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3 December 2012 | EN
Date leaves could improve water treatment in Oman and across the Middle East
[CAIRO] Date palm leaves — currently a waste product of date farming — could be used to remove pharmaceutical chemicals and dyes from hospital wastewater, say researchers from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in Oman.
The first hospital wastewater treatment pilot project is due to start in Oman early next year, and scientists are working to use this technology in both drinking water filters and for industrial wastewater treatment.
Since 2010, the analytical and environmental research group at SQU's chemistry department has been working to establish a hospital wastewater treatment unit. The unit would treat wastewater — usually loaded with microorganisms and pharmaceutical chemicals — before its release into the sewers, and potentially produce water that could be used in crop irrigation.
The team has been working to produce 'dehydrated carbon', a greener alternative to 'activated carbon', which is widely used in water filtration even though its production is a polluting process as it is usually derived from charcoal and requires the use of high temperatures.
Using dehydrated carbon made from waste date leaves instead is greener, cheaper and more sustainable, the scientists say.
Waste leaves are carbonised by sulphuric acid treatment at 170 degrees Celsius, before being used to treat wastewater.
This technique could be used across most of the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Oman, where 180,000 tonnes of date palm leaves are produced annually, they say.
"We have found that dehydrated carbon produced from date palm leaves is as efficient as activated carbon for removing pharmaceuticals and dyes from wastewater," El-Said El-Shafey, the project's principal researcher and an assistant chemistry professor at SQU, tells SciDev.Net.
"Date palm dehydrated carbon was also extraordinary in removing heavy metals and can be reused many times," he adds.
El-Shafey says he has spent almost 12 years producing different types of dehydrated carbon from agricultural waste such as date palm leaves, rice husks and olive stones, which have all proved exceptional at removing different pollutants from water.
He is now developing the technology for palm leaves as they are abundant in the region.
The research group is also working to clean up industrial waters from the oil and mining industries, says El-Shafey. But treating drinking water "is our ultimate goal", he adds.
Wael Abdelmoez, owner of a start-up company that produces activated carbon from rice husks, says: "Activated carbon filter production causes a lot of [air] pollution, so using dehydrated carbon from agricultural waste might be greener".
There are doubts about whether this technique can be effectively rolled out, however.
Mahad Baawain, assistant professor of environmental engineering at SQU, says: "Even if the pilot-scale experiments provide positive results, it is very difficult for the industrial sector in our region to adopt and commercialise this technology, compared with the available and tested technologies on the market".
This is partly due to a lack of confidence in local technologies and a preference for those that are familiar and recognised as being effective, he says.
Stanley Weeraratna ( Sri Lanka )
8 December 2012
Dr. Baawain should be congratulated for developing this method of treating waste water, which appears to be very effective and economical.
Herman Winick ( United States of America )
31 December 2012
See the positive recent developments about the SESAME Project at these links:
Chris Llewellyn-Smith article about SESAME in AAAS magazine Science and Diplomacy; Nov. 2012
BBC program; November 2012
with videos of Middle East scientists
half-hour radio documentary; interview with Chris Llewellyn-Smith, Zehra Sayers starts at 9:40
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Four Thieves Vinegar
Four Thieves Vinegar is a potion used in various folk-magic and folk-medicine traditions, especially that of hoodoo/rootwork, for the purpose of personal protection, the prevention of illness, the banishing of troublesome people, and the cursing of one's enemies.
According to legend, there was a band of four thieves who in the middle-ages made a fortune by stealing from the bodies of people who had died from the black death or bubonic plague. When the criminals were arrested they where advised their lives would be spared if they divulged the secret method they used to prevent becoming infected. That secret would become known as four thieves vinegar. Another origin of the concoction is that the name 'four thieves' is a corruption of "forthave's vinegar", which was a popular vinegar remedy of it's time. Despite the actual origin of four thieves vinegar, the use of herbs steeped in vinegar is not new and is among some of the earliest medicines or remedies used by ancient peoples.
Recipes for four thieves vinegar vary from practitioner-to-practitioner, as well as from manufacturer-to-manufacturer. There are also two basic types of recipes for four thieves vinegar. Those recipes are for a concoction that can be consumed and for a concoction that can only be used externally. The concoction that can be consumed contains herbs that are edible while the concoction that cannot be consumed naturally contains herbs that are inedible. A basic recipe for a four thieves vinegar will contain a minimum of four herbs, though occasionally one may find a recipe that only calls for the use of garlic alone. Additionally the type of vinegar called for in most recipes is either apple cider vinegar or red wine vinegar, though normal white vinegar can be used if one prefers.
My personal recipe for Four Thieves Vinegar:
-Apple Cider Vinegar
-Black Pepper
-Red Pepper (Cayenne Pepper)
-Black (Brown) Mustard Seed
-Poppy Seed
-Lavender or Mint (depending on what I have on hand)
-Pinch of Salt
Take a bottle of vinegar. Remove the label (may have to soak in warm water first). Open the bottle of vinegar and pour up to half of it into a cup which is set to the side. Add the ingredients in whatever amounts one wishes. Top the bottle off with the remaining vinegar in the cup. Close the bottle and set it someplace dark for approximately a month before use. After that time one can strain and re-bottle if one prefers, though I prefer to keep the herbs in the bottle.
A basic guide to using Four Thieves Vinegar can be found below:
-To reportedly prevent becoming sick Four Thieves Vinegar that is concocted to be consumed can be taken by the spoonful each day. One can also gargle with Four Thieves Vinegar, which is said to help prevent throat and mouth infections, as well as help with gum disease. A rag or cloth can also be soaked with the mixture and sniffed to help clear the nasal passages and reportedly prevent sinus infections.
-For person protection add Four Thieves Vinegar to one's bath water. Your enemies will not prevail against you. This would be an example of a white magic spell for protection.
-To banish a troublesome person, take a bottle or container of Four Thieves Vinegar, open it, and throw the liquid on the persons door or else dump it on the person's porch while cursing them and telling them where they should go or what you want them to do, such as; "get the f*ck out of this neighborhood!", "get the f*ck out of town!", or even, 'f*ckin' go to hell!'. This is of course a black magic use for Four Thieves Vinegar.
-To curse an enemy, take a personal item or concern from the victim, such as some hair, nail clippings, a photograph, etc., and place it in a bottle with nine pins, 9 needles, and 9 nails. Add to it graveyard dirt and then top it off with Four Thieves Vinegar. Shake the bottle while cursing the enemy and then bury it on their property, preferably where they will step over it. This would also be an example of a black-magic spell that incorporates Four Thieves Vinegar.
Additionally, one can use Four Thieves Vinegar in any spell that calls for vinegar.
Many occult shops sell what is claimed to be Four Thieves Vinegar but which is nothing but plain white vinegar. If by chance you do stumble upon a location that sells genuine Four Thieves Vinegar make sure to ask the owner or shop help if the mixture is safe for consumption before purchasing.
For an interesting and somewhat humorous clip concerning Four Thieves Vinegar, click HERE.
Vinegar of the Four Thieves
Four Thieves Vinegar: Evolution of a Medieval Medicine
Four Thieves Vinegar
***Note: I present this information for educational purposes only. I do not claim Four Thieves Vinegar has any medicinal value but rather provide information on how it was used in the past as part of folk-magic and folk-medicine. I also do not advise or condone any black magic use for Four Thieves Vinegar.
 1. Thanks!! I love seeing different thievs recipes after using an essential oil blend of it. :)
 2. Wow. I've never heard of an essential oil blend of '4 Thieves'.
 3. A co-worker of mine has the essential oil blend, which surprised me as well when I saw it. It smells very clove-y.
 4. here is a link to the first oil I tried of the thieves blend(well the only, once and not since either.) scroll down and click on the thieves oil booklet next to the oil for info.
 5. @ Isrolie,
 Wow. That's so counter-intuitive. Because the original vinegar recipe was meant to be drank as well as sniffed.
 6. @ L.M. Tea,
 Thanks! I'll give it a look....
 7. @ L.M. Tea: Yes! That's exactly the one my co-worker has.


Initializing the Peripheral Trigger Generator
To initialize the PTG the following steps should be considered:
Initialize the MCU Peripherals
The Peripheral Trigger Generator (PTG) coordinates and sequences events between selected peripherals. The PTG works with the Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), the Output Compare/Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) module, all General Purpose Timers, and the MCU's Interrupt Controller.
The mechanisms used to coordinate peripheral activities are triggers and Interrupt Requests (IRQs). The PTG can be programmed to either output a trigger, or to generate a PTG IRQ, based upon a trigger received from another peripheral. Successful sequencing depends upon careful coordination of the initialization of the PTG and PTG-monitored peripherals. Peripherals used in PTG sequences must be programmed to accept the appropriate PTG trigger(s) and, when needed, send a trigger to the PTG.
Example of Coordinating Trigger Assignments
The PTG on the dsPIC33EP256GP506 is capable of sending a trigger to the Output Compare (OC) module. This PTG-generated trigger can serve as the OC module's clock or sync signal. The OC module can also generate a trigger signal for the PTG to monitor. The OC module generated trigger is seen by the PTG as either OC1 or OC2 trigger.
To allow a PTG generated trigger to be the clock source for the OC module, OCxCON1 must be programmed.
OCxCON2 can be programmed to allow a PTG generated trigger to synchronize the OC module. For sequences in which the PTG generates IRQ, it is imperative that the MCU's interrupt controller be initialized so that the PTG IRQs are enabled.
Please consult the datasheet for the MCU you are using to verify the initialization requirements.
Accessing PTG Registers
In addition to the registers needed to implement the queue, the Peripheral Trigger Generator (PTG) is controlled by twelve Special Function Registers (SFRs). Although initializing twelve SFRs may appear a daunting task, it is important to realize that not all of the SFRs may need to be initialized. The default settings for the PTG SFRs are non-intrusive. If an SFR controls a parameter not specifically used in a sequence, that SFR does not need to be initialized for the sequence to execute properly.
The PTG SFRs are divided into five categories:
Control and Status Registers
PTGCST Provides overall control and status reporting for the PTG, including Enable/Disable, Start/Stop, and Trigger output type (Toggle or Pulse). This is the only register that can be accessed while the PTG is enabled.
PTGCON Determines the values used for many of the PTG timing parameters such as the clock source, any prescalers on the clock, and the width of the output triggers when the triggers are in Pulse mode. This register also controls the value of the PTG's Watchdog timer which limits the time the PTG will wait for a trigger.
Limit Registers
PTGT0LIM Determines the limit value for PTG Timer 0. Used by PTGCTRL to delay or pause the sequence.
PTGT1LIM Determines the limit value for PTG Timer 1. Used by PTGCTRL to delay or pause the sequence.
PTGSDLIM Sets the number of PTG clock cycles allocated to each step command. Using this register can slow down the speed in which PTG step commands are executed. The use of this Delay timer can be enabled or disabled with the PTGCTRL command.
PTGC0LIM Used to specify the loop count for the PTGJMP0 command.
PTGC1LIM Used to specify the loop count for the PTGJMP1 command
Hold and Adjust Registers
PTGHOLD Used by the PTGCOPY command, this register holds the value to be moved into one of the Limit registers or into the PTG Literal register (PTGL0).
PTGADJ Used by the PTGADD command, this register holds a value to be added to one of the Limit registers or the PTG Literal register (PTGL0).
Literal and Broadcast Registers
PTGL0 Holds a value to be written into the ADC1 channel select register (AD1CHS0). Only used by the PTGCTRL command. AD1CHS0 can also be written with the PTGSTRB command.
PTGBTE When the application wishes to simultaneously broadcast triggers to more than one peripheral (PTGCTRL command with OPTION = 0b1111), this register contains the list of triggers to generate.
PTG Queue Registers
PTGQPTR Points to the current step command being executed. When the PTG is enabled, this register is set to the first entry in the step queue.
These registers are the queue in which the step commands are located.
To prevent unintentional modifications to PTG operations caused by spurious writes to the PTG SFRs, the PTG Status and Control Register (PTGCST) is the only register that can be written to while the PTG is enabled. To modify PTG SFRs, other than PTGCST, you must ensure that the PTG is disabled (i.e. verify PTGCST<15> = 0).
Initializing the Limit, Hold, and Adjust Registers
Limit Registers
Limit registers are used by step commands to control sequence timing.
PTGT0LIM and PTGT1LIM are used to insert one-time pauses into a sequence. The Peripheral Trigger Generator Control (PTGCTRL) step command has an option that will start either PTG Timer0 or PTG Timer1, then wait until the value of the timer equals the value of its Limit register. When the values are equal to each other, control is passed to the next step command in the queue.
The Step Delay Limit (PTGSDLIM) register is used to insert a temporary and repeatable delay for every step command in a sequence. The value loaded into PTGSDLIM is the number of PTG clocks needed to execute a single step command. When enabled, PTGSDLIM will cause the time period between successive step commands to be longer. When this register is disabled, all step commands will execute at the speed of the designated PTG clock. PTGSDLIM can be enabled or disabled using an option of the PTGCTRL step command.
PTGC0LIM and PTGC1LIM are loop counters for the conditional jump commands (PTGJMPC0 and PTGJMPC1). Using two loop counters allows a single level of nesting.
Example Of a Nested Loop Using the PTGCxLIM Registers
In this example, if PTGC0LIM = 3 and PTGC1LIM = 8, then the following commands would be executed before control is passed to the command in Step 5:
 - The step command loaded into Step 1 will execute 24 (3 x 8) times.
 - The step command loaded into Step 3 will execute 8 times.
 - All Limit registers can be initialized with a simple assignment statement when the PTG is disabled. For example, PTGSDLIM = 7.
 - During run-time, the value of any Limit register can be modified by the use of PTGCOPY or PTGADD step commands.
Adjust Register
The PTGADD step command will add the value of the literal stored in PTGADJ to a Limit register. The particular Limit register to be modified is passed in the command's OPTION field. Modifying the Limit registers allows sequences to incrementally adjust the timing of generated triggers.
Hold Register
The PTGCOPY step command moves the content of PTGHOLD into any of the Limit registers. PTGCOPY is typically used to reset a Limit register to its initial value after the register has been modified by PTGADD.
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The indicator set component is used to create the data model and view models for any forms needed on your community. While some systems use the same data model for all forms (hiding and changing the labels for fields), BetterData allows you to create a unique data model for each form that you need. This gives you more flexibility when it comes to using that data to generate reports.
The data model is determined by the fields that you need on a form. However, it can also include fields that are calculated, populated by an external application or auto-populated from data elsewhere in the community. Once configured an indicator set can be used in one or more Apps on your community. Indicator sets are accessible both via a web browser and on the Android app.
The labels, help text and validations for each field can be defined in multiple languages. BetterData will detect the language settings of your browser and only display the form in the matching language (if available). This enables you to translate forms (at once or over time) to be in multiple languages simultaneously.
Each indicator set can have one or more form views. The form view is used to enter or edit data. Each form view can include the following elements:
Widgets define the functionality for each field on the form. Some of the widgets available include:
- Date or time
- Repeat structure
- Calculated fields
- Radio buttons
Each widget can also have validations defined. These determine which data can be entered. Fields can initially be defined as required or optional, with a validation error message specified to guide users as to the response needed. If defined as required then the following additional validations can also be set:
- Equal to
- Greater than equal to
- Less than equal to
- Minimum number of characters
- Maximum number of characters
- Must be an email address
- Must be a number
- Must be a date
Permissions define which which user roles are able to view, edit or delete the form and it's data. Roles are defined in the application component and will appear in each form as they are modified.
Form views may also reference the following other components:
- Linkages - This allows users to link two forms and specify the relationship between them
- Comments - This allows users to add comments
- Taxonomies - This allows users to select tags from a pre-defined taxonomy and add them to the form
- Duplicate - This component introduces a duplicate check that prompts users to search and check for duplicate forms based on a pre-specified key (like the title field, ID field, email address or similar)
- Mailbox - This component links to the mailing engine, enabling users to contribute new form data via email and receive updates the same way. Similar integrations are possible (for simple forms) via SMS
Rules determine what happens once a form is created or updated. Some examples of the options here are:
- Initiate a workflow - This triggers a workflow that the form is linked to
- Create an app profile - This takes the data from the form and uses it to create an app profile
- Network linkage - If the form is used to create a new profile, this rule can also then assign one or more users specified on the form to be the owner or member of that profile
Each indicator set can also have one or more views. This typically include an object view that shows the data saved on the form in a read only view. The object view uses the same elements as the form view, but they made be arranged in a different way.
The object view is also configureable to define which options are visible and to which user role. For example:
- Who can edit the form object?
- Who can delete it?
- Who can create a linkage?
Users also have the option to save a link to the object to their personal library. This helps people to create their own collections of relevant content.
Following are some screenshots of the indicator set component.

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Why does IPC::System::Simple not capture output when Perl is running as CGI under IIS?by matterofact (Initiate)
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matterofact has asked for the
wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
IIS 7.5 (Windows 7), Perl 5.16.3 (Strawberry Perl)
I'm trying to use IPC::System::Simple to run a command and capture the output, via either capture() or capturex() (they should both behave exactly the same under Windows). The Perl script is running as a web page under IIS, which has CGI handler mappings configured for Strawberry Perl. The problem is that the command runs and returns an exit value of 0, yet no output is captured. However, if I run the exact same code from a command prompt, it works fine. If I use IPC::System::Simple's system() replacement, output is printed, but not captured---it works fine. If I use backticks, it works fine.
Here are some examples to illustrate what's happening:
Exit value is 0, but no results are printed. If I change capture() to system(), the results are printed to the browser, and the exit value is still 0:
If I modify the script to this:
And then I run it from the shell, I see all the glorious output of svn info.
If I instead use backticks or qx//, and then run the script through IIS and hit the page in a browser, the output is captured and printed just fine.
So, it looks like capture() is not capturing, but only when running through IIS. It's not a permissions problem, because backticks work. In fact, the command itself is working (exit value of 0, output seen via system()). It's just that the output is escaping / being redirected somewhere / not being captured.


Ongoing Case Management
When the intake assessment and investigations department assesses that a family would benefit from continued involvement with FCCS, the family's case may be transferred to one of our departments that manages ongoing cases.
A family's case will remain open as long as there is a safety threat and the family is in need of services and support. The primary goal of ongoing services is to provide support to a family in a way that addresses threats to the safety and well-being of the children and decreases the likelihood that future concerns will exist.
Ongoing caseworkers who are assigned to work with a family develop a case plan specific to the family's needs. Families are encouraged to be involved in the development of their plan. A caseworker will support the family as they complete the plan and monitor their progress.
Ongoing case management activities include:
 - Referrals to community service providers such as counseling, drug and alcohol abuse services, mental health services, material assistance providers, and others
 - Noting a parent's progress towards completing recommended or court-ordered programs
 - Monitoring each stage of a child's development so that interventions can be made if concerns are identified
Once a family has addressed the concerns and reduced significant risk to the well-being of the children, FCCS will prepare to end its formal involvement with the family.
There are times when special accommodations are needed to ensure that children can meet with their families in a safe environment. Agency staff or a designee facilitate visitation between these children and their families. The visits occur at an agency office, in the community or sometimes in the family's home.
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Pile Integrity Test can be used to determine the integrity of piles. The method works best for long structural component such as driven concrete piles, cast-in place concrete piles, concrete filled steel pipe piles, timber piles, structural columns. The method works based on measuring and analyzing the velocity (required) and force (optional) response of pile. A hammer (regular or instrumented) is used to impact the pile surface and induce acoustic waves (WATCH: How PIT is Performed?). The test may not identify all imperfections, but generally can identify major defects within the effective length. In this article, we will review some of the main applications and limitations of pile integrity test. The test has been standardized as the ASTM D5882: Low Strain Impact Integrity Testing of Deep Foundations.
Applications of Pile Integrity Test
1. Evaluate unknown length of piles, or elements;
2. Evaluate pile cross-sectional area and length;
3. Determining the integrity and continuity of piles;
4. Evaluate consistency of pile material
Pile Integrity Test (PIT) provides useful information about the above-mentioned aspects of piles. However, the method has certain limitations, some of which are inherent. The following section summarizes the main limitations of the pile integrity method.
Limitations of Pile Integrity Test
1. Pile Integrity Test does not provide any information on the load bearing capacity of piles and deep foundations.
2. Integrity Testing cannot be conducted over pile caps.
3. Integrity testing of cross sections below a major crack (that crosses the entire cross-sectional area) is not possible.
4. This test is not effective in piles with highly variable cross sections
5. It is not effective in evaluating sections of piles below cracks that crosses the entire cross-sectional area of the pile.
6. Pile integrity is generally not suitable for testing steel sheets, H-section, or unfilled pipe piles.
7. When the toe reflection is not evident, integrity evaluation may not be conclusive.
8. In some cases, it is difficult to distinguish the soil response, and the (pile) toe response.
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Why Single Mothers Could Need An Emergency Loan
Some single mothers struggle financially more often than families who bring in two salaries. Single mothers have to provide for their children and pay bills with only one income, which is why they would need emergency loans from NZ lenders. An emergency loan could assist them with the following:
1) Groceries
Growing kids eat a lot. They always seem to be hungry and need a consistently balanced diet to keep them healthy and growing strong. However, healthy food isn't always what they get, because foods that are laden with sugars and preservatives are typically cheaper than fresh produce. If a single mother was struggling financially, she might save money by buying food of lower-quality, or that which is more affordable. And if the pantry ran out of food before her next pay came in, she could get an emergency loan to buy odds and ends, and staple foods, that have run out.
2) School Trips And Supplies
For a single mother, her children's school fees would be a part of her monthly budget. However, on a single salary, she could struggle to pay for extra expenses that haven't been accounted for. For example, if her child has a school trip, or needs additional stationary or supplies. These items don't always come with a warning, and sometimes there's no money left over to pay for them. But with an emergency loan from an NZ lender, she could pay for the school trip, or get what her children need.
3) Emergency Healthcare
Childhood injuries are common, and parents always need to be prepared for a scraped knee, or, heaven forbid, a trip to the emergency room. However, single parents might not always have enough money saved up for emergencies. But luckily, if a child fell ill and needed medication, a single mother could apply for an emergency loan online, and get approval on the same day.
Some Tips For Applying For Emergency Loans In NZ
If you're a single mother looking at emergency loans from NZ lenders, be clear-headed and focused. Find interest rates that you can afford, and check your lender's credibility before handing over your private information.
Having money troubles as a single mother is not uncommon, but it doesn't have to become a burden. If you need additional financing to get through to your next paycheck, try getting emergency loans from private lenders in NZ. They're manageable, easy to repay, and short-term.


1:2:1 Podcast
Beth Darnall discusses "Less Pain, Fewer Pills"
Chronic pain affects millions of Americans, and as the number of pain sufferers reach epidemic proportions in the United States, so too does the use of opioids to treat and manage pain, despite little research to support their long-term benefit. During this podcast, Stanford pain psychologist Beth Darnall, PhD, discusses her new book, Less Pain, Fewer Pills," which is aimed at helping the millions of sufferers regain control over their chronic pain without the use of opioids.
Length: 32 mins. 46 sec.
Leading the Biomedical Revolution
We are in the middle of a biomedical revolution more profound and far-reaching than the industrial and digital revolutions that made it possible.
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I've seen various methods occurring during a burial.
After the casket (or body) is laid in the grave, people shovel dirt to cover the grave up to a certain point (usually). After that, I've seen:
- Some rabbis say that only Jews should cover the grave all the way to the top (meaning until the dirt is level with the land surrounding the grave.)
- Other rabbis have said that people should shovel until you can't see the casket any longer. Then a machine can cover the rest.
- Other rabbis say the same as 2, but the rest must be manually shoveled but can be done by non-Jews. However, a machine should never be used.
The common denominator in all 3 methods is that it seems that Jews have to do some minimal amount of shoveling. Is this true? Can a non-Jew do all or part of the shoveling? If not, how much is the minimum that Jews must do?
Can a machine be used for any of the remainder of the shoveling?
Can any of the shoveling be done by a non-Jew
In any of the above 3 methods, which are halacha vs. minhag?


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Giving Directions to a New Driver
by SWERVE Driving School
Giving clear driving directions can be a challenge but is absolutely critical for a new driver. How many times has a passenger given you poor directions and you've missed a turn? Late, incomplete, or vague directions can cause confusion, anxiety and result in mistakes and safety issues. Here's what you can do to help relieve that confusion and anxiety for a new driver – and for yourself as their coach.
- Let the appropriate level of urgency by using the "First where, then what" format. For example: "At the stop sign, we'll turn left" is always more effective than "Let's take a left...no...not this road...wait...keep going...at the stop sign."
- Give directions as early so the driver can process them--but not earlier.
- Stay a block or two ahead and if necessary, repeat your directions as you get closer to ensure comprehension.
- Asking for a new driver to turn at the last second can cause panic and result in rough or erratic steering.
- Too early, and they're almost certain to forget them. For example, "Seven intersections ahead, we're going to turn right," is too far in advance.
- Make sure your directions are as specific as possible. Using terms like "the next street," "your lane," "our lane" etc. in your driving directions isn't always clear enough.
- To further prevent confusion you can tell them where not to turn before telling them where to turn. For example, point or wave off certain roads with your hands and for extra clarity use a landmark. Directions like "Not this street, but the one after it, we'll turn left" or "See the blue mailbox on the side? At that street we'll turn right."

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Why You Shouldn't Get Your Pet High
Cannabis may be harmless to people, but that doesn't mean you should get your pet high.
Why You Shouldn't Get Your Pet High
There comes a time when you're sitting around, enjoying your own stoned thoughts and your pet walks into the room. You wonder: Would they enjoy this as much as I do? In short, don't share the herb, especially if that means blowing smoke in your pet's face. Here's why you shouldn't get your pet high.
A doggie high is different than a human high
Getting your pet high can be dangerous. According to experts, weed can lower a dog's blood pressure and heart rate, and cause them enormous stress.
It's unlikely that your pet will be seriously hurt, or die, from marijuana, but the smaller the animal, the greater the risk. The number one reason why you shouldn't get your pet high is how unsafe marijuana can be for animals.
Like humans, dogs, cats and all mammals experience 'highs' from marijuana due to the cannabinoid receptors found in the brain. In fact, dogs have more of these receptors, so they get more high than humans do.
Animals' size also plays a role in how an animal experiences marijuana. What might contribute to a subtle high for you could get your pet high for over a day. In doggie years, a day is a long time.
If your pet gets high, accidentally or not, take it to the vet as soon as possible. They could need medication, administered orally or intravenously, to counter the effects of marijuana.
If you're worried about the consequences of giving your pet weed, know that you won't get in trouble at the vet. What is most important for the veterinarian and for you is getting your pet the right medical attention, and being honest about what happened.
They don't understand what it means to be 'stoned'.
Why You Shouldn't Get Your Pet High
Unlike humans who understand, and enjoy, everything from the mellowest of mellows to full-blown couch-lock, animals, no matter how smart, have no idea what's going on.
The stress animals feel when they're high can exacerbate the symptoms listed above. Even if your pet enjoyed the feeling of being stoned, which is unlikely, it didn't consent to this experience.
Getting anyone or anything high against its will is unethical. And it's totally not what cannabis culture is about.
Other ingredients in edibles can get your pet sick.
The most common form of edible is the pot brownie. Unluckily for dogs, who often consume edibles accidentally, pot brownies contain two ingredients that are unsafe for dogs: weed and chocolate.
As most pet owners know, chocolate is poisonous to dogs. It is for cats, too, though they are less unlikely to eat it unless encouraged. At best, chocolate will make your dog throw up on their own.
When dogs eat a lot of chocolate, they can experience seizures, diarrhea and extreme anxiety. For cats, chocolate is even more dangerous and can result in death.
With the combined effects of psychoactive marijuana and chocolate, edibles pose a huge risk to pets. If your pet eats an edible, take them to the vet as soon as possible.
You can also check out these at-home tips on what to do if your dog eats a chocolate edible.
Are CBD products dangerous for animals?
Why You Shouldn't Get Your Pet High
There is huge momentum in the medical community to use CBD as a treatment for a variety of illnesses. Whether you're looking to stop PMS, or for an alternative treatment to a serious condition like epilepsy, CBD could be the answer.
Understanding the medical and medicinal, many pet-owners are wondering what CBD can do for their pets. As many know, CBD is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid in marijuana, meaning that unlike THC, CBD won't get you or your pet high.
While both compounds have enormous health benefits, CBD is less ethnically problematic when considering cannabis for pet care.
It's important to remember that very little research has been conducted on the effects of cannabis, CBD-specific or otherwise, on animals.
What we do know is that CBD may function as an alleviate to many of the conditions affecting humans and animals alike.
Some sources believe that CBD products can help their pets with seizures, nausea, pain management, and arthritis.
Final Hit: Why You Shouldn't Get your Pet High
Weed is extremely potent for animals because of their size and the subtle difference between their endocannabinoid systems and ours. Not only can weed really harm your pet, it can also cause psychological stress.
There are a lot of health and ethical reasons why you shouldn't get your pets high with psychoactive THC.
When it comes to CBD, we'd suggest using your own discretion. There is a lot we don't know about this miracle cannabinoid when it comes to health, especially animal health. But if it seems to provide a holistic remedy to your animal's health issues, we're all for it.
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"Oblivion" The 3d event keeping clock.
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Most effective when displayed on a large screen. The hands of the clock are at the center of a cone. The cone is just for the shape. Written on the clock hands would be the word "present". As time passed the various things you had or have to do would swirl towards the present and then into oblivion. Oblivion being the tip and the last half of the cone. The first half of the cone would be labeled "future". Lets say you have a paper due a couple weeks from now. You write it in on the bottom of the cone and as time passes the "paper due" memo swirls towards the the center of the cone eventually meeting up with the present. As the "paper due" memo passes the hands of the clock, it would gradually shrink and fade away into nothingness. Also as ideas or events approached the center of the cone or the "present" they would increase in rotational speed creating a greater sense of urgency. Colors would also be incorporated. The center would be oranges and yellows. The future would be a calm blue that would start in a darker shade and lighten up as the event approached the center. The tip of the cone would eventually be a fade to black. You could also change the angle at which you view the cone. Head on for when your placing an event in the future and an oblique view that shows the words and dates drifting, swirling through the cone.
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The Age of Elegance _PHONE_
Spokane was lucky. It had two natural advantages, Spokane Falls, and it was really close to the mines. When miners and loggers and railroaders needed clothes or something to eat or equipment, they came to Spokane. Some people became millionaires almost over night.
With all the money coming in, Spokane became a rich town. This was the start of the 1890s and it was called the "Age Of Elegance".
Kirtland Kelsey Cutter was one of the greatest architects of Washington. He was born on August 20, 1860 in East Rockport, Ohio. His father William Cutter was a banker, along with Kirtland's mother, Caroline Atwater Pease. He also had a grandfather, Jared Potter Kirtland, who was a prominent doctor in Ohio. The whole family lived with his grandfather, uncles and aunts on Whippoorwill Farm, near Cleveland. At age 14 Kirtland went to Brooks Military Academy, which was a new high school in Cleveland. He spent five years there.
Kirtland thought he wanted to be an artist, so he enrolled in the Art Student's League in New York City. He continued his art studies in Europe in Dresden, Germany, and Florence, Italy. While in Europe he met Austin Corbin, and they became good friends. Austin's father was from Spokane and was a successful railroad man. Kirtland returned from Europe convinced that "architecture is the finest of the useful arts," and that he would make a better architect than artist. His parents begged Kirtland not to move to Spokane, but Kirtland wanted to move west with Austin Corbin.
Kirtland journeyed to Spokane Falls on the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1886 and lived with his uncle, Horace Cutter. Horace was a officer at the First National Bank and president of Spokane Savings Bank. Kirtland drew beautiful homes because of his art schooling. It was hard to get started in architecture career without formal training, though. His first partner was John Poetz. Unlike most architects, Kirtland didn't worry about the supports of the house or building he designed, Kirtland let his partner engineer and build the structure of the house or building. The Glover mansion amazed townspeople because it had three indoor bathrooms.
In 1889 in his biography he writes "my darkest day" the great fire of Spokane occurred. Almost everybody turned to Kirtland to rebuild the homes and buildings that were burned or damaged in the fire. He was largely responsible for rebuilding the burnt town after the fire. He did a great deal of work. "He didn't just rebuild the city, he made it six times more beautiful" said the Spokesman Review. Kirtland Kelsey Cutter began to be known all around the Northwest. One of the reasons why Kirtland Cutter's homes looked so nice is because he wanted to have his homes and buildings fit in with the surroundings of them. He did a great deal of work in Spokane, and in Seattle, Tacoma, Boise, and some other Northwest communities. In 1894, his partner John Poets left, and his new partner was Karl G. Malmgren. After 38 years in Spokane, Kirtland moved to California, Long Beach in 1923. He died in Long Beach, California on September 29, 1939, at the age of 79.
Kirtland Kelsey Cutter received many honors, among them, a medal for his Idaho state building in the world's fair of 1893. He was also chosen as a member of the Jury for the competition for the Washington State Capitol, and received the first prize award by the Southern California Chapter in 1927 for his work on the Palos Verdes section. Some of his notable buildings include: The Davenport Hotel, the Spokane Club, the Sherwood building, the Silver Grill of the Spokane hotel, the Washington Water Power building, the Chronicle building, the R.B. Porter home, the Patrick Welsh home (also known as the James Glover home), the Patrick Clark home, the A. B. Campbell home, and before I put you to sleep from all these listings I'll just say, and many more. Kirtland Cutter designed over 30 mansions, and many office buildings still used today. And that's Kirtland Cutter!
Mathews, Henry. Kirtland Cutter: Architect in Land of Promise. U of WA Press, 1998, pg 19-35.
" Rebuilt City." The Spokesman-Review. October 28, 1962.
Patrick F. Clark
This is the elaborate house of Patrick F. Clark. "Patsy" Clark and Mr. Cutter roamed the world for the house's furnishings. Mrs. Clark met her callers in a room with golden lined chairs and silk curtains. The library rug was said to have cost $17,000 and the grandfather clock was made in England and the chandeliers were ordered from Tiffany of New York.
The Patrick Clark house also had a combination of carriage house and stable. It housed two Shetland ponies, two Newfoundland dogs and a wicker basket cart, a driving horse for the two wheel cart, two lighter horses for the Spider, two heavy horses for the Landau, and a cow. In those days there was no real dairy, so most of the elite kept their own cow.
The Clark's lived a story book life and he and his partner are said to have piled up $13,000,000 on the house.
*photo from inside of Patrick Clark House, NW Museum of Arts and Culture Archives.
The Campbell House
The Campbell House is a very special historical landmark for Spokane. THe home of Amasa Basaliel Campbell was designed by Kirtland K. Cutter and built in 1898.
It has an exterior of stucco, sandstone, brick and heavy timber. It has nineteen rooms and nine fireplaces. There was a reception room, grand hall, drawing room, and a dining room, bedrooms and game room and a home office for Amasa.
Amasa Campbell was born on April 6th, 1845 in Salem, Ohio and was the youngest of ten children. He moved to Wallace, Idaho, and soon became the owner of a mine with his partner John A. Finch. Not long after that, he married Grace Fox and they had a daughter named Helen. After Helen was born, May 14, 1892, the Campbells moved to Spokane, to this house in the Browne's Addition.
At the age of 67, Amasa died in 1912. Twelve years later, Grace died leaving Helen the only Campbell left.
It is 100 years old and has been a museum since 1925. Helen Campbell Powell donated the house to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society in honor of her mother, Grace Fox Campbell. It is located at 2316 W. First next to the NW Museum of Arts and Culture, the MAC. The house was restored in the 60's and that restoration cost $861,168!
Pioneer Spokane had two fashionable residential areas (the areas of mansions) - Seventh Avenue known as "the Hill", and "Brownes Addition" where the Campbell house is. There was a lot of social rivalry between the two sections and each looked down upon the other with a sense of haughty superiority. When making calls, there were very strict rules. The ladies on "The Hill" would call on the ladies in Browne's Addition on Thursdays, and vice versa on Wednesdays.
Louis Davenport and the Davenport Hotel
Louis M. Davenport contributed more than anyone to the Age of Elegance in Spokane. He was one of the world's hotel geniuses and was known far and wide.
There is a romantic story about Louis Davenport arriving in Spokane just before the Great Fire with $1.50 in his pocket and his opening Davenport's Waffle Foundry right after the Great Fire of 1889. However current research indicates that he arrived in March, 1889, and worked with his Uncle Elijah, who was well established in the restaurant and meat market business. Elijah was the proprietor of the Pride of Spokane Restaurant. The first Waffle Foundry was in a tent, but by 1890, Davenport's Restaurant, a second establishment, was located in the Wilson block where the hotel is now located. Davenport's Restaurant set out to be the finest restaurant in the city. He gained respect as an excellent business man.
Beginning in 1906 many of Spokane's wealthy business leaders, began planning the "finest Hotel in the Northwest." They approached Louis Davenport to manage the hotel. Even with the financing of Spokane's wealthy business leaders, Louis Davenport had to sell his new home on 8th Avenue to free up capital for the hotel. The 12 story hotel was built next to the restaurant. The hotel was built in 1914 at a cost of 1.75 million dollars. It was a masterpiece at the time. The restaurant was like an auditorium. It was always filled after shows and speeches. Later Mr. Davenport built one of the grandest ballrooms of the hotel, called the Hall of Doges, over his restaurant. Doges means "very important". The architecture and style of this room was Venetian Gothic. Here Spokane citizens dressed in their finest clothes waltzed the night away in the grandest style. The dances started at 9 o'clock and ended at 1 am so people could catch the nightowl street car home.
*Photo from Davenport Hotel Archives
The Davenport Hotel was designed by K


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Tsing Ma Bridge at night
Carries 6 lanes of roadway (upper)
2 MTR rail tracks, 2 lanes of roadway (lower)
Crosses Ma Wan Channel
Locale Ma Wan Island and Tsing Yi Island
Official name Tsing Ma Bridge
Design Double-decked suspension bridge
Width 41 metres (135 ft)
Longest span 1,377 metres (4,518 ft)
Clearance above 62 metres (203 ft)
Opened May 22, 1997
Toll HK$30 (cars)
Tsing Ma Bridge
Traditional Chinese 青馬大橋
Simplified Chinese 青马大桥
Literal meaning Cyan Horse Great Bridge
The Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong. It is the world's ninth-longest span suspension bridge, and was the second longest at time of completion. The bridge was named after two of the islands at its ends, namely Tsing Yi and Ma Wan. It has two decks and carries both road and rail traffic, which also makes it the largest suspension bridge of this type. The bridge has a main span of 1,377 metres (4,518 ft) and a height of 206 metres (676 ft). The span is the largest of all bridges in the world carrying rail traffic.
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Complaint Process
1. Initial steps: The initial steps involved in receiving and reviewing a complaint typically include the following:
 - The College receives a completed complaint form or a written letter of complaint from the patient.
 - The College confirms receipt of the complaint by letter to the complainant and notifies the registrant that a complaint has been received.
 - The College reviews the complaint and requests any clarification or further information from the complainant.
 - The College may request copies of the patient's clinical records from the registrant at this stage or at a later stage, depending on the nature of the complaint.
2. Steps involved once all information has been received: Once the College has received any further requested and relevant information from the patient, the registrant(s) and/or other individuals, and it has been determined that the College has jurisdiction to investigate the matter, the following steps ensue:
 - The complaint will be summarized.
 - If the complaint is a "serious matter" (defined in the Health Professions Act as a matter that, if proven, would result in limitations or conditions on the registrant's practice, or a suspension or cancellation of registration), the complaint will be taken to the Inquiry Committee.
 - The College sends a letter to the Registrant along with a copy of the letter of complaint, and requests a response to the allegations.
 - The College may contact other individuals involved in the patient's care or who otherwise might have additional relevant information.
 - Where appropriate, the College may provide the patient with a copy of the response obtained from the registrant and ask for any further comments.
 - If the allegations, even if admitted or proven, would result in no more than a reprimand, it will still be completely reviewed.
3. Steps once the complaint has been investigated: Once the investigation is concluded, the complainant and the registrant will receive a report. The report typically includes a summary of the allegations and the registrant's response to the allegations, a description of the information and documentation considered in the investigation, and the Inquiry Committee's review and opinion in response to the complaint.
4. Steps if corrective action is requested of the registrant: If any corrective action on the part of the registrant is required, the College may:
 - inform the registrant about the concerns and provide remediative advice including the requirement to have consultation, supervision or take educational courses;
 - request that the registrant attend the College for an interview;
 - circulate advice and suggestions to all registrants on matters relevant to the general practice of registrants in its official publications;
 - reprimand the registrant about the conduct;
 - order a general review of the registrant's practice; and/or


Oratory comes from the latin, orare, which means to pray. Both are buildings that are set aside as a place for people to gather for prayer, worship, and the reception of the sacraments.Some people use chapel and oratory interchangeably, as they often fulfill the same purpose, but in a technical sense, they are different.
The sacraments of initiation, first communion, and matrimony are recorded in parish churches. This is what sets an oratory apart from a chapel. Oratories often functions the same way a parish church does in regards to record keeping. Before Mystical Rose was given the designation as an oratory, these sacraments were performed here but recorded at St. Patrick's Church across the street. Since its designation as an oratory, Mystical Rose has been keeping its own sacramental records.
The designation "oratory" is granted by the bishop of a local diocese.


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|Anton Joseph Cermak|
|44th Mayor of Chicago|
|Preceded by||William Hale Thompson|
|Succeeded by||Frank J. Corr|
May 9, 1873|
Kladno, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
|Died||March 6, 1933
Miami, Florida, United States
|Spouse(s)||Mary Horejs Cermak|
Anton "Tony" Joseph Cermak (Czech: Antonín Josef Čermák, pronounced [ˈantɔɲiːn ˈjɔzɛf ˈtʃɛrmaːk]; May 9, 1873 – March 6, 1933) was an American politician of Czech origin who served as the mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1931 until his assassination in 1933.
Early life and career
Born in Kladno, Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic), Cermak emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1874. He began his political career as a precinct captain and in 1902 was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives. Seven years later, he would take his place as alderman of the 12th Ward. Cermak was elected president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 1922, chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party in 1928, and mayor of Chicago in 1931. In 1928 he ran for the United States Senate and was defeated by Republican Otis F. Glenn, receiving 46% of the vote.
Campaign for Mayor
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His mayoral victory came in the wake of the Great Depression and the deep resentment many Chicagoans had of Prohibition and the increasing violence resulting from organized crime's control of Chicago, typified by the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
The many ethnic groups such as Poles, Czechs, Ukrainians, Jews, Italians, and African Americans that began to settle in Chicago in the early 1900s were mostly detached from the political system, due in part to lack of organization which led to underrepresentation in the City Council. As an immigrant himself, Cermak recognized Chicago's relatively new immigrants as a significant population of disenfranchised voters and a large power base for Cermak and his local Democratic organization.
Before Cermak, the Democratic party in Cook County was run by Irish Americans. As Cermak climbed the local political ladder, the resentment of the Party leadership grew. When the bosses rejected his bid to become the mayoral candidate, Cermak swore revenge. He formed his political army from the non-Irish elements, and even persuaded black politician William L. Dawson to switch from the Republican to the Democratic Party. Dawson later became U.S. Representative (from the 1st District) and soon the most powerful black politician in Illinois.
Cermak's political and organizational skills helped create one of the most powerful political organizations of his day. With support from Franklin D. Roosevelt on the national level, Cermak gradually wooed members of Chicago's growing black community into the Democratic fold. Walter Wright, the superintendent of parks and aviation for the city of Chicago also aided Cermak in stepping into office.
When Cermak challenged the incumbent "Big Bill" Thompson in the 1931 mayor's race, Thompson, representative of Chicago's existing power structure, responded with ethnic slurs:
- I won't take a back seat to that Bohunk, Chairmock, Chermack or whatever his name is.
- Tony, Tony, where's your pushcart at?
- Can you picture a World's Fair mayor?
- With a name like that?
Cermak's reply, "He doesn't like my name... it's true I didn't come over on the Mayflower, but I came over as soon as I could." It was a sentiment to which ethnic Chicagoans could relate and Thompson's slur largely backfired.
The flamboyant Thompson's reputation as a buffoon and the voters' disgust with the corruption of his machine and his inability or unwillingness to clean up organized crime in Chicago were cited as major factors in Cermak capturing 58% of the vote in the mayoral election on April 6, 1931. Cermak's victory finished Thompson as a political power and largely ended the Republican Party's power in Chicago; indeed, all of the mayors of Chicago since 1931 have been members of the Democratic Party.
For nearly his entire administration, Cermak had to deal with a major tax revolt. From 1931 to 1933, the Association of Real Estate Taxpayers mounted a "tax strike." At its height, ARET, which was headed by John M. Pratt and James E. Bistor, had over thirty thousand members. Much to Cermak's dismay, it successfully slowed down the collection of real estate taxes through litigation and promoting refusal to pay. In the meantime, the city found it difficult to pay teachers and maintain services.
While shaking hands with President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt at Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida, on February 15, 1933, Cermak was shot in the lung and seriously wounded when Giuseppe Zangara, who at the time was believed to have been engaged in an attempt to assassinate Roosevelt, hit Cermak instead. At the critical moment, Lilian Cross, a doctor's wife, hit Zangara's arm with her purse and spoiled his aim. In addition to Cermak, Zangara hit four other people, one of whom, a woman, also died of her injuries. Zangara told the police that he hated rich and powerful people, but not Roosevelt personally.
Later, rumors circulated that Cermak, not Roosevelt, had been the intended target, as his promise to clean up Chicago's rampant lawlessness posed a threat to Al Capone and the Chicago organized crime syndicate. According to Roosevelt biographer Jean Edward Smith, there is no proof for this theory. One of the first people to suggest the organized crime theory was reporter Walter Winchell, who happened to be in Miami the evening of the shooting.
Long-time Chicago newsman Len O'Connor offers a different view of the events surrounding Cermak's death. He has written that aldermen "Paddy" Bauler and Charlie Weber informed him that relations between Cermak and FDR were strained because Cermak fought FDR's nomination at the Democratic convention in Chicago, and the legend that his last words were "I'm glad it was me instead of you" was, according to O'Connor, totally fabricated by Weber and Bauler.
Author Ronald Humble offers his view as to why Cermak was killed. In his book Frank Nitti: The True Story of Chicago's Notorious Enforcer, Humble contends that Cermak was as corrupt as Thompson and that the Chicago Outfit hired Zangara to kill Cermak in retaliation for Cermak's attempt to murder Frank Nitti.
Cermak died on March 6, partly because of his wounds. On March 30, however, his personal physician, Dr. Karl A. Meyer, said that Cermak's primary cause of death was ulcerative colitis, commenting, "The mayor would have recovered from the bullet wound had it not been for the complication of colitis. The autopsy disclosed the wound had healed.. the other complications were not directly due to the bullet wound."
He was interred in a mausoleum at Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago. The mayor's death was followed by a struggle for succession to his party chairmanship and to the mayor's office.
A plaque honoring Cermak still lies at the site of the assassination in Miami's Bayfront Park. It is inscribed with Cermak's alleged words to FDR after he was shot, "I'm glad it was me instead of you."
Following Cermak's death, 22nd Street, a major east-west artery that traversed Chicago's West Side and the close-in suburbs of Cicero and Berwyn, areas with a significant Czech population, was renamed Cermak Road. Zangara was electrocuted in Florida's electric chair on March 20, 1933, for he could not be charged with murder until Cermak died.
Cermak's son-in-law, Otto Kerner Jr., served as the 33rd Governor of Illinois and a federal circuit judge. His grandson, Frank J. Jirka, Jr., was with him in Miami when he was assassinated and later became a highly decorated UDT naval officer from wounds suffered at Iwo Jima, after WWII a physician, and in 1983 president of the American Medical Association.
In popular culture
A hastily produced movie about Cermak, The Man Who Dared, was released within months of his death. Further, there was a made for TV movie, The Gun of Zangara, about Cermak's assassination. It was originally a two-part episode of The Untouchables, where it had the title "The Unhired Assassin."
In Philip K. Dick's Man in the High Castle, FDR is killed by not having a Zippo lighter in his pocket, leading into a series of events, including increased American isolationism, that ended in the victory of the Axis Powers in World War II, and subsequent occupation of the United States.
See also
- Hirsch, Arnold R. "Democratic Party." Encyclopedia of Chicago.
- Wendt, Lloyd (1979). Chicago Tribune. Chicago:


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The Drinking Ostriches (an-na'am al-warid)
The Drinking Ostriches are part of the Ostriches (an-na'a'im) celestial complex, which also includes the Nest (al-udhi) of the ostriches and the Wasteland (al-balda). Unlike the Lion or the Scorpion, each star of the Ostriches represents an individual ostrich. The Ostriches are divided into two groups, four Drinking Ostriches and four Returning Ostriches (an-na'am as-sadir). The Drinking Ostriches were so named because their stars are located in the swath of the Milky Way, the river from which the Ostriches are drinking.
One of two groups of four bright stars, each arranged as a quadrilateral, with a ninth star connecting the two groups. The Drinking Ostriches are the first of the two groups to set.
γ SGR (Al Nasl), yellow giant star, magnitude 3.0
η SGR, orange star, magnitude 3.1
ε SGR (Kaus Australis), blue-white star, magnitude 1.9
δ SGR (Kaus Meridionalis), orange giant star, magnitude 2.7
The four stars of the Drinking Ostriches take just over a week to rise and set. Ibn Qutayba (d. 879 CE) reported that the Ostriches were said to rise on the morning of December 23 and set on the morning of June 23. On account of the precession of the equinoxes, today we can expect to observe the Drinking Ostriches setting in late June and rising in mid-January, as seen from the latitude of Tucson. (See How to Observe on the About page for more on this topic.)
The Drinking Ostriches do not figure in the calendar of the rains stars.
In early listings of the lunar stations, the Ostriches as a whole are the 22nd station of the year. This was later changed to the 20th lunar station after the stations were adjusted to begin with the vernal equinox. Two of the stars of the Drinking Ostriches match the Hindu nakshatra called Purva Ashadha.
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The Drinking Ostriches are part of the Ostriches (an-na'a'im, النعائم) folkloric celestial complex.
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Magnetic Storage Drum
A magnetic drum of increased storage capacity consists of a plurality of V- shaped annular grooves around the periphery of the drum, which cooperate with complementary heads corresponding to each groove. Recording is effected on the magnetizable sides of the grooves.
One head configuration is illustrated in the lower drawings. The left-hand one is an enlarged fragmentary sideview of the right hand drawing. The head 10 consists of a core 11 which is provided with a coil 12 and V-shaped pole pieces 13 shaped complementary to the grooves 14 on drum 15. The two pole pieces 13 terminate to provide an air gap 17.
In this configuration, the read and write signals occur on both faces of the pole pieces 13 and the grooves 14.
The heads can be constructed to operate on one side of a groove only.


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The Albuquerque Historical Society actively supports educators in our mission to promote and preserve all matters relating to the history of Albuquerque. Towards that end, we provide resources and incentives for Educators. These include:
The Albuquerque Historical Society provides a Speakers Bureau as a resource for high school history and social studies teachers. Most topics are appropriate for a high school's New Mexico history class. The teacher would need to prepare their students prior to the speaker's presentation by having classroom discussion or student research on the topic. Volunteer speakers will provide their presentation upon request. Communication and scheduling is directly between the requesting teacher and the speaker. The speaker does not receive an honorarium. The speaker will indicate what audio visual equipment is needed. To find out what topics are currently available and to learn how to schedule a speaker, visit our Speakers Bureau page.
The Albuquerque Historical Society has established a source documents repository as a resource for high school history programs. Documents cover basic historical events occurring since the initiation of statehood in 1912. Creation of this information provides teachers with a readily available resource to help build lesson plans for the teaching of New Mexico history at the high school level. View our Source Documents Index page.
Teacher resource guides for Albuquerque's Tricentennial
As part of the City's celebration of it's 300th anniversary, excellent resource guides were developed for teachers. Many lesson plans are available covering diverse topics such as geology, founding of Albuquerque, trade routes, land grants, civil war, the coming of the railroad, sports and many more. These are provided in grade appropriate pdfs. Download the 4th Grade Tricentennial Teacher's Resource Guide or the 7th Grade Tricentennial Teacher's Resource Guide.
New Mexico Magazine State Centennial Issue
New Mexico Magazine published a comprehensive thirteen page article on the History of New Mexico since 1912 in their January 2012 issue. Through the generous donations by individuals and businesses, the Albuquerque Historical Society was able to supply the January 2012 issue to all Albuquerque high schools and several other schools in the state. Now, the Editors of New Mexico Magazine have graciously allowed us to distribute this article to educators directly. Download the New Mexico Magazine January 2012 State Centennial Article.
There is also an extensive Teacher's Guide to State Centennial Resources including sample lesson plans and classroom exercises managed by the University of New Mexico Libraries and funded by UNM's Center for Regional Studies,
Albuquerque's Environmental Story
The book "Albuquerque's Environmental Story: Educating for a Sustainable Community" is an award-winning teaching resource that "was created to help students relate caringly to their local natural and human environment. A primary objective of the document is to foster a mindset in Albuquerque's future citizens which can lead to a sustainable future for their community," It is still used in classrooms throughout the city and includes anecdotes about the city, hands-on science activities, teacher worksheets and questions about such topics as public policy, pollution, historic preservation, the built environment, transportation, neighborhoods and downtown redevelopment.
The New Mexico Humanities Council offers high-resolution maps through its online Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps. The website is a rich resource for New Mexico history teachers, including a large collection of first person accounts and oral histories, archival photographs and illustrations, links to full-text resources (many of which are out of print), links to community and state historical resources, audio, and video, as well as a selection of historic maps depicting major historical eras from the first European explorations through the 1920s. The New Mexico Humanities Council has also developed lesson plans to use in conjunction with these maps. The lesson plans are designed to be a sequence, but teachers can also use them individually, to illustrate a certain point, or to supplement other classroom work on an era.


Why Do The Weeds Stay Green?
August 07, 1988
The dormant, drought-burned grass looks like straw, but the weeds perversely remain green and lush. Why? Paul Sorensen, associate professor of biological sciences at Northern Illinois University in De Kalb, explains that weeds' long roots reach down to deeper soils and moisture.
''They have survivability,'' he says. ''That's why they're weeds. Those we recognize as nuisance plants have a great range of tolerance for adverse conditions, such as wind, pests and drought.''
Plants that have a kind of photosynthesis called the C-4 photosynthetic pathway have built-in drought resistance, he explains. Most plants follow the C-3 pathway.
''Many C-4 plants are found in desert environments, closer to the equator, between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn,'' Sorensen says. ''Corn is a C-4 plant. That's why even when corn's leaves curl in the drought, they're still green.
''Crabgrass also is a C-4 plant. We usually get a midseason drought, not as bad as this, but you'll notice that crabgrass always stays green, even when the bluegrass lawn around it turns brown.''
Sorensen points to bluegrass as ''the greatest weed we have. Its adaptability is beyond belief. It's found everywhere except on high cliffs. It's present in woods where there is deep, deep shade. You don't find crabgrass in the woods.'' -


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Can you use a magnifying glass to focus sunlight on a module?
Yes. There are newer technologies coming out that do just that. They are called Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) systems. The system uses lenses or mirrors and a tracking system to focus the sunlight into a concentrated beam of light. This beam of light is focused on a very small, highly efficient solar cell. It's just like the cell on regular crystalline modules, but much smaller and more powerful.


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Air Pollutants - Particulate Matter (PM) - General Information
What is DHEC doing to keep my air safe?
DHEC is responsible for tracking the air quality in South Carolina. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, which are the nationwide standards that EPA sets to protect public health and the environment.
Across South Carolina, DHEC is stepping forward to motivate citizens, schools, community groups, local governments, and businesses to help keep our air safe. The best ways to limit PM are to reduce the number of vehicles on our roads, to require limits from industries that emit PM, and to limit open burning. DHEC is also working to reduce PM emissions by:
For more information please contact the Bureau of Air Quality at _PHONE_ or by email.


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Now, EBU sector allows its customers to send a written telegraph to another customer or government agency or VIPs, whether internally or internationally, and in both Arabic and English language.
- Express telegraph will be delivered within 6 hours..
- Normal telegraph inside the kingdom will be delivered within 24 hours.
- Normal telegraph to Arab countries or other countries will be sent within 48 hours.
- Humanitarian telegraph is considered as an express one.
- Express messages Local and national: SR1 per word and it's delivered within 6 hours (During an official working hours).
- Normal messages Local and national: SR 0.50 per word and it's delivered within 24 hours.
- Normal messages to Arab country: SR 0.60 per word and it's sent within 48 hours.
- Normal messages to other countries: it's sent within 48 hours each country have a different fee.
- Humanitarian cause telegraph is considered an express telegraph, and it is a free service.
- Through MyBusiness portal (only by the admin user).
- Call 969 from mobile phone or landline.
- Send email to _EMAIL_
- Send a fax to _PHONE_.
Sending telegrams is not possible through prepaid numbers or of other operator's numbers.


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POLE SPORTS & ARTS WORLD FEDERATION
The art and sport of pole athletics has grown immensely in recent years and the need for an organized federation became clear. In response to this need, a group of passionate professional pole athletes created the Pole Sports and Arts World Federation (POSA) to ensure recognition of pole as a sport.
With sports recognition as its goal, the POSA was created to unite, regulate, organize, lead, and develop the practice and competition of pole sport and pole art around the world. As an international federation, POSA supports, represents, and defends all affiliated country federations. All affiliated competitions are standardized in athlete expectations and judging methods.
- To acknowledge and establish the different aspects of pole, namely pole sport and pole art
- To organize championships and/or competitions inherent in their practice
- To establish and enforce all technical and ethical rules regarding the practice of activities that it regulates
- To organize the training and development of pole sport professionals around the world, including coaches, judges, and athletes
- To implement professional trainings for judges, coaches, and athletes according to the rules
- To guide pole sport towards international recognition through the International Olympic Committee


text: Purpose: A simple, precise, specific, and accurate High Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) and Ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometer method was developed and validated for determination of Piroxicam (PRX) in pure and pharmaceutical dosage forms. Methods: The different analytical performance parameters such as linearity, accuracy, specificity, precision, and sensitivity (limit of detection and limit of quantification) were determined according to International Conference on Harmonization ICH Q2 (R1) guidelines. HPLC was conducted on Water Spherisorb® analytical column used having the dimension of 5 µm, 4.6*250mm. The mobile phase was consisting of buffer (containing 0.1 M potassium di hydrogen phosphate solution having pH 3.0) and acetonitrile (ACN) in the ratio 1:3 v/v, and the flow rate was maintained at 1.0 mL/min. PRX was monitored using Water Breeze 2 system equipped with photo diode array detector (λ = 333 nm) and also by UV spectrophotometer (λ = 333 nm) by Shimadzu UV 1800. Results: Linearity was observed in concentration range of 10–50 µg/mL by HPLC and 0-10 µg/mL by UV spectroscopy method. Correlation coefficient was found to be 0.9967 and 0.9962 respectively by HPLC and UV method. Linearity, accuracy, specificity, precision, and sensitivity (limit of detection and limit of quantification) were determined and value find within the range as specified by ICH guidelines. Conclusion: All the system suitability parameters were found within the range. The performed method is rapid, cost-effective and can be used as a quality-control tool for routine quantitative analysis of PRX in pure and pharmaceutical dosage forms.


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|Oracle® Fusion Middleware Oracle Reports User's Guide to Building Reports
11g Release 1 (11.1.1)
Part Number B32122-01
Another way to rank customers is by percentage of total sales. The idea is the same as ranking by count, but with an important difference. Since you need to fetch all of the data in order to compute a running percent of total summary, you don't want to use a group filter to weed out data. You need to use a format trigger on the repeating frame to compare the running total to your cutoff parameter.
To fetch the data for the percentage calculation:
In the Object Navigator, double-click the view icon next to the Data Model node.
In the Data Model view that displays, click the SQL Query tool in the tool palette then click in an open area of the Data Model view, somewhere to the right of query Q_1, to display the SQL Query Statement dialog box.
In the SQL Query Statement field, enter the following
SELECT CUSTNAME CNAME2, SUM(AMOUNT) SUM_AMT2 FROM SALES GROUP BY CUSTNAME ORDER BY SUM(AMOUNT) DESC
Note:You can enter this query in any of the following ways:
Copy and paste the code from the provided text file called
rank_code.txt (SELECT statement for Percentage Calculation) into the SQL Query Statement field.
Click Query Builder to build the query without entering any code manually.
Type the code in the SQL Query Statement field.
Click OK. Your data model should now look like the following image.
Figure 34-5 Data Model view of the Ranking Report
Save your report.
To create a parameter for the percentage cutoff:
In the Object Navigator, under the Data Model node, click the User Parameters node.
Choose Edit > Create to create a new user parameter under the User Parameters node.
If the Property Inspector is not already displayed, right-click the new user parameter (P_1), then choose Property Inspector to display the Property Inspector, and set the following properties:
Under General Information, set the Name property to CUTOFF_PCT.
Under Parameter, set the Datatype property to Number, set the Width property to 2, and set the Initial Value property to 75.
In the Data Model view, click the group object G_CNAME2, then click and drag the bottom handle down about 0.25 inches (0.5 centimeters) to make the group bigger.
Click the Summary Column tool in the tool palette.
Click in the empty space beneath SUM_AMT2 to create a summary column.
Double-click the new summary column object (CS_1) to display the Property Inspector, and set the following properties:
Under General Information, set the Name property to R_PCT.
Under Column, set the Datatype property to Number, and set the Width property to 10.
Under Summary, set the Function property to % of Total, set the Source property to SUM_AMT2, set the Reset At property to Report, and set the Compute At property to Report.
To create a second layout for the list of customers by percentage:
Click the Paper Layout button in the toolbar to display the Paper Layout view.
In the Paper Layout view, click the Report Block tool in the tool palette.
Starting about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) below the existing layout, click and drag a box about the same size as the existing layout to define the size of the second layout and display the Report Block Wizard.
On the Style page of the Report Block Wizard, select Tabular, then click Next.
On the Groups page, click G_CNAME2 in the Available Groups list and click Down to specify its Print Direction and move this group to the Displayed Groups list, then click Next.
On the Fields page, click the following fields and click the right arrow (>) to move them to the Displayed Fields list, then click Next:
On the Labels page, change the labels and field widths as follows, then click Next:
On the Template page, select No template. (If you were to select a template, it would override the template of the previous layout), then click Finish to display your report layout in the Paper Layout view.
From the font lists in the toolbar, choose Arial (Western), point size 10.
In the Paper Layout view, click the Text tool in the tool palette.
Click directly above the label Customer Name in the new layout and type the following text in the new boilerplate text object:
Top &CUTOFF_PCT Percent of Sales:
Move to an open area of the Paper Layout view and click the mouse button to exit text mode. Notice that the text object you just created is still selected, you can now adjust its positioning with the arrow keys.
If the text is not already bold, click the Bold button in the toolbar to make it bold.
Shift-click the labels Customer Name and Total Purchases so that they are selected simultaneously with the object you just created.
Click the Underline button in the toolbar.
Click in an open area of the Paper Layout view to deselect everything.
Double-click field F_SUM_AMT2 to display the Property Inspector, and set the following properties:
Under Field, set the Format Mask property by typing:
To add the logic for the percentage cutoff:
In the Object Navigator, type
R_G_CNAME2 in the Find field to locate that repeating frame.
Double-click the properties icon next to R_G_CNAME2 to display the Property Inspector, and set the following properties:
Under Advanced Layout, double-click the Format Trigger property field to display the PL/SQL Editor.
In the PL/SQL Editor, use the template to enter the following PL/SQL code:
function R_G_CNAME2FormatTrigger return boolean is begin if :r_pct <= :cutoff_pct then return(TRUE); else return(FALSE); end if; end;
Note:You can enter this code by copying and pasting it from the provided text file called
rank_code.txt. This code is for the Percentage Cutoff.
To update the Parameter Form for the new percentage parameter:
Choose Tools > Parameter Form Builder.
In the Parameter Form Builder dialog box, scroll down the list of parameters until you find CUTOFF_PCT, and change its label to:
Top Percentage (%):
Click the Run Paper Layout button in the toolbar.
In the Runtime Parameter Form:
For # of Top Customers, type
For Top Percentage (%), type
Click the Run Report button in the toolbar.
Figure 34-6 Tabular report output restricted by number and percentage of customers


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Want to know where your fellow zombie survivalists are?
Oxford Internet Institute researchers Mark Graham (of Floating Sheep's fame), Taylor Shelton, Matthew Zook, and Monica Stephens mapped the world's zombie "outbreaks":
- Using a keyword search for "zombies," the following map visualizes the absolute concentrations of references within the Google Maps database. The map reveals two important spatial patterns. First, much of the world lacks any content mentioning "zombies" whatsoever. Second, and related, the highest concentration of zombies in the Geoweb are located in the Anglophone world, especially in large cities. The results either provide a rough proxy for the amount of English-language content indexed over our planet, or offer an early warning into the geographies of the impending zombie apocalypse.


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SENER has carried out, in a 50% consortium with IDOM, the design, the project management [+]
Primary Health Care Center and High Resolution Center of Specialties in Córdoba
- Client: Andalusian Regional Goverment
- Country: Spain
- Start date: 2006
- Ending date: 2010
The aim of this Project is the construction of a Primary Health Care Center and a High Resolution Center of Specialties located at the west of Córdoba.
The building is given sustainable design criteria and from the outset, a whole series of bioclimatic elements are integrated that seek maximum use of renewable energies and solar conditions.
This center is proposed as a solution to the population increase of the west of Córdoba, an area in expansion and its purpose is to enhance the development of a Primary Health care, Urgent health care and the single act consultation.
Accordingly to this approach, the main focus of the program for the Center is set on the following areas:
- Emergency Areas
- External Consultation Area
- Diagnostic Area
- Clinical support Area
- Parking for 600 vehicles
The building is oriented mainly towards the street Island of Lanzarote where, starting from a unitary building, the different areas of attention are differentiated, rationalizing so, the horizontal and vertical circulation.
The volumetric composition of the proposal is essentially horizontal. It's been structured by the means of four combs of assistance, three floors high each, which are embraced longitudinally by two opposite aisles, one for the public use and the other one for the staff.
- Conceptual Design
- Geotechnical Report
- Preliminary Design of Architecture, Structures, Electrical, Mecanichal and Data facilities
- Detailed Design of Architecture, Structures, Electrical, Mecanichal and Data facilities
- Urbanization and Access project
- Project and Supervision Site Management
- Waste management study
- Quality Control Plan
- Register Document Control
- Cost and deadline Control
- Teams coordination
- Health and safety coordination
Other programsSee all
EPCM of the Maritime Terminal of Costa Crociere in the Attached Quay of the Port of Barcelona, [+]


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Prevention Tactics Vol. 9, Iss. 4
Topic: Cultural Competence and Responsiveness
Many youth who experience the foster care system struggle with substance use and abuse. By understanding these complex needs and underscoring the context prevention in which services are provided, substance abuse prevention providers can adapt their service models to effectively address the needs of foster youth. This Prevention Tactic addresses how to tailor prevention-focused, substance abuse strategies to foster youth.


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Whitaker was named for his grandfather Jared Irwin, a former Governor of Georgia. In 1861, he was elected to the mayor's office in a contentious election the saw him defeat three-term incumbent mayor William Ezzard. However, Whitaker did not finish his term, instead being appointed as Commissary General of Georgia's state troops during the war. He was succeeded as Mayor of Atlanta by Thomas Lowe on December 13, 1861.
Starting in 1864, Whitaker published an Atlanta newspaper, The Daily Intelligencer, and employed John H. Steele as editor. The newspaper was closed down in April 1871 as it was not able to compete financially with the larger Atlanta Constitution, which bought all of its mechanical equipment in June of that year.
Jared Whitaker is buried in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery.
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Exporting FE Mesh in DXF
Tips & Tricks
In RFEM, you can use the export function to export the generated FE mesh in DXF as a result. For this, open the export dialog box in the program and select 'ASCII Format - Results'. In addition to a result, for example isolines, you can select the FE Mesh in the 'Results - Isolines (.dxf)' tab. After the export, the mesh in DXF is available in the DL‑FE‑MESH layer.
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I need help with this question!
The formula to find the area of a square is L^2, where L is the side length.
Therefore, to find the side length of square #1, we want to find the square root of x^2+4x+4.
We can factor this, since it's a perfect square:
x^2+4x+4=(x+2)^2, the side of the square is x+2.
Therefore, the side length of square #3 is twice of this, or 2x+4.
The area of square #3 must be (2x+4)^2.
I hope this helped,


Sunday, 22 May 2016
The Tale of Elen of the Ways
 St Helen of Caenarfon
The Roman road, Sarn Elen is named after Saint Elen ( angliscised to Helen) whose feast day is celebrated today which connects her to Spring. Saint Elen was a late 4th century founder of churches here in Wales. Her influence on present day Wales still evident by the existing roads that bear her name, ancient Roman roads throughout the British Isles – that we can all still walk along. Roman roads in Britain are often called Sarn Elen, but it is possible that the original Elen's causeways belong to a much earlier period. Evidence of earlier paving is found under some of the roads, but the straightness of the Roman roads must sure have impressed the locals. The Celts associated straight paths with magic and the Otherworld, the paths that fairies took from one mound to another, the straight path of a magical spell, and the spirit flight of the shaman. It is significant that Elen is first beheld in a dream, then goes on to build a network of magical roads across Britain. Some associate these with ley lines, the ancient trackways that are said to join together ancient sites, such as tumuli, burial mounds, hillforts, stone circles and so on. It is possible that Elen is the guardian of these, or perhaps she is the guardian of the paths of dreams and visions.
She was the patron Saint of travel long before St. Christopher. On present day survey maps Sarn Elen is clearly posted. it is said that Elen is responsible for the building of these roads which in an ancient Britain connected strongholds. Some of these roads are associated with ley (energy) lines.The Welsh revered Elen as Elen of the Roads who at Beltane (1st May) opened the season of travel.She is certainly a pre-Roman goddess, and possibly much older than the Celts. The first trackways across Britain are said to have been reindeer tracks; Elain is Welsh for deer, and it is possible that Elen is one of the horned goddesses portrayed in Celtic art, such as the two figures found at Lackford and Icklighmam.
Elen's story is told in The Dream of Macsen Wledig, one of the tales associated with the Mabinogion.Welsh mythology remembers her as the daughter of a chieftain of north Wales named Eudaf or Eudwy, who probably lived somewhere near the Roman base of Segontium now Caernarfon in North Wales. and as the the wife of Macsen Wledig ( Magnus Maximus), the 4th-century emperor in Britain, Gaul and Spain who was killed in battle in 388 AD.
The Mabinogion collection is drawn from Medeival writings, although it is accepted that most of the tales were probably transmitted orally for centuries previous to their writing down. Nevertheless by the twelfth century, Britain had been Christian for a long time while it is clear that while some characters have been diminished, while once they were gods or otherworldly heroes, they appear in the tales as ordinary humans. Some believe that Saint Elen or Helen is such a diminished goddess, and her tale does give us a few snippets which tend to support this idea. There is her mysterious appearance in Macsen's dream, and the curious, almost ritualistic surroundings in which she first appears. She sits upon a magical seat that grows bigger when Macsen joins Elen upon it. There is the emphasis on her beauty and magnificance, which could indicate an otherworldly appearance.
And then there is this business with the roads, which has led many modern pagans to proclaim her as goddess of roads, ley lines, shamanic journeying, a guardian of all who journey etc. In addition some modern pagan writers, in a bid to increase the amount of information we have on Elen, are assuming that she is identical with other goddesses such as Brighid or that she is the forerunner of such goddesses.
Through the ages Elen and Helen's lives have been combined. In myth and legend Elen is representative of the land of Britain itself, Elen of the Ways istherefore a rich combination of legend, myth, history and imagination..
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Senior citizen health checkup is a matter that should not be overlooked
There are several diseases that depend on age. In brief, there are some certain kinds of diseases that start to grow after a person starts aging. This is one of the prime reasons why the senior citizens need to go for a health check-up even more frequently than the children and adults. In other words, a senior citizen must be under some strict restrictions, which is necessary to live a healthier life in a proper manner.
Key benefits of Senior citizen health check-up
- People who are elder in age must stay alert for each and every kind of potential diseases, which is only possible through a proper health checkup.
- Senior citizens often suffer from the lack of immunity power, so they catch physical damages very easily and that's why they should always be under a health checkup.
- This is also necessary to detect such diseases that generate no symptoms at the initial stage.


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Aims of the BRISK project
The BRISK project responses to an increased risk of accidents and environmental damages in the Baltic Sea. The overall aim of the project is to increase the preparedness of all Baltic Sea countries to respond to major spills of oil and hazardous substances from shipping and enhance sub-regional co-operation. The BRISK project will:
 - Offer the first overall risk assessment of pollution caused by shipping accidents covering the whole Baltic Sea area,
 - Identify gaps in existing emergency and response resources needed in all sub-regions of the Baltic to effectively tackle major spills of oil and hazardous substances,
 - Prepare concrete pre-investment plans on how the Baltic Sea countries can jointly fill in the gaps, and
 - Facilitate the development and conclusion of sub-regional agreements between neighboring countries for joint response operations.
The BRISK project will focus on "medium-size" spills, i.e. spills which require assistance from several neighboring countries. The project area covers all transnational maritime areas divided into six sub-regions. The sub-regional approach is cost-efficient as countries can share their resources to build a common pool of response vessels and equipment sufficient for a given sub-region.
Work packages
The project consists of five work packages (WP):
 1. Project management and administration (by Admiral Danish Fleet)
 2. Communication and Information (by the HELCOM Secretariat)
 3. Risk analysis
 4. Development of agreements to remove administrative obstacles for international response
 5. Investment plans
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- Asian (n.)
- late 14c., "inhabitant of Asia (Minor)," from Latin Asianus (adjective and noun, "belonging to the province of Asia;" "an inhabitant of Asia"), from Greek Asianos, from Asia (see Asia). Ousted Asiatic as the preferred term in Britain c.1950.
The term "Asiatic" has come to be regarded with disfavour by those to whom it is applied, and they feel entitled to be brought into line with usage in regard to Europeans, Americans and Australians. ["Times Literary Supplement," Feb. 6, 1953]
As an adjective in English, by 1690s.


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The enhancement mode and bottom gate Al-doped ZnO transparent thin-film transistors (ZnO:Al TTFTs) were investigated. To provide a suitable amount of free carriers and reduce the associated resistance, the ZnO:Al channel layer with Al imperceptibly doped into the ZnO was deposited using a cosputter system. To investigate the function and optimal thickness of the ZnO:Al channel layer, ZnO:Al layers of various thicknesses were deposited in the TTFTs. The maximum effective field-effect mobility (in the linear region) and the on/off current ratio of the ZnO:Al TTFTs with a 30-nm-thick ZnO:Al channel layer were 32.5 cm 2 V -1 s -1 and larger than 10 7, respectively. In this work, the effective field-effect mobility of 32.5 cm 2 V -1 s -1 is larger than the previous published performances of the ZnO TTFTs. To investigate the mechanisms of the optimal 30-nm-thick channel layer, the induced thickness of the channel layer was estimated. The estimated induced thickness is about 27 nm. The other 3-nm-thick ZnO:Al channel layer is used to passivate the induced channel layer.
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Linguistik-Klassifikation: Grammatikforschung / Grammar research
Grammatical relations typology
- Traditionally, the term "grammatical relation" (GR) refers to the morphosyntactic properties that relate an argument to a clause, as, for example, its subject or its object. Alternative terms are "syntactic function" or "syntactic role", and they highlight the fact that GRs are defined by the way in which arguments are integrated syntactically into a clause, i.e. by functioning as subject, object etc. Whatever terminology one prefers, what is crucial about the traditional notion of GRs is (a) that they are identified by syntactic properties, and (b) that they relate an argument to the clause.


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Dictyostelium is a slime mold which is well known for having a single cell free living phase and other some conditions (e.g. when food is scarce) for forming communal piles of cells called'slugs' which migrate as a proto animal. Eventually the slug can turn into a fruiting body with a stem and a nodule of spore forming cells at the top. The spores can then be carried off by the air and seed dicty further away.
Apart from being amazed at the seeming ability to form amoebic, animal, plant and seed like forms, there must be a lot decision making happening at the formation of the stalk and fruiting node at the top.
So my question is: what is the current thought about how cells compete in the mexican hat and stalk formation to be at the top of the pile? Its pretty altruistic of the cells in the stalk to do this - some web pages say they die, is that right? Links to references after 2007 or so would be appreciated unless it's all been decided.
By analogy its always been pretty altruistic of 99% of our bodies to let our gonads reproduce, but we are (approximately) homogeneous genetically. In the wild is slug formation heterogeneous? How does genetic diversity influence slug and fruiting body formation?


These Giant Urban Flowers Bloom When Pedestrians Walk Under Them
HQ Architects have designed a set of giant flowers that bloom and react to pedestrians and transportation.
Located in Vallero Square in the heart of Jerusalem in Israel, the flowers have been installed as part of the municipality's effort to improve the urban space.
The four giant flowers, that are 30 feet tall, have been placed in key positions, enabling them to be viewed from all around the square and the nearby market.
Each of the flowers also provide a sense of movement to the square, as they bloom by inflating themselves when pedestrians walk by, but when there are no people, they close.
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