€"and what we can all do to make a difference! From classroom activities, to starting a school electronics recycling program, these materials will help you and your students learn what we can do to reduce and better manage waste in the world around us. Many of these resources are provided in both English and Spanish.Â
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Provides lesson plans for integrating art and science into the classroom. The link above takes you to a fun project that creates birds from found objects.Â
There's no machinery at The Imagination Factory, and smokestacks don't pollute the air. Instead, we teach children and their caregivers creative ways to recycle by making art. Visitors learn dozens of inexpensive ways to create art and crafts as they help save the environment. The lessons and activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, papier-mache, marbling, crafts, and a special section for holiday art and crafts is featured.Â
Go Fish! Recycled arts lesson plan.
The Green Guide to Recycling Appliances and Electronics
Provides information on recycling appliances and electronics. Source was found by a student who is enthusiastic about recycling. Thank you Marcus!
A Kid's Guide to Recycling
A Kid's Guide to Recycling helps kid's learn why and how to recycle.
Living Green: A Guide to Recycling
Learn how to recycle electronic items.


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Imagine turning carpet waste and old tires into new consumer products
State of California discovers….
Waste carpet and used tires are two of the biggest contributors to growing landfills. How can manufacturers create new products while repurposing these materials consumer use? SafePath Products in Chico, California is doing just that, creating innovative products combining recycled waste tires with waste carpet.
An estimated 4 billion pounds of waste carpet is sent to landfills each year; roughly 300 million tires per year go to the same place in the United States. Of course, California produces a large amount of waste carpet and tire materials.
In California alone, more than 40 million passenger and truck tires per year, a staggering 480,000,000 lbs., are thrown into landfills. Waste carpet comes in at a close second at 390,000,000 lbs. per year.
This creates a massive on already overburdened landfills. Tires alone equal 10,665 Semi-trucks filled each year to the brim. Bumper to bumper, these trucks lined up would extend from Monterey to San Louis Obispo (141 miles). Waste carpet equates to 8,555 eighteen-wheelers, and from end-to-end, would extend from Sacramento to San Mateo (114 miles).
When old carpets are cast-off in landfills, they biodegrade slowly, contributing methane emissions while leaching dangerous chemicals into the soil. Old carpets take up an estimated 3.5% of all landfills in the U.S. Waste tires also trap methane gasses in landfills and create a perfect breeding ground for mosquitos carrying West Nile virus and other harmful diseases. They are also susceptible to tire fires and negative environmental impact.
SafePath Products offers an entire line of transition ramp products made from both recycled carpet and tires. They are also the first company to patent "recycled tire" transition products for the door hardware industry in 1997.
Now they offer the largest selection of American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) transition products in the world. With a unique blend of recycled tire crumb and ground carpet backing (known as PC4), mostly calcium carbonate, SafePath Products offers an extended line of products for the architectural marketplace.
SafePath Products has focused on producing architectural products made from 100% recycled materials for over 23 years. These include flooring transitions on hardwood sports floors and other athletic field applications, made from 100% recycled waste materials.
Entry-Level landing products for the door hardware industry are another example, modifying existing thresholds in commercial and residential projects. These products offer Federal and State Code
Figure 3 These many trucks filled with waste, why?
access compliance for wheelchair ramps and flooring reducers for the building industry. The threshold ramp you see at doors or entranceways most likely came from SafePath Products, located in Northern California.
"Making a trapezoidal product from recycled tires and carpet offers serious challenges", Mr. Timothy Vander Heiden, CEO, said, "The nature of recycled rubber and carpet requires deep attention to detail for the specific tolerances required in our industry."
The true innovation is in creating everyday products made from recycled elements by repurposing waste materials. "Consumers demand high quality merchandise made from recycled materials, and the challenge is to exceed expectations with materials drawn from various waste streams", Vander Heiden said.
As the state of California continues to generate large streams of waste, it is essential that manufacturers like SafePath Products forge ahead
with technical advancements to repurpose these waste materials into value-added consumer products.


Re: Incidence of article with NT names
From: Jonathan Robie (
Date: Thu Jun 17 1999 - 13:05:58 EDT
At 08:38 AM 6/17/99 +0800, Steven Cox wrote:
>Q1. Over this number of samples is there any statistical significance in
>Petros and Satanas?
>(Bearing in mind that Peter often heads the lists of the 12 disciples and
>his name occurs more often on its own in prominence?)
Statistical significance is a concept from sampling statistics. If it is
statistically significant, that means that there really does seem to be a
pattern that goes beyond random noise. In this case, I think it could be
argued that your sample is the same as the universe being explored, so
statistical significance isn't really the relevant question. There *does*
seem to be a pattern here.
What does the pattern mean? Well, I suspect this is the use of the article
to indicate well-known individuals, but I would have to look at each
instance carefully to see if that's true...
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WERA077: Managing Invasive Weeds in Wheat
Statement of Issues and JustificationIn the United States invasive, alien plant infestations may cover over 100 million acres of land and spread rapidly each year. Impacts to U.S. agricultural production are enormous. Invasive weeds currently infest more than 20 million acres of winter wheat in the western U.S, costing producers over $500 million in yield losses annually. Dense infestations of weeds may result in complete crop failure while lower populations decrease yield, increase dockage, and decrease harvesting efficiency. Downy brome (Bromus tectorum) and jointed goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica) remain difficult to manage weeds in many winter wheat production regions. In addition, feral rye (Secale cereale), ryegrass species (Lolium spp.), cheat (Bromus secalinus) and rip gut brome (Bromus diandrus) among other grass species threaten the economic viability of winter wheat production.
A thorough understanding of weed biology, ecology, and genetics is required to develop best management practices for the management of feral rye, annual ryegrass, and other invasive weeds in wheat. Strategies to slow or stop the evolution of herbicide resistance, which can limit the effectiveness of current weed management technologies for many of these species, also need to be developed. Sharing research information and coordinating research and extension efforts among weed scientists (both public and private) in the western U.S. improves understanding of invasive weeds and their management and facilitates the rapid transmission of new knowledge to wheat growers. Currently, management information regarding many of these species is limited, particularly for annual ryegrass and feral rye. The overall goal of this coordinating committee is to develop a networking structure that ultimately ensures that wheat producers have the most accurate, non-biased information possible for economical and sustainable management of invasive weeds in wheat.
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
From an education in chemistry, Lozano-Hemmer's early career in a molecular-recognition lab influenced his conceptual and practical approach to creating art. As early as the 1990s, Lozano-Hemmer worked with custom software and surveillance technologies to create interactive artwork. His work often invites viewers to provide a biometric "snapshot" of themselves—whether their fingerprint, heartbeat, or portrait—that the artist then transforms into a dynamic, collective landscape and representation of both anonymity and community. In the work Pulse Room (2006), a heart-rate sensor records participants' pulses and prompts hundreds of installed lightbulbs to flash in their rhythm; for Zoom Pavilion (2015), facial-recognition algorithms detect viewers and project their images on gallery walls while tracking spatial relationships between viewers and "zooming in" or magnifying the images. For his interventions in public spaces, Lozano-Hemmer transforms facades, plazas, parks, and skylines by adding audiovisual elements that viewers can control. The artist refers to this as "relational architecture," a practice that re-contextualizes viewers' understandings of public spaces and received narratives about them. Works such as Voz Alta (2008) and Border Tuner (2019) utilize massive robotic searchlights and radio or megaphone systems to give the public a platform to, in the artist's words, "self-represent."
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer received his bachelor of science degree in physical chemistry from Concordia University in Montréal, Canada. Major awards include the title of Compagnon des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (2016); Canada Council for the Arts Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts (2015); two BAFTA (British Academy) Awards for Interactive Art (2002, 2005). He has had major solo exhibitions at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico (2020); Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (2019); Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada (2019); Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea (2018); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California (2013); Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (2012); Guggenheim Museum, New York (2009); Barbican Centre, London, England (2009); among many others. He has been awarded public-art commissions at the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (2015); Vancouver Olympics, Canada (2010); Trafalgar Square, London, England (2008); Madison Square Park, New York (2008); Millennium Celebrations in Mexico City (1999), and many more. He was the first artist to represent Mexico at the Venice Biennale, Italy (2007), and his work has been shown in major group and biennial exhibitions worldwide. Lozano-Hemmer lives and works in Montréal, Canada.
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Activity 1:
USA in Three Words
Explore diverse perspectives of the United States.
Show students the approximately two-minute video clip, USA in Three Words. Explain that the people in the video live in foreign countries. Ask students to choose their own three words that they think best describe the United States and explain their rationale. How do student word choices reflect their backgrounds, interests, and hopes for the future?
Ask students to then ask a parent, grandparent (or another person from the same generation), and a third person of their choosing how they would describe America in three words and why. Have students capture the perspectives of these individuals on audio or video, or create some type of visual display showcasing the points of view they've collected. Students should also write an essay that compares and contrasts their own word choices and reasoning with those that they interviewed. Showcase the student work at school and/or online and invite feedback.
Finally, have students contribute the descriptors they've gathered to the USA in Three Words interactive feature.
Additional Resources
How They See Us
Watch slightly extended versions of the interviews excerpted for the "USA in Three Words" video, featuring perspectives from Venezuela, Lebanon, and South Africa. Each video is less than six minutes long.
Ideology, Language, and Labels
Robin Koerner comments on American practices of labeling political ideology.
Related Standards
Source: "Content Knowledge" by McRel (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning)
< 1. USA in Three Words
Explore diverse perspectives of the United States
 2. The Internet's Impact on Political Participation
Investigate how Internet features and culture make political waves.
 3. A Slogan That Captures America's Best Identity
Explore the idea of "place branding" and develop a slogan that captures America's best identity.
 4. American Image Abroad
Develop strategies for improving world opinion of the United States.
 5. Cross-country Rhythms
Explore the relationship between music, history, and culture.
 6. Patriotism and American Identity
Explore the concepts of "patriotism" and "American identity."
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|Affiliation:||United Federation of Planets|
Memory Alpha (also called The Memory Planet) was an inhabited planetoid of the Alpha Quadrant, and was the location of a Federation facility. Its location in the Milky Way Galaxy was shown on a Federation star chart in 2293. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, production art)
Prior to stardate 5725, the Memory Alpha library complex was established on an unnamed planetoid. This complex was an archive of the total cultural history and scientific knowledge of all Federation members. The library was assembled for academic purposes only. No defensive shielding was installed, as the information was available to anyone in the galaxy.
As of 2269, the library complex was an array consisting of five large and seven smaller domes on the surface of the planetoid. Aside from the technicians, the occupants of Memory Alpha varied with the number of scholars, researchers, and scientists from various Federation planets who were using the computer complex at any given time.
In that year, the USS Enterprise was en route to transfer newly-designed equipment to Memory Alpha. Lieutenant Mira Romaine was on her first deep space assignment to supervise the transport from the emergency manual monitor. Before the arrival of the Enterprise, Memory Alpha was attacked by the non-corporeal Zetarians.
While the Zetarians were attempting to take over the bodies of the personnel of Memory Alpha, they managed to cause extensive damage to the complex. The memory core of the computer, called the central brain, was burned out. The energy generator was rendered inoperative. All occupants of the complex died from brain damage caused by resisting the mind control efforts of the Zetarians. After the Zetarians were destroyed, the Enterprise returned to Memory Alpha to begin repairs. (TOS: "The Lights of Zetar")
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According to Michael Okuda: "Based on the size and spacing of the windows, I'd estimate that each of the domes must be similar to the Superdome." also "If you look very closely at the far left dome, you might notice a small blue patch on the top of the dome. That's the Memory Alpha emblem."
According to Star Trek Maps (page 27) Memory Alpha was established for the Federation Centennial celebration and opened to the general public two years later. The library computer was only partially destroyed by the Zetarians and was overhauled after the attack. The resident population is six hundred. According to Star Trek: Star Charts ("United Federation of Planets I"), Memory Alpha was located in the Alpha Quadrant.
The Memory Alpha facility is mentioned in the 1988 novel sequel to "The Lights of Zetar", Memory Prime. Memory Alpha is also referred to in Boogeymen, and research done at the complex was referenced in Demons of Air and Darkness and Captain's Blood. Memory Alpha is mentioned in Losing the Peace.
By 2409, in the game Star Trek Online, the complex expanded to circumnavigate the planetoid. The facility functions as a hub for crafting in the game, used to fabricate more advanced versions of standard items (equipment, weapons and such) as well as data sample storage. Memory Alpha is in the Alpha Centauri sector block, near the Romulan Neutral Zone.


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Mise en place
Mise en place literally "put in place") is a French phrase defined by the Culinary Institute of America as "everything in place", as in set up. It is used in professional kitchens to refer to the ingredients, such as cuts of meat, relishes, sauces, par-cooked items, spices, freshly chopped vegetables, and other components that a cook requires for the menu items that they expect to prepare during their shift.
Recipes are reviewed, to check for necessary ingredients and equipment. Ingredients are measured out, washed, chopped and placed in individual bowls. Equipment such as spatulas and blenders are prepared for use, while ovens are preheated. Preparing the mise en place ahead of time allows the chef to cook without having to stop and assemble items, which is desirable in recipes with time constraints.
It also refers to the preparation and layouts that are set up and used by line cooks at their stations in a commercial or restaurant kitchen.
The concept of having everything in its place as applied to the work in a kitchen is likely to have become a staple around the time of Auguste Escoffier, who is well known for his development of the brigade system of running a kitchen.
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain has often referred to mise en place as his religion.


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FDA Advises Manufacturers to Test Glycerin for Possible ContaminationGlycerin Contaminated with Diethylene Glycol (DEG) Remains a Potential Health Hazard to Consumers
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 4, 2007-The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning pharmaceutical manufacturers, suppliers, drug repackers, and health professionals who compound medications to be especially vigilant in assuring that glycerin, a sweetener commonly used worldwide in liquid over-the-counter and prescription drug products, is not contaminated with diethylene glycol (DEG). DEG is a known poison used in antifreeze and as a solvent. Today, the agency is issuing guidance to industry recommending methods of testing glycerin and other controls to identify any contamination with DEG before use in the manufacture or preparation of pharmaceutical products.
At the present time, FDA has no reason to believe that the U.S. supply of glycerin is contaminated with DEG, though the agency is cognizant of reports from other countries over the past several years in which DEG-contaminated glycerin has caused human deaths. FDA is emphasizing the importance of testing glycerin for DEG due to the serious nature of this potentially fatal problem in combination with the global nature of the pharmaceutical supply chain and problems that continue to occur with this kind of contamination in some parts of the global supply of glycerin.
DEG poisoning is an important public safety issue and FDA is exploring how supplies of glycerin become contaminated. In addition, FDA is working with a variety of manufacturing and pharmacist organizations to raise awareness of this risk and to put into place controls to ensure that this problem does not happen in the U.S. or elsewhere.
The most recent incident occurred in Panama in September 2006 and involved DEG-contaminated glycerin used in cough syrup, which resulted in dozens of hospitalizations for serious injury and more than 40 deaths. In late 1995 and early 1996, at least 80 children died in Haiti due to DEG-contaminated glycerin in acetaminophen syrup. Between 1990 and 1998, similar incidents of DEG poisoning reportedly occurred in Argentina, Bangladesh, India, and Nigeria and resulted in hundreds of deaths. In 1937, more than 100 people died in the United States after ingesting DEG-contaminated Elixir Sulfanilamide, a drug used to treat infections. This incident led to the enactment of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which is the nation's primary statute on the regulation of drugs.
FDA reminds pharmaceutical manufacturers, compounders, repackers, and suppliers, as well as brokers and distributors, that all pharmaceutical manufacturing operations, including the re-packaging and re-labeling of ingredients like glycerin, must conform to current good manufacturing practice (CGMP). The guidance provides recommendations for complying with CGMP and is intended to help manufacturers, compounders, repackers, and suppliers avoid the use of glycerin that is contaminated with DEG and prevent incidents of DEG poisoning.
For a copy of the guidance, go to _URL_
Kimberly Rawlings, _PHONE_
Posted: May 2007


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Chechebsa/ Kita Firfir
Chechebsa (ጨጨብሳ)
Chechebsa is sometimes called (Kita Firfir). It is one of the most popular breakfast dishes in the Ethiopian tradition. Chechebsa starts with preparing a batter that's fried to make a large flatbread called Kita. The kita is then torn into small pieces and is mixed with berbere (spiced red pepper powder) and Niter Kibbeh (spiced butter) until it's a moist and soft mixture. Chechebsa is usually served warm served with hot coffee or chai spiced tea.Ingredients:
 - 1tbsp of oil to prevent sticky pan
 - 1cup of Flour (whole wheat, all purpose, teff, or a mixture of some or all the flours)
 - 1/2tsp Salt
 - 2tsp Spiced red paper powder
 - 4tbspSpiced butter (Nitir Kibbeh)
 1. Heat the pan with the oil on it if
 2. Mix the flour with the salt
 3. Add 1/2 cup water and keep whisking, adding 2 Tbsp more water at a time as needed, and whisking until smooth like a thin pancake batter.
 4. Pour the batter into the hot pan over medium heat. Spread the batter into a single layer to form a large pancake. Cook 2 to 4 minutes or until bottom is lightly browned. Flip the Kita, and cook other side another 1 to 2 minutes or until lightly browned and cooked through. Set the cooked Kita aside for a few minutes, to cool.
 5. Tear the flat bread (Kita) into small pieces.
 6. Melt the butter on a pan and mix it with the spiced red pepper powder.
 7. Add the small pieces of the flat bread to the butter-pepper powder pan and ix thoroughly.
 8. Scoop it to a bowl or plate and serve it with hot tea or hot coffee.
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Book cover for "Think Again"
Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in our rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn.
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant is an expert on opening other people's minds--and our own. As Wharton's top-rated professor and the bestselling author of "Originals" and "Give and Take," he makes it one of his guiding principles to argue like he's right but listen like he's wrong.
His new book is "Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know."
Despite being a physician and a bioethicist, Tia Powell wasn't prepared to address the challenges she faced when her grandmother, and then her mother, were diagnosed with dementia; not to mention confronting the hard truth that her own odds aren't great.
With her book, "Dementia Reimagined," Dr. Powell's goal is to move the conversation away from an exclusive focus on cure to a genuine appreciation of care, what we can do for those who have dementia, and how to keep life meaningful and even joyful.
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London.
In her book, "Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain," she explains precisely what is going on in the complex and fascinating brains of teenagers, namely that the brain goes on developing and changing right through adolescence with profound implications for the adults these young people will become.
You Never Think Alone
Jul 25, 2017
The fundamentally communal nature of intelligence and knowledge explains why we often assume we know more than we really do, why political opinions and false beliefs are so hard to change, and why individually oriented approaches to education and management frequently fail. But our collaborative minds also enable us to do amazing things. This book contends that true genius can be found in the ways we create intelligence using the world around us.
Steven Sloman is a professor of cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences at Brown University. He is the editor in chief of the journal Cognition. Philip Fernbach is a cognitive scientist and professor of marketing at the University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business.


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Great leaders are usually defined by their triumphs—their visionary strategies and smart decisions. But new research suggests that a person's ability to lead may have a lot to do with how he or she deals with mistakes.
In a recent study, researchers found a link between how guilty people feel when they mess up and how well they perform as leaders. Becky Schaumberg, a doctoral candidate at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and co-author of the study, says this is because strong feelings of guilt are associated with a heightened sense of responsibility. "Guilt-prone individuals are really sensitive to their obligations, so they follow through on those duties," she says. Guilt is different from shame, says Schaumberg. In her view, a guilty person focuses on correcting mistakes. People who are ashamed, on the other hand, just beat themselves up. "When people experience guilt, they want to fix the bad thing that they did," she says. "Shame is very self-focused."
In the first of three experiments, researchers asked participants to rank the leadership abilities of hypothetical people on the basis of written personality assessments and responses to a survey that measured feelings of guilt and shame. One survey question, for example, read, "You are driving down the road and you hit a small animal." This was followed by what researchers considered a guilty response ("You'd feel bad that you hadn't been more alert while driving") or an ashamed response ("You would think, 'I'm a terrible person.' "). Participants said the hypothetical people with the most guilty answers made better leaders.
In the second study, participants completed a survey that measured their ability to feel guilt. Then, they split up into groups of four or five to engage in two exercises. In the first, they developed a marketing campaign for an imaginary product development firm. In the next, they were told to pretend a plane had crashed in the desert, and that their group represented the only survivors. Each group was asked to come up with a survival strategy. At the end of the exercises, the participants evaluated their teammates on the basis of leadership qualities. The people who scored the highest on the guilt test were deemed the most capable leaders by their groups.
In the final study, researchers reviewed leadership evaluations of 139 M.B.A. students and then surveyed the students to see how prone they were to feelings of guilt and shame. The students' propensity to feel guilt was highly correlated with how supervisors and peers had ranked their leadership skills.
When hiring managers, ask candidates about how they dealt with and what they learned from mistakes. "The way people express themselves when they mess up is an important cue about how they're going to be in a managerial position," says Schaumberg. Business owners can nurture guilt by creating cultures in which people feel comfortable taking responsibility for their mistakes. Provide opportunities during company meetings for employees to acknowledge, say, a bungled sales presentation and to lay out steps to correct the problem.


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FOLK AND NATION
After these many digressions let us return to Má vlast and witness the outcome of its musico-poetic strategies by comparing the coda of Vltava (Ex. 9-5) with the peroration of Blaník (Ex. 9-6). The former brings the Moldau theme into sudden juxtaposition—or collision—with the explicitly labeled "Vyšehrad Motive," the theme on which the previous poem in the cycle had been built. The castle-rock theme is in a grandiose threefold rhythmic augmentation with respect to the rushing river music that continues beneath it, carrying echoes of the forest fanfares, and so the effect of climactic magnificence is inescapable, even to an audience unaware of the thematic recall. To an audience properly aware, of course, the effect is an ecstasy of českost.
- Citation (MLA):
- Richard Taruskin. "Chapter 9 Slavs as Subjects and Citizens." The Oxford History of Western Music. Oxford University Press. New York, USA. n.d. Web. 18 May. 2013. .
- Citation (APA):
- Taruskin, R. (n.d.). Chapter 9 Slavs as Subjects and Citizens. In Oxford University Press, Music in the Nineteenth Century. New York, USA. Retrieved 18 May. 2013, from _URL_
- Citation (Chicago):
- Richard Taruskin. "Chapter 9 Slavs as Subjects and Citizens." In Music in the Nineteenth Century, Oxford University Press. (New York, USA, n.d.). Retrieved 18 May. 2013, from _URL_


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12:00 - 2:30
Sala de Reuniones Latino/Hispana B - Planta Baja
100 Larkin St.
Earth occupies a unique position as the third planet orbiting our sun. Its orbit occurs in the "Goldilocks Zone" -- a location among the planets of our solar system that is neither too hot nor too cold, but "just right" for water to be liquid most of the time in most places. Earth's temperature, for several billion years, has been "just right" for life to evolve and persist. But this happenstance appears to be changing. Over the past 200 years or so, the Earth's surface and atmosphere have been heating up; this rise in temperature (less than 1 degree Celsius so far) is already having noticeable effects on our planet. Will the temperature continue to rise? How hot will it get? Has it risen this high in the past? How do we know? What other effects are known or predicted to occur as Earth gets hotter? What is causing Earth's surface temperature to rise? Can the rise be stopped? The basic science and scientific methods necessary to determine the answers to these and other questions regarding climate change will be discussed, including topics of uncertainty.
Instructor: Barbara-Ann G. Lewis.
Ms. Lewis is Associate Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, at Northwestern University and a former Environmental Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.
When: Sun, 2/10/2013, 12:15 - 2:30 p.m.
Where: Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room B, Main Library
100 Larkin St.
This free program is co-sponsored by the Business, Science & Technology Center of San Francisco Public Library and the University of the Commons.
Check uotc.org for a complete list of free University of the Commons classes.
List of book titles related to this event that are available at the Library


Surfaceome profiling enables isolation of cancer-specific exosomal cargo in liquid biopsies from pancreatic cancer patients.
Detection of circulating tumor DNA can be limited due to their relative scarcity in circulation, particularly while patients are actively undergoing therapy. Exosomes provide a vehicle through which cancer-specific material can be enriched from the compendium of circulating non-neoplastic tissue-derived nucleic acids. We carried out a comprehensive profiling of the pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) exosomal'surfaceome' in order to identify surface proteins that will render liquid biopsies amenable to cancer-derived exosome enrichment for downstream molecular profiling.
Surface exosomal proteins were profiled in 13 human PDAC and 2 non-neoplastic cell lines by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. A total of 173 prospectively collected blood samples from 103 PDAC patients underwent exosome isolation. Droplet digital PCR was used on 74 patients (136 total exosome samples) to determine baseline KRAS mutation call rates while patients were on therapy. PDAC-specific exosome capture was then carried out on additional 29 patients (37 samples) using an antibody cocktail directed against selected proteins, followed by droplet digital PCR analysis. Exosomal DNA in a PDAC patient resistant to therapy were profiled using a molecular barcoded, targeted sequencing panel to determine the utility of enriched nucleic acid material for comprehensive molecular analysis.
Proteomic analysis of the exosome'surfaceome' revealed multiple PDAC-specific biomarker candidates: CLDN4, EPCAM, CD151, LGALS3BP, HIST2H2BE, and HIST2H2BF. KRAS mutations in total exosomes were detected in 44.1% of patients undergoing active therapy compared with 73.0% following exosome capture using the selected biomarkers. Enrichment of exosomal cargo was amenable to molecular profiling, elucidating a putative mechanism of resistance to PARP inhibitor therapy in a patient harboring a BRCA2 mutation.
Exosomes provide unique opportunities in the context of liquid biopsies for enrichment of tumor-specific material in circulation. We present a comprehensive surfaceome characterization of PDAC exosomes which allows for capture and molecular profiling of tumor-derived DNA.
Allenson K, Alvarez H, Bernard V, Capello M, Castillo J, Gascoyne P, Hanash S, Huang J, Jacamo RO, Javle M, Katz M, Kim DU, Maitra A, Momin AA, Mulu FC, San Lucas FA, Stephens BM, Varadhachary G, Wang H, Wistuba II, Wolff R
Ann. Oncol., 2018, 29 (1)
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Factors Influencing Behaviour
Factors which affect human behaviour are as explained below:
1. Influence of parents - Patenting styles influence the behaviour of children. Some characteristics are inherited by children from their parents, which influence behaviour, such as bravery, anger or aggression. Aggressive parents may influence their children's behaviour. On the other hand, kind parents may transmit kindness to their children.
2. Peer groups - Some behaviour are acquired by individuals from peer groups. These groups are found in schools, at workplaces, clubs and other places where people of the same interest and age meet, who may have different behaviours.
3. Influence of technology - Changes in technology, especially, communication technology, plays a major role in molding the behaviour of people, especially adolescents. Adolescents and children imitate and adopt a lot of things from the internet, videos, television, magazines and books.
4. Lack of employment - When people lack employment, they tend to get involved in improper behaviour such as robbery, rape, theft, drug abuse and smoking bhang
(marijuana) or using some illegal drugs.
Peer Groups


Best Watering and Feeding Tips for a Caribena Versicolor
Native to the island of Martinique, the natural habitat of the Caribena Versicolor are lush green forests and banana plantations, where there is a hot and humid climate all year round. When trying to care for this pet, it can be challenging to find accurate information.
Pet owners may be confused by contradictory facts and statements, leading to them incorrectly handling their pets. Hence, before you decide you want to adopt a Caribena Versicolor, or if you already have one with you, learn more about them to find out how you should care for them.
Suitable Cage Conditions for Your Tarantula
When it comes to cage conditions and humidity requirements, it is challenging to find reliable information. Many swear that a hot and humid condition is all that this tarantula needs to survive, while others stress the need for good ventilation. So, as a new pet owner, it may be challenging for you to ascertain the right cage condition for your tarantula.
While humidity and warm temperature can help this tarantula grow faster, it is best to be careful not to keep your tarantula in overly hot or moist conditions. A well-ventilated cage is required for your tarantula to stay happy.
Just like with most tarantulas, the Caribena Versicolor also does well when kept in room temperature conditions, that is, between 60 F to mid-80 F (20-29 C). To meet the humidity requirements, you can keep a small water bowl in their cage or lightly spray the substrate to dampen it from time to time.
What Should You Feed Your Tarantula?
Small slings prefer pre-killed prey; you can use pinhead crickets, red runner nymphs, or segmented mealworms.
Juvenile and adult tarantulas can handle bigger prey and often love to subdue their prey before eating them. However, depending on the feeder you are using, ensure that it is no bigger than your tarantula.
You can use medium to large-sized mealworms and red runner nymphs, and some medium-sized cockroaches can also be used for this purpose. Some people even feed super worms to their tarantulas. However, supervise the feeding in such cases to ensure that the super worm does not burrow itself in the substrate and attack your tarantula later. Since super worms can bite, it is better to crush their head before using it as a feeder.
For slings, ensure that the feeder is not more than 2/3rds the size of their body. You can drop the feeder onto their webbing or near the opening of their burrow. Adult tarantulas will jump on their prey as soon as they sense them, so it is not an issue.
You can feed your younger tarantulas twice a week, and for adults, you can keep it to once a week or once every ten days. However, it is best to observe your tarantulas to determine their appetite and build an eating schedule.
What Are the Water Requirements of Your Tarantula?
There is a misconception that tarantulas do not need water. But, if you keep a water bowl in your pet's enclosure, you will find that they do use the water bowl occasionally.
Sometimes, it can be challenging for pet owners to find a water bowl that is small enough for an enclosure. In such cases, you can shift your tarantula to a bigger enclosure or find alternative ideas such as using clean tattoo ink pots or inverted Lego bricks as water bowls. You can also keep a live plant inside your tarantula's cage.
Spraying the side of their cage with a mist spray may also do the trick for spiderlings or smaller tarantulas. They can drink the water droplets and stay sufficiently hydrated!
Tarantulas need some special care and attention to keep them happy. However, they are not as high maintenance as other pets out there! It can be challenging to find reliable information sources for tarantulas. Hence, you should always seek advice from those who have experience in raising them.


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Conservation Psychology: Using Psychological Tools to Address Environmental Challenges
What is conservation psychology? According to one definition, it is the scientific study of the reciprocal relationships between humans and the rest of nature, with the goal of encouraging conservation of the natural world. A more interesting question might be why is conservation psychology. Although this may be a more sophisticated audience that understands the need, I still get the question, "What does psychology have to do with environmental challenges?"
A simple answer: Psychology is about human behavior; human behavior has caused the environmental problems we face but will also help us to cope with them. Psychology is about human attitudes; people have strong attitudes, both positive and negative, about the environment and environmental organizations. Psychology is about human health, and human health is powerfully affected by the health of the natural environment. Environmental threats pose both direct and indirect risks to our well-being. Finally, psychology concerns human relationships. Positive social relationships are often nurtured in natural environments, but environmental threats underlie some conflictual relationships as well. Environmental changes will affect our relationships; increased temperatures may increase aggression; limits on environmental resources will foster conflict; and perceived injustice in the distribution of environmental costs will lead to international tension. For all these reasons we need to recognize that environmental conditions are fundamental to psychological phenomena, and also that psychological conditions are fundamental to environmental phenomena.
Psychologists can contribute by investigating the human causes of environmental problems, exploring the human consequences of environmental changes, and encouraging healthy responses to environmental challenges.
A description of human causes must include consideration of population levels, which have increased exponentially in the last century. Human activities would not have the impact they do if there were not so many of us. Although population is not the only determinant of environmental impact, it is a strong one. Environmental impact has been defined as a function of population, affluence, and technology. It is important to recognize that the drive to reproduce does not mean population increases can't be checked. Population growth is affected by factors including gender roles, education levels, and attitudes. Consumption is the other key component of human impact – how much of our environmental resources we deplete by what we buy and how we use it. Consumption is also affected by affluence but also by attitudes and values. Ironically, there is evidence that a materialistic orientation, in which people focus on consumption as a source of self-worth, is associated with lower subjective well-being.
Human consequences include stress, depression, and anxiety associated with environmental threats; an increase in social injustice; and a potential impact on identity when valued places are degraded. Some people will be more vulnerable to threats, while others will be better able to cope, due to both personality factors and demographic variables. Worldwide, the poor are more likely to be affected by environmental problems than are those who are better off, simply by virtue of their physical location along with a lack of resources and political power.
Responses to environmental challenges will be mediated by perceptions of those challenges. Attitudes toward global warming, for example, are strikingly inconsistent with the scientific evidence. People's perceptions are obstructed by confusion, temporal discounting, and the selective use of information. Emotional defenses are also powerful: not only the denial that results from thinking about something frightening, but also a perceived lack of urgency if it is not frightening enough, and defensiveness when people feel that their lifestyle or worldview is being challenged.
Psychologists are well-versed in behavior modification techniques, and there is a wide range of research examining the effectiveness of things like prompts, incentives, feedback, goals, and norms in promoting more sustainable behavior. All of these can be effective in some contexts.
I want to focus today on a more abstract topic whose relevance to conservation may be less apparent, and that is identity. Identities affect our responses to issues: topics that are seen as self-relevant attract more attention and arouse more emotion. We also respond differently when we share an identity with those who are affected, rather than defining them as outsiders.
Identities satisfy basic psychological needs for autonomy, esteem, and connectedness, but they also create needs: we are motivated to defend our identities and maintain them as positive sources of self-esteem. They encourage us to cooperate with similar others (those with whom we share an identity), to try to be like them, and to take action on their behalf. In order to maintain positive identities, we act in ways that present us well to others, and sometimes this can include acting "green." Prius owners, for example, said that their top reason for buying the car was because "it makes a statement about me."
If we adopt something, it becomes part of our identity and we will work to preserve it. The "Adopt-a-Highway" program has used this with great effectiveness to get people to clean up their roadsides.
If we believe that people like ourselves act to protect the environment, we are more likely to do so, and the more like us they are the stronger the influence is. This was demonstrated in the often-cited study by Goldstein, Cialdini and Griskevicius (2008), who found that people staying in a hotel were most likely to reuse their towels when they believed others who had stayed in the same room had done so.
The natural environment can be particularly relevant to identity. Research shows that people have significant emotional experiences in nature, often with close others; they report favoring natural settings for contemplation; and nature serves to fulfill needs for esteem, connectedness, and autonomy. I developed the Environmental Identity (EID) scale to assess individual differences in the extent to which nature was important to people's identity. It has good reliability and has been found to predict environmental attitudes and behaviors in a variety of countries around the world.
I want to briefly describe several projects I'm involved with that in some way try to leverage the concept of identity to encourage pro-environmental behaviors and attitudes. The first explored the relationship among environmental identity, national identity, and environmental concern. Working with Ahmet Kilinc of Ahi Evran University, I surveyed over 800 Turkish citizens and found that national identity was associated with environmental concern and behavior, but the relationship was mediated by EID. This suggests that one possible way to encourage conservation is by linking it to national pride.
In a second project, I am working with Anu Veijalainen to see whether Finnish high school students will be more interested in conservation if they have been given the opportunity to name a new species. Our hope is that naming the species will encourage the students to form an emotional bond and have a feeling of personal ownership that will translate into greater concern.
A third project is being conducted with a consortium of U.S. zoos to see whether a sense of connection to the animals provides an opportunity to motivate conservation behavior among the visitors. We know from previous research that some zoogoers feel a sense of shared identity with the animals, that social groups can create this sense of identity, and that a perception of the animals as similar, as well as a high EID, are associated with support for conservation. Our goal is to facilitate a sense of connection prompted by the zoo experience, and use it to encourage pro-environmental behavior.
This work is rich in psychological theory, but has a practical orientation. Psychologists need to be involved in conservation efforts, because the behavioral causes of our environmental problems imply behavioral solutions, and because environmental problems have psychological impacts. This work is fundamental to the mission of the American Psychological Association: "to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives."


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one of a Native American people living near the Ottawa River in Canada, 1620s, from French Algonquin, perhaps a contraction of Algoumequin, from Micmac algoomeaking "at the place of spearing fish and eels." But Bright suggests Maliseet (Algonquian) elægomogwik "they are our relatives or allies."
Algonquian was the name taken late 19c. by ethnologists to describe a large group of North American Indian peoples, including this tribe. The Algonquin Hotel (59 W. 44th Street, Manhattan) opened 1902 and was named by manager Frank Case for the tribes that had lived in that area. A circle of journalists, authors, critics, and wits began meeting there daily in 1919 and continued through the twenties; they called themselves "The Vicious Circle," but to others they became "The Round Table."
updated on February 23, 2019
Dictionary entries near Algonquin


Academic Alliance grant for development of Mohs surgery AI tool
The Academic Alliance between Maastricht MUMC+ and Radboudumc supports strong collaboration in various areas of patient care, education, and research. The Academic Alliance Fund is designed to stimulate innovation and science within the academic alliance of the two centers.
During the awarded project, Geert Litjens, Daan Geijs, Avital Amir (CPG and Radboudumc), Lisa Hillen, Veronique Winnepenninckx and Nicole Kelleners (MUMC+) aim to improve Mohs surgery with artificial intelligence (AI). Mohs surgery is a precise surgical technique used to treat skin cancer. During Mohs surgery, thin layers of cancer-containing skin are progressively removed and microscopically examined until only cancer-free tissue remains. In the proposed project, a basal cell carcinoma detection algorithm will be adapted to assist the dermatologist with determining if surgical edges are free of cancer. The algorithm will be made available through an app, and a customized smartphone holder will enable users to assess the microscopic images through the camera of their phone. The technique will be validated during a prospective clinical trial in Radboudumc and MUMC+, which will be extended to other peripheral centers.
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Describing Things that Make You Happy
- To identify and describe feelings
- To build vocabulary
Drawing paper and markers or crayons
Read Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells, or any book with happy characters.
Ask children what they do when they are happy. Have them tell you in words and then show you.
(Examples: smile, laugh, giggle, jump up and down, turn around in a circle, clap)
- Read the book.
- Ask children what makes the characters in the story happy.
- Look at the illustrations and talk about the characters' feelings and actions.
- Ask children how they can tell how the characters are feeling.
- Ask children to describe a favorite thing to do at your program and why it makes them happy.
Ask for volunteers, but encourage every child to participate.
- If necessary, prompt children by naming activities you've seen them enjoy.
Write children's names and the activities they mention on drawing paper and have children draw themselves and what makes them happy. Then add text to the pictures as children dictate what their pictures show.
- Proficient - The child clearly says a sentence or two about an activity and explains why it makes them happy.
- In Process - The child tries to talk about an activity, but gets distracted or starts to mumble, making it difficult for most people to be sure what the child is talking about.
- Not Yet Ready - Child does not yet focus on the activity, cannot describe the activity, or speaks inaudibly.
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Excerpted from School Readiness Activity Cards. The Preschool Activity Cards provide engaging and purposeful experiences that develop language, literacy, and math skills for preschool children.


text: Bar straightening is an important work before the bar is applied as qualified products. In this paper, the mechanics of the straightening process is analyzed in detail on the base of conjugate quadric theory. A simulation program is developed with the investigation of straightening process as well. The equations, which describe roll contour curve and the longitudinal section, are given and simulated in computer. And a brief method of designing and drawing the straightening roll contour curve is introduced.


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If you are thinking about adopting a child in Alabama, it's important to have a basic understanding of the steps involved. Adopting a child is one of the most important processes you will go through in life, and knowing what to expect can take away some of the anxiety that can arise.
Before any steps can be taken toward adopting a child, you must make sure that you qualify. In addition to being ready, willing and able to care for a child, Alabama law has certain requirements that must be met before an individual or couple can be allowed to legally adopt, including:
- You must be older than 19-years-old.
- If you are married, you must be married for at least three years.
- You (or your spouse) must be a U.S. citizen.
- You must have proper housing and space for a child.
- You must be healthy enough to care for a child.
- You must go through a thorough background check.
If you meet all of these requirements, you can go on to the procedural steps involved:
1. Fill out and submit the Application to Adopt to the county Department of Human Resources.
2. Attend Group Preparation and Selection (GPS) meetings.
3. Wait for your approval as an adoptive resource by the County Department of Human Resources.
4. Review background information and meet children in pre-placement visits.
5. After a child is placed in your home and lives with you for at least three months you can begin the legal process to adopt in the Probate Court.
6. The adoption is finalized by the court and you begin your future as a family.
As you can see, adoption is a complex legal process in Alabama that the court takes very seriously. Once you have made the decision to adopt, it would be a good idea to meet with a family law attorney who can help you get through the steps as smoothly as possible.
For more general information on Alabama's adoption process and requirements, see the state's Department of Human Resources checklist.


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DSK, the IMF, and the Legacy of Colonialism
What makes the sex scandal so resonant is the way the alleged assailant and victim model larger relationships around the world, starting with the IMF's assault on the poor.
| Mon May 23, 2011 2:58 PM EDT
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.
How can I tell a story we already know too well? Her name was Africa. His was France. He colonized her, exploited her, silenced her, and even decades after it was supposed to have ended, still acted with a high hand in resolving her affairs in places like Côte d'Ivoire, a name she had been given because of her export products, not her own identity.
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Who would ever write a fable as obvious, as heavy-handed as the story we've just been given? The extraordinarily powerful head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a global organization that has created mass poverty and economic injustice, allegedly assaulted a hotel maid, an immigrant from Africa, in a hotel's luxury suite in New York City.
In some accounts, the woman Strauss-Kahn is charged with assaulting in New York is from Ghana, in others a Muslim from nearby Guinea. "Ghana—Prisoner of the IMF" ran a headline in 2001 by the usually mild-mannered BBC. Its report documented the way the IMF's policies had destroyed that rice-growing nation's food security, opening it up to cheap imported US rice, and plunging the country's majority into dire poverty. Everything became a commodity for which you had to pay, from using a toilet to getting a bucket of water, and many could not pay. Perhaps it would be too perfect if she was a refugee from the IMF's policies in Ghana. Guinea, on the other hand, liberated itself from the IMF management thanks to the discovery of major oil reserves, but remains a country of severe corruption and economic disparity.
Pimping for the Global North
There's an axiom evolutionary biologists used to like: "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," or the development of the embryonic individual repeats that of its species' evolution. Does the ontogeny of this alleged assault echo the phylogeny of the International Monetary Fund? After all, the organization was founded late in World War II as part of the notorious Bretton Woods conference that would impose American economic visions on the rest of the world.
The IMF was meant to be a lending institution to help countries develop, but by the 1980s it had become an organization with an ideology—free trade and free-market fundamentalism. It used its loans to gain enormous power over the economies and policies of nations throughout the global South.
It was the IMF that created the economic conditions that destroyed the Argentinian economy by 2001, and it was the revolt against the IMF (among other neoliberal forces) that prompted Latin America's rebirth over the past decade. Whatever you think of Hugo Chavez, it was loans from oil-rich Venezuela that allowed Argentina to pay off its IMF loans early so that it could set its own saner economic policies.
Strangers on a Train
The New York Times reported it this way: "As the impact of Mr. Strauss-Kahn's predicament hit home, others, including some in the news media, began to reveal accounts, long suppressed or anonymous, of what they called Mr. Strauss-Kahn's previously predatory behavior toward women and his aggressive sexual pursuit of them, from students and journalists to subordinates."
The United States has not been short on sex scandals of late, and they reek of the same arrogance, but they were at least consensual (as far as we know). The head of the IMF is charged with sexual assault. If that term confuses you take out the word "sexual" and just focus on "assault," on violence, on the refusal to treat someone as a human being, on the denial of the most basic of human rights, the right to bodily integrity and corporeal safety. "The rights of man" was one of the great phrases of the French Revolution, but it's always been questionable whether it included the rights of women.
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I find it interesting that in the size range of about
3-10 cm, hovering flight seems to have been far easier
to achieve than in larger or smaller animals.
Dragonflies, hawkmoths, hummingbirds, small passerines
Those are actually the larger animals capable of continuous hovering (much larger species can sustain hovering for short bursts. Pandion is probably the largest hovering-adapted living species). Tiny insects can also hover. However, at very small sizes, staying still in the air column will be very difficult if it has any shear gradient at all (i.e. any gusts whatsoever). In addition, the very smallest insects can stay aloft in the air column without the need for energetic hovering as required in the above listed species.
I'm not sure, but small bats don't seem to do it; may have
something to do with the fact that their wings are
attached to the body over a long distance and don't
have sufficient freedom to move.
A fair number of bats hover; mostly nectar feeders.
But from my totally unscientific observations of
living animals, I get the impression that wing
movement during hovering in dragonflies *looks*
different than in hawkmoths, let alone hummers.
Dragonfly hovering is indeed a bit different, partly due to the use of four active wings versus two (hawkmoths mostly hover with the forewings). Still, the basic similarities are there in terms of momentum changes. Dragonflies do have a tendency to rotate sharply in an almost exactly horizontal plane while hovering, though, which seems to be rare in hummers and hawkmoths.
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White Damavand currently offers two Polycarboxylate Superplasticizers: Glesen and Vertex.
Polycarboxylate superplasticizer (PCE) is a major raw material of 'concrete admixtures', which becomes critical element of concrete. PCE was firstly developed over 20 years ago in Japan. PCE can greatly reduce water demand and cement contents by both effects of electrostatic and steric repulsion. PCE also maintains the fluidity of concrete much longer than normally observed with Naphthalene based polymers and Melamine based polymers without excessive retardation.
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Higher water reduction
✓ Delivery Time
Longer slump retention
How does it work?
The main chain of PCE is polyethylene and its graft chain is composed of PEO (polyethylene Oxide) and carboxyl group. Cement particles go through physical adsorption process. At the same time, dispersion draws both electrostatic and steric repulsion and gives PCE high water reduction effect and workability.


Are Cats Protective Of Their Owners?
Are cats loyal to their owners?
Yes, cats are loyal, but they are not as loyal as dogs.
It's something about cats' psychology; unlike dogs, they are autonomous beings.
While they care for you; they don't obey you.
If you keep reading you'll understand that cats love humans in their own complex way..
Do cats know when you cry?
New research has found the first strong evidence that cats are sensitive to human emotional gestures. Moriah Galvan and Jennifer Vonk of Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, US studied 12 cats and their owners.
Are cats sexually attracted to humans?
The only time we seem happy to let our natural odours waft free is during sex. This is why so many cats seem intrigued by human sexual activity. Most are content to remain voyeurs, but a few are intrigued enough by the sounds and smells to investigate more closely. This tends to be disconcerting for owners.
Do Cats Think about their owners?
Yet there's still a lot we don't know about our feline friends—including what they think of their owners. … After observing pet cats for several years, he's come to an intriguing conclusion: They don't really understand us the way dogs do. Bradshaw recently shared some of his insights with National Geographic.
What do cats see us as?
Cat behavior researcher John Bradshaw of the University of Bristol says that cats probably see us as especially clumsy — which most of us are, by cat standards. However, despite legions of Internet memes, they do not see us as foolish inferiors.
Do cats pick a favorite person?
Cats' favoritism is just as unpredictable and individual. Your cat's favorite person might simply be the human who plays with her the most. It could be the human that feeds her most often, or it could be someone strong and stoic who puts off a "secure" vibe. Remember that deep down, cats are animals.
Do cats prefer females?
According to a new study, cats experience the greatest fondness for female owners. Cats attach to your veterinary clients—your female clients in particular—as social partners and it's not just because they want to be fed, according to research in the journal Behavioral Processes.
Do Cats Think We Are Cats?
Anthrozoologist John Bradshaw insists that cats really aren't terribly domesticated and think that humans are the same species as them, but oddly "non-hostile."
Why do cats like to sleep with their owners?
When they sleep with their owner they are confirming to you that they trust you. … While your cat does trust you they also want to keep warm and they love the heat from their humans. They also love your duvet and blanket that provide extra warmth.
Can cats smell period blood?
It turns out that both cats and dogs are able to detect menstruation by odor and hormonal levels. Of course, they don't actually have any scientific concept of what's happening in your uterus, but they do know that something is going on.
Do cats get sad when you leave?
Regardless of their reputation, cats do get lonely when they are left unattended for long periods of time. They are social beings that form strong bonds with their owners. When their needs for companionship are not met, cats can become depressed. They can also get separation anxiety.
What cat breeds like being held?
Some other cat breeds that are known to be extra cuddly include the Cornish Rex and Devon Rex cats (curly-haired cats), the Himalayan, and the Russian Blue. While all cats can have moments of affection, these 11 breeds are more willing to let you love them up close and are always ready for a good snuggle.
Do cats like when you talk to them?
It's no secret that cat people love to talk to their cats, often addressing them in the same manner in which they would talk to a baby or young child. … However, if you have to use a strong tone of voice to indicate displeasure, never use their name and the word "no" in the same sentence as cats find this very confusing.
Why is my cat so protective of me?
The most common cause of this behavior in the animal world is defined as a protection of resources. This is because cats are creatures of routine as a way to preserve their well-being and avoid dangerous or unpleasant situations. This routine is not simply when to eat or where they go in their environment.
Do cats know their name?
Do cats understand kisses?
Absolutely, cats understand your affection towards it when you kiss it because cats show their affection and love by bumping their heads or by brushing their heads against the other cat.
Why do cats just sit and stare at you?
How do you tell if your cat is bonded with you?


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Exhibition of "The Frozen Tombs of the Altai Mountains"
Open to the public from Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The towering, jagged Altai Mountains stretch some 2,100 km across China, Mongolia, Russia and Kazakhstan, the Russian section of this mountain range having been inscribed as a natural site on the World Heritage List in 1998. The Altai Mountains bear unique witness to the ancient Scythian culture that flourished in the Eurasian steppe during the 1st millenium BCE.
Today, however, the permafrost of the Altai Mountains is endangered by climate change, and the frozen tombs are particularly threatened. Alerted by these developments, archaeologists, climatologists, geographers and geocryologists drew UNESCO's attention to this urgent issue and requested its assistance. Subsequently, a project, the Preservation of the Frozen Tombs of the Altai Mountains, was set up under the UNESCO/Flanders Funds-in-Trust in 2005.
This project proposed the drawing up of an inventory of the kurgans (burial mounds) in the Altai Mountains and the production of accurate maps using advanced satellite imaging techniques.
This exhibition will showcase the environment of the Altai Mountains, the UNESCO project outputs as well as various research projects in this field.
World Heritage Properties
- World Heritage Sub-regional Consultative Workshop for Promotion of Transbounday co-operation Sep 2, 2008 - Sep 5, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Salle des Pas Perdus, UNESCO House, Paris, France
Junhi Han (UNESCO)


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New Works at Identity Theft April 16th Opening at Foound in Geneva, Switzerland
At the crux of Luttrell's creative process is the universal relationship our bodies and minds have with chaos and the means in which we attempt to control it. Identity Thef is a series of work that questions if progress within a system is really a change for the better or if it is an epidemic causing an inevitable breakdown due to our obsession with moving forward.
The process, which lends to the subject matter of the works, begins with internet-based images of patents - the blueprints of ideas - creating the byproduct of our highly technical world. These images are then transferred onto paper, replicating the same way in which information is reproduced and how quickly and easily it becomes entangled. What results are meticulously layered paintings that form new relationships and meanings while questioning how chaos manifests itself within these worlds.