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		[ "Post-exercise soreness (called delayed onset muscle fatigue or DOMS) is normal if you are a beginner or have been working out consistently, but have recently changed up your exercise routine.", "DOMS is actually caused by micro-trauma or tears to your muscles.", "These tears are the muscles normal reaction to overload (read: how we build muscle).", "But the pain should decrease over time and if you are sore after every workout, you may not be giving your body enough time to rest, repair and recover.", "If you continue to be sore after every workout, you are putting yourself a risk for injury and overuse syndromes.", "So basically, you should still be able to walk up the stairs, wash your hair, and pick up your children the day after you workout!", "Be Healthy.", "Be Balanced.", "-Alicia and Nikki" ]
		[ "The Say’s phoebe is a medium sized flycatcher that nests all over the Western United States.", "As you can see it is not encumbered by man-made structures.", "It adapts well to cities, and will even nest on fences and buildings when other suitable nests are not found.", "It has the distinction of nesting farther North than any other flycatcher.", "In recent years it has been expanding even farther North.", "The species discovered the Alaska pipeline and has used it for nesting sites allowing it to expand its range further north, well past the place where trees stop growing.", "The Say’s Phoebe is taking advantage of an opportunity which other birds might well have seen as a hindrance.", "By doing so, they get to take advantage of the massive hatch of bugs that occurs in the arctic tundra.", "They will probably be limited to one brood because of the shorter season, but Say’s phoebe is not noted for having multiple broods anyway.", "Seeing and taking advantage of opportunities is one of the best uses of insight we humans can have as well.", "Nevertheless it is difficult to spot opportunities as they go by.", "It takes a person who is not prone to be fearful of new situations.", "It takes a willingness to embrace risk.", "But how much easier would it be if we had someone to show us exactly what opportunities were made for us.", "This is exactly what believers have in the Holy Spirit.", "1 Corinthians 2:10 (HCSB) says “Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.”", "This is the opening sentence of a paragraph discussing the work of the Spirit as it guides Christians." ]
		[ "The question posed in Robert Frost's \"The Oven Bird\" is found in the last line of the poem.", "What to make of a diminished thing.", "The body of the poem speaks to everything a bird has seen and how everyone has heard the song of a bird.", "The imagery depicted shows a time where the leaves are falling and the flowers, once full of color, are close to disappearing as well.", "The importance of the question comes when the bird seems to question why everyone notices the natural elements dying with the onset of fall, but they fail to recognize the lack of the bird's song.", "The bird is, essentially, questioning why no one notices the loss of the bird's voice, but only notices the loss of the leaves and flowers, the drying and dusty roads.", "In the end, the bird seems to be questioning singing at all.", "The bird wants to be considered in the same why which other things in nature are: recognized, missed, and reflected upon." ]
		[ "Once we receive your sample, we will process it as follows:- Firstly, we will extract DNA from your infected leaf sample.", "This will include DNA from the wheat as well as any microorganisms residing on the leaf.", "- We will then use a molecular biology assay to probe the DNA for presence of the Yellow Spot pathogen.", "- If we identify Yellow Spot, we will then place your leaf sample on a rich media to allow the fungal pathogen to grow out.", "- Once the fungal hyphae have emerged, we will then induce the fungus to sporulate.", "We will transfer a single spore (conidium) on to fresh media to select a pure fungal strain.-", "Once the fungus has grown, we will extract the DNA and test for genes encoding effectors (host-selective toxins).", "This will include genes encoding effectors from overseas which are biosecurity risks to Australia.", "All of this information will enable us to build a snapshot of the status of Yellow Spot within Australia.", "Yellow spot strains from resistant wheat varieties are high priorities for pathogenicity assays (plant infections) to look for any shifts in virulence.", "It is crucial to recover current strains of the fungus, monitor the pathogen and stay on top of any changes, so we are best placed to combat it." ]
		[ "Though lifestyle factors cause blood sugar shifts, the most common cause of blood sugar issues is diabetes.", "There are several types of diabetes, which are described here:", "Type 1 diabetes[a child having blood glucose measured]", "Type 1 diabetes may be referred to as juvenile diabetes because it usually develops during childhood.", "Type 1 diabetes causes the body's immune cells to attack some of the insulin-secreting cells in the pancreas.", "People with type 1 diabetes often experience very high blood sugar.", "Their low insulin levels, however, mean that they cannot use much of the glucose in their blood.", "Type 1 diabetes is a type of autoimmune condition, which means that it causes the body to attack itself.", "It often develops in childhood, and is sometimes called juvenile diabetes.", "Type 2 diabetesType 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes, and is linked to lifestyle issues such as being overweight.", "People with type 2 diabetes have insulin resistance.", "This means that insulin doesn't work as well to allow the cells access to glucose." ]
		[ "The purpose of a lawsuit is to afford parties an opportunity to resolve disputes before a tribunal.", "Litigation has its benefits.", "For one, the force of law controls.", "A party cannot ignore procedural rules without facing sanctions.", "Two, the result will be binding.", "A judgement from a court of law will be enforced.", "Finally, three, parties can have their day in court.", "Lawsuits rarely result in a trial by jury, however.", "Most cases are resolved short of trial -- by way of mediation, or by settlement negotiated by the attorneys.", "Nevertheless, a trial attorney should treat every case as if it is going to trial.", "This mindset will help maximize the case value.", "Part of preparing for trial lies in procedural strategies.", "One such strategy is controlling the evidence admitted during the trial.", "Motions, or requests to the judge, can be made before the jury is impaneled.", "Motions in limine are made to exclude certain evidence from being heard by the jury.", "There are a few motions in limine that should be considered in every case.", "\"Character evidence,\" or evidence of a person's past conduct unrelated to the case, is not allowed.", "Thus, if a plaintiff has been involved in prior lawsuits, or had been found at fault in another case, a motion should be made to protect the plaintiff.", "A jury may consider \"character evidence\" as evidence to prove conduct in the relevant case.", "The law prohibits that line of thinking.", "The present evidence should be considered alone without the information of what may or may not have happened in a separate case.", "Another popular motion limits the ability of the defendant to introduce evidence not already disclosed to the plaintiff.", "During pre-trial litigation, discovery is completed by both sides.", "When a party responds to discovery, they should be held to their responses.", "New or contradictory evidence can be excluded with a motion in limine.", "For example, a defendant will assert his defense contentions during discovery.", "Let's say Danny the Defendant stated in his response to an interrogatory that he was not negligent because the plaintiff ran a red light.", "During trial though, Danny the Defendant tries to testify that he was not negligent because the signal was defective.", "His testimony can be excluded because it is inconsistent with his discovery response.", "Motions in limine regarding experts are common as well.", "Medical experts are utilized in almost every motor vehicle accident case.", "In order for the plaintiff to prove damages, it is helpful to have a doctor discuss the plaintiff's medical treatment, and future medical treatment that may be necessary.", "It gives the jury information about the extent of money that has been spent or will have to be spent.", "A plaintiff attorney should anticipate the content of the defendant's medical expert's opinions.", "An expert must disclose all of his opinions during a deposition when asked.", "If an expert tries to give a new or different opinion during trial, it could be devastating to the plaintiff's case.", "Thus, a motion in limine should be filed so that the defendant's expert's opinions are limited to the opinions given during deposition.", "Trial results are unpredictable.", "Juries have been known to surprise attorneys.", "It is important, then, for attorneys to do everything in their power to control the process.", "Motions in limine are one way of giving the plaintiff an opportunity to win." ]
		[ "It helps to think of dialogue as just ordinary conversation – that has a purpose.", "Monologue is a conversation one has with oneself.", "Dialogue is a conversation one has with someone else.", "There are always at leat two people involved in a dialogue.", "Your task as a writer is, through the voices having the conversation, to allow your readers to glean more about the characters, their relationships, and their intentions.", "Sometimes you can also use dialogue to move the action forward, or to reveal something by ‘showing not telling.’" ]
		[ "Posted 6 years agoWhen the British forces retreated from France the Germans captured much British equipment.", "Included were battle blouses that members of the army wore.", "The Germans liked the smartness of these blouses and converted them for their use, namely for crew members of u boats, who had to work within the confined space of a submarine.", "Kriegsmarine buttons were added, as well as German insignia such as shoulder boards, collar litzen, etc.", "This is a prime example of such a conversion.", "The Kriegsmarine buttons are removeable, and gold litzen was added to the corners of the collar to show the rank of a non commissioned officer.", "This person was awarded an Iron Cross 2nd class, and a portion of the ribbon was stitched through the second buttonhole as prescribed by regulations.", "Loops were also added in order to wear the badges.", "Having loops meant that the pin of the award went through the loop and not the material of the uniform.", "The awards are the U Boat war badge, awarded after two patrols, and the bronze U Boat combat clasp for exceptional bravery while on patrol.", "It was up to the commander of the u boat to decide whether a crew member earned the badge.", "The gold eagle was also for NCO use as well as officers." ]
		[ "Experts Talk Teaching the Future Wave of Computer Virus FightersLynchburg, VA -", "For much of Wednesday, our IT team here at WSET was dealing with a vicious new virus, one that we've told you about before.", "The CryptoLocker virus attacked our network, as it does so many others, every day, worldwide.", "We want to make sure you're not the next victim.", "Thousands of PCs every day are attacked by viruses big and small.", "They seemingly creep onto your computer, without you even knowing, and within hours, you're left locked out of all your personal files.", "The experts are sharing their secrets on how they beat the bad guys.", "Tammy Pollard is teaching the next generation of IT specialists and computer experts.", "Inside her Miller Motte Technical College classroom, her lessons attempt to predict the future.", "\"We try to make changes to the curriculum to keep up with the times because there are things you don't have to teach anymore\" she said.", "Pollard teaches her students how to prevent a virus from attacking a computer network.", "In the 25 years that she's been working in this industry, she says viruses have grown and adapted to become more malicious than ever.", "Seven different categories with hundreds of virus variations make them more common than we may think.", "\"Every time there's a new Microsoft or another operating system there are holes in it that these security patches need to be put in place to fix\" she said.", "Take for instance the new and undetectable, CryptoLocker virus.", "Open it up and the hacker will hold all of your files until you pay up.", "This falls under the ransomware category, a type of virus that holds your computer hostage until you pay the hackers, a ransom.", "\"If you're in this line of business, it's a constant stream of education\" said Lonnie Rose.", "Rose owns a computer networking firm that works daily to salvage software ravaged by viruses.", "He says like any other industry, viruses are changing with the times.", "\"The viruses are getting more sophisticated, much, much more sophisticated as time goes on and people are just as gullible as we've always been\" said Rose.", "Something that guarantees Pollard will have students to teach for a long time.", "\"They want to learn how to do this and they find it interesting, and they don't want to be held hostage\" she said.", "These viruses are not exclusive to business computers.", "They're known to attack your PC at home.", "Some things to keep in mind: make sure your anti-virus software is always running and up to date.", "Also, never open emails or download files that are foreign to you... both have been known to conceal viruses.", "And be sure to back up all of your files." ]
		[ "Details about Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament:Charts provide visual organization that is ideal for teaching, learning, and review.", "Facts, connections, parallels, and contrasts can be grasped easily at a glance.", "This revised edition of Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament includes 42 new charts and 18 revised charts.", "The charts cover historical, literary, archaeological, and theological aspects of the Old Testament, its background, and biblical studies.", "Among the 100 charts are: - Genealogies . . .", "- Comparative Ancient Near-Eastern Chronology - Parallels between Law and Wisdom The Kings of Judah and Israel . . .", "- Treaty Format and Biblical Covenants - Dynasties of the Northern Kingdom . . .", "- Principles for Word Studies - Messages of the Pre-Exilic Minor Prophets . . .", "- Angel of the Lord in the Old TestamentBack to topRent Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament 2nd edition today, or search our site for other textbooks by John H. Walton.", "Every textbook comes with a 21-day \"Any Reason\" guarantee.", "Published by Zondervan.", "Need help ASAP?", "We have you covered with 24/7 instant online tutoring.", "Connect with one of our tutors now." ]
		[ "We have had a ‘sports day’ during our French lesson to help us learn lots of new verbs.", "We have sung songs to help us learn new vocabulary and some of the songs are similar to songs sung in English.", "We played a game called ‘Zap’.", "Two people played against each other to be the quickest to give the correct answer.", "We were practising the days of the week." ]
		[ "illustrated by Louis SlobodkinThere is something to be said about a book that has never been out of print since it was published in 1944.", "A timeless classic that we can all learn from still to this day.", "The Hundred Dresses was written by Eleanor Estes and was illustrated by Louis Slobodkin.", "This book was a 1945 Newberry Honor winner.", "A story about an immigrant girl that didn’t fit in.", "A story about the haves and the have- nots.", "A story about remorse and the quest to find forgiveness.", "This is a story about a girl who was picked on and a girl that didn’t have the courage to stand up and say it was wrong.", "Wanda Patronski, her father, and brother were immigrants to the United States from Poland.", "They lived in a small house in the country called, Boggins Heights.", "“Boggins Heights was no place to live.”", "Wanda didn’t have any friends.", "She went to and from school each day by herself and she always wore the same faded blue dress that never quite hung on her properly.", "The kids in Wanda’s class were making fun on Wanda because she said she had one hundred dresses.", "Clearly, she wore the same faded blue dress each day.", "However, there was a drawing contest and Wanda submitted her one hundred dresses and won the contest.", "She was not able to bask in the glory though because she had moved.", "The principal brought the teacher a note and it read;", "Dear Teacher: My Wanda will not come to your school anymore.", "Jake also.", "Now we move away to big city.", "No more holler Polack.", "No more ask why funny name.", "Plenty of funny names in the big city..", "Yours truly, Jan PetronskiMadeline is one of the girls who is part of the group that teases Wanda.", "Although she struggles internally about what to do or say about the situation.", "She recognizes that it is not nice, but she also realizes that if she speaks up, the taunting could turn to her.", "Maddie tries to find Wanda before she moves to apologize but it is too late.", "Maddie learned a difficult lesson and she was determined to find a way to apologize.", "She writes her a letter to tell her about the contest and she apologizes.", "In the end, she is forgiven.", "Helena Estes includes a letter to the readers in her mother’s book.", "Many people want to know if this is a true story.", "She says this book is based on both fact and fiction.", "She also shared that her mother did know of a Polish girl in her school that wore the same dress each day and she was picked on.", "Her mother “never forgot the little girl who had been so badly treated.", "She herself knew what it was like to be poor as a child to always be cold in winter, to wear clothes passed down to her by her sister.”", "Eleanor Estes always wondered how she could make things right.", "This was how The Hundred Dresses came to be.", "Eleanor’s feelings of guilt reign throughout the book.", "“True, she had not enjoyed listening to Peggy ask Wanda how many dresses she had in her closet, but she had said nothing.", "She had stood by silently, and that was just as bad as what Peggy had done.", "Worse.", "She was a coward.”", "I enjoyed the illustrations by Louis Slobodkin.", "They certainly are from the past, but they reminded me of the many books I looked at my grandparents’ house growing up.", "It looks like they are water color.", "The language that Estes uses stands out in this book.", "She is able to use a word or phrase to capture the emotions that go with the event.", "“They saw Jack Beggles running to school, his necktie askew and his cap at a precarious tilt.", "”p6 “The girls laughed derisively, while Wanda moved over to the sunny place by the ivy-covered brick wall of the school building where she usually stood and waited for the bell to ring.", "P.13-14This is a book we can all relate too.", "One may be the person getting picked on, the one standing by saying nothing, or the one who is doing the teasing.", "This is a heartfelt message felt by the reader." ]
		[ "Numbers are typically formatted as General or Numbers.", "But you might want Excel Online to treat certain types of numbers as text.", "For example, credit card numbers or zip codes that aren’t going to be used in calculations.", "To do that, you can apply the Text format.", "Here’s how:Choose the cell or cell range that has the numbers you want to format.", "Click Home > Number Format > Text.", "Tip:", "If you don't see Text, scroll to the end of the list.", "Note: Numbers formatted as text are left-aligned in cells.", "Additional information about numbers formatted as textTo use decimal places for numbers stored as text, you can manually include the decimal points.", "When you enter numbers that begins with a zero, Excel automatically removes the zero.", "For example, when you enter product codes like 0784367998, Excel changes it to 784367998.", "To prevent this, select the cell, cell range, or column and apply the Text format before entering or pasting the numbers.", "You can also use the Text function to change a number to text." ]
		[ "Reductions in bee and butterfly populations are hitting zucchini harvests hard: Without bees, pollination doesn’t happen, and zucchini buds literally die on the vine.", "But you can give nature a hand by pollinating zucchini blossoms yourself.", "1.", "Determine which blossoms are male and contain pollen:", "Males stand on slender stalks.", "2. Locate female blossoms, which have a small zucchinis beneath that will grow into an adult vegetable when pollinated.", "Here’s a look at the happy couple.", "3. Wait until morning when female blossoms open their petals.", "Then, shake the pollen from the male blossom onto the stigma in the center of the female blossom.", "You can use a cotton swab or paintbrush to push the pollen onto the stigma.", "Or just pluck off the male blossom leaves and shake the pollen directly onto the female.", "4.", "Close the female blossom with a piece of pantyhose, and let nature take its course.", "Here’s a video that shows how to pollinate a zucchini blossom that’s growing in a bag of soil.", "Five days after pollination, a 4-oz baby zucchini was harvested.", "Couldn’t be prouder." ]
		[ "Gateway to the WorldTravel the world right here at the Children's Museum of Atlanta.", "Visit six continents, launch a rocket, and climb through the layers of the Earth in the Museum's newest and largest permanent exhibit.", "Explore the layers of the earth in this climbing structure at the center of the Museum.", "Once children have reached the earth’s center, they may use kid-power to make the outer skin of the earth spin.", "The Museum’s Globe is accessible to children who use wheelchairs or are otherwise unable to climb via the mezzanine.", "A toddler area helps the very youngest visitors learn more about Earth.", "Continent Tables +Learn about the world’s continents, their geography, weather patterns, and animal life at the Museum’s interactive continent tables.", "Children can feel an earthquake on a shake table in South America, test the temperature of a glacier in North America, dig for an ancient house in Africa, and build the Great Wall of China in Asia.", "Rocket Launch Pad +All children are rocket scientists.", "Children will launch rockets to the planets.", "Will it reach Mercury?", "Mars?", "Jupiter?", "Children will love testing the psi to make their rockets go further.", "Young astrophysicists will learn about physics and engineering with this hands-on activity.", "This two-story structure helps children see the Museum from a new point of view as they build their climbing skills." ]
		[ "Figure 28.2.", "A plan that adds up, for Scotland, England, and Wales.", "The grey-green squares are wind farms.", "Each is 100 km2 in size and is shown to scale.", "The red lines in the sea are wave farms, shown to scale.", "Light-blue lightning-shaped polygons: solar photovoltaic farms – 20 km2 each, shown to scale.", "Blue sharp-cornered polygons in the sea: tide farms.", "Blue blobs in the sea (Blackpool and the Wash): tidal lagoons.", "Light-green land areas: woods and short-rotation coppices (to scale).", "Yellow-green areas: biofuel (to scale).", "Small blue triangles: waste incineration plants (not to scale).", "Big brown diamonds: clean coal power stations, with cofiring of biomass, and carbon capture and storage (not to scale).", "Purple dots: nuclear power stations (not to scale) – 3.3 GW average production at each of 12 sites.", "Yellow hexagons across the channel: concentrating solar power facilities in remote deserts (to scale, 335 km2 each).", "The pink wiggly line in France represents new HVDC lines, 2000 km long, conveying 40 GW from remote deserts to the UK.", "Yellow stars in Scotland: new pumped storage facilities.", "Red stars: existing pumped storage facilities.", "Blue dots: solar panels for hot water on all roofs." ]
		[ "When asked to describe the traits they most admire in their mothers, sons and daughters will speak of unconditional love, self-sacrifice, and unwavering support.", "One Sauk Valley mother from the past found a way to translate her support for her sons into an important innovation that helped the United States during World War II.", "Her name was Vesta Stoudt.", "She was born in Prophetstown in 1891, married Harry Stoudt, lived in Sterling most of her life, and died in 1966 at age 75.", "During World War II, Stoudt, like hundreds of other area women, took a job at Green River Ordnance Plant near Amboy.", "The factory operated between 1942 and 1945.", "It manufactured cartridges and shells for use by the military.", "As described in a story in last week’s SV Weekend, Stoudt’s job was to pack cartridges in boxes and then seal the boxes with thin paper tape.", "She left a tab loose on each box for soldiers in the field to pull to open it.", "Trouble was, the paper tape tab would often rip off, making it harder for the boxes to be opened.", "Stoudt, then in her early 50s, could imagine U.S. soldiers, perhaps under fire, scrambling to open the boxes she packed to reach the needed cartridges.", "That troubled her.", "Likely on her mind were two of her sons, Clarence and Lowell, who served in the Navy at the time – one in the Atlantic, the other in the Pacific.", "Also on her mind was her youngest son, Harry Jr., who started high school in 1943.", "He would eventually serve a post-war stint in the Navy.", "Now 85, he was interviewed for SVM’s story.", "Stoudt realized there had to be a better way to ensure easier access to those cartridges.", "She came up with an idea.", "Rather than use weak paper tape, Stoudt envisioned a stronger tape that would be cloth-backed and waterproof.", "With that improved tape sealing the cartridge boxes, soldiers could grab the tab and rip it open the first time, every time.", "Her idea was initially rejected by her supervisors at the ordnance plant, but Stoudt didn’t give up.", "She decided to go all the way to the top – President Franklin D. Roosevelt.", "Stoudt wrote Roosevelt a letter.", "In it, she appealed for the government to investigate her idea for a stronger tape.", "She included a diagram of her idea.", "And, thinking of her sons, she appealed to Roosevelt’s parental side:“I have two sons out there somewhere, one in the Pacific, the other one with the Atlantic fleet.", "You have sons in the service also.", "We can’t let them down by giving them a box of cartridges that takes a minute or more to open.”", "The government took notice.", "Stoudt was informed that her idea had “exceptional merit” and that it had been forwarded to Johnson & Johnson, which developed and produced a thin, cotton tape believed to resemble her concept.", "Stoudt later received a monthly war workers award for her “outstanding service.”", "According to last week’s story, some people believe her idea eventually led to the creation of duct tape.", "What impresses us is how this Sauk Valley mother kept up the fight for the safety of her sons, and all soldiers, until she succeeded.", "“We can’t let them down,” she wrote to FDR.", "Vesta Stoudt didn’t let them down.", "On this Mother’s Day, we salute her memory.", "Her story is an inspiration." ]
		[ "The Black Death is back in the news.", "Several teams of scientists have been working over the past decade to extract DNA evidence from bodies of victims of the Black Death in fourteenth-century Europe.", "The latest findings confirm several other teams’ work in identifying Yersinia pestis as the microbe responsible for the Black Death pandemic.", "More research is needed to determine the pattern of transmission of the disease, however, since it spread much more rapidly than modern forms of the bubonic plague.", "The New York Times reports on the latest team’s research on bodies from a London cemetery." ]
		[ "In my History New Network feature on the Syrian crisis, I wrote about the Near East Relief Charity of the World War I era.", "Their original name was the The American Committee for Syrian and Armenian Relief.", "They got started in 1915 in response to the humanitarian crisis of World War I. Near East Relief’s life-saving work during those years has been a model for humanitarian aid ever since.", "This charity is still going strong over a hundred years later and helping Syrian refugees.", "In fact, they tweeted me after I wrote the article!", "Now called the Near East Foundation, they are helping Syrian and Iraqi refugee women earn a living.", "They are helping them regain an income, which many have lost because of the war.", "They also have expanded their work to Africa, including Mali and Senegal.", "They are fighting malnutrition in these countries.", "Near East Relief also works in Sudan, helping that country deal with the effects of war.", "You can visit the Near East Foundation web site for more information.", "Read the full article at Examiner." ]
		[ "Tuesday, 15 April 2014Authentic Writing Practise for ChildrenWe have been blessed that Orlando was innately motivated to learn how to read.", "His passion for discovering how the world works was all that was needed for him to see purpose in picking up a book and figuring out what all those symbols meant.", "We could not be happier with his progress.", "He is reading far beyond his years and has a deep passion for books.", "What more could we want.", "(I wrote a little about learning to read here.)", "BUT, when it comes to writing it is a different story.", "He can write.", "His spelling is age appropriate, but his handwriting is sloppy and messy.", "He is challenged by writing and so writes as few words as is acceptable.", "This often results in texts that need much interpretation as we are unsure what it is about... not enough written to create full sentences.", "There are a plethora of ideas around to encourage children to write.", "Shopping lists, stories, letters.", "We have done them all, with pleasure, but they are short lived.", "We wrote letters to everyone we knew, but only got one back... a month later.", "This is not motivating and doesn't provide regular practice.", "So I started wondering... how can I provide authentic and exciting writing practice, motivating writing...EMAIL!!", "I have signed Orlando up for his own email address.", "Together we have typed letters to a variety or friends and family.", "Then we waited... within a day we had 3 emails back!!", "Orlando wanted to type back instantly!", "In the first instance I typed while he dictated, then he typed while I was close by.", "We discussed spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, and completing ideas.", "This has now progressed further to him typing the emails independently and then coming to me at the end.", "He is reading them aloud, and doing the first 'edit' himself, seeing where it doesn't make sense.", "Then I am assisting him with finer details.", "Motivation is high and the quick responses are motivating and very satisfying.", "Even in 2 weeks his sentence structure is improving.", "His handwriting is the next challenge... but more on that later." ]
		[ "Memories for Miriam, Alice, Theo, Delia, Tessaand anyone else who would like to be hereMiriam and Alice are asking for more stories about Pele.", "They know one story about how Pele came to the volcanic island of Hawaii with her little sister, and how she decided to eat Ohelo berries.", "This is a different story.", "In this story, Pele starts out as an ordinary person, and later becomes the goddess of the volcano.", "At the beginning of the story, she lived in a house like the one in the picture (which we saw at a park in Hawaii).", "Her brothers made canoes like the man in the picture is making.", "Kamapuaa, the god who changes his shape is also in this story.", "He can change himself into a fish -- the humuhumunukunukuapuaa.", "He can change himself into a boar (also called a pig or a hog).", "At the beginning of the story, Kamapuaa looks like a man.", "He is a very successful warrior and he is a leader of other warriors.", "They have defeated many tribes on the island of Hawaii.", "At the beginning of the story, Kamapuaa and his men go to the southeast tip of Hawaii, below the volcano.", "This place is called Puna.", "We were near this place when we visited the volcano last summer.", "The house where Pele and her brothers lived was in Puna.", "When he gets to Puna, Kamapuaa meets Pele and her family.", "He thinks Pele is very beautiful.", "He asks her to marry him.", "Pele and her brothers say \"No, Pele won't marry you.", "You look like a hog.", "You have hog bristles on your back.", "\"This made Kamapuaa very mad.", "He brought his warriors to attack Pele's family and her whole village.", "They all ran away from their houses in the middle of the night while Kamapuaa and his men were asleep.", "Kamapuaa and the men had to sleep on top of hard lava, like we saw in this picture.", "Meanwhile, Pele and her family hid in a cave that they knew about in another part of Puna.", "Alice and Miriam might remember that lava flowing down from the volcano makes many caves.", "We even walked through one in the National Park (see photo).", "Pele and her family thought they would be safe in the very big cave.", "The cave had a small opening in front, but it went far back into the black lava rock, into the side of the mountain.", "No one knew where the other end of the cave was, but they knew there was an opening because air came rushing through the cave.", "When they built a fire in the cave, the smoke blew out the front door.", "In the cave, they put down their sleeping mats and their food.", "They rolled some big rocks into the front opening, and set up spears to keep the attackers away.", "Soon Kamapuaa and his men began to attack.", "Pele's brothers and the other men with them threw spears out the narrow opening.", "They were keeping the attackers away.", "Once Kamapuaa got too close and Pele's brother wounded him with a spear.", "Kamapuaa decided they would make a fire and the smoke would drive Pele and her family out of the cave.", "The fire roared around the big rocks at the entry to the cave, but the smoke blew right out again because of the vent in the back.", "Pele's family had thought of this!", "The front part of the cave was hot, but they knew how to go back to cooler parts of the cave where they could be comfortable.", "Next the boar god and his men decided to try to make a big hole above the cave, digging down so that they would come into the far end of the cave.", "As they dug, they heard a huge noise.", "They saw lava starting to flow out of a lava vent above the hole they were digging.", "They ran as fast as they could and got into their canoes.", "They paddled away to the other islands.", "Lava flowed all around.", "The cave was full of lava.", "But Pele and her brothers became the goddess and gods of the volcano.", "Now Pele can make lava flow whenever she is angry.", "Sometimes people still see the beautiful young girl who refused to marry a man who could turn into a boar or into a fish.", "Sometimes she has flames for hair and is very frightening, sometimes she is warm and kind.", "Sometimes she is old instead of young.", "Pele isn't a person any more: she's a goddess.", "At least that's how this story ends.", "In old Hawaii, people made temples where they worshiped the goddess Pele and other gods and goddesses.", "In the picture at the left is a platform where one of the temples once stood.", "It is called a heiau.", "Even now, people leave flowers and candy or crackers for Pele.", "The picture at right shows a rock near the volcano crater where people put these things for Pele.", "They used to throw them into the pools of hot lava, but this year, the lava is very far from the road and you can't get there.", "I based this story on a tale in the book The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, which was written long ago, in 1888, by King David Kalakaua, who was really the king of Hawaii." ]
		[ "A microturbine is a small rotor-type turbine engine, approximately the size of a refrigerator, with energy outputs of 25 kW to 500 kW that is used as an alternative method of power generation.", "Microturbines use fan blades to compress air or air-fuel mixes, which are then combusted to generate both electric and thermal energy.", "Microturbines are usually powered by natural gas, but can also be powered by biogas, hydrogen, propane or diesel.", "Microturbines are mainly used in commercial applications; however, residential use is feasible.", "In addition to being highly efficient, these light weight units have low maintenance costs and have low emissions.", "Microturnbines can not currently earn the ENERGY STAR label." ]
		[ "Finland has extensive groundwater reserves.", "There are 6,350 groundwater areas in Finland and they form 5.4 million cubic metres of groundwater every day.", "We only use 10% of all groundwater.", "There are approximately 1,600 waterworks in Finland, many water cooperatives and 10% of the population use water from their own wells as domestic water.", "Approximately 60% of the water distributed by public waterworks is groundwater and the rest is surface water." ]
		[ "You think plants are dull?", "What about a giant flower that's three feet wide, has no roots, leaves, or stem, and smells horrible?", "Or a teeny-weeny plant that produces a figlike fruit that weighs a little more than a grain of salt?", "Or how about a fern in your backyard that dinosaurs used to eat?", "Read on....", "In ponds across North America, you'll find plants so small it takes a magnifying glass to see them.", "When thousands of these flattened, oval-shaped green bodies congregate, they form a coating of green film on the water surface.", "It may look like algae, but it's not.", "Scientists call it Wolffia, but it's better known as duckweed.", "It got its name because ducks and other waterfowl eat it.", "Wayne Armstrong, a professor of biology at Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif., says it takes about 25 Wolffia plants, placed side by side, to equal one inch.", "One plant is \"roughly two to three times as large as a grain of table salt.\"", "The plants lack true roots and are easily moved across the water by the wind.", "That's why you find them in masses along pond edges.", "Millions of the plants may grow in a small pond.", "Duckweed produces the world's smallest flower and tiniest fruit.", "The flower lacks petals and sepals.", "It's nothing more than a single stamen and pistil in a pouch on top of the plant.", "The flower produces a tiny fruit that Mr. Armstrong describes as a \"miniature fig with just one seed.\"", "It would take about 40 fruits to equal one inch.", "(That's half the size of the plant.", "Can you imagine an apple that's half the size of a tree?)", "The fruit weighs 1/400,000th of an ounce.", "A grain of salt weighs slightly less.", "But the fruit of a duckweed is hard to find, because it rarely yields any.", "Duckweed occasionally reproduces using its minuscule flower.", "But most of the time it reproduces by budding.", "Buds grow into exact copies of the parent plant.", "The new plants then break off and establish themselves.", "This process happens relatively quickly.", "In the case of a particular species (Wolffia microscopica), budding can take place in 30 hours!", "Armstrong has done some interesting calculations about this.", "If one duckweed plant could keep reproducing nonstop every 30 hours for four months, a nonillion plants would result.", "A nonillion is a one with 30 zeroes after it.", "A nonillion duckweed plants would equal the volume of the Earth!", "It doesn't take a dark, stormy night to bring out these ghostly creatures - just a nice patch of decaying leaves in a shady woodland forest.", "If you live in North America or Asia, you may have already seen Indian Pipes.", "Its scientific name is Monotropa uniflora.", "The plants are totally white (sometimes they have a pinkish tinge) and waxy in appearance.", "No more than 10 inches tall, they grow in tight masses.", "Each plant has one odorless flower with four or five petals.", "The blooms look like tiny bells hanging down from a scaly stalk.", "Flowering begins in June and ends in early September.", "Indian Pipes lack the chlorophyll (KLOR-uh-fill) that plants use to make their own food.", "Instead, they get their food from trees.", "But they don't do it all by themselves.", "According to Karen Snetselaar, assistant professor of biology at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, these plants team up with fungi living in the soil.", "Here's how it works:Indian pipes attach their rootlets to a fungus.", "The fungus, which is also unable to make its own food, is already attached to the roots of a nearby tree.", "Trees make their own food through photosynthesis (fo-to-SIN-thuh-sis).", "In photosynthesis, sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide - a common gas - are combined to make sugars that provide food for the plant.", "(Maple syrup is actually tree sap that has been boiled down to concentrate the sugar.)", "The fungus absorbs some of these sugars from the tree roots.", "The Indian Pipes take their share from the fungus.", "A LIVING FOSSILEver wonder what it was like in dinosaur times?", "Although you can't see an entire prehistoric landscape, you can view at least one of the plants that grew back then.", "You may already have seen one while walking in open woods or along stream banks.", "It's called horsetail or Equisetum (eh-kwee-SEE-tum).", "Scientists estimate that it's been around since the Paleozoic Era, about 350 million years ago.", "When dinosaurs roamed, horsetails had stems more than two feet thick and grew to be 100 feet tall.", "Today, the largest known horsetail is Equisetum giganteum, found in the American tropics.", "Growing to 12 feet high, its one-inch-diameter stems are too weak to support the plant by themselves.", "This horsetail has to lean on surrounding plants for support.", "The common, North American species grow to be about three feet tall.", "Horsetail looks peculiar.", "Each straight stalk is green with thin, dark-brown or black bands that mark segments.", "That's it.", "No leaves, no branches, no flowers.", "At the top is a cone-shaped structure where spores are produced.", "Spores are microscopic structures used for reproduction.", "It's highly unlikely you'll see just one horsetail.", "The plant is very aggressive and quickly forms large clumps.", "Its roots can go down 30 feet into soil and reappear up to 20 feet away.", "That's one reason the plant has survived for so long.", "Horsetail has another unique characteristic.", "It contains a large amount of silica - up to 40 percent of the total weight of the plant.", "Silica is commonly found in sand.", "This makes the plant very abrasive.", "Native Americans and early settlers discovered a good use for horsetail.", "They bundled stalks together and used them to scour pots and pans.", "Some natural cleaning products still include horsetail as an ingredient.", "Many artists today use it to polish wood and metal sculptures.", "Dinosaurs may have eaten horsetail.", "Do you suppose it kept their teeth nicely polished?BIGGEST AND SMELLIESTSoutheast Asia is home to the world's largest flower, Rafflesia arnoldii, known as the \"stinking corpse lily.\"", "Endangered and rare, this is probably one of the oddest members of the plant world.", "Each plant produces one, three-foot-wide, meat-red flower with raised white spots.", "And that's all it is - one enormous bloom.", "Unlike green plants, which make their own food, Rafflesia is a parasite.", "That means it must obtain its nourishment by living off another plant.", "In this case, it's the woody stem of a grapelike vine known as Tetrastigma.", "This vine has to be very strong.", "Rafflesia can easily weigh up to 36 pounds!", "A flower this amazing must have an incredible smell, right?", "Yes.", "In fact, it stinks.", "It reeks like rotting meat.", "Only carrion flies and beetles are attracted to it.", "Since these insects eat dead animals, they think the awful smell means \"food.", "\"But the plant has tricked them.", "Instead, the insects gather and spread its pollen to other Rafflesias.", "Each plant produces more than a half-million seeds.", "This large quantity is important to its survival, since it's not likely a seed will end up on a Tetrastigma vine, the vine the plant needs in order to grow.", "That's where wildlife come to Rafflesia's rescue.", "Squirrels, ants, small mammals, even elephants may pick up seeds on their skin and feet.", "Should they happen to step on a Tetrastigma vine, the seed may lodge in a crevice.", "When this happens, the seed begins to grow.", "One more thing: Did you wonder about the name of this plant?", "The Rafflesia was named for its European discoverers.", "Back in 1818, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, an explorer and naturalist, and Dr. Joseph Arnold discovered the plant and named it after themselves.", "A TREE FOR THE THIRSTYWhen was the last time a plant offered you a drink of water?", "If you visit Madagascar, the Traveler's Palm could quench your thirst.", "Ravenala madagascariensis was named the Traveler's Tree or Palm because thirsty voyagers found the base of each of its fronds held up to a quart of rainwater.", "The plant grows up to 40 feet tall and has a palm-tree-like trunk.", "Although it looks somewhat like a palm, it is actually a member of the banana family.", "Its shiny, broad leaves grow in a fanlike pattern.", "Each frond may be 14 feet long.", "Christine Bock, lead horticulturist at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, describes the plant's flowers as \"drab, leathery structures with nectar located at the base.\"", "Some plants can self-pollinate.", "The Traveler's Palm cannot.", "Instead, the plant has \"a unique solution to this problem,\" she says.", "It produces large quantities of sugary-sweet nectar to attract pollinators to it.", "But there's a catch.", "Not everything with a sweet tooth can obtain the nectar.", "In fact, the \"Madagascar black lemur is one of the few animals strong enough to open the flower,\" Ms. Bock says.", "\"When it pulls the flower apart to drink the nectar, the palm pollen adheres to its head.", "\"Looking for more nectar, the lemur moves on to another palm, dispersing the pollen that stuck to its fur.", "This works well for both parties - the Traveler's Palm is pollinated, and the lemur satisfies its sweet tooth.(c) Copyright 2000.", "The Christian Science Publishing Society" ]
		[ "The Scissor-tailed Hummingbird (Hylonympha macrocerca) is a bird species in the family Trochilidae, the only member of the genus Hylonympha.", "It is found only in Venezuela.", "Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.", "It is threatened by habitat loss.", "It was formerly classified as a Vulnerable species by the IUCN.", "But new research has shown it to be rarer than it was believed.", "Consequently, it is uplisted to Endangered status in 2008." ]
		[ "MNN. 15, 2016.", "A constitution is the will of a free people.", "The kaia’nere:kowa, the great peace, favors nature.", "It represents creation’s design for all living things to live in harmony with the natural world.", "Our title is based on us holding the land for the future unborn generations.", "They own all the assets and have all the power.", "Canada is not a country.", "It doesn’t have a constitution.", "It has a corporate “charter”.", "Constitution is never mentioned in the House of Commons.", "The corporate colonial charter of Canada is called the “British North America Act of 1867”.", "It runs a business using the resources of the forthcoming children of the origjnal people.", "Canada’s charter is concerned about banking, railroads, oil, insurance companies, pipelines, real estate and so on to abuse our future children.", "There is no statute of limitation on mass murder.", "Chief: “Don’t ask them.", "Just change the rules!”", "When the corporation dissolves, the creditors must be compensated.", "Future business ventures will be based on the kaia’nere:kowa, where everyone serves nature.", "Today the corporate entities have to get our prior and informed consent to use the land and resources of our children.", "In fact, we natural people cannot sit at the table with subordinate artificially created illegal entities who rape our land.", "The corporation of Canada has a limited duration, from one election to the next.", "Canada can be dissolved when no one votes.", "The Liberal Party is now ramming through a bill to change election laws without a referendum of the people.", "A dictatorship is when the rules of engagement in a democracy are changed without going to the people.", "No one knows how the votes are counted in Canada.", "Politicians are not elected, but selected in all ranks – band/tribal councils, municipalities, provincial and federal governments and so on.", "The business plan is to try to carry out the final solution of the INDIAN problem by 2024.", "It is conducted in the Indian Affairs war room.", "Our minds are supposed to be totally colonized and we are to be assimilated into the corporate body politic.", "In the end they hope to take over all of our assets.", "Corporatism ends when the power returns to the land.", "To stay on ono’ware:geh, great turtle island, everyone has to follow the kaia’nere:kowa, the great peace.", "The corporate 51% majority of those who vote allows war to continue.", "This elite controlled system must be eradicated.", "Corporate Canada is a private company owned by the CROWN.", "Trudeau took an oath to the Queen, not to the people or to the land, so the CROWN can continue their illusion of freedom in their military corporation called Canada.", "The Who got it right, way back in the 1960s: “We’ll be fighting in the streets, With our children at our feet.", "And the morals that they worship will be gone.", "And the men who spurred us on, Sit in judgment of all wrong. .", "Meet the new boss.", "He’s the same as the old boss.”", "[“Won’t Get Fooled Again”]" ]
		[ "In Cat, Rat, and Rap, the first three books, the beginning pages have no words, only pictures.", "This really piques a child’s imagination. ’", "What’s going to happen?’", "It motivates the children to want to read the books.", "The books are marvelous as we can get through them in one sitting – adds to a child’s sense of achievement.", "The children love the superheroes and the illustrations.", "They are so easy to read that even young children ask to read them!", "I like using the Superstar Reading series in my class because:1.", "The books are short, only 11 pages long and they hold a child’s attention.", "2.", "The stories are told in rhyme.", "3.", "The use of repetition helps the children learn a specific letter or word.", "4.", "Sight words are kept to a minimum.", "5.", "The illustrations are wonderful and make the books come alive.", "6.", "I love the series!", "These books are concise and simple.", "They take the child to each new level with ease.", "The children find them attractive and exciting to read, and they gain confidence in their reading skills from book to book." ]
		[ "The Park has almost 200 coniferous trees (cone-bearing) of 16 different species and 300 deciduous trees (lose their leaves in winter) of 20 different species.", "The Park is in an environment that is challenging for trees because:Native trees that have adapted to this harsh environment are the predominant trees in the Park.", "The largest populations among the Park's evergreens are:", "Engleman spruces naturally live above 9,000 feet at this latitude, while ponderosa pines naturally live in a drier climate on the East side of the divide but both species will live here when planted.", "In addition the Park has other pines, spruces and firs native to neighboring environments that will tolerate our climate.", "Pinyon pines are prolific in the southern parts of this county but they will not tolerate the heavy snows of the Steamboat area.", "The largest populations among the deciduous trees are:Some of the native cottonwoods were growing on the land before the Park was built and were saved.", "There are some non-native crab apples that have been cultivated to withstand a rigorous climate as well as native birches, alders, choke cherries and service berries.", "Many trees get unintentionally watered when flowers and grasses are irrigated, sometimes more than they would prefer.", "As of Spring 2014, 43 evergreen trees and 92 deciduous trees have been sponsored." ]
		[ "Sunday School Crafts - Where is God?", "And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.", "(1Ki 19:12)You will need:", "Colouring pens / pencils1) Print out the worksheets onto thin card2)", "Colour the worksheets3) Use scissors to score around the edge of each flap, resting on a piece of card4) Cut out each flap and fold back on the dotted line5)", "Glue this worksheet underneath the other one6)", "Lift the flaps to answer the questions!" ]
		[ "why 'double tuple' when using %s with print?vr at acm.orgThu Nov 9 18:22:00 CET 2000* jkndeja at my-deja.com>", "Hello there>", "Here's a relatively simple question.", "If t is a tuple> >>> t = (1,2)>", "then I can print it with> >>> print t> to get the result.", "If I want to print is using the '%' operator,>", "I try> >>> print \"my tuple is %s\" % t>", "but this gives me> TypeError: not all arguments converted> and I have to use> >>> print \"my tuple is %s\" % (t,)> to get what I expect.>", "Shurely, since t is already a tuple, it shouldn't need to be converted> into a 'tuple of tuples'?", "the problem is exactly as Python reports: \"not all argumentsconverted\".", "i.e. your tuple t consists of two values, but only one ofthem is used in the print-statement.", ">>> print \"my tuple is %", "d %", "d\" % tmy tuple is 1 2hope-this-helps-ly y'rs, vrMore information about the Python-list" ]
		[ "Basic information about the Charlotte CountyThe Charlotte County is located in the state of Florida.", "This county occupies 859 square miles, with 179 square miles being water areas.", "There are 159.978 inhabitants living in the county according to the 2010 Census.", "As for the racial makeup of Charlotte County citizens, the 3 largest groups are White (90.05%), followed by Black or African American (5.68%) and Two or More races (1.67%).", "There are 73.370 households in the county, while 65,25% of them are family households and 34,75% represent non family households.", "There are 11 cities and towns in Charlotte County.", "The most populated city is Port Charlotte CDP and the smallest town or village is Solana CDP." ]
		[ "If you or somebody you know suffers from alcoholism, you should research for information about the addiction.", "A rehab facility is one option for treatment.", "Drug abuse and alcohol addiction can become serious problems for the people who suffer.", "You can find more information online or visiting a rehab facility.", "The following are key terms related to alcoholism and treatment.", "Abstinence - This is the act of avoiding alcohol.", "A person who is dependent on alcohol can become sober through abstinence.", "Detoxification - This is a process in which the addicted person is removed from the addictive substance.", "This can apply to drugs or alcohol.", "A center or clinic may use this technique to treat the addiction.", "Intervention - The process in which people that are close to the addicted person confront the person about how they are affected.", "The purpose is to get the person to admit to the addiction and check into a rehab program.", "Twelve Step Program - A method that is used to help alcoholics recover from their dependence of alcohol.", "It breaks it up into twelve steps to make it more manageable by the addicted person.", "The program may also include meetings with other patients who suffer from the disease.", "Withdrawal - Symptoms that may occur when a person abuses a substance and stops using that substance.", "Withdrawal symptoms may include vomiting, hot flashes and a drop in blood pressure.", "It is a physical reaction that occurs when a person has become dependent on a substance then stops taking that substance.", "Discover our alcoholism information and treatment centers in the Telogia area.", "Call us today and see how we can help you on your path to healing with our alcoholism information and treatment centers in Telogia.", "Many medical professionals can provide information on the disease of alcoholism and the possible treatment options for those who struggle with this issue.", "People who habitually abuse alcohol, should consider looking into relevant information in order to determine if they have formed an addiction.", "Information on alcoholism can be relevant to an individuals with a strictly behavioral dependence on drinking.", "This information can also help those struggling with a mental health issue or a physical dependency.", "In the latter form, alcoholism constitutes a type of disease.", "In such a case, people will experience greater difficulty with ending their abuse of alcohol.", "As a type of addiction, alcohol can sometimes parallel the abuse of drugs and other harmful substances.", "Information on alcoholism and treatment can be given in different form.", "Younger people will typically learn about the health effects of alcohol abuse in schools, along with similar information discussing the ramifications of drugs.", "Adults who need help staying sober might require and receive more specifically targeted information and treatment.", "Along with instruction, patients could receive aid for their problem through enrollment in a rehabilitation program or clinic.", "These clinics have medical professionals to not only treat addictions, but other issues like depression.", "People afflicted with substance abuse issues might enroll into an alcoholics anonymous, or AA, meeting.", "They may also seek therapy from a licensed professional.", "In order to more fully recover from this disorder, people might have to go into rehab.", "Along with rehab, youth and adult alcoholics might require detox treatment from a facility.", "Centers for treating alcoholism might be able to provide a full range of procedures.", "In any case, one of the first steps for meeting the challenge of alcoholism is to recognize how serious it is and take the necessary steps to treat and resolve it." ]
		[ "When children enter Kindergarten they will need to be able to sit still and listen to their teacher.", "It is very important for your child be be able to follow instructions.", "You can help by using two-part instructions around the house.", "Make it simple and give the instruction all at once.", "You can also do easy paper and pencil exercises to reinforce learning this concept.", "For example, discount tell your child to ” draw a straight line on the paper and then draw a circle at both ends of the line.”", "Remember to keep the instructions simple to understand.", "To help with this auditory process, more about here is a Worksheet with a two-part instruction." ]
		[ "When you breathe, you inhale particles that are floating around in the air, like dust, allergens, bacteria or viruses.", "Usually these particles are trapped in the mucus that covers the mucus membranes of your nose and airways.", "Then tiny hairs called cilia transport the mucus (with the trapped particles) toward the throat.", "From there it can either be coughed out (also called “expectorating”) or swallowed.", "But sometimes, particles like dust can irritate your mucus membranes or a virus or bacteria can cause an infection.", "This causes inflammation and results in extra mucus in your airways.", "This extra mucus is one of the ways your body tries to remove an irritant.", "When there’s more (and thicker) mucus in your airways, your body may not be able to get rid of it in the usual ways (i.e. coughing it up or swallowing it).", "This is why you may start coughing more.", "Coughing is a way for your body to get rid of irritants in your airways or an accumulation of extra mucus that’s stuck inside your lungs." ]
		[ "\|Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)\|\|Bee Orchid and dew\|I've seen a few different types on my nature hunts", "so I thought it was worth doing a post one them, especially as they are quite colourful on what has been quite a grey day around here.", "So, here are the facts:- The reason that they are called Orchids is because their latin name is Orchidacea.", "We have changed it to Orchid.", "- Now, they are all quite rare but there are so many different types of Orchid in the world.", "There are 25,000 different types!", "\|Common Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)\|- All of these thousands of Orchid types all have symmetry similar to the human face.", "If you find an Orchid, it has bilateral symmetry.", "- Orchids have been around for millions of years.", "Scientists have found fossilised orchid pollen on the back of a bee.", "- Vanilla is actually a species of Orchid.", "More specifically, the Flat-leaved Vanilla plant.", "\|And Northern Marsh Orchids (Dactylorhiza purpurella)\|- There are so many species of orchid that the smallest one is only the size of a penny/dime...- ...", "On the other side of the spectrum the heaviest one weighs several hundred pounds!", "That sounds more like a tree!", "- Orchids take years to grow.", "They first flower after about 5 to 7 years after they germinate.", "\|They are really pretty close up\|- There are some Orchids that only actually flower for a couple of hours, but then again, there are some that flower for years.", "Here are some links to some more information:Hope you enjoyed," ]
		[ "Concerns over the effects of the emerald ash borer on Princeton trees aren’t as bad as officials may have expected.", "A tree study recently completed by the Sherburne County Soil and Conservation District and carried out in large part by volunteers resulted in good news for Princeton.", "“Going in, we had no idea about the number of ash trees communities had,” said Gina Hugo, the resource conservationist with the Sherburne County Soil and Conservation District.", "“The great news is, Princeton has 12 percent ash trees, about half of what we were expecting,” Hugo told the Princeton City Council on Thursday, Oct. 3.", "Specifically, Princeton is home to 1,512 ash trees, the third greatest population of trees in the city.", "Princeton is home to 1,875 maple trees, 1,770 spruce trees and 1,441 red pine trees, according to results of the tree study.", "The emerald ash borer, which in the adult stage ranges 3/8-5/8 inches long, kills ash trees because its larvae burrow through the bark into the vascular system of the tree.", "The burrowing severs the flow of nutrients for the tree, which can then die within two to four years.", "Minnesota has about a billion ash trees.", "Hugo, last January, suggested that Princeton join Sherburne County in being proactive rather than reactive about the threat of the emerald ash borer.", "“The main objective in an emerald ash borer survival plan is increasing species diversity,” Hugo said.", "Having the data from the tree study allows Princeton to move forward in an informed way with its future planting and removal of trees, Hugo told the City Council on Oct. 3.", "In Princeton, nine volunteers put in 243 hours collecting and disseminating data, Hugo said." ]
		[ "Solar Energy is a wonderful concept.", "Take free energy from the sun and use it to power electrical equipment.", "No ongoing electricity bills, no reliance on an electricity socket.", "‘Free’ electricity that does not harm the planet.", "Of course, the reality is more complicated than that, yet generating electricity from sunlight alone is a powerful resource, with applications and benefits throughout the world.", "But how does it work?", "What is it suitable for?", "How much does it cost?", "How do I install it?", "This best-selling, internet linked book answers all these questions and shows you how to use the power of the sun to generate electricity yourself.", "Now in its eleventh edition, this book assumes no previous knowledge.", "It explains the advantages of solar energy and the drawbacks you need to take into account.", "As well as explaining the underlying principles, it provides a step-by-step guide so that you can successfully design and install a solar energy system from scratch." ]
		[ "posted by Need Help .", "Make a tally chart for the number of students in the third, fourth, and fifth grade classes: 26,25,27,27,26,28,27Here are some examples of tally charts.", "Look at these number .", "What does the digit 2 mean in each number 2 23 247" ]
		[ "While I was walking along a trail in a local nature park I found a grasshopper that wouldn't move even as I crouched down to look at it.", "When I examined it very closely, I noticed that its back end was inserted into the soil.", "I wondered whether it was laying eggs, so while standing watching it, I took out my phone and Googled \"how does a grasshopper lay eggs\".", "It was then that I realized she was doing just that!", "Since she was out in the open and very vulnerable, I stood by her to stop two young girls who were running up and down the trail from inadvertently stepping on her.", "I didn't realize that it would take 35 minutes for her to finish the job!", "Here is my half minute video:", "Grasshopper laying eggsWikipedia has the following description of a grasshopper's life cycle:Grasshoppers lay their eggs in pods in the ground near food plants, generally in the summer.", "The eggs in the pod are glued together with a froth in some species.", "After a few weeks of development, the eggs of most species go into diapause, and pass the winter in this state; in a few species the eggs hatch in the same summer they were laid.", "Diapause is broken by a sufficiently low ground temperature; development resumes as soon as the ground warms above a threshold temperature.", "The embryos in a pod generally all hatch out within a few minutes of each other.", "They soon shed their membranes and their exoskeletons harden.", "These first instar nymphs can then jump away from predators.", "Grasshoppers have incomplete metamorphosis: they repeatedly moult (undergo ecdysis), becoming larger and more like an adult, with for instance larger wing-buds, in each instar.", "The number of instars varies between species.", "At the final moult, the wings are inflated and become fully functional.", "The migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes, spends about 25–30 days as a nymph depending on sex and temperature, and about 51 days as an adult.", "Males stridulate, rapidly rasping the hind femur against the forewing to create a churring sound, to attract mates.", "Females select suitable egg-laying sites, such as bare soil or near the roots of food plants according to species.", "Males often gather around an ovipositing female; in some species she is mated as soon as she takes her ovipositor out of the ground.", "After laying the eggs, the female covers the hole with soil and litter." ]
		[ "The Minnesota Lakeshore Question of the Week:What is a Channel Shoreline?", "The shore of any lake whether located in Minnesota or not, is not going to be a straight line.", "It will follow the geography of the land defined by the flow of water and water table.", "Often there are inlets and channels that will lead to other bodies of water.", "In Minnesota, these can be other lakes or wetland marshy areas.", "Owning property with shoreline along a channel can be an affordable option for home buyers who want access to a full recreational lake.", "Many large lakes will have channels or narrow extensions that lead to other lakes or ponds.", "Quite often channel shoreline is not ideal for a swimming beach but does allow a short dock or slip for a boat and access to the main lake.", "Many of these properties offer a view of homes on the opposite shore of the channel but if the goal is affordable use of a full recreational lake, this is can be a great alternative.", "Copyright 2014 terieckholm.com" ]
		[ "Nearly 25 years after the Chernobyl explosion, Europe still sees signs of radiation.", "Now it’s even in their wild boars.", "Don’t worry, though — they’re not gaining Hulk-like superpowers.", "They’re just not safe to eat.", "Germany has had to compensate hunters for lost income due to radioactive boar.", "Since 2007, that payment has quadrupled.", "According to Spiegel Online, Germany forked over more than $500,000 to hunters in 2009.", "Germany has long had a problem with wild boar, with stories swirling about packs of boar marching into cities and attacking people.", "The population keeps rising due to warmer winters.", "Last hunting season, 650,000 boar were shot, compared to just 287,000 the previous year.", "A decent percentage of these rampaging pigs have traces of radiation in them, thanks to their taste for radioactive truffles and mushrooms.", "Even though the Chernobyl disaster happened in 1986, many plants are still contaminated, and their levels of radiation might even rise.", "With the exploding population and contaminated food, Germany looks to be stuck with this problem.", "An expert told Spiegel Online that they expect radioactive boar to be a problem for the next 50 years.", "Let’s just hope they don’t gain any magic powers." ]
		[ "What does Jesus do the day after he was proclaimed King at the procession into Jerusalem?", "It is different now, but Jesus goes about business as usual.", "He attends a dinner party in his honor at the home of Lazarus, and while they are eating, Mary pours costly perfume on Jesus’ feet and wipes them with her hair.", "Judas, the one who was about to betray Jesus, is upset because the perfume was not sold and the money given to the poor, or so he says.", "Jesus defends Mary.", "“Leave her alone,” he says.", "“She bought it for the day of my burial.", "You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”", "They are all confused, except for Mary, maybe.", "She seems to be aware that something much bigger is happening here.", "She bought perfume for Jesus’ burial and she used it, today, at this dinner party.", "Why?", "He did raise her brother Lazarus from the dead.", "Does that help her believe Jesus’ story about dying and rising again in three days?", "We are confused with the rest.", "What does Jesus mean by these words?", "Burial?", "What burial?", "What he said before about his dying – could that be true?", "But he is the King; he can’t die now.", "Doesn’t he care about his people?", "Doesn’t he care about the poor anymore?", "Something has changed.", "But what?", "Why?", "We don’t understand.", "Is it all about Jesus, now?", "“Simply Jesus Son of Man – Simply Jesus spotless lamb….", "…Simply Jesus Living Word – Simply Jesus says it all.", "Jesus Christ our Lord – Jesus Christ is Lord.", "”—Paul Kyle" ]
		[ "A real photo post card published by Underwood & Underwood, New York and London.", "Prior to 1912, private companies controlled the delivery of parcels throughout the U.S.", "There was a lot of money to be made delivering theses parcels, and the private companies lobbied heavily against the U.S. Post Office entering the business.", "Unfortunately, just as it is today, the more lucrative markets were where the population densities were the highest, meaning rural areas and particularly farmers were not getting proper service.", "On August 24, 1912, Congress approved a law providing for parcel post service and authorized the production of stamps to pay the parcel fees, to be effective January 1, 1913.", "[SOURCE]" ]
		[ "by Carla PintoThe chia seed, used by the ancient Aztecs has in recent years grown in popularity - mainly because of its nutritional properties.", "Now research shows that chia seeds may help decrease your risk of heart disease and high blood pressure.", "A study published in a US journal shows that eating chia seeds has a significant impact on improving your heart health and lowering your high blood pressure.", "Researchers prove the nutritional benefits of chia seeds are good for your heartChia seeds are very high in protein and lack the high-fat content of some of other protein sources.", "Chia seeds also offers you a healthy dose of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins and minerals.", "And that’s why eating them lowers your risk for heart disease.", "In a 12-week study of the health effects of chia seeds, researchers at St Michael’s Hospital in Toronto fed 21 patients 37g of either chia seeds or wheat bran.", "At the end of the study they found that eating chia seeds had reduced systolic blood pressure and C-reactive protein.", "All risk factors for heart disease.", "Chia was also found to double blood levels of alpha-linolenic acid and eisosapentaenoic acid (EPA), both essential omega-3 fatty acids with proven heart health benefits.", "Add Chia seeds to your dietAdd a small teaspoon to your morning oats or porridge.", "Try mixing them into a salad for extra flavour.", "Or include them in a smoothie or protein shake.", "For a delicious detox drink, add 2-4 tablespoons of chia seeds to sugar-free lemonadeChia seeds are a safe, natural way to help lower your risk for heart disease.", "You can find organic chia seeds in most health shops, or supplement your diet with SanVia Gold." ]
		[ "“The Washington county poor house is a three story brick building, with nine feet ceilings, the rooms being seven by eight and eight by ten, lighted by windows two feet square.", "The whole number of inmates is (120) one hundred and twenty, of which thirty-six are insane.", "Several were admitted previous to 1840.", "Three are past seventy years of age.", "Thirteen are males, twenty-three are females; twenty-five are of native birth; ten have been treated in an asylum: twelve are capable of doing some labor.", "Those who do not labor have no light occupation or amusement, except going into the yard when circumstances admit of it.", "One is constantly restrained by hand-cuffs.", "The building is supplied with water, and has one bath tub; the insane are required to bathe occasionally.", "The bedsteads are of wood; the bedding, straw and feathers.", "Two sleep on straw without bedstead or bedding.", "Those who are able eat at a common table, others have their food distributed to them.", "No attention is paid to the uniformity of heat in the winter, though it is designed to keep the rooms comfortable.", "Two are often confined in a single cell.", "The attendants employed to care for the insane are paupers.", "The county receives recent cases.", "The building is designed to accommodate fifty.", "They receive no medical treatment with reference to an ultimate cure.", "Cleanliness, comfortable clothing and sufficient food, are the three virtues of the institution.", "It aims at nothing more.”" ]
		[ "Writing suspenseful stories in the Language Arts classroom can be a fun way to teach students how stories work.", "In previous posts I shared model texts that I use to teach kids how suspense works.", "In another post I discussed how you can teach literary devices while creating the suspenseful story.", "In this post we’ll put it all together and write a story!", "First, though, I’d like to share another resource that you can use to discuss suspense.", "It’s a short CGI film called “Alma” about a little girl that visits a toy store that isn’t what it seems.", "It’s appropriate for any age, yet suitable creepy.", "The less said about it before you show it the better – you want kids to be thinking about the moments where suspense happens.", "Now on the the story!", "The suspenseful story assignmentHere are the guidelines that I give students for the assignment.", "Feel free to add any other literary devices that you’d like.", "FlashFictionAssignment", "You’ll notice that I set a word limit on them by asking them to write a piece of flash fiction that should be 500 words or less.", "I give them this boundary because it gives them a length to manage and forces them to think creatively about how to fill the space.", "In general, if I don’t give them a length requirement, they will lose control of the narrative.", "There are plenty of examples of flash fiction out there, and I spent a lot of time finding stories that were a suitable length.", "Many of them were entertaining, but too short.", "Some of them were not appropriate.", "Some were just poorly written.", "However, I found the best source for great flash fiction on NPR’s Three-Minute Fiction contest page.", "They haven’t had the contest since 2103, but all of the best stories can be found here, and it’s a treasure trove of stories that you can use.", "The trick is finding suspenseful stories, though, and I had the best luck with the contest in which a character finds something that they have no intention of returning.", "They are a little shorter than the required length, but nevertheless terrific examples for what you can accomplish in a few words.", "Be careful!", "These are addictive reading.", "Here are the stories that I used.", "Be sure to preview them: some aren’t appropriate for all ages.", "But there are plenty more on the site to choose from.", "Here’s the link to all of the finalists for this contest.", "There are some other good ones there too.", "One Last ThingOne last tip: here’s a great infographic on the physical effects of fear.", "I use this so that students can describe what is happening to their main character as they encounter their suspenseful situation.", "Don’t keep your students in suspense while waiting for fun lessons!", "Check out my store for great cartoon products like the one on the left to keep your kids engaged." ]
		[ "What do you think of when someone is described as \"smart?\"", "They know a lot of things.", "Maybe they got high grades in school.", "Or maybe they always use correct grammar.", "But what does it actually mean to be smart?", "In this week's episode of KUT's podcast Higher Ed, KUT's Jennifer Stayton and Southwestern University President Dr. Ed Burger discuss the deeper meaning of the word \"smart.", "\"Being \"smart\" and being \"intelligent\" - are those the same thing?", "Are there different ways of being smart (think \"street smarts\" vs. \"book smarts\")?", "Click here to listen to Ed and Jen unpack the definition of \"smart\" and examine what it does and does not mean.", "Did the latest puzzler about pieces of a cube leave you feeling less than smart?", "Listen on to find out the solution.", "This episode was recorded on August 10, 2016.", "For all of the Higher Ed episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on itunes here!" ]
		[ "Peacock flounder are covered in spots.", "Its dorsal or back side is trimmed in dark flower-like spots with blue borders.", "Because of their spots, the peacock flounder is also called the flower flounder.", "Its eyes stick up from just the dorsal side of the body and there is a wide space between them.", "One of the eyes is closer to the mouth than the other.", "The eyes are raised up on short stumps to give the peacock flounder a good view of its surroundings from the ocean floor.", "Each eye moves on its own; this not only helps the flounder watch out for predators, but it also helps the flounder look for a quick snack.", "Peacock flounder live on sandy bottoms of coastal coral reefs and lagoons.", "This flounder will even bury itself under the sand, leaving only its eyes sticking out from the sand.", "They are often seen in the sandy area at the mouth of the cove.", "They are difficult to spot because they blend into the sand so well, but a treat to watch “flying/gliding” across the sand.", "Photos courtesy Sandi Strickland (sandandcphotos.com)" ]
		[ "As a therapist who has worked with kids who have ADHD (and a few who didn't but were classified as such)", "I know how overwhelming and frustrating a diagnosis of ADHD can be to a parent.", "This article is great because it explains the different types of ADHD (there are three types and four subtypes of Type 2...whew!).", "Also, the term ADD or Attention Deficit Disorder is no longer recognized as a diagnosis.", "It is termed ADHD, inattentive type or ADHD, type 2.", "This article also goes into that explanation.", "On page two of the article is easily explains the difference between ADHD behaviors and simply anxiety, depression, or situational frustration.", "There is a difference and a way to look at the behaviors in our children and the events around them that have occurred to see how that has impacted or changed their behavior.", "I hope that this article is helpful.", "I thought it was a great explanation in layman's terms.", "Click Here to read the article.", "Here is the the diagnostic criteria for ADHD from the DSM-IV TR and you can also check out the other links to articles regarding ADHD.", "I feel the more education on this subject by the parent, the more armed they are to go into school meetings with an better understanding of their children's behaviors.", "Just because your child is acting up in school does not mean they are hyperactive or inattentive.", "However, there is ALWAYS a reason behind acting up behaviors.", "The key is to find out what those reasons are and dissect them carefully." ]
		[ "Are you ready for some St. Patrick’s Day Science?", "I sure am, and this year I wanted to make a rainbow with my girls.", "I have to say making a rainbow in the house is a lot easier than what I thought it would be, and it is a lot of fun too.", "We decided to do this at night since it is much easier to see the rainbow in the dark.", "However we could have just gone into a room and closed the curtains too but I was being dramatic and building the excitement up for the girls by waiting for it to be dark enough.", "Then we set everything up and took turns holding the light and making rainbows.", "I also asked each of the girls to tell me what colors they saw.", "They were able to see Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, and Purple.", "We had a hard time seeing green in this experiment but the girls did not seem to notice.", "Both girls had a blast and thought it was really cool that we made a rainbow.", "My oldest now wants to find a rainbow and follow it to the gold, um that was not in the lesson here.", "But I guess when Spring comes around we can go on a rainbow hunt and talk more about refraction and reflection because there is no way to get to the end of a rainbow.", "Or since my daughter is only six, I could just tell her those Leprechauns are pretty sneaky moving that rainbow on us!", "Either way I can see a rainbow hunt in my not to distant future.", "NOTE: on the type of light you use.", "We used a few different flash lights for this experiment and got the best results with a Single Bulb Led Light.", "Our second best results was with my daughters Lantern with the top off (the picture at the bottom of the post is with that one).", "We had no luck with the multi bulb lights.", "What is happening with this experiment?", "As the light enters the glass the water refracts (bends) the light which causes it to separate into the colors of the rainbow, then the mirror reflects that light onto your white wall.", "In nature a rainbow forms when a bunch of rain drops refract the sun light, and depending on where you are standing and the angle of the rainbow depends on what colors you will see.", "Have you ever noticed how a rainbow seems to move with you?", "Clear Glass JarSmall Mirror that will fit in your jarSingle Bulb LED light" ]
		[ "Converting a Subnet Mask to Dotted Decimal NotationThe network administrator typically assigns a subnet mask to each host as part of the TCP/IP configuration.", "If the host receives an IP address through DHCP (see Hour 12, \"Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)\"), the DHCP server can assign a subnet mask along with the IP address.", "Subnet masks must be carefully calculated and must reflect the internal organization of the network.", "All the hosts within a subnet should have the same subnet ID and subnet mask.", "For the benefit of people, the subnet mask is usually expressed in dotted decimal notation similar to the notation used for an IP address.", "As you'll recall from the preceding section, the subnet mask is a 32-bit binary number.", "You can convert the binary subnet mask to a dotted decimal address using the address conversion techniques described in Hour 4.", "A subnet mask is usually much easier to convert to dotted decimal format than an IP address.", "As you'll recall, the subnet mask bits representing the IP address's network ID and the subnet ID are 1 bits.", "The bits representing the IP address's host ID are 0 bits.", "This means that (with a few rare and bewildering exceptions) the 1 bits are all on the left and the 0 bits are all on the right.", "Any full octet of ones in the subnet mask will appear as 255 (binary 11111111) in the dotted decimal subnet mask.", "Any full octet of zeros will appear as 0 (binary 00000000) in the subnet mask.", "Hence, the common subnet maskis expressed in dotted decimal notation as 255.255.255.0.", "Likewise, the subnet maskis expressed in dotted decimal notation as 255.255.0.0.", "As you can see, it is very easy to determine the dotted decimal equivalent of a subnet mask that divides the address at an octet boundary.", "However, some subnet masks do not divide the address at an octet boundary.", "In that case, you must simply determine the decimal equivalent of the mixed octet (the octet containing both ones and zeros)." ]
		[ "Optical illusions can use color, light and patterns to make images that can deceive or mislead your brain.", "Eyes gather the information which is processed by the brain and creates a perception that does not match the real image.", "Optical illusions happen because the brain is trying to interpret what we see and make sense of the world around us.", "These optical illusions trick the brain into seeing things that may or may not be real.", "For all those creative people who want and create optical illusions, talent and imagination are the most important characteristics they should possess to become skillful and successful.", "Jordan Molina, also known as TutoDraw is one of those people with great talent and imagination who creates optical illusions.", "He uses his hand as a canvas to present a total twisted reality.", "Moreover, he does this only with lines and colors.", "Although you will see in the video how his drawings are done, your eyes are tricked into believing Molina is really holding a spider, or that his palm has a wound.", "This French artist became an internet sensation for creating extremely realistic 3D drawings.", "He says that everyone can learn how to draw in a proper way because only passion is needed.", "Look at the video with some of his most successful illusion drawings:" ]
		[ "Researchers have recently discovered that poor dental hygiene and excessive use of mouth wash containing alcohol could increase the risk of cancer.", "Oral cancer can occur in the tongue, the floor of the mouth, the gum and the cheek.", "Each year, around 40,000 Americans and upwards of 640,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with oral cancer.", "Deaths from oral cancer in the U.S. last year alone were estimated at 7,890.", "This discovery was published in Oral Oncology, originally conducted by the Leibniz institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology with help from Glasgow University’s Dental School.", "The known risk factors for oral cancer are tobacco and alcohol.", "Independently both substances have carcinogenic effects.", "The effect when used in combination is multiplicative rather than additive.", "Smokers and drinkers exponentially increase their risk for oral cancer.", "Another known factor is betel nut.", "For young men in countries in India and Pakistan, the most common cancer is oral cancer.", "This is attributed to chewing betel nut or paan, a preparation that includes betel nuts and betel nut leaves.", "Beyond tobacco and alcohol and betel nut, other factors are more difficult to link causally.", "Although poor oral hygiene and use of mouthwash certainly may be contributing, the extent is difficult to define.", "Studies say the bacterial population in the oral cavity may be contributing to development of oral cancers; however these studies aren’t large enough to establish a definitive association.", "Some researchers would consider oral hygiene and mouthwash to be soft factors.", "Treating oral cancer depends on when it is detected early.", "More advanced tumors are difficult to treat, but doctors do still have the ability to cure them." ]
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		[ "Low-carb foods make you more tolerantA low-carb diet might make you a more tolerant person, researchers have discovered.", "People who cut out carb-rich foods such as bread and pasta tend to replace them with protein-rich meat and dairy.", "Protein boosts dopamine in the blood and one of its pathways as a neuro-transmitter affects decision-making.", "Professor So Young Park, of the University of Lübeck in Germany, wondered whether a low-carb diet might change people’s behaviour.", "To find out, her team split volunteers into pairs.", "One partner was given some money and left to decide how much to share with the other.", "If you accept the offer, both of you get the cash, but if you reject it, no one gets anything.", "In theory, people should always accept, but in practice, people often reject low offers.", "We seem to want to punish those who split the money unfairly, even is we suffer a small loss, Professor Park says.", "Participants who had eaten a low-carb meal were more likely to accept unfair offers than those on high carbs.", "In one experiment, 76 per cent of low-carbers accepted an unfair offer compared with 47 per cent in a high-carb group.", "Blood tests revealed that low-carb meals raised a chemical precursor to dopamine, which correlated with more tolerant behaviour in the game." ]
		[ "You can use dried flowers in a variety of art and craft projects or in dry floral arrangements.", "An inexpensive method of drying flowers is by using sand--fine-grade builder's sand or sand found along the seashore both will work.", "When drying flowers, take the cuttings when flowers are in their prime.", "Layer the bottom of the box with several sheets of newspaper.", "Pour about 1/2 inch of dry sand evenly inside the box, atop the newspaper.", "Level the sand.", "Arrange the flowers face down on the sand.", "Cover the flowers gently with more sand.", "The sand will be heavy, so add it slowly to avoid crushing or breaking the flowers.", "Add only enough sand to cover the flowers completely, no more.", "Let the box sit undisturbed for a week to 10 days.", "Move the box outside to an area where you can dump the sand.", "Punch holes in the bottom of the box so that the sand gradually drains out.", "Remove the flowers gently when the sand is finished draining from the box." ]
		[ "Medieval society was a dismal time in world history.", "Illiteracy and poverty were the norm.", "Corruption in both religion and politics was rampant.", "There was a burgeoning middle class of workers who ultimately led the way to social change.", "The Black Plague and the Hundred Years War had decimated and demoralized the population.", "It had become tradition for anyone who could to make pilgrimages to great religious sites, in this case the cathedral at Canterbury where St. Thomas a Becket was entombed.", "Thomas a Becket was the Archbishop at Canterbury under King Henry II.", "Originally favored by the king, Becket held to his religious convictions and was eventually assasinated by four of the king's knights in 1170.", "Over the next century, Becket was canonized and miracles of healing were attributed to him and to the shrine where he was interred.", "People visit shrines of all kinds for many reasons: luck, sympathy, healing, status, and traddition just to name a few.", "Chaucer's pilgrims represent all kinds of people who made the trek to the cathedral in search of spiritual favor, miracles, and power." ]
		[ "Following the tradition of naming planets after ancient Roman gods, Pluto derives its name from the Roman god of the underworld.", "The Lowell Observatory named the planet after receiving the suggestion from 11-year-old Venetia Burney of Oxford, England.", "Pluto officially received its name on March 24, 1930.Continue ReadingThe Lowell Observatory received over 1,000 suggested names for the planet.", "Burney initially suggested the name to her grandfather, who passed the suggestion along to an astronomer.", "The astronomer, Herbert Hall Turner, passed the name on to astronomers at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz.", "The name Pluto was selected unanimously from a short list, which also included the suggested names Minerva and Cronus.", "Pluto's moons are named after figures associated with the god Pluto.", "Charon, the first discovered of Pluto's moons, is named after the boatman of the Roman underworld who ferries the souls of the dead across the river to the underworld.", "Discovered decades later, the moons Nix and Hydra are named after Charon's mother and the multi-head guardian of the underworld, respectively.", "Subsequently discovered moons are named after Kerberos, a three-headed dog from Greek mythology, and Styx, the name of the river across which Charon ferries souls to the underworld.", "While Pluto is the generally accepted name of the planet, some languages use the name of underworld figures from different traditions.", "Some East Asian languages call the planet Meiosei.", "In Hindi the planet is called Yama, while in Maori the planet is referred to as Whiro.", "Learn more about Planets" ]
		[ "Have a safe and productive environment for all students.", "Creating a model student body that promotes self-worth, self-discipline, and excellence in education.", "Teachers, staff, and parents will provide a positive education conducive to all students.", "Improve self-esteem and social behavior in all students.", "Students will learn how to become productive citizens for the present and future.", "Students will be resilient and see their environment circumstances as challenges to excel." ]
		[ "PlanetSolar's TRANOR is currently on its way to becoming the first solar-powered boat to circumnavigate the globe.", "Driven by a silent, pollution-free electrical engine that is powered exclusively by solar energy, the PlanetSolar team has two goals in mind.", "The first objective is to show that current technologies aimed at improving energy efficiency are reliable and effective.", "The second is to advance scientific research in the field of renewable energy.", "The world's largest solar-powered boat has already been to Miami, Cancun, Brisbane, Hong Kong and just made its way to Vietnam.", "Measuring around 101 feet long and 49 feet wide, the $26 million TRANOR can comfortably transport 50 passengers.", "The Swiss-designed, German-built ship is powered by over 5,380 square feet of solar paneling.", "The panels power two electric motors, which can reach 15 miles per hour.", "The panels can also soak up enough stored energy to power the boat in cloudy weather for three days.", "The excess energy is stored in a giant lithium-ion battery.", "And, in case you were wondering how PlanetSolar came up the ship's name, TRANOR is derived from the \"Lord of the Rings\" saga by J.R.R. Tolkien and translates to: \"the power of the sun\" and “victory.”" ]
		[ "Lemon and lime trees are small to medium citrus trees.", "They grow well in sub-tropical and tropical climates and cannot withstand frost or freezing temperatures.", "Lemon and lime trees grow best in loose, well-draining soil and full sunlight.", "The best time to plant is in September or October after the heat of summer has passed and the rains are approaching.", "A well-established lemon or lime tree will produce prolifically for 10 to 15 years.", "Dig a hole that is twice as wide and as deep as the nursery pot in which your lemon or lime tree is growing.", "Break up the soil in the bottom of the hole using a shovel or garden fork.", "Turn the tree onto its side and, grasping the base of the trunk, gently wiggle it free from the container.", "Gently unwind any roots that are wrapped around the root ball.", "Place the sapling into the hole so that the base of the trunk is level with the surrounding soil.", "Spread out any roots that you unwound from the root ball.", "Fill in the soil around the root ball a few handfuls at a time, patting it down as you go.", "Add a total of 3 gallons of water by applying a little after each few handfuls of soil.", "Build up a 6-inch mound in a circle around the edge of the planting hole.", "This water ring will hold water and channel it down to the root system.", "Water two or three times a week until the tree begins to put out new green growth.", "Then reduce watering to twice a week for the next three to five weeks.", "To water, fill the water ring around the tree." ]
		[ "Chemical and Physical Change Word Sort and Discussion.", "Use either with partners, small groups, or whole class instruction to practice distinguishing between chemical and physical changes.", "Other ways you could use:Use some of the cards to set up stations for students to see.", "Have partners pull the cards and justify why they are placing each change into the appropriate category.", "*Use as tutoring or informal assessment.", "Select a few to put on the overhead to use as a small formal assessment." ]
		[ "PORT 1MHz FREQUENCY COUNTERSelf powered frequency counterplugged into the serial port.", "Included a Visual Basic (VB6) codeand .EXE file, PIC assembly, PIC C code, and a circuit diagram.", "The PIC16F628A microcontroller is programmed to count the input frequency and transmitit serially to the serial port.", "The micro controller is poweredby the signals of the serial port, so no external power supply isneeded.", "The counter is 20 bit transmitted by the UART in 3 bytes.", "The crystalcan be changed to a ceramic resonator if accuracy isn't essential.", "You can read more about serial interface in http://www.beyondlogic.org/spp/serial.htmCode is for MPLAB, MPLABX and compilers HI TECH or XC8.", "The VB applicationSee also Technical TipsPin 4 at the serial port isturned to +12V by the software enabling RTS.", "It is regulated to5V by 78L05.", "The 5V is the supply to the microcontroller.", "Pin 3 is at -12V and pin 7 at +12Vconstantly and they are used to drive RX input between -9V (inputHIGH) and +8v (input LOW) .", "These levels are sufficient to drivethe RS242 input.", "Pin 12 is the frequency input, input signal has to be TTL type.", "Pin 8 is the UART output, it transmits the 20 bit count in three bytes in RS232 format.", "When pin 8 is high both transistors conduct and voltage at pin 2 of serial port is at -9V.The other pins are not in use but must be left open circuit." ]
		[ "When Takamitsu Azuma moved from Osaka to Tokyo in 1966 he built a house for his family.", "Designed as a continual vertical room for the architect´s own family, the staircase appears as the most significant structure in the house´s interior.", "It connects the individual rooms, which are “piled” one on top of the other without any doors separating them.", "Outside and inside, the Tower House is in raw concrete with a visible horizontal texture which contributes to underline the stacking floors.", "A small public passage is used as well as parking.", "Once completed, the raw-concrete tower could have been considered the “skyscraper” of Jingumae, overtopping by far the adjacent buildings.", "The Tower House is a fascinating portrait of how Japan society has dealt with the urban and social changes in the last few decades.", "Name: Tower House│Type: Residential│Architect: Takamitsu Azuma│Completed: 1966" ]
		[ "PIERRE, S.D.- Invasive species cause over $100 billion in economic losses annually in the United States.", "These costs are due to decreased agricultural production or quality, decreased access to markets or environmental degradation such as costs for control and restoration.", "At least 40 percent of threatened or endangered species are at risk due to the effects of non-native invasive species.", "The National Invasive Species Council has declared Feb. 27-March 3 as National Invasive Species Awareness Week.", "The Council urges individuals to take steps to prevent the movement of invasive species.", "The Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health is advising people to:· Control invasive and noxious weeds on personal property.", "· Clean agricultural equipment before moving to another field.", "Soil can carry weed seeds and crop diseases.", "Reducing the spread is an important pest management tool in any farming or ranching operation.·", "Control the invasive plants on personal property.", "Inspect fence rows, ditches, and other non-crop areas.", "Controlling a smaller area now is better than controlling a larger area in the future.", "· Use native plants in food plots.", "Native plants provide the best food and cover for wildlife.·", "Use non-invasive plants in gardens.", "“Export markets could be lost if certain invasive species become established in an area,” says Dale Anderson, South Dakota Department of Agriculture plant quarantine specialist.", "“Private and public land owners spend millions of dollars annually on unnecessary control activities.", "Invasive pests are usually very expensive to control once established, and often your taxpayer dollars are utilized to control them.", "Thus we all have a vested interest to do what we can to reduce the spread of invasive pests.", "The South Dakota Department of Agriculture has several programs that deal with invasive pests.", "Please visit http://sdda.sd.gov/ag-services/weed-and-pest-control/ for more information.", "Agriculture is a major contributor to South Dakota’s economy, generating $25.6 billion in annual economic activity and employing over 115,000 South Dakotans.", "The South Dakota Department of Agriculture’s mission is to promote, protect and preserve this industry for today and tomorrow.", "Visit SDDA online at http://sdda.sd.gov or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.", "SD Ag Chat podcasts can be found in the Ag News section at http://sdda.sd.gov/news.", "You may subscribe, free of charge, through Google Play Music, iTunes or from https://sdagchat.podbean.com/." ]
		[ "The kids are back in school after what was (hopefully) a lovely Easter break in some pretty decent sunshine.", "Now attention turns to the national reading and numeracy tests which are due to start in a week or so.", "You don’t read quite as much about the Welsh tests as you do about the SATs that take place in England around the same time.", "SATs have been hugely controversial and I have read some very powerful articles written by parents who claim that their children are ‘wilting’ under the pressure.", "However, there have been calls by parents for the Welsh tests to be scrapped as well, especially for younger children.", "As a parent you have several options.", "Here are 5 of them!", "5 things parents can do about national reading and numeracy tests- Do nothing whatsoever.", "You have the option of doing nothing.", "For some parents this means taking their children out of school on the day of the test and refusing to participate.", "This may work for younger children.", "It’s harder for older children because they will be very aware of what is going on and may want to talk to you about it.", "You can hardly refuse to do so!-", "The minimalist approach.", "You make sure that your child is in school on the day that the tests take place.", "You want them to be fed and rested, you will have tackled any anxieties that they have.", "This may mean playing down the importance of the tests if they have been hyped up by their peers, or even the school.", "You leave all academic matters to the teachers.- Get active in the process.", "Some parents take on a more ‘active’ role.", "You can access huge quantities of resources on the web to help your child prepare for the tests.", "In the weeks leading up to the tests you can work through a few past papers with them so that they get used to the style of the questions.", "They will probably be doing some past test papers in school as well.-", "The ‘I’m all over this’ approach.", "This approach is best adopted a few months prior to the tests.", "You can track down resources to help with national reading and numeracy tests and work through them with your child.", "BBC Bitesize is an old favourite as is Sum Dog.", "You can use SATs papers (which are the English version of the test) to get some more test practice.- Get someone else to do it.", "Finally, there is the ‘full on’ approach where you effectively coach your child in test technique, spend hours poring over test questions and hundreds of pounds on private tutors!", "Pick what works best for your child", "So, what is the best approach?", "There isn’t one.", "You have to pick what works best for your child.", "The approach for a child in Year 2 may be entirely different to a child in Year 6.", "By the age of 11 years, a child is capable of understanding what the test results will be used for – especially as they make the transition to high school.", "For anxious children you may need to play them down.", "For children who can’t be bothered you may want to stir things up a bit!", "As things stand, a child’s academic attainment is mainly recorded via tests and exams.", "Learning how to play the game is an important skill.", "The age at which children should learn that skill is open to debate." ]
		[ "1943 - Carrier force attacks bases on Tarawa and Makin begun.", "1943 - USS Nautilus (SS-168) enters Tarawa lagoon in first submarine photograph reconnaissance mission.", "1961 -", "At the request of President of Dominican Republic, U.S. Naval Task Force sails to Dominican Republic to bolster the country's government and to prevent a coup.", "1969 - Navy astronauts CDR Charles Conrad Jr. and CDR Alan L. Bean are 3rd and 4th men to walk on the moon.", "They were part of Apollo 12 mission.", "CDR Richard F. Gordon, Jr., the Command Module Pilot, remained in lunar orbit.", "During the mission lasting 19 days, 4 hours, and 36 minutes, the astronauts recovered 243 lbs of lunar material.", "Recovery by HS-4 helicopters from USS Hornet (CVS-12).", "1856 - CDR Andrew H. Foote lands at Canton, China, with 287 Sailors and Marines to stop attacks by Chinese on U.S. military and civilians.", "1917 - USS Kanawha, Noma and Wakiva sink German sub off France.", "1933 - Navy crew (LCDR Thomas G. W. Settle, USN, and MAJ Chester I. Fordney, USMC) sets a world altitude record in balloon (62,237 ft.) in flight into stratosphere.", "1943 - Operation Galvanic, under command of Vice Admiral Raymond Spruance, lands Navy, Marine, and Army forces on Tarawa and Makin.", "1962 - President John F. Kennedy lifts the Blockade of Cuba.1918 - U.S. battleships witness surrender of German High Seas fleet at Rosyth, Firth of Forth, Scotland, to U.S. and British fleets.", "(Source: Navy News Service)" ]
		[ "Rio Carnival 2017Yorkshire Wildlife Park TripTo start off our topic Moon Zoom we discovered an alien had crash landed its flying saucer at Monkwood!", "Now we have to find the friendly alien Orson and return him to Planet Orb!", "Visit to Yorkshire Wildlife ParkThis half term we have been so lucky in Year One!", "On the first day back after Easter we were left lots of different clues which took us to find something super special.", "We have a new furry friend who has come to live at Monkwood for his forever home and we promise to love him forever.", "His name is Mr. Snuggle-Toes and we have been doing lots of work about him during our topic of Paws, Claws and Whiskers!", "We have been focusing on the story of Peter Rabbit and have loved using our creative side to make Mr. McGregors garden!", "We have also produced some gorgeous clay, and some beautiful pastel and painting pictures which you can see on display at the entrance of school.", "We are very excited about our visit to Yorkshire Wildlife Park, we will keep you posted with lots more pictures and amazing work!", "This half term our topic is ‘Moon Zoom’.", "As part of this topic we will be exploring alien crash landings, researching all of the different planets, making our own moon rock and plenty more exciting things!", "In maths we are starting with multiplication.", "Can you work with your child to group objects in twos fives and tens?", "In Literacy we are using the book ‘Man on the Moon’ by Simon Bartram, perhaps you have this book at home?", "As the half term goes on we will be designing our own aliens through using a range of different materials.", "In science we will be using our senses to look at different materials which we collected from the crash landing site!", "This will even include green gooey slime!", "We will be working on our craft skills and discussing what makes a fast, practical rocket to zoom into space!", "Please note our PE days are still as normal Monday afternoon (indoor) and Thursday afternoon (outdoor weather permitting).", "Autumn 2 topic – SuperheroesThis half term class 3 and class 4 are learning all about superheroes!", "Our half term started by a horrid letter left for us to find from professor slime!", "He left his mischievous slime all over our outside area and the letter insisted that he is going to turn us all into revolting naughty children!", "He even wanted us to swing on our chairs and hide in the cloakroom!!", "Luckily we are far too sensible for that and are trying our hardest and using our superpowers to turn professor slime into a goodie!", "Our role play area is superhero city and we must save the world from all that is evil (that is a superheroes job after all!)", "In art we are looking at superhero cities in art and which colours make a lovely sunset – here are some examples of our superhero cities.", "In literacy, we have been looking at what makes a good comic strip and have created our own!", "They are super exciting and we have even used speech bubbles and onomatopoeic words!!", "Take Home BearsThis week we have welcomed our new class take home bears.", "The children have chosen to call him/her Coco in Class 4 and Lovebug in Class 3.", "If they are lucky enough to take the bear home they get to keep it for a whole week and write in its special book.", "We can’t wait to hear all about the adventures!", "The Bog BabyAs part of our learning about ‘The bog baby’ by Jeanne Willis the children have been busy sewing their own bog babies and making them out of play doh.", "Look at all the lovely work!", "Bog Baby Hunt", "We have been on a bog baby hunt in to the enchanted woodland.", "We had to be soooo quiet so that we didn’t disturb the bog babies!!", "We spotted the sparkly magic pond hidden beneath the bushes and we were lucky enough to spot a tiny bog baby!", "This week we have been sent a letter by Fairy Sparkle Toes!", "She is very sad because she has lost her wings…she wanted us to help find them", "so we went on a magical fairy trail!", "We were lucky enough to find glittering arrows to show us which way to go and an enchanted fairy house with lots of sparkles and magic.", "Here are some pictures from our trail…" ]
		[ "Information by CountryIn Djibouti, Fatouma struggles to become her village’s first female high school graduateARDO, Djibouti, 2 January 2007 –", "Fatouma, 20, carries a heavy burden on her small shoulders.", "She is the eldest of 16 children whose father was lost during the civil war in Djibouti.", "Her mother ekes out a living by selling crepes.", "Despite the hardships of her daily life, Fatouma will soon be the first girl from the village of Ardo to complete her secondary education.", "This is no small accomplishment.", "Ardo, which is in one of Djibouti’s poorest regions, does not have a secondary school.", "Although girls make up half the number of students in the village’s primary school, very few of them continue on to secondary education.", "“I’m not a normal student,” says Fatouma.", "“I will be the first girl from Ardo to graduate from high school, and it is a big responsibility.”", "Much is at stakeFatouma’s family and community are keeping a watchful eye on her progress.", "To them, the fact that she is still unmarried at 20 makes her an ‘old maid’.", "For the last five years, her great uncle has wanted her to marry his son.", "If Fatouma fails to pass her graduation exams, she will have no choice but to accept the marriage.", "“In my community, all marriages are arranged, and girls must obey their parents’ decisions,” Fatouma says.", "“But my mother knows that if she marries me off, she’ll lose her only hope of climbing out of poverty.", "That’s why she allows me and even encourages me to continue with my studies.", "She would like me to become a respectable woman in an office.”", "Obstacles of poverty and traditionFatouma faces many challenges in her quest for a higher education.", "Her day begins at 5:30 a.m.", "She cleans the entire house, then goes out to sell the crepes made by her mother.", "Afterwards, she rushes back home to get both herself and her younger sisters ready for school.", "Because Fatouma’s mother cannot afford basic school necessities for her children, she has been relying on UNICEF’s school-bag programme for supplies.", "In 2005, UNICEF distributed these kits nationwide to all 46,500 children attending public schools in Djibouti.", "“I would not have been able to continue my studies without UNICEF’s assistance to my sisters and brothers,” says Fatouma.", "An example for other girlsIn order for Fatouma to attend secondary school, her mother moved the entire family from Ardo to the main town of Tadjourah.", "As a result, some parents in Ardo who used to be adamant about taking their daughters out of school now allow them to commute to Tadjourah to continue their studies.", "Fatouma envisions continuing her education beyond high school.", "“I would like to go to university and be an example for the rest of the community,” she says.", "“If I do that, I would like to come back to Ardo to teach and fight for the right of all girls to go to school.”", "The realities of living in poverty, however, might dampen her lofty dreams.", "“Unfortunately, I’ll have to look for a job right after graduation,” says Fatouma.", "“When I see how poor, old and feeble my mother is, my dreams of going to university vanish.", "When you are poor, you don’t have many choices.”" ]
		[ "Understanding Medical TermsOccasionally, it can be useful to have a general sense of what some common medical terms mean in order to understand your condition, medication or treatment plans.", "Always ask your doctor for more clarification if you are unsure what she is describing to you or what certain terms mean.", "Check out these sites below for extra clarification:MedicineNet.com has a medical dictionary where you can search MedTerms and also use their glossary to figure out what medical words mean.", "MediLexicon has medical dictionary with over 100,000 medical terms.", "The Medical Library Association has a very simple glossary that translates medical terms into everyday language.", "It also has a handy guide to the medical shorthand that your doctor might jot down on your prescriptions.", "The glossary is available in Spanish, also.", "The American Association for Clinical Chemistry has a comprehensive list of lab tests and the terminology associated with these tests.", "Des Moines University offers a Web site full of medical terms related to specific diseases, along with quizzes to test what you've just learned.", "The Nemours Foundation has a medical glossary just for kids.", "For instance, \"acne\" is described as \"little red bumps on the skin called pimples.\"See also Health Insurance Glossary.", "Resources reviewed June 2013\|Finding Treatment Information\|Want to find out more about the treatments your doctors suggest?", "Here are some resources for doing your research and comparing your options.", "\|Understanding Medical Terms\|Doctors can sometimes use unfamiliar and complicated terms to describe your illness and treatment.", "Here are some resources to help you understand.", "\|What Is Watchful Waiting?\|Tips to help you weigh the pros and cons of treatment and decide if watchful waiting is right for you.", "\|Should I Get a Second Opinion?\|Advice for deciding whether you should get a second opinion, telling your doctor and resources for finding and paying for a second opinion.", "Health Care Providers Can Learn to Communicate Better with PatientsTaxing Unhealthy Food Spurs People to Buy Less" ]
		[ "Today, Comet ISON is approximately 2.602 AU from the sun.", "That’s over 241+ million mi (389+ million km).", "There are less than 115 days until ISON reaches perihelion.", "Over the past 5 days, between July 31st and August 5th, Comet ISON traveled a distance of approximately 0.074 AU.", "That’s an average speed of roughly 1.375 million miles per day, or 2.21 million kilometers per day.", "On July 29th, the time projected (tp) value calculated by NASA for perihelion (closest to the sun) was 2013-Nov-28.77833189.", "That’s the equivalent of November 28, 2013 at 18:40:47 UTC.", "ISON is currently between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, but from Earth’s perspective, it appears behind the Sun’s glare.", "ISON entered the Sun’s glare back in June and should become observable by NASA’s equipment in mid-August or early September at the latest.", "It’s projected that it will become visible to the naked eye by early to mid-November.", "Here are some news snippets from the past week.", "“On Aug. 10, Comet ISON will be 18.1 degrees from the sun and will begin rising above the east-northeast horizon before dawn,” Rao wrote earlier this week.", "(Your clenched fist held at arm’s length measures about 10 degrees.)”", "For mid-northern latitudes on the morning of Aug. 21, ISON will stand 6 degrees above the east-northeast horizon at the start of twilight,” Rao added.", "“And by the end of August, the comet’s altitude will double to 12 degrees by the time dawn begins to break, making it an easy target for skywatchers.”", "…But it’s not clear just what skywatchers will see, Rao and others stress.", "Will comet ISON blossom into a naked-eye comet, sporting a long, beautiful tail across the sky?", "Comets are notoriously unpredictable and can surprise even experts.", "Unfortunately, it’s now a wait-and-see game since the comet is currently lost in the glare of the sun and will only be visible again in early September." ]
		[ "Tell me about the solubility and reactivity of Bromine?", "Others answers (1)- eAnswers...Apr 8, 2014", "Bromine is a chemical substance, which was discovered by \"Carl Jacob Löwig\" and \"Antoine Jerome Balard\" between the year 1825–1826.", "It is highly soluble in organic substances like carbon disulfide, carbon tetrachloride and aliphatic alcohols, and slightly soluble in water.", "It is a highly reactive element and vigorously reacts with metals in the presence of water.", "It is considered less reactive than chlorine and more reactive than Iodine.- RelationshipsMay 14, 2014- 16 Acts Of Random Kindness That Will Revive Your Hope For The Future Of Mankind- Show More" ]
		[ "Rhetoric and Composition/SemicolonsFrom Wikibooks, open books for an open worldA semicolon introduces a pause greater than that of a comma but less than that of a period.", "This is a semicolon: ;- To Clarify a Series- Semicolons separate elements of a series when the items are long or when individual segments contain material that also must be set off by commas.", "- Example:", "She leaves a son, Mike Nach, of Arizona; a daughter, Emily Rosa, of Colorado; and a sister, Sara Evans, of Minnesota.-", "To Link Independent Clauses- A semicolon joins two independent clauses within one a sentence without the use of a coordinating conjunction.", "- Example:", "The horse was due for an immunization; the veterinarian administered one today.", "- A semicolon may also be used if there is a Conjunctive adverb in the sentence.", "- Example: “I must go grocery shopping; however, I must pick up the dry cleaning today.”- Placement with Quotes- Semicolons should always appear outside quotation marks.", "- Example: Marcus often says that \"people should remain true to their faith\"; however, he is not a man of faith.", "Some examples of improper use of the semicolon:- Between a subordinate clause and the rest of the sentence.", "Example:", "Unless you are coming home before your curfew; don't bother coming home.", "- Between an appositive and the word to which it refers.", "Example: My favorite animal is a parakeet; a type of bird.- To introduce a list.", "Example: I own these cars; a Dodge Stealth, an Acura RSX, and a Geo Storm." ]
		[ "Many Fires Still Plague CaliforniaAs of Aug. 8, 2012, the Inciweb.org site reports the following regarding the Chips Fire: Firefighters remained vigilant in holding containment lines last night.", "Today crews will continue to aggressively attack an area where the fire escaped containment lines into the Mosquito Creek drainage.", "Aircraft will assist throughout the day by dropping water on hot spots near the fire's advancing edge as smoke conditions allow.", "The fire is expected to slowly creep downslope towards Highway 70 on the southern flank where crews will mop-up along the line to secure additional containment.", "Meanwhile, the Salt Creek Fire is considered \"100% contained.\"", "The public will continue to see smoke from the fire and isolated pockets of unburned vegetation may ignite, producing columns of smoke visible from surrounding areas.", "The Lake Complex Fire north of the other two fires was caused by lightning.", "It is considered 80% contained at this point and is creeping with isolated torching and mostly stump holes burning out.", "With the dry weather adverse conditions could cause the fire to rapidly grow.", "This natural-color satellite image shows smoke from the fire streaming northeast.", "It was collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite on August 07, 2012.", "Actively burning areas, detected by MODIS’s thermal bands, are outlined in red.", "NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC.", "Caption by Lynn Jenner." ]
		[ "How good is your memory?", "Can you remember the names of all 50 states and their capitals?", "How about the thousands of video games you find in the stores?", "To us, a million sounds like a big number.", "But consider the Hindu religion, which is described as a religion of 330 million gods!", "In Hinduism, people can have as many gods as they want.", "Hinduism, which is the third largest religion in the world, involves worship that centers on sacrifices, idols, and mystical tales.", "How does this religion compare with Christianity?", "Hinduism is an ancient religion; some people even claim it is the oldest.", "Actually, no one knows who started it or why they did so.", "Today, the Hindu religion boasts a following of a billion people, with the largest population living in the country of India.", "The Hindu followers believe in gods that control almost every part of their lives.", "They have a god of creation, a god of destruction, a sky god, a fire god, and…the list could continue at great length.", "Most of the time, Hindus worship these gods with sacrifices and by praying to idols.", "When you compare Hinduism to the Bible, it is obvious that Hindus do not understand who God is or how to worship Him.", "The Bible says “that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one” (1 Corinthians 8:4).", "This verse makes it clear that we are to worship only one God, not millions of other gods.", "In addition, it says that an idol, which is made by a human, is nothing special.", "An idol, most of the time, is only a lump of clay, metal, or wood that sits silently on a table.", "The Bible also says that Jesus came to Earth and died an awful death for our sins (Hebrews 10:10-12).", "In the Old Testament, the Jews offered sacrifices much like the Hindus do today, but as Christians we have a better sacrifice.", "Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was the one perfect sacrifice that the world needed.", "The animal sacrifices of the Old Testament are not needed today, because they do not compare to Christ’s loving sacrifice.", "The Christian has a wonderful hope and an important message to share.", "Hinduism is not a religion that is in agreement with God’s will, but God does want Hindus to know the Truth.", "It is the Christian’s job to find the people who need help, and to show them the answers that the Bible contains (read Mark 16:15-16)." ]
		[ "Featured Protein Diet ArticleCan A Protein Diet Be Vegetarian?by HealthyLivingTrends.comWhen it comes to a protein diet, vegetarians may feel left out.", "Protein diets are currently a popular way for people to lose weight and keep the weight off and vegetarians can employ this method.", "When it comes to a protein diet, vegetarians must simply eat more protein and eat less carbohydrates.", "This type of diet is typically used by people who are looking to increase their muscle mass, get toned and/or lose some weight.", "When starting a protein diet, vegetarians should consult their physicians.", "And, take the time to learn more about protein.", "Protein is one of the most basic parts of the human body.", "It makes up about 16 per cent of total body weight and is present in muscle, hair, skin and connective tissue.", "Protein also plays a major role in cell development and the presence of fluids in the body.", "Many of the body's important compounds are made up of protein, including enzymes, hormones, neurotransmitters and DNA.", "The body uses protein constantly, so it is important that people have enough protein in their diet.", "And when it comes to a protein diet, vegetarian already have an advantage.", "They are used to monitoring their protein intake to ensure they are getting enough.", "Proteins are made up of smaller units called amino acids.", "There are nine amino acids that the body cannot manufacture, so it is important that people get these amino acids from the foods they eat.", "They can get these amino acids from meat, eggs and dairy products, as well as some plants.", "The amount of protein that an average person needs varies depending on their age, size and activity level.", "A person who is looking to build muscle mass and increase their fitness level may want to consider a protein diet.", "People who engage in endurance exercise or heavy resistive exercise can benefit from adding additional protein to their diets.", "And a protein diet or vegetarian protein diet can be particular effective for people who don't eat meat.", "For the average person, 10 to 20 per cent of caloric intake can be calories from protein.", "This is an estimate of the minimum number of calories a person needs to stay healthy and a person on a low carb diet or protein diet will need more.", "The more calories a person needs to stay healthy, the more protein they will need also.", "However, people who are dieting should not reduce their protein intake to the amount of reduced calories they are ingesting.", "All things considered, when it comes to a protein diet, vegetarians can successfully meet their weight and fitness goals." ]
		[ "Harold Dunbar Corbusier was the second son of William Henry Corbusier, post surgeon at Fort Mackinac, and Fanny Dunbar Corbusier.", "He lived on Mackinac Island with his family from 1883 to 1884.", "On his 10th birthday, January 14, 1883 he began his diary.", "His entry for this day 129 years ago, with its original grammar and spelling, shows an excitement for the holiday festivities similar to that of a 10-year-old of the present day.", "A Boy at Fort Mackinac, October 31, 1883: “It has been a very stormy rainy day.", "It is All Hallowes eve we going to dive for apples but there wre none in town", "so we had to dive for potatoes we played games and mamma made candy I have a headache today.”", "His brief entries give us clues of what life was like on Mackinac Island in a period of great change.", "This former fur trading outpost was beginning to receive many summer visitors, and the Mackinac National Park (established 1875) was a great attraction.", "Harold recorded what he saw, and gives a detailed picture of what life was like for an army family.", "For more information about Harold and purchase a book containing all of his transcribed diary entries, visit the Mackinac State Historic Parks website." ]
		[ "Buy custom Due Process essayUnder the constitution, it is likely to find one or more law that conflict with the other.", "However, this is got rid of by clauses under each law.", "The Fifth Amendment requires the federal government to observe the code that no person shall be dispossessed basic rights such as life, liberty, or property with exemption of due process of law.", "The Fourteenth Amendment, approved in 1868, depends on the due process clause to depict a legal responsibility of all countries.", "This measure is done to observe that all parties in any case receive fair and equal treatment in the period of case preparation and presentation.", "INCORPORATION OF DUE PROCESSThe Fifth Amendment's allusion to “due process” is simply one of countless assurances of safeguarding the Bill of Rights.", "A lot of changes occurred in the Twentieth Century.", "A number of Supreme Court rulings observed that the due process clause had the basic elements of bill of rights.", "That was about a century later after the incorporation of the due process clause in the 19th century.", "The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits any state from launching separated institution or else astute individuals against some of their society members.", "The bill of right lacks the clause for equal protection.", "Therefore, the due process clause provides the basic protection against breaching or contradicting how the bill of rights is carried out.", "The due process clause observes equality when carrying out necessary measures to protect the law and the citizen.", "Without the due process clause, it would be extremely easy to tamper with a case before presentation to the law courts.", "With the due process in place, it is easy to understand why the saying, one remains innocent until proven otherwise by a court of law.", "The term due process, as it sounds, reflects on the procedure taken to protect and respect person legal rights.", "This is the period before the presentation of a case in a law court.", "The due process is used to balance and equate the law and moreover protect persons.", "If due process is not followed, it leads to violation of the rule of law (Hartigan, 2003).", "The adversarial system is a combination of elements that constitute the presentation of a case.", "This comprises of the due process observation, presentation of arguments by both parties and gathering and submission of evidence.", "The final part of this system is questioning of third party entity, the witness, under provided rules to determine a witness.", "Through this system the neutral entity, judge or jury, remains neutral throughout the procedure of the system.", "When the procedure is through, it is the work of the neutral entity to determine the truth and settle the case.", "The controversy behind the adversary system that lays a platform for the due process is, it accessibility.", "The adversary system is sometimes known to favor the wealthy people of the society by creating loopholes in the system.", "To make maters worse the adversary system is also known to be fast paced on resolving conflicts rather than being an investigative system that seeks the truth only.", "The majority, with limited resources, are mostly locked out of enjoying the benefits of the due process through the adversary system.", "Other loophole present in the adversarial system is the idea that even if a person admits being guilty, the prosecutor evidence has to prove that (Wasserman, 2004).", "RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSEDIt may sound funny but any person accused of any crime is objected to enjoy his freedom of all rights in the bill of rights until they are proven guilty.", "For such a person to enjoy their rights, the due process and the adversarial system must be fair to all parties.", "For a person to be deemed guilty, the prosecutor must provide enough evidence to prove the person accused actually committed a crime.", "Above all, things, the defendant must be protected from self-incrimination.", "Self-incrimination can be achieved through torture or blackmail.", "The accused person is entitled to remain silent till they come across their defending legal counsel.", "If the counsel is not available, the accused has the right to be provided with adequate legal representation provided by the court.", "One cannot be charged under the same crime twice.", "When a case starts, the accused has the right to free and speedy trial at the court of law.", "In case, a citizen is accused of a crime, before a search is done on their premises, the police must obtain a search warrant.", "In case of the witnesses, the accused is free to bring their own witnesses.", "PROCESS AFTER CRIME IS COMMITEDFirst, it is the work of the security officers to determine whether a crime has at any chance been committed.", "Such work is left to the security officers since they are equipped with resources to investigate and determine the extent of a crime.", "Investigations involve, talking to close witnesses and gathering other relevant evidence form the crime scene.", "Evidence collection can go a step ahead to make a case more valid by videotaping and photographing.", "After all that is done, the police start to determine the probable answers to the cause of the crime.", "All this is done through recording the statements of both parties involved in the crime (Hartigan, 2003).A follow up investigation is done to arrest the offender or seize illegal goods.", "After investigation are through by the law enforcement agency.", "After the police agency is through with their investigation, the case is filed to the corresponding prosecuting attorney.", "The prosecutor reviews the case and determines which evidence is reliable and the step ahead.", "If the case is valid, the prosecutor determines under what offense the crime is to be filed.", "If the evidence is not reliable to put a tough case, the case is readmitted for further investigation or nullified.", "POST ARREST PROCEDURE", "If the prosecutor feels that there is enough evidence to put a tough case, the accused is arrested.", "However, this is not to mean that the accused is guilty.", "Before one is fully tried and a sentence is issued, a lot happens.", "Most of The arrests are warrantless.", "When one is arrested, they are then transported to jail and booked.", "When being booked, the person details are filled in an occurrence book.", "The booking is extremely beneficial as it is an administrative process.", "Activities carried out in booking includes, accused name, contact, place of work, phone details, and next of kin information.", "The defendant is also photographed and their fingerprints taken.", "After the arrest, one is entitled to make three phone calls to inform their lawyer or their people.", "The person arrested, remains in jail till they are bailed or they appear in arraignment.", "Next is the preliminary hearing, followed by plea-bargaining.", "Under any circumstance, the law is the only friend of an accused person.", "No person has the authority to deny a person from that only friend.", "All clauses in the law are meant to protect any accused citizen.", "The due process allows any accused person to enjoy all rights in the bill of right before being deemed guilty by a court of law.", "The adversarial system has all the elements to enable the due process to take the course with no contradiction of the law.", "Buy custom Due Process essay" ]
		[ "Follow these basics to find shoes that fit, feel comfortable and help you avoid injuries:Athletic shoes tend to run shorter than dress shoes.", "Your walking shoe will likely be 1 to 1-1/2 sizes bigger than your other shoes.", "If your heel rolls inward when you step (called \"overpronation\"), or if you have a high arch, get a shoe with plenty of arch support or buy arch supports that you can insert into the shoe.", "Running shoes often have a raised heel to meet the motion needs of a running stride.", "Walkers don't need that.", "Look at the sole under the ball of the foot and choose a shoe with the least height difference.", "Buy new shoes every 500 miles.", "Once you reach that milestone, the shoe materials have broken down — even if you can't see it with the naked eye.", "Continuing to use the shoes can lead to injuries such as shin splints." ]
		[ "Need an ebook to introduce soil to your students?", "You will love this cute book on soil and how it is formed, the different kinds of soil, and how important it is to our planet.", "(Did you know that it takes the Earth over 500 years just to create 2 centimeters of soil?", "Unbelievable!)", "You will also get a short overview of how rocks are formed, the different types of rocks, and the different sizes of rocks.", "Did you know a cobble is a rock? COBBLE AND ROLL!!", "You will ab-SOIL-utely LOVE it!", "I would LOVE to know what you think so PLEASE leave me some COBBLIN' feedback!!", "Thanks so much!!", "Mrs. Grooms' Room" ]
		[ "Friendly animals show simple ways to reduce, reuse and recycle in the 48 cards that demonstrate answers to questions about relationship to the larger world that children can relate to.", "For example:Before you recycle containers, Rinse your recyclables!", "If you have a computer, Ask your parents to set the computer to power-saver mode.", "To better understand the planet, Spend time in nature and see what it can teach you.-", "For ages 5 and up- 48 flash cards- Cards are 4.5\" x 6\"" ]
		[ "Alternative Title: kidney clearanceLearn about this topic in these articles:diagnosis of kidney function...is that of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR).", "The GFR is calculated by measuring the specific clearance from the body of a substance believed to be excreted solely by glomerular filtration.", "The renal clearance of any substance is the volume of plasma containing that amount of the substance that is removed by the kidney in unit time ( e.g., in one minute).", "Clearance, or the volume of..." ]
		[ "Although scores of experiments have examined the ecological consequences of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops, debates continue regarding the nontarget impacts of this technology.", "Quantitative reviews of existing studies are crucial for better gauging risks and improving future risk assessments.", "To encourage evidence-based risk analyses, we constructed a searchable database for nontarget effects of Bt crops.", "A meta-analysis of 42 field experiments indicates that nontarget invertebrates are generally more abundant in Bt cotton and Bt maize fields than in nontransgenic fields managed with insecticides.", "However, in comparison with insecticide-free control fields, certain nontarget taxa are less abundant in Bt fields.", "Marvier, M, C McCreedy, J Regetz, P Kareiva.", "\"A meta-analysis of effects of Bt cotton and maize on nontarget invertebrates.\"", "Science 316.5830 (2007): 1475-1477 .", "Web. 25 Jul. 2017.", "Marvier, M., McCreedy, C., Regetz, J., & Kareiva, P. (2007).", "A meta-analysis of effects of Bt cotton and maize on nontarget invertebrates.", "Science, 316(5830), 1475-1477 .", "doi:10.1126/science.1139208Please verify citations before use, citations are automatically generated based on information stored within the GENERA database and therefore may or may not be correct." ]
		[ "Posted at: 10/30/2013 6:50 PMBy: Lauren Hansard, KOB Eyewitness News 4It’s a long-time mystery at a Carlsbad cemetery.", "No one knows who or just how many people are buried there.", "KOB Eyewitness News 4 found out what the locals think about what lies beneath.", "Hundreds of people are believed to be buried in a cemetery outside Carlsbad.", "But for the most part, no one knows who they are.", "There are only four tombstones in the cemetery; they date back to the early 1900’s.", "“In 1918 people were dying left and right including my grandparents, died about a week or two apart,\" said Casimiro G. Hernandez.", "Hernandez said his grandfather is buried here, but he doesn’t know exactly where.", "“We wish we would know that but we don't,\" said Hernandez.", "Records from former cemetery caretakers said around 500 people are buried here, but even that is only an estimate.", "According to the historic sign out front, “It is said that the deadly worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918 virtually wiped out the community.”", "Locals have nicknamed it the “Mexican Cemetery.”", "“Because there's a lot of Mexicans buried here.", "I’m not sure that's where the name came from because there's a lot of Mexicans buried here and you know this part of the country used to be part of Mexico,\" said Hernandez.", "Hernandez said his father used to care for the cemetery.", "“There was just open country, there was cattle grazing on this part of the cemetery,” said Hernandez.", "Since then the cemetery has been enclosed by a fence, but besides these four headstones everything else in this graveyard is a mystery.", "Eddy County has now taken over the cemetery.", "The county has started records for about 100 people who may be buried there.", "But those records are only based on accounts from family members who think their loved one’s remains are there." ]
		[ "BY Prajwal RakhundeWhen farmers in Walni village in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district observed that their ponds and lakes were not retaining water, they found the perfect solution.", "Walni village had many ponds and 2-3 lakes, none of which were holding water.", "The rain collected during the monsoon season would be gone by the summer, mostly being lost to ground infiltration.", "This was leaving the ponds scarce and the village with a severe lack of water supply.", "Seeing no use for the ponds and lake, the villagers began filling them with earth.", "The villagers gathered their plastic waste, including things like wrappers and polythene packs, and sewed them together to make huge sheets.", "They then lined the bottoms of the ponds with the plastic sheets, securing them with a 1-foot layer of soil.", "They did a trial in March and found that the plastic sheets kept the water from permeating into the ground.", "Water that would have previously dried up before December stayed until April, and even May.", "This simple, yet highly effective method combining the village’s two biggest issues, waste plastic disposal and shortage of water, transformed their problems into their solutions.", "Seeing the positive effects of the initial experiment, the method was extended to other smaller ponds across the village.", "At every Sunday all villagers collect the plastic across and hand it over to the other team to make big sheets by stitching them together.." ]
		[ "A team of researchers from George Washington University has devised a new layered solar panel that can absorb light from a wider range of the spectrum pushing the efficiency as high as 44.5 percent.", "It may not matter if politicians accept climate change — cheap solar power could be inevitable.", "NASA’s Juno spacecraft is nearly to Jupiter, but it’s making solar power history before it gets there.", "Google takes energy activism in its own hands with the launch of its brand new Sunroof program.", "A new hybrid material could make solar power more efficient without requiring that we learn how to make all new types of solar panels.", "Today, let’s take a look at six different products that will significantly improve your warm weather experience.", "Whether vacationing or simply going on a quick run, let’s try to make the most of it.", "A new type of solar panel for spacecrafts blooms like a flower thanks to origami-inspired design.", "Perovskite might be our best chance at cheap, efficient solar panels in the near future, and now scientists have figured out how to essentially spray paint solar cells with it.", "Solar Impulse 2 is scheduled to take off next year and fly around the world using only the sun as an energy source.", "A lot of advanced engineering went into this craft, but we’re still a long way from seeing this technology generally available.", "A new type of super-thin diode could make flexible displays, solar cells, and light sensors commercially viable.", "Researchers have theorized a new type of thermal conductor that could rival diamond and graphene while being easier to produce.", "Subscribe Today to get the latest ExtremeTech news delivered right to your inbox." ]
		[ "Understanding the Legalities of Gas OilTrying to decipher the legalities surrounding gas oil is less difficult than it appears.", "Also known as ‘red diesel,’ this oil is chemically marked with a red dye, to allow for easy identification by HMRC.", "This is due to its exclusive use in ‘exempted’ vehicles.", "As a rule, UK law stipulates that all vehicles that use the road must use a fuel on which duty is fully paid.", "This leaves vehicles engaged in agricultural, horticultural, and forestry work as the only vehicles legally permitted to use gas oil.", "Of course, like all legislation there is common sense built in.", "For example, if you need to drive your tractor across the road to get to your second field, you won’t be penalised.", "Other Road Use Exceptions", "If you’re driving a bulldozer or a mobile crane from one location to another, you are legally entitled to use gas oil.", "The same applies for vehicles used for clearing ice or tractors employed for the cutting of hedges and plants on public roads.", "If you’re unsure as to whether your vehicle is legally entitled to use gas oil, your best option is to contact HMRC.", "Use of gas oil in the marine industry is slightly different and you can find out more about marine gas oil here on the site.", "HMRC officers are within their rights to request fuel samples to see if vehicles are using gas oil illegally.", "In fact, penalties are applied to those who obstruct an HMRC officer in this duty.", "Penalties range from having vehicles or engines seized, to criminal action in the case of deliberate dishonesty." ]
		[ "As the coffee tree grows, it breathes the air around it and stores C02 and other gases in its bean.", "Once its harvested, dried, roasted, and ground, hot water is poured over the coffee grinds which releases these gases in a process called ‘blooming’.", "This is a perfect way to test the freshness of your coffee – as the coffee brews, the more blooming you see, the fresher the grain.", "Steps for perfect Blooming:1.", "Grind fresh beans and place appropriate amount of the ground coffee into filter.", "2.", "Slowly pour 1/5 of your hot water onto grinds and wait for 30 seconds.", "3.", "The Blooming Effect will then occur.", "4.", "Once the last bubble pops and coffee settles slowly pour the rest of your hot water onto grinds." ]
		[ "Turn\"ing (?), n.The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.", "Through paths and turnings often trod by day.", "The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.", "It is preached at every turning.", "Deviation from the way or proper course.", "Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.", "The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.", "A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.", "Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring large work.", "-- Turning bridge.", "See the Note under Drawbridge. --", "Turning engine, an engine lathe. --", "Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.", "-- Turning pair.", "See the Note under Pair, n. --", "Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and which decides a case.", "© Webster 1913." ]
		[ "This is a highly interactive, customizable flipchart that is suitable for use as a daily calendar activity.", "It covers many of the topics commonly covered in calendar lessons, and more or less pages can be added or edited as needed.", "It covers common Kindergarten, 1st, and possibly 2nd grade topics such as tens and ones, number patterns, counting coins, and tally marks, as well as days of the week and months.", "It does incorporate basic Spanish vocabulary which can easily be taken out at the teacher's discretion.", "Lastly, the first page can be used as a morning writing assignment, with a suggestion for where teachers can get good writing prompts from.", "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License" ]
		[ "Pakistan's foreign policy has been marked by a complex balancing process--the result of its history, religious heritage, and geographic position.", "The primary objective of that policy has been to preserve Pakistan's territorial integrity and security, which have been in jeopardy since the state's inception.", "A new era began with the partition of British India in 1947 and the formation of two independent, sovereign states--India and Pakistan.", "Both nations searched for their place in the world order and aspired to leadership roles beyond the subcontinent.", "India and Pakistan became adversaries at independence and have so remained.", "The two countries fought each other shortly after partition, in 1965, and in 1971, causing the dismemberment of Pakistan and the creation of still another new sovereign entity--Bangladesh.", "India-Pakistan rivalry intensified rather than diminished after the Cold War, and the Kashmir territorial dispute remains dangerous and recurrent.", "Pakistan sought security through outside alliances.", "The new nation painstakingly worked on building a relationship with the United States, in which the obligations of both sides were clearly defined.", "The Western-oriented, anticommunist treaties and alliances Pakistan joined became an important part of its foreign policy.", "Pakistan also saw itself as a vanguard of independent Muslim states.", "\|Country Studies main page \| Pakistan Country Studies main page\|" ]
		[ "Basidiomycetes form sexual spores externally from a structure called a basidium.", "Four basidiospores develop on appendages from each basidium.", "These spores serve as the main air dispersal units for the fungi.", "The spores are released during periods of high humidity and generally have a night-time or pre-dawn peak concentration in the atmosphere.", "General Structure and Shape:Basidiospores are generally characterized by an attachment peg (called a hilar appendage) on its surface.", "This is where the spore was attached to the basidium.", "The hilar appendage is quite prominent in some basidiospore, but less evident in others.", "An apical germ pore may also be present.", "Many basidiospores have an asymmetric shape due to their development on the basidium.", "Basidiospores are typically single-celled (without septa), and typically range from spherical to oval to to oblong, to ellipsoid or cylindrical.", "The surface of the spore can be fairly smooth, or it can be ornamented." ]
		[ "Last week I spent some time admiring a group of portraits now in the National Gallery, London, by the North Italian painter Moroni who lived from around 1520 to 1579.", "One is very well known.", "In The tailor the subject is an artisan, holding his scissors to cut a piece of black cloth, the expensive material that most of Moroni’s wealthy subjects wear.", "As explained in this video, by the mid-sixteenth century having your portrait painted was no longer the preserve of the rich or famous.", "Moroni would have been paid to paint these portraits of important people, soldiers, gentlemen, churchmen.", "While they are very much real people, their expressions are often distant, superior.", "I was particularly intrigued by the Portrait of a Man holding a letter.", "Follow the link to Moroni above to see this painting and others.", "Why would you want a portrait to make you look so severe and haughty?", "Later I realised that the sitter was probably a lawyer and you can imagine this man was superbly good at arguing his case in the court room.", "He certainly doesn’t want to be liked.", "Later that day I heard that Lucien Freud, another great portrait painter, had died.", "Unlike Moroni and most portrait painters from the past, Freud chose who he wanted to paint and didn’t work to commission.", "He didn’t have to flatter his subjects and rather than allow them to shield themselves with clothes, he often painted them naked.", "As he put it:I’m really interested in people as animals.", "Part of my liking to work from them naked is for that reason.", "Because I can see more; and it’s also very exciting to see the forms repeating right through the body and often the head as well.", "I like people to look as natural and as physically as ease as animals.", "This sounds relaxed, but Freud’s portraits often show people as vulnerable and troubled, and can be difficult to look at.", "Florence Waters, in the Daily Telegraph on 22 July points out:", "Freud had an almost visceral hatred of almost all art of the Renaissance.", "It makes sense: the Renaissance was the period, above all, during which man was celebrated as the crown of creation.", "Freud’s belief was the opposite: man, he seems to say, must never forget the fact that he is deteriorating matter.", "But Moroni’s portraits, beautiful as they are, don’t simply celebrate the human form.", "His subjects are clever, brave or shrewd but sometimes also aging or ill.", "Like Freud, Shakespeare too reminds us of our mortality.", "As artists, all are interested in psychological truth though they approach it by different routes.", "There’s often a sense that portraits of Shakespeare can, or should, capture the essence of the writer.", "Even in 1623, though, the people who contributed poems to the First Folio pointed out that Shakespeare was best portrayed in his works rather than the authenticated engraved portrait in the book.", "Hugh Holland, Leonard Digges and James Mabbe all make the same point.", "As Digges put it:When brass and marble fade, shall make thee lookFresh to all ages.", "Other supposed portraits of Shakespeare like the Chandos or the recently-attributed Cobbe show a more handsome man but are no more successful in showing Shakespeare’s mind.", "In Macbeth Shakespeare warned:There’s no artTo find the mind’s construction in the face.", "and Ben Jonson wrote that if the engraver of the First Folio portrait could have done so “the print would then surpass/ All that was ever writ in brass”.", "What, I wonder, would a portrait of Shakespeare by Moroni or Freud have been like?" ]
		[ "Scabies is a type of mite that burrows into your dogs skin, causing itching and hair loss.", "Scabies is also known as sarcoptic mange.", "Scabies is highly contagious and can be passed from dogs to people.", "When treating your dog for scabies it is important to treat all the animals in your home at the same time.", "Dogs and other animals such as cats can carry scabies for weeks before symptoms become noticeable.", "If you believe your dog has been infested with scabies, the first thing you need to do is get a diagnosis from a veterinarian.", "Your veterinarian will do a skin scraping to rule out other conditions, such as allergies, and identify the type of mite your dog is carrying.", "It is important to be sure you are dealing with scabies, because the treatments are different for each type of mange mite that can affect your dog.", "Using a dip to treat scabies can be a very unpleasant process for you and your dog.", "Dips are effective, but they must come into direct contact with the mite.", "This means if your dog has scabies around the eyes or mouth, you must use extreme caution while applying the dip.", "Dips can also be harmful to humans and should not be used if your dog is under 12 weeks old, in poor overall health or is very old.", "Most dips contain an insecticide such as permethrin or organophoshoate.", "Dips containing a lime sulphur solution are also effective.", "When using a dip to treat scabies, need to dip your dog every other week for a minimum of 6 weeks.", "Spot on TreatmentsTopical treatments are highly effective in killing scabies and only require a simple once-a-month treatment.", "Spot on treatments also have good residual effects and will help prevent infestations in the future.", "You apply these treatments to a small area, usually on your dog's back, and it is then absorbed into the bloodstream.", "Selamectin is a topical solution that is applied once a month.", "It is applied as a spot on treatment and is absorbed into the skin.", "As an added benefit, selamectin also provides protection against fleas, ear mites and heart worms.", "Fipronil is another spot on treatment and is found in products like Frontline and Frontline Plus.", "In addition to killing fleas and ticks, fipronil is highly effective in treating scabies.", "There are two treatments for heartworm that have also been effective in treating mange.", "Ivermectin is a treatment that is commonly used off label.", "Off label means you are using a product to treat a condition for which it is not approved.", "Ivermectin is effective in treating scabies, but it is to be used only under close veterinary supervision.", "Some dogs, especially herding breeds like collies and sheep dogs, are sensitive to ivermectin.", "A severe reaction to ivermectin can result in death.", "If your dog is a herding breed or has shown sensitivity to ivermectin ,your veterinarian may use milbemycin as a safer alternitive.", "Another method of killing scabies is using a medicated shampoo.", "Medicated shampoos contain insecticides and must be repeated weekly for a minimum of one month.", "These shampoos are available over the counter or by prescription.", "The prescription varieties cost more but contain higher concentrations of insecticide.", "To keep your dog from getting reinfested with scabies, it is important to treat your dog's bedding areas with an insecticide spray as well.", "If your dog lives in the house, you must also treat all carpeted areas.", "If your dog comes into contact with other dogs, it is impossible to completely prevent all infestations.", "Using a product with good residual or long-lasting effects can help minimise your dog's risk of getting scabies." ]
		[ "There's been a fair bit in the news today about the massive affect that the weather seems to have had on some insects.", "The main spcies in the headlines is the Honey Bees, already badly decimated by Colony Collapse Disorder.", "The weather hasn't actually killed honey bees, but in very bad weather they are unable to get out and forage and therefore the production of honey has been greatly reduced.", "Bad news if like me you like honey and in my case it is an important ingredient of the bread I make.", "On plant that does attract all sorts of insects is Buddleia, sometimes known as the butterfly bush.", "It isn't one plant, it is a genus of over 100 species of plants.", "The name of the genus was given by Linnaeus to honour the Reverend Adam Buddle, a botanist and rector from Essex.", "There are native species of Buddleia in Asia, Africa and North and South America, but not Europe or Austalasia.", "We've got a few Buddleias round the garden.", "Most have the normal candle type flowers that vary from a deep purple to a pale lilac.", "These probably come from Buddleia davidi (name after the missionary, and famous botanist and zoologist, Armand David, who brought the plant to Europe from China).", "The deep coloured plants seem to attract the most butterflies, especially Red Admirals and Small Tortoiseshells, though so far this year no Peacocks or Painted Ladies have arrived on them.", "There are also yellow species, some with candle flowers and some with \"pom-pom\" type blooms.", "These seem particularly good for bees, bumble-bees and hoverflies.", "This Buff-tailed Bumblebee is covered in pollen and it demonstrates one of the worrying aspects of the decline of bee numbers.", "One of the most famous quotes about this was supposed to have come from Albert Einstein.", "“If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live.", "No more bees, no more pollination … no more men!”", "He wasn’t an entomologist, and he almost certainly didn't say this!", "but entomologists around today agree that the sudden and mysterious disappearance of bees from their hives poses serious problems!" ]
		[ "Friday, December 4, 2009Sempervivium: Live ForeverThis clump of Hens and Chicks grows atop the stone wall that forms the entrance to the basement of the house.", "It is filling in the space between the stones.", "As individual rosettes become large and crowded, they send up a flower stalk and go to seed.", "After that the rosette dies.", "Along with that, small rosettes grow from beneath the plant like chicks under a mother hen.", "This plant knows how to reproduce.", "The dried seed heads look a bit like flowers, but they are dry, brown and contain small black seeds.", "One advantage to a garden blog over a a garden journal is that it allows you to go back in time.", "\"Hens and Chicks\" typed in the search box at the upper left of your screen will take you back to see how this plant looked last year.", "Pictures of the developing flower stalk, the flowers and last years seed heads are right there for you to see.", "Something new is going on with the hens and chicks this year.", "Some of last year's seeds have found a place between the stones.", "Tiny little chicks are growing there.", "It was the color that caught my attention.", "These plants are so small you might call them Chicklets!", "My Hens and Chicks are happily increasing their numbers.", "That's really good news because these plants do have predators.", "Sometimes in the winter under the snow, mice eat these plants.", "I've lost them before, but now that they are coming up from seed", "Sempervivium it is!" ]
		[ "A spherical container is divided into two hemispheres.", "The top hemisphere is further divided into four lobes, which have hinges that let the lobes turn to open the container.", "When turned all the way down, the lobes stabilize the container.", "This scheme was used in the Russian space probe Luna-9.", "Later, for Luna-13, the top hemisphere was divided into eight petals, of which four could be opened." ]
		[ "The European e coli outbreak has now claimed 17 lives.", "There are wide reports of kidney failure in those infected.", "More than 1,500 people across Europe have been infected, although all of them live in or have recently visited Germany.", "The cause of the e coli outbreak is still unknown.", "Early on, German officials thought they had traced the contamination to cucumbers from Spain.", "But Spanish officials deny the change, saying there is no evidence the outbreak started in Spain and even threatening to sue over the accusation.", "Spanish officials said the allegations have damaged Spain's business and reputation.", "Officials might never know the origin of the outbreak but are concerned this particularly lethal strain of e coli is something they haven't dealt with before.", "\"This particular strain we're dealing with now seems to be unique,\" said Dr. Hilde Kruse, program manager for food safety at WHO Europe, according to an AP report.", "Want more from Foodista?", "Sign up below!" ]
		[ "Hi, this is Yolanda Vanveen, and in this segment, we're going to learn all about how to grow meadow rue, or thalictrum.", "And it's a beautiful plant that's found almost anywhere in the Northern hemisphere.", "Thalictrum, or meadow rue, is actually a member of the buttercup family, so they're related to ranunculus.", "And there's over 130 species, so depending on the variety that you have, it depends on how cold they can handle it.", "So some varieties can go to low as zone four, and then others can only handle to zone seven.", "But they're really an easy plant to grow, and they're found all over the Northern hemisphere.", "So from Europe through Asia and China and into North America, there's so many different varieties and they're so easy to grow.", "And the Romans believed that they had many medicinal and superstitious qualities, so they used it for many different reasons, and a lot of different cultures have used it over the years.", "They're very hearty, so they're easy to grow in full or half sun, and they love really good composted, rich soil and which is well-drained.", "So you can start them by division or you can start them by seed in the spring, either way, and they're really easy.", "Meadow rue is really easy to grow.", "It's like a wildflower, so once you've got the seeds going, you can have them all over your garden.", "And they have gorgeous pink and white flowers that are really a...really vibrant in your garden, and so they're a great addition." ]
		[ "Lovefeasts originated inthe practice of early Christian gatherings after Pentecost to meet and break breadtogether as a symbol of union and equality.", "The early Moravians adopted the feast as acelebration event which included prayer, religious conversation and hymn singing.", "Today,the lovefeast is a song service, opened with prayer.", "The food is usually a bread or sweetbun with coffee, tea or lemonade that is served while singing.", "The food is notconsecrated, as in Communion and children and members of any denomination may partake.", "Lovefeasts are held at several special services of the year such as Christmas Eve, GreatSabbath, church anniversaries, Epiphany, Christian Family Sunday." ]

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