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What Is It? Atrial fibrillation is a heart rhythm disorder that causes a rapid and irregular heartbeat. The atria are the upper two chambers of the heart that receive blood from the rest of the body. They pump blood into the lower two chambers (the ventricles). Then the ventricles pump blood to the rest of the body. During atrial fibrillation, the atria do not beat normally. Instead, they quiver or "fibrillate." Normally, electrical impulses from a small part of the atrium called the sinus node cause the atria to beat. The electrical signal then goes through another part of the heart called the atrioventricular node. Then it goes down to the ventricles, and causes them to beat. First the atria, then the ventricles: it is coordinated, and so the heart pumps blood efficiently. The atria pump, filling the ventricles with blood, and then the ventricles pump. In contrast, during atrial fibrillation, the electrical impulses come from all over the atria. Instead of pumping efficiently, the atria just quiver. There i

Suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Olmutz, embracing the south-western part of Moravia, an area of 3825 sq. m., and containing, according to the "Catalogus cleri Dioceseos Brunensis 1907", about 1,051,654 inhabitants, 1,000,607 of whom are Catholics. The erection of the Diocese of Brünn was due to Empress Maria Theresa. The territory comprised in this diocese belonged from a very early period to the Diocese of Olmutz. To obviate the difficulties arising from the administration of such a vast territory, Maria Theresa in 1773 entered into negotiations with Pope Clement XIV . Olmutz was to be raised to the rank of an archbishopric and two newly created bishoprics — Brünn and Troppau — assigned it as suffragans. Eventually, however, only one was created. By a papal Bull of Pius VI, dated 5 December, 1777, Olmutz was made an archbishopric and Brünn erected into an episcopal see. The collegiate chapter of the provostship of Sts. Peter and Paul which had been in existence in Brünn since 1296 was constituted the

Working mothers in the United States can relax. Their kids might still get into Harvard. A study from researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found no differences in children's social and intellectual development during the first three years of life between those whose mothers spent a lot of time with them in infancy and those whose mothers spent less time because they worked outside the home. The results were published in the March/April 2005 issue of the journal Child Development. The findings are significant because more than half of American infants have mothers who are employed at least part-time during their child's first year of life. Many psychologists and parents worry that the time mothers spend away from their babies when at work detracts from mothers' ability to be sensitive to their babies' needs and to provide cognitive stimulation to their children. Aletha C. Huston, PhD, and Stacey Rosenkrantz Aronson, PhD, analyzed 24-hour diaries of time use from 1,053 mothers of infants collected i

by Carmia Borek, PhD Neurodegenerative diseases are on the rise. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention now lists Alzheimerís disease (AD) as the sixth-leading cause of death in America. After Alzheimerís, Parkinsonís disease is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder and affects roughly one million Americans. Any easy and natural measures we can take to protect our brain health is certainly worth exploring. Surprisingly, aged garlic extract (AGE) is showing promise as a neuro-protective supplement whose protective properties are also closely linked to heart health.The damaging molecules that play a critical role in cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative diseases are reactive oxygen species (ROS), including free radicals. They are byproducts of normal metabolism and increase during infection and inflammation, high plasma homocysteine and during exposure to exogenous sources, including pollutants, smoking, certain drugs (e.g., acetaminophen) and radiation, including UV radiat

"This book will not only help type designers create high- legibility typefaces, but also help graphic designers determine the optimal typeface for a given project. Few of us will appreciate whether the typeface we read is legible, but we quickly notice if it is not. Creating type for optimal legibility is therefore an ungrateful task, since readers only register your failures. For instance, typefaces presented under difficult reading conditions, such as small font sizes in low- quality newspaper print, or street and building signs viewed from afar, need to be created in specific ways to function optimally. To understand the topic in depth, two very different areas of expertise have been consulted. One area is that of punch cutters and designers whose professional experience confers upon them useful knowledge that can help us better understand the various aspects of the matter; the other is that of academic reading research, a field in which a significant amount of relevant scientific studies have been carried o

This could well have been one of the defining moments in Canadian history since we are probably the only country whose most famous national symbol is a police force. |The "new" red serge uniform with Stetson.| As respected as the NWMP were in the Prairies and Klondike, in Ottawa there was a push to disband the force as the west became more settled. This movement ended in 1897, at Queen Victoria's Jubillee parade in London. "A contingent from the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) was rear guard to the Canadian section. This sparked a number of unfavourable comments from the London press. Placing them at the rear must have been a blunder, reported one paper, as they were a star attraction, resplendent in their red serge uniforms and western-style Stetson hats. The British and Canadian press praised their physical appearance, their riding, and their general demeanour. The NWMP, by their mere presence, had captured the imagination of Londoners."("A Glorious Moment" The Popular Hero, Collections Canada) "Hollywood

Healthy eating with Meals on WheelsTop Healthy eating is important for healthy living. The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating represents the foundation of healthy eating for older Australians. It encourages you to enjoy a variety of foods every day and shows the proportions of food from the different food groups that are needed to ensure you include all the nutrients necessary for good health. Food for the Day Your Meals on Wheels delivered meal is prepared according to nutrition guidelines that require the meal to provide one third of your nutritional needs for the day. Your Meals on Wheels meal provides a good start to healthy eating but you need to eat other foods as well. As well as eating all of the meal usually provided by the Meals on Wheels meal, you need to eat additional foods every day to ensure you are eating enough. Breads, cereals, rice, pasta, noodles Include at least an extra three to four serves of bread, cereals or other grain foods. This could be a couple of thick slices of bread in a sandw

July 16, 1969. The world waited with bated breath as three men in a rocket hurtled skyward, bound for the moon. Half a billion people tuned in to watch the grainy black and white images of Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong step out of the Eagle and onto the lunar surface. Armstrong's first step was a triumph in a complex operation that marked a new era for mankind. A group of seamstresses in a small town called Frederica in the state of Delaware was among those watching that moment on the moon. Their role in the American space story is unrivaled. These unassuming women, who started off their careers stitching bras and girdles, had in fact sewn the spacesuits - 21 layers of material all together. "I had something to do that was great. I did something great in my lifetime. I built the suit that went to the moon," 75-year-old Bert Pilkenton told CNN. For 42 years, Pilkenton, along with some 80 other young women, individually tailored spacesuits for International Latex Corporation (ILC)Dover, which had been part of

A Key to Old Poems - Publish Date: 11/5/1990 - Dimensions: 6 x 9 - Page Count: 230 pages - Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-271-00482-2 This book examines the fundamental principles whereby the tradition of Indo-European oral-formulaic composition provides a context for the critical interpretation of certain kinds of English and German Medieval poetry. Renoir's purpose is to apply the rapidly increasing amount of original and far-reaching research in oral- formulaic theory and tradition to the critical interpretation of poetry. He concentrates on works of recognized literary merit, such as Beowulf and the Hildebrandslied, primarily because the book is aimed at English speakers—and the examination of major poems drawn from early English and immediately related cultures is more relevant to this audience—and because a preponderance of the masterpieces of oral-formulaic composition that have survived are in the West-Germanic tradition. In contrast to many oral-formulaic investigations, this study is primarily concerned with

BY LAURA A. OGDEN Associate professor of anthropology at Florida International University This movie poster from the film Shark River manages to cram almost every single Everglades-related stereotype into one “vivid color” tableau. It is really quite remarkable, reflecting, in particular, the racial binaries common to American landscape politics in the early 1950s. Here, we see, a generic looking “Indian,” wearing a headdress and face paint that surely no person ever wore in the Everglades, standing in proud opposition to gun-toting white people who are trudging through the swamp. In this Everglades, indigenous people are naturalized as “of the swamp,” (a process that glosses over Seminole and Miccosukee peoples’ lived histories of war, resistance, and ongoing disputes about the Everglades’ future and management). On the other hand, whites are simply outlaws who are “out of place,” endangered by alligators, mosquitoes, malarial vapors, you name it. As for the blonde “white goddess” staring off into space . .

Teaching Privacy in the Internet Age Our parents had it easy when it came to teaching privacy. Their job was to teach us about physical privacy and the right to protect our bodies, and to tell unknown callers that our parents weren’t available rather than to say they weren’t home. Today, parents face a far greater teaching challenge as they now need to extend the principles of privacy to emotional and personal information privacy. When the internet was still young (all of what, 10 years ago?) we could be online and remain private with relative ease, hiding behind a screen name, unable to be tracked by search engines, data miners, companies or anyone else who today collects information on your every move. We were in essence anonymous while standing in the crowd of online users, except to those few with whom we expressly chose to reveal our identities. Those days are gone, and so too is the opportunity to anonymously share emotions without the risk of fallout. Keeping emotions private As evidenced by the hundre

View an illustration about the life cycle of the malaria parasite. Malaria has been eradicated in the United States since the 1950s, but worldwide, it continues to affect 200-300 million people every year. Recently, NIAID-supported researchers, coordinated by a group at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, identified 172 candidate chemicals that can be used to develop new antimalarial drugs. Their results were published in the May 20, 2010 issue of the journal Nature. Plasmodium falciparum, one of the four parasites that cause malaria, is responsible for 880,000 deaths every year. Although treatments already exist, malaria-causing parasites have evolved to become resistant to most of these drugs and are now able to fight them off, making them ineffective. This growing problem of antimicrobial resistance has driven researchers to look for new chemical treatments. In recent years, scientists’ understanding of P. falciparum and its genetics has grown, but the current pipeline of antimalarial compounds does not

Blue Tallit Stripes Why is a particular blue color associated with Judaism? For example the Israeli flag, and the stripes on the tallit. The Aish Rabbi Replies: You're very perceptive to have connected the two! The Israeli flag's blue stripes are in fact based on the stripes of the tallit. How so? In the third paragraph of the Shema prayer (Numbers 15:37-41), the Jewish people are instructed regarding the tzitzit, the strings tied to each corner of any four-cornered garment. In this paragraph we are told that one of the strings should be dyed blue. The color of the blue dye is similar to the color of a clear sky. The purpose of the dyed string therefore is to remind us that God in Heaven is watching, and our actions should reflect that realization. The blue in the Israeli flag is based on the blue string in the tzitzit. The stripes on the flag are based on the stripes found on the tallit. David Wolffsohn (1856–1914), a businessman prominent in the early Zionist movement, was aware that the nascent Zionist mov

New Images of C/2006 P1 Check out the new images (Jan 18-25) and (Jan 26-Feb 05) of the comet by Rob McNaught. Posters are available from several of these images. Images of the comet by Gordon Garradd appear here. What's all the Fuss About? Every few years a comet becomes bright enough to be easily seen with the naked eye but only every decade or so are these comparable with comets like Halley. The recent observations of C/2006 P1 already show it to be considerably brighter than Halley and it is likely to get much brighter still! Pictures like this one from in Norway on January 8 give a feel for what we might expect in Australia after the comet swings around the Sun on January 12, moving into the southern evening sky by January 14. Photo: Hakon Dahle, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo. Discovery of C/2006 P1 C/2006 P1 was a routine discovery on 2006 Aug 7, with the Uppsala Schmidt telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, near Coonabarabran, N.S.W., Australia. It is one of 29 comets disc

Context of Daniel's Fast/Diet Daniel Chapter One MKJV Daniel Chapter One MKJV When we do the Daniel Fast or Diet, it is good to know the Biblical context in which Daniel and his friends were living. Where was Daniel living during his fast? How long did Daniel Fast, ten days, 21 days or longer? Did Daniel continue his fast after the prescribed number of days? Why did Daniel decide to fast, diet, or abstain from the King's food? What was the result of Daniel's Diet or Fast? You can find the answers to these questions and more in the text of Daniel chapter one. - Daniel 1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. - Daniel 1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god. And he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. - Daniel 1:3 And the king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs that h

In 2011-12 (April-March) India produced around 540 million tonnes (mt) of coal. This was 1.36% more than the that produced in 2010-11 (April-March). Of the 540 mt, Coal India accounted for around 436 mt or a little over 80%. The balance was produced by Singareni Collieries Company and a host of other small companies. This wasn’t enough to meet the demand for coal in India. Hence, 99 mt of coal was imported, primarily from countries such as Australia, Indonesia and South Africa. India’s coal import has been growing significantly over the years (as can be seen from the table here). What also comes out clearly is that during 2003-09, the cost of the import grew at a much faster rate than the quantity. This was the period when the international prices of coal were rallying and touched $190 per tonne in mid-2008. Why this was not par for the course This would have been par for the course if India did not have enough coal reserves, as in the case of oil. (We don’t have enough known reserves of oil and hence we don’

Seamounts. Characteristics, formation, mineral deposits and biodiversity (National Institute of Oceanography (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research))Mehta, C.M. (Oil and Natural Gas Comissions)Das, P. (National Institute of Oceanography (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research))Kalangutkar, N.G. (National Institute of Oceanography (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research)) ||Seamounts represent crust-mantle activities and are areas of petrological deviations, biodiversity, seismicity and hydrothermal events. An estimated ~50 million tons/year of basalts are required to produce seamounts suggesting intense oceanic volcanism. Seamounts either occur as chains perpendicular to the ridge or as isolated entities or in clusters. Seamounts may host basalts, hyaloclastites, gabbros and serpentinites and these variants perhaps evolve from multiple melting domains as a consequence of large-scale thermal structure and mantle lithology. Nonhotspot seamounts on a young, thin and hot lithosphere host tholeiite

You can view the current or previous issues of Diabetes Health online, in their entirety, anytime you want. Click Here To View Latest Lipid Problems Articles Popular Lipid Problems Articles Highly Recommended Lipid Problems Articles Send a link to this page to your friends and colleagues. Dyslipidemia is abnormal lipid metabolism. It is very common among people with Type 2 diabetes, and most frequently involves increased levels of triglycerides, very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, as well as decreased levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL). These abnormalities appear to be caused by increased secretion of VLDL particles from the liver due to increased concentrations of free fatty acids and glucose. Treatment of dyslipidemia is recommended for individuals with Type 2 diabetes who exhibit any of the following: (Pharmacotherapy, July-August, 1993). 0 comments - Jan 1, 1994 Diabetes Health is the essential resource for people living with diabetes- both

with a Story with a Story Studios were having a hard time producing enough movies to keep audiences happy. The shortage of new films was a threat to the entire industry. Then a man named Thomas Ince changed the way movies were made. He introduced production methods that allowed studios to produce more movies at a lower cost. During his first years in the business, Ince directed all of the movies produced by his studio, Thomas Ince Pictures. But he soon realized that he could not keep pace with the demand. He decided to pass some of the work to a group of employees he called "producers." The job of the producer was to supervise the production of a film from start Ince planned each movie with the producer before shooting began. He assigned the producer a "budget," which limited the film to a certain number of days of production. At any given time, 10 or more pictures were being produced by the Ince Pictures staff. This was called the "factory system." It was soon used by most studios, all the way up to the As m

Exploratory data analysis In statistics, exploratory data analysis (EDA) is an approach to analyzing data sets to summarize their main characteristics, often with visual methods. A statistical model can be used or not, but primarily EDA is for seeing what the data can tell us beyond the formal modeling or hypothesis testing task. Exploratory data analysis was promoted by John Tukey to encourage statisticians to explore the data, and possibly formulate hypotheses that could lead to new data collection and experiments. EDA is different from initial data analysis (IDA), which focuses more narrowly on checking assumptions required for model fitting and hypothesis testing, and handling missing values and making transformations of variables as needed. EDA encompasses IDA. Tukey's championing of EDA encouraged the development of statistical computing packages, especially S at Bell Labs. The S programming language inspired the systems 'S'-PLUS and R. This family of statistical- computing environments featured vastly i

Female students were allowed full participation in National Future Farmers of America beginning in 1969. Currently, nearly half of the 520,000 membership is female. Half of the elected positions are held by females. Clearly the young women have lived up the FFA motto which says, “I believe in leadership from ourselves and respect from others.” National FFA has allowed two generations of young women to explore the wide variety of agricultural careers and learn management skills. The Sustainable Agriculture movement proved that successful food production can take place on very small plots. This allowed more women to become involved in agriculture without obtaining financial backing. Sustainable Agriculture also allowed women to take leadership roles in agricultural organizations. More than half of leadership positions in Sustainable Agriculture organizations are held by women. Still, only a small percentage of women hold positions of leadership in traditional commodity organizations. Individuals with an interes

- If the Earth rotated in the opposite sense (clockwise rather than counterclockwise), how long would the solar day be? - Suppose that the Earth’s pole was perpendicular to its orbit. How would the azimuth of sunrise vary throughout the year? How would the length of day and night vary throughout the year at the equator? at the North and South Poles? where you live? - You are an astronaut on the moon. You look up, and see the Earth in its full phase and on the meridian. What lunar phase do people on Earth observe? What if you saw a first quarter Earth? new Earth? third quarter Earth? Draw a picture showing the geometry. - If a planet always keeps the same side towards the Sun, how many sidereal days are in a year on that planet? - If on a given day, the night is 24 hours long at the North Pole, how long is the night at the South Pole? - On what day of the year are the nights longest at the equator? - From the fact that the Moon takes 29.5 days to complete a full cycle of phases, show that it rises an average o

Loosens and Aerates Soil for Better Plant Growth People are often surprised to hear that plants need air near their roots for healthy growth. After all, roots are in the ground. How does air get through all that soil? The fact is, good gardening soil is full of tiny air pockets. They allow moisture and nutrients to reach the roots more easily. They allow roots to grow easily, too. Many people find that their native soil is hard and compacted, making it a challenge to establish new in-ground plants. Miracle-Gro® Expand 'n Gro™ can radically improve the condition of native soil. When mixed in with native soil, Expand ?n Gro can create up to 90% more air space for plant roots to grow. Even if you have heavy, compacted or clay soil in your garden, Expand 'n Gro makes it looser, easier to work and up to 40% lighter.

Vidal F. Canales, Manuel P. Cagigal Random aberrations on the pupil of the telescope due to atmospheric turbulence determine the angular resolution of ground-based telescopes. The compensation of the wave-front degradation before detection (adaptive optics) and the extraction of diffraction-limited information from the image series (speckle interferometry) are the two techniques able to overcome this limitation. Although adaptive optics systems with a large number of subapertures in the wave-front sensor and a large number of actuators in the deformable mirror provide the best results, they are complicated and expensive. In contrast, the use of simpler adaptive optics systems has great potential application. This is the reason why we will deal with partially compensated adaptive optics systems (fewer than one actuator per atmospheric coherence diameter) in this paper. Access to the full text of this article is restricted. In order to view this article please log in.

Much of the brain's visual processing can change dynamically with changes in environment. For example, a common experiment in college psych courses is to give a student glasses that flip the world upside-down. It takes a few days for the student's brain to adapt to the new inputs, and then they see the world normally (and revert after a few days w/o the glasses). Patients with macular degeneration can wear glasses that stretch-map the visual input around areas of missing vision (in the manner of a cylindrical mirror). After some time, they report seeing the world normally - their visual system has adapted and remapped the input. I wonder if the effect simply measures the amount of reading the subject does; in other terms, perhaps it's just measuring the amount of fine-focus eye training? What does the test show for people who play a lot of arcade games (shooters, especially ones that throw a lot of targets at you)? Or people who use a lot of visual perception in their daily lives? The article stated that the

More and more people are picking up running as an exercise. However, don’t forget the importance of proper stretching! Stretching increases flexibility and may help to prevent injuries and strains, as well as to reduce post-training soreness. When stretching, go slowly and gradually, avoiding bouncing movements; Hold stretches for at least twenty seconds and up to sixty seconds. While not a problem in the summer, stretching when muscles are cold may strain muscles. Most of these tips are common sense but many people get injured because they take shortcuts. So, stay on course and take care of your body and you’ll get the most out of your running routine! Questions? Just email a note to [email protected] and one of Lamey-Wellehan’s certified pedorthists will answer it!

When was the last time you stopped to pick up a penny? Given that its purchasing power has dwindled to nearly nothing over the years, it’s probably been a while. The U.S. penny persists — but how long can it hold on? On Feb. 4, Canada will begin taking its pennies out of circulation, citing cost (it takes 1.6 cents to mint each one) and diminishing utility. And America’s anti- penny forces are hopeful that actions by our neighbor to the north will spur Washington to eliminate U.S. one-cent coins, each of which costs two cents to mint. Indeed, it gets increasingly difficult to defend a coin that costs us all money every year. But there are forces fighting for the status quo as well, including the zinc lobby. (Pennies are mostly made of zinc, not copper.) Plus, there’s the fact that without the penny, we’ll become more reliant on the nickel — a coin with it’s own sticky set of issues. Check out the latest TIME Explains video to get a sense of the U.S. penny’s persistent problems; and this week’s issue of TIME Ma

Now everyone from schools, libraries, publishers, and authors is embracing video games as the link to bring children to reading. Some books, such as PJ Haarsma’s “The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1,” have accompanying video games which require knowledge from the novels to advance. Libraries inspired by new theories, such as how video games teach players to quickly absorb information and formulate strategies, now regularly hold competitions for popular games such as Super Smash Brothers Brawl and Dance Dance Revolution. Rick Riordan, a popular author, believes that games and books are alike in that gamers/readers are “looking to be dropped into an intriguing story and to become a character in the story.” - Get the latest updates on upcoming courses. - New features that will enhance the learning experience. - Discounts and promotional offers. - The Stuff of Science Fiction: New Web 3.0 Technologies That Will Blow Your Mind - 5 Great Ways to Incorporate Technology into Your Child’s Education - Should Teachers Use Fa

Getty Museum Acquires Landscape Drawing by Vincent van Gogh May 7, 2001 LOS ANGELES-The J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired an important landscape drawing, Arles: View from the Wheatfields (1888), by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). The pen and ink drawing was made during van Gogh's stay in Arles, in southern France, from February 1888 to May 1889, when he reached his artistic zenith, producing many of the key works for which he is revered. Arles: View from the Wheatfields is a defining image from this period. Deborah Gribbon, director of the J. Paul Getty Museum and vice president of the J. Paul Getty Trust, comments, "Arles: View from the Wheatfields crowns the Museum's collection of works by van Gogh. We had been actively seeking an iconic van Gogh landscape, and are very fortunate to have made this acquisition of one of his best renditions of the subject. The drawing contains everything one associates with van Gogh's genius: tremendously varied graphic strokes that fill and activate the entire sheet, subject m

Calcium is a mineral found in your body. Most of the calcium is found in your bones and your teeth. You need plenty of calcium to keep them healthy and strong throughout your life. There is also calcium in your blood, in your muscles and in the fluid between your cells. Your body uses calcium to help blood vessels and muscles expand and contract, and to regulate the pH level of your blood. It also helps produce hormones and enzymes as well as move impulses through your nervous system. Your body can’t make calcium, so it’s important to make sure that you provide it with all the calcium it needs. If you are younger than 50 years of age, you need about 1,000 milligrams (mg) of calcium per day. If you are older than 50, you need 1,200 mg of calcium per day. It is best to get your calcium throughout the day rather than all at once. You can do this by eating a calcium-rich food with every meal or taking a supplement twice a day rather than all at once. You should also be sure to get enough vitamin D each day to hel

You may be exposed to endrin in air, water, or soil if you live near a hazardous waste site, where endrin is concentrated. Children living near hazardous waste sites could be exposed to endrin in contaminated soils, if they eat dirt. This compound has been detected in human breast milk and this may be a route of exposure for nursing infants. Since endrin may still be used as a pesticide agent in some countries, residues on imported food items are still of some concern and are the main source of potential human exposure in food. Endrin levels can build up (bioaccumulate) in the tissues of organisms that live in water. When endrin enters the body, by eating foods or drinking beverages or breathing air that contain this substance or by contact with the skin, it is rapidly changed into other substances. Endrin and its metabolic breakdown products are rapidly removed from the body, usually within a few days, through the urine and faeces. There is some evidence that small amounts of endrin may remain in the fatty t

lwd, Roosevelt's administration continued trading with the USSR during the Winter War. And as even Hoover's book mention, F. D. R.'s administration signed in 1933 a treaty fully "legalizing" Stalin's regime from the U. S. point of view. Hoover mentions how his attempts to provide help to Finland was routinely undermined by F.D.R. During the Continuation War e.g. Soviet air force units employed against Finland had significant amount of equipment of American combat aircraft freely given to Stalin's regime, a murderous regime as defined by John Moore. Many Finnish veterans recall how they encountered Soviet soldiers with American made boots and food supplies, again freely given to the Soviets. All this balanced to the fact that when Finland requested arms during the Winter War, U. S. refused any materiel help and the meager supplies we could obtain were materiel that were declared obsolete (like model 1897 guns...) and even then they had to purchased (not for free like the arms supplies to Stalin) for inflated m

Sydney F Lewis Explores a particular topic in American culture that highlights the methodological tools needed to integrate the interpretation of cultural texts, including literature, film, music, and art, with their historical contexts. Winter 2013 The course will explore the Harlem Renaissance as a time of prolific black cultural production which strove for political liberation. We will consider the political contexts that led to the rise of the Harlem renaissance and debate whether the Renaissance died or morphed into something else. Race, gender, and sexual politics will be considered in looking at the Harlem Renaissance as a pivotal moment in black civil rights. Texts will include literature, film, history, and some theory. Student learning goals General method of instruction This class functions through a student-centered pedagogy. Active in-class participation is required and will comprise a substantial portion of your final grade. Lectures will be rare occurrences, and class time will mostly be compri

Polyurethane vs Urethane The words polyurethane and urethane are very confusing and people cannot make out differences between the two. Though there are many similarities and often the two are used for similar purposes, urethane and polyurethane are two different products having different properties and features. People often use the two words almost interchangeably, which is incorrect. This article will remove all doubts regarding differences between the two to enable people to choose one of the other for their requirements. Urethanes and polyurethanes are chemicals that are used in the construction of products at different stages of production to improve the physical properties of the product and to make it better and more durable for use. Urethane is a type of carbonic acid made from crystalline ethyl ester. As a chemical, urethane is commonly used in the production of paints, solvents, pesticides and many pharmaceutical products. Polyurethane on the other hand is a polymer (PU), which people think of as u

ink barely had time to dry on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, before a new Ethnocrat generation had Emerilized the civil rights movement. Granted, this new civil rights law fulfilled the civil rights movement's stated goal, the one expressed so eloquently by Dr. King in his famous "Content of their character" quote because it, belatedly, bestowed racial justice on 'American's of color'. Supreme Court Justice Harlan, although a bit less eloquent, echoed Dr. King's views when he opined, "(the) Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens." ("Segregation in America". Encarta Online 2002). Noble sentiments, but with racial justice enshrined in law, Je$$e Jackson and a second Ethnocrat wave 'kicked it up a notch'. Quickly retooling their movement, these new breed Ethnocrats, deftly, switched from racial justice to racial equality, sending themselves on a Quixotean quest for an equality of results. 1965, President Lyndon Johnson laid the foundation for Je$$e and company when he p

One of the most upsetting aspects of the college experience is dealing with a friend who is depressed or coping with your own depression. Even more distressing is dealing with others or with yourself when thoughts of self-harm are involved. Because depression is fairly common among 18 to 24 year olds, there is a good chance that it is a problem that you will encounter. You should know that with time and with appropriate assistance, depression does lift.The most important thing that you can do is to get yourself or your friend the level of help that is needed to get better. In this section, we offer specific suggestions about how to help a friend or yourself to cope with depression. We have also included the warning signs for depression and for suicide to help you recognize when someone really needs professional assistance. How to help a friend who is depressed: - Be a good listener - do not minimize or deny the pain your friend is expressing, let him/her talk freely. - Be non- judgmental - do not suggest that

Dead trees, biodiversity, and the black-backed woodpecker by Marian Lyman Kirst The ruins of scorched or beetle-killed forests may not seem like ecological havens. But myriad species depend on standing dead or dying trees, including the black- backed woodpecker, which haunts skeletal forests in the West, Alaska and Canada. Its ebony dorsal plumage blends in with the charred tree trunks on which the bird rummages for juicy wood- boring beetle grubs, its principle prey. The beetles are also adapted to scorched forest habitat; some species, called "fire- chasers," can detect forest fires as far as 30 miles away, using specialized heat receptors. They arrive in droves, mate, and lay eggs under the burned trees' bark. When the larvae hatch, they freely chew away at the defenseless trees. But fire suppression, thinning and salvage logging on federal lands may be destroying this unique snag habitat. Fewer than 1,000 pairs of black-backed woodpeckers persist in Oregon and California, and fewer than 500 in South Dakota's

Domestic refrigeration appliances: energy efficiency Minimum energy efficiency standards (maximum allowable electricity consumption value for a given volume and category of appliances) apply to domestic refrigeration appliances. In addition, the "CE" conformity marking on the label guarantees that the appliance meets these standards. This conformity marking applies to all household electrical appliances. Directive 96/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 September 1996 on energy efficiency requirements for household electric refrigerators, freezers and combinations thereof [See amending acts]. This Directive applies to refrigerators, frozen food storage cabinets and freezers and combinations thereof, running on mains electricity. No of stars indicates category The appliance's electricity consumption must be lower than or equal to the maximum allowable value for its category. The category, indicated by the number of stars, is determined by the relationship between volume and energy consumpti

strait serves as a gate for cooler, less salinized water from the Pacific to flow to the warmer and saltier Atlantic. Their simulations found that without this flow, the climate of North America fluctuates much more rapidly – in the span of a few thousand years rather than some tens of thousands – and helps explain constant temperature and ice sheet modulation between 116,000 and 34,000 years ago, a time of constant ice sheet advance and retreat. In the past, this pattern was often attributed to the Earth’s position along its 95,000 year orbital pattern, but the NCAR researchers found that when correlated with the temperature and ice data, the orbit could not explain the rapid fluctuations. Instead, it occurred to them that changes to the Bering Strait itself could have a large impact on the entire region due to the changes it would bring to the Pacific and Atlantic ocean currents. Their models indicate that a slight change in the strait would adversely affect the meridional overturning circulation, an ocean

Ulcerative Enteritis, Quail disease A Pocket Guide to By Paul McMullin Click Here to Order Your Copy Ulcerative Enteritis is an acute, highly contagious disease of chickens and quail caused by the bacterium Clostridium colinum and characterised by ulcers of the intestines and caecae. It can start suddenly and cause high mortality: 100% in quail and 10% in chickens. Turkeys, game birds and pigeons may also be affected. The condition occurs worldwide. The route of infection is oral and transmission is from faeces of sick or carrier birds or via flies. The bacterium resists boiling for 3 minutes. Predisposing factors include Coccidiosis (especially E. necatrix, E. tenella, and E. brunetti), IBDV and overcrowding. - Retracted neck. - Drooping wings. - Partially closed eyes. - Ruffled feathers. - Watery white faeces (quail). - Deep ulcers throughout intestine, but mainly ileum and caecae, which may coalesce and may be round or lenticular. - Pale yellow membranes,. - Peritonitis (if ulcers penetrate). - Blood in in

Enrich Your Travels with Longitude We've got the classic, new and hard-to-find books and maps to help you get the most out of your adventures. If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days by Barbara Brenner Jenny Williams (Illustrator) - 80 PAGES - MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) One in Scholastic's nonfiction series about daily life and customs throughout history, this one focusing on the community of Williamsburg, Virginia prior to the American Revolution. With colorful illustrations and the kinds of interesting facts that draw young readers in. Ages 9-12.

The Cultural Engagement Framework celebrates our diversity and creates opportunities for all Australians to participate in our cultural life. It includes: - Indigenous Australians - People with a disability - Multicultural Australia - Young people - Regional and marginalised communities Young People and the Arts The Australia Council values the important contribution that young people make to the vitality of Australian cultural life. We recognise the fundamental importance of work created by, for and with young people including within educational settings. We recognise that young people’s opportunities to participate in and enjoy the arts may also be affected by issues relating to disability, cultural diversity, Aboriginality and living in regional or remote communities. We aim to - develop pathways for young artists into the arts profession - promote, recognise and publish Australian best-practice examples of art by, for and with young people and the arts, including partnerships between artists and teachers

Astronomers have dappled the first known spiral galaxy, dating to just three billion years after the Big Bang. They first speckled BX442 as the one and only spiral-looking object in a study of 300 galaxies carried out by the Hubble space telescope, when they were shocked to see what looked to be a spiral galaxy. Those observations confirmed a hint apparent in the Hubble data: that BX442 was being orbited by a smaller dwarf galaxy at its edges. To get a closer look at BX442, the team went on to use the OH-Suppressing Infrared Integral Field Spectrograph at the Keck observatory in Hawaii which can take away the effect of all the water that lies between the Earth and galaxies at such astronomical distances. The observations confirmed a hint apparent in the Hubble data: that BX442 was being orbited by a lesser dwarf galaxy at its edges.

BÜCKEBURG (BUECKEBURG): 31675 Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) (Gerz, Peters). LOCATION OF CEMETERY: Judenkirchhof at the Birkenallee close to Marienstrasse.. IN USE: From 1950 until the present. NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 168. - First mentioned in 1793 and extended in 1824, there is now no trace of an older cemetery, located south-east of Bückeburg, on the small wooded ridge of the Bückeberg, known as Harrl. - The cemetery was vandalised in 1955, 1975 and 1992. - The cemetery became the property of the Association of Jewish Communities in Lower Saxony in 1960. SOURCES: University of Heidelberg and Historisches Handbuch, pages 363-372 (DNB). (Researched and translated from German May 2009) Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 July 2009 18:51

© 2003 - 2007 WELLOG All Rights Reserved PART II, PAGE 2 The interaction of acoustic waves in a rock matrix affect velocity and attenuation of the acoustic signal. Rock density, porosity, saturation and fracturing have different affects that contribute to a very complex acoustic signal which contains an abundance of information. Acoustic tools are designed to generate an acoustic signal (sound wave) having significant energy that will travel through the borehole fluid, rock formation and back through the borehole fluid to an acoustic receiver. Acoustic transmitters may be piezoelectric crystal or magnetostrictive. Both types of transmitters convert electrical energy into mechanical energy. The mechanical energy in the form of an acoustic wave travels into the surrounding formation and is received by an acoustic receiver usually of the piezoelectric type. Acoustic waves traveling in an elastic media are subject to stress and strain. Most of the interaction of acoustic waves in a rock formation can be described

New research may lead to better climate models for global warming, El Nino One hundred fifty scientists from more than 40 universities in nine countries are starting a coordinated program aimed at gaining new insights about the Earth's climate and the complex, interconnected system involving the oceans, the atmosphere and the land. The program will study the southeastern Pacific Ocean, the marine area off South America's west coast — a region where the interplay among low clouds, strong low-level winds, coastal ocean currents, surfacing of deep water, the Andes Mountains, aerosols and other factors shape the regional climate and affect global weather in ways that are poorly understood. "Our research should produce a better understanding of the southeast Pacific Ocean system and improve our global computer climate models, which would lead to more confidence in climate forecasts, including predictions about global warming," said UCLA professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences C. Roberto Mechoso, who chairs t

1 July 2007 New wave spices Microwave sensing can really spice up moisture content measurements By T. Jayanthy and P.E. Sankaranarayanan Cardamom is the queen of spices in India and is one of the most valued spices in the world. Moisture measurement is a critical factor affecting the physical and chemical properties related to quality, harvest time, and the potential for safe storage of this valuable food product. It is also an important factor in determining market price because the dry matter of spice has more value than the water it contains. Manufacturers have considered microwave techniques for a long time for moisture sensing in food processing and agriculture- related industries. They are suitable for online real-time monitoring and control. It is possible to determine moisture content of spices such as cardamom directly from microwave dielectric properties by analyzing dielectric properties of wet samples. When exposed to microwave radiation, dielectric materials in food items polarize under the action

The display promises to give a fascinating insight into the lives of ordinary Scots workers who involved themselves in the development of the early trade union movement. Highlights of the exhibition are: - The original deed of establishment in 1761 of the Fenwick Weavers' Society in Ayrshire which is regarded as the world’s first ever co-operative society - A membership card issued almost two centuries ago to one of the first ever trade unionists in Scotland - The service and pay book for John Dunlop who fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War Finding out more about ordinary folk rather than the 'great and the good' is always a challenge when using documentary sources, but exhibitions like this can at least give us a glimpse into aspects of the lives of our more 'humble' ancestors. The exhibition runs from 2nd September until the end of October at George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, and should be well worth a visit. More details can be found at: http://www.nls.uk/exhibitions/treasures |Image: Simon Howden /

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. Sport personalities help UNFPA develop and deliver HIV education and services for in- and out-of-school young people. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA supports Ministries of Youth, Sports and Education to provide information and services for the promotion of purpose-driven life-skills and responsible sexual behaviour through schools and National Sports Commissions. The use of sport as a vehicle for responsible sexual behaviour and HIV prevention at sports events, including football matches and athletics, has yielded positive results in Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Ethiopia and Botswana. The pa

A team of volunteers from WRc participated in the Earth Summit on 28th-31st May 2012. The Earth Summit is an annual event organised by the National Trust. Its aim is for year 5 pupils across Swindon to learn about sustainable living. Approximately 500 children from 11 schools attend workshops on a variety of issues, from renewable energy to recycling, and from transport to fair trade. WRc presented the workshop called Water Matters in conjunction with Thames Water. It included activities to encourage the pupils to think about where water comes from and the processes that are required to treat water. These discussions prompted ideas about what actions the children and their families could take to reduce their water consumption. They were also given the opportunity to make water filters to test different filtration materials and observe which ones were most effective. The event took place at the National Trust Estate in Coleshill, which has acres of land in which the children could learn as well as enjoy the gr

The extremely bitter and protracted assault on Iwo Jima imposed a tremendous burden on supporting medical units. From the first bloody days, when doctors and corpsmen clung grimly to fireswept beaches, to the end of the battle, a stream of wounded men passed along the chain of evacuation to receive excellent medical attention in spite of the difficult military and supply situation. Hospital LST's lying 2,000 yards offshore played an important part during the first nine days, receiving casualties from the beaches and distributing them to APA's and hospital ships for further treatment. Initially, casualties were carried from the beach to LST(J)'s in landing craft, LVT's, and DUKW's, but as surf conditions grew worse and small landing craft could no longer approach the beaches, amphibian vehicles assumed the entire burden. The DUKW's proved most satisfactory as they handled well in the surf and alongside ships and provided greater comfort for the patients than the wet, bouncing LVT.1 The LST Ozark operated effic

I read this book as part of the November’s Autumn Classics Challenge. Although Summer is set in rural America, the Massachusetts Berkshires, rather than Wharton’s more usual setting of New York high society, she’s still writing about similar situations. Charity Royall is a young girl who is living in the village of North Dormer which has nothing in it but a library which hasn’t had a new book in it for over twenty years. The books that are there are mouldering and damp and Charity gets the job of running it all. Charity is really a mountain girl but she was taken from her mother when she was a baby by the lawyer Royall and although he never adopted her he is the father figure in her life. Mrs Royall died seven years after Charity arrived from the mountain. The mountain people live their lives completely separate from the rest of society and it’s a desperately hard and miserable existence for them. They don’t seem to want to help themselves and are portrayed as feckless, lawless drunks. Charity never hides the

The Bakersfield Night Sky By Nick Strobel (appeared September 29, 2007) The first star-like object you'll see in tonight's sky is Jupiter low in the southwest but it will soon be overtaken by the Sun in the next few weeks. If you are lucky you may be able to spot Mercury very low in the west-southwest up to about a half-hour after sunset. Later at night look for the bright orange planet, Mars, in the eastern sky. Mars rises at around 11:15 and you will see it to the left of the horns of Taurus. Venus will be the very bright "morning star" blazing in the eastern sky after about 4 AM. Let's take a look at the constellation Cygnus the Swan straight overhead at 9 to 10 PM. It is the focus of the Great World Wide Star Count that is going on from October 1 to 15. Organized by the Windows to the Universe project at UCAR, you can help astronomers map light pollution by telling them how many stars in Cygnus you can see from your home. To help out go to www.windows.ucar.edu/starcount . The chart below shows Cygnus as i

While recent scientific advances are closing in on what causes the proteins to rearrange and the lens to cloud up, we do know key risk factors for cataract formation. Growing older is one. So are long-term exposure to sunlight and smoking cigarettes. Other risk factors are listed on the downloadable fact sheet. |According to the World Health Organization, cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the world. In the U.S., more than half of all people 65 and older have a cataract.| The majority of cataracts are age-related. A cataract begins as a small opacity within the lens and grows until it interferes with vision. Many people have cataracts and don't even notice until the defect grows large. Vision might appear a little hazy at first and lights might give off a halo or glare. Colors can appear faded. Blue might look green and yellow might appear white. Ultimately, everyday tasks become challenging. It is at this point that many people have cataract-removal surgery, which can be very effective. The surg

Dual Bed Dryers Dual Bed (also called Twin Tower) dryers used to be the most commonly purchased type of resin dryer. In fact, it is estimated that there are between 10 and 20,000 of these dryers still in use today despite their disadvantages. Dual Bed dryers consist of two beds (or towers) of desiccant beads, process and regenerative blowers, process and regeneration heaters and valves to re-direct the airflow. While one bed of desiccant supplies dry process air to flow through the drying hopper, the other bed – with saturated desiccant – is regenerated, by forcing hot air through it. When the regeneration is complete, that bed becomes the one supplying the dry process air and the first bed goes into the regeneration mode. Dual Bed dryers are commonly used because they attained a -40˚ dew point and generally do a good job of drying most resins. They do have their disadvantages: In recent years, there have been great advances made in drying technology and several types of dryers now overcome the disadvantages

Wildlife Less Life born. Death plays a pivotal balancing role in the drama of life. There are three necessary components of every ecosystem: producers, consumers and decomposers. One part cannot exist without the others. Decomposers cannot process and recycle the materials of life until the natural agents of death have taken their toll. Nevertheless, some deny the third segment of life's cycle. Many people today isolate themselves from the realities of nature. They want to live in a sanitized environment. They want to hide all evidence of mortality from their sight. It is difficult to imagine how this is possible. It is likely that the grandparents and great grandparents of many of these people hunted squirrels, skinned rabbits and butchered their own hogs. But, people in different generations perceive things differently, and today's generations are distantly removed from the farm. Natural Curiosity of Children Interestingly, the sight of a dead animal does not usually repel or disgust children. Unless or unt

Handbook of Texas Online Ochiltree County is in the far northern Panhandle, bordered on the north by Oklahoma, on the east by Lipscomb County, on the south by Roberts County, and on the west by Hansford County. The county is in the heart of the High Plains, with its center at 36°17' north latitude and 100°49' west longitude. Perryton, the county seat, is in the north central part of the county, 120 miles northeast of Amarillo. The area was named for William Beck Ochiltree, a Republic of Texas judge, secretary of treasury, and an officer in the army of the Confederacy. The county occupies 907 square miles of level prairies cut by Wolf Creek, which runs eastward from the center of the county; by South Wolf Creek, which runs northward into Wolf Creek from the south central part of the county; and by Palo Duro and Chiquita creeks, which flow northward into Oklahoma from the northwestern corner of the county. These streams are all intermittent. The rich clay and loam soils support abundant native grasses as well a

Español | Français | Deutsch | Italiano | Português Milan and the surrounding countryside, early 18th century. Bertarido, king of Lombardy and Milan, has been attacked and deposed by Grimoaldo, an ally of his estranged brother, Gundeberto. Gundeberto was killed in the battle and Bertarido vanished, leaving his queen, Rodelinda, and a young son, Flavio, in the power of the victorious ally, Grimoaldo. As a reward for defeating Bertarido, Grimoaldo was promised the hand of Bertarido’s sister, Eduige—which would grant him a legitimate claim to the throne at Milan. Eduige and Grimoaldo fell in love, but she would not marry him while mourning two brothers—one dead, one presumed so. From abroad Bertarido has sent word of his own death, intending to return to Milan in disguise, rescue his wife and son, and escape to an anonymous life far from the vagaries of politics and the burden of government. The news of his death has devastated both Rodelinda and Eduige. Grimoaldo, intent on gaining the throne, weighs his option

This diagram shows an earthquake along a fault. The focus of the earthquake is where the energy is released underground. The epicenter is the spot on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus. USGS and NPS What Is an Earthquake? The expression “on solid ground” is often used to describe something as stable. Usually the solid ground underfoot seems very stable. But sometimes it is not. "The ground seemed to twist under us like a top while it jerked this way and that, and up and down and every way," wrote a person describing the experience of being in the large 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, CA. Earthquakes happen as large blocks of the Earth’s crust move suddenly past one another because of the force of plate tectonics. These blocks of the Earth’s crust meet at cracks called faults. Sometimes those pieces do not slide smoothly past one another. There can be friction along the fault – jagged edges that snag the blocks of rock. This makes it difficult for them to move past each other. Sometimes they get st

David Truss (via @sabridv) suggests what we can do with tools to make them great 1. Give students choice 2. Give students a voice. 3. Give students an audience. 4. Give students a place to collaborate. 5. Give students a place to lead. 6. Give students a digital space to learn. Compare this list to: - Stephen Downes Connectivism Principles: 4- Interactivity and Connectedness 1. encourages contact between students and faculty, 2. develops reciprocity and cooperation among students, 3. encourages active learning, 4. gives prompt feedback, 5. emphasizes time on task, 6. communicates high expectations, and 7. respects diverse talents and ways of learning. As George Siemens posted, It’s not about tools. It’s about change. It’s the change underlying these tools that I’m trying to emphasize. Forget blogs…think open dialogue. Forget wikis…think collaboration. Forget podcasts…think democracy of voice. Forget RSS/aggregation…think personal networks. Forget any of the tools…and think instead of the fundamental restructu

Pitching on the Power Line By Margo Pruis, Philadelphia Force Pitcher Pitching is a skill within itself. There are so many elements that are involved in pitching. Many young players don’t realize the importance of using their legs. A pitcher’s legs supply all the power and drive behind the ball. I have seen many pitchers try to use a lot of upper body to muscle the ball to the plate. Some believe that pitching is all in the arm. A pitcher’s legs are so important not only with power and drive, but also for control. Using a power line is very beneficial to pitchers no matter what age, but even more so for those who are just starting out. A power line provides a visual for pitchers to see where they are stepping. It can be drawn in the dirt in the middle of the pitchers mound, or when pitching indoors, a piece of tape can be put down to represent the power line. An example is provided below. Beginning pitchers should understand the importance of keeping their body going forward in a straight line. When first lea

TOPEKA -- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and collaborating state and local organizations are encouraging communities to recognize October as SIDS Awareness Month. Together we hope to ensure that every woman has a healthy pregnancy by getting early prenatal care and learning about safe sleep for her baby. It is important as well to have good support services and make choices that promote a healthy lifestyle for a lifetime. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden and unexpected death of an otherwise healthy baby. According to the most recent data from 2009, 290 Kansas infants died before their first birthdays, representing an infant mortality rate (IMR) of 7 deaths per 1,000 live births. Of the 290 deaths, 39 were attributed to SIDS and Other Sleep Related Infant Deaths, or 13.4 percent of the infant deaths. This makes SIDS and other sleep-related deaths, the third highest cause of death among Kansas infants. “This is why it is especially important for everyone to follow the sa

This web exhibit was first built in 2000 by Patricia Anne Kinser, Haverford College, under the direction of Paul Grobstein, Bryn Mawr College. The updated version of Comparative Neuroanatomy and Intelligence is now online at http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/brains. This old version has been archived in place, and will continue to be available for teachers and students who are using it. Compare Brain and Body Sizes The Neuron- Up Close and Personal Here are the brains of five animals: a human brain, a monkey brain, a cat brain, a rat brain, and a frog brain. We're getting ready to slice into these brains and explore their inner workings. What do you expect to see? Will it look like one big glob of matter? Or will there be specific separate structures with different functions? When we look at the human brain, we will be able to know whether this person was "smart"?? Let's begin our dissection of these brains by making a sagittal cut at the mid-saggittal plane so that we can see the inner surface. (click he

Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form Henry Phipps gave Pittsburgh its first conservatory, a ‘crystal palace’ designed by one of the nation’s prominent architectural firms, Lord and Burnham of New York. When Phipps Conservatory opened in time for Christmas on December 7, 1893, it was America’s largest conservatory. A few months after the grand opening, the 1894 spring flower show drew over 13,000 visitors. Another prominent architectural firm, Rutan and Russell, designed the adjacent Phipps Halls of Botany in 1901. As the Conservatory grew, other buildings and landscape features were designed by Ralph Griswold, one of Pittsburgh’s most important landscape architects. The Conservatory has been listed on the National Register since 1976.

Deepwater and shallow water coral reef communities are rich in diversity and provide habitat for many species. Shallow water coral reef systems have been well-studied partly due to their accessibility. Deepwater corals and associated habitats can only be studied with technologically advanced methods such as manned submersibles, remote operated vehicles (ROV) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV). Only a small percentage of deepwater reefs have been described. Photo credit: S. Ross et al., UNCW Unlike reef-building tropical corals, deepwater corals are found beyond the reach of sunlight and are adapted to the dark environment. As opposed to shallow water corals, deepwater coral polyps do not contain the symbiotic algae that provide their tropical cousins with energy via photosynthesis. Instead, deepwater corals rely on catching passing food in the water column. As a result, deepwater corals grow very slowly, from less than one centimeter to up to two centimeters per year. Deepwater coral colonies tend to be

Feline leukemia virus is one of the most dangerous infectious diseases affecting cats today. It's spread from cat to cat through tears, saliva, urine, or droppings. Even if your cat becomes infected, there's a slight chance that its immune system will take care of the disease. There's no medical cure. An infected cat could exhibit any of a dozen or more symptoms, including depression, weight loss, diarrhea, or constipation. Feline leukemia virus also lowers the cat's resistance to other diseases, any of which could prove fatal in its weakened state. Prevention is the best course of action. Kittens should be vaccinated when they're nine or ten weeks old, with a booster a month later. The vaccines are not 100 percent effective, so even cats who've had their shots should be kept away from infected animals.

HUBER Screenings Treatment Systems - Optimal systems for any application - High dewatering efficiency - Maximum washout degree - Reduced disposal costs The first step in wastewater treatment is normally the removal of solids from the wastewater flow by means of screens. The removed screenings contain household waste, faecal matter, toilet paper and mineral solids. The screenings volume depends, not only on the separation size of the screen, but also on the type of sewer system. The solids content of municipal screenings varies between 10 % and 25 %, depending on the type of screen. Approximately 90 % of the solids are volatile (organic). Due to their very high water content, their heterogenous composition and unaesthetic appearance screenings must be treated before 2000 they can be disposed of. The best method of screenings treatment is washing and compaction with a wash press. Fecal matter and other organic materials are removed and returned into the wastewater flow. As a result, a good wash press increases

- connect (v.) - mid-15c., from Latin conectere "join together" (see connection). Displaced 16c. by connex (1540s), from Middle French connexer, from Latin *connexare, a supposed frequentative of conectere (past participle stem connex-). Connect was re- established 1670s. A similar change took place in French, where connexer was superseded by connecter. Meaning "to establish a relationship" (with) is from 1881. Slang meaning "get in touch with" is attested by 1926, from telephone connections. Meaning "awaken meaningful emotions, establish rapport" is from 1942. Of a hit or blow, "to reach the target," from c.1920. Related: Connected; connecting; connectedness.

Cader/Cadair Idris is a spectacular mountain reserve with a variety of landscapes and terrain. Rugged summits, glacial lakes and a mossy wooded gorge cover over 450 hectares of breathtaking landscape. Local folklore describes Idris as a giant who lived on this magnificent mountain. The large boulders on the lower slopes are said to be the debris of stone throwing battles between Idris and other giants. Idris is more likely to have been an important leader in this area, a giant in personality and authority rather than in stature. The reserve lies within Snowdonia National Park and is part of the Cadair Idris Special Site of Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC). The site encompasses the mountain and lower slopes, with a variety of habitats of European importance. These include dry heath, wet heath, blanket bog, woodland and the species-rich marshy grasslands of Tir Stent common, as well as a number of low nutrient or clear-water lakes. The cliffs support tall herbs growing on the le

Online Statistical Data on the Aging A convenient set of links to online statistical information on the demographic characteristics, health, social conditions, and economic condition of older persons. Includes links to almost all known online resources including Census, HHS health statistics, and much more. A convenient hyperlinked source of online data. Compiled by Saadia Greenberg, Administration on Aging (Telephone: 202-357-3554). of Older Persons Useful brochure with the latest key statistics on older Americans in 16 key subject areas including population figures, living arrangements, education, income and poverty, health, and disabilities. It includes both narrative and statistical charts and Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being (Off This report of the Federal Forum on Aging-Related Statistics covers 37 key indicators carefully selected by the Forum to portray aspects of the lives of older Americans and their families. The report is divided into five subject areas: population, economics, he

I'm still reading (and very much enjoying) last Friday's Science issue on the flu pandemic. In , Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins summarize very well why the flu presents a potential threat: "Influenza viruses have animal reservoirs, especially in birds and pigs. They can undergo extensive genetic changes and even jump species, sometimes resulting in a virus to which humans may be highly vulnerable."Over the last hundred years, this happened four times: in 1918 (the Spanish flu), in 1957 (the Asian flu), in 1968 (Hong Kong flu), and, the last time, in 2009 with the H1N1 pandemic (swine flu). H5N1 has not initiated a pandemic because it is rarely passed between humans and it infects only through direct contact with infected birds. So far there have been about 600 total cases, of which nearly 60% have resulted in deaths (though this last number is likely to be inflated as often not all non-fatal cases are reported to hospitals). Given these statistics, if the virus were to spread more easily (for example throu

Researchers at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have discovered that tanshinones, which come from the plant Danshen and are highly valued in Chinese traditional medicine, protect against the life-threatening condition sepsis. The findings are published in the December issue of Biochemical Pharmacology. Inflammation is necessary for maintaining good health - without inflammation, wounds and infections would never heal. However, persistent and constant inflammation can damage tissue and organs, and lead to diseases such as sepsis. Sepsis affects approximately 750,000 Americans each year, 28 to 50 percent of whom die from the condition, and costs the nation's healthcare system nearly $17 billion annually. It is a potentially life- threatening complication of an infection or injury, and occurs when chemicals released into the bloodstream to fight the infection trigger inflammation throughout the body. The result is that organs become damaged, including liver, heart, lungs, kidney and brain. If excessiv

On exhibit at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery One of the reasons I love exhibitions and museums is that they offer opportunities for storytelling and consequently, re-telling, as well. Most museums today are progressive in the sense that they continue a tradition of scholarship and service for the enhancement of public education. While some museums favor presentation methods might be simple and direct, without many opportunities for interactives, they stimulate public interest through the stories in their objects and exhibitions. One such exhibition I had the chance to see recently was Power Play: China’s Empress Dowager, at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian. The Freer and Sackler Galleries at the Smithsonian produce exhibitions on Asian Art and house the Smithsonian’s Asian Art collection. This was a special exhibition on photographic prints from the glass plate negatives of the photos in the Freer Sackler Collection. The exhibition itself is about the Chinese Dowager Empress Cixi, who is widely

Last name: Aseef Recorded in several spellings including Aasaf, Asaaf, Assaf,and Asif, this is an early Muslim name, possibly from a time of at least three thousand years ago. It is probably of Persian origins. Originally it was a given name but now can be either a surname or a first name. It is a descriptive form of endearment, and the meaning is 'pure or genuine'. It is said that traditions of Muslim names and and name giving are a gift from Allah, who demanded that they be pleasant and reflect the glories of life and nature. Historically Muslim names have upheld the ancient hereditary tradition of adding the fathers name or sometimes the grandfathers, to that of the child. This tradition though like many others, is under threat by such influences as taxation, and the telephone. The telephone, particularly in areas of western influence, demands a 'fixed' spelling for its directories. This in effect creates a 'locked in' surname, which is required for administrative purposes, but is causing some distortion t

Swine Flu Spreads, Tips for the US There are now 94 cases in the US, in 11 states. Thanks to the 24-hour media coverage about swine flu, we’re all aware that a potential flu pandemic could be high. But before you stock up on face masks and hand sanitizer, it’s important to put some things in perspective. William Sutker, M.D., chief of infectious diseases at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas says that first and foremost, we should remain calm. "As of now, there is no need for people to panic. So far, there have been very few cases reported," says Dr. Sutker. "At this point, it is unclear if the swine flu outbreak will develop in to a full blown pandemic." Although there are many myths and misconceptions floating around, Dr. Sutker says the facts about swine flu are these: 1. Swine flu or H1N1, is a particular strain of Type A flu (Type A and Type B are the usual strains seen every year). Swine flu is typically associated with pigs and usually contracted by those who have close contact with the animals

Skip to main content More Search Options A member of our team will call you back within one business day. Your newborn has congenital muscular torticollis, a harmless and very treatable condition. Congenital means present at birth. Torticollis is twisting or bending of the neck. In this case, the bending is due to a neck muscle that is too tight or too short. This muscle pulls on the head and causes the head to turn and bend to the side. Torticollis is also called “wry neck.” In certain cases, your child may see a pediatric orthopedist (doctor specializing in treating bone and joint problems in children) for an evaluation. It is not clear why some children are born with muscular torticollis. Possible causes include: Tightening of the neck muscle due to the position of the baby’s head in the uterus during pregnancy Problem with the development of a muscle in the neck, causing it to be shorter than normal Damage to a muscle in the neck during childbirth The signs of this problem may be noticed at birth. Or it m

Completers and Modifiers A subject + verb combination may need a word or group of words to complete the meaning of the sentence. In addition, a sentence is usually expanded with modifiers that clarify the meaning of the sentence. Recognizing completers and modifiers helps you to understand how sentences work so that you can straighten out tangles more easily as you revise your written sentences. In Chapter 4, you will learn that - a completer answers the question "(Subject + verb) whom or what?" - nouns, pronouns, and describing words can act as completers. - modifiers add to or limit a word's meaning. - a modifier can be a single word. - a prepositional phrase always acts as a modifier. - sentences can be combined by compounding their completers and modifiers.

Amelia Earhart stands June 14, 1928 in front of her bi-plane called 'Friendship' in Newfoundland. One of the greatest mysteries of modern American history centers on aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. Though she disappeared somewhere over the South Pacific on July 2, 1937, there is still much interest and speculation surrounding the fate of Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan. To this day, neither body has been found, nor has the wreckage of her Lockheed Model 10 Electra. But even after 75 years, evidence is still being discovered – new analysis of an old photo showing part of her plane has allowed researchers to narrow their search area from tens of thousands of square miles to a much smaller area. Armed with this information and led by an expert team of researchers (including Robert Ballard, the man who found the Titanic and the Bismarck), The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) will conduct a search of the Republic of Kiribati’s Nikumaroro island scheduled to begin in July. So coul

Stroke Team at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital When a patient arrives in the Emergency Department, the Acute Stroke On-Call Team – consisting of the neurologist, nurses, laboratory staff and imaging technologists – is activated with one call. This multidisciplinary acute stroke team is available 24/7 and begins immediate evaluation to determine the appropriate intervention for the situation. What is a stroke? A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts. When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood (and oxygen) it needs, so it starts to die. A stroke may also be called a cerebral vascular accident, or CVA. There are two forms of stroke: ischemic - blockage of a blood vessel supplying the brain, and hemorrhagic - bleeding into or around the brain. A transient ischemic stroke (TIA) is a “mini stroke” or “warning stroke.” TIAs happen when an obstruction (blood clot) occurs for a short time, then tends to resolve itself. They

|« How to Get the Most Accurate Mammogram||Ephedra Tied to More Adverse Effects Than Other Herbal Products »| STUDY: Honey prevents bacterial growth JOURNAL: Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing (2002;29:295–300). ABSTRACT: Topical application of honey is beneficial in the treatment of wounds and burns. COMMENTARY: Honey is a highly concentrated sugar solution produced by honey bees, primarily from the nectar of plants. It is composed of carbohydrates (sugars), water, enzymes, amino acids, pigments, pollen, wax, and other trace constituents from both bees and plants. Honey has been used in the treatment of burns and wounds for many centuries, with documents describing this use dating back to 1700 BC. A number of properties inherent to honey might contribute to its ability to fight infection and promote healing. Its high sugar content allows it to draw infection and fluid from wounds by a process called “osmosis.” Honey prevents bacterial growth through its acidic pH and through the work of an enzy

Part of a series on | Virgin birth · Crucifixion · Resurrection · Easter · Christian views of Jesus| | Church · New Covenant · Apostles · Kingdom · Gospel · Timeline · Paul · Peter| | Old Testament · New Testament · | Books · Canon · Apocrypha |Salvation · Baptism · Trinity · Father · Son · Holy Spirit · History of theology · Christology · Mariology · Apologetics| |History and traditions| |Early · Constantine · Councils · Creeds · Missions · Chrysostom · East-West Schism · Crusades · Reformation · Counter-Reformation| | Preaching · Prayer · Ecumenism · Relation to other religions · Christian movements · Music · Liturgy · Calendar · Symbols · Art · Criticism| Christianity (from the Greek word Xριστός, Khristos, "Christ", literally "anointed one") is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. Adherents of the Christian faith, known as Christians, believe that Jesus is the Messiah prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (the part of scripture common to

THE crucial feature of the Greek conception of life was the dramatic distinction which it made between will and the conditions with which will had to cope. Just as surely as our birth on the planet Earth gives us a place, definite, however infinitesimal, in the solar system, relating us in our degree to all that occurs within the orbit of the farthest satellite, so it is clear that our position, geographically, ethnologically, historically, upon that planet, places us from the beginning at definite points on lines of cause and effect, to which, as human beings, we can but exercise the function of acceptance. This Not-to-be-refused, which modern science calls natural law, was simply to the Greek an unexplained and unexplored Necessity or Fate. To the ancients, a curse, for example, was no exercise of the volition of the speaker. It was in no sense a threat. Our own more frivolous use of the word is a case of degradation by the death of a conception. To the old Greek, as indeed to the [paragraph continues] Hind

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There's no good evidence to say what types of treatment might help ward off anxiety and stress disorders in kids and teens exposed to traumatic events, according to a new analysis. Researchers said that a few psychological interventions, including talk therapy and school-based programs, "appear promising" for helping young people cope with the kind of trauma stemming from accidents, mass shootings and natural disasters. But so far, there are too many holes in the data to know what to recommend for children's long-term health and wellbeing, according to Meera Viswanathan from RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and her colleagues. Nicole Nugent, who has studied stress disorders in kids at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, said one difficulty is that children get exposed to many different types of trauma, and as a result have many different treatment needs. Nonetheless, "We can't just say, ‘Let's

Synopsys Nanosim is a fast-Spice simulator. It provides near- Spice accuracy at much faster simulation speed. It can be used for full-chip simulation or for functional verification of custom-digital blocks. It also includes dynamic power analysis, a feature previously provided by Synopsys PowerMill. To the best of my knowledge, Nanosim replaces both PowerMill and TimeMill This tutorial will demonstrate simulation, functional verification and dynamic power analysis. The example circuit is a simple 8-bit adder. The following files are part of this tutorial: Digital Input Vectors Nanosim uses the ".vec" file format to provide digital input vectors. This method is far superior to using Spice "pwl" sources. In addition, Nanosim supports both input and output vectos. The input vectors are used to drive the circuit, while the output vectors are used to check the circuit. The header of "adder.vec" is radix 1 44 44 44 io i ii ii oo vname cin a_[7:0] b_[7:0] s_[7:0] We have 3 input vectors (cin, a and b) and 1 output ve

Losing my father: Comprehensive geriatric assessment identifies nature of dimentia Dementia means "deprived of mind." It is not a disease itself, but a range of symptoms that characterize several diseases and conditions, all of which are identified by declining intellectual functioning that goes beyond normal aging. The decline is severe enough to interfere with the ability to perform routine day-to-day activities. Alzheimer’s disease is just one condition that falls under the umbrella term of dementia. Although Alzheimer’s progresses differently in different people, memory is always affected. The question for many families is how to tell if memory loss is caused by Alzheimer’s or by another condition, one that may be reversible. Dr. Mathew Wayne, the medical director of University Hospitals Foley Elder Health Center explains the importance of getting a comprehensive geriatric assessment whenever there are concerns about memory loss, confusion, or other signs of dementia. "The comprehensive geriatric assessme

Secular biology textbooks have finally begun to remove a long- time favorite of evolutionary teaching—the fraudulent drawings of embryos produced by Ernst Haeckel in 1868. But another one of Haeckel’s errors is still alive and well. Haeckel claimed that “gill slits” (now called “throat pouches”), a backbone, and a tail in vertebrate embryos are proof that humans and animals descended from a common ancestor. This idea is still presented in textbooks, despite the fact that the initial stages of development follow very different patterns of cell division and become very different structures in the mature organisms. The differences are ignored, and the similarities, though fleeting and only superficial, are emphasized to support the idea of a common evolutionary history. The fact that the “throat pouches” develop into jaw and gill structures in fish, and ear and throat structures in humans shows that the apparent similarities in the embryos are not indications of common ancestry. Rather, it is clear that these ver

Whistleblowers to Reformers? What’s a Whistleblower? Wikipedia defines a whistleblower as: A whistleblower (whistle-blower or whistle blower) is a person who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities (misconduct) occurring in a government department, a public or private organization, or a company. The alleged misconduct may be classified in many ways; for example, a violation of a law, rule, regulation and/or a direct threat to public interest such as fraud, health/safety violations, and corruption. Whistleblowers may make their allegations internally (for example, to other people within the accused organization) or externally (to regulators, law enforcement agencies, to the media or to groups concerned with the issues). Many have suggested an appropriate title for the last five years is Whistleblowers to Reformers. Not necessarily the easiest of assignments. Indeed, the website FAIR: Protecting Whistleblowers Who Protect the Public Interest describes the ongoing h

When the DNA "instruction manual" of life becomes damaged – as it does in human cells tens of thousands of times a day – bad things can happen. The cell may die, cause an inherited disease, or grow out of control to form a tumor. To prevent genetic catastrophe, cells have evolved a molecular toolkit for repairing their own DNA to restore normal behavior, duplication, and controlled growth. A cell sensing genetic injury often grinds to a halt. It puts growth and division on hold and, like a ship in dry dock, undergoes repairs before setting sail again. The cell's repair kit – specialized enzymes and other proteins – can snip out and replace broken stretches of DNA, correct spelling errors in the genetic code, or simply bypass the damaged areas. Self-repair is vital to life and health, because DNA is constantly under attack from internal and external forces, including tobacco smoke, sunlight, environmental toxins, and dietary byproducts. But when a patient has cancer, the repair team becomes the enemy, since mo

Fax over IP (FoIP) Fax over IP (Internet Protocol), or FoIP, allows users to fax documents over the Internet instead of using a standard fax machine. Many VoIP services provide this feature, so it may seem a logical progression for businesses and individuals to utilize FoIP when VoIP also is used in a specific environment. The consolidation of separate voice, fax and other data resources offers the opportunity for savings and has become a popular choice for many network managers who seek to utilize excess broadband capacity for transmissions over traditional communication. How It Works FoIP enables standard fax machines to work with packet networks by extracting the fax image from an analog signal and carrying it as digital data over a packet network. Historically, two methods have been used for sending FoIP networks: the real-time methods (T.38) and the store-and forward method (T.37). The primary difference in the two approaches lies in the delivery and method of receipt confirmation. T.38 is the fax transm

I have been thinking about planning and new teachers quite a bit lately. When I was a new teacher, everything I taught was new to me, and I didn’t have enough time to plan. I think a lot of schools are a similar schedule: six periods a day, teachers teach five and have one planning period. Not nearly enough. Many teachers, especially new teachers, need to use time outside of school to plan. Of course, nowadays the Internet makes a wide variety of lesson plans available to teachers, and I imagine planning is much easier for student teachers and new teachers than it was when I started teaching; however, the quality of a lot of this material is mixed, and I think it might sometimes be hard for new teachers to be able to discern the quality of lessons. What can we do to help new teachers learn to plan? - Mentorship: Model how to plan for units and lessons. Meet with new teachers to plan with them. I was provided with a bunch of templates when I was student teaching and sent on my way. It really took me years to f

Battle of Missionary Ridge The Battle of Missionary Ridge was fought November 25, 1863, as part of the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War. Following the Union victory in the Battle of Lookout Mountain on November 24, Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Missionary Ridge and defeated the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by Gen. Braxton Bragg. In the morning, elements of the Army of the Tennessee commanded by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman attempted to capture the northern end of Missionary Ridge, Tunnel Hill, but were stopped by fierce resistance from the Confederate divisions of Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne, William H.T. Walker, and Carter L. Stevenson. In the afternoon, Grant was concerned that Bragg was reinforcing his right flank at Sherman's expense. He ordered the Army of the Cumberland, commanded by Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, to move forward and seize the Confederate line of rifle pits on the valley floor, and stop there to await further orders. The Union soldiers

The question: What are the signs and symptoms of fetal distress? - Carson The expert answers: Unfortunately, there are very few ways to know that your fetus is in distress in utero. One thing that we do rely a lot on is the "kick count." The mother does this herself while going on with her normal daily activities. If the fetus has not accomplished at least 10 movements from after breakfast until the mid-afternoon, we ask the mother to call us. If the 10 movements have been accomplished, she does not worry about counting any further until the next day. We usually only ask mothers who have or are at risk for problems or have complained of decreased fetal movement to do this activity. If someone calls and says that her baby has not moved ten times in the time period, then she is asked to come into the office for a Non-Stress Test (NST). The patient should have eaten recently, emptied her bladder and should drink some fluids. She is hooked up to the fetal monitor and asked to push a button each time she feels the

The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (1621): This is a dense, digressive, wonderfully learned, quasi-autobiographical, quasi-psychological exploded encyclopedia of all things melancholic and otherwise—a mishmash of case studies (a man who thought he was turned to glass), citations from contradictory ancient and modern authorities (c. 1620), quotations from the Bible, essays on geography and climatology, observations on the deficiencies of the Catholic Church, recommendations of study as a cure for melancholy (and then reflections on study as a cause of melancholy), a utopia. Burton described his Anatomy as: “a rhapsody of rags gathered together from several dung-hills, excrements of authors, toys and fopperies confusedly tumbled out, without art, invention, judgement, wit, learning, harsh, raw, rude, phantastical, absurd, insolent, indiscreet, ill- composed, indigested, vain, scurrile, idle, dull, and dry…” Indeed, such it is, and for this intellectually dense disorder, the book can be baffling and dizzy-m

BOULDER, Colo.-Customized microscopic magnets that might one day be injected into the body could add color to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), while also potentially enhancing sensitivity and the amount of information provided by images, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) report. The new micromagnets also could act as "smart tags" identifying particular cells, tissues, or physiological conditions, for medical research or diagnostic purposes. As described in the June 19 issue of Nature,* the NIST and NIH investigators have demonstrated the proof of principle for a new approach to MRI. Unlike the chemical solutions now used as image-enhancing contrast agents in MRI, the NIST/NIH micro-magnets rely on a precisely tunable feature-their physical shape-to adjust the radio-frequency (RF) signals used to create images. The RF signals then can be converted into a rainbow of optical colors by computer. Sets of different magnets designed to a

- About Us - SW Climate February 2012 La Niña Drought Tracker February 08, 2012 / Vol. 2 / Issue 3 / Drought Tracker / A Publication by CLIMAS After a wet December, more typical, dry La Niña conditions returned in January. Across Arizona and New Mexico precipitation generally was less than 50 percent of average, with large swaths of both states experiencing less than 25 percent of average (top figure). Most of the West also experienced scant rain and snow, including the mountains of the Upper Colorado River Basin, where about 70 percent of the water in the Colorado River originates. In many La Niña winters, the impacts of dry conditions are minimized by average or above- average snow in these mountains, which was the case last winter. This year, however, storms have been pushed farther north than typical by a dome of high-pressure off the northwestern coast. The Pacific Northwest, for example, which typically bares the brunt of winter storms during La Niña, was exceptionally dry for most of December and Januar

Cable and Wireless Cable and Wireless , a British telecommunications company, of Electra House, Victoria Embankment, London, WC2. Telephone: Temple Bar 1222. Cables: "Empiregram, Estrand, London". (1947) 1869, Sir John Pender founded the Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta Cable Co and the British-Indian Submarine Telegraph Co, which connected the Anglo-Mediterranean cable (linking Malta to Alexandria using a cable manufactured by one of Pender's companies) to Britain and India, respectively. 1870 The London to Bombay telegraph line was completed in 1870 The Eastern Telegraph Co expanded the length of its cables from 8,860 miles on its founding to 22,400 miles just 15 years later. The Company steadily took over a number of companies founded to connect the West Indies and South America, leading to a name change to The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies. 1928 With increasing competition from companies using radio communications it was decided to merge the communications methods of the British Empire into one

CDC raises awareness around flu shots ATLANTA — In preparation for the National Influenza Vaccination Week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a press conference Friday afternoon to raise awareness around the universal need for people to be protected against influenza. “It’s a week that we typically highlight the importance of the flu vaccine,” Howard Koh, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, told reporters. During a typical season, he said, most influenza incidents begin picking up in December. “Flu activity is now increasing across the country, and the flu season is well underway,” Koh said. “If you’ve been thinking about getting vaccinated for influenza, now is a very good time to do so.” At this time last year, added Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, the H1N1 flu was in full circulation, and the CDC was conducting weekly press conferences. “This fall has begun like so many influenza seasons

October in National Bullying Prevention Month, a time to focus and raise awareness on bullying. During this month, many groups across the country will release new resources, campaigns, and efforts aimed at bringing awareness to the issue of bullying. What is Bullying? Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. Bullying can also take place through technology, known as cyberbullying. Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake profiles. There are many other types of aggressive behavior that don’t fit the definition of bullying. This does not mean that they are any less serious or

Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University have developed a new genetic test that uses reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to identify uterine tumors as malignant or benign. The test, which is more definitive than the routine tests currently in use, looks for the presence or absence of the gamma-smooth muscle isoactin gene. This gene, whose absence correlates with malignancy, represents a unique molecular marker of uterine cancer. These findings appear in the July issue of Cancer. The study, led by Kirk McHugh, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology at Jefferson Medical College, and the person who first identified the gamma-smooth muscle isoactin gene, lends new hope to women with uterine fibroid tumors whose diagnosis is inconclusive. "Uterine fibroids account for one-third of gynecologic hospital admissions," explained Dr. McHugh. "Most are diagnosed as benign leiomyomas, but 4 to 5 percent are malignant leiomyosarcomas. Some other tumors fall into a so-called

Basins of the Future: Connecting water from source to city 21 September 2012 | News story Growing urban populations and economic growth are putting more pressure on the watersheds and infrastructure supplying water to cities. This is where IUCN and IWA have joined forces in pulling together their knowledge, networks and resources to strengthen nature-based solutions for water security in urban areas. A workshop to develop the new 'Basins of the Future' initiative took place during the recent International Water Association - IWA Congress in Busan, South Korea from 16-21 September. At this Congress over 3000 water professionals gathered to meet and discuss water issues, particularly in the areas of water infrastructure and supply. "Watersheds are also part of the infrastructure package for purifying, supplying, and storing water. Just like engineered filtration systems, pipes, and dams, natural infrastructure such as watersheds, wetlands, and floodplains perform these functions, at a much lower cost. This is w