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Because widely validated and accepted nonanimal alternatives for chemical casualty management and combat trauma training courses exist, there is no justification for the use of live animals for these training purposes.
Chemical Casualty Management Training
Superior nonanimal, human-based training methods exist that could immediately replace the use of vervet monkeys in the U.S. Army's "Chemical Casualty Resuscitation Practical Exercise."
- Researchers with the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps and Israel's Carmel Medical Center have developed a nonanimal training curriculum for the medical management of patients exposed to nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. The course includes lectures, simulation training, and the use of moulage, in which actors with applied makeup mimic the symptoms of chemical warfare casualties.
- John Pawlowski, M.D., Ph.D., director of anesthesia at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, has organized numerous scenarios that simulate mass casualty incidents and nerve gas attacks. These scenarios use human patient simulators, which mimic human responses to biological and nerve agents—including physostigmine—and moulage. Similar models are used at medical centers across the United States to prepare personnel for mass casualty incidents in the case of a terrorist attack.
Combat Trauma Training
At least three different approaches to combat trauma training are necessary because different types of skills and levels of knowledge are required of three distinct groups. In each case, human-based training methods could replace the use of goats and pigs.
- Physicians and Physician Assistants: The most important elements
of combat trauma training for physicians and physician assistants are
realism, human-specific injuries and treatments, volume of trauma exposure,
and team building. The ideal trauma and casualty training method is exposure
to real injuries in humans, such as that provided by the participation of
U.S. military medical teams at high-volume trauma centers. The Army Trauma
Training Center has been described as providing "exposure to a high volume
of traumatic injuries that closely mimic those seen on the battlefield."
In addition, the Air Force's Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) program exemplifies how effective trauma training can be achieved by combined use of simulators, human cadavers, and civilian trauma centers. At centers in St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Baltimore, C-STARS courses teach chest tube insertion using simulators, fasciotomy using cadavers, and a number of other procedures using live human patients who enter trauma centers with severe injuries.
- Medics and Corpsmen: The re-creation of battlefield scenarios
remains an integral element to the training of medics and corpsmen. The
ideal training paradigm for medics and corpsmen combines simulation tools,
immersive simulated environments, and civilian trauma center training. The
use of live animals is inferior to simulation for specific skills training
and inferior to trauma centers for human-specific training similar to the
The U.S. Army's own Combat Trauma Patient Simulator has been described as "simulating, replicating, and assessing battlefield injuries by type and category such as hemorrhaging, fractures, amputations, and burns; monitoring the movement of casualties on the battlefield; capturing the time of patient diagnosis and treatment; comparing interventions and outcomes ateach military healthcare service delivery level."
- Infantry: In the absence of a medic or corpsman, an infantryman's job is to control hemorrhaging, stabilize soldiers who have sustained injuries, and generally render care at the scene of the injury—likely while still under hostile fire. Optimal first responder training for infantry includes the use of simulators such as Laerdal's SimMan, CHI Systems' HapMed limb simulator, and/or other simulators. These human anatomy-appropriate teaching methods can be used in conjunction with simulation of austere battlefield environments.


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The phrase a cappella is among the most butchered and misunderstood musical terms. The predominant, and most "correct" spelling, is...
Musicologists have fun debating the extent to which a cappella, "in the style of the chapel," can include instrumental accompaniment. Some argue that early sacred a cappella performances would sometimes include instruments that double a human voice part. So, the correct definition of a cappella should be something like "singing without independent instrumental accompaniment."
At Primarily A Cappella, we are trying to popularize this style of music, so we like to keep it simple.
Those of you who are serious singers may say, "my voice is my instrument!" True. But will the general public understand the meaning of "singing without other instruments?" Or the more cumbersome, "singing without non-vocal instruments?"
Some musical dictionaries indicate the Italian a cappella is preferred over the Latin a capella (one "p") yet both are technically correct. Why do those dictionaries muddy the waters with two spellings?
The phrase was first used in Italian Catholic churches, where Latin was the language for sacred text. Thus, the Latin spelling for 'in the style of the chapel' - a capella - has some historical basis. However, most other musical terms - forte, accelerando, and many others - are Italian in origin. Since the Italian spelling is more consistent with other musical terms, it has been used more frequently.
Given the difficulty of spelling our favorite style of music, we'd like to endorse the simplicity of a single spelling:
Joining the two Italian words together to make Acappella is a popular variation in the U.S. For many streetcorner singing fans, Acappella means unaccompanied singing of '50s (and early '60s) songs. There were a series of recordings released in the early 1960's of Mid-Atlantic unaccompanied doo-wop groups called "The Best of Acappella." The liner notes on the first LP noted that Acappella means "singing without music." In this matter we do tend towards being picky - instruments do not alone music make! A cappella (or Acappella) singers make music while they are...
A more recent, second meaning of Acappella has emerged. The Contemporary Christian group Acappella is the first formed by prolific songwriter Keith Lancaster. In the early 1990's he added Acappella Vocal Band (now mostly known as AVB) and "Acappella: The Series" which uses studio singers (plus LOTS of electronic help) to perform songs around specific themes. All of these efforts are now combined in The Acappella Company. The good news is they have sold millions of recordings and have contributed greatly to the awareness of a cappella. The bad news is they have popularized a spelling variation, and through the heavy use of electronically manipulated voice (which can sound like any other synthesized instrument) have chipped away at the idea of...
There's now a third meaning that has emerged on urban music singles - voices without instrument tracks. There are often remixes of the song labelled acappella (or some variation, rarely the traditional spelling). Even on largely rap songs, an acappella mix will stand on its own. It's not really singing, but it's acappella!
This spelling is totally wrong, and yet has been used by those who should know better. The most prominent occurrence is on the re-release of first album by the Singers Unlimited. Originally titled "Try to Remember," this very popular collection of vocal jazz arrangements by Gene Puerling has no doubt led some to misspell, or at least question the correct spelling of...
The Manhattan Transfer sang a song with this title on their debut, eponymous album. Ironically, the whole song is accompanied, as are most of their songs by this group, so one can only guess at the intended meaning. The lyrics "Everything's gonna be mellow, Listen while we sing it occapella" precede a refrain of scat-like harmony (with the band receding into the background but still audible).
Also ironically, The Manhattan Transfer are often the group music lovers think of when they hear the phrase "a cappella." Many people associate "close harmony" with "a cappella," which certainly makes a great deal of sense. Popular 20th century a cappella is characterized by extensive use of close harmony - when voices separated by small intervals (seconds, thirds, fourths) sing the same rhythm and words. The Manhattan Transfer sing great close harmony, but most of it includes instrumental accompaniment. Only a handful of their dozens of songs are performed a cappella.
The Blenders open their second album "From the Mouth" with a schtick by this title. On this brief cut, the group is trying to discuss their new recording with an unenlightened agent, who keeps referring to the style of "Oxapello." Hopefully the next time you run into someone similarly confused, you'll remember to politely tell them:
On the Trenchcoats' second album, "Your Joy," one of the fun originals is "A Cappello Blues." The phrase is sung straight (that is, pronounced incorrectly) until the final chorus, when a hesitating voice-over says "uh, isn't it, a cappella, with an "a"?" By now, hopefully, you've got the correct spelling emblazed in your brain.
Singing without instruments comes in many shapes and sizes. One of the attractions for artists is the nearly unlimited pallet the voice provides. The same singer can sound sultry and sexy one minute, cold and machine-like the next, then change to a trumpet, and morph again to a soft harmonic background "ooooh."
In short, a cappella enables "out of the box" music - art that defies singular categorization.
It's not surprising, then, that the artists who create breathtaking, out of the box a cappella performances sometimes want to add instruments. The vocal pallet does have some limitations, after all. We endorse artistic creativity, and so we include recordings that include accompanied songs along with a cappella performances.
Another issue debated among purists is whether a cappella allows for percussion accompaniment. While we think the Nylons, Acappella and others should be allowed to describe themselves as "singing without instruments" without saying 'but with a drum track,' our 'primarily' moniker allows us to step aside and let customers decide.
Of course, it's not always the artists that choose to add instruments. Recording industry executives by and large don't appreciate the marketing potential of a cappella beyond the token ballad cover. So, many groups performing luscious close harmony capable of standing on its own are told by their record labels in no uncertain terms that the recordings will include instruments. Still, the music is appreciated by the same fans who love pure a cappella... and those fans are our customers, so we want to alert you to great harmony wherever it's found!
Finally, some of the best close harmony in vocal jazz and doo-wop is found on 100% accompanied recordings. Many a cappella aficionados are also fans of the Hi-Lo's, The Four Freshmen and similar groups. We want to be your one-stop shop!
In most of our recording reviews, we mention how many of the songs are unaccompanied by instruments so that you won't be shocked.
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The SLS USB Plug-In for CDLogic is a software addition along with a hardware accessory that can be used with the sampling and triggering features of CDLogic to analyze the USB 1.1 bus protocol.
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Arrested for Menacing in New York?
You just got into a loud, ugly screaming match with a neighbor. Incredibly, a few minutes later the police show up at your house to arrest you for Menacing. Although the crime of Menacing may sound ominous, the New York Penal Law defines it as "intentionally plac[ing] another person in "reasonable fear of physical injury, serious physical injury or death." Essentially, what this amounts to is the threatening of another individual by words and/or actions. The main difference between Menacing in the Second Degree (PL § 120.14) and Third Degree (PL § 120.15) is that Second Degree Menacing includes the display of a deadly weapon or other dangerous instrument and in the third degree it does not. A deadly weapon generally refers to a gun or a knife, whereas a dangerous instrument refers to any other object that can be used to cause harm to an individual. In addition, Menacing in the Second Degree is an A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in prison; in the Third Degree it is a B misdemeanor, with up to six months in jail as the maximum exposure.
A Few Exaggerated Threats Can Trigger a Criminal Charge
In our everyday lives, people often speak in hyperbolic or exaggerated speech, even more so when they become emotional or angry. Not to undermine the seriousness of these statements when intended literally, but phrases like "I'll kick your ass," "I could kill you," or "I'm gonna murder someone," are often thrown around as expressions of displeasure or frustration between family members, spouses, friends or even colleagues. The speaker may never have actually had any intent to cause bodily harm and certainly not death to whomever he is speaking with. However, often these statements can be taken out of context, especially if they escalate into a verbal or physical altercation, resulting in an arrest of one or both parties. Once the police are involved, whether there was a physical fight or not, these statements can be used against the speaker and can become the crux of the charge. Adding insult to injury, if the speaker is holding an object while making the threats, whether it is a cooking knife, a gardening rake, or simply pointing a pen or a key at another, even if there is no intention to use the object to harm another, that would be enough to legally make out both Menacing in the Second and Third Degrees.
The Credibility of the Accuser is Crucial
Menacing cases can be very easy to prove: the object used to threaten the alleged victim does not need to be recovered or even produced at trial. Witness testimony alone, if believed, could be sufficient to prove these charges. For example, if it is alleged that a victim was threatened with a gun, that gun does not need to test operable, it does not even need to be a real gun; it can be a toy gun and the charge would be the same nonetheless. Even if the gun was never recovered and produced at trial, if the witness testified credibly that she was threatened by the defendant with a gun, that would be sufficient to convict a person at trial of Menacing in the Second Degree.
Similarly, while Third Degree Menacing does not require a threat with any type of instrument, the prosecutor would only need the complaining witness to testify to the threatening statement and/or behavior of the defendant that placed them in "reasonable fear of physical injury, serious physical injury or death." As these cases are built largely upon witness testimony, it is of the utmost important that you hire one of the best New York criminal defense attorneys who can destroy the credibility of the prosecution's witnesses and provide you with the strongest possible defense – because while you may not go to jail if convicted of Menacing, you will still have a criminal conviction which could be seen by future employers, schools, etc. and can gravely impact your life. The attorneys at the Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman are known for aggressive cross examinations and can help you keep your record clean. Read our reviews and schedule an appointment to discuss your case today.


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In psychometrics, item response theory (IRT) is a body of theory describing the application of mathematical models to data from questionnaires and tests as a basis for measuring abilities, attitudes, or other variables.
IRT models apply mathematical functions that specify the probability of a discrete outcome, such as a correct response to an item, in terms of person and item parameters. Person parameters may, for example, represent the ability of a student or the strength of a person's attitude. Item parameters include difficulty (location), discrimination (slope or correlation), and pseudoguessing (lower asymptote). Items may be questions that have incorrect and correct responses, statements on questionnaires that allow respondents to indicate level of agreement, or patient symptoms scored present/absent.
Among other things IRT theory provides a basis for evaluating how well assessments work, and how well individual questions on assessments work. In education, Psychometricians apply IRT in order to achieve tasks such as developing and refining exams, maintaining banks of items for exams, and equating for the difficulties of successive versions of exams (for example, to allow comparisons between results over time).
IRT is often referred to as latent trait theory, strong true score theory, or modern mental test theory and is distinguished from Classical test theory.
IRT models are used as a basis for statistical estimation of parameters that represent the 'locations' of persons and items on a latent continuum or, more correctly, the magnitude of the latent trait attributable to the persons and items. For example, in attainment testing, estimates may be of the magnitude of a person's ability within a specific domain, such as reading comprehension. Once estimates of relevant parameters have been obtained, statistical tests are usually conducted to gauge the extent to which the parameters predict item responses given the model used. Stated somewhat differently, such tests are used to ascertain the degree to which the model and parameter estimates can account for the structure of and statistical patterns within the response data, either as a whole, or by considering specific subsets of the data such as response vectors pertaining to individual items or persons. This approach permits the central hypothesis represented by a particular model to be subjected to empirical testing, as well as providing information about the psychometric properties of a given assessment, and therefore also the quality of estimates.
From the perspective of more traditional approaches, such as classical test theory, an advantage of IRT is that it potentially provides information that enables a researcher to improve the reliability of an assessment. This is achieved through the extraction of more sophisticated information regarding psychometric properties of individual assessment items. IRT is sometimes referred to using the word strong as in strong true score theory or modern as in modern mental test theory because IRT is a more recent body of theory and makes more explicit the hypotheses that are implicit within Classical test theory.
IRT models are often referred to as latent trait models. The term latent is used to emphasise that discrete item responses are taken to be observable manifestations of hypothesized trait, construct, or attribute, not directly observed, but which must be inferred from the manifest responses. Latent trait models were developed in the field of sociology, but are virtually identitical to IRT models.
The other major body of psychometric theory of relevance to IRT is classical test theory. For tasks that can be accomplished using classical test theory, IRT generally brings greater flexibility and provides more sophisticated information. Some applications, such as computerized adaptive testing are enabled by IRT and cannot reasonably be performed using only classical test theory.
The Item Response Function (Item Characteristic Curve)Edit
Much of the literature on IRT centers on item response models. A given model constitutes a mathematized hypothesis that the probability of a discrete response to an item is a function of a person parameter (or, in the case of multidimensional item response theory, a vector of person parameters) and one or more item parameters. For example, in the three parameter logistic (3PL) model, the probability of a correct response to an item i is:
where is the person parameter (ability) and,, and are item parameters. This is called the item response function (IRF) or, graphically, the item characteristic curve (ICC). Conceptually, it gives the probability of a person with a given ability level getting the item right. Persons with lower ability (<0.0) have less of a chance, while persons with extremely high ability are very likely.
The item parameters simply determine the shape of the IRF and in some cases may not have a direct interpretation. The figure to the right depicts an example IRF with an overlaid conceptual explanation of the parameters. The parameter represents the item location which, in the case of attainment testing, is referred to as the item difficulty. It is point on where the IRF has its maximum slope. The example item is of medium difficulty, since =0.0, which is near the center of the distribution. Note that this model scales the item's difficulty and the person's trait onto the same continuum. Thus, it is valid to talk about an item being about as hard as Person A's trait level or of a person's trait level being about the same as Item Y's difficulty, in the sense that successful performance of the task involved with an item reflects a specific level of ability.
The item parameter represents the discrimination of the item: that is, the degree to which the item discriminates between persons in different regions on the latent continuum. This parameter characterizes the slope of the IRF where the slope is at its maximum. The example item has =1.0, which discriminates fairly well; persons with low ability do indeed have a much smaller chance of correctly responding than persons of higher ability.
For items such as multiple choice items, the parameter is used in attempt to account for the effects of guessing on the probability of a correct response. It indicates the probability that very low ability individuals will get this item correct by chance, mathematically represented as a lower asymptote. A four-option multiple choice item might have an IRF like the example item; there is a 1/4 chance of an extremely low ability candidate guessing the correct answer, so the would be approximately 0.25. This assumes that all options are equally plausible, because if one option made no sense, even the lowest ability person would be able to discard it.
Logistic and Normal IRT ModelsEdit
An alternative formulation constructs IRFs based on the cumulative normal probability distribution function, or normal cdf; these are sometimes called normal ogive models. For example, the formula for a two-parameter normal-ogive IRF is:
The normal-ogive model derives from the assumption of normally distributed measurement error and is theoretically appealing on that basis. Here is, again, the difficulty parameter. The discrimination parameter is, the standard deviation of the measurement error for item i, and comparable to 1/.
When the constant D has the value 1.701, the logistic function closely approximates the cumulative normal ogive. Typically, the logistic and normal-ogive IRFs differ in probability by no more than 0.01 across the range of the function. The difference is greatest in the distribution tails, however, which tend to have more influence on results.
The latent trait/IRT model was originally developed using normal ogives, but, at the time this was considered computationally demanding. The logistic model was proposed as a simpler alternative, and has enjoyed wide use since. More recently, however, Uebersax (1999) demonstrated that, using standard polynomial approximations to the normal cdf (Abramowitz & Stegun, 1972), the normal-ogive model is no more computationally demanding than logistic models.
Latent Traits and FactorsEdit
The person parameter represents the magnitude of latent trait of the individual. The estimate of the person parameter is derived from the individual's total score on the assessment, which is a weighted score when the model contains item discrimination parameters. The latent trait is the human capacity or attribute measured by the test. It might be a cognitive ability, physical ability, skill, knowledge, attitude, personality characteristic, etc. In a one dimensional model such as the one above, this trait is analogous to a single factor in factor analysis. In fact, one can estimate a normal-ogive latent trait model by factor-analyzing a matrix of tetrachoric correlations between items (Joreskog & Sorbom, 1988). This means it is technically possible to estimate a simple IRT model using general-purpose statistical software. Individual items or individuals might have secondary factors but these are assumed to be mutually independent and collectively orthogonal.
Broadly speaking, IRT models can be divided into two families: unidimensional and multidimensional. Unidimensional models require a single trait (ability) dimension. Multidimensional IRT models model response data hypothesized to arise from multiple traits. However, because of the greatly increased complexity, the majority of IRT research and applications utilize a unidimensional model.
IRT models can also be categorized based on the number of scored responses. The typical multiple choice item is dichotomous; even though there may be four or five options, it is still scored only as correct/incorrect (right/wrong). Another class of models apply to polytomous outcomes, where each response has a different score value. For example, the polytomous Rasch model is a generalisation of the Rasch model that applies to data in two or more ordered categories. A common example of this Likert-type items, e.g., "Rate on a scale of 1 to 5."
Dichotomous IRT models are described by the number of parameters they make use of. The 3PL is named so because it employs three item parameters.


An Artificial Intelligence-based system for boosting career prospects
Singapore (SSG) to build a Deep Learning based AI system that can help Singaporeans choose courses based on their profile and career ambitions. Be it the desire for improving career prospects, or the thrill of picking up new skills just for fun, the AI system has got your back.
The pilot study was initiated in June 2018 with the analysis of SSG's SkillsFuture Credit (SFC) Programme, which offers subsidized courses to all Singapore citizens over the age of 25. Since its launch in 2016, around 285,000 Singaporeans have taken these courses, making it a rich anonymized dataset for course selection and career planning. Researchers at ALSET have worked in close collaboration with SSG, and have fused their expertise and state-of-the-art deep learning-based principles to build a course recommender system stemmed from SFC credit claims data.
By analyzing these data, we believe that recent advances in AI are well suited to the challenges of course recommendation and career guidance. The intelligent recommendation guidance will offer great help to the whole society. By analyzing context information and historical choice, our system aims to help individuals develop themselves better and trying to create a successful road map for them. Using methodologies like collaborative filtering and natural language analysis, we are optimistic that our research will support the creation of impactful technologies.
 - Animesh Prasad (Research Assistant)
 - Kishaloy Halder (Research Assistant)
 - Hu Hengchang (Graduate Student)
 - Ran Yiding (UROP Student)
 - Min-Yen Kan (Advisor and Professor)


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Technically speaking, every country has a capital. The most likely country that could be referred to as having no capital is Vatican City (in the centre of Rome, Italy) because the whole country (0.44 sqkm) is it's own city. Nauru also has no capital because it lacks any sizable population. However, most its leadership governs from the Yaren District.
Some other countries that have the same capital name as the country are:
San Marino (Europe)
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Government Violence in the United States
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This paper discusses the controversial issue of the United States government's long history of inflicting violence on populations in the 20th century. While much of this violence has been considered justified as a means of maintaining law and order among people, this type of control has received mass protest. The paper further discusses how violence erupted during the civil rights movement of the 1960s; violence was imposed to control protest; and violence has been Congressionally approved through the declaration of war, are all primary examples of the government's propensity toward violent acts. The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s was one the America's most violent times in the 20th century. Black Americans had been subjected to centuries of slavery and horrendous treatment because of prejudice.
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continuity and change
In History, continuity and change refer to aspects of life or of a society that have remained the same or aspects that have changed or developed over time. The causes of change, or the reasons why change has been resisted and things have remained the same, can be investigated, along with the nature and pace of change and the impact of change. Concepts such as progress and decline may be used to evaluate continuity and change in a time period.


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Medical Definition of egg
1: the hard-shelled reproductive body produced by a bird and especially by the common domestic chicken (Gallus gallus)
2: an animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum together with its nutritive and protective envelopes and having the capacity to develop into a new individual capable of independent existence
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MPIDR Working Paper
Care for money? Mortality improvements, increasing intergenerational transfers, and time devoted to the elderly
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2013-014, 23 pages.
Rostock, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (October 2013)
Background: After the reunification of Germany, mortality among older eastern Germans converged quickly with western German levels. Simultaneously, the pension benefits of eastern Germans rose tenfold.
Objective: We make use of German reunification as a natural experiment to show that, first, increasing financial transfers from the elderly to their children led to increasing reverse transfers in the form of care; and, second, this rise in the number of hours spent on care led to a reduction in old-age mortality.
Method: As a first step, we calculated intergenerational transfer profiles by age for eastern and western Germany to determine whether any changes in downward and in upward transfers in the form of time and money occurred since reunification. We use generalized linear regression to test whether rising pensions led to an increase in the number of hours spent on care, and whether this increase led to a reduction in old-age mortality. We use different macro level data sources to test our hypothesis, including mortality rates and time use surveys for East and West Germany and information on private intergenerational transfers from the National Transfer Accounts project for Germany.
Results: We show that since German reunification, intergenerational downward transfers more than doubled in percentage terms in the east. This was predominantly caused by the sharp increase in pension benefits since the fall of the Berlin Wall. At the same time, mortality among pensioners dropped markedly, and converged to western German levels. We further show that the rise in pension income was strongly correlated with the increase in social support and the decline in mortality among older eastern Germans.
Discussion: Our result suggest that there was an interfamilial monetary transfer from the elderly to the young in exchange for social support. This mutual beneficial exchange may have helped to improve the survival of older East Germans after the reunification.
Keywords: Germany, mortality determinants


The Chinese Wonder Woman is not Mulan
[Hanfugirl Pre-International Women's Day Special]
Pretty sure 99% would immediately think of Mulan when you think of mapping a Chinese figure to Wonder Woman–Disney did a great job in telling her story but there's actually no real proof that she really existed in history (not that Wonder Woman does of course). Guess what, Fact is sometimes more amazing than Fiction. There was actually a real person who lived over 3000 years ago in China, who embodied everything that Mulan stood for in terms of female empowerment, and more.
Her name is Fu Hao (妇好). Or Lady Hao. She was an empress, a general, and a high priestess.
Her story was recorded on oracle bones of over 3,000 years ago in Shang dynasty China. Possibly the earliest Chinese female general to be recorded in writing. In fact, she was likely to be the one who wrote on those oracle bones as well since she was the high priestess tasked to conduct oracle bone reading ceremonies.
fuhao engraving oracle bone
Similar to Wonder Woman whose identity is that of half mankind half goddess, Fu Hao was also seen as someone who was able to communicate with the other realm, therefore, tasked to lead large rituals and religious ceremonies on behalf of the emperor. If you've been following my Sailormoon series, the idea of a matriarchal society or women being seen as a powerful medium between heaven and earth, the spirit and the physical world in ancient China would not come as a surprise to you.
The ancient Chinese worshipped the deer and the earliest jade artefact that has deer totem originated from the same period as Fu Hao–the Shang dynasty. As such, I thought it fitting for the iconic Wonder Woman tiara to be taking the form of a deer totem in the case of Fu Hao. After all, deers were seen as the ancestors of women by the ancient Chinese societies. They were deemed as embodying the spirit and the mystical powers of female/mothers. Wonder woman's tiara adorned with a red star was a symbol of her status as Princess of Paradise Island, so it is fitting that I swap the deer for her red star in my recreation of Fu Hao as Wonder Woman (or Wonder Woman as Fu Hao).
Deers were also worshipped and admired for their swiftness and for their combat capability using their powerful antlers.
Remember Princess Mononoke? The powerful spirit was in the form of a deer.
Then there's the Lasso of Truth which Wonder Woman created many powerful moves of great destructive powers with. I have equated that to the jade thumb ring for archery which was unearthed at Fu Hao's tomb with very interesting engravings that bear a certain resemblance to the totems from the Amazonian culture. Some credited Fu Hao for the invention of the thumb ring in archery. It was meant for the Asian way of archery which pulls the string of the bow back using the thumb instead of the European way which uses the fingers. The use of a thumb ring can protect the user's thumb from the large tension that's built up, and apparently allows greater flexibility while riding a horse–that's also why it is popularly also known as the Mongolian technique because they continued using it.
The thumb ring is a non-living proof that Fu Hao commanded armies, fought amongst her men, and was an extremely formidable warrior herself. Based on records from the oracle bones, she fought many battles in her lifetime and conquered many lands for her husband-emperor.
There are two holes at the bottom which were meant for strings to go through with the other end secured to her wrist so she could take the ring off and put it back on easily. Replica of the artefact made from a bone.
Like wonder woman who is believed to live eternally, the Shang dynasty emperor also thought of his empress to have continued living after her death. The physical form of Fu Hao sustained injuries and was in a poor state after many battles. She died at the age of about 30 years old. But to the Emperor, her spirit continued to live and he conducted several ghost marriages for her to be married to the past ancient emperors with the hope that her spirit would continue to watch over his land and him through such marriage alliances.
This is all the more important because Fu Hao was the high priestess who not only hosted many important rituals for the state and country but also was seen as a spirit medium who could decipher the wills of heaven and spirits through the reading of oracle bones.
I'd liked to imagine that Wonder Woman might have been one of her reincarnations, or perhaps, she continued to live on in different forms throughout different periods in history, wearing different dresses and with different identities (not unlike Wonder Woman who adopted a new identity as Diana Prince and lived through the world wars until present day with no sign of aging).
Wonder woman's main colour schemes are the 3 primary colours and black and white, which coincidentally was the corresponding colours of the 5 elements in ancient Chinese beliefs. This colour scheme was exceptionally popular during Ming dynasty (the red and blue combination), and I adapted the Ming dynasty dress for this shoot.
I also particularly liked the latest movie's Wonder Woman in her blue gown with a gorgeously dangerous weapon tucked behind. Of course, logistical reason first– The Tang dynasty dress is the only one that I can think of that somewhat resembles the gown she wore, and also so happens I have a similarly coloured Tang dynasty dress and top!
But more than that, Tang dynasty is yet another era in (relatively) recent Chinese history that has a slight burst of matriarchy. It was a period where powerful queens were present in many cultures all over the world, not only in China (I've written about it with slightly more details here). The style of cleavage showing dresses were believed by academics to be an influence which the Chinese took from India and ancient Greece. Apt isn't it?
Particularly, I thought that having the arrows tucked behind would be a nice and relevant visual reference to the sword. Also, just in case you are wondering, it is not that hard to tuck something behind your back if you have a strong enough dress… or tying technique. 😉
Quiver and Arrow, Java, Early 1800s. Collection of the British Museum on loan to the Asian Civilisations Museum as part of this exhibition. It was a very advanced and civilised culture even before the British colonisation of this region, thus such fine crafts and materials were able to be crafted. I've not seen any quiver this exquisite in Chinese culture (maybe I'm not familiar with the history of archery), although gold quiver was found in around 400BCE in the Greek tomb of Philip II.
I visited the Raffles in Southeast Asia exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum recently and came across this set of arrow and quiver collected by Raffles (ok I didn't know that this is the term for the arrow holder until today–see! Always learn new things!), but I can definitely imagine that in an alternate universe, the Wonder Woman Fu Hao could be having something like this at her back for her arrows!
I wish there was more information about this quiver but guess we'll never know.
Of course, we still love Mulan the animation, and I am also anticipating the release of the actual action film when it's out. But in all honesty, I would think that Fu Hao is a much closer equal to Wonder Woman than Mulan. After all, she didn't need to pretend to be a man in order to fight for her country. She was glorified as a woman, and her gender was the source of her empowerment instead of a liability as in the case of Mulan.
In all honesty, if Mulan existed and she got found out that she actually deceived the emperor, not only would she be persecuted, her family would be implicated too. I am actually in the midst of another project research and preparation that talks about gender neutrality in ancient China… So stay tuned (still finding my last model!).
Yes, Yes, I'm always experimenting with new mediums and ways of expressions. Fun for me, fun for you!
I've been doing the East meets West, Old meets New Hanfu series the past year and was recently given the challenge by Our Grandfather Story to find the Chinese equivalent of Wonder Woman. The video should be out soon (I've seen the draft, and am lovin' it!)
As I mature, I realised the importance of representation in media on one's cultural pride and identity. And since we can't possibly wait around for Hollywood and Disney to do that for Asian culture, especially since they don't always get it (not their fault, it's not easy), I figured that I could have fun adapting it on my own. Bearing in mind that superficial looks is just one part, the knowledge and history is what can last for much longer.
Since International Women's Day is around the corner, this is going out to all women–you can be anyone you want, anyone you dream of, if you just believe (such motherhood statement I realise, but hey, that's a special privilege as a woman I guess!)!
Don't wait for others to define you!
[Apparently the correct ancient pronunciation of her surname Hao好, is supposed to be Zi 子–taking the right side of the word.]
OK here's the full video by the Old Grandfather Story folks!
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text: Abstract The presented study concentrated on the oxidative enzymatic transformation of six imidazoacridinone derivatives exhibiting different antitumour activity. Horseradish peroxidase was applied as an enzymatic model system. The investigations aimed to evaluate: (1) whether the studied compounds can undergo oxidative biotransformation; (2) whether the susceptibility to such biotransformation relates to the structure and antitumour activity of these compounds; and (3) which elements of imidazoacridinone structure are involved in this kind of transformation. The reaction courses were followed by three methods: UV-VIS spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance and high-performance liquid chromatography. It was shown that all the imidazoacridinones studied underwent enzymatic oxidation resulting in the formation of several products, spectra of which revealed that imidazoacridinone chromophore as well as alkylamino side-chain were involved in these biotransformations. The susceptibility to enzymatic oxidation turned out to be well correlated with antitumour activity of these compounds. It was demonstrated that the highly active antitumour 8-hydroxy derivatives underwent oxidative transformation far more readily than the less active 8-methoxy derivatives and analogues without substituent in position 8. The results indicated that the oxidation pathway of 8-hydroxy compounds was different from those observed for the remaining imidazoacridinones studied. It also differed from the pathway proposed earlier for mitoxantrone. Moreover, it was find out that not only the rate but also the mechanism of horseradish oxidation of 8-hydroxy derivatives depended on the reaction conditions. In the presence of excess of hydrogen peroxide, the drugs were exceptionally reactive giving rise to the mixture of many unstable products, among which compounds with both changed and unchanged chromophore structure were formed. However, the equimolar ratio of drug and hydrogen peroxide led to stable products, which resulted from the oxidation in aminoalkyl side-chain. The possible structures of products of imidazoacridinone enzymatic oxidation are discussed. In conclusion, the results presented in this paper indicate that the oxidative metabolic activation of imidazoacridinones may represent the crucial step in their biological action.


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Men who hold traditional views about gender roles and the "place" of women are more likely to be violent, international research shows. It's these traditional views that are being challenged by a new programme from Family Planning that focuses on young men, their parents and their teachers.
"There is a clear link between the more strongly held ideas of traditional masculinity and a greater likelihood of that individual man using domestic violence against women. Violent men hold different attitudes than the majority of men who do not use violence," Family Planning Chief Executive Jackie Edmond says.
"A significant element of our It's About Mana programme encourages young men to question traditional male values – ideas such as that real men are always in control, have uncontrollable sex drives, deserve a certain entitlement or respect, and that women are objects. Questioning like this – holding these outmoded ideas up to the light - will protect against relationship violence. If young men are involved in discussions that show that most men don't use or condone violence towards women, this will make it harder for violent individuals to justify it as normal behaviour."
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It is the magic of polymorphism, and of Java interface vs. implementation types. Two objects can both be "instanceof" the same interface type, even though they are not of the same implementation type.
When you call "getConnection()" on a pooled connection cache manager object, you get a "logical" connection, something which implements the java.sql.Connection interface.
But it is not the same implementation type as you would get for your Connection, if you directly called getConnection() from a (non-pooled/non-cached) datasource.
So the "close()" that you invoke on the "logical" Connection is not the same "close()" method as the one on the actual underlying "physical" connection hidden by the pool cache manager.
The close() method of the "logical" connection object, while it satisfies the method signature of close() in the java.sql.Connection interface, does not actually close the underlying physical connection.
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Flashback Data has developed specialized data recovery techniques for Fujitsu hard disk drives. Most common failures with Fujitsu drives include motor bearing failures, magnetic head failures, firmware corruption, service area damage and electromechanical failures.
Flashback Data can recover your lost data from any of the above problems and more by utilizing our state of the art tools and techniques as well as our Class 10 Cleanroom Environment.
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JET stands for Journal Entry Thin. It is an application in its own right but is also the transaction processing engine for all of the Professional Advantage companion products which create transactions (ie IPOS, Bank Reconciliation, CSB Invoicing, Receipting, InterCompany and Consolidations).
In the transaction processing engine capacity it replicates all the same business logic and rules as used in the SunSystems Ledger Entry/Import processes. This ranges from the validation of the static data information (ie valid accounts, analysis codes, journal types etc) through to the balancing criteria (ie in total, by period, by analysis code or transaction reference (if defined).
As an application in its own right it can be used to enter transactions into SunSystems, when you don't want to use Ledger Entry. The processing logic outlined in the previous paragraph is equally applied to these transactions.
In this capacity a user can work off-line (ie off their network) and create SunSystems transactions, with them being posted into SunSystems when next the user is online. Again all the processing logic and rules apply to these transactions.


possible, however do not be tempted to use them to find out if something is true or false! # XXX BAD! is( exists $brooklyn{tree}, 1, 'A tree grows in Brooklyn' ); This does not check if C is true, it checks if it returns 1. Very different. Similar caveats exist for false and 0. In these cases, use ok(). ok( exists $brooklyn{tree}, 'A tree grows in Brooklyn' ); For those grammatical pedants out there, there's an C function which is an alias of isnt(). =cut sub is ($$;$) { $Test->is_eq(_USER_); } sub isnt ($$;$) { $Test->isnt_eq(_USER_); } *isn't = \&isnt; =item B like( $this, qr/that/, $test_name ); Similar to ok(), like() matches $this against the regex C. So this: like($this, qr/that/, 'this is like that'); is similar to: ok( $this =~ /that/, 'this is like that'); (Mnemonic "This is like that".) The second argument is a regular expression. It may be given as a regex reference (i.e. C) or (for better compatibility with older perls) as a string that looks like a regex (alternative delimiters are currently not supported): like( $this, '/that/', 'this is like that' ); Regex options may be placed on the end (C<'/that/i'>). Its advantages over ok() are similar to that of is() and isnt(). Better diagnostics on failure. =cut sub like ($$;$) { $Test->like(_USER_); } =item B unlike( $this, qr/that/, $test_name ); Works exactly as like(), only it checks if $this B match the given pattern. =cut sub unlike ($$;$) { $Test->unlike(_USER_); } =item B cmp_ok( $this, $op, $that, $test_name ); Halfway between ok() and is() lies cmp_ok(). This allows you to compare two arguments using any binary perl operator. # ok( $this eq $that ); cmp_ok( $this, 'eq', $that, 'this eq that' ); # ok( $this == $that ); cmp_ok( $this, '==', $that, 'this == that' ); # ok( $this && $that ); cmp_ok( $this, '&&', $that, 'this && that' );...etc... Its advantage over ok() is when the test fails you'll know what $this and $that were: not ok 1 # Failed test (foo.t at line 12) # '23' # && # undef It's also useful in those cases where you are comparing numbers and is()'s use of C will interfere: cmp_ok( $big_hairy_number, '==', $another_big_hairy_number ); =cut sub cmp_ok($$$;$) { $Test->cmp_ok(_USER_); } =item B can_ok($module, _USER_); can_ok($object, _USER_); Checks to make sure the $module or $object can do these _USER_ (works with functions, too). can_ok('Foo', qw(this that whatever)); is almost exactly like saying: ok( Foo->can('this') && Foo->can('that') && Foo->can('whatever') ); only without all the typing and with a better interface. Handy for quickly testing an interface. No matter how many _USER_ you check, a single can_ok() call counts as one test. If you desire otherwise, use: foreach my $meth (_USER_) { can_ok('Foo', $meth); } =cut sub can_ok ($@) { my($proto, _USER_) = _USER_; my $class = ref $proto || $proto; unless( _USER_ ) { my $ok = $Test->ok( 0, "$class->can(...)" ); $Test->diag(' can_ok() called with no methods'); return $ok; } my _USER_ = (); foreach my $method (_USER_) { local($!, $@); # don't interfere with caller's $@ # eval sometimes resets $! eval { $proto->can($method) } || push _USER_, $method; } my $name; $name = _USER_ == 1? "$class->can('$methods[0]')" : "$class->can(...)"; my $ok = $Test->ok(!_USER_, $name ); $Test->diag(map " $class->can('$_') failed\n", _USER_); return $ok; } =item B isa_ok($object, $class, $object_name); isa_ok($ref, $type, $ref_name); Checks to see if the given C<< $object->isa($class) >>. Also checks to make sure the object was defined in the first place. Handy for this sort of thing: my $obj = Some::Module->new; isa_ok( $obj, 'Some::Module' ); where you'd otherwise have to write my $obj = Some::Module->new; ok( defined $obj && $obj->isa('Some::Module') ); to safeguard against your test script blowing up. It works on references, too: isa_ok( $array_ref, 'ARRAY' ); The diagnostics of this test normally just refer to 'the object'. If you'd like them to be more specific, you can supply an $object_name (for example 'Test customer'). =cut sub isa_ok ($$;$) { my($object, $class, $obj_name) = _USER_; my $diag; $obj_name = 'The object' unless defined $obj_name; my $name = "$obj_name isa $class"; if(!defined $object ) { $diag = "$obj_name isn't defined"; } elsif(!ref $object ) { $diag = "$obj_name isn't a reference"; } else { # We can't use UNIVERSAL::isa because we want to honor isa() overrides local($@, $!); # eval sometimes resets $! my $rslt = eval { $object->isa($class) }; if( $@ ) { if( $@ =~ /^Can't call method "isa" on unblessed reference/ ) { if(!UNIVERSAL::isa($object, $class) ) { my $ref = ref $object; $diag = "$obj_name isn't a '$class' it's a '$ref'"; } } else { die ok( 0, $name ); $Test->diag(" $diag\n"); } else { $ok = $Test->ok( 1, $name ); } return $ok; } =item B =item B pass($test_name); fail($test_name); Sometimes you just want to say that the tests have passed. Usually the case is you've got some complicated condition that is difficult to wedge into an ok(). In this case, you can simply use pass() (to declare the test ok) or fail (for not ok). They are synonyms for ok(1) and ok(0). Use these very, very, very sparingly. =cut sub pass (;$) { $Test->ok(1, _USER_); } sub fail (;$) { $Test->ok(0, _USER_); } =back =head2 Diagnostics If you pick the right test function, you'll usually get a good idea of what went wrong when it failed. But sometimes it doesn't work out that way. So here we have ways for you to write your own diagnostic messages which are safer than just C. =over 4 =item B diag(_USER_); Prints a diagnostic message which is guaranteed not to interfere with test output. Like C _USER_ is simply concatinated together. Handy for this sort of thing: ok( grep(/foo/, _USER_), "There's a foo user" ) or diag("Since there's no foo, check that /etc/bar is set up right"); which would produce: not ok 42 - There's a foo user # Failed test (foo.t at line 52) # Since there's no foo, check that /etc/bar is set up right. You might remember C with the mnemonic C. All diag()s can be made silent by passing the "no_diag" option to Test::More. C 1, 'no_diag'>. This is useful if you have diagnostics for personal testing but then wish to make them silent for release without commenting out each individual statement. B The exact formatting of the diagnostic output is still changing, but it is guaranteed that whatever you throw at it it won't interfere with the test. =cut sub diag { return unless $Show_Diag; $Test->diag(_USER_); } =back =head2 Module tests You usually want to test if the module you're testing loads ok, rather than just vomiting if its load fails. 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3 Mistakes I made Raising Baby Chicks and How YOU can Avoid them
 1. Do not bother building the chicken stairs in/out of the btiny-chairrooder. They will not use them, they will only poop on them.
 2. Do not bother giving the chicks tiny furniture. They will not use it appropriately, they will only poop on it.
 3. Do not bother trying to potty train the chickens using a small plastic toilet from a dollhouse. You guessed it, they will not use it, they will only poop on it. Hey wait!
But seriously….. Read tips and instructions for how to set up a brooder (baby chicken house) before bringing the chicks home and make sure to have the basic supplies on hand. They need some pretty intensive care in the beginning. I recommend these sources:
 1. Free guide from the My Pet Chicken websitealso a good source for supplies, coops and chickens. _URL_
 2. Backyard Chicken Website with a ton of great information. _URL_
I love books, so here are my book recommendations:
 1. A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens by Melissa Caughey. Excellent for kids! Helpful for adults too.
 2. Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow. Thorough, lots of details about chicken keeping in general.
There are so many more--raising chickens is becoming so much more common that there are just a lot of sources out there. These have just been the ones that I have used and liked. In addition to all of the information that you read in your source of choice, here are 3 more personal suggestions on the art of raising baby chicks.
 1. Start with a large box so you do not have to build the chickens new homes every few days when they grow and learn to fly. Start big, they will grow into it.
 2. Buy 2 chicken waterers and 2 food dispensers. They are cheap and after washing one out and letting it air dry, you can use the second one right away. The chicks poop so often on everything that you will need to do this quite often.
 3. Place the chicken brooder far away from anything that has small crevices or is difficult to clean in general.
 4. Pick up and hold the chicks as often as possible, talk to them and as soon as they will accept treats (dried mealworms are a favorite!), give them treats so they know you are the special Head Chicken.
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A Wrinkle in Time is the story of Meg Murry, a high-school-aged girl who is transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin O'Keefe to rescue her father, a gifted scientist, from the evil forces that hold him prisoner on another planet.
Meg Murry and her little brother, Charles Wallace, have been without their scientist father, Mr. Murry, for five years, ever since he discovered a new planet and used the concept known as a tesseract to travel there. Joined by Meg's classmate Calvin O'Keefe and guided by the three mysterious astral travelers known as Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which, the children brave a dangerous journey to a planet that possesses all of the evil in the universe.
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Your brother-in-law is a well-known artist who has an art show going on in a gallery now. You're telling a coworker about him. But you don't know much about art, so you say:
That world seems so foreign to me.
Some industries and areas of interest can be called "worlds". Each different "world" is not only a type of business, but also a way of life
For example, "the Art world" means artists, art buyers, art gallery owners, museums, art magazine editors, and so on. It also includes their parties, their topics of conversation, the types of places that they live, and so on.
Other examples of "worlds" based on industries or interests are:
the business world
the academic world
the drug world
the online world
the financial world
the gaming world
This phrase describes something that you don't know much about, don't understand well, and can't even imagine clearly. For example:
The idea of waiting until you're in your late 30's to have a child seems so foreign to me.
I've been a vegetarian for so long now that the idea of eating meat seems completely foreign to me now.
This doesn't mean that these things seem like they're from a foreign country; it means that they're "foreign concepts". A foreign concept is an idea that seems strange and hard to understand.
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Disparity Tips
 - Andrew Kinsler
 The last part of the page mentions "Increase the distance between your projector and your LF1", but does not elaborate on what type of separation should happen.
 Can you give more guidance? Does this mean a vertical separation, while keeping the LF1 camera lens and the projector lens in the same plane? Same spherical plane? Should there be horizontal or Z-plane separation as well?
 - Brittany Factura
 Hi Andrew,
 So sorry for the vagueness. We aim to update this article with more details and information.
 This means a horizontal separation. You can move the LF1 left or right in the horizontal direction from the projector, keeping the camera lens and projector lens in the same horizontal plane and height. No need for a vertical or z-plane separation.
 (For some detail, the structured light scan can be thought of in a similar way as stereo camera calibration and reconstruction ( and we apply similar techniques to extract disparity from the scene. The LF1 and projector can be thought of as the right eye/left eye, so increasing the distance between the two can result in more accurate disparity.)
 Here's an example of this. We used a magic arm to mount the LF1 to a separate tripod:
 Hope that helps. Please me know if you have any questions.
 - John Meehan
 A couple of questions -
 1. The "2D scene" above is a flat poster of the street scene, right? No disparity data because no 3D protrusions, but can this (or another flat poster) still be used as a subject? Or are the lines too thin and not enough contrast?
 2. How do you know when the disparity is insufficient, and the LF1 should be moved laterally with respect to the projector? This disparity data is used as an internal calibration for the LF1, right? How does the user know when it needs to be improved?
 - Bruce du
 First of all, this is not a street view. This is an exhibition hall. The wall with hollow letters on the left is the actual wall of the exhibition hall, while the middle part goes all the way to the right. This is a large hand-painted painting, including street lights, people, roads, buildings, etc., which are all the contents of a plane painting. Because it's a 2D drawing, it can't produce disparity data. This is my understanding of the official meaning of lightform. If the official staff of lightform confirm that my idea is correct, I will be very happy.
 - Lightform Support
 Hi Bruce,
 Yes-- you are correct. The examples we have for 2D are flat pieces of art (a drawing on a wall, or a painting of a street) so it will not produce disparity data. I will look into using different images to convey this as I can see how those examples can seem misleading.
 - Ron Foreman
 Actually, I have a projector/light form mounting issue, that separating the two may resolve. Is this an option under normal conditions without concern for disparity issues?
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text: Explore the genius of Alvin Ailey through the eyes of those who knew him in a lecture, technique, and repertory residency. Sylvia Waters, former principal dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and founding artistic director of Ailey II, will guide students through a definitive look into the history of the legacy created by Alvin Ailey—a celebration of the African American heritage and the modern dance tradition. Ms. Waters will present lecture/discussion sessions and teach sections of iconic Ailey repertory, including excerpts of Blues Suite, Streams, and Mr. Ailey's signature masterpiece, Revelations. Master Horton technique instructors Elizabeth Roxas or Ana Marie Forsythe will lead Horton classes that focus on developing range of movement in an anatomically corrective manner. Working closely in tandem, the instructors will enable students to create an interactive discourse about history, theory, and applied practice. Students will showcase their work with an end of semester performance.


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Step by step installation instructions. NEON Signal Mapper, a 3D in-building solution.
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 - 4mm Swarovski crystals
 - Earrings measure 1.0" (L)
 Show your style with these beautiful sparkling Quartz crystal earrings from the Bee Natural series. Since they are clear quartz they will go with every color in your wardrobe. Wear them with a suit at the office, an evening out or with your favorite t-shirt and jeans.
 Quartz crystal was once believed to be an eternal ice sent by the heavenly gods. Until the late 1500s, many scholars thought this stone was fossilized ice. Quartz crystal is actually a mineral, one of the most abundant minerals in the Earth's continental crust, composed of silicon and oxygen. Quartz can be icy clear or have inclusions, veils, bubbles and various colors. It is also known as rock crystal, crystal quartz, universal crystal or clear quartz. People in the earliest recorded times believed in the magical powers of quartz. Ancient Roman, Egyptian and Greek civilizations used quartz crystals as potent talismans. The word quartz is thought to come from the German word "quarz," and the word crystal comes from the Greek word "krystallos," which means ice. The Ancient Japanese believed quartz formed from the breath of a white dragon, and regarded it as representing perfection. Quartz has been used throughout history in rain rituals, crystal skulls and spheres for crystal balls to predict the future since the middle ages. Quartz crystal is found all over the world, but most notably Brazil and Arkansas, USA.
 Since Quartz crystal is a natural stone, each pair of earrings is unique and colors may vary. Our earrings are handcrafted using the finest materials to ensure that your earrings will be a beautiful addition to your wardrobe for many years to come. Clean quartz crystal using warm soapy water and a soft brush. Although it has a high hardness, quartz crystal can still be scratched or damaged by gemstones with a higher hardness, as well as other materials. Avoid using household chemicals when cleaning quartz crystal beads, components or jewelry. Store quartz crystal inside a fabric-lined box or wrapped in a soft cloth.


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Folding the flag
Flags, when not in use, should be folded into a triangle shape. The final triangle shape result is said to invoke the image of the three-point hats popular during the American Revolutionary War. Former American territories, e.g. the Philippines, also use this method to fold their flags.
- To properly fold the flag, begin by holding it waist-high with another person so that its surface is parallel to the ground.
- Fold the lower half of the stripe section lengthwise over the field of stars, holding the bottom and top edges securely.
- Fold the flag again lengthwise with the blue field on the outside.
- Make a triangular fold by bringing the striped corner of the folded edge to meet the open top edge of the flag.
- Turn the outer end point inward, parallel to the open edge, to form a second triangle.
- The triangular folding is continued until the entire length of the flag is folded in this manner.
- When the flag is completely folded, only a triangular blue field of stars should be visible.
Places where the American flag is displayed continuously
According to Presidential proclamation and in some cases, U.S. law, the American flag is displayed continuously at the following locations:
- Mount Slover limestone quarry, in Colton, California (Act of Congress). First raised July 4, 1917.
- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, Maryland (Presidential Proclamation No. 2795, July 2, 1948).
- Flag House Square, Albemarle and Pratt Streets, Baltimore, Maryland (Public Law 83-319, approved March 26, 1954).
- United States Marine Corps Memorial (Iwo Jima), Arlington, Virginia (Presidential Proclamation No. 3418, June 12, 1961).
- Lexington, Massachusetts Town Green (Public Law 89-335, approved November 8, 1965).
- The White House, Washington, DC (Presidential Proclamation No.4000, September 4, 1970).
- Fifty U.S. Flags are displayed continuously at the Washington Monument, Washington, DC. (Presidential Proclamation No. 4064, July 6, 1971, effective July 4, 1971).
- United States Customs Service Ports of Entry that are continuously open (Presidential Proclamation No.4131, May 5, 1972).
- Grounds of the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge State Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (Public Law 94-53, approved July 4, 1975).
- In addition, the American flag is presumed to be in continual display on the surface of the Earth's Moon, having been placed there by the astronauts of Apollo 11. It is assumed however that the flag was knocked down by the force of Apollo 11's return to lunar orbit.
The flag has gone through 26 changes since the new union of 13 states first adopted it. The 48-star version holds the record, 47 years, for the longest time the flag has gone unchanged. The current 50-star version will tie the record if it is still in use on July 4, 2007.
At the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776, the most commonly flown flag was the Grand Union Flag. This flag was initially flown by George Washington and is recorded as being first raised by Washington's troops at Prospect Hill on New Year's Day in 1776. This flag formed the basis of the Stars and Stripes, consisting of 13 red and white stripes with the British Union Jack in the canton.
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution which stated: "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." Describing the new flag, the Congress wrote, "White signifies Purity and Innocence; Red, Hardiness and Valor; Blue signifies Vigilance, Perseverance and Justice." Flag Day is now observed on June 14 of each year.
The Flag Resolution did not specify any particular arrangement for the stars. Initially, a variety of designs were used, including a circular arrangement (above left), but gradually a design featuring horizontal rows of stars emerged as the standard. As further states entered the union, extra stars and stripes were added until this proved to cause too much clutter. It was ultimately decided that there would be a star for each state, but the number of stripes would remain at thirteen to honor the original colonies. It was the 15-star, 15-stripe flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner", now the national anthem.
When the flag design changes, the change always takes place on July 4 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a consequence of the Flag Act of April 4, 1818. July 4, Independence Day in the United States, commemorates the founding of the nation. The most recent change, from forty-nine stars to fifty, occurred in 1960, after Hawaii gained statehood in August 1959. Before that, the admission of Alaska in January 1959 prompted the debut of a short-lived 49-star flag.
The origin of the U.S. flag design is uncertain. A popular story credits Betsy Ross for sewing the first flag from a pencil sketch of George Washington who personally commissioned her for the job. However, no evidence for this theory exists beyond Ross's own records. The British historian Sir Charles Fawcett has suggested that the design of the flag may have been derived from the flag and jack of the British East India Company. Comparisons between the 2 flags support Fawcett's suggestion. Another popular theory is that the flag was designed by Francis Hopkinson. He reportedly originally wanted the stars arranged in four bands, one vertical, one horizontal, and two diagonal. By the same reports, this arrangement was rejected due to similarity to the British flag.
Historical star patterns
On the current 50-star flag, the width (fly) of the blue rectangle is 76% of the height (hoist) of the whole flag, and its height is 7 of the 13 stripes.
Note that the following star patterns are merely the usual patterns, with the exception of the 48-, 49-, and 50-star flags, as there was no official arrangement of the stars until the proclamation of the 48-star flag by President William Howard Taft in 1912. For alternate versions, see this page at Flags of the World
13 (1776) Betsy Ross flag
50 (1960 - present) Modern Flag
Proposed 51-star flag in case of a future state
Patterns and Symmetry
- symmetry with respect to horizontal axis: 50, 49, 48, 46, 44, 38, 37, 36, 34, 33, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 20, 15, 13 (standard)
- symmetry with respect to vertical axis: 51, 50, 48, 46, 45, 44, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 21, 20, 15, 13 (standard and Betsy Ross)
- both, hence also point symmetry: 50, 48, 46, 44, 37, 36, 34, 33, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 20, 15, 13 (standard and Betsy Ross)
- no symmetry: 43
- chessboard pattern: 51, 50, 49, 45, 15, 13 (standard)
- rectangle of stars: 48, 35, 30, 28, 24, 20
There are ongoing statehood movements in Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and New York City. Other insular areas such as the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa may eventually become states as well.
- Flags of the U.S. states
- Flags of the United States armed forces
- Flags of the Confederate States of America
- Flag desecration in the United States
- United States Army Colors
- U.S. Flag Etiquette
- The United States Flag Page
- Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Facts About the United States Flag
- The Flag Code--U.S. Code Home: Title 4, Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States--Chapter 1, The Flag
- Executive Order No. 10798, with specifications and regulations for the current flag
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With respect to Radiation Protection, detriment is a term used to describe the 'total harm' experienced by exposing a population (and their descendants) to Internal Radiation. ICRP uses detriment to effectively sum all the Risks (probabilities) that exposure to ionising radiations might produce. For example it will include probability of fatal cancer induction, non-fatal cancer induction (and therefore years of life lost). It therefore as the dimensions of probability and thus can be expressed as a risk. In ICRP publication 60, radiation detriment is developed and used to derived Dose Limits.


Stand-alone Annotation Tool
An easy way to use the annotation facilities offered by Ellogon, without the need to install and use Ellogon, is through the stand-alone annotation tool. This stand-alone annotation tool wraps all the needed Ellogon components into a single executable, which requires no installation: the user (i.e. the annotator) simply downloads and runs the tool.
The tool supports various configurations:
 - Autonomous annotation: the tool stores corpora and annotations localy, in the computer used to run the tool. Usually this is the prefered mode if a single annotator needs to annotate a corpus.
 - Collaborative annotation: the tool stores both corpora and annotations on a remote database server (such as mysql or postgres). Multiple annotators can annotate the same corpus.
The tool can be downloaded from here: Annotation Tool version 1.0.0
The above link contains binaries for both windows (XP, 7, 8, 8.1), Linux (64 bit) and OSX (Mountain Lion +).
How to configure the Annotation Tool
The annotation tool contains configuration information, which has been embedded during the creation of the executable file. In order to create specialised executables that contain configuration for your specific needs and annotation tasks, please contact the Ellogon authors.
Another way to override the default configuration, is to create a text file, with the name "init.ini", in the same directory as the executable of the tool.
In this configuration file various fields can be defined, which override the ones in the default configuration, contained inside the tool. The format is identical to windows "ini" files.A sample configuration file is:
WindowTitle=Ellogon Annotation Tool (demo)
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Cradle of Forestry to celebrate International Migratory Bird DayWritten by Admin
A day of events to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day is scheduled for Saturday, May 12, at the Cradle of Forestry.
Activities for the day include:
- 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Family birding walks offer beginning and intermediate birders an in-depth look at local and migratory songbird species. After learning about binocular use, bird characteristics and habitat preferences, the group will look and listen for birds by the Forest Discovery Center and along paved trails to identify species present.
- 1:30 p.m.: A live raptor program with Wild for Life Wildlife Rehabilitation Center staff. Meet the center's rescued birds and learn their stories.
- 2:30 p.m.: During the Backyard Birding program, get tips on observing and conserving birds that live around our homes.
- 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Ongoing activities at the Forest Discovery Center show the wonder of birds and teach how we can all do our part for their conservation.


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Central Weather Bureau
|Central Weather Bureau|
|Zhōngyāng Qìxiàng Jú|
|Jurisdiction||Republic of China|
|Agency executive||Tzay-Chyn Shin (辛在勤), Director-General|
|Parent Agency||Ministry of Transportation and Communications|
The Central Weather Bureau (Chinese: 中央氣象局; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Qìxiàng Jú; often abbreviated to CWB) is the government meteorological research and forecasting institution of the Republic of China (Taiwan). In addition to meteorology, the Central Weather Bureau also makes astronomical observations, reports on sea conditions, and conducts research into seismology and provides earthquake reports. The Central Weather Bureau is headquartered in Taipei City and is administered under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
While Taiwan was under Japanese rule, the government set up five weather monitoring stations on the island, located in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Hengchun, and Penghu. On December 19, 1897, the Governor-General moved the headquarters to the present location occupied by the eventual successor agency of the Japanese "Taipei Observatory": the Central Weather Bureau. In 1945 when the Kuomintang took control of Taiwan the various stations set up by the Japanese were incorporated into the new Taiwan Provincial Weather Institution, under the Chief Executive of Taiwan Province, Chen Yi. When the position of Chief Executive was abolished in 1947 (the new head of local government being the Governor of Taiwan Province) the institution became an agency of the Taiwan Provincial Government.
The Central Weather Bureau itself was established in 1941 in Chongqing under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China. In 1947 (and again from 1971 onwards) it was re-assigned to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. After the Kuomintang defeat in the Chinese Civil War and their subsequent flight to Taiwan in 1949, the Central Weather Bureau relocated from Mainland China to Taiwan. From 1949 to 1958 it was under the control of the Taiwan Provincial Weather Institution, then from 1958 onwards it was resurrected to become the principal meteorological organisation of the government. In 1971 the Central Weather Bureau switched from being a part of the Taiwan Provincial Government to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, under central government authority.
The Central Weather Bureau has a number of responsibilities, represented by the various departments.
Weather Forecast Center
The Weather Forecast Center (Chinese: 氣象預報中心; pinyin: Qìxiàng Yùbào Zhōngxīn) is the department responsible for monitoring actual weather conditions and making short and medium term forecasts concerning the weather. It also issues severe weather advisories for conditions including heavy rain, cold snaps, typhoons and storms, and dense fog. In the case of typhoons, the department closely monitors all tropical storms which might impact the island and issues warnings and predicted typhoon path and severity based on the collected data.
The Seismological Center (Chinese: 地震測報中心; pinyin: Dìzhèn Cèbào Zhōngxīn) of the Central Weather Bureau was founded in 1989, with a mission to monitor seismic activity in and around the island, publish reports on significant earthquakes, study earthquake precursor phenomena, issue tsunami warnings where appropriate, and provide information to the public of earthquake precautions. Taiwan is in a seismically active region on the Pacific Ring of Fire, with 44 deadly earthquakes occurring there during the twentieth century. The center has 150 seismological monitoring stations through Taiwan, Penghu, Jinmen and Matsu.
Marine Meteorology Center
The Marine Meteorology Center (Chinese: 海象測報中心; pinyin: Hǎixiàng Cèbào Zhōngxīn) was established in 1993 to monitor sea conditions and make predictions about weather at sea for shipping, fisheries, tourism and other interested parties. Variables including wave height, tides, sea level variations, sea surface temperature, and ocean currents are measured to provide an accurate picture of current conditions. The center is also responsible for informing the public of tide times, and cooperates with local tourism bureaux and Fishermen's Associations to erect electronic billboards in harbours to inform seafarers of ocean conditions.
The Bureau also includes the following departments:
- The Meteorological Satellite Center (Chinese: 氣象衛星中心; pinyin: Qìxiàng Wèixīng Zhōngxīn), which receives and analyses weather satellite data for observation and prediction purposes.
- The Astronomical Observatory (Chinese: 天文站; pinyin: Tiānwén Zhàn), which not only observes astronomical phenomena such as sunspots and eclipses, but also publishes an annual almanac and provides information on astronomy to the public.
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Aquarius Temporary Tattoo
Aquarius temporary tattoos represent the zodiac eleventh sign symbolized by water bearer. Mostly, Aquarius is depicted as a pot that is spilling water or water alone. The water is usually presented with two horizontal zigzag lines piled on each other. Sometimes, the two lines feature the stars around them to denote an Aquarius constellation design. Furthermore, the water bearer is usually presented as a woman or a man carrying a pot of water.


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Calculations with different methods
- 3022.233 miles
- 4863.813 kilometers
- 2626.249 nautical miles
Vincenty's formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points on the earth's surface, using an ellipsoidal model of the earth.Haversine formula
- 3016.640 miles
- 4854.812 kilometers
- 2621.389 nautical miles
The haversine formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points assuming a spherical earth (great-circle distance).
Estimated flight time from Hoonah Airport (HNH) to Florence Regional Airport (FLO) is 6 hours 13 minutes.
Time difference and current local times
The time difference between Hoonah and Florence is 4 hours. Florence is 4 hours ahead of Hoonah.
Carbon dioxide emissions
Estimated CO2 emissions per passenger is 360 kg (793 pounds).
Hoonah to Florence flight map.
Frequent Flyer Miles Calculator
Hoonah (HNH) → Florence (FLO).


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A light illuminating a road, typically mounted on a tall pole.
More example sentences
- His wallet's in the front, and she takes it over to the kitchen window, so that she can leaf through it by the light from the street lamp across the road.
- I must have looked odd, sitting there, the light from a street lamp illuminating my pale complexion, my black hair clashing meanly with my skin.
- The combination of the clear shade of rain drops along with the bright white light from the street light in the parking lot beam into my eyes as I sit in the darkness of the car.
Definition of streetlight in:
- The British & World English dictionary


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Michigan State University Extension
Preserving Food Safely - 01600734
Some old pickle recipes call for a bluestone to be added to the pickling brine to give the pickles a blue-green color. Bluestone is copper sulfate and is also known as blue vitro. In earlier days, pickles were usually made in metal pans containing copper. They turned a bright bluegreen as the copper ions interacted with the chlorophyll molecules in the pickle. A similar color was sought for pickles brined in enameled pan or crocks, and it wasn't long before copper sulfate, or bluestone, was found to do the job. Since high levels of copper can produce toxicity symptoms in humans, particularly gastrointestinal problems, the use of copper sulfate in pickling should be avoided. Since its only function is to color the pickles, the bluestone can be simply eliminated from the recipe without affecting the overall quality of the final product.


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This job is no longer available
Job nr. WTVN01372
Job Title Instrument Inspector
Contact name Vinay Nalubala
Contact email _EMAIL_
Website address _URL_
Short job description
Instrument Inspector will coordinate closely with CONTRACTOR to minimize work interference due to engineering or construction quality problems.
Main job description
The responsibilities of Instrument Inspector position will include but are not limited to the following:
- Coordinate closely with CONTRACTOR to minimise work interference due to engineering or construction quality problems.
- Ensure that proper quality control techniques and procedures are established by the contractor. Ensure that quality control is carried out during the installation phase.
- Appraise the quality and performance of contractor's field personnel.
- Supervise and witness Megger Tests and Continuity checks for all cables.
- Supervise and witness tubing loop checks and leak tests.
- Monitor the contractor's efforts to verify that instrument material and equipment supplied meet the project specification.
- Ensure correct inventory and proper inspection records are maintained by contractor.
- Check to ensure adequate and proper inspection records are maintained by contractor.
- Participate in the resolution of quality problems as directed.
A major Oil and Gas Company operating in Middle East.
Location Basra, Iraq


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Engraving of the Oxford Physic Garden, England, 1675
Physic gardens were a common feature in the 1700s. They were used to grow plants for drug preparations and were arranged according to the properties of the plants they contained. For example, plants with spiky leaves were likely to be grouped together. The Oxford Physic Garden was founded in 1621 by Henry Danvers, the Earl of Danby. He donated £5,000 to set up the garden – the equivalent of £3.5 million today. It is the oldest garden of its kind in the United Kingdom. The garden is now known as the Oxford Botanic Gardens after a name change in 1840. This print is from Oxonia Illustrata by David Logg (1633/5-92), engraver to Oxford University.
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The preparation and medicinal dispensing of drugs.
A technique to obtain prints from an engraved surface. Engraving is the practice of cutting into a hard, usually flat surface.


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Lord William Montagu Douglas Scott
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Lieutenant-Colonel Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott MC (17 January 1896 – 30 January 1958) was a Scottish aristocrat and politician.
The 2nd son of John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, he was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the 10th Hussars. Promoted Lieutenant in 1915, he won the Military Cross in 1918 and was shortly afterwards promoted Captain. From 1925 to 1926 he was ADC to the Governor-General of Canada. He retired in 1927. He rejoined the Army in the Second World War, serving in Italy and reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
In 1937 he married Lady Rachel Douglas Home (10 April 1910 – 4 Apr 1996), younger daughter of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home. The couple had one son and four daughters, and lived at Eildon Hall, St Boswells, Roxburghshire.
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord William Montagu Douglas Scott
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|Member of Parliament for Roxburgh and Selkirk
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Image caption (right): phase angle change
The phase angle (φ) is the angle between light source (in this case, the Sun) and the observer (here, the HRSC camera on Mars Express) when seen from the viewed object (the Martian moon Phobos). Over the course of the animation, this schematic representation illustrates how this angle changes due to the observer's movement. In the animation, the phase angle of the individual Phobos observations changes from 17 degrees (A) at the beginning to almost 0 degrees (B) to 15 degree (C) at the end.
Image Credit: DLR


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THE LIVING MUSEUM
Vol. 1. No.6 October, 1939.
Illinois State Museum Springfield, Illinois
Located on Fifth Floor of Centennial Building
A monthly guide to a keener understanding of the Illinois State Museum as a living thing--a Museum whose exhibits are planned for popular enjoyment without loss of scientific accuracy.
GEESE ON THE WING
October--and in the north there has been a growing exodus of flying things. Out of the vast Canadian marshes where, for a brief summer, geese nest and rear their young--out of here, on a night with a pushing north wind, come the geese, heading south.
Perhaps they flew over while you slept--the blue geese and snow geese from Baffin Land, or big Canadas from Saskatchewan. Perhaps, in a cold October rain, you heard wild honkings, and, if you looked up, maybe you saw silver-bellied birds circling over the city, picked out by lights below, confused by the lights and reflections on the clouds.
There is a strange, nostalgic longing in most of us when the geese go over. It is a longing which sometimes may be assuaged by a sight of geese--by those blue, snow, and Canada geese held captive forever in the Musoum.
Thorne Deuel, Chief. Virginia S. Eifert, Editor
The ownership of the content and images presented here is retained by the Illinois State Museum. Permission is granted for the use of these materials in non-profit, educational presentations. Queries for commercial or other uses should be made to the ISM editorial office (_EMAIL_)