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What are insects?
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Insects are arthropods
The insect body
Insect evolution
Types of insects
Why most animals are insects
In order to answer this question we must look at where insects fit in the animal kingdom. The animal kingdom is divided into several groups called phyla. An example of a phylum is the Chordata, which holds all the backboned animals. Insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda.
Insect - Hairy grub SEM image
Image: Sue Lindsay
Arthropods are characterised by having the following features:
a hard external skeleton (called a exoskeleton)
a segmented body
at least three pairs of jointed legs
The Arthropoda is divided into a number of classes. These include the:
Crustacea (crabs, crayfish, prawns)
Arachnida (spiders, mites, scorpions)
Myriapoda (millipedes & centipedes)
Insecta (insects)
Robber Fly Image: Bruce Hulbert
© Bruce Hulbert
Insect are successful and important
The insects have proved to be the most successful arthropods. There are far more species in the class Insecta than in any other group of animals. These amazingly diverse animals have conquered all the environments on earth except for the frozen polar environments at the highest altitudes and in the immediate vicinity of active volcanoes.
Insects are the only invertebrates (animals without backbones) with wings. Much of their success results from their ability to fly and colonise new habitats. The study of insects is called entomology and entomologists are scientists who study insects.
Insects play a very important role in the web of life, in every environment. Some of their jobs include pollinating flowering plants, being a source of food for insectivorous animals and assisting in the decomposition of plants and animals.
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Insect classification
Modern insect classification divides the Insecta into 29 orders, many of which have common names. Some of the more common orders are:
Mantodea - praying mantids
Blattodea - cockroaches
Isoptera - termites
Siphonaptera - fleas
Odonata - dragonflies and damselflies
Dermaptera - earwigs
Diptera - flies
Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths
Orthoptera - grasshoppers, katydids, crickets
Coleoptera - beetles
Hymenoptera - wasps, bees, ants, sawflies
Insect Diagram
Image: Design Unit
It is very difficult to provide a simple answer to the question: What external features characterise an insect? This is because the class Insecta is full of exceptions. It is not easy to produce a typical body plan for what most insects look like, but there are some very general features that most insects possess.
Insect features
The insect body is divided into three main parts, the head, thorax and abdomen.
Insects have no internal skeleton, instead they are covered in an external shell (exoskeleton) that protects their soft internal organs.
No insect has more than three pairs of legs, except for some immature forms such as caterpillars that have prolegs. These are appendages that serve the purpose of legs.
The typical insect mouth has a pair of lower jaws (maxillae) and upper jaws (mandibles) which are designed to bite. There are many variations to this structure, as many moths and butterflies have tubular sucking mouthparts, many bugs and other blood-sucking insects have sucking stabbing mouthparts and some adult insects simply don't have functional mouthparts.
Insects have one pair of antennae located on the head
Most insects have one or two pairs of wings although some insects such as lice, fleas, bristletails and silverfish are completely wingless.
Together these features can help us distinguish insects from other arthropods.
Insects are an ancient group of animals. The first insects probably appeared before the Devonian period (400 - 360 million years ago) and by the Carboniferous period (360 - 285 million years ago) had taken to the air.
Adaptation to flight proved a highly successful strategy and during the Permian period (285 - 245 million years ago) insects achieved their greatest diversity. No other arthropod group has achieved flight. By the Permian, the basic physical structure of many of the modern orders of insects had evolved.
The more recently evolved Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps and sawflies) and Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) appear as fossils in the Jurassic period (210 - 145 million years ago). The Mantodea (praying mantids) appeared in Eocene period in fossilised amber (60 - 35 million years ago).
The scale-winged insects, Order Lepidoptera.
Moths, butterflies and skippers: Order Lepidoptera
What are the differences between butterflies and moths?
Butterfly and moth sketches by the Scott family
Ants, wasps, bees and sawflies
The heavy-winged insects, Order Hymenoptera.
Ants, Wasps, Bees and Sawflies: Order Hymenoptera
Ants: Family Formicidae
Ants as pests
What are the differences between ants and termites?
Wasps: Suborder Apocrita
What are the differences between flies and wasps?
Bees: Suborder Apocrita
Grasshoppers, crickets, locusts and earwigs
The straight-winged insects, Order Orthoptera, and the skin-winged insects, Order Dermaptera.
Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids and locusts: Order Orthoptera
What do grasshoppers, crickets, katydids and locusts look like?
Flies, dragonflies and lacewings
The two-winged insects, Order Diptera; the toothed insects, Order Odonata; and the net-winged insects, Order Neuroptera.
Flies and mosquitoes: Order Diptera
Wombat Flies
True Flies
Lacewings
What do Lacewings look like?
Bugs, cicadas & beetles
The true bugs, Order Hemiptera & the sheath-winged insects, Order Coleoptera.
What are the differences between bugs and beetles?
Cicadas: Superfamily Cicadoidea
What do Cicadas look like?
Beetles: Order Coleoptera
Cockroaches, termites, mantids and stick insects
The nett-winged insects, Order Dictyoptera; and the phantom insects, Order Phasmatodea.
Cockroaches: Order Blattodea
What do Cockroaches look like?
What do termites look like?
Praying mantises: Order Mantodea
What do praying mantids look like?
Leaf and Stick Insects: Order Phasmatodea
Care of Stick Insects
Vinegar Fly
Australian Painted Lady
Olive-green Coastal Katydid
Black Field Cricket
Red Eye Cicada
Common Blue-banded Bee
Nomia bees
Mole Cricket
Leafcutter Bee
Bronze Flat Butterfly
Orchid Beetle
What do springtails look like?
Springtails belong to the Order Collembola.
Explore the fascinating world of insects from beautiful butterflies to creepy crawly cockroaches! The Australian Museum Entomology collection contains mostly Australian species, but there is a significant non-Australian representation of beetles, psocids (booklice), flies, butterflies and moths.
What is a herbivore?
A herbivore is an animal that gets its energy from eating plants, and only plants.
What is a parasitoid?
A parasitoid is an organism that has young that develop on or within another organism (the host), eventually killing it.
Flowers to fruit
Many flowering plants rely on insect pollinators for survival. But what part do insects play in providing our fruit?
What do stick insects look like?
Stick and leaf insects, often called phasmids, are insects that eat leaves and resemble sticks or leaves.
Insects in our gardens
Beetles were probably the world's first animal pollinators; they pollinated cycads long before flowering plants came on to the scene. What insects are in your garden and why are they there?
Bugs and beetles may look similar at first glance, but they belong to two quite different insect groups.
What determines whether a species of insect is described? Evidence from a study of tropical forest beetles
Ants and termites are sometimes mistaken for each other, however they are very different insect groups.
What do psyllids look like?
Psyllids, along with aphids, scale insects and whiteflies, belong to the Order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha.
Insects comprise 75% of all animal species that scientists have named and described, and most of these insects have wings. The key to insect success is their ability to survive on land and take to the air.


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{Thu 14 February 2008} The Merchant of Venice in Cape Town
Two weeks ago I had the privilege of hosting a reading of The Merchant of Venice with a new group in Cape Town. As is usual with a new group of readers who last engaged with a Shakespeare text anywhere from twenty to forty years ago (at school), there was a mix of attitudes as the evening began— uncertainty, excitement, cynicism, anticipation, etc. but as everyone gamely plunged in and gradually relaxed into the reading, some of the wonderful shades and possibilities of Shakespeare's drama and poetry began to grip us all. The feedback I received afterwards suggested that the participants had really enjoyed the evening. Many were surprised at how accessible they had found it, despite their initial nervousness.
Armed with our recent exploration of the text, four of us then went to see the current production at The Maynardville Open Air Theatre. Setting (beautiful green open air stage), set and costumes (Italy, 1943), and acting were all great, or at least, interesting, and it all seemed to be adding up to a very enjoyable evening, until a peculiar epilogue was tacked on to the end of the play and spoiled it for me.
It was bad enough that after Gratiano's final words (which should have ended the play), "Well, while I live, I'll fear no other thing/So sore as keeping safe Nerissa's ring", Portia and Bassanio suddenly used an interchange that should have been spoken earlier in the play, weakening the dry comic effect of Gratiano's words without enhancing the final spoken scene at all. But worse was to come. Before the audience could respond with the applause that had already, at least in my case, been interrupted once, a little mimed morality play was suddenly inflicted upon us. It depicted Shylock being forced at gunpoint by the Nazis to wear a yellow star under some rapidly unfurled Nazi banners.
In a discussion this morning, I realised that I hadn't even noticed that there was a Catholic priest in that final mime, because I was so offended by the reek of "political correctness" that I couldn't concentrate on details at that point! It wouldn't have made any difference if I had though. I was simply appalled by the grossness of the Holocaust imagery—the unfurling of Nazi flags and the guns pointed at Shylock and the yellow star, etc. These strange tacked-on bits so ruined what had until that point been a very good performance that I found myself unable to applaud at all.
I am of course aware that much of the action in any Shakespeare production is only "in the text" by implication or interpretation, but this odd added epilogue emphasized one strand of meaning in the text to such an extent that the ambivalence and complexity of the human interactions showcased in the play were annihilated in favour of the one anti-anti-semitism message. The hypocrisy and selfishness of all the characters and their inability to exemplify the highest ideals of either religion, or, said another way, the inadequacy of either religion for the task of overcoming the worst aspects of human nature, were completely lost.
Shylock is, of course, a victim of the Christians' disgusting prejudices, but he is also a pretty nasty character in his own right—neither his own daughter nor his servant like or respect him. The law that he claims to exonerate him of wrongdoing in his unreasonable demand for a pound of flesh is not the Law of G-d but the law of the state. The Bard leaves one in no doubt that none of the other characters are perfectly lovely either. The apparently righteous Antonio shows very selective love and generosity (towards Christians only, rather than to his "neighbour" or his "enemy" as Christ exhorted); Bassanio is as interested in Portia's fortune as he is in her face and her virtue, and less in her than in his "friendship" with Antonio; Portia is a blatant racist and spoiled little rich girl, is most interested in making the best of the bad deal her father has left her, and shows very little mercy to Shylock immediately after her "quality of mercy" speech; the Christian society endorses slavery, etc.
On reading the play, and seeing it in other productions, I've never been in any doubt that Shakespeare was extremely subversive and did not unquestioningly accept the prevailing attitudes of his day. The prominence given to the Jew and the woman Portia in terms of number of lines and quality of poetry makes this clear, and the careful development of situation to the point where Shylock is psychologically pushed over the edge makes one sympathise with him despite his meanness. Although in the final few lines Shakespeare apparently restores the Elizabethan "natural" order by making the three male lovers heads of their new households again, their real authority is very much in doubt because it is so clear that their fortunes are dependent on the wealth and the wit of their women. Shylock's forced and therefore insincere conversion has left a bad taste in the mouth and the moral authority of the "Christian" state has therefore also been brought into question. The only real act of love has been that of Antonio towards Bassanio in risking himself for his friend, but that relationship has strong homoerotic overtones, so this particular self-sacrifice (commitment to suicide?) would not officially be sanctioned by Christianity…. It's all deliciously complex and I really was extremely disappointed by the crassness of the ending of this particular production. For me, it negated both the outstanding job done by some of the actors, particularly Jeremy Crutchley as Shylock, and the apparently accurate and sensitive interpretation of the text by the director until that point.
Er, sorry, Mr Sargeant, but that's really how I felt—intellectually insulted (and assaulted!). But good stuff, until that final scene… I had to wonder whether a producer or a funder made you do it…
Tia Azulay 14Feb08
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Generalized protein structure prediction based on combination of fold-recognition with de novo folding and evaluation of models
Andrzej Koliński, Janusz M. Bujnicki
Proteins, 61 Suppl. 7:84–90, 2005
To predict the tertiary structure of full-length sequences of all targets in CASP6, regardless of their potential category (from easy comparative modeling to fold recognition to apparent new folds) we used a novel combination of two very different approaches developed independently in our laboratories, which ranked quite well in different categories in CASP5. First, the GeneSilico metaserver was used to identify domains, predict secondary structure, and generate fold recognition (FR) alignments, which were converted to full-atom models using the "FRankenstein's Monster" approach for comparative modeling (CM) by recombination of protein fragments. Additional models generated "de novo" by fully automated servers were obtained from the CASP website. All these models were evaluated by VERIFY3D, and residues with scores better than 0.2 were used as a source of spatial restraints. Second, a new implementation of the lattice-based protein modeling tool CABS was used to carry out folding guided by the above-mentioned restraints with the Replica Exchange Monte Carlo sampling technique. Decoys generated in the course of simulation were subject to the average linkage hierarchical clustering. For a representative decoy from each cluster, a full-atom model was rebuilt. Finally, five models were selected for submission based on combination of various criteria, including the size, density, and average energy of the corresponding cluster, and the visual evaluation of the full-atom structures and their relationship to the original templates. The combination of FRankenstein and CABS was one of the best-performing algorithms over all categories in CASP6 (it is important to note that our human intervention was very limited, and all steps in our method can be easily automated). We were able to generate a number of very good models, especially in the Comparative Modeling and New Folds categories. Frequently, the best models were closer to the native structure than any of the templates used. The main problem we encountered was in the ranking of the final models (the only step of significant human intervention), due to the insufficient computational power, which precluded the possibility of full-atom refinement and energy-based evaluation.
Algorithms, Computational Biology, Computational Biology: methods, Computer Simulation, Computers, Data Interpretation, Databases, Dimerization, Models, Molecular, Monte Carlo Method, Protein, Protein Conformation, Protein Folding, Protein Structure, Proteomics, Proteomics: methods, Reproducibility of Results, Secondary, Sequence Alignment, Software, Statistical, Tertiary
Predicting real-valued protein residue fluctuation using FlexPred
Author(s): L. Peterson; M. Jamroz; A. Koliński; D. Kihara
Methods in Molecular Biology, 1484:175-186, 2017
AGGRESCAN3D (A3D): server for prediction of aggregation properties of protein structures
Author(s): R. Zambrano; M. Jamroz; A. Szczasiuk; J. Pujols; S. Kmiecik; S. Ventura
Nucleic Acids Research, 43 (W1):W306-W313, 2015
Knot localization in proteins.
Author(s): E.J. Rawdon; K.C. Millett; J.I. Sulkowska; A. Stasiak
Biochemical Society Transactions, 41:538-41, 2013
Identifying knots in proteins.
Author(s): K.C. Millett; E.J. Rawdon; A. Stasiak; J.I. Sulkowska
Biochemical Society Transactions, 41:533-7, 2013
Knotting pathways in proteins.
Author(s): J.I. Sulkowska; J.K. Noel; C.A. Ramírez-Sarmiento; E.J. Rawdon; K.C. Millett; J.N. Onuchic
Conservation of complex knotting and slipknotting patterns in proteins.
Author(s): J.I. Sulkowska; E.J. Rawdon; K.C. Millett; J.N. Onuchic; A. Stasiak
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109:E1715-23, 2012
Energy landscape of knotted protein folding.
Author(s): J.I. Sulkowska; J.K. Noel; J.N. Onuchic
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109:17783-8, 2012
Coarse-grained modeling of mucus barrier properties
Author(s): P. Gniewek; A. Koliński
Biophysical Journal, 102:195–200, 2012
How noise in force fields can affect the structural refinement of protein models?
Author(s): P. Gniewek; A. Koliński; R.L. Jernigan; A. Kloczkowski
Human telomerase model shows the role of the TEN domain in advancing the double helix for the next polymerization step
Author(s): K. Steczkiewicz; M.T. Zimmermann; M. Kurcinski; B.A. Lewis; D. Dobbs; A. Kloczkowski; R.L. Jernigan; A. Koliński; K. Ginalski
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108:9443–8, 2011


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Statement on the Report of Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill of his Review relating to two Protected Disclosures
The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD, today received the Report of Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill of his Review relating to two protected disclosures which were made to her by members of An Garda Síochána in early October.
Mr Justice O'Neill was asked to review the allegations of wrongdoing contained in the disclosures, to make any inquiries with persons or bodies that he considered appropriate in relation to the review and to report to the Tánaiste on the conclusion of the review, including any recommendations which he may consider necessary in relation to any further action which may be appropriate and warranted to address the allegations.
The Report sets out in detail the allegations contained in the protected disclosures. In view of the nature of those allegations and the fact that third parties are mentioned the Report is being referred to the Attorney General for her advice on how to proceed, including the question of what material might properly be put in the public domain, having regard to the rights of all concerned.
The Tánaiste is very grateful to Mr Justice O'Neill for carrying out this work so expeditiously and presenting his Report, which will form the basis for ensuring that the protected disclosures are properly addressed. When the advice from the Attorney General is received, the Tánaiste will bring forward proposals to Government to this end. The Tánaiste is not in a position to make any further comment at this time.


Trust me, I'm an engineer. Well, no... I'm a programmer. I am an explorer and traveler at heart - I love the adventure of asking questions, discovering new places and learning new things.
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CBS13 Investigates: Veterinarians At Greater Risk of Suicide — Why, And What Can Be Done?
By Julie Watts November 12, 2019 at 11:52 pm
Filed Under:Julie Watts Investigates, pets, suicide, veterinarian
CONTENT WARNING: This article contains information regarding death and suicide. If you are struggling with depression or have thoughts of suicide, there is help. Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline toll-free number, 1-800-273-TALK(8255).
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Hour to hour, minute to minute, the life of a veterinarian is filled with highs and lows.
In a world where patients can go from sweet and cuddly, to scary in seconds, veterinarian Nicole McArthur never knows what her day will bring. She allowed CBS13 to follow her for a day, to get a glimpse into the life of a vet.
"Yesterday was a hard day for me," Nicole said, recounting a particularly difficult appointment after she had euthanized a pet. She said her next patient, a dog, could sense her tension when she walked into the room. Nicole was grateful the pet's parent understood and encouraged her to take a moment. Nicole said she sat down on the floor with the dog and, "we just sat there, shed a few tears, and I was able to collect myself and move on," she said.
Nicole loves her job, but she has quit veterinary medicine twice because of the emotional toll.
"During that period of time, for whatever reason, I became Dr. Death. It seemed like every shift, two or three euthanasias," she said.
And in a twist of fate, the day she decided to come back to veterinary medicine was the day the industry lost an icon, world-renowned UC Davis Veterinarian Sophia Yin.
"I was heartbroken. I was devastated," Nicole said. "She was somebody," she paused, searching for the right words, "who is just what you aspire to be as a veterinarian."
It wasn't until days later that Nicole learned that Yin had taken her own life.
"To think that she felt that that was her only way out… made me very sad," Nicole said.
Yin's death shed light on the dark side of veterinary medicine and sparked an important conversation because Yin was not alone. The CDC found male veterinarians are more than twice as likely to die by suicide than the general population. Female vets are three-and-a-half times as likely to take their own life.
"There are a lot of different factors that influence this issue," UC Davis veterinarian school psychologist, Zachary Ward, explained.
He notes that veterinary medicine is a career focused on helping and healing and putting the needs of others first.
"When you're the one that everyone comes to for support, it can be very difficult for you to be the one who allows yourself to ask for help when you need it," Ward said.
He pointed out that when someone loses a pet it can be one of the worst days of their life. But for a vet, "it's something they experience several times a day, every day."
Nicole adds, "it's hard to go through something that emotional and then have to turn around, 'Hi, I'm Dr. McArthur. How's your puppy?'"
But she stresses that compassion fatigue is only one small factor contributing to the increased risk of suicide among vets. She also points to a growing student debt among vets. While figures vary, the average student debt for vets is around $150,000, which is well over two times the average starting salary for a vet.
In a profession where the inability of pet owners to pay for your services can mean the difference between life and death, vets face an added emotional toll of asking people to pay for their services.
"It becomes difficult when people can't afford things and they become angry," Nicole said.
She also points to an increase in cyberbullying against vets. A woman in New York recently took her life after an online campaign.
The CDC points to several factors likely contributing to the increased risk of suicide amount vets, including:
• Demands of practice such as long work hours, work overload, and practice management responsibilities.
• Ever-increasing educational debt-to-income ratio.
• Poor work-life balance.
• Access to euthanasia solution used for animals and the training to calculate a dose that could also be lethal in people.
However, a recent report identified that access to euthanasia drugs might be one of the most significant contributors.
"If you take that factor out of the equation," Nicole points out, "our suicide rate is the same as the general public."
The study notes, vets become experts in dosing. "We're the only profession that is legally allowed to end a life," Nicole adds. "But we see it as a way to end suffering." So, she points out that it's not a stretch to understand why some have used it as a way to end their own suffering.
The CDC concluded increasing administrative controls over the euthanasia drugs could be a "promising prevention strategy." There is a push to increase controls over euthanasia medicine, including a campaign called "4-Eyes Saves Lives" encouraging the use of a two-person protocol.
"In human medicine, there are a lot of efforts put in place to regulate specific drugs," Ward added.
At vet schools, like UC Davis, they're also taking a proactive approach, teaching self-care and emotional health tools early on.
Ward says that community is also crucial along with ensuring vets know that they are not alone.
That's what Sophia Yin's death taught many, like Nicole.
"I remember thinking, I am not alone in all this that I'm feeling," she said. "And it was very empowering to feel that way."
Yin's death and the conversations it sparked prompted Nicole to start the organization Not One More Vet (NOMV). They're now approaching 21,000 members worldwide.
NOMV is a largely-online community where vets can vent, seek advice, share their struggles and triumphs. And, yes, every now and then, save a life.
"It makes me feel hopeful that maybe this problem that our industry has had for so long, maybe there will be a paradigm shift… and we'll be able to be the generation that has a decrease in our suicide rate and mental illness,"' Nicole said.
After our interview, Nicole sent us an email saying she learned they lost another colleague that night. But she noted, a few posts down, another woman got the support she needed from the NOMV community. We leave you with an excerpt from her email:
"I arrived home from my shift on Monday night, sat down with a glass of wine and perused [Facebook]. I was saddened to read that we lost a colleague in Illinois to suicide. And my heart broke for his family, his friends, his colleagues.
A few posts down the feed was a plea from a member who confessed that she was struggling. It was after midnight, yet within 10 minutes she received 50 comments from veterinarians around the world. Posts filled with genuine love, concern and hope. And I sat in awe of this beautiful community that I am fortunate to know."
If you are struggling with depression or have thoughts of suicide, there is help. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline toll-free number, 1-800-273-TALK(8255) will connect you with a certified crisis center in your area.
WEB EXTRA: See a day in the life of a vet
Julie Watts
Julie Watts is the CBS13 Investigates reporter. Her stories air Monday-Friday on CBS13 News.More from Julie Watts


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Q: Can't boot live USB on Windows 7 system I made a USB bootable using a program recommended by the Ubuntu website, but when ever I go to the boot menu on restart there is no option to boot from USB. I've restarted 8 times and still don't see it.

A: Did you select boot usb from the start up menu? Its under the F12 menu I do believe and then from the select boot sequence and make usb device first.

A: some machines do not support boot from USB or External hard drives.  Your best option would be to create a live CD.
A live CD is the exact same as a bootable USB the only difference being a Live CD will work on any machine with a CD drive.
if you are currently using windows then your best option would be to download the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ISO image and then download a ISO burner (there are plenty available for free try ISOBurner) once you have that downloaded burn the iso onto a blank DVDrw.
Once you have your live cd go into your BIOS settings, set your CD/DVD drive to the first boot slot and save options and exit (make sure you have the DVD in the drive at this time).
Your machine will now reboot and will start the Ubuntu live CD
hope this helps


Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop provides a vibrant musical education. Pupils learn to play and sing as part of the curriculum, to ensure high quality we employ a specialist music teacher, Mr Walker.
Pupils sing at our Church and also take part in termly performances. So be it a Nativity Play, a Musical Extravaganza, or a Pantomime Chilmark pupils are encouraged to be courageous, brave and in the spotlight. This allows all pupils to develop a confident and self-assured sense of themselves and their place in the world.


These very tasty pockets are made with some surprising ingredients in both the crust and filling. Yum!
To make Crust: Sift flours, salt, and chili powder in bowl. Mix in margarine with fingers until mixture resembles coarse meal. Whisk together applesauce, vinegar, and cold water in separate bowl. Stir applesauce mixture into flour mixture until textured dough forms, adding up to 1/4 c. more water if necessary. Knead on lightly floured board until dough comes together. Form into ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill one hour or overnight.
To make Filling: heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion 4 to 5 minutes, or until soft and translucent. Add beans and garlic, reduce heat to medium, and cook 3 minutes. Stir in bananas, cumin, cayenne, and coriander, and cook 2 minutes, or until bananas begin to break down and are fragrant. Remove from heat and stir in cilantro and red pepper sauce.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Divide dough into 12 balls. Coat baking sheet with oil. Roll out each ball to 6-inch round (1/4 inch thick) on lightly floured work surface. Fill with 2-3 T. filling and brush edges of pastry with water. Fold dough circle in half, press to close, and crimp edges with fork to seal. Transfer to baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough balls. Chill 10 minutes.
Bake empanadas 20 minutes or until golden brown and crusty. Cool 5 minutes on baking sheet before serving.


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Q: Why is ToString() defined on Object in .NET? I have always wondered the design choices that lead to the creation of ToString on Object in .NET.

A: The documentation gives a pretty clear purpose:

Object.ToString is the major formatting method in the .NET Framework. It converts an object to its string representation so that it is suitable for display.

It's defined on Object so all types have at least a default implementation.  It's virtual so types can provide their own implementation if they want to display something other then the class name (without having to know the actual type).  Numeric types override it so their value can be displayed by default.

A: There needs to be at least some way to visually represent a class instance, even if it only shows the class name. For one thing it makes it possible to inspect the values of variables. If we type ?x in the immediate window, the only way to display the value if x is to render it as a string.

A: According to my edition of "Framework Design Guidelines" .ToString exists to facilitate debugging. On page 272 there is a discussion about best uses for this method and pointing out that "...the debugger uses it as the default way of displaying an object."


Spectacular views of valley and surrounding mountains. Great nice flat lot with nearly all acreage usable. All purchasers must be (or have been) licensed pilots, a Student Pilot, or ultralight pilots. Location: 1.5 miles southwest of Lava Hot Springs. The airpark sits on a mesa, 200 feet above the valley floor and surrounded by mountains.Recreation: World Famous Hot Springs, Golf, Pebble Pebble Creek Ski Hill, Hiking, Horseback riding, Snowmobiling, Hunting, and Fishing. Tubing on the Portneuf River through town in the summer, and many eateries to enjoy.


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Marand (Farsi:تربت حيدريه) is de hoofdstad van het district Marand in de provincie Oost-Azerbeidzjan, gelegen in het noordwesten van het land. In 2016 had de stad ongeveer 131.000 inwoners. Moritz von Kotzebue en August von Haxthausen beschreven  lokale legenden, die het graf van Noach's vrouw in Marand plaatsten. Beide auteurs namen aan dat de naam van de stad "moeder ligt hier" zou betekenen en op de vrouw van Noach betrekking heeft.

Klimaat
De stad en omgeving hebben een semi-aride klimaat, code BSk volgens de klimaatklassificatie van Köppen. De gemiddelde jaarlijkse neerslag bedraagt 315 mm. De natste maanden zijn april en mei met elk rond de 55 mm, juli en augustus zijn het droogst met 7 à 8 mm per maand. De ligging op 1300 meter boven zeeniveau tempert de warmte. In de warmste maanden juli en augustus bereikt de gemiddelde maximumtemperatuur overdag de 31°C. In de winter liggen de minumumtemperaturen in de nacht rond de -5°C en is het overdag enkele graden boven nul.

Geschiedenis
De geschiedenis van de stad gaat terug tot op de voor-islamitische tijd. In het tijdperk van het Koninkrijk Armenië werd Marand Bakurakert genoemd. Tussen 815 en 850 werd Marand door Mohammad ibn Ba'ith gecontroleerd. Deze Arabische gouverneur kwam daarbij onder invloed van de Perzische cultuur en schreef ook Perzischtalige gedichten.

Economie
De bevolking is werkzaam in de industrie en handel. De stad beschikt over kleinschalige levensmiddelenindustrie. De stad ligt ongeveer 75 km ten noordwesten van Tabriz, waarmee het via de A-32 en de A-14 is verbonden. Ook is er een spoorverbinding met Tabriz, en naar het noorden met Armenië.

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Зимовий туризм (білий туризм) — це відвідування туристських місцевостей у зимову пору року. Найпопулярнішим він є під час різдвяних і новорічних канікул.

Загальний опис
Зимовий туризм значною мірою залежить від кліматичних та погодних умов. Зокрема, глобальне потепління внесло поправки в плани багатьох міжнародних гравців зимового туристичного ринку, змінивши геополітичну карту курортів. Відсутність «гарантованої наявності снігу» на початку зими завдає величезної шкоди зимовому туризму, тому часто туристичні організації вдаються до технологічних новинок, інтенсивно використовують снігові гармати. Зимовий туризму дає можливість скористатися значною кількість підвидів спортивного туризму — гірські лижі та слалом, сноубординг та сноутюбинг, ковзанярство та керлінг, а також насолодитися в зимових туристичних зонах купанням у термальних купелях просто неба.

Найпопулярніші країни зимового туризму
Найпопулярнішими країнами для зимового відпочинку ВТО визнано:

 1. Австрія (в Австрії ретельно стежать за правильним співвідношенням ціни і якості. Безліч курортних місць і добре підготовлених схилів, різноманітність трас від найпростіших до складних, величезна кількість магазинів, ресторанів і дискотек роблять Австрію привабливим місцем для туристів зимового туризму).
 2. Франція (французькі гірськолижні курорти пропонують одні з найкращих у світі умов для зимового туризму. Країна є світовим лідером і за кількістю зимових курортів (понад 400), і за загальною протяжністю і оснащеністю лижних трас).
 3. Італія (італійські гірськолижні курорти мають найбільшу протяжність в альпійських горах, цікавий рельєф, а також добре розвинену інфраструктури гірськолижних курортів).
 4. Швейцарія (до безумовних плюсів зимового туризму тут можна віднести найвисокогірніші альпійські курорти та унікальну екологію. Зимова Швейцарія славиться чудовим відпочинком у термал-готелях).
 5. Польща (зимові курорти країни особливо популярні серед молоді своєю дешевизною, а снігові траси в Татрах цілком відповідають світовим стандартам).

Галерея: зимовий туризм в Кримських горах

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 Сучасні різновиди туризму: навч. посіб. / М. П. Кляп, Ф. Ф. Шандор. —  : Знання, 2011. — 334 с. ISBN 978-966-346-854-9 (серія) ISBN 978-966-346-730-6
 Зимовий туризм в Україні

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Playing tennis should be fun! Part of this is playing against people of a similar standard to you.
When you sign up we want to get you started in the most suitable division for you. To help us do this, we ask you to pick one of the below playing standards when creating your profile. Picking an accurate standard will ensure you play against others of a similar ability to you and get you the best possible matches.
All you need to do is have a read through and decide which description matches your game best.
1 - Just starting out You are primarily working on getting the ball into play.
2 - Beginner You can rally and hit a little, but don't have much experience of playing tennis. You've never played any / many matches but would love to give it a go and are keen to improve your game.
3 - Recreational You can sustain a rally of slow pace with other players of similar ability and are beginning to develop strokes. Your serve is inconsistent and you tend to just concentrate on getting it in. You are familiar with the basic positions for singles tennis.
4 - Improver You are fairly consistent when hitting medium-paced shots, but are not yet comfortable with all strokes and lack execution when trying for directional control, depth, pace or altering distance of shots. You can approach the net and play volleys, but quite often it doesn't quite work out as you'd hope.
5 - Intermediate You have improved stroke dependability with directional control on moderate shots, but still lack depth, variety and the ability to alter distance of shots. You can lob, play overheads, approach shots and volleys but could do with a bit more confidence. You are comfortable at the net, and have good court awareness.
6 - Confident You have dependable strokes, including directional control, depth and the ability to alter distance of shots on both forehand and backhand sides during moderately paced play. You are confident to use lobs, overheads, approach shots, and volleys with some success. Your serve occasionally wins you points, but you also lose rallies due to impatience.
7 - Club You can vary your shots with pace and spin. You have good movement and can control distance and depth of shots. You can develop game plans according to strengths and weaknesses of your opponents. You can hit first serves with power and accuracy and can place the second serve. You can attack opponents, but still occasionally overhit on difficult shots.
8 - Competitor You have good shot anticipation and have an outstanding shot or attribute around which your game is structured. You have the confidence to hit winners or force errors off of short balls. You can put away volleys, can successfully execute lobs, drop shots, half volleys, overheads, and can hit a second serve with depth and spin.
9 - Serious competitor You have developed pace and consistency as major weapons. You can vary strategies and styles of play in competitive situations and hit dependable shots (as above) in pressurised situations.
10 - Novak / Serena You are Novak Djokovic or Serena Williams.


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Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban is the National Assembly Building of Bangladesh, located in the capital Dhaka. It was created by architect Louis Kahn and is one of the largest legislative complexes in the world. It houses all parliamentary activities of Bangladesh.
First, Muzharul Islam was given to design Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban by the government. But, Islam brought his teacher Louis Kahn into the project to do a significant work for future generation. Muzharul Islam assisted Kahn at the project. According to Robert McCarter, author of Louis I. Kahn, it "is one of the twentieth century's greatest architectural monuments, and is without question Kahn's magnum opus."
The architect drew upon and assimilated both the vernacular and monumental archetypes of the region, and abstracted and transformed, to a degree of utter purity, lasting architectural ideas from many eras and civilisations. The core of the composition is the assembly chamber, a 300-seat, 30-meters high, domed amphitheatre and the library. These spaces alternate among eight "light and air courts" and a restaurant, as well as entrances to the garden and mosque. Built of rough-shuttered, poured-in-place concrete, the walls are inlaid with bands of white marble. The jury noted that the architect has produced a building that "while universal in its sources of forms, aesthetics, and technologies, could be in no other place."
Louis Kahn designed the entire Jatiyo Sangsad complex, which includes lawns, lake and residences for the Members of the Parliament.
Kahn's key design philosophy optimizes the use of space while representing Bangladeshi heritage and culture. External lines are deeply recessed by porticoes with huge openings of regular geometric shapes on their exterior, shaping the building's overall visual impact.
In the architect Louis Kahn's own words:
"In the assembly I have introduced a light-giving element to the interior of the plan. If you see a series of columns you can say that the choice of columns is a choice in light. The columns as solids frame the spaces of light. Now think of it just in reverse and think that the columns are hollow and much bigger and that their walls can themselves give light, then the voids are rooms, and the column is the maker of light and can take on complex shapes and be the supporter of spaces and give light to spaces. I am working to develop the element to such an extent that it becomes a poetic entity which has its own beauty outside of its place in the composition. In this way it becomes analogous to the solid column I mentioned above as a giver of light. It was not belief, not design, not pattern, but the essence from which an institution could emerge..."
The lake on three sides of the Bhaban, extending up to the Members' hostel adds to site's aesthetics and also portrays the riverine beauty of Bangladesh. The assembly building received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1989.
The main building (the Bhaban) is divided into three parts:
- The Main Plaza
- South Plaza
- Presidential Plaza
The main building is at the center of the complex. The outer parts of the complex include the MP hostel. An intricately designed lake surrounds the main building.
The Bhaban (Main Building) design
The Bhaban consists of nine individual blocks: the eight peripheral blocks rise to a height of 110' while the central octagonal block rises to a height of 155'. All nine blocks include different groups of functional spaces and have different levels, inter-linked horizontally and vertically by corridors, lifts, stairs, light courts, and circular areas. The entire structure is designed to blend into one single, non-differentiable unit, that appears from the exterior to be a single story.
The main committee rooms are located at level two in one of the peripheral blocks. All parliamentary functionaries, including Ministers and chairpersons of some of the Standing Committees, have offices in the Bhaban. The Parliament Secretariat also occupies offices in the same building.
The Main Plaza
The most important part of the Main Plaza is the Parliament Chamber, which can house up to 354 members during sessions. There are also two podiums and two galleries for VIP visitors. The Chamber has a maximum height of 117' with a parabolic shell roof. The roof was designed with a clearance of a single story to let in daylight. Daylight, reflecting from the surrounding walls and octagonal drum, filters into the Parliament Chamber. The efficient and aesthetic use of light was a strong architectural capability of Louis Kahn.
The artificial lighting system has been carefully devised to provide zero obstruction to the entry of daylight. A composite chandelier is suspended from parabolic shell roof. This chandelier in turn consists of a metallic web, spanning the entire chamber, that supports the individual light fixtures.
Upper levels of the block (that contains the Chamber) contain the visitor and press galleries, as well as communication booths, all of which overlook the Parliament Chamber.
The South Plaza
The South Plaza faces the Manik Mia Avenue. It gradually rises to a 20' height and serves as a beautiful exterior as well as the main entrance (used by members during sessions) to the Parliament Building.
Presidential Plaza
The Presidential Plaza lies to the North and faces the Lake Road. It functions as an intimate plaza for the MPs and other dignitaries. It contains marble steps, a gallery and an open pavement.
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In the very back of my file cabinet lies some seriously sacred territory – the many files documenting my brother's medical history before sarcoma, records reflecting his fight against sarcoma, and his death certificate. I don't know why I have kept these papers 7 years later, except to say that I thought they may help someone else needing research info, fighting an insurance appeal or filing for disability…or for assisting in the preventive care of Alan's 3 children as they grow up. And then I must admit there was the emotional pain of shredding the papers that defined the most devastating chapter in my life, and deciding that it was easier on my heart to let them stay put.
I made the decision to pull out these files today in honor of Sarcoma Awareness Month, because I know in my heart that I do have an important story to tell you and a valuable lesson to impart. And what monumental thing did I learn after the loss of my brother, you ask? Awareness can potentially save your life, and the lack of it may kill you.
Like so many young people suddenly stricken with sarcoma, my brother Alan was a healthy young adult. However, his first "bolt out of the blue" health crisis came not from sarcoma, but from renal cell carcinoma in 2000. Alan had some unexplained and sudden back pain. He got it checked out quickly, and to his utter shock he had a malignant mass in his right kidney. Alan had his kidney immediately removed and had no further treatments, because there was no evidence of metastatic disease. Our family felt so grateful for this outcome and breathed a huge sigh of relief. But what we didn't know at that time was that the ultimate enemy was waiting in the wings — and would strike without abandon.
Alan began to have regular oncologic visits and scans of his abdomen and pelvis after that 2000 diagnosis to monitor for reoccurrence or metastases of renal cell carcinoma. All was well with his cancer status…until it wasn't at all. The new oncologist wrote this in his report 9 years later, in July 2009:
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What I will NEVER understand was why there were no physician notes about a significant lump on his bicep that was present THE ENTIRE 9 YEARS POST KIDNEY CANCER. Was anybody concerned about its mere presence in the backdrop of having had renal cell carcinoma? Were these oncologists familiar with sarcoma and what to look for? Was there such a complete lack of awareness on the part of every physician that saw my brother during that decade that no red flags were raised?
Let my brother's tragic passing remind you to know your body, to question something that doesn't seem right, to insist that your doctor take a thorough look, and to relentlessly be your own advocate. May it serve as a startling reminder that lumps, swelling, and pains need to be checked out thoroughly. And I mean THOROUGHLY. A two-second palpation of a lump on the arm of a cancer survivor doesn't suffice as a lipoma diagnosis, in my humble opinion.
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Assistant Professor of Biology Julie Hagelin is an expert on avian behavioral ecology and avian communication. Professor Hagelin has conducted extensive research on chemical signaling of the Crested Auklet, an Alaskan seabird that produces a remarkable tangerine-like scent. She has also recently worked on the perfumed and critically endangered Kakapo parrot of New Zealand. Until recently, birds were the only group of vertebrates for which chemical communication was unknown. Avian chemical communication challenges the traditional view since Audubon that birds respond to their world only through sight and sound. Her work was supported by the National Geographic Foundation and National Science Foundation.
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