mainly O states) and the conduction (mainly Ti states) bands. Making it hard to give preference to one model over the other as being the actual ground state structure of this MOF, without further study.
Irradiated COK-69
More interestingly, we found the cluster with three OH groups (cf. figure d) to be most stable. In such a model, two of the Ti atoms should have an oxidation number of 4, while one has an oxidation number of 3. Looking into the electronic structure of this specific model of the COK-69 shows some amazing features. Firstly, the band gap is much reduced to about the size associated with a semiconductor, and secondly, the states of the Ti3+ atom show a valence to conduction transition of 3.2 eV, which roughly coincides with the blue color obtained for the irradiated COK-69 MOF.
Samples of the COK-69(Ti) MOF.
Two samples of the COK-69(Ti) MOF. The normal COK-69 at the top, and the irradiated COK-69 MOF at the bottom. Figure taken from Ref 2.
Ti3+ centers are known to provide a blue color in other materials, and it is now also shown to be the case for this MOF. In addition, experiments on the irradiated COK-69 MOF also showed that no more than 1/3 of the Ti atoms could be Ti3+, which is also the maximum indicated by our model (one Ti per Ti-cluster).
Another interesting bonus provided by this last model is from the theoretical perspective. Due to the symmetry of the cluster and the strong correlation of the Ti-d states, standard DFT is not able to differentiate between the Ti4+ and Ti3+ atoms. As such, the atomic charge is the same for all. By adding an additional Hubbard U potential on the Ti-d states (the so-called DFT+U approach) it is possible to differentiate between the different Ti oxidation states, as is shown by the nice bifurcation diagram.
Differentiation of Ti species.
Differentiation of Ti species as function of the U value used in a DFT+U approach. Atomic charges are calculated using the Hirshfeld-I partitioning scheme[3]. Figure taken from Ref 2.
In conclusion, our ab initio calculations allowed us to build a more accurate model of the COK-69 MOF and provide a model for the irradiated COK-69 MOF. In case of the latter, the calculated electronic structure can be used to elucidate the blue color of the irradiated COK-69.
[1] "Understanding intrinsic light absorption properties of UiO-66 frameworks", K. Hendrickx, D.E.P. Vanpoucke, K. Leus, et al. Inorganic Chemistry (in revision)
[2] "A Flexible Photoactive Titanium MOF based on a [TiIV3(µ3-O)O2(COO)6]-Cluster", B. Beuken, F. Vermoortele, D.E.P. Vanpoucke, et al. Angewandte Chemie (accepted)
[3] D.E.P. Vanpoucke, P. Bultinck, and I. Van Driessche, J. Comput. Chem. 34 405-417 (2013) & J. Comput. Chem. 34 422-427 (2013)
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text: The 26th International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids provides a platform to present and exchange recent achievements on the fundamental and applied research of nuclear tracks, including that in etched track detectors and nuclear emulsion. The scope of this conference covers various branches of science and technology such as space radiation, nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry, neutron dosimetry, heavy ions, radon, radiation biology, geology and dating, laser driven particle acceleration and track nanotechnology. The formation process of tracks in solids is also a research topic that has been investigated from the viewpoint of radiation physics, radiation chemistry and simulation. This is a unique international conference where attendees from many different fields will come together to discuss on the fundamental principles and applications of nuclear tracks, which has a long history established in 1957. This Conference is jointly organized by the International Nuclear Track Society and Kobe University, which is also supported by the Ionizing Radiation Division (The Japan Society of Applied Physics) and the Japan Society of Nuclear Track Detectors.

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They are not devoid of a capacity to speak entirely. They just speak only when spoken too. When spoken too, they merely repeat what you told them. You tell them "jump", they do not ask "how high?" They just say "jump."
In some circumstances, they are not just limited to repeating any word that is spoken to them at that given time. They could repeat a sentence said to them hours after they hear it when they believe it to be the perfect response to something. They might even be able to pick and choose specific parts of a sentence, constructing their own consonance like auditory Stock Footage.
Whether or not they are fully sentient and are cursed without the capacity to speak for themselves or if they are automatons with no actual wills of their own, programmed to copy whatever they hear, depends on who this trope applies to. When Played for Laughs, then it will devolve into a series of consecutive Stop Copying Mes. Evil examples may be used as a Mouth of Sauron, repeating word-for-word the orders of their masters and relaying the exact words of the responders back to the Big Bad.
Compare Not in Front of the Parrot, Parrot Exposition, Repeat to Confirm and Repeat What You Just Said. See also The Unintelligible, Voice for the Voiceless and The Voiceless. Not to be confused with Power Echoes, when someone's voice has an echo effect.
- Calvin and Hobbes: In the April 9, 1995 comic, a shapeshifting alien copies Calvin's appearance. Since it doesn't know English, it just copies the few phrases it heard Calvin say: "Grittings. Ma nam is Kahlfin. Heeryor lunboks. Hoffa gud tay askool." But by the end of the day, it's learned enough English to form new sentences.
- In the Doctor Who Series 4 (the Tenth Doctor) episode "Midnight", the Doctor decide to take a sight-seeing tour alongside a bunch of other tourists. This being a Doctor Who episode, a mysterious alien entity takes possession of one of the tour-guides. The creature does not seem to have a comprehension of human speech and repeat all words that it hears around it with perfect accuracy. After stoking madness and paranoia amongst the passengers, it starts to affect the Doctor, the Doctor becoming the one that is repeating its words.
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max: Nadeshiko used to only be able to repeat the words being said to her by Gentaro and other people (when she's not being quiet altogether) because she's a SOLU (Seeds Of Life from the Universe), an alien liquid that is not naturally sentient and replication is just its reflex. Gentaro's love for Nadeshiko became a catalyst to have humanity ensue in her, becoming fully sentient and displaying a full range of human emotions and understanding, including non-echo responses.
- The Trope Namer is a mountain nymph from Classical Mythology named Echo. Being one of Zeus's many, many consorts, Hera comes to find her with him and after she tries to protect him (on his orders), Hera curses her so that she can only speak words that have been spoken to her. Later on, she becomes infatuated with the vain and cruel Narcissus. The exact details of what happens after differ depending on interpretations (he ends up killing her and Aphrodite curses him to fall in-love with his reflection, he falls in love with his reflection and they both die of a broken heart, etc), but all versions end with both dying, Echo's voice living on after her death as the origin of the acoustical phenomena of the same name.
- In Undertale, Echo Flowers are bioluminescent plants that repeat the last sounds they were exposed to, always speech. The protagonist can hear conversations by other people through the flowers.
- In Ask White Pearl and Steven (almost!) anything, White Pearl is only able to speak words that Steven has spoken in her vicinity. She is later able to carefully edit her speech and construct sentences all her own. By the end of Season Two, Rose Quartz reveal that this is because White Pearl is acting as an extension of Steven's will.
- In the Steven Universe episode "Mirror Gem", Lapis Lazuli, trapped within a mirror Pearl found at the Galaxy Warp, is unable to properly communicate. As Steven spends the day with it, she is able to communicate with Steven by repeating everything she sees, eventually being able to edit the "footage" to construct her own sentences.
- Zigzagged with a Monster of the Week in Bunnicula when the titular character and his fellow pets accidentally released a bird that can steal sounds. Among other kinds of sounds, it can steal people's voices and repeat the last words they said in a Stupid Statement Dance Mix of all the sounds it acquired until that point.
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Sanctuary Vegetation Monitoring
We monitor plants on Mass Audubon wildlife sanctuaries because they are a critical barometer of ecological changes and are often a target of our management activities.
Vegetation refers to the suite of plants that cover a particular site. The term encompasses all life forms of plants, from sphagnum bogs through old growth forests. Vegetation could be broad leaved or coniferous trees, shrubs, grasses, ferns, and mosses.
Natural ecological communities are usually labeled by their major plant species because plants are basic structuring elements upon which all other life depends. Thus red maple or Atlantic White Cedar swamp communities are defined by the dominance of those trees, and a northern hardwood forest community by particular species of hardwood trees.
Massachusetts is blessed with a variety of interesting natural plant communities.
- The higher elevations of the Berkshires support forests of spruce and fir, a plant community more typical of northern Maine and central Canada.
- Many of Mass Audubon's wildlife sanctuaries in the central and western part of the state are dominated by Sugar Maples, Yellow Birch, American Beech, and Canadian Hemlock.
- As you go further east, oaks and hickory dominate as they do through much of southern New England and the mid Atlantic states.
- There are large acreages of pine barrens in the southeast corner of the state.
- As with the forests, Massachusetts wetlands are similarly diverse and include sphagnum bogs, fens, red maple swamps cattail marshes, and salt marshes.


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Can a work of art with vacillating or unclear motives be political? Laylah Ali once asked this in a 2008 roundtable published in Art in America. In her case the question is rhetorical, as her "Greenheads Series," 1996–2005, comprising about eighty small gouache works on paper, has consistently confounded viewers seeking precise meaning in the cartoonish yet quizzically violent scenes enacted by stick-thin, brown-skinned masked figures with oversize pine-green heads shaped like bowling balls. This exhibition, gathering over forty mostly untitled paintings, does little to explicate the ambiguous relationships of power suffusing her work. It does, however, clarify, through a chronological presentation, that responses to ruthless authority become internalized over time.
Beginning with scenes of bullying—B Painting, 1996, shows one figure choking another, with a third menacing the victim with a belt—the series segues into depictions of attacks by uniformed authorities, and their aftermath. In one work from 1999, a quartet of tortured greenheads truncated at the waist have been hoisted onto poles by their captors. In another from the same year, four figures lie frightened in hospital beds, their chests covered with suction cups and bodies hitched by a red tube. Paintings created in 2000 and after cede to a kind of reluctant conciliation, with greenheads offering severed body parts to each other as supplication. In 2003 Ali introduced headless mounds sprouting waving legs and stumpy appendages that resemble wineskins or bagpipes—a psychological disfiguration manifest physically. She ends the series with several portraits of individuals wearing ornate headdresses, perhaps modeled on Yoruba beaded crowns, but whose countenances are hard to read.
Even though Ali particularizes the greenheads with belts, socks, and sneakers, and with shackles, slings, and bandages, she withholds their narrative context. Set against sky-blue backdrops of uniformly spread gouache, they inhabit locations that remain unidentifiable and placeless. Simple, precisely delineated facial expressions—among them anger, fear, agitation, surprise, mourning, helplessness, complacency—heighten the tension and suspend the viewer in the same anxious state in which the greenheads find themselves, perhaps a singular presentiment shared by both oppressor and oppressed.


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Say goodbye to sexual frustration and say hi to improved performance in bed when you check this out.
Believe it or not, if you've never heard of Kegel exercises then you're missing out a huge key to improving your sex life. Apart from improving the overall firmness and durability of your penis, you can also expect a lot of other great things to come (pun intended) when you work out your pubococcygeus muscle or PC muscle for at least 5 minutes a day.
Giving the PC muscle special attention should be a routine for every man on the planet. Make sure you check out the rest of this article right away to learn the fundamentals of the Kegel exercise and why it's gathering more and more followers daily.
Where it all began
Dr. Arnold Kegel, an American gynecologist, first discussed the importance of flexing the PC muscle in the 1950's to help prevent women develop incontinence after childbirth by strengthening the pelvic diaphragm. When applied to men, however, he discovered that it led to rather "rock-solid" results that made it very popular today.
How do you exactly work out your PC muscle?
It's not as complicated as you think really. The easiest way to find and initially exercise your PC muscle is to urinate and try to stop your stream mid-flow. You will feel something that will contract and relax. That's your PC muscle. Now try to flex it without urinating. Keep it up for as long as you can, extending the duration each day and you're good to go. How easy is that?
Kegel exercise benefit #1
You're in for harder and longer erections when you regularly exercise your PC muscle. Since you are basically making your pelvic floor much stronger every time you do a Kegel exercise, you are also improving the blood flow to your penis while at it. Achieving an erection is easy as pie and you can also maintain it for as long as you want without a hitch.
Kegel exercise benefit #2
A robust PC muscle helps keep premature ejaculation at bay. If you exercise it regularly, you can easily delay reaching the point of no return by just flexing it when you feel an orgasm is on the way. Advanced practitioners can even experience multiple climaxes during intercourse.
Kegel exercise benefit #3
The good things you get from exercising your PC muscle are more than just sexual. It also keeps your prostate in optimum shape and prevents the risk of urinary tract infection. And the best thing about working out your PC muscle? You can virtually do it anywhere you want. You can do it while watching TV, waiting for the light to turn green, sitting at your desk at work or perhaps while reading this article. The possibilities are just endless.
The PC muscle is probably THE most important muscle you need know how to use when it comes to sex. Ignore this knowledge at your peril…
Now if you don't already know, the PC muscle, officially known as the Pubococcygeus muscle, is found in the genital area.
The easiest way to identify it is as the muscle you can use to stop the urine flow while urinating.
You'll find it roughly at the base of your penis just above the anus, but if you want to see a diagram then feel free to check out Wikipedia's own detailed description of the PC Muscle.
Now the point of this post isn't to give you some detailed explanation as to what the PC muscle is.
The point is to show you how to use it to last SIGNIFICANTLY longer in bed.
You see, just as you can use the PC muscle to stop your urine flow, you can also train it to stop ejaculation.
In fact, with the right training, not only can you prevent unwanted ejaculation, but you can also experience an ejaculation-free orgasm as well.
So if after a few minutes (or less) of sex you find yourself about to orgasm… Don't worry.
All you need to do is use your PC muscle to stop your ejaculation and what will happen is you will maintain your erection so you can keep on having sex for anywhere between 1 to 15 minutes (depending on how well you used your PC muscle) before you'll experience the need to orgasm again.
Sounds pretty good, right?
Well it's a little difficult to fully explain in words, which is why I wanted show you this video explaining it in detail…
Oh, and if you want to learn the best methods for exercising your PC muscle (which, by the way, is essential if you're going to make it strong enough to stop ejaculation) then click the following link to view my article on PC Muscle Exercises.


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Cultural Heritage Day of Chile dedicated to the 40th anniversary
The 2012 edition of the Cultural Heritage Day of Chile will be celebrated in the framework of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. In order to contribute to the worldwide celebrations of the anniversary, this year's edition focuses specifically on the relation between heritage and development, including the role of local communities in heritage preservation.
This festivity has been celebrated every last Sunday of May since the year 1999, with the objective to organize a festive day reflecting on the values, the role and the significance of Chilean cultural heritage. Activities, taking place all around the country, include opening of monuments to public, seminars and educational activities to sensitize the general public to preservation and sustainable management of cultural heritage in Chile.
Every year, this celebration counts on the participation of hundreds of volunteers. This year, the number will be extended by promoting local communities active participation through a "campaign for the common good" forming teams of young volunteers who will clean four national monuments in Santiago.
Furthermore, an expert seminar with the theme "Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development" will take place as part of the Cultural Heritage Day. Two panel discussions will be dedicated to the role of local communities in the conservation of archeological and paleontological heritage and their role in the social development of urban heritage areas.
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Definitions for "probate"
The review or testing of a will before a court of law to ensure that the will is authentic.
The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
an important document when it comes to genealogy
Trusts eliminate time-consuming and often expensive formalities to obtain probate and ensure the release of assets on death, particularly when such assets are located in many countries. Another advantage that trusts have over other probate arrangements is that they allow uninterrupted management of the assets.
See "Death Probate."
To divide or assess proportionately.
put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
Keywords: proof
Keywords: grant, representation, see
See 'Grant of Probate'.
(See grant of representation)
Keywords: problem, institution
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Home Business Machine to Machine and the IT Future of Ireland
Machine to Machine and the IT Future of Ireland
The Information Technology sector is a fascinating aspect since it is dynamic, but the basics are still intact. For the modern businesses to thrive, how efficiently you do the networking will play a huge role. For a country like Ireland, many factors affect the future of its economy, including Brexit and technological innovations in the country. The fact that the state takes pride in the Internet of Things (IoT) introduces another aspect in the consequences of economic forces.
With reliable connectivity, it is possible to spur any form of growth. Also, technological advancements in a country mean better management and efficiency of economic aspects. For instance, with the Brexit effects already in place for Ireland, how the nation utilizes such elements influences the future. Machine-to-Machine (M2M) networking has many benefits, internally and externally, and the beneficiaries will be the Irish government.
Business perspectives
Any country with a thriving business culture will always be ahead of the rest. On the other hand, the scope of the business yields determines the thriving of the venture. Many aspects define the direction and pace of a country regarding financial and economic progress. With proper networking, communication and transactions become more profitable. In such a case, data and information become a crucial part of the country management system.
Tracking and monitoring of objects are one of the more significant benefits that come with M2M. From a business perspective, accountability prevents losses, and this is healthy on a large scale. If the Irish government utilizes this technology in all the sectors, it is possible to break the Brexit confinement. Of course, the market for goods was affected by this exit and alternative routes will be a relief for the country. Since this IoT technology poses zero health risk to humans, it is compatible with all types of business, including data monitoring for consumer goods.
For instance, with the M2M technology, manufacturers can trace their goods. Sometimes, the products that reach the consumers are the imitations, which are of course of poor quality. If the product developers can determine the response of their goods from the market, it will be possible to give the consumers what they need. Although this seems like a small-scale goal, the impact over the years is overwhelming, as the Irish products might receive recognition on a global scale.
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Economic perspective
The impact of technology on a country's economy is grand. For a country like Ireland, the stability of the Sterling pound affects the economic stability. Recently, the country held a summit to think of how Machine-to-Machine technology could have positive results in the economy. The accountability and reliability aspects of this technology are of concern, especially for the main sectors in Ireland. Brexit had a direct effect on production costs of this country and any effort to standardize the situation will help.
To begin with, in-flight and e-commerce are among the easiest economic boosters that a country would invest in. In addition, energy and health sectors influence the economy largely, especially when sustainability is in question. For the energy sector, monitoring of power usage, especially in the public sector, will definitely reduce losses and enhance sustainable countrywide energy utilization. In combination with the EU's demands in the energy sector, Ireland might be leading in the economic prosperity in the coming years.
M2M networks provide databases for storage of any information between the connected objects. This gives a reference platform for the users, which contrasts to when someone is entrusted to key-in the data. For a prosperous economy, this would serve to create integrity and accountability in the main sectors of the economy. With Ireland being the pioneers of this technology, the systems would be useful in assuring no economic blunders happen. This is, of course, a technological effort in boosting the sectors defining the Irish economy.
The future
What would happen if the Irish government, foregoes IoT and Machine-to-Machine technology? Will there be some impact? The answer would be yes since technology brings in transformation and the subjects have to adopt. The difference would come in the manifestations of these advancements, in both the economic and business sectors of the country. The strategy is vital to ensure the energy that M2M brings gets incorporation to benefit the country. However, the benefits of this technology will always be there, whether on the large or small scale.
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Bead Shroud Fragment
An arrangement of small faience beads with original threading mounted on cardboard annotated: "From the Ramesseum Q. XVIII DYN XV Cent / BC". They were collected during the 1896 excavations at the mortuary temple of Ramesses II (Western Thebes) by the Egyptian Research Account. This is a fragment of a text band from a funerary shroud constructed of faience beads strung together in a net pattern, that would have been placed over the outer wrappings of a mummified body. From Quibell's excavations for the Egyptian Research Account 1896; see J E Quibell, 'The Ramesseum' (London, 1898).


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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process: drained water from the sink.
- v. To cause liquid to go out from; empty: drained the bathtub; drain the pond.
- v. To draw off the surface water of: The Mississippi River drains a vast area.
- v. To drink all the contents of: drained the cup.
- v. To deplete gradually, especially to the point of complete exhaustion. See Synonyms at deplete.
- v. To fatigue or spend emotionally or physically: The day's events completely drained me of all strength.
- v. To flow off or out: Gasoline drained slowly from the tilted can.
- v. To become empty by the drawing off of liquid: watched the tub slowly drain.
- v. To discharge surface or excess water: The Niagara River drains into Lake Ontario. When flooded, the swamp drains northward.
- v. To become gradually depleted; dwindle: felt his enthusiasm draining.
- n. A pipe or channel by which liquid is drawn off.
- n. Medicine A device, such as a tube, inserted into the opening of a wound or body cavity to facilitate discharge of fluid or purulent material.
- n. The act or process of draining.
- n. A gradual outflow or loss; consumption or depletion: the drain of young talent by emigration.
- n. Something that causes a gradual loss: interruptions that are a drain on my patience.
- idiom. down the drain To or into the condition of being wasted or lost: All of our best laid plans are down the drain.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To draw off gradually, as a liquid; remove or convey away by degrees, as through conduits, by filtration, or by any comparable process: as, to drain water from land, wine from the lees, or blood from the body; to drain away the specie of a country.
- To free, clear, or deprive by degrees, as of a liquid; empty or exhaust gradually: as, to drain land of water (the most familiar use of the word); to drain a vessel of its contents; to drain a country of its resources.
- To flow off gradually.
- To be gradually emptied, as of a liquid: as, the cask slowly drains.
- n. The act of draining or drawing off, or of emptying by drawing off; gradual or continuous outflow, withdrawal, or expenditure.
- n. That which drains, or by means of which draining is immediately effected.
- n. Specifically— A passage, pipe, or open channel for the removal of water or other liquid; especially, a pipe or channel for removing the surplus water from soils. Drains may be open ditches or sunken pipes or conduits. Those for wet lands are so made as to permit the percolation into them of water from the adjacent soil, as by the use in a covered conduit of porous earthen pipes or tiles, or of a filling of small stones, of an open cut where there is a sufficient slope, etc. See sewer.
- n. The trench in which the melted metal flows from a furnace to the molds
- n. In surgery, a hollow sound or canula used to draw off purulent matter from a deep seated abscess.
- n. Pl. The grain from the mash-tub: distinctively called brewers' drains.
- n. In ship-building, a large pipe which runs through or above the double bottom of a war-ship and is connected with the principal pumps to remove water from the various compartments. The main drain is from 12 to 15 inches in diameter, has openings into the large compartments controlled by valves, and is intended to pump out the water in case of damage by grounding, collision, etc. The secondary or auxiliary drain is also connected with all the large compartments and is used for all ordinary pumping.
- n. A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume.
- n. Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
- n. vulgar An act of urination.
- n. electronics The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- v. intransitive To lose liquid.
- v. transitive, ergative To cause liquid to flow out of.
- v. transitive, ergative To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
- v. transitive To deplete of energy or resources.
- v. intransitive, pinball To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
- v. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like.
- v. To filter.
- v. To flow gradually.
- v. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping.
- n. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal.
- n. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
- n. engraving The grain from the mashing tub.
- v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
- v. flow off gradually
- n. a pipe through which liquid is carried away
- n. emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
- v. deplete of resources
- v. make weak
- n. tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
- n. a gradual depletion of energy or resources
- Middle English dreinen (verb) from Old English drēahnian ("to drain, strain, filter"), from Proto-Germanic *draug- ("dry"), akin to Old English drūgian ("to dry up"), drūgaþ ("dryness, drought"), Old English drȳge ("dry"). More at dry (Wiktionary)
- Middle English dreinen, to strain, drain, from Old English drēahnian. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
"Brain drain is still claiming Canadian doctors, but not our doctorals."
"She noted that the more typical "brain drain" is to the US, as Canadian professionals leave for greater income potential."
"If there is brain drain from a particular country, it can scarcely develop."
"That a slip-slide into banality leads to forum brain drain is a sort of Catch-22 given."
"The brain drain is not the consequence of some sort of collective despair."
"Hong Kong's brain drain is both a myth and a reality -- a myth in that its proportions tend to be wildly exaggerated, and in that its existence is attributed to a largely imaginary state of panic supposedly to be found in Hong Kong."
"Highly educated women's abandonment of the workplace is not an extension of the centuries of upper-class arm candy; it's a sex-specific brain drain from the future rulers of the society...."
"Ainalem puts it this way: One potential solution to Africa's brain drain is virtual participation."
"America's loss may be India's gain, analysts say, pointing to a'reverse brain drain' that may see India reaping benefits for years to come."
"Watch the water drain from the roof of the greenhouses."
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[[!toc]] ##Same-fringe using a zipper-based coroutine## Recall back in [[Assignment4]], we asked you to enumerate the "fringe" of a leaf-labeled tree. Both of these trees (here I *am* drawing the labels in the diagram):.. / \ / \. 3 1. / \ / \ 1 2 2 3 have the same fringe: '[1; 2; 3]'. We also asked you to write a function that determined when two trees have the same fringe. The way you approached that back then was to enumerate each tree's fringe, and then compare the two lists for equality. Today, and then again in a later class, we'll encounter new ways to approach the problem of determining when two trees have the same fringe. Supposing you did work out an implementation of the tree zipper, then one way to determine whether two trees have the same fringe would be: go downwards (and leftwards) in each tree as far as possible. Compare the targetted leaves. If they're different, stop because the trees have different fringes. If they're the same, then for each tree, move rightward if possible; if it's not (because you're at the rightmost position in a sibling list), move upwards then try again to move rightwards. Repeat until you are able to move rightwards. Once you do move rightwards, go downwards (and leftwards) as far as possible. Then you'll be targetted on the next leaf in the tree's fringe. The operations it takes to get to "the next leaf" may be different for the two trees. For example, in these trees:.. / \ / \. 3 1. / \ / \ 1 2 2 3 you won't move upwards at the same steps. Keep comparing "the next leaves" until they are different, or you exhaust the leaves of only one of the trees (then again the trees have different fringes), or you exhaust the leaves of both trees at the same time, without having found leaves with different labels. In this last case, the trees have the same fringe. If your trees are very big---say, millions of leaves---you can imagine how this would be quicker and more memory-efficient than traversing each tree to construct a list of its fringe, and then comparing the two lists so built to see if they're equal. For one thing, the zipper method can abort early if the fringes diverge early, without needing to traverse or build a list containing the rest of each tree's fringe. Let's sketch the implementation of this. We won't provide all the details for an implementation of the tree zipper, but we will sketch an interface for it. First, we define a type for leaf-labeled, binary trees: type 'a tree = Leaf of 'a | Node of ('a tree * 'a tree) Next, the interface for our tree zippers. We'll help ourselves to OCaml's **record types**. These are nothing more than tuples with a pretty interface. Instead of saying: # type blah = Blah of (int * int * (char -> bool));; and then having to remember which element in the triple was which: # let b1 = Blah (1, (fun c -> c = 'M'), 2);; Error: This expression has type int * (char -> bool) * int but an expression was expected of type int * int * (char -> bool) # (* damnit *) # let b1 = Blah (1, 2, (fun c -> c = 'M'));; val b1 : blah = Blah (1, 2, ) records let you attach descriptive labels to the components of the tuple: # type blah_record = { height : int; weight : int; char_tester : char -> bool };; # let b2 = { height = 1; weight = 2; char_tester = (fun c -> c = 'M') };; val b2 : blah_record = {height = 1; weight = 2; char_tester = } # let b3 = { height = 1; char_tester = (fun c -> c = 'K'); weight = 3 };; (* also works *) val b3 : blah_record = {height = 1; weight = 3; char_tester = } These were the strategies to extract the components of an unlabeled tuple: let h = fst some_pair;; (* accessor functions fst and snd are only predefined for pairs *) let (h, w, test) = b1;; (* works for arbitrary tuples *) match b1 with | (h, w, test) ->...;; (* same as preceding *) Here is how you can extract the components of a labeled record: let h = b2.height;; (* handy! *) let {height = h; weight = w; char_tester = test} = b2 in (* go on to use h, w, and test... *) match test with | {height = h; weight = w; char_tester = test} -> (* same as preceding *) Anyway, using record types, we might define the tree zipper interface like so: type 'a starred_level = Root | Starring_Left of 'a starred_nonroot | Starring_Right of 'a starred_nonroot and 'a starred_nonroot = { parent : 'a starred_level; sibling: 'a tree };; type 'a zipper = { level : 'a starred_level; filler: 'a tree };; let rec move_botleft (z : 'a zipper) : 'a zipper = (* returns z if the targetted node in z has no children *) (* else returns move_botleft (zipper which results from moving down and left in z) *) let rec move_right_or_up (z : 'a zipper) : 'a zipper option = (* if it's possible to move right in z, returns Some (the result of doing so) *) (* else if it's not possible to move any further up in z, returns None *) (* else returns move_right_or_up (result of moving up in z) *) The following function takes an ''a tree' and returns an ''a zipper' focused on its root: let new_zipper (t : 'a tree) : 'a zipper = {level = Root; filler = t} ;; Finally, we can use a mutable reference cell to define a function that enumerates a tree's fringe until it's exhausted: let make_fringe_enumerator (t: 'a tree) = (* create a zipper targetting the botleft of t *) let zbotleft = move_botleft (new_zipper t) (* create a refcell initially pointing to zbotleft *) in let zcell = ref (Some zbotleft) (* construct the next_leaf function *) in let next_leaf () : 'a option = match!zcell with | Some z -> ( (* extract label of currently-targetted leaf *) let Leaf current = z.filler (* update zcell to point to next leaf, if there is one *) in let () = zcell := match move_right_or_up z with | None -> None | Some z' -> Some (move_botleft z') (* return saved label *) in Some current | None -> (* we've finished enumerating the fringe *) None ) (* return the next_leaf function *) in next_leaf ;; Here's an example of 'make_fringe_enumerator' in action: # let tree1 = Leaf 1;; val tree1 : int tree = Leaf 1 # let next1 = make_fringe_enumerator tree1;; val next1 : unit -> int option = # next1 ();; - : int option = Some 1 # next1 ();; - : int option = None # next1 ();; - : int option = None # let tree2 = Node (Node (Leaf 1, Leaf 2), Leaf 3);; val tree2 : int tree = Node (Node (Leaf 1, Leaf 2), Leaf 3) # let next2 = make_fringe_enumerator tree2;; val next2 : unit -> int option = # next2 ();; - : int option = Some 1 # next2 ();; - : int option = Some 2 # next2 ();; - : int option = Some 3 # next2 ();; - : int option = None # next2 ();; - : int option = None You might think of it like this: 'make_fringe_enumerator' returns a little subprogram that will keep returning the next leaf in a tree's fringe, in the form 'Some...', until it gets to the end of the fringe. After that, it will keep returning 'None'. Using these fringe enumerators, we can write our 'same_fringe' function like this: let same_fringe (t1 : 'a tree) (t2 : 'a tree) : bool = let next1 = make_fringe_enumerator t1 in let next2 = make_fringe_enumerator t2 in let rec loop () : bool = match next1 (), next2 () with | Some a, Some b when a = b -> loop () | None, None -> true | _ -> false in loop () ;; The auxiliary 'loop' function will keep calling itself recursively until a difference in the fringes has manifested itself---either because one fringe is exhausted before the other, or because the next leaves in the two fringes have different labels. If we get to the end of both fringes at the same time ('next1 (), next2 ()' matches the pattern 'None, None') then we've established that


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Table and Cell Selection in Adobe CS5 Dreamweaver
You can use several methods in Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Adobe CS5) Dreamweaver to select a cell or the whole table. After a cell or table is selected, you can change all sorts of attributes for the selected cell or table, including the color, size, and format of its contents.
In Design view, select the Layout category from the Insert panel and select Expanded to put your table in Expanded view.
You can more easily select and make changes in this view. (Remember to click the Standard button to see a more realistic preview of your table.)
Select a cell by Ctrl-clicking (Windows) or Command-clicking (Mac) it.
The tag selector is an incredible tool to use to select any tag element, though it's especially helpful when selecting individual components of a table or a nested table. The tag selector is in the lower left corner of the Document window.
To use the tag selector, just put the cursor inside a cell. The tag selector shows the tags that apply to the insertion point's location. Then select to select the cell that holds the cursor, to select the entire row, or to select the entire table.
The table tag is (it's a difficult one to remember, right?), and each row is in a (table row) tag. Each cell is in a (table data) tag. Tables created with headers also make use of the (table header) tag.


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Health Benefits Of Eating Ice Cream
1. It Is Loaded With Vitamins
Because ice cream contains milk and milk solids, it provides the body with vitamin D, vitamin A, calcium, phosphorus, and riboflavin when consumed.
It Is Loaded With Vitamins
Dark chocolate ice cream, for instance, is loaded with antioxidants and flavonoids, which help lower bad cholesterol and promote heart health.
2. It Gives You Energy
If you are curious as to why ice cream is healthy, it is because it provides immediate energy.
It Gives You Energy
Therefore, the next time you are feeling fatigued, take a scoop of ice cream and enjoy it.
3. It Helps Boost Your Immunity
No, it is not odd because ice cream can truly have such a negative effect on your health.
It Helps Boost Your Immunity
If you have a healthier respiratory system and digestive tract, your immunity will eventually improve.
4. It Helps in Stimulating Your Brain
Eating ice cream can stimulate the brain and increase intelligence.
It Helps in Stimulating Your Brain
According to one study, individuals who consume ice cream in the morning are more alert than those who do not.
5. It Helps in Strengthening Your Bones
Calcium is one of the most essential minerals for maintaining bone health in the human body.
It Helps in Strengthening Your Bones
Calcium-rich ice cream can be incorporated into a diet to fulfill calcium needs.
6. It Makes You Happier
Feeling down or depressed? Grab a spoon and dig into your favorite ice cream flavor, because consuming ice cream can actually improve your mood.


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B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
THIRD SEMESTER – April 2009
BU 3500 – MERCANTILE LAW
Date & Time: 05/05/2009 / 9:00 – 12:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
SECTION – A
Answer ALL the questions. (10×2=20)
- What is a 'voidable contract.'?
- Mention the persons who are not competent to contract.
- Give the meaning of 'misrepresentation.'
- Define 'reciprocal promises'.
- What are wagering agreements?
- Write a note on 'indemnity.'
- List the two essentials needed for relationship of agency.
- State the meaning of 'passing of property.'
- What is a 'private carrier'?
- What is a public policy?
SECTION – B
Answer any FIVE questions. (5×8=40)
- Discuss the essentials of a valid contract.
- State the legal rules of a valid offer.
- "A mere silence as to facts is not fraud" Discuss.
- Discuss any five agreements which are contrary to public policy.
- Explain the various types of Fire Insurance policies.
- Enumerate the principles of insurance.
- State the rights of an agent against the principal.
- How is a dealer registered under Central Sales Tax Act?
SECTION – C
Answer any TWO questions. (2×20=40)
- What are the various ways in which a contract may be discharged?
- Discuss the rights, duties and liabilities of a common carrier.
- Explain the conditions and warranties implied by law in a contract for Sale of Goods.
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TO CALL A HORSE A DEER is an experimental video game about language, hand-eye coordination, truth-bending and acts of complicity.
The title of the work is an inversion of "to call a deer a horse", a Chinese idiom that is used to describe the deliberate act of confusing truth with untruth. The idiom originates from a story in the Chinese classical text Shiji (The Records of Grand Historians) in which an ambitious Qin politician tried to identify adversaries and silence dissent by colluding others to confuse a deer with a horse.
This ancient tale resonates with our times in which truth-bending became an everyday political reality and tools of governance. The game, available in multiple languages, is both a mirror and a critique, a training simulator of truth-bending and its resistance.
Game rules
The player competes by answering rounds of "true or false" questions, following the instructions as given in the game.
 - The player will score 1 point by giving the CORRECT answer if he or she is instructed to LIE.
 - The player will score 1 point by giving the INCORRECT answer if he or she is instructed to TELL THE TRUTH.
 - An answer that does not conform to the given instruction will result in a deduction of 1 point.
 - The player can choose not to answer the question. In that case, no point will be added or deducted.
keywords: critical game, hand-eye coordination, truth-bending, complicity, binary game for a binary world


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Hello Friends, In this article today I will discuss Bamboo which we can use in construction works, and why bamboo is stronger than steel reinforcement so, Let's get started.
Bamboo is Stronger than Steel
Bamboo has quite high tensile strength. It is comparable with steel.
Apart from this, bamboo has an impermeable protective layer on the outer side which protects it from rotting due to water, which is a major problem for almost all organic material.
Use of Bamboo and its strength
Now in civil engineering, many people are using bamboo in place of steel for reinforcement, but bamboo is an excellent choice for reinforcement in concrete because of its higher strength as compared to steel by weight, the tensile strength Bamboo's tensile strength is roughly 28,000 per square inch versus steel's 23,000.
Bamboo is stronger more than 6 times of steel reinforcement,
In comparison, the energy needed to produce steel is almost 50 times that of this natural product. In tensile load application, results shown by bamboo are exciting because the ratio of tensile strength to specific weight of bamboo is six times greater than steel.
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text: Sinawi, sometimes spelled shinawi, is a traditional form of Korean music. It is performed improvisationally by a musical ensemble, and traditionally accompanies the rites of Korean shamanism. The style first emerged in the Chungcheong and Jeolla provinces, but is now widespread. The traditional sinawi ensemble followed the principle of sam-hyeon-yuk-gak (三絃六角), with two flutes, a haegeum, a daegeum, a janggu hourglass-drum, and a large buk drum. However, today other traditional Korean instruments such as the gayageum and geomungo are also often included.


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Forest Camping
Protect Our Forests - Go Camping!
Forest CampingDeep, lush forests are a thing of magic. These swaths of trees are filled with life, from squirrels and birds to deer and eagles. Surrounded by cathedrals of trees, you can feel the pulse of nature and the quiet hush of the forest. On your next camping vacation, head to the woods for a serious dose of beauty, fresh air, wildlife, and fun.
Forests can seem silent, but if you take a moment to listen closely, you'll hear far more activity than you might expect. Bees hum in the flowering bushes, birds flit from branch to branch, and chipmunks run races around tree trunks. All those trees can block out the light, so be sure you take time each day to get some sun and a clear look at the blue sky above. You can head to the lake, to a nearby river or meadow, or hit the trail and start climbing until you get above the tree line.
One of the benefits of forest camping is that you have plenty of trees around to act as posts for clotheslines and supports for tent rain flies, and branches to hang jackets and hats on. In hot areas, you'll have plenty of shade and you'll probably enjoy cooler temperatures than outside the forest.
The forest floor is covered with aromatic pine needs and pine cones. While collecting and admiring these forest treasures is a fun activity, resist the urge to haul too many cones away with you. These seed-packets are filled with pine nuts, food that will sustain squirrels and birds throughout the season. Also, if you want to see wildlife in the forest, try to keep your noise level to a minimum. Wild animals are frightened away by loud noises, so your odds of seeing deer, rabbits, and forest birds goes way up if you're quiet.
As you sit around your campfire, admiring the crowns of trees overhead, you'll feel the special magic of the woods. Forests are all about life, and when you spend some time in one, you'll feel renewed for your own life. So get out there and head to the woods!
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This process involves careful planning and much research. Here we look closely at all aspects of the project, exploring the most efficient and effective ways of reaching the goals we set for ourselves in Stage One.
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Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework: Principles, Standards and Practice
The Australian and New Zealand information literacy framework is derived, with permission, from the Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) Information literacy competency standards for higher education.
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The concepts and text have been adapted and updated to incorporate recent local and international understandings of information literacy education.
The Framework provides the principles, standards and practice that can support information literacy education in all education sectors. Information literacy in this context is generally defined as an understanding and set of abilities enabling individuals to 'recognise when information is needed and have the capacity to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information'. The Framework is a living document, which will evolve to reflect new understandings of information literacy.
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Boride Powder
Calcium Hexaboride CaB6 Powder CAS 12007-99-7
Item No.: Tr-CaB6
Calcium hexaboride (sometimes calcium boride) is a compound of calcium and boron with the chemical formula CaB6. It is an important material due to its high electrical conductivity, hardness, chemical stability, and melting point.
Purity: 99.5%
Calcium Hexaboride Properties
About Calcium Hexaboride CaB6 Powder:
Calcium hexaboride (calcium boride) is a compound of calcium and boron, with the chemical formula CaB6. Due to its high conductivity, hardness, chemical stability and melting point, it is an important material. It is a black, shiny, chemically inert powder with low density. It has a typical cubic structure of six metal boride, with octahedral units of six boron atoms and calcium atoms.
CaB6 has been investigated in the past due to a variety of peculiar physical properties, such as superconductivity, valence fluctuation and Kondo effects. However, the most remarkable property of CaB6 is its ferromagnetism. It occurs at unexpectedly high temperatures (600K) and with a low magnetic moment. The origin of this high-temperature ferromagnetism is the ferromagnetic phase of the dilute electron gas, linkage to the presumed excitonic state in calcium boride, or external impurities on the surface of the sample. The impurities might include iron and nickel, probably coming from impurities in the boron used to prepare the sample.
CaB6 is insoluble in H2O, MeOH (methanol), and EtOH (ethanol) and dissolves slowly in acids. Its microhardness is 27 GPa, Knoop hardness is 2600 kg/mm2), the Young modulus is 379 GPa, and electrical resistivity is greater than 2·1010 Ω·m for pure crystals. CaB6 is a semiconductor with an energy gap estimated at 1.0 eV. The low, semi-metallic conductivity of many CaB6 samples can be explained by unintentional doping due to impurities and possible non-stoichiometry. Feel free to send an inquiry to get the latest price if you would like to buy Calcium Hexaboride CaB6 Powder in bulk.
Product Performance of Calcium Hexaboride CaB6 Powder:
Calcium boride has the characteristics of high melting point and high hardness. Its physical and chemical properties are quite stable. When calcined in air, sub-micron CaB6 will only gain weight after 800 degrees Celsius and is not easy to oxidize. CaB6 is generally insoluble in hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid, so technically to remove impurity materials by hot hydrochloric acid, but CaB6 is soluble in nitric acid.
How is Calcium Hexaboride CaB6 Powder produced?
One of the main reactions of industrial production is:
CaO + 3 B2O3 + 10 Mg→CaB6 + 10 MgO
Other methods of producing CaB6 powder include:
Calcium or calcium oxide reacts directly with boron at 1000°C;
Ca + 6B→CaB6
Ca(OH)2 reacts with boron under a vacuum of about 1700°C (carbothermal reduction);
Ca（OH）2 + 7B→CaB6 + BO（g）+ H2O（g）
The reaction of calcium carbonate and boron carbide under vacuum above 1400°C (Carbothermal reduction)
CaO and H3BO3 react with Mg to 1100°C.
Low temperature (500°C) synthesis
CaCl2 + 6NaBH4→CaB6 + 2NaCl + 12H2 + 4Na
As a result, the material quality is relatively poor.
In order to produce, for example, pure CaB6 single crystals used as cathode materials, the CaB6 powder thus obtained is further recrystallized and purified by zone melting technology. The typical growth rate is 30 cm/h, and the crystal size is about 1x10 cm.
Single crystal CaB6 nanowires (diameter 15-40 nm, length 1-10 microns) can be obtained by pyrolyzing diborane (B2H6) on calcium oxide (CaO) powder at 860-900°C in the presence of Ni catalyst.
Technical Parameter of Calcium Hexaboride CaB6 Powder:
Product Name MF Purity Particle Size Bulk Density Melting Point Color
Calcium Hexaboride CaB6 99.5% -325 mesh 2.33 g/cm3 2230℃ Gray Black
Application of Calcium Hexaboride CaB6 Powder:
1. Used as a boron-containing additive for dolomite charcoal and magnesium dolomite charcoal refractories to resist oxidation, erosion and improve the thermal strength.
2. Used as a deoxidizing and degassing agent for highly conductive red copper to improve conductivity and strength.
3. Used as a new type of material for preventing neutrons in the nuclear industry.
4. Used as a new type of semiconductor material in spin electronic components with a temperature of 900K.
5. Used as a raw material for manufacturing boron trichloride (BCl3) and amorphous boron.
6. Used as a raw material for manufacturing high-purity metal borides (TiB2, ZrB2, HfB2, etc.) and high-purity boron alloys (Ni-B, Co-B, Cu-B, etc.).
7. Used to manufacture a mixture of catalyst-containing calcium-boron nitride (Ca3B2N4) and hexagonal boron nitride, and to produce crystal cubic boron nitride with excellent performance.
Storage Condition of Calcium Hexaboride CaB6 Powder:
Damp reunion will affect CaB6 powder dispersion performance and using effects, therefore, calcium hexaboride CaB6 powder should be sealed in vacuum packing and stored in cool and dry room, the calcium hexaboride can not be exposure to air. In addition, the CaB6 powder should be avoided under stress.
Packing & Shipping of Calcium Hexaboride CaB6 Powder:
We have many different kinds of packing which depends on the calcium hexaboride CaB6 powder quantity.
Calcium hexaboride CaB6 powder packing: vacuum packing, 1kg/bag, 25kg/barrel, or as your request.
Calcium hexaboride CaB6 powder shipping: could be shipped out by sea, by air, by express as soon as possible once payment receipt.
Calcium Hexaboride Properties
Other Names zirconium boride, ZrB2 powder
CAS No. 12007-99-7
Compound Formula CaB6
Molecular Weight 104.944
Appearance Black Powder
Melting Point 2235 °C
Boiling Point N/A
Density 2.3-2.45 g/cm3
Solubility in H2O Insoluble
Exact Mass N/A
Calcium Hexaboride Health & Safety Information
Signal Word Warning
Hazard Statements H315-H319-H335
Hazard Codes Xi
Risk Codes N/A
Safety Statements N/A
Transport Information NONH for all modes of transport


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11 Famous Japanese Movie Quotes
Watching Japanese movies with English subtitles can be one of the best ways to improve and keep your Japanese listening and speaking skills tip-top.
Here are some of the best Japanese movies and TV series, dating mostly from the previous century, to keep you on the edge of your seat. We also give you some of their quotes to memorize, if you choose. If you can't catch it yourself, why not ask your JapanesePod101 facilitator to translate the quote for you in Japanese! Imagine how impressed your friends will be when you speak like a Japanese native! Here are some tips to improve your pronunciation while watching movies in Japanese.
Table of Contents
 1. Battle Royale
 2. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
 3. Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
 4. It's Tough Being a Man
 5. Lupin the Third, Mystery of Mamo
 6. Trick
 7. Violent Cop
 8. Onimasa
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1. Battle Royale
 - Japanese Title: バトル・ロワイアル
 - Romanization: Batoru rowaiaru
 - English Title: Battle Royale
This futuristic, dystopian Japanese movie was shot in 2000 and was based on an adaptation of a novel with the same name. The book was written by Koushun Takami. The movie's dense plot revolves around a group of ninth-grade Japanese students who are forced, by government legislation, to kill one another on a deserted island in what is referred to as the 'Battle Royale'. They are to fight to death, leaving only one victor, or commit suicide. The drama and themes such as betrayal, lost love and friendship keep the movie relatable, but it was still released with a rarely-used R-15 rating in Japan.
 - Japanese Quote: そこで今日は皆さんに、ちょっと殺し合いをしてもらいます。
 - Romanization: Sokode kyō wa mina-san ni, chotto koroshiai o shite moraimasu.
 - Meaning: So, I would like everyone to kill each other today.
The teenagers' grueling battle is launched with the class teacher's chilling words.
2. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
 - Japanese Title: 戦場のメリークリスマス
 - Romanization: Senjō no merīkurisumasu
 - English Title: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Released in 1983, this famous human drama, directed by Nagisa Ôshima, is set in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. It centers on the battle of wills between the Japanese camp commander, and the captured British soldiers. One of the captives, John Lawrence, acts as interpreter and attempts to mend the cultural divide between the British and the Japanese. The movie is based on a book by Laurence van der Post, called The Seed and the Sower.
 - Japanese Quote: メリークリスマス Mr.ローレンス。
 - Romanization: Merīkurisumasu misutā Rōrensu.
 - Meaning: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.
Its title is also its most famous quote, uttered in the bittersweet end by Japanese prisoner Gengo Hara, played by Kitano Takeshi.
3. Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
 - Japanese Title: セーラー服と機関銃
 - Romanization: Sērā-fuku to kikan jū
 - English Title: Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Called one of the defining satirical or comedy-action films of Japanese cinema in the early 80s, Sailor Suit and Machine Gun tells the story of an average school girl who gets charged to take over her uncle's yakuza clan. The yakuza are the Japanese equivalent of the mafia. The script was based on a novel by Jiro Akagawa, called Sêrâ-fuku to kikanjû, which was also the film's original title.
 - Japanese Quote: 快感。
 - Romanization: Kaikan.
 - Meaning: Feels so good.
The character is a strong girl called Izumi Hoshi, and she was played by Japanese idol Hiroko Yakushimaru. It is a satirical take on the usually testosterone-fuelled yakuza movies, and its femme fatale wears the traditional Japanese sailor-style school uniform. One of the film's famous, rather bleak quotes was uttered by Izumi as she shoots her machine gun in front of a crowd: "Feels so good."
4. It's Tough Being a Man
 - Japanese Title: 男はつらいよ
 - Romanization: Otoko wa tsurai yo
 - English Title: It's Tough Being a Man
The first of a series, Otoko wa Tsurai yo centres around the antics of the relatable, endearingly-imperfect main character Tora-san, masterfully depicted by actor Kiyoshi Atsumi. It was released in 1969, and directed by Yoji Yamada. The film's plot is simple enough – Tora-san is a traveling salesman estranged from his family. He returns to the lives of his aunt, uncle and sister after 20 years, and effortlessly wreaks havoc for them. The movie was so popular that a 48-episode movie series and 26-episode TV series were conceived with the same characters.
Some critics say that this film and the subsequent series will inform any viewer of the unique underpinnings of Japanese culture better than any sociology class could.
 - Japanese Quote: それを言っちゃ、おしまいよ。
 - Romanization: Sore o itcha, oshimai yo.
 - Meaning: You shouldn't say that.
It's most famous quote is peppered throughout the series, and roughly translates as: "You shouldn't say that!" The phrase means, in essence, that 'if you say that, it's the end of everything!' Pure over-the-top comedy.
5. Lupin the Third, The Mystery of Mamo
 - Japanese Title: ルパン三世 ルパンVS複製人間
 - Romanization: Rupan sansei rupan VS fukusei ningen
 - English Title: Lupin the Third, The Mystery of Mamo
Lupin the Third was a manga series that became popular in the late '60s, written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. The series relates the adventures of an agile thief, Arséne Lupin, who is the grandson of the well-known French gentleman thief with the same name, from the popular Maurice Leblanc novels. Lupin III comics first appeared in the Weekly Manga Action magazine, and The Mystery of Mamo is the first film in a series of Japanese anime, science fiction, adventure-comedies based on the Lupin III franchise. It remains one of the most popular Japanese anime series worldwide.
 - Japanese Quote: やつはとんでもないものを盗んでいきました。あなたの心です。
 - Romanization: Yatsu wa tondemo nai mono o nusunde ikimashita. Anata no kokoro desu.
 - Meaning: That guy stole an irreplaceable thing. Your heart.
The Mystery of Mamo follows the young thief's antics as he tries to foil Mamo, who is a powerful, rich hermit seeking eternal life. Of course, Lupin also tries throughout the movie to win the heart of his rival and objet d'amour, Fujiko Mine.
6. Trick
 - Japanese Title: トリック
 - Romanization: Torikku
 - English Title: Trick
Trick started as a single TV-series in 2000, the brainchild of director Yukihiko Tsutsumi, and later segued into two more seasons on TV, four movies and three feature-length specials. The plotlines centres on the main character of Naoko Yamada, a young woman who got fired from one job after the other. In her own mind, she's a talented magician though, so eventually she lands with Professor Ueda, and together the two debunk tales of supernatural phenomena, expose fake spiritualists, and solve mysterious murders and other crimes.
 - Japanese Quote: お前らのやった事は全部お見通しだ！
 - Romanization: Omae-ra no yatta koto wa zenbu o-mitōshi da!
 - Meaning: I know what you've done!
The quote most used in the series and the movies is: "I know what you've done!" This is uttered by the triumphant protagonists upon solving a mystery.
7. Violent Cop
 - Japanese Title: その男、凶暴につき
 - Romanization: Sono otoko, kyōbō ni tsuki
 - English Title: Violent Cop
A 1989 film, Violent Cop follows the blood-spattered story of detective Azuma, a Japanese police officer who follows his own head and rules to get results. This loose cannon gets entangled in a drama involving gang-violence, drugs, his close friend and police partner, Iwaki, and


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It is difficult to define visual acuity, which changes from day to day and from minute to minute. In the discrimination of details, a part is played by physical, physiologic and psychologic factors. In the highest grade of visual discriminations—the form sense—the psychologic factors play a major rôle and obscure the physiologic ones.
Visual acuity varies with the illumination of the object and of the surrounds—the general illumination in which the subject sits—and with the adaptation of the eye.
It was once believed that two points separated by one minute of visual angle appear discrete. The images of these points lie about 0.0043 mm. apart on the retina, slightly more than the diameter of a foveal cone. It was thought that in order for the eye to resolve two dots, their images should have an unstimulated cone between them. This theory is no longer tenable. According to Hofmann (1920), the


- AFRICA UNITE!time to stop all the Tribal,Political,Religious and boundary wars and conflicts,cause we are all one people,United we rule divide we fall.One Africa one people,one love.Blessings.xx As we aproach our UAF(UNITED AFRICAN FEDERATION) Golden jubilee season 2013,i and my team members are still trying to pass across the awareness of our African golden jubilee next year.Laws of the Jubilee is Leviticus 25 which is a Mosaic law.i have done my research on the laws of the JUBILEE and would encourage everyone including the churches,schools,youth and africa as a whole to research on the laws so they can have a better understanding of what is a Jubilee season. In my own understand i will share my knowledge of what a Jubilee is.WHAT IS A JUBILEE?Biblical refference a JUBILEE is the HOLY Year( the Sabbatical year)A Jubilee year happens every 50 years;declare the year Sacred.Regulation has a special impact on the ownership and management of LAND in the territory of the KINGDOM OF ISRAEL and of JUDAH.REFFERENCE OF THE LAWS OF THE JUBILEE,BIBLE LEVITICUS 25. Jubilee deals largely with land, property, and property rights. As with most cultures, the property rights regarding land, slaves and indentured servants was less absolute than for other property rights such as for tools and personal artifacts. As examples, in Leviticus,ALMIGHTY is speaking to Moses: Leviticus 25:10 You will sound the Trumpet;On the day of Expiation you will sound the trumpet throughtout the Land.Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you - and you shall return every man unto his own clan, you shall return every man to his family. Leviticus 25:23 The land must not be sold permanently, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners, my tenant farmers. Leviticus 27:21 When the field reverts in the Jubilee year it shall become holy unto the MOST HIGH, as a field set apart; and it shall become owned by the priests." Rejoice cause it shall be holy unto us,Almighty has showered his blessings and is interving for us in this holy season of our JUBILEE.Wake up Africa the time is now!
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text: On 20 October 2016 the International Charter Space and Major Disaster was activated due to floods in Panama. The request of activation was due to heavy rain in the Darien and Tonosi province. The situation can worsen because more rain is expected on the following days. The activation of the charter was requested by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) on behalf of the Tropic Humid Water Center for Latin America and the Caribbean or CATHALAC for its acronym in Spanish. Approximately 3.500 people have been affected and there are no victims, reported the local daily La Prensa. More information on the topic here.


Q: Should blood tubing be primed with or without normal saline before administration of blood products?
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Many hospital transfusion protocols and related nursing practices have been based more on tradition and assumptions than on scientific evidence. The saline priming of blood transfusion tubing is one such nursing practice that has long been guided by tradition. The risks and cost related to transfusion therapy have spurred a great deal of scientific inquiry in the past 15 years.
Approximately 15 million blood and blood component transfusions occur annually within the United States, making it a common lifesaving and life-sustaining intervention, especially within intensive care, surgical, and trauma units. Various estimates indicate that between 15% and 45% of patients require transfusions during their intensive care unit (ICU) stay, depending on their length of stay.1,2...
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churches and other places of worship. These are signified in a number of different ways on early maps. Churches are often shown with a small drawing of a church building, or else a cross (often, but not always, described in the map legend). Quaker Meeting Houses are commonly shown on many early maps, especially around the western Piedmont region. On some the whole phrase "Quaker Meeting House" is printed, others simply have a "Q.M."
While all governmental divisions (such as states and counties) can probably be called political, we're not being quite so broad here. Use this term when non-standard (at least as far as maps are concerned) political divisions are depicted, such as congressional districts or school districts.
There are a few very different instances in which this term would be used. When population is listed in a table in the margins, use this term in subject_details. It should also be used if the population of a city or town is noted on the map itself. And finally, it should be used when relative population is noted (often by symbols of varying sizes used to denote cities and towns).
Post offices are sometimes shown on county and local maps, and occasionally appear on larger regional and state maps. The location is usually depicted with the abbreviation "P.O."
Many maps, both manuscript and printed, show property lines. This project will include a handful of manuscript maps produced specifically for the purpose of recording the location of private and/or public property. Others simply include property lines in an effort to show a great amount of detail. Coast survey maps, especially when they show a good portion of land, often include property lines.
If a railroad is shown on the map, even if it is not named, this term should be used. Railroads are almost universally depicted by single lines with shorter lines across them. If the railroad is named, the name should be noted in the abstract.
While this term is used to signify the presence of modern highways and roads, it is also used when maps show older plank roads or trading paths. These are often present even on very early maps.
Most city and county maps show schools. And in most of these cases, the schools are clearly labeled.
Soundings (measurements of depth in water) are shown on many early maps, maps of the coastal areas, and nearly all coast and geodetic survey maps. These often appear as numbers scattered around the areas just off of the North Carolina coast.
Stores (probably all-purpose or "general" stores) are often depicted on North Carolina town and county maps, and occasionally on regional and state maps. Stores are usually pretty clearly labeled, denoted simply by the name (for example, "Garret Store," or "Biddle's Store"). There does not appear to be a common symbol used for stores. Whenever stores is used in this field, the broader term Businesses should also be included.
As with Mountains and Lakes, the cataloger should use a little discretion in assigning this term. Nearly every map of North Carolina will note, at least, the Great Dismal Swamp in the northeast corner of the state. Unless the Great Dismal is prominently featured or particularly carefully mapped, this term may not be necessary. However, many regional and county maps do depict smaller swamps, which are quite prevalent throughout the eastern section of the state. Sometimes swamps are simply noted on the map with a name, no different from a city or town. However, mapmakers often depicted by swamp areas with a series of horizontal lines, to give the section a darker appearance, and small drawings of what look like bushes. While these areas are clearly defined, they are not always named as swamps.
Maps showing tidal charts, or in any other fashion indicating tides, should receive the term "Tides." Generally, tidal charts may be found on those coastal maps designed for navigational purposes, as well as the occasional map produced by the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Beginning in 1868, North Carolina counties were divided into smaller administrative districts called townships. Maps showing the township boundaries were prepared and submitted to the state government in Raleigh. Subsequent maps often showed townships, and many of these are easy to spot, as the townships are coded by color. Use this term whenever a county map shows the names and boundaries of the townships.


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The aim of this course is to introduce topological K -theory, formulate the index theorem, sketch the K -theoretic proof and exhibit its power by deriving celebrated results such the Gauss-Bonnet theorem and Hirzebruch's signature theorem.
An outline of the course is as follows. We begin by defining vector bundles and generalising standard constructions such as direct sum, tensor product and exterior powers, from vector spaces to vector bundles. We explain how to define K-theory by considering formal differences of vector bundles. After establishing some formal properties of K-theory, we turn to the theory of characteristic classes and Chern-Weil theory. As a first application we present an easy proof, due to Adams and Atiyah, of the Hopf invariant one theorem using certain operations on K-theory. One easy consequence of this theorem is that there are no real division algebras in dimensions other than 1, 2, 4 and 8.
Next we introduce elliptic differential operators (or more generally, elliptic complexes) on compact manifolds and explain how their symbol determines a class in compactly supported K-theory. We define the notion of analytic index and topological index for elliptic operators. The Atiyah-Singer index theorem is the statement that these two index maps are equal. After explaining the basic idea behind the proof and deriving a cohomological formula, we consider several applications of the index theorem.
A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology.
A. Hatcher, Vector Bundles and K-theory.
P. Shanahan, The Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 638, Springer, Berlin, 1978.
H. B. Lawson and M.-L. Michelson, Spin Geometry, Princeton Mathematical Series 38, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1989.


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PROSHAR Gender Impact Assessment
This study examines the Program for Strengthening Household Access to Resources (PROSHAR)'s impact on gender issues in southwestern Bangladesh. PROSHAR improves livelihoods (Strategic Objective (SO) 1); builds local knowledge of and access to health and nutrition services (SO2); and strengthens people's capacities to respond to chronic disasters such as cyclones, drought, or flooding (SO3).
PROSHAR has integrated gender considerations throughout each of these SOs to ensure that men and women have equal opportunities to participate in and benefit from project activities. This gender impact assessment examines how PROSHAR's gender integration efforts have affected men and women's time allocation, mobility, and decision making. It also studies the most significant changes that occurred because of PROSHAR's work with gender issues.


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how fast do nails grow?
Enter the experts, please...
How long does it take nails to grow? And, how much faster do they grow on the fingers? The old "rules of thumb" were:
- Fingernails: 6-8 months to grow out fully Thumbnails 8-12 months to grow out fully
- Small toenails 12 months to grow out fully
- Great toenails 12-18 months to grow out fully
Mr. William B. Bean studied his own nail growth for 35 years and published the data in Arch Intern Med, 1974, Vol. 134, 497-502 (30 yrs) and ibid, 1980, Vol. 140, p. 73-76 (35 yrs). He found that nails grow more slowly with age; growth rate at age 32 was 0.123mm/day, but by age 67 had decreased to0.095mm/day. No variation with geographical location, physical activity, or season.
Thumb nails grow faster then the rest of the fingernails. Great toe nails grow faster then other toenails. Toe nails grow slower then fingernails. Umm.... Just like you thought!


MISTY partners submit written evidence to the IDC climate change inquiry
17 June, 2021
This short inquiry launched by the IDC is intended to see what the UK Government has done to date to ensure climate justice is intwined in its development strategy, and what more can be done ahead of COP26. The written evidence submitted by Ricardo Safra de Campos, Maria Franco Gavonel and Neil Adger at the University of Exeter specifically addresses the following items in the climate change inquiry Terms of Reference:
The extent to which the Government's work to date on climate change and development has taken the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the needs of low-and-middle income countries and vulnerable groups into account;
The potential of COP26 to address these remaining challenges effectively and the steps the Government needs to take if COP26 is to succeed in tackling them.


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CTSA: introduction: computer system
A computer system called the Company Tax System or COTAX supports CTSA.
- continues the support previously provided by the CTPF system for CTPF accounting periods,
- provides equivalent support for CTSA,
- has a built-in system of Help, Instructions and Training (HINT), which includes an Online Company Tax Manual (COM)
- like the other Revenue national systems, is managed by the Department in partnership with EDS.
If an office that does not have access to COTAX needs such access it should raise thematter, in the first instance, with the CT help desk (This content has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000).


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ILO Factsheet Measuring the costs of coercion
Jul 01 2010
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What are, in addition to the human suffering, the financial costs of coercion to people who work in forced labour? In other words, how much money is "stolen" from people in forced labour? Answering this question requires some estimate of the net opportunity cost of being in forced labour, i.e. the amount of income that is lost because a person is in forced labour instead of being free. In a general sense, the cost of coercion can be defined as the difference between a victim's actual income in forced labour and what he or she would have earned doing the same job in a free labour relationship. Research over the last few years has shown that the loss of income associated with coercion can be traced to two main sources. The first source is the underpayment of wages. The second source of lost income that we consider arises mainly in cases of human trafficking: it is the financial costs associated with the recruitment process. More information about human trafficking on the website of ILO.
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Wilson Bigaud, the celebrated Haitian artist, left an indelible mark on the world of art with his unique and captivating works. Born in Port-au-Prince in 1931 (though the exact year remains a point of contention), he embarked on his artistic journey as a sculptor in clay. His talents were nurtured by the influential Dewitt Peters, who introduced him to the Centre D'Art, where he honed his skills under the guidance of the accomplished artist Maurice Borno.
At the age of 18, Bigaud's artistic journey took a pivotal turn. He joined the Centre d'Art, where he initially showcased his remarkable talent in densely detailed drawings. His dedication to mastering color and creating a sense of volume through light and shadow soon became evident. Notably, at the tender age of 21, he created the magnificent painting "Terrestrial Paradise," a masterpiece that won him second prize at an international art exhibition in Washington, D.C. This remarkable achievement earned him a place in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, alongside other esteemed Haitian artists such as Gourgue, Philomé Obin, and Georges Liautaud.
In 1951, Bigaud was chosen as one of the few artists to contribute to the iconic murals adorning the Episcopal Cathedral of Sainte Trinité in Port-au-Prince, a tragedy that was destroyed in the devastating earthquake of January 12. His masterpiece, "The Marriage at Cana," exhibited many of the themes he had explored in his earlier works, infusing Christian subjects with vivid details from Vodou rituals. Bigaud's art was a reflection of his life and culture, portraying the vibrant festivals of carnival and Rara in colorful and dynamic detail. His love for lush details and golden hues was evident in his "Self-portrait in the Carnival Costume of the Fancy Indian."
Bigaud's genre scenes were rooted in reality, characterized by their materiality and respect for the principles of naturalism. He skillfully portrayed the rituals and mysteries of Vodou as he had observed them, offering viewers a unique glimpse into the rich tapestry of Haitian culture.
Despite his undeniable talent and early success, Bigaud faced a prolonged battle with severe depression that halted his artistic endeavors from 1957 to 1962. Some believe that he never fully regained the brilliance of his earlier work, attributing his creative hiatus to a pact he may have made with a houngan, a Vodou priest, in a desperate bid to preserve his artistic gift.
Wilson Bigaud's legacy endures through his art, which remains an integral part of the finest Haitian art collections worldwide. His paintings provide a window into the soul of Haiti, capturing the subtleties of its culture with every brushstroke on canvas. Though his life was marked by personal struggles, his artistic contributions continue to inspire and captivate art enthusiasts, ensuring that his name will forever be synonymous with the world of Haitian painting. Wilson Bigaud's story is a testament to the enduring power of art and its ability to transcend personal tribulations to speak to the hearts and minds of generations to come.


Don't Wipe That Sweat Off Your Brow and You'll Cool Down Faster
As the temperatures get higher, a lot of us are starting to sweat more often. But, unless you're drenched, you're better off not wiping it off your head, since it can cool you off faster.
Brian Palmer over at Slate explains the science:
Don't wipe unless you're drenched. Sweat releases heat by evaporative cooling. As each gram of sweat transitions from liquid to gas phase, it absorbs 2,427 joules of energy from the body and dissipates the heat into the environment. But if you wipe away the perspiration before it evaporates, that process will get cut short, and you'll need to sweat more just to achieve the same degree of cooling. On the other hand, any sweat that drips to the ground before it can evaporate won't do you any good, so if you're really soaked you may as well reach for the towel.
So the next time you go to mop your brow, think twice—if you're really serious about cooling off, you may want to leave those sweat beads to evaporate on their own. Of course, you can always speed up the process by knowing your body's quick cooling spots, too.
Let Them See You Sweat | Slate
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Speed Art Museum
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Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series of 1938-40
The Speed Art Museum is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition on February 6, 2001 celebrating the life and work of Jacob Lawrence, one of the foremost American painters of the twentieth century, an African-American artist and teacher, who died last June at the age of 82. (left: Harriet Tubman series No. 10, 1939-40, Casein tempera on gessoed hardboard, Hampton University Art Museum, Hampton, Virginia)
The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman series of 1938-40 are among Lawrence's greatest achievements as a painter. Including 32 and 31 images, respectively, the narratives document the struggles and heroic achievements of these two nineteenth-century Abolitionists. Executed in tempera, the images are remarkable in their simplicity, vivid color, boldly expressive style, and use of the series format to convey narrative content. (right: Harriet Tubman series No. 4, 1939-40, Casein tempera on gessoed hardboard, Hampton University Art Museum, Hampton, Virginia)
Ellen Harkins Wheat, author of the catalog Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series of 1938-40, describes the artist's work in this way. "At times powerfully exquisite, at other times raw, even awkward, their rough magic and expressive strength speak to us through time of the often-neglected episodes of black American history and the black experience." In Lawrence's own words: "If at times my productions do not express the conventionally beautiful, there is always an effort to express the universal beauty of man's continuous struggle to lift his social position and to add dimension to his spiritual being." (left: Frederick Douglass series No. 21, 1938-39, Casein tempera on gessoed hardboard, Hampton University Art Museum, Hampton, Virginia)
The images include captions written by the artist, who thoroughly researched the two legendary figures before beginning work on the series.
Including these series, Lawrence created five historical sequences overall; the other three are Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1937-38; The Migration of the Negro, 1940-41; and John Brown, 1941. Throughout his career, Lawrence continued to focus on themes of human strife and determination. Although the Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman series were executed early in Lawrence's artistic development, the images remained dear to the artist throughout his lifetime and embody some of his strongest work. (right: Frederick Douglass series No. 13, 1938-39, Casein tempera on gessoed hardboard, Hampton University Art Museum, Hampton, Virginia)
The exhibition is organized by the Hampton University Art Museum, the institution that owns the works. A catalog will be available for purchase in the museum shop.
See a related article: Jacob Lawrence--Aesop's Fables (4/11/99)
Read more about the Speed Art Museum in Resource Library Magazine
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