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Body Temperature Thermometer: Precisely measure the temperature of body parts like forehead and ear. One-key triggering measurement, more convenient to detect body healthy condition.
Non-contact Infrared Sensor Measuring: The infrared thermometer measuring distance is 3~5cm / 1.18~1.97in, no need to touch skin and prevent cross infection effectively.
LCD Clear Display: Large LCD screen provides clear display, high-contrast back-light and readout make it easier to observe the reading.
Power-saving Function: The thermometer is powered by 2 * AAA batteries(NOT included), it can power off automatically after 15 seconds of idle operation.
Application: Body temperature measurement
Measuring Distance: 3~5cm / 1.18~1.97in
Measuring Time: Less than.5s
Automatic Power Off: 15s of idle operation
Accuracy: ±0.2℃ in the range of 35℃~42℃, ±0.3℃ out of the range of 35℃~42℃
Normal Working Environment Condition: 16~35℃; relative humidity:<85%; atmospheric pressure:70kpa~106kpa
Storage: 16 sets of measurement
Power Supply: DC3V, 2 * AAA batteries
Package Size: 18 * 10 * 5cm / 7.09 * 3.94 * 1.97in
Package Weight: 162g / 5.71oz


The world is full of good food. Food is any substance eaten to provide and supply nutritional support for an organism. Most types of food in Nigeria is often made from plant or animal and contains vital nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. Liquids used for energy and nutrition are often called "drinks ". It is eaten by living things to provide energy and nutrition for their growth and development. Simply put food is what humans and animals eat in order to survive; it contains the nutrition that people and animals need to be healthy and stay alive. The consumption of food is palatable and enjoyable to humans.
The food humans eat is mostly produced by an agricultural process which is farming or gardening. It includes animal and vegetable sources.
 - Plant-source Animal source
 - Fruit
 - Vegetables
 - Grains
 - Seeds
 - Legumes (Beans, peas, lentils, etc.)
 - Herbs
 - Spices
Nigerian cuisines are one of the best in the world, if not all I have heard of how the Nigerian jollof rice is praised both at home and abroad. Most of the Nigerian foods are made locally with local spices. Nigerian delicacy consists of dishes or food items ranging from the diverse ethnic groups in Nigeria. Nigeria dishes uses spices and herbs with groundnut or palm oil to prepare deeply flavored sauces and soups similar to other West African cuisines.
Fantastic foods are delicious and enjoyable; delicacies that heighten one's appetite. Some homemade, locally dished foods can make you feel rootless and homesick if not eaten for a long time.
Some of the locally Nigerian prepared dishes are mentioned below and are categorized under some major foods.
Nigerian Jollof Rice
 1. Coconut rice is rice made with coconut milk or liquid.
 2. Jollof rice is a concussion made with tomato and pepper paste.
 3. Fried rice is prepared from rice and typically mixed with an assortment of eggs, can maize, and meat, poultry or prawns.
 4. Tuwo Masara is prepared from corn flour dish eaten mostly in northern Nigeria.
 5. Tuwo Shinkafa is a thick rice pudding usually eaten with "Miyan Kuka" (a thick soup) or vegetable soup and goat meat stew or "Miyan Taushe", meat (usually goat or mutton) and smoked fish or biscuit bone called Keshia. Served mostly in Northern Nigeria.
Types Of Food In Nigeria
 1. Akara is produced from beans and is called beans cake. It is fried in red oil or vegetable oil.
 2. Ewa Agoyin is prepared with beans. Pepper and onion sauce is prepared and is eaten with it.
 3. Gbegiri (a bean-based stew from the southwest) is a local soup prepared with beans. The beans are mashed till its smooth and are pasty.
 4. Moin Moin is prepared from beans. It is prepared from a mixture of peeled beans, ground and wrapped in a leaf (like a banana leaf) or leather or tin container. It is a steamed beans pudding.
 5. Ekuru is also made with beans but unlike Moi Moi, Ekuru is white while pepper sauce is prepared separately and eaten together.
 6. Okpa (made from guinea bean flour in southeast Nigeria) similar to Moi Moi but stronger than Moi Moi
 - MEAT
It is no myth how much Nigerians consume meat. Meat is used in most Nigerian dishes to prepare
 1. Suya is a local barbecue prepared with meat. It is grilled and coated with ground chili pepper, peanut powder, and other local spices. It is prepared on a stick and roasted not boiled.
 2. Kilishi is made from meat that has been cut into very thin slices, which are then spread out to dry. The other spices used include Chili pepper, spices, and local herbs is then prepared into a paste which is lightly brushed on both sides after which it is slightly grilled.
 3. Nkwobi is a soup prepared mostly in southeastern Nigeria. It is cooked with cow legs poured into a thick, spicy sauce.
 4. Isi Ewu: prepared with goat head and legs. It's another form of pepper soup common in southeastern Nigeria.
 - Soups and Stews
Banga Soup
 1. Banga soup is a nutritious soup made from palm nuts and is eaten primarily in the south and mid-western of Nigeria.
 2. Ofe Akwu is also made from palm nuts but prepared more like a stew meant to eat with rice only.
 3. Miyan Keuka is a common soup among the Hausa people which is prepared from powdered baobab leaves and dried okra. It is often green in color.
 4. Ewedu called spinach is prepared white and eaten with stew or prepared concussion.
 5. Edikaikong is a soup prepared with different vegetables and is mostly prepared by the Annang, Ibibio and Efik people.
 6. Pepper soup is a light soup made from a mix of meat and fish with herbs and spices and is pepperish. Nutmeg and chili peppers garnished with either fish, beef, goat meat or chicken are part of its important ingredients. It is an appetizer.
 7. Afang
 8. Corn soup
 9. Draw soup often called Okro
 10. Efo Iiro/Efo egusi, a stew made from leafy vegetables
 11. Egusi soup is prepared with melon seed, grounded and is thickened containing vegetables, seasonings, and meat, fish or crayfish as desired.
 12. Miyan Taushe is prepared from a mixture of groundnut and pumpkin leaves spiced with pepper, Dawadawa (or Iru) & Maggi seasonings. Mostly eaten in the north.
 13. Ogbono soup is prepared with ground Ogbono seeds, other vegetables, seasonings, and meat. Ogbono is often using to eat swallowed food.
 14. Bitterleaf soup (Ofe Onugbu)
 - Side dishes
 1. Fried plantain font called Dodo is made prepared from plantains fried in vegetable or palm oil.
 2. Mosa is prepared with a fermented corn, which is grounded afterward into a thick paste, fried with vegetable oil and then sprinkled with sugar. It is an acquired taste.
 1. Pounded yam is gotten from yam. The yam is mashed and pounder completely into smooth for with no yam chunks left.
 2. Amala is a thick paste made from yam, which has been peeled, cleaned, dried and then blended and is darker (or brown) in color.
 3. Yam porridge is a popular Nigerian dish common in the western region. It is made from yam. The yam is slightly mashed seasoned and spiced with tomato, chili and big red pepper sauce with palm oil or vegetable oil. It can be garnished with fish, meat or crayfish and vegetables to desired taste.
 1. Eba, or Garri as it is fondly called. It is a derivatives of roughages or flaks from cassava which can be made into a molten form as a swallow food. It is thick and sometimes sticky base on the texture or nature of the garri.
 2. Apu and Fufu, are a staple dish in Nigeria made from cassava.
 3. Lafun which is similar to amala but is much lighter in color, and gluey made from cassava.
 1. Chin Chin is made from wheat flour, eggs and butter and is described as fried cookies. It is often in small cube form
 2. Puff Puff and doughnuts made flour and fried with vegetable oil
 3. Kuli-Kuli or groundnut cake. It is a bye product of ground nut used for groundnut oil.
 4. Meat pie, fish pie, and chicken pie.
 5. Wara is a soft cottage cheese made from fresh cow milk or soya beans.
 6. Plantain chips made from plantain and are often dry fried
 7. Ojojo is a local food widely eaten in the southwestern part of Nigeria. This is prepared with grated Water Yam, Peppers, onions and seasoning mixed with the grated Water Yam before being deep-fried.
 8. Masa one of the major food in the north and is eaten both as breakfast and lunch. It is made from rice. It is traditionally served with Miyan Taushe.
 9. Yams with red stew or scrambled eggs with diced tomato and onion.
 10. Ogi/Akamu (pap) made from maize or millet.
Below are locally made drinks in Nigeria from various part of the country.
 1. Kunu is a local drink made of either millet, sorghum or maize. Mostly found in TV e northern part of Nigeria.
 2. Fura


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Singers and vocalists will sometimes find themselves needing to plug their microphone into a guitar amplifier. Often for practice with other band members or in the home environment. A guitar amp is often a practical and inexpensive way to get your vocals amplified. They are relatively inexpensive compared to full 2-way PA systems that are generally used for vocals in a live environment.
Though a guitar amp has its name for a reason; the input jack is designed for high impedance (Hi-Z) guitar signals, through a ¼" jack connector. While a microphone outputs a low impedance (Low-Z) mic level signal and the standard cable connector is a 3pin XLR. There are ways to overcome the difference in signal and cable connectors to get the correct connection and optimum signal strength from the microphone.
Firstly to plug a mic into a guitar amp you will need a cable with the correct connectors on either end. Most microphones require a 3pin XLR(f) connector to plug into the bottom of the microphone. Just about all guitar amplifiers have a ¼" jack input and require a standard ¼"(m) jack connector (found on any guitar lead). Thus an XLR(f) to ¼" jack cable is needed to connect the microphone directly to the amp.
This is standard cable purchased by those wishing to plug their microphone into their guitar amp. While the connections may be correct and sound will definitely come through, there is still a difference in 'impedance' between the signal from the mic (Low-Z), and the input on the guitar amp (Hi-Z). The result is a loss of signal (voltage) which will restrict the volume to around 80% of full potential and will also reduce signal clarity somewhat.
To overcome this loss in signal due to an "impedance mis-match", there is a clever device known as an impedance transformer. The inner circuitry of the impedance transformer turns the impedance of the low-Z mic signal into hi-Z, suitable for the input on the guitar amp.
The impedance transformer above does have the correct XLR(f) to ¼" jack connectors, required for the mic to guitar amplifier connection, though unless you want to be singing with your ear against the amp, a longer cable will be needed. A standard XLR(f) to XLR(m) cable will do the job.
The XLR(f) plug goes into the microphone, while the XLR(m) plug is connected to the XLR(f) connector on the impedance transformer. The ¼" jack connector can then be plugged directly into the guitar amp. Tadaa!

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Missouri residential solar energy incentives
Home energy efficiency improvements tax deduction:
-The state of Missouri offers residents a tax deduction for all home energy audits and energy improvements made on their homes based on the results of an energy audit.
-This tax deduction allows residents to deduct 100% of the amount from their income taxes.
-Maximum amount allowed for this deduction is $1,000 per tax return. Any remaining amount may be carried over to following tax years up to an accumulative maximum amount of $2,000 per taxpayer.
Super savor loans – Columbia Water & Light:
-These loans are to encourage and help residents of Missouri to make energy efficiency improvements to their homes.
-Super savor loans have a fixed low interest rate and a five year payback period with out any prepayment penalties.
-Loans are given to help with costs associated with solar water heat, solar space heat, furnaces, heat pumps, air conditioning, building insulation, windows and doors.
-Energy efficiency technologies must meet all requirements and standards to be eligible.
Utility rebate programs:
-Many utility rebate programs are available throughout the state of Minnesota provided by municipal cities and utility companies to help encourage home owners to make energy efficiency improvements.
-Details, requirements and rebate amounts for each program will vary.
Net metering:
-Net metering is available to customers who have facilities that generate electricity through solar, wind, methane, biomass, hydropower or geothermal systems.
-The power produced by the renewable energy system is used to offset the kilowatt hours consumed each month. The incentive shows up as a credit on the customer's monthly bill.
-Customers keep all renewable energy credits connected to the electricity their system generates.
-Systems must have a maximum capacity of 100 kilowatts to be eligible for net metering.
Residential renewable energy tax credit:
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Athlete Biological Passport Program FAQ
What is an Athlete Biological Passport (ABP)?
An Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) is an ongoing electronic record of an athlete's biological markers from multiple blood sample collections over a period of time.
An ABP differs from traditional blood tests by looking at the effects of doping rather than directly detecting the prohibited substances or methods used. This means that even if a substance has left the body, the ABP tests will detect if it was there.
Why is the NRL introducing an ABP program?
The new testing measures are part of a range of initiatives introduced by the NRL's Integrity and Compliance Unit to protect rugby league. The testing program has been developed on the basis of expert advice and gives confidence to the fans and the players who are committed to a drug-free sport.
The NRL's ABP program is part of a comprehensive suite of changes that will significantly strengthen rugby league against emerging threats to world sport.
What are the other new testing measures being announced by the NRL?
The new ABP program will run in addition to traditional blood and urine testing. The other new measures include:
 - Increased testing for Human Growth Hormone with samples sent to London to take advantage of the latest technology developed for the 2012 Olympics
 - Increased testing for peptides with samples sent to Cologne to take advantage of leading international developments in peptide testing
Who administers the NRL's ABP Program?
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) will be contracted by the NRL to conduct all aspects of the program on its behalf.
When will the program start?
The program will commence in June 2013.
How are players selected?
Players are selected at ASADA's discretion.
How often will ABP testing occur?
ASADA has indicated that a minimum of four tests would be reasonable to provide an individual athlete's baseline record. A baseline record is simply gathering a sufficient quantity of data from which a panel of three experts can agree that it is highly likely that a prohibited substance or method has been used following testing. In a full year, it is expected each player would be required to submit to between four and ten tests.
How long will it take for tests to be completed?
The test itself is relatively short and only requires a sample of blood. However, an athlete is required to be in a rested state prior to undertaking the test which could result in a player waiting for up to two hours from the time he first advised of the test. Once notified an athlete must remain with the testing official until the test is complete.
Where will the biological passports be tested and by whom?
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratories in Australia will process ABP tests conducted in Australia.
Is the new ABP Program supported by the Rugby League Players' Association?
Yes. The program has been discussed in detail with the RLPA. The RLPA strongly supports the testing of players to ensure compliance with the WADA code and the NRL's Anti-Doping Policy.
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veri-, ver- (Latin: true, truth, real, truthfulness).
1. To declare true, assert the truth of (a statement).
2. To assert as a fact; to state positively, affirm.
3. To assert or allege something confidently.
4. In law, to state or allege that something is true.
1. Honest or truthful.
2. True or accurate.
1. The truth, accuracy, or precision of something.
2. The truthfulness or honesty of a person.
3. A truth or true statement.
1. The decision arrived at by a jury at the end of a trial.
2. An expressed conclusion; judgment.
A verdict is etymologically a "true saying" or a "true statement". It was evolved from verdit, the Anglo-Norman variant of Old French veirdit. This was a compound formed from veir "true" (a descendant of Latin verum and relative of English very) and dit "saying, speech", which came from Latin dictum. The partial Latinization of verdit to verdict is said to have taken place in the 16th century.
(New York: Arcade Publishing, 1990).
1. Telling the truth.
2. Corresponding to facts or to reality, and therefore genuine or real.
1. The establishment of the truth or correctness of something by investigation or evidence.
2. The evidence that proves something true or correct.
3. In law, an affidavit swearing to the accuracy of a pleading.
The view that every meaningful proposition is capable of being shown to be true or false.
verify, verifiable, verifiably:
1. To prove that something is true.
2. To check whether or not something is true by examination, investigation, or comparison.
3. In law, to swear or affirm under oath that something is true.
Speaking the truth; truthful, veracious.
In truth (archaic).
Appearing to be true or real.
1. The appearance of being true or real.
2. Something that only appears to be true or real, e.g., a statement that is not supported by evidence.
verism, verist, veristic:
Strict realism or naturalism in art and literature.
veritable, veritableness, veritably:
1. Indicating that something being referred to figuratively is as good as true.
2. True as a declaration or statement
The quality of being true or real.
2. Something that is true, especially a statement or principle that is accepted as a fact.
1. An adverb that is used in front of adjectives and adverbs to emphasize their meanings.
2. Indicates an extreme position or extreme point in time.
3. Exactly the right or appropriate person or thing, or exactly the same person or thing.
4. Used before nouns to emphasize seriousness or importance.

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A strange wreckage billowing with smoke was found on the grass at Eccleston Primary School early this Monday morning followed by tweets the night before from parents and residents, claiming strange sighting and sounds throughout the evening and night before. Scientists have confirmed that a family of Zhdun's from the planet Flube have crash landed and taken temporary residence in the school. They are a safe, friendly species who must be well looked after. The children will be working hard to ensure that their stay here remains safe, comfortable and short as they build various things including toys, vehicles, clothing and a spacecraft in the hope that we can guarantee a safe passage home.


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✅ The influence of gravity on our body
exercises Gravity
Exercises Gravity
✅ It's gravity. Unlike animals, the effect of gravity on a on the straight line man has a more destructive effect. Gravity acts half a day across the body when the person is upright, and half a day along the body when he is sleeping.
Therefore, a person who has a disease, say, the respiratory system can feel good in a horizontal position and bad in the vertical.
Let's talk about a set of exercises for the press called gravity
Gravity exercises are a set of exercises with increasing repetition performed from your maximum number.
✅ The press (ABdominal)– is a relatively small muscle group. For this reason, it can be trained almost anywhere: at home, on a sports ground, in the gym. There are a lot of exercises for this: from simple lifting of the legs in the hang, which everyone remembers from the physical education classes in the school, to technically complex isolated movements like twists from the upper block. Each exercise is slightly different in biomechanics and has its own specific implementation. It is possible to carry out both power weight and more multi-repetitive work aimed at the increased blood supply to the muscles of the press. All load options have a place to be in your training process.
For example, take the exercise "Prayer" (Kneeling Cable Crunch)
Kneeling Cable Crunch
Kneeling Cable Crunch
✅ Twisting from the top block with a rope handle (due to a specific pose, the exercise is also called "prayer" – Kneeling Cable Crunch) allow you to effectively work out the upper section of the press. The main thing is not to overdo the working weight and correctly round the spine, so that it is "twisted", and not bent, then the contraction of the muscles of the press will be maximum.
Training "Gravitation" is when you make weights larger than your usual working weight, for this you need a partner for training which will help you to practice the exercise to the end.
✅ "What is the meaning of gravity?" – you ask. Gravitation incredibly affects the psychological factor, removes subconscious fear of weight and greatly affects the future maximum result. This is a psychological "shake" for the muscles and brain. This is a test of the connection between the muscles and the brain. If you correctly perform the technical gravity, then when working with a large weight (for a maximum, for example), the connection between the muscles and the brain will be much stronger and then there will not be a "loss of technique" or, as they say, panic.
Execiting Kneeling Cable Crunch
The meaning of gravity lies in the fact that the athlete performs one of the basic exercises with a weight greater than the maximum that you do. For example, if you have a Kneeling Cable Crunch with a weight of 50 kg, you bet 65 and you do more times 5 times than do a work weight, and the partner helps you perform the last 2-3 repetitions.
Gravitation is performed by 2 approaches 1 time.
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10 Completely Bizarre Bird Facts
Christopher M. Stephens
Birds are everywhere, but their lives are sometimes exceedingly unusual. Birds should never be taken for granted, and closer observation reveals just how odd they really are. Among birds we find some of the most surprising, weird, or even human-like traits in the animal kingdom.
10Bassian Thrush Feeds By Flatulence
Photo credit: JJ Harrison
Thrushes, including robins, are among the most average-looking birds. They are also among the world's most widely distributed and successful birds. These midsize songbirds are found on lawns and in parks worldwide, looking (and not listening, as is commonly believed) for worms with a cocked head. There is a species of thrush from Australia that feeds by using flatulence to flush out worms.
The bassian thrush actually directs a stream of flatulence toward the site of a worm find. The gas apparently disturbs the worm and provokes movement. The otherwise ordinary-looking thrush is then able to effectively locate the worm and grab it for a quick meal. Producing gas on repeated occasions while feeding is certainly one of the most bizarre known adaptations of physiology and bird behavior.
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9Blue Tits Steal Milk
Blue tits are European songbirds comparable to chickadees, with relatively close genetic ties to crows, magpies, and ravens. Despite their small size, these sociable birds are highly intelligent and adaptive, capable of complex behaviors and interactions with their environment. In certain UK towns, blue tits developed a novel feeding strategy at the expense of humans. Following milk delivery people, blue tits puncture the foil lids with their bills before extracting small amounts of milk from the bottles filled nearly to the top.
Although the amount of milk taken is minuscule, serious contamination can easily result. European robins are a second species of garden songbird found to take milk from bottles after they are pecked open. These species are far less effective in their efforts than the tits, however. Unfortunately, tits are poorly adapted to milk digestion, and there were cases where some have even fallen into bottles and drowned.
8The Beautiful Vulture
The lammergeyer, or bearded vulture, is one of the most distinctive and awe-inspiring birds of prey, frequently feeding on the marrow of shattered bones dropped from a height. However, it is not so much the diet of this strange bird but its habit of dyeing its feathers in the interest of appearance that make it so remarkable. According to leading research on lammergeyers, the birds are known to dye their feathers with natural substances, beginning at about seven years of age.
By immersing their naturally whitish or beige breast feathers and facial regions in iron-rich mud and mineralized clay, the vultures add colorful "highlights" to their plumage—just like humans using hair styling products. Vultures feeding on dead animal products lack the rich carotenoid pigments that color plumage in many plant-eating birds. Red pigments signal dominance in the bird world. It is thought that lammergeyers assert their social status and rank through their self-coloring habits.
7Common Poorwill—Bird Hibernation
When hibernation is mentioned, we usually think of bears, or perhaps a frog at the bottom of a pond. Birds fly south, or stay in colder regions and survive by feeding on more innovative food sources. However, certain birds—such as swifts and hummingbirds—seem to have the ability to slow down their metabolism on cold nights. One species of nightjar, related to the whip-poor-will and the so-called "goatsuckers," takes it further.
The common poorwill of the American West patrols arid landscapes for insect prey. Uniquely among birds, this species actually goes into a full state of hibernation as the cool desert landscape becomes devoid of insect life during the winter season. The poorwills wedge themselves into desert rock crevices and wait out the winter in a manner very similar to a bear, waking up to resume their nocturnal foraging as the weather warms in the spring. No other bird actually undertakes a full hibernation. Even the closely related nighthawks simply fly south.
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6Canyon Wren—The Patio Decorator
Wrens are some of the most delightful and frequently appreciated garden birds. Primarily restricted to North and South America as a family, the 80 or so species of wrens have adapted to a vast range of opposite habitats despite their similar forms. The rusty-backed, slim-built canyon wren is a native of western North America that inhabits dry, arid slopes with rocks, pebbles, and crevices. In an example of avian engineering, these somewhat strange birds actually move a number of small stones to form a pathway, or patio of sorts, in front of their nest sites.
Usually built by females, the "patios" may include a whopping 300 stones. Despite extensive research on canyon wrens and a lot of attention from naturalists, the purpose and function of the bizarre stone paths constructed by the birds remain a mystery. Scientists from the University of Colorado embarked on a study that may shed light on the purpose of the nests. Cameras placed near nest sites may allow observation of how the paths are used.
5Use Of Disinfecting Plants In Bird Nests
Blue tits aren't only known for drinking milk from tampered bottles. These small songbirds seem to practice herbal and even aromatherapy skills, to quote a tongue-in-cheek reference by avian scientists studying these birds. Multiple species, including starlings and blue tits, place small pieces of aromatic plants in their nest. However, the blue tits are unique in using numerous plant species that have the effect of reducing harmful bacteria. Blowfly infestations are a key problem in their nests, and sanitary problems may lead to chick mortality. The presence of small pieces of plants was found to reduce rates of bacteria infestation among nestlings.
Researchers publishing results discovered that "aromatic plants, including lavender (Lavandula stoechas), apple mint (Mentha suaveolens), the curry plant (Helichrysum itlaicum) and Achillea ligustica significantly change the composition of bacterial communities living on blue tit nestlings." The plants were also found to positively affect red blood cell counts.
4Seabird And Duck Piracy
Many birds are highly skilled in foraging. After all, the survival of many bird species in challenging environments would be tenuous were it not for their truly remarkable ways of finding food. Several species of birds, primarily the water-dwelling types, are known for their repeated robberies of other bird species. Kleptoparasites can be divided into specialists, who use theft and intimidation as a primary foraging technique, and occasional or opportunistic kleptoparasites that take food from other birds on a more casual basis.
Jaegers, skuas, and frigatebirds are aggressive seabirds that repeatedly harass other seabirds until they disgorge their latest meal. The birds then catch the food in midair and fly off. In a slightly odder twist, American wigeons—perfectly capable of feeding on their own—are known to swim up to canvasbacks or coots diving for wild celery and snatch their food away. The reason? American wigeons can't dive as effectively as those they steal from, but they want the benefits of the lifestyle.
3Swainson's Thrush And Its Mating Game
I selected the Swainson's thrush for graduate research with Royal Roads University in British Columbia, due to its apparent usefulness as an indicator of bird sensitivity to changing habitat conditions. However, this strikingly ordinary-looking yet beautiful bird has an unexpected twist to its life history. Swainson's thrush males take a rather unconventional approach to mating.
Arriving in North America from South American wintering grounds, male thrushes claim territories in mixed forests, which they then aggressively defend against female birds. After playing "hard to get" and having their territorial boundaries breached by females, the reluctant male birds allow the female birds into their territory. The thrushes are quite loyal compared to many songbirds and may take the same mates year after year. This is thought to facilitate quicker pairing for greater nesting success in a short breeding season.
2The Tense Truce Between Alligators And Herons
Herons and alligators would seem to be neutral toward each other in their ecological roles in subtropical wetlands. If interaction was considered, they might appear to be deadly enemies, with the herons being placed at considerable risk of predation. However, there is a more complex and surprisingly beneficial relationship between wading birds and alligators in the Florida Everglades.
Wetland vegetation grows rapidly in the open water of the highly productive wetland environments. Alligator foraging activity creates open pools by crushing this vegetation. As a result, fish can be easily captured in these pools, which contributes to the foraging needs of herons. Additionally, alligators offer protection from rats and mammals that would otherwise eat the eggs from herons' nests. Alligators do take some young herons as prey on occasion, when the latter fall from their nests. However, it is thought that the alligators' presence benefits the herons enough to outweigh the costs.
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Maybe, but you could be overcomplicating it.
Does the definition of a(t) suggest that it starts ONLY at t = 0? I'm guessing that it doesn't. In my mind, this function kicks in at the moment cash is deposited and the formula must start counting all over, at that point, for the new deposit.
Remember that simple interest does NOT compound. If you calculate the growth to t = 3 and then calculate the growth to t = 8, you have capitalized the interest earned up to t = 3. That's no good.
8 - 3 = 5
3200 = k*(1+0.05*5) -- Find k.


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Wii lär oss dansa?: Om dansspel, rörelsekvaliteter och lärande i idrott och hälsa
2014 (Swedish)Licentiate thesis, monograph (Other academic)
Few studies have focused on how learning takes place in physical education and health (PEH) practices, and even more so in relation to artifact use. Dance is a core content in the Swedish curriculum, but according to previous research it nevertheless rarely occurs in practice due to many teachers' lack of knowledge. Movement qualities are something that students are supposed to develop in the subject, where dance can be used as a form of activity.
The aim of the licentiate thesis is to examine students' use and development of different movement qualities in a learning process where dance exergames are used as teaching aids in the PEH practice in upper secondary school. The research questions in the study are: (1) what kind of movement qualities do students use when they interact with each other and with dance exergames, and (2) how does the learning of movement qualities occur when dance exergames are used as teaching aids?
A series of seven PEH-lessons were designed. Four of the lesson had a spe-cific purpose, such as working with rhythm and coordination where the exergames Nintendo Wii Just Dance 3 and 4 were used as teaching aids. In two other lessons the students worked in groups to create their own dances, and as a final goal, at lesson seven, the groups presented their dances. All the lessons were video recorded. A framework inspired by Laban's movement analysis was used to analyze the students' movement qualities, based on four aspects: body, space, effort and relationship. To be able to analyze the students, the dance exergames and the context as a whole, the study involved a socio-cultural ap-proach to learning. Learning situations in the ongoing practice were also ana-lyzed, where learning was investigated as something that occurs through inter-actions between students and between students and artifacts.
The results show a way to describe students' movement qualities, which con-tribute to PEH-teachers language of knowledge in movement. The results also demonstrate that learning occurred through imitation, repetition, communica-tion, negotiation, practice, modeling, instruction and using metaphors. A con-clusion is that students' use and development of movement qualities do not depend on the use of the dance exergames per se, instead it depends on how the dance exergames are used in PEH practice.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Gymnastikoch idrottshögskolan, GIH, 2014., 177 p.
exergames, movement qualities, learning processes, dance, physical education, Laban, movement framework, socio-cultural perspective, artifact
Research subject Social Sciences/Humanities
IdentifiersURN: urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-3345OAI: oai:DiVA.org:gih-3345DiVA: diva2:729165
2014-06-11, Sal 1506, GIH, Lidingövägen 1, Stockholm, 13:00 (Swedish)
Winther, Helle, lektor
Larsson, Håkan, professorQuennerstedt, Mikael, professor


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- to express purpose (to answer "Why...?"):
He bought some flowers to give to his wife.
He locked the door to keep everyone out.
We sometimes say in order to or in order not to:
We set off early in order to avoid the traffic.
They spoke quietly in order not to wake the children
… or we can say so as to or so as not to:
We set off early so as to avoid the traffic.
They spoke quietly so as not to wake the children.
- after certain verbs (see verbs followed by infinitive), particularly verbs of thinking and feeling:
choose, decide, expect, forget, hate, hope, intend, learn, like,
love, mean, plan, prefer, remember, want, would like, would love
… and verbs of saying:
agree, promise, refuse
They decided to start a business together.
Remember to turn the lights out.
Some verbs are followed by a direct object and the infinitive(see verbs followed by infinitive):
advise, ask, encourage, invite, order, persuade, remind, tell, warn,
expect, intend, would prefer, want, would like
She reminded me to turn the lights out.
He encouraged his friends to vote for him.
- after certain adjectives.
Sometimes the to-infinitive gives a reason for the adjective:
We were happy to come to the end of our journey
= We were happy because we had come to the end of our journey
John was surprised to see me
= He was surprised because he saw me
Other adjectives with the to-infinitive are:
Unfortunately I was unable to work for over a week.
I am really tired. I'm ready to go to bed.
We often use the to-infinitive with these adjectives after it to give opinions:
It's easy to play the piano, but it's very difficult to play well.
He spoke so quickly it was impossible to understand him.
We use the preposition for to show who these adjectives refer to:
It was difficult for us to hear what she was saying.
It is easy for you to criticise other people.
We use the preposition of with other adjectives:
It's kind of you to help.
It would be silly of him to spend all his money.
- As a postmodifier (see noun phrases) after abstract nouns like:
I have no desire to be rich.
They gave him an opportunity to escape.
She was annoyed by her failure to answer the question correctly.
- We often use a to-infinitive as a postmodifier after an indefinite pronoun (See indefinite pronouns):
When I am travelling I always take something to read.
I was all alone. I had no one to talk to.
There is hardly anything to do in most of these small towns.
- Determiners and quantifiers
- irregular verbs
- question forms
- verb phrases
- present tense
- past tense
- perfective aspect
- continuous aspect
- active and passive voice
- to + infinitive
- -ing forms
- talking about the present
- talking about the past
- talking about the future
- verbs in time clauses and if clauses
- wishes and hypotheses
- the verb be
- link verbs
- delexical verbs like have, take, make and give
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- double object verbs
- phrasal verbs
- reflexive and ergative verbs
- verbs followed by to + infinitive
- verbs followed by -ing clauses
- verbs followed by that clause
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Life on a Colonial New England Farm
Making a Class Presentation
Life on a farm in colonial New England was a real challenge. Using the library or the Internet, find accounts of how New England farm families lived. Then design a multimedia presentation about a typical New England farmer and his family. Be sure to include the social and economic contributions of women in your presentation.
- Create a map of the town in which the farmer and his family lived.
- Dress up like a farmer to discuss the challenges of New England agriculture.
- Create a chart that lists the differences between your family's lifestyle and the colonial family's.


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Tracy Tabib is performing experiments examining the role of the Tpl2 gene in a particular type of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma. As a sophomore she became interested in this work when she took Cell Biology from Dr. Katie DeCicco-Skinner. Now she is doing research in Dr. DeCicco-Skinner's lab because she is the recipient of both the 2011 Likins Award and the Grebe Award. The Likins award is given to an outstanding female student who is majoring in Biology to encourage more women to enter the research field. The purpose of the Grebe Award is to support students who perform research in laboratories in the biology department over the summer months. Tracy's work on the Tpl2 gene is helping to determine how this gene normally suppresses skin cancer development, and how in its absence susceptibility to skin cancer increases. She has learned how to do western blots, quantitative PCR, cell cultures, and proliferation assays to list a few techniques. The possibility of getting her work published and the importance of having this research experience will help her fulfill her dream of entering a MD/PhD program when she graduates.


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This documentation relates to an old, unsupported version of DSpace, version 1.7.x. Looking for another version? See all documentation.
As of January 2014, the DSpace 1.7.x platform is no longer supported. We recommend upgrading to a more recent version of DSpace.
System Architecture: Storage Layer
In this section, we explain the storage layer: the database structure, maintenance, and the bistream store and configurations.
RDBMS / Database Structure
DSpace uses a relational database to store all information about the organization of content, metadata about the content, information about e-people and authorization, and the state of currently-running workflows. The DSpace system also uses the relational database in order to maintain indices that users can browse.
Most of the functionality that DSpace uses can be offered by any standard SQL database that supports transactions. Presently, the browse indices use some features specific to PostgreSQL and Oracle, so some modification to the code would be needed before DSpace would function fully with an alternative database back-end.
The org.dspace.storage.rdbms package provides access to an SQL database in a somewhat simpler form than using JDBC directly. The main class is DatabaseManager, which executes SQL queries and returns TableRow or TableRowIterator objects. The InitializeDatabase class is used to load SQL into the database via JDBC, for example to set up the schema.
All calls to the Database Manager require a DSpace Context object. Example use of the database manager API is given in the org.dspace.storage.rdbms package Javadoc.
The database schema used by DSpace is created by SQL statements stored in a directory specific to each supported RDBMS platform:
- PostgreSQL schemas are in [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/postgres/
- Oracle schemas are in [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/oracle/
The SQL (DDL) statements to create the tables for the current release, starting with an empty database, aer in database_schema.sql. The schema SQL file also creates the two required e-person groups (Anonymous and Administrator) that are required for the system to function properly.
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The DSpace database code uses an SQL function getnextid to assign primary keys to newly created rows. This SQL function must be safe to use if several JVMs are accessing the database at once; for example, the Web UI might be creating new rows in the database at the same time as the batch item importer. The PostgreSQL-specific implementation of the method uses SEQUENCES for each table in order to create new IDs. If an alternative database backend were to be used, the implementation of getnextid could be updated to operate with that specific DBMS.
The etc directory in the source distribution contains two further SQL files. clean-database.sql contains the SQL necessary to completely clean out the database, so use with caution! The Ant target clean_database can be used to execute this. update-sequences.sql contains SQL to reset the primary key generation sequences to appropriate values. You'd need to do this if, for example, you're restoring a backup database dump which creates rows with specific primary keys already defined. In such a case, the sequences would allocate primary keys that were already used.
Versions of the.sql files for Oracle are stored in [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/oracle. These need to be copied over their PostgreSQL counterparts in [dspace-source]/dspace/etc prior to installation.
Maintenance and Backup
When using PostgreSQL, it's a good idea to perform regular 'vacuuming' of the database to optimize performance. This is performed by the vacuumdb command which can be executed via a 'cron' job, for example by putting this in the system crontab:
The DSpace database can be backed up and restored using usual methods, for example with pg_dump and psql. However when restoring a database, you will need to perform these additional steps:
- The fresh_install target loads up the initial contents of the Dublin Core type and bitstream format registries, as well as two entries in the epersongroup table for the system anonymous and administrator groups. Before you restore a raw backup of your database you will need to remove these, since they will already exist in your backup, possibly having been modified. For example, use:
- After restoring a backup, you will need to reset the primary key generation sequences so that they do not produce already-used primary keys. Do this by executing the SQL in [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/update-sequences.sql, for example with: Future updates of DSpace may involve minor changes to the database schema. Specific instructions on how to update the schema whilst keeping live data will be included. The current schema also contains a few currently unused database columns, to be used for extra functionality in future releases. These unused columns have been added in advance to minimize the effort required to upgrade.
Configuring the RDBMS Component
The database manager is configured with the following properties in dspace.cfg:
The JDBC URL to use for accessing the database. This should not point to a connection pool, since DSpace already implements a connection pool.
JDBC driver class name. Since presently, DSpace uses PostgreSQL-specific features, this should be org.postgresql.Driver.
Username to use when accessing the database.
Corresponding password ot use when accessing the database.
DSpace offers two means for storing content. The first is in the file system on the server. The second is using SRB (Storage Resource Broker). Both are achieved using a simple, lightweight API.
SRB is purely an option but may be used in lieu of the server's file system or in addition to the file system. Without going into a full description, SRB is a very robust, sophisticated storage manager that offers essentially unlimited storage and straightforward means to replicate (in simple terms, backup) the content on other local or remote storage resources.
The terms "store", "retrieve", "in the system", "storage", and so forth, used below can refer to storage in the file system on the server ("traditional") or in SRB.
The BitstreamStorageManager provides low-level access to bitstreams stored in the system. In general, it should not be used directly; instead, use the Bitstream object in the content management API since that encapsulated authorization and other metadata to do with a bitstream that are not maintained by the BitstreamStorageManager.
The bitstream storage manager provides three methods that store, retrieve and delete bitstreams. Bitstreams are referred to by their 'ID'; that is the primary key bitstream_id column of the corresponding row in the database.
As of DSpace version 1.1, there can be multiple bitstream stores. Each of these bitstream stores can be traditional storage or SRB storage. This means that the potential storage of a DSpace system is not bound by the maximum size of a single disk or file system and also that traditional and SRB storage can be combined in one DSpace installation. Both traditional and SRB storage are specified by configuration parameters. Also see Configuring the Bitstream Store below.
Stores are numbered, starting with zero, then counting upwards. Each bitstream entry in the database has a store number, used to retrieve the bitstream when required.
At the moment, the store in which new bitstreams are placed is decided using a configuration parameter, and there is no provision for moving bitstreams between stores. Administrative tools for manipulating bitstreams and stores will be provided in future releases. Right now you can move a whole store (e.g. you could move store number 1 from /localdisk/store to /fs/anotherdisk/store but it would still have to be store number 1 and have the exact same contents.
Bitstreams also have an 38-digit internal ID, different from the primary key ID of the bitstream table row. This is not visible or used outside of the bitstream storage manager. It is used to determine the exact location (relative to the relevant store directory) that the bitstream is stored in traditional or SRB storage. The first three pairs of digits are the directory path that the bitstream is stored under. The bitstream is stored in a file with the internal ID as the filename.
For example, a bitstream with the internal ID 12345678901234567890123456789012345678 is stored in the directory:
The reasons for storing files this way are:
- Using a randomly-generated 38-digit number means that the 'number space' is less cluttered than simply using the primary keys, which are allocated sequentially and are thus close together. This means that the bitstreams in the store are distributed around the directory structure, improving access efficiency.
- The internal ID is used as the filename partly to avoid requiring an extra lookup of the filename of the bitstream, and partly because bitstreams may be received from a variety of operating systems. The original name of a bitstream may be an illegal UNIX filename.
When storing a bitstream, the BitstreamStorageManager DOES set the following fields in the corresponding database table row:
The remaining fields are the responsibility of the Bitstream content management API class.
The bitstream storage manager is fully transaction-safe. In order to implement transaction-safety, the following algorithm is used to store bitstreams:
- A database connection is created, separately from the currently active connection in the current DSpace context.
- An unique internal identifier (separate from the database primary key) is generated.
- The bitstream DB table row is created using this new connection, with


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Every Java object inherits a set of base methods from
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Each of these methods has a sensible default behavior that can be overridden in the subclasses (except for
final methods, marked above with
F). This article discusses overriding the
hashCode() methods for data objects.
The purpose of the
equals() method is to determine whether the argument is equal to the current instance. This method is used in virtually all of the
java.util collections classes, and many other low-level libraries (such as RMI (Remote Method Invocation), JDBC (Java Database Connectivity),
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false otherwise. Of course, what data is considered equal is up to each individual class to define.
Since computing an object's equality is a time-consuming task, Java also provides a quick way of determining if an object
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hashCode(). This returns a small number based on the object's internal datastructure; if two objects have different hash codes, then
they cannot be equal to each other. (Think of it like searching for two words in a dictionary; if they both begin with "A"
then they may be equal; however, if one begins with "A" and the other begins with "B" then they cannot be equal.)
The purpose of computing a hash code is that the hash should be quicker to calculate and compare than computing full object
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German: Freiherr (in German ˈfʁaɪˌhɛɐ̯/; male, abbreviated as German: Frhr.), German: Freifrau (in German pronounced as /ˈfʁaɪˌfʁaʊ/; his wife, abbreviated as German: Frfr., literally "free lord" or "free lady") and German: Freiin (in German pronounced as /ˈfʁaɪ.ɪn/; his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire, and in its various successor states, including Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, etc. Traditionally it denotes the titled rank within the nobility above German: [[Ritter]] (knight) and German: [[Edler]] (nobility without a specific title) and below German: [[Graf]] (count, earl) and German: [[Herzog]] (duke). The title superseded the earlier medieval form, German: Edelherr.
The title German: Freiherr derives from the historical situation in which an owner held free (allodial) title to his land, as opposed "unmittelbar" ("unintermediated"), or held without any intermediate feudal tenure; or unlike the ordinary baron, who was originally a knight (German: Ritter) in vassalage to a higher lord or sovereign, and unlike medieval German ministerials, who were bound to provide administrative services for a lord. A German: Freiherr sometimes exercised hereditary administrative and judicial prerogatives over those resident in his barony instead of the liege lord, who might be the duke (German: Herzog) or count (German: Graf).
The German-language title of German: Freiherr is rendered in English as "Baron", although the title was derived separately in the two languages. Even in German, a German: Freiherr is often styled and addressed as "Baron" in social circumstances, although not the official title.
The original distinction from other barons was that a German: Freiherrs landed property was allodial instead of a fief.
Barons who received their title from the Holy Roman Emperor are sometimes known as "Barons of the Holy Roman Empire" (German: Reichsfreiherren), in order to distinguish them from other barons, although the title as such was simply German: Freiherr. Since the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, German: Reichsfreiherren do not at present belong to the noble hierarchy of the realm. By a decision of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, their titles were nonetheless officially recognised. From 1806 the then independent German monarchies, such as Bavaria, Württemberg and Lippe could create their own nobility, including German: Freiherren (although the Elector of Brandenburg had, as king of the originally exclusively extraterritorial Prussia even before that date, arrogated to himself the prerogative of ennoblement). Some of the older baronial families began to use German: Reichsfreiherr in formal contexts to distinguish themselves from the new classes of barons created by monarchs of lesser stature than the Holy Roman Emperors, and this usage is far from obsolete.
As with most titles and designations within the nobility in the German-speaking areas of Europe, the rank was normally hereditary and would generally be used together with the nobiliary particle of German: [[von]] or German: zu (sometimes both: German: von und zu) before a family name.
The inheritance of titles of nobility in most German-speaking areas was not restricted by primogeniture as is the baronial title in Britain. Hence, the titles applied equally to all male-line descendants of the original grantee in perpetuity: All legitimate sons of a German: Freiherr shared his title and rank, and could be referred to as German: Freiherr. The wife of a German: Freiherr is titled German: Freifrau (literally "free lady"), and the daughter of a German: Freiherr is called German: Freiin (short for German: Freiherrin). Both titles are translated in English as "Baroness".
In Prussia and some other countries in northern Europe, the title of Freiherr was, as long as the monarchy existed, usually used preceding a person's given name (e.g. German: Freiherr Hans von Schwarz). In Austria-Hungary and Bavaria, however, it would be inserted between the given name and the family name (e.g. German: Hans Freiherr von Schwarz).
After the First World War, the monarchies were abolished in most German-speaking areas of Europe, and the nobility lost recognition as a legal class in the newly created republics of Germany and Austria.
The Republic of Austria abolished hereditary noble titles for its citizens by the German: Adelsaufhebungsgesetz of 3 April 1919 and the corresponding decree of the state government. The public use of such titles was and still is prohibited, and violations could be fined. German: Hans Freiherr von Schwarz, as an Austrian citizen, therefore lost his title of German: Freiherr von and would simply be named as German: Hans Schwarz in his Austrian passport.
In practice, however, former noble titles are still used socially in Austria; some people consider it a matter of courtesy to use them. The late German: [[Otto von Habsburg]], in his childhood Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, was styled German: Otto Habsburg-Lothringen in his post-1919 Austrian passport, and German: Otto von Habsburg in his German passport (he was a Member of the European Parliament for Germany).
In 2003, the Constitutional Court (German: Verfassungsgerichtshof) ruled that an Austrian woman having been adopted by a German carrying an aristocratic title as part of his name is not allowed to carry this title in her name. The Federal Administrative Court (German: Verwaltungsgerichtshof) in a similar case asked the European Court of Justice whether this Austrian regulation would violate the right of the European Union; the European Court of Justice did not object to the Austrian decision not to accept the words German: Fürstin von as part of an Austrian woman's name.
The German republic, under Article 109 of the Weimar Constitution of 1919, legally transformed all hereditary noble titles into dependent parts of the legal surname. The former title thus became a part of the family name, and moved in front of the family name. German: Freiherr Hans von Schwarz, as a German citizen, therefore became German: Hans Freiherr von Schwarz. As dependent parts of the surnames ("German: nichtselbständige Namensbestandteile") they are ignored in alphabetical sorting of names, as is a possible nobiliary particle, such as German: [[von]], and might or might not be used by those bearing them. Female forms of titles have been legally accepted as a variation in the surname after 1919 by a still valid decision of the former German High Court (German: [[Reichsgericht]]). The distinguishing main surname is the name, following the Freiherr, Freifrau or Freiin and, where applicable, the nobiliary particle – in the preceding example, the main surname is German: Schwarz and so alphabetically is listed under "S".
Similar titles have been seen in parts of Europe that have historically been dominated by Germany (in the cultural sense): the Baltic States, Austria–Hungary, Sweden, Finland and to some extent in Denmark–Norway.
From the Middle Ages onward, each head of a Swedish noble house was entitled to vote in any provincial council when held, as in the Realm's Swedish: [[Herredag]], later Swedish: [[Riddarhuset]]. In 1561, King Eric XIV began to grant some noblemen the titles of count or baron (Swedish: friherre). The family members of a Swedish: friherre were entitled to the same title, which in time became Baron or Baronessa colloquially: thus a person who formally is a Swedish: friherre now might use the title of "Baron" before his name, and he might also be spoken of as "a baron".
However, after the change of constitution in 1809, newly created baronships in principle conferred the dignity only in primogeniture. In the now valid Swedish Instrument of Government (1974), the possibility to create nobility is completely eliminated; and since the beginning of the twenty-first century, noble dignities have passed from the official sphere to the private.
In Denmark and Norway, the title of Danish: Friherre was of equal rank to that of Baron, which has gradually replaced it. It was instituted on 25 May 1671 with Christian V's Danish: Friherre privileges. Today only a few Danish noble families use the title of Danish: Friherre and most of those are based in Sweden, where that version of the title is still more commonly used; a Danish Danish: Friherre generally is addressed as "Baron". The wife of a Danish or Norwegian Danish: Friherre is titled Danish: Friherreinde, and the daughters are formally addressed as Danish: Baronesse.. With the first free Constitution of Denmark of 1849 came a complete abolition of


text: Much of the world's essential infrastructure is built along congested coastal belts that are composed of highly compressible and weak soils up to significant depths. Soft alluvial and marine clay deposits have very low bearing capacity and excessive settlement characteristics, with obvious design and maintenance implications on tall structures and large commercial buildings, as well as port and transport infrastructure. Stabilising these soft soils before commencing construction is essential for both long term and short term stability. Pre-construction consolidation of soft soils through the application of a surcharge load alone often takes too long, apart from which, the load required to achieve more than 90% consolidation of these mostly low lying, permeable, and very thick clay deposits can be excessively high over a prolonged period. A system of vertical drains combined with vacuum pressure and surcharge preloading has become an attractive ground improvement alternative in terms of both cost and effectiveness. This technique accelerates consolidation by promoting rapid radial flow which decreases the excess pore pressure while increasing the effective stress. Over the past 15 years, the authors have developed numerous experimental, analytical, and numerical approaches that simulate the mechanics of prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) and vacuum preloading, including two-dimensional and three-dimensional analyses, and more comprehensive design methods. These recent techniques have been applied to various real life projects in Australia and Southeast Asia. Some of the new design concepts include the role of overlapping smear zones due to PVD-mandrel penetration, pore pressure prediction based on the elliptical cavity expansion theory, and the rise and fall of pore pressure via prefabricated vertical drain (PVD) under cyclic loads with a new constitutive model for soft soils under cyclic loads. These recent advances enable greater accuracy in the prediction of excess pore water pressure, and lateral and vertical displacement of the stabilised ground. As a rigid inclusion, the stone column can provide reinforcement to the soft soils apart from shortening the drainage path for the dissipation of excess pore water pressure. Factors such as arching, clogging and smear effects were included in a numerical solution developed recently by the authors and the simulation results showed a good agreement with field test results. This lecture note presents an overview of the theoretical and practical developments and salient findings of soft ground improvement via PVD, vacuum preloading, as well as stone columns, with applications to selected case studies in Australia, Thailand, and China.


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|Aang Memorial Island|
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This island was created to honor the memory of Avatar Aang, who had played a pivotal role in restoring peace and balance to the world by ending the Hundred Year War and creating the United Republic of Nations.
During 170 ASC, after Korra aided Tarrlok and his task force with an assault on an Equalists training base, she publicly challenged the Equalist leader, Amon, to a duel on Aang Memorial Island at midnight. When the clock on the island struck midnight, Amon was not there. Korra eventually gave up the wait, believing Amon had not accepted her challenge. However, as she was leaving, she was assaulted and dragged into the museum underneath the statue by several Equalists. Korra managed to fight some of them off by raising part of the ground with her earthbending, but she was soon overpowered by their numbers and immobilized by chi blockers. When the Avatar regained consciousness, Amon emerged from the shadows and told her that he had a plan that would eradicate the world of benders and that he was saving her for last. After Amon knocked Korra unconscious, she had a vision of Avatar Aang for the first time.
After the Equalists attacked Republic City, they defiled Aang's statue by propping a gargantuan mask similar to the one worn by Amon onto it, as well as hanging Equalist banners from the statue's staff. Later, when the Equalists were using their biplanes to destroy the United Forces battleships, General Iroh crashed one of the biplanes into the statue's head, knocking off the mask and causing it to fall into the bay.
Avatar Aang Memorial Statue Edit
The statue is located on a small island off the shores of Republic City. It depicts a teenage Aang dressed in traditional Air Nomad attire, with the accompanying necklace he wore when Fire Lord Zuko announced the war's end at his coronation. The figure holds a staff with its left hand with the airbending symbol at the upper end, and its left foot rests on a slightly higher surface in the form of a lotus flower. The pedestal on which its other foot stands is an octagon with an upturned tip at each vertex surrounded by railings, leaving an opening at the back of the sculpture, where a paifang gate connects the pedestal with a road linking the island to a dock.
The base of the monument serves as a museum. The museum contains numerous relics from the past Avatars. Also, the museum happens to be the location the Equalists and Amon ambushed Avatar Korra. A large clock is located on the base of the statue, directly above the entrance to the museum.
- Aang's statue and its role as a symbol of peace between the four nations resemble the Statue of Liberty; a gift from France to the United States that was constructed to commemorate the centennial of American independence.
- When Amon captured Korra on the island and threatened to remove her bending, he interestingly did so in a museum dedicated to the importance of the Avatars themselves.
- On the outer ring of the clock are the Chinese numerals one to twelve, indicating the hours. The inner ring is inscribed with unknown characters written in the archaic Seal Script form.
- Aang's statue is the fifth monument shown to be dedicated to a single Avatar, the first being Avatar Kyoshi's statue on Kyoshi Island, the second being Roku's in the sanctuary at the Fire Temple, and the third and fourth being Yangchen's statues in the Eastern and Western Air Temples.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Welcome to Republic City. Nickelodeon (April 6, 2012). Retrieved on April 6, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Development art of the Avatar Aang statue.. Korra Nation on Tumblr (February 29, 2012). Retrieved on February 29, 2012.
- ↑ "The Voice in the Night". Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko (writers) & Joaquim Dos Santos, Ki Hyun Ryu (directors). The Legend of Korra. Nickelodeon. April 28, 2012. No. 4, Book One: Air
- ↑ "Endgame". Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko (writers) & Joaquim Dos Santos, Ki Hyun Ryu (directors). The Legend of Korra. Nickelodeon. June 23, 2012. No. 12, Book One: Air


Choosing weed killers: 4 common types
Your garden is one of the most important areas of your house. Therefore, it is important that you keep it up to the mark. Make sure you maintain its functionality and aesthetics for it to be appealing. This can be done by killing the weed which is otherwise detrimental to your garden.
One of the easiest ways to destroy the weed is using weed killers. It can be sprayed properly to ensure that weed is eliminated entirely. However, it is imperative to know the different type of weed killers. Also most importantly, you should go through electric weed killer review and other feedbacks to have a holistic view of the different options available. Nevertheless, the following are the four common types that you can purchase:
1. Residual weed killer
This is the first and foremost type of weed killer that you can purchase to ensure that the aesthetics of your garden remains. These substances work by positioning the soil in such a way. It ensures that seed germination is entirely stopped and restricts the process of photosynthesis. Given its nature, it is not at all recommendable to use it on the edible plant. It takes a lot of time to break down. It is also advisable to take a lot of precaution while using it.
2. Contact weed killer
If you want to get rid of a particular weed, then this is the best option that you must go for. As the name speaks for itself, this weed killer will be effective when it comes into contact with the plant. Moreover, this weed killer comes in the non-selective and selective form. It can be utilized in order to get rid of perennial weed as well as an annual weed. If you are desirous of getting rid of a larger patch of weed, then it is recommendable to go with the non-selective options provided that they are more effective in such cases.
3. Organic weed killer
This type of weed killer is getting more and more popular these days. However, this type is also based on different chemicals. Nevertheless, the advantage of using this weed killer is that it is more friendly towards the environment. The weed can be killed down easily by using an organic weed killer, and at the same time, they break down very quickly and easily. This is why it can be used widely on edible plants as well such as vegetables and fruits. These are more popular these days provided it complies with the environmental friendliness. A lot of people consider this over conventional methods of weed killing.
4. Systematic weed killer
This is the final type of weed killer that a lot of people use it. However, it is one of those types that work in a different manner. The plant this weed killer is used on absorbs the same and subsequently, the growth of the plant is slowed down. It reduces the magnitude of the photosynthesis that takes place within the plant. It takes over a week for the plant to die. Once the weed killer is applied to the plant, it dies in a short span of time. However, this should be applied in a very selective manner. This ensures that other plants do not absorb the chemicals.
The bottom line
Above are the main types of weed killers available in the market. However, this is not an exhaustive list. There are several other weed killers accessible. Make sure you consider what your preferences are and then make the choice. This is to ensure that your needs and demands are met by using the weed killer.


Maps of Meaning Audiobook
Maps of Meaning Audiobook
Written By: Jordan B. Peterson
Narrated By: Jordan B. Peterson
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Date: June 2018
Duration: 30 hours 52 minutes
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Maps of Meaning Audiobook Summary
Peterson wrote the book for more than 13 years in an attempt to "explain the meaning of history". In it, he briefly reflects on his childhood and on being raised in a Christian family. The responses to his questions about the literal truth of Biblical stories seemed ignorant, causing him to lose interest in attending church. During adolescence and early adulthood he tried finding the answer to "the general social and political insanity and evil of the world" (from Cold War to totalitarianism) and for a short period of time he embraced socialism and political science. Finding himself unsatisfied and falling into a depression, he discovered inspiration in the ideas of Carl Jung and decided to pursue psychology.
Peterson began to write Maps of Meaning in the mid-1980s, and used text from it (then titled as The Gods of War) during his classes teaching as an assistant professor of psychology at Harvard University. He initially intended to use it in an application for academic tenure at Harvard, but found that he was not emotionally up to the task, nor was he "in the position to make the strongest case for myself". The prospect of steady employment was attractive as he had two children by then, and so he decided to accept an offer from the University of Toronto in 1998.
According to Craig Lambert, writing in Harvard Magazine, the book is influenced by Jung's archetypal ideas about the collective unconscious and evolutionary psychology. It includes theories of religion and God, natural origin of modern culture, and the bibliography includes Dante Alighieri, Hannah Arendt, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Northrop Frye, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers Grimm, Stephen Hawking, Laozi, Konrad Lorenz, Alexander Luria, John Milton, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Piaget, B. F. Skinner, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Voltaire, and Ludwig Wittgenstein among many others.
Maps of Meaning Audiobook Reviews
It's not an exaggeration to say that this book changed the way I view the world. Actually, it wasn't just the book; like many others, I also follow Dr. Peterson's University of Toronto lectures that he generously posts for free on Youtube.
So, I'm going to take a stab at briefly reducing some of the overarching themes found in the book for someone thinking about picking it up. Although, don't expect the book to be reduced; it's quite technical in parts.
The world can and should be viewed as a place made up of experiences or tools, rather than simply objects, which is how we've been trained to do as post-Enlightenment human beings. That's the primary difference between a person in 2017 CE and a person in 2017 BCE. It's not intelligence; it's a matter of viewpoint.
Thus, if you asked an ancient Sumerian to describe a coffee cup, he'd probably say something like: "It looks like a nice place to store my liquid." If you asked a man today, he might say: "Well it's a small object made out of glass with a handle on it."
Maybe you're thinking so what: What difference does that difference in mindset make? Actually I think it's central to Peterson's views. A modern atheist, for example, may say, "look there's a coffee cup; I can see it; I can touch it; I can break it; therefore it's real! I can't see God and I can't touch God, therefore there is no God." Peterson argues that of course modern people often come to that conclusion. We've been trained to think differently than the people who wrote the Bible, for example.
But they didn't see the world as a place that was made out of objects. They were interested in handing down collective wisdom and experiences to the next generation. Stories like Genesis, for example, which find earlier versions of itself being told by Zoroastrianists, may have been handed down via the oral tradition for tens of thousands of years before that. Our ancestors were handing down a psychologically correct blueprint for how to live. Why is it psychologically correct? Well, look around you. Is there evil in the world? He cites the logic of Solzhenitsyn and Jung to answer that question with an emphatic yes!
For example, Jung said "…inasmuch as I become conscious of my shadow I also remember that I am a human being like any other."
The shadow Jung refers to represents the capability of man to do malevolence. Jung is telling us that if we understand our capacity to do evil, we have a real shot at harnessing our capacity to do good.
So there's good and there's evil, neither of which can be quantified or measured by science. But if we live in a scientific world and there is no way to measure or quantify evil, then does that mean nothing is good, and thus, nothing is evil?
This leads me back to Peterson's idea that mythology found in the collective unconscious and handed down via religious stories is psychologically correct and since it has formed the basis for western civilization for two millennia now, pulling the rug of Judeo-Christian ideas out from underneath our feet has been/will be disastrous for our future.
It's very difficult to reduce the concepts into something reasonably small, because there's so much more, and I butchered half of what I did write. But at least this may give you an idea of what to expect in the book. Big thanks to Peterson for putting his lecture videos up on Youtube. I recommend watching those as a companion to the book.
Also, there is a brand new abridged version of the book available through PDF, released for free today, and it's only about 15,000 words. That's about the equivalent to a 75 page paperback book. For a lot of people, that's going to be much preferable to his 500+ page unabridged version.
Dr. Peterson is actually giving away the full book on his website at (edit: I first wrote this review back in July of 2017, so I'm not certain these last two statements are still true)
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Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief is a 1999 book by Canadian clinical psychologist and psychology professor Jordan Peterson. The book describes a theory for how people construct meaning, in a way that is compatible with the modern scientific understanding of how the brain functions. It examines the "structure of systems of belief and the role those systems play in the regulation of emotion", using "multiple academic fields to show that connecting myths and beliefs with science is essential to fully understand how people make meaning".


text: Year 4 Antarctic animal life cycles Investigate the life cycles of Antarctic animals. Predators and prey Explore feeding relationships between Antarctic animals. Find out which animals share the same food source and compete for food. Natural resources and waste management Students research how human needs are met and natural resources used on the new Australian icebreaker. Breaking the ice Students investigate forces, described as a push or a pull, and find out how forces can change the shape or movement of an object.


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DNR fisheries biologists write Status of Fishery Reports on major lakes and streams around the state. These reports contain the environment, both physical and chemical, the history, including all stockings and fish surveys, Current status of the fishery, management operations, and finally Management direction recommendations. These reports are available online on the DNR's web site. Today we will look at a gem of an inland lake, Gratiot Lake.
Gratiot Lake, which lies at the feet of Mt. Horace Greeley and Mt. Gratiot, contains 1,438 acres (2.25 sq miles) and is the largest lake in Keweenaw County. These peaks are the two highest points in the Keweenaw, at 1550 feet and 1490 feet, respectively. Gratiot Lake is at 743 feet, while Lake Superior is at 602. It has a maximum depth of 78 feet and averages 25-30 in depth. Fifteen percent, or 216 acres, is less than 15 feet deep. It has four inlet streams, Eister Creek, Sucker Creek, 932 Creek, and an unnamed creek. It has an outlet, the Little Gratiot River, which flows about six miles into Lac La Belle. The water is very clear, one being able to see bottom in 20 feet of water. The oxygen levels and pH are good for aquatic life.
Gratiot Lake has a long history of fish stocking, with the first in 1934 and the last in 2004, in 31 different years and 10 different species. The species stocked were large and smallmouth bass, walleye, northern pike, northern muskie, tiger muskie, yellow perch, bluegill, lake trout, and rainbow trout.
Although 110,000 bluegill were stocked, none are present today, as Gratiot Lake lies north of their historical range, with mid-Houghton County being the northern extent of bluegill.
In 1962, a single stocking of 3,000 northern muskie fingerlings was made and will be discussed later. Of the 10 species stocked, five are currently found in Gratiot lake, so not all stockings are successful.
Ten fish surveys have been conducted on Gratiot Lake, with the first being in 1926 and the last in 2011. The 1926 survey found yellow perch and pike abundant, rock bass abundant, but smallmouth bass moderately abundant, and brook trout present, but rare. The brookies probably came out of the creeks entering the lake.
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The next survey, done in 1938, was more comprehensive and attempted to see if any of the almost 1.5 million walleye fry stocked in the four previous years had survived. None were found. They did report about the same fish and numbers as the 1926 survey.
They did report on minnow species sampled, which are important as forage for game fish. They found blunt nose minnows, Johnny darters, Iowa darters, sculpin, log perch, and ninespine stickleback.
The next seven surveys were done in 1953, 1957, 1968, 1977, 1987, 1997, and 2005. These were made to evaluate the various stockings of walleye, muskie, lake trout, and rainbow trout. No lake trout and very few rainbow trout were found in these surveys. All surveys reported rock bass very abundant and small.
In the early 1980's smelt were reported by anglers and also captured in surveys.
The 1987 survey found the first walleye, the result of the 1985 and 86 fingerling plants. The recently developed smelt population mostly likely contributed to their survival.
The 2005 survey was the first to capture muskie, although there were reports previously anglers had caught them.
The 2011 survey's goal was to evaluate and get a population estimate of the northern pike, muskie, and walleye. It was done with fyke nets and electrofishing, so all the fish could be released back into the lake unharmed. Several members of the Copper Country Walleye Association assisted DNR on the survey and reported it was great fun and a tremendous learning experience.
Ten fish species, excluding minnows, were captured, including walleye, pike, muskie, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, pumpkinseed sunfish, rock bass, bullhead, smelt, and common white suckers. The bullheads were a first-time discovery and probably came from a well-meaning angler dumping his bait bucket after a day's fishing.
Common white suckers were the most numerous, numbering over a thousand. Walleye were second-most common, with 659 captured. They represented 20 different inch classes from 5-25, with 139 being in the 15-inch class. Of the total, 391 or over 59 percent of the walleye were legal size of 15 inches or greater.
The walleye fishery is very good. Seventy-eight pike were handled, with 28 or almost 36 percent being the legal minimum size of 24 inches. Of the 24 smallmouth sampled, 17 were 14 inches or greater and the largest in the 17-inch class.
Seven muskie were captured, ranging from just over 10 inches to a monster female of 51-plus inches. The range of sizes indicates they are naturally reproducing, albeit at a low level. The large female, weighed over 50 pounds, and as far as is known, still swims in Gratiot Lake. So, if you are fishing on Gratiot Lake and something very big grabs your lure and suddenly breaks your line, this may have been the large muskie.
Rock bass continue to be small and very abundant, while perch populations are low.
In 1961, a public access site was purchased and developed. It is located on the north side of the lake, off Gratiot Lake Road.
In 1947, 90 brush shelters were placed along the 15-foot contour and another 600 were placed in 1958. It is not known if any of these remain or are functional.
Management direction is totally up the the Fisheries Division of the DNR. A couple of my thoughts: Protect the smelt population by banning dipping in the tributary creeks. They are a very important part of the forage base and over time, a winter ice fishery could be developed. A low-level stocking of muskie fingerlings, in my opinion, of say 5,000 every third year, would be appropriate. This would potentially create a better fishery, while reducing the white sucker population, the muskie's favorite food.


TheoryCRAFTING: Multi-Crafting
In this article, we investigate multi-crafting and how it changes refining, creation, and deconstruction of crafting items.
This information will be useful for non-crafters, crafters, and console players.
Updated: New Gamepad UI version available
In Elder Scrolls Online Update 23: Scalebreaker, one of the new quality of life improvements included in the Base Game updates is Multi-Crafting.
You can now perform several actions in bulk at crafting stations and receive your items immediately! This includes refining, creation, deconstructing, and extracting, and applies to all crafting stations. Note that a multi-craft will only partially process if your inventory fills during it.
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Multi-Crafting simplies the crafting process into four steps.
 1. Select Action
 2. Select Item(s)
 3. Select Quantity
 4. Hit Go.
 1. Create a new character
 2. Spend 30 Champion Points in the The Tower Tree to unlock Inspiration Boost
 3. Test Deconstruction
 1. Deconstruct some items and record results
 4. Test Creation
 1. Learn a level 15 provisioning recipe and make 90 items
 5. Test Refinement
 1. Refine at least 500 items.
 6. Make conclusions based on the results
 1. Item selection and quantity steps combined.
 2. Inspiration and any achievement are applied to your character
 3. Items placed into the inventory (space permitting)
 1. Select item
 2. Set quantity
 1. Optional Minimum or Maximum (1000) button available
 2. Set quantity to 90, the approximate current number to go from level 1 to 20 provisioning.
 3. Inspiration applied and items placed into the inventory (space permitting)
Refining / Extraction
 1. When item is selected, the quantity is automatically set to the maximum amount.
 2. Any achievement earned are applied to your character and items placed into the inventory (space permitting)
My testing concluded that multi-crafting
 1. Executed immediately once the action button was triggered
 2. Inspiration appeared to be equivalent to previous version
 3. Items recovered from deconstruction appeared to be equivalent to previous version
 4. Items obtained from refinement appeared to be equivalent to previous version
 - The instantaneous nature of multi-crafting is a significant improvement over the previous versions.
 - The ease of the new feature may encourage non-crafters to make their own consumables.
 - Power Leveling crafting professions will be incredibly faster if you have the necessary materials, recipes, and deconstruction items
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The potato (Solanumtuberosum) is a major food crop worldwide with annual production exceeding 321.69 million tonnes1 (Fig.1). Proponents of organic food claim that it is tastier than conventional produce, however limited scientific studies have been conducted in this area to support or refute such claims2. The aim of this study was to examine if there are differences in the physiochemical and sensory properties of Irish grown organic and conventional potatoes.
Gilsenan, Clare; Burke, Roisin M.; and Barry Ryan, Catherine, "Physicochemical and Sensory Studies on Irish Grown Organic and Conventional Tubers (Solanum tuberosum)" (2009). Conference papers. Paper 12.


shutdown SOCKET,HOW
Shuts down a socket connection in the manner indicated by HOW, which has the same interpretation as in the system call of the same name.
shutdown(SOCKET, 0); # I/we have stopped reading data
shutdown(SOCKET, 1); # I/we have stopped writing data
shutdown(SOCKET, 2); # I/we have stopped using this socket
This is useful with sockets when you want to tell the other side you're done writing but not done reading, or vice versa. It's also a more insistent form of close because it also disables the file descriptor in any forked copies in other processes.
Returns 1 for success. In the case of error, returns undef if the first argument is not a valid filehandle, or returns 0 and sets $! for any other failure.


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Introduction to Teacher's Day
Teacher's Day is a day observed in honor of the teachers. All countries and religions of the world hold teachers in high esteem. This finds expression as Teacher's Day festival.
Significance of Teacher's Day
A teacher plays a memorable role in an individual's life. While the parents bring up the child, the teacher guides him in developing a sound intellect. Thus, under the benign care of the teacher, young people grow into mature adults. A teacher is not only an educator but can even be a developer of a skill or the coach of a sport. Whatever be his or her role, tradition regards the teacher as the Guru or the preceptor and places the teacher on a high pedestal. Even celebrated sportsmen, who perform great feats at international levels, give to their coaches, all the credit for their achievements.
Teacher's Day
History of Teacher's Day
Teacher' day differs from other similar occasions, as different countries celebrate it on different days. Since 1994, International Teachers' Day is being celebrated on October 5 as declared by the UN.
This worldwide Teacher's Day celebration is held to support the organizations of teachers and recognize their contributions to various fields. Some countries like the UK and Russia follow this practice. However, our country observes September 5 as Teacher's Day. Statesman, philosopher and former President of India Dr. S. Radhakrishnan was born on this day in 1888. This eminent personality was essentially a professor and a teacher and hence, since 1962, his birthday is being observed as Teacher's day.
Rituals of Teacher's Day
Educational institutions organize events on this day in honor of teachers, recollecting their services and highlighting their importance. However, our tradition always remembers teachers or Gurus with gratitude. Guru Purnima is celebrated in Ashada month (June–July) on the full Moon day to express gratitude towards our ancient seers, gurus, and preceptors.
Benefits of Observing Teacher's Day
 - Teacher's day gives an opportunity to pay reverence to your teacher, guru or preceptor, making them happy
 - Gain blessings of your teacher for a prosperous and blissful life